Chapter 300

"Hello."

Natasha froze for a moment. No matter what, this person had come to help.

And it was Hime who brought them, even though this 'help' might carry some ulterior motive?

But after all, the attitude was very polite.

She couldn't bring herself to coldly refuse.

However, because of her brother 'Vache's' special-effect medicine killing people, she had always maintained a cautious, skeptical attitude toward help whose value and reward didn't match.

No one gives selflessly!

Even she had already pressed the drug's price down to cost, down to the lowest, and the people of the lower district still thought it was expensive.

Let alone the person in front of her, who opened his mouth and claimed he could bring several months' worth of supplies — someone who seemed to be talking big.

"No, Natasha, listen to me!!"

Hime was getting a little anxious.

Afraid Natasha would scare Lu Shu off.

"No matter, I understand Doctor Natasha's concerns. Go explain it to her properly."

Lu Shu gave Hime a reassuring look.

He wasn't a Knight of Beauty who could just shout 'Idrila the Most Beautiful Star God in the Galaxy' and receive meticulous, even cost-free help!!

Pay, naturally, must receive return.

"..."

"530" — this look?

Natasha was slightly stunned. Oh, got it.

It's because of Hime?

Indeed.

Our Hime is a great beauty. Could it be that this young master named 'Lu Shu' is some young master from a big family in the upper district?

Did he get the whim to come to the lower district for a 'tour'?

Regardless, it seemed the immediate crisis had eased somewhat.

Hime tugged Natasha by the hand and walked outside, muttering quietly.

At first, Natasha didn't react much.

Later she thought Hime must be half-asleep and talking nonsense.

Then, she was completely shocked!

"You're saying your Woshi Sect turned pink, and when you opened the door you went up into the sky? And there was a giant vehicle floating in the sky?"

"Mm, it should be a... a, oh right, Lu Shu said it's a space station. That vehicle is called the 'Astral Express.'"

Hime nodded in reply.

Children of the lower district had never even seen the real sky.

Hime had at least seen it.

But as for something like a 'space station' — super black-tech — she naturally had no clue.

Natasha was also a bit dumbfounded.

But she trusted that Hime wouldn't talk nonsense.

"Alright, although I still can't quite understand your incredible experience, I believe you."

"I don't understand it either."

Hime scratched her head.

Walking the whole way, she still hadn't come back to her senses.

She pushed the door and went in.

"Sorry, Hime explained it to me. May I ask, Mr. Lu, are you from the sky?"

Earlier, she had assumed Lu Shu was an upper-district young master.

Although the name was a bit strange.

"No, I'm from another world."

"Another?"

Both women were a bit dumbfounded.

"Uh, you don't need to worry about that. Do you have a bigger warehouse? Preferably well-ventilated, the colder the better."

"Huh?"

What kind of request is that!

"After all, these are all fresh vegetables and fruit. If we don't find a cold storage, they'll go bad!"

Lu Shu said.

He had already told the women to purchase things that were easy to preserve.

Apples are fine stored normally for a week.

Refrigerated, they're fine for half a month; a month and they start to shrivel a bit.

Belobog's natural cold storage — the lower district was already quite cold, which was why Natasha's brother Vache had researched medicines to resist the cold.

Walking through, Lu Shu found the temperature in Boulder Town was basically around 0 degrees.

The mining district and Rivet Town, Due to the Rift, had even lower temperatures.

"Fresh produce?!"

Hime and Natasha were both shocked, even drooling.

How long has it been since you last ate something fresh?

What they manage to get is mostly dried out, or else pickles, salted vegetables, canned goods, and the like, since those keep for a long time.

After the upper and lower levels were sealed off, it became very difficult to obtain fresh food in the Lower District.

"Um, I still want to..."

As a doctor, Natasha was naturally cautious.

"Where is your room?"

"This way."

"Sorry, it's a bit messy."

"Move aside a bit."

Lu Shu gestured for the two to make space, and the next second, Seele and Natasha saw a wooden crate suddenly appear out of thin air on the floor.

Inside was a crate packed full of green apples.

"Th-these apples, you..."

Natasha finally confirmed it; earlier, when Seele had said that Lu Shu possessed a miraculous "Space" ability, she hadn't believed it.

"It's real."

Seele reached out to touch one; the texture was real, not an illusion.

Natasha's face was also filled with shock.

"Support from the Saintess; would you like to taste some?"

Lu Shu picked up a green apple and held it to Natasha's lips.

He felt that the name of the 'donor' should still be mentioned.

After all, they had put in the effort.

"No, no need, these should be saved for the patients..."

Compared to the apple at her lips, she cared more about the one called 'Saintess'.

Unfortunately, before she could finish speaking, Lu Shu pinched her small mouth open and roughly stuffed the apple inside.

This person!

So detestable!

But the very next instant, her taste buds were captivated by the sweet and sour apple juice seeping out.

So crisp! So sweet! So sour!

It's a real apple.

Seele didn't care about any of that; she grabbed one and took a 'crunch' bite.

Then, her eyes narrowed into slits.