“Daishi-san, that thing…”
“Yeah… it’s probably that, right…?”
“Huh? You two actually know what that is?”
There was no certainty in my voice. Just a hunch—an instinct born from experience. Of course, I could also be wrong. But judging from Satsuki-chan’s reaction, she seemed to recognize the feeling of it too. There was something familiar about the presence it gave off, something she couldn’t quite ignore.
“…Where did you find it?”
“Find it? It’s not like that. It’s been sitting there, like that, ever since I first arrived. I can’t move it at all.”
Raika replied with a troubled look.
According to her, even the plate had already been prepared from the very beginning.
“I tried everything—cutting it, cooking it in different ways—but it just wouldn’t respond. The little table and the plate won’t budge either, so I had no choice but to leave it there as it is.”
Leaving it like that…
It was a bit far away, but I could still make out its shape. Just like last time, it was probably raw. And those faintly yellowish-white folds, layered over one another—like thin membranes stitched together.
That thing is most likely…
> Organs… have… returned!
> I swear I’ve seen this kind of development before, lol
> Is that… intestines?
> Yeah, probably some kind of innards
> No way… again?
> Who the hell set this up here, lol
> It’s basically begging to be eaten at this point
> Oh god, that stinks!
> If you eat that, won’t you unlock something again?
> So, what will you do, our Daishi?!
“Clairvoyance!”
I couldn’t help myself—I activated it on the spot.
| 【Nether King’s Raw Teppō】 (Ultra Rare): Consuming it awakens a special power of the underworld. The smell is… noticeable, but the crunchy texture is oddly addictive. |
“…Raw… teppō…”
“R-rectum… right?”
Satsuki-chan muttered under her breath.
Apparently, she’d been examining it with her appraisal skill as well.
Seriously—who the hell writes these descriptions like they’re some kind of food review?
“L-let’s just leave it for now!”
“R-right!”
Satsuki-chan and I were in complete agreement.
“I don’t really get what’s going on, but… have you made up your mind to eat my cooking? I guarantee the taste, so go on—don’t hold back and dig in!”
There was no point overthinking it. We wouldn’t be getting out of here unless we ate anyway. Whether or not to try the raw teppō could wait. Right now, I am starving—and more than anything, I want to enjoy these incredible dishes she’d gone through the trouble of preparing.
“Well then… itadakimasu.”
After the customary pre-meal greeting, I decided to start with the dish that had caught my eye the most during my Clairvoyance inspection—the ikarugo sashimi.
I flipped my chopsticks around and served myself onto a small plate.
Translucent white slices. At a glance, it looked exactly like squid sashimi. There was no smell, and the pleasant firmness as I picked it up with my chopsticks only made it more appetizing. It reminded me of my old corporate-slave days—those lonely evenings when I’d grab discounted sashimi from the local supermarket the moment they slapped on the half-price sticker.
“Oh, the soy sauce is over there. Just use as much as you like.”
There was even a small dish meant for sashimi, so I poured some soy sauce into it and lightly dipped the slices. Coated in just the right amount of that dark liquid, I popped three or four pieces of ikarugo sashimi into my mouth at once.
“…Ahh… I want a drink so bad.”
It was that good. The kind of taste that made you crave a cup of sake.
“Sorry, I don’t have any alcohol here.”
Honestly, I wasn’t about to complain.Just this sashimi alone was more than enough to fill me with a deep sense of satisfaction.
> Watching Mister eat sashimi like this is hilarious
> We don’t need a full food review, man
> Talking about alcohol? That’s a luxury
> Just tell us what happened to your stats
> It’d be funny if they dropped hard lol
> Would be nice if it restored MP or something
Right… There was a chance my stats had decreased.
At the very least, I am glad I hadn’t dropped dead from a single bite.
I didn’t feel any different, but… what had actually happened to my status?
| Name: Daishi Ajiri Class: Cleric Level: 10 HP: 350/350 MP: 200/200 Strength: 999 Endurance: 400 Agility: 180 Intelligence: 130[+1] Burial Power: 999 Skills: 【Burial Fist (LV1)】 【Retribution (LV1)】 【Requiem (LV1)】 【Return (LV2)】 【Cremation (LV2)】 【Clairvoyance (LV4)】 |
—Whoa! My MP’s completely restored!
And my Intelligence even went up by one—barely, but still, an increase!
Man, I’m ridiculously lucky.
“Hey—wait! That’s not fair!”
Satsuki looked up at the sky, on the verge of tears.
“Huh? What did you eat? What happened?”
“The roasted boar… one bite and my Vitality dropped by ten…”
“Ouch… that’s rough…”
“…How about you, Daishi?”
“Full MP recovery. And Intelligence +1.”
“Which one? Which one did you eat?!”
“This squid-looking thing, but—whoa!”
“I’m eating that too!”
Before I could stop her, Satsuki practically snatched the plate of ikarugo I’d been eating and stuffed three slices into her mouth without even dipping them in soy sauce.
“This should restore my MP too—wait, why?!”
“Huh? Don’t tell me…”
“My max MP dropped by fifty…”
“H-hang in there…”
So it wasn’t tied to specific dishes after all.
It seemed like the effects were determined randomly with each bite.
“In that case—I’m going all in!”
Satsuki-chan snapped. She piled dish after dish onto her plate and started devouring everything in one go.
“Hey, that’s terrible table manners, Satsuki!”
“At this point, whatever happens, happens!”
Well, overthinking it wouldn’t help…
Still, it felt like such a waste. With food this incredible, you’d think she’d savor it.
As for me, I decided to take my time and enjoy every bite.
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“Phew… that hit the spot.”
“Haa..haa..haa…”
While I sat there, completely satisfied, Satsuki-chan was beside me, breathing heavily. In the end, none of the dishes I ate afterward caused any further changes to my status. I finished this whole ordeal with my MP fully restored and my Spirit up by one.
Satsuki-chan, on the other hand, seemed to have gone through a rollercoaster of stat changes, but by the end she’d managed to recover a bit of MP and fill her stomach.
At least it hadn’t turned into a complete disaster.
“Mm! Looks like you’re both full! And nothing too terrible happened—good, good.”
“…It definitely shaved a few years off my life, though.”
Satsuki-chan looked like she’d taken some serious mental damage. Honestly, I couldn’t blame her.
“Well then, I’ll clean this up, so you two can head on to the next floor—”
“Hey, Daishi-san. Aren’t you forgetting that?”
“Ah.”
I’d been so busy enjoying the incredible food, it completely slipped my mind.
Right… that was still there. My stomach’s already full, though.
“…It’s blocking the exit. That… organ.”
“How the hell did it even move? And with the table and plate, too…”
For some reason, the Raw Teppō of the Nether King had planted itself right in front of the stairway leading down to the next floor—firmly blocking our path.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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