Chapter 104: Comprehensive Anime Elves: Starting from Hunter x Hunter Chapter 42

The closer she got to the four of them, the more intense the look of rapture on the girl's face became, as if tiny spirits were tempting her forward.

"Really... are you treating me?"

After walking a few steps, reason briefly gained the upper hand in the girl's mind, and she asked with some hesitation.

Luo Ge nodded and said, "Naturally it's real; you can drink as much as you like."

How much could a child possibly drink?

Beaming with joy, her eyes curving into crescents, the girl strode over to Luo Ge's side, lifted the bowl, and thanked them:

"Thank you, big brother and big sisters; I won't stand on ceremony then..."

Hmm...

Judging by the girl's age, Luo Ge and Machi indeed counted as big brother and big sister.

But as for Biscuit...

Biscuit immediately blossomed into a smile; the more she looked at this girl, the more she liked her, and she said happily, "This child really knows how to speak."

The little girl, unaware of Nen, had been deceived by Biscuit's appearance.

If the girl were to learn that this Biscuit, who looked even younger than herself, was in fact a woman in her thirties or forties—

I wonder if she wouldn't be utterly terrified?

The little girl drank quickly, even pausing now and then while drinking to offer a few words of praise, looking thoroughly satisfied.

One bowl, two bowls, three bowls...

At first, the four of them noticed nothing amiss, assuming the girl was simply too hungry.

It was not until the girl had downed her eighth bowl that they suddenly realized she was practically a glutton.

With an appetite like that, never mind a little girl; even several adults could not compare.

After finishing the eighth bowl, the girl wiped her mouth, wearing an expression of complete contentment, and thanked the four of them once more:

"Thank you all so much; this is the first time I've ever tasted soup this delicious."

"And the pig you roasted a few days ago smelled so wonderful, but I didn't dare come over."

Thinking of that fragrant whole roasted pig, the girl nearly started drooling again.

Hearing this, the group finally realized that the girl had actually been here before, only to leave again quickly.

The girl patted her chest and said proudly, "If you ever run into any trouble in the future, you can come find me."

"I'm very familiar with this entire region; I, Menchi, always keep my word."

Menchi?

On the surface, Luo Ge remained impassive, but inwardly he began to wonder.

Could it be that this little girl was Menchi the Gourmet Hunter, who appeared during the Hunter Exam in the original story?

Come to think of it, upon careful observation, Luo Ge indeed found several similarities between this girl and Menchi.

The most striking feature was that head of blue-green hair; the color of her pupils was the same as well.

Her face shape was slightly different from how it would be when she grew up, yet one could still tell she was a beauty in the making.

Machi repeated, "Little sister, is your name Menchi?"

"Do you live around here?"

Menchi placed her hands on her hips, an air of premature maturity appearing on her face, and said proudly:

"Yes, my name is Menchi."

"I live in the small town just behind that mountain peak; you're welcome to come visit, everyone there is very kind."

Seeing this, the three women grew even more interested in Menchi and began asking her various questions, with Biscuit doing most of the asking.

She felt quite fond of this little girl.

Hmm...

Mainly because she was honest enough; she spoke the plain truth right from the start.

At this point, Luo Ge was completely certain: this gluttonous little girl before them was indeed Menchi from the original story.

However, it seemed her temperament was not yet as short-tempered as in the original; she possessed a rather cheerful and straightforward personality.

It turned out Menchi was born in the small town and lived there with her parents.

This small town was somewhat famous locally because it was the place closest to the Beast Forest.

Consequently, nine out of ten households here were hunters who made their living by hunting, selling their game to passing tourists or merchants.

One could say they relied entirely on the Beast Forest for their livelihood.

Menchi's father was no exception; he was one of the top hunters in the town, often capable of capturing excellent prey.

Influenced by the surrounding environment, Menchi had developed a set of skills from a young age, allowing her to come and go freely in the relatively dangerous outer regions.

This was also the reason she dared to venture out at night.

At the same time, the four of them noticed two sharp knives tucked at Menchi's waist, which proved she was not lying.

In fact, what Menchi loved most was not hunting, but eating.

To put it more nicely, she loved enjoying gourmet food.

She cherished the sensation of consuming delicious food and delighted in searching for good ingredients within the Beast Forest.

It was precisely for this reason that she had been constantly attracted by the meals prepared by Luo Ge and the others.

Luo Ge asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid we might be bad people? What if something happened to you?"

Menchi shook her head, wrinkled her small nose, and said confidently, "I can smell it; you are not bad people."

The four of them:?

How exactly does one smell that out?

Machi pondered for a moment, an expression of understanding appearing on her exquisite face, and said with sudden realization:

"It must refer to something like intuition?"

"Just like my sixth sense, only you, Men Qi, put it in a more mysterious way."

"Hmm~"

"That's about right, isn't it?"

Men Qi tilted her head to think for a moment, feeling that was probably the meaning.

"Bui?"

Eevee also tilted its head, then twitched its little nose to sniff the scent on Luo Ge, but it couldn't smell anything.

Men Qi looked over at Eevee and said in surprise, "So cute, may I touch it?"

"Bui bui!"

Eevee immediately raised its head and puffed out its chest, its little face showing a proud expression, as if saying it didn't mind.

Come on.

It knew it was really cute.

Thinking this, Eevee even blinked its eyes at Men Qi, putting on an adorable pose.

However, Men Qi went straight past Eevee to touch the Nidorino behind it.

"Muu?"

Nidorino, who was in the middle of eating:?

Eevee: "Bui?!"