Chapter 175

After the Harvest Festival ended, the demonized cabbage became the staple food of Axel Town's residents, and the cooking methods for cabbage were also varied; just the ones Broly had eaten included cold-tossed, stir-fried, boiled, steamed, and grilled — several types, and the texture and flavor the cabbage brought with each different method were all somewhat different.

As for what left a comparatively deep impression on Broly, it was the pickled cabbage he hadn't eaten yet for the time being.

"Broly, go fetch the salt. Darkness, don't laze around on the side; hurry over there and stomp the cabbage. We need to let the cabbage fully absorb the salt."

In the front yard of the Annex, a large square fermentation pit had been dug out. On the Harvest Festival day, Broly had grabbed too many demonized cabbages, plus the townspeople had each grabbed some demonized cabbages to a greater or lesser extent, so the excess quantity of demonized cabbages on their side had no sales outlet.

To avoid waste, a portion of the demonized cabbages were put into the underground ice cellar Wiz made, while on the other side Aqua suddenly produced the idea of making pickles, so they were sliced and dumped into this fermentation pit used for fermenting sour cabbage.

The pickling method is very simple: just thoroughly mix edible salt, white sugar, garlic paste, and cabbage.

At this moment, Aqua had a headscarf tied on and was standing barefoot on a pile of cabbage, but she had brought Darkness along to stomp the cabbage in the entire fermentation pit; it is said that only by stomping out the cabbage's original moisture can the flavors of salt, sugar, and garlic fuse into it.

However, before the cabbage had the flavor Aqua spoke of, Broly strongly suspected that Aqua and Darkness would pickle their own feet into flavor first, to the extent that every day when the two bathed, he would pay special attention to caring for their legs and feet.

Worth mentioning is that Aqua Master's calves are soft to the touch, and her toes are somewhat like round grapes in shape.

Darkness's calves, on the other hand, have a portion of fat-wrapped muscle, and her toes are also slightly longer; and compared to Aqua Master, Darkness's soles are more ticklish.

This is something Broly discovered when scrubbing Darkness's feet: just lightly scratching her soles with a finger makes her toes move chaotically, and sometimes her body even tenses up, as if she is enduring something.

Conversely, Aqua Master doesn't have much feeling there; however, her side waist is a sensitive spot — every time a towel scrubs across it, as long as the force is a little lighter, she will unconsciously twist her body on the wooden bed.

However, because Aqua Master's waist is the type with more flesh, the feeling is just like a fattened water snake twisting its waist.

Compared to scrubbing hard, sometimes using lighter force to brush over skin that originally didn't have much dirt makes a person feel even more comfortable.

Because this scrubbing technique stimulates goosebumps on the person being scrubbed — that is, the standing of fine hairs — Broly named it the 【Skin Goosebump Stimulation Technique】.

And compared to this blunt naming method, the outside world actually has a more elegant term for this technique, which is called 【Caress】.

Pity, this move only works on Aqua and Darkness; as for Wiz, one doesn't know if it's because a Lich's skin isn't sensitive, but she isn't afraid of tickling or of having her skin lightly stroked; rather, she needs a slightly larger force to rub her body before there is a corresponding Happiness Value increase result.

And while Aqua was busy pickling cabbage with Darkness, Wiz held down the fort at the Magic Tool Shop, which had become quiet again; ever since she handed over the consignment rights for the Vitality Potion to the Succubus Shop, this side had completely returned to its past state.

"So bored~"

Wiz looked at the empty shop and couldn't help but sigh.

Originally she also wanted to go help pickle cabbage, but the result was that Aqua directly refused.

"I don't want to eat cabbage pickles with a corpse stench."

Aqua's words harmed the innocent Lich as always; where does her body have any corpse stench? She doesn't sweat or need to excrete at all every day; the shampoo scent after bathing can last a long time without being covered up; even letting that kid Broly properly smell all parts of her body, he also said it was fragrant and there was no problem.

However, one point that cannot be denied is that, as a Lich, Wiz's body occasionally overflows with excess Death Mana; that indeed would rot the bacterial colonies on the cabbage — this part is true.

Holding a rag wiping dust off the unsold goods in the shop, while Wiz was thinking about whether to forge some tools for herself that could converge her own overflowing Death Mana, the Magic Tool Shop's door was suddenly knocked on.

"Thump thump thump~"

"The door isn't locked; the shop is still open for business, please enter." Wiz hurriedly said.

But strangely, the person outside still persistently knocked on the door.

This forced Wiz to stop the work in her hands and go open the door.

"Yo, Wiz, long time no see."

Standing at the Magic Tool Shop's front door was a youth wearing a strange black-and-white mask, tall in stature; upon seeing the Lich lady open the door, he greeted her.

"Eh, Mr. Vanir, how come you're here?"

The Lich lady was somewhat surprised; the youth before her was precisely the Hell Duke, the so-called Thousand-Mile Eyes Demon Vanir.

"Hm? I came to find you; could it be you don't welcome me?"

However, although he is called the Thousand-Mile Eyes Demon, for the Lich Wiz whose strength is comparable to his own, his Thousand-Mile Eyes ability is still hard to exert effect on; unless his main body in Hell can descend into this world, there are still quite a few people and things in this world he cannot see through.

"Uh, of course not; it's just a feeling of some surprise."

The Lich lady hurriedly waved her hands; Vanir may be called a Demon, but he actually takes pretty good care of her; when she had just transformed into a Lich and was invited into the Demon King Army, this Hell Duke had provided quite a lot of help and care.

"Alright, done teasing you; I merely sensed the scent of wealth on the Contract, so I came over to your side to take a look."

Vanir walked into the shop, sat on a chair, crossed his legs, and then continued: "Wiz, twenty-odd years have passed; how much money have you earned? Report to me now; I need to know how much more money is needed to complete my dream."

"Ah, this... actually I haven't earned that much; up to now it's only three or four hundred million Eris."

Wiz answered honestly.

"Three or four hundred million? Wiz, didn't expect you've learned to lie now; you should know, for a Demon like me, the scent of desire is simply a bright lamp in the dark night; the copper stench I smell in that room — I'm afraid there's no less than two billion in wealth inside, right?"

Vanir pointed at the Junk Room that had now completely become a Gold Vault and said.

"Hm, Mr. Vanir, that room does indeed have a lot of money, but that money doesn't all belong to me; seventy percent of it belongs to my two current partners; we jointly run a money-making Potion Business."

Wiz hurriedly explained.

"I see; then you don't mind introducing your partners to me?"

Vanir nodded and asked again.

"Eh, Mr. Vanir wants to meet my partners?"

"To be precise, I've taken a fancy to their money; but please rest assured, if they are your friends, I will use fair trade to exchange for this portion of money."

(Chapter End)