Chapter 963

The flavor of a Japanese hamburg steak lies in its sauce.

"For the hamburg sauce, I used daikon puree and rice vinegar; dip it in this and it's refreshing, not greasy."

Soma Yukihira introduced his own hamburg steak on the side; Broly ate while nodding.

Ordinary hamburg steak, if you eat too much, always becomes cloying.

However, this one before me, with the addition of daikon puree to cut the richness and a refreshing sauce carrying the sourness of rice vinegar, instead whets the appetite more the more you eat.

"This is salt-grilled chicken thigh, this is tare-grilled chicken thigh, this is chicken-and-scallion skewers, this is chicken skin————

Salt-grilled and tare-grilled chicken thigh, the meat is firm and juicy.

Chicken-and-scallion skewers, I didn't grill them directly on the charcoal stove until fully cooked, letting them retain a certain fresh, tender texture.

However, please rest assured; after leaving the charcoal fire, I covered them with a hot plate and aluminum foil, and the residual heat can cook the chicken-and-scallion skewers through without drying them out.

Chicken skin, the part richest in fat, I grilled until crisp; whether you dip it in salt or soy sauce, paired with a mouthful of white rice, it is all a delicacy of the mortal world."

"No, wait, Little Boss, does your restaurant come with a cooking commentary?"

"No, usually there's no such commentary."

"Then what's this?"

"This is to prove I haven't let down the ingredients you processed with that fine knife work of yours.

Of course, occasionally our restaurant also explains new dishes to customers.

This lets customers understand the general flavor of new dishes, and can also increase customers' appetite for new dishes."

Soma Yukihira explained.

"Increase appetite, that actually seems to be working; eating the hamburg steak rice bowl while listening to you explain the yakitori rice bowl, even the hamburg steak rice bowl in my hand stops smelling good."

【Believe my ass, not smelling good my ass, you still licked the bowl holding the hamburg steak rice bowl clean, not leaving a single grain of rice.】

Soma Yukihira slandered in his heart, while his face kept smiling.

Of course, he wasn't the least bit unhappy.

On the contrary, this diner Broly eating without leaving a grain of rice was undoubtedly an acknowledgment and praise of his skill as a chef.

"Then please eat the second serving!"

Soma Yukihira took away the empty bowl and pushed the yakitori rice bowl over.

Just then, the door of Yukihira Diner was pushed open, and a short-haired girl poked her head in.

"Excuse me?!"

Her voice was a bit soft and sweet; one listen and you could tell she was a soft, cute girl.

"Sorry, the restaurant isn't doing business today."

Soma Yukihira said.

"Soma, did something happen?"

The schoolgirl who came in asked with worry.

"It's Kurae, nothing much, just the restaurant can't entertain guests for the time being."

The girl who came in was Soma Yukihira's childhood friend from way back; the boy greeted the other party.

", then who is this?"

Kurae Mayumi looked at Broly sitting by the dining table, like a little giant, and asked carefully.

"A customer."

Soma Yukihira brought the bowl back to the kitchen, replying casually.

"A troublesome customer?"

The Kurae girl retreated to the restaurant entrance, and even took out her pink phone from her pocket.

"If so, Soma-kun, don't be afraid, I'll call the police for you right now."

"Huh?!" *2

The girl's words made Soma Yukihira raise his head and look at the other party in astonishment.

Even Broly, who was seriously eating rice, stopped his eating motion.

He turned back, looking with some doubt at the girl standing at the doorway, casting a vigilant gaze at him.

When the other party entered and spoke, because she didn't trigger the Crystal Palace's capture target sensing, Broly didn't turn to look at her.

Looking now, she really is a person matching her voice — a soft, cute girl; only the look in her eyes at him right now is like she's looking at a bad person.

"Uh, Kurae, can you tell me why you want to call the police?"

Soma Yukihira asked.

"When I passed by just now, I discovered your restaurant's signboard had been splashed with paint by someone.

And now, inside your restaurant appears such a person.

Powerfully built, just like an enforcer in a gangster movie, it's really too suspicious.

Soma-kun, don't worry, this is a rule-of-law society now; even bad people can't do whatever they want."

"Damn it, those guys actually splashed paint on my family's signboard?"

Hearing his family restaurant's signboard had been splashed with paint, Soma Yukihira felt somewhat indignant.

"Kurae, you misunderstand; the person who splashed paint on my family's restaurant signboard wasn't Mr. Broly; on the contrary, Mr. Broly even helped me out in this matter————"

Seeing Broly's somewhat speechless expression, Soma Yukihira thought of how he too had pre-judged the other party as a bad person, and hurriedly helped explain.

【If not for such a powerfully built person being there, who knows if those real estate developers would have honored their promise and acknowledged the debt————】

"Ah, I-I'm very sorry!"

Hearing the boy's explanation, Kurae Mayumi realized she had wronged a good person; her face flushed red, she put away her phone, ran over, and bowed apologizing to Broly.

"It's fine, just a misunderstanding; it's good it's cleared up now."

Broly waved his hand, not really minding this matter.

"Gurgle~"

Suddenly, he heard a strange sound.

Following the sound, he discovered the source of the noise was precisely the stomach of the girl in front of him.

"Today Aki forgot to bring her bento, so I gave her half of mine, therefore————"

Kurae Mayumi's face flushed bright red, yet she wasn't explaining to Broly, but to Soma Yukihira who was also looking over.

"If you don't mind, I can treat you to a bowl of salted plum rice."

", is that okay?"

"But only the plum."

"That works too."

The girl nodded, and at the dining table on the other side, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Soma Yukihira quickly brought out a bowl of rice topped with only a single plum.

"Give her some hamburger meat, beef rolls, and yakitori."

Seeing this, Broly spoke a sentence.

", is that okay? That's a dish made from meat you purchased, Customer."

"Count it as my treat, sharing a delicacy."

Broly waved his hand.

"Fine, then Kurae, you wait."

Soma Yukihira nodded, and walked back to the kitchen.

"Ah, thank you, but sir, me eating your food, isn't that not too good?"

Kurae Mayumi gave thanks, yet hesitated somewhat.

She had misunderstood someone just now, yet the person misunderstood now wanted to treat her to food.

This made her, still a middle school girl, feel really quite embarrassed.

"No problem, I think you're pleasing to the eye, when you were protecting the Little Boss just now, you were shining bright, extremely

beautiful."

"Ah, this————"

Being praised, Kurae Mayumi instantly became somewhat at a loss.

"Don't misunderstand, I don't have feelings for you, treating you to food is merely to express my respect for a person who bravely steps forward when their liked one encounters trouble."

Broly lifted his rice bowl, as if holding a drink or wine glass, across an aisle, raised it toward the girl at the other dining table.

"Ah, liked one and such————"

Kurae Mayumi wanted to deny, but her voice grew lower and lower.

"What are you all talking about?"

At this time, Soma Yukihira walked out carrying a plate of dishes, and upon seeing the girl's bowed head, asked doubtfully.

"Nothing, just me praising your girlfriend, her behavior just now was very brave."

Broly replied in turn.

", girlfriend? You mean Kurae? Haha, then you're wrong, Kurae isn't my girlfriend, she's my

childhood friend, the kind we played together since childhood."

Hearing this, Soma Yukihira laughed and explained, not discovering at all the girl beside him, her expression gradually becoming disappointed.

Broly saw it in his eyes, understood the situation of the two's relationship, thought a bit and said: "I see, then it was me who misunderstood.

However, close childhood friends developing into a lover's relationship is also quite normal, right?"

Kurae Mayumi widened her eyes, her disappointed mood attracted by Broly's words.

"Like this kind of good girl who can step forward for you, Little Boss Soma never thought to make her your girlfriend, even your future wife?"

Broly asked this question as if casually.

"Kurae, with her personality, will definitely be a good wife in the future."

Soma Yukihira scratched his head, actually evaluating seriously.

【Kurae, Happiness Value Rising】

Broly looked at the short-haired girl across from him whose face was turning red, and in his heart matched it with Crystal Palace's prompt information.

"However, she and I played together since childhood, a bit too familiar————"

"So, Little Boss Soma rejects the other party, making her your future wife?"

Broly didn't wait for Soma Yukihira to possibly say he only treats the girl as a younger sister, interrupting to ask.

"Uh, that's not it, just this kind of thing, me alone accepting doesn't work either, what if Kurae she's not willing?

"

【Look at your childhood friend's current shy appearance, if she's not willing, I'll chop off my own head right now and give it to you to kick as a ball!】

"Then why don't you ask her own opinion?"

Broly always captures others, being a wingman is rare, but he's willing to help childhood friends with feelings ultimately become Forest Elf's Retinue.

"Uh————"

Soma Yukihira turned his head, looked at his childhood friend girl, directly asked: "Kurae, what do you think?"

Facing this overly straight ball question, the girl directly lowered her head another three parts, but was nervous and didn't know how to answer.

"Hey, don't not speak————"

Seeing the girl silent, Soma Yukihira tilted his head, yet continued to pursue ask.

【This Boss, he's a match for the old me!】

Broly shoveled the Beef Rice Bowl, somewhat using the two's reactions as a side dish.

"I————"

Kurae Mayumi's head was somewhat dizzy, just as she wanted to go all out.

"Stomach Growl～"

Her stomach called again, interrupting her courage.

"Soma Little Boss————"

"Hm?"

"I just said it casually just now, so don't disturb you and your childhood friend filling your stomachs."

"Uh, alright then."

Soma Yukihira scratched his head, felt this wasn't anything major, and didn't continue to pursue asking.

"I still want several portions of rice bowls————"

Broly handed over the empty bowl again, Soma Yukihira took it and went to the Kitchen.

"Haa～"

The girl, after he left, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"You're Miss Kurae, right?"

However, Broly's striking up a conversation made her nervous again.

"May I ask, do you have any business with me?"

The girl's impression of Broly was somewhat complex.

"You like the Little Boss here, right?"

"Ah, I————"

"Don't deny it, your reaction just now, I Magic But saw it clearly."

"Ugh————"

Kurae shut her mouth at once.

"Of Course, I'm not trying to teach you what to do, just have some advice I want to say to Miss Kurae."

"You say————"

"When flowers are ready to be picked, pick them without delay; don't wait until no flowers remain to pick empty branches."

Broly spoke out the information that suddenly surfaced in his mind.

", this is an ancient poem right, but, What Is This meaning?"

The girl was Not Too Proficient in this.

"After confirming the one you like, you must boldly pursue.

Don't wait until the one you like is Captured by someone else, by then regret will be too late.

Probably, that's the meaning————"

Broly also replied with a sentence somewhat uncertainly.

Soma Yukihira returned quickly, serving new rice bowls.

"Kurae, your stomach not hungry?"

After Soma Yukihira served the rice, seeing the girl still hadn't moved her chopsticks, he asked.

"Eat, I'll eat."

The girl Just Like she'd made some determination, lifted the bowl and ate rice in big mouthfuls.

"I'm full, I'll take my leave first."

Broly was very tactful, before the girl finished eating, he touched his stomach and stood up.

", the meat ingredients were bought by you, no need for So Much Money."

When paying, Soma Yukihira saw he gave more money, and hurriedly said.

"No problem, just treat it as a bit of my sincerity."

Broly was uncertain if he would return to this Restaurant, see this young Little Boss again, Magic But he gave even the future share money together.

Not waiting for Soma Yukihira to say anything, Brily strode out of the Small Meal Restaurant, the red-haired youth watching his distant back, couldn't help muttering: "This really is a somewhat Strange Customer."

"Pa～"

Behind, the girl finished the last mouthful of rice, Magic But suddenly stood up, knocking the Chair over onto the Ground.

"What happened?"

The youth heard the noise, puzzled turned back.

"Soma, I have something I want to tell you————"

"What matter?"

"Please go out with me!"

The filled stomach, the two's alone time, let the girl drum up courage, go all out and say.

"?!"

Already left the Restaurant Broly, deeply hiding merit and fame walked on the bustling Street, opened Group Chat Room, reported to wives the situation of arriving at this New World.

"New Capture target I didn't directly Encounter, but this New World Small Meal Restaurant's Cooking Level is really high, Bacon Mashed Potato, Three-Meat Rice Bowl————"

Broly Magic But used plain unadorned text, writing his eating impressions.

And in the Group Chat Room, others' reactions, Magic But were a pile of question marks.

"No way, Broly, can you not share the delicious food you ate in Isekai with me when my appetite is bad?"

"Sorry, but it really is delicious."

"Hey, my belly's starving right now, what do I do?"

"Go eat."

"But I want to eat the things Broly eats."

"Then I'll go back to the restaurant, pack some up, and put them in the Crystal Palace Space?"

Broly had just sent that message when impatient affirmative replies popped up below.

"Sure~"

"Hey, don't spoil that guy Megumin, don't forget, using the Crystal Palace Space across worlds requires paying a Cross-Border Fee."

"Right, everyone's saving up Happiness Points right now to upgrade the Cross-Border Portal together, we can't spend them on satisfying our appetites!"

"I just want to eat something good, what's wrong with that?!"

The Group Chat Room became noisy.

"Broly, what's the Stay Duration in the New World?"

While the Group Chat Room was noisy, Roxy private messaged him.

"260 days 11 hours 24 minutes."

Broly gave an honest answer.

"Since that's the case, just directly activate Variable Speed Traversal, directly sever the link with the Group Chat Room, so those greedy guys won't keep thinking about the delicacies of the Isekai."

"Is that okay?"

"It's nothing bad, every time you lose contact, the atmosphere in the Group Chat Room always becomes harmonious."

", how does it sound like I'm the cause of the chaos?"

"Well, with you around, some people will indeed subconsciously engage in female rivalry and cause trouble."

"Unless, it's when we're dealing with you together."

Roxy sent over a helpless shoulder-shrug expression.

"Uh, then fine——"

Broly flipped through some historical information in the Group Chat Room from when he was out of contact, and found it really was like that.

"No need to argue, things Broly-gege has eaten will appear in the Crystal Palace Exchange Shop; for small amounts, directly exchanging is more worthwhile than taking them from the space across worlds."

Before Broly lost contact, little Sakura had stopped the noise in the Group Chat Room; the Exchange Shop function of the Crystal Palace Panel had become a bit of a chicken rib after the Cross-Border Gate appeared.

If not mentioned, Broly had almost forgotten about this.

"When I come back, I'll fill the Crystal Palace Space with delicacies."

"As for Happiness Points, if the amount isn't large, everyone can use them as they please."

Broly gave the promise, activated the Acceleration Function, the Group Chat Room was directly disconnected, and it completely quieted down.

【But how do I find the capture targets of this World————】

Broly thought for a moment, turned off the Crystal Palace Panel, and looked at the brightly lit modern city streets around him.

【Forget it, since things have come to this, let's first make some money from this World.】

As the saying goes, the troops and horses don't move until the grain and grass are ready; money, that kind of thing, can still play an important role in finding capture targets in some native worlds.

However, unfortunately, in a gourmet world where the law is relatively sound, some of Broly's quick money-making methods he's good at, like black eating black, aren't very effective.