Chapter 148: Aoi Asagi, Who Is Qualified to Inherit the King's Stomach

Itogami Island, a cafeteria in the faculty district where Nangong Nayue's villa is located.

"So, aren't you my subordinate? Why aren't you cooking for me yourself, but instead bringing me here to eat at a buffet?"

Nangong Nayue—a petite girl with long black hair, snow-white skin, wearing a doll-like grand dress, and possessing an inexplicable majesty on her face—rolled her eyes at Su Nian, speechless, as she was buying tickets in front.

"If you are willing to eat it, I can cook."

"Let's forget that; I'm afraid Nayue-chan is a kitchen killer."

Su Nian waved his hand, then quietly began to handle the steak in front of him, spearing a cut piece of steak and stuffing it into Agulora's mouth.

Agulora chewed the steak in her mouth, unable to help but widen her eyes while chewing, exclaiming.

"Su Nian, Su Nian, what is this meat? It's so delicious."

"Just ordinary beef; it does look like it tastes quite good."

Su Nian also speared a piece and began to eat happily.

"Kitchen killer?"

Nangong Nayue blinked her eyes in confusion and glared fiercely at Su Nian.

"Tonight, I will let you see whether I am a kitchen killer or not!"

It was just that Nangong Nayue had no confidence when saying this; to be honest, she hadn't had much experience cooking for herself from childhood to adulthood.

The few experiences she did have were in home economics class, but she had long since returned that knowledge to the teacher.

Ever since she graduated from university and became a Demon Attack Specialist and a teacher at Akatsuki Academy, she had always been eating at this cafeteria.

This cafeteria wasn't a cheap place either; the head chefs inside were all star-rated, otherwise she wouldn't have been eating here all the time.

As for cooking for herself? Hmm...

As a living adult, who would waste their time cooking for themselves?

Buying groceries, washing vegetables, stir-frying, and washing dishes after eating are all super troublesome; anyway, Nangong Nayue can brew black tea, but she isn't necessarily able to cook.

"Then I shall look forward to it."

Su Nian wiped the sauce off Agulora's face with a tissue and smiled as he spoke.

"However, is there anything else Agulora wants to eat?"

Agulora tapped her cheek lightly and looked around the cafeteria curiously, as if she wanted to draw inspiration from others.

"Su Nian, Su Nian, I want that, the colorful one, it looks delicious at first glance!"

Suddenly, Agulora pulled Su Nian's hand and excitedly pointed at a black-haired girl holding a cone, with five or six scoops of ice cream on each cone.

"Ice cream, huh?"

Su Nian nodded, then looked at Nangong Nayue, who was eating pasta on the side.

Nangong Nayue couldn't help but complain.

"Tch, what a pain."

Then she wiped her mouth, jumped down from her chair, and walked over to the ice cream machine to get three servings of ice cream.

However, Nangong Nayue didn't get five or six scoops like that girl just now; she just got the normal two scoops.

Deep down, however, she couldn't help but feel a trace of resentment toward that girl; seriously, isn't she worried about getting a stomachache from eating so much?

Afterward, Nangong Nayue placed the ice cream in front of Agulora, and the young Vampire's attention was quickly drawn away by the ice cream.

"So annoying, so annoying."

On the other side, the girl from before had returned to her seat with two large servings of ice cream and was fiercely tearing into the steak in front of her.

"My old man is really something! How could he tell me to do this kind of thing!"

The girl cursed while tearing into the steak, as if what was in front of her wasn't steak but the flesh and blood of some annoying guy.

"So annoying, so annoying!"

Soon, under the girl's bloodthirsty maw, a piece of steak was quickly finished, but the girl seemed to still feel it wasn't enough.

She shouted at the waiter beside her.

"Five more servings of this steak!"

It was just that the girl's voice was a bit loud, and it instantly attracted the attention of Agulora and Su Nian.

Looking at the empty plates beside the girl, Agulora couldn't help but tug on Su Nian's sleeve and exclaim.

"Su Nian, Su Nian, that girl is amazing, seven times better than you, one, two, three..."

Su Nian gently rubbed Agulora's head and said with a smile.

"Agulora, don't limit your view of things to appearances; if I really let go and ate, the owner of the buffet would cry."

Do you understand what a King's Stomach is?

However, truth be told, that girl really did make Su Nian curious, and even Nangong Nayue couldn't help but look over.

Being watched by several gazes, the girl also sensed that something was wrong; she turned her head and saw Agulora, who was eager to try, and the curious Su Nian.

Being looked at like that, the other party's face turned red, and she said with some annoyance.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen someone in a bad mood?"

In a bad mood? Su Nian lowered his head slightly to look at the empty plates on the other party's table and the waiter bringing over another serving of steak, and he suddenly understood.

Is this the appetite of someone in a bad mood?

Impressive, impressive.

Perhaps with a little cultivation, she could also be someone who inherits the "King's Stomach."

Seeming to see Su Nian's exclamation, the girl's face became even more flushed, reaching the level of embarrassment.

"So what if I ate a little more because I was in a bad mood?"

It was just that as she spoke, the girl herself lost her confidence.

The portion of steak in this buffet was still very generous, definitely enough for an adult male to be full; two servings were more than even a man doing heavy labor could necessarily finish.

Generally, only Beastkin or similar demon races could eat this much.

How could she be considered to have eaten just a little more? Besides, having her appetite exposed so directly in front of others, she would naturally feel shy, right?

She was also a young girl, and she cared about her reputation.

Su Nian just smiled and said nothing; at this moment, he even felt a trace of appreciation for the girl before him.

"Golden hair, plus this impressive appetite—you are fully qualified to inherit the King's Stomach!"

The Knight King's family has an ancestral King's Stomach; whether it is Old Sword, Artoria, or even Liya, none of them have small appetites.

"What inheritance of the King's Stomach? Does my family have some kind of hidden bloodline?"

The girl muttered in confusion, but before she could finish, she looked at Nangong Nayue in surprise.

"Nayue-chan?"

"How many times do I have to say not to add 'chan' after a teacher's name!"

Nangong Nayue responded reflexively, then raised her eyebrows slightly, looking at the girl beside her who wore a long ponytail and round-rimmed glasses, yet still possessed undiminished charm.

"Oh? Lan Yu from the middle school division, you're eating here too."

If she hadn't taught Lan Yu Qiancong's class a few times, Nangong Nayue really wouldn't have recognized this girl.

And Lan Yu Qiancong also looked at Nangong Nayue with some surprise.

"I didn't expect Nayue-chan to be eating here either, but that's right, the only person who likes wearing gothic outfits and isn't afraid of the heat is Nayue-chan."

"Long-winded, be careful or I'll give you extra homework next time I substitute teach."

Nangong Nayue glared at Lan Yu Qiancong with annoyance.

However, Nangong Nayue also asked out of curiosity.

"But Lan Yu, why does it feel like you're not in a good mood? You've come here to binge eat; be careful not to make yourself sick."

Nangong Nayue asked with some concern, especially since Lan Yu Qiancong had just obtained a large serving of ice cream from the ice cream machine.

One must know that Lan Yu Qiancong was still an ordinary person; it would be bad if she made herself sick.

Lan Yu Qiancong lowered her head in embarrassment, her voice as faint as a mosquito's.

"Actually, this isn't even half of what I usually eat..."

"Cough, cough, what?"

Nangong Nayue looked at Lan Yu Qiancong with disbelief, unable to stop her eyes from widening.

Ordinary Beastkin wouldn't have such a large appetite, right? Of course, excluding Beastkin who have undergone Divine Beast Transformation.

Divine Beast Transformation is quite energy-consuming, and can even consume one's life force.

Lan Yu Qiancong felt even shyer for a moment, a blush creeping onto her cheeks, and she silently lowered her head to eat her ice cream.

Nangong Nayue also realized she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly changed the subject.

"But Lan Yu, what happened to make you feel so bad?"

"Don't worry, Teacher will stand up for you."

However, Nangong Nayue was also a bit puzzled; as the daughter of Lanyu Xianzai, shouldn't Lan Yu Qiancong be quite well-protected?

Aside from her mother being somewhat seriously ill, she shouldn't have encountered any troublesome matters, right?

If it were a family matter, the help Nangong Nayue could provide would be very limited.

Lan Yu Qiancong looked at Nangong Nayue and sighed, then helplessly handed her phone to Nangong Nayue.

On it was a message her father had sent this morning.

It said that her father wanted her to dress up well to meet a big shot, and the tone was full of implications of selling his daughter and telling her to be obedient.

If she hadn't confirmed it via video call, she would have suspected it was someone's prank.

That was why she was so irritable now; she had been in a cold war with Lanyu Xianzai for a long time, but who would have thought the first message Lanyu Xianzai sent her now would be about this?

Letting his own daughter accompany a big shot? Where did he get the nerve? Is this how he acts as a father?

"·······"

Su Nian and Nangong Nayue looked at each other in silence; they seemed to have guessed who the big shot Lan Yu Qiancong mentioned was.

It seemed this big shot was none other than himself.

Just before, Su Nian had used the Blacklight Virus to directly control the high-level officials of Itogami Island, and as it happened, Lanyu Xianzai, as the current mayor, was naturally among them.

As for Magic, spells, or Gifts for controlling people, Su Nian had never studied them, so in fact, his method of controlling others was to directly infect them with the Blacklight Virus and then control them.

It was similar to a puppet, but the downside was that the infected biological entities would retain their previous memories, yet fundamentally, they were no longer the same individual.

Especially since Su Nian also made them obedient and loyal to him.

But because their life forms were completely different, even if they inherited their memories, they could not pretend to be exactly the same as they were before being infected.

In the end, this situation was formed.

Nangong Nayue was also a bit embarrassed; she quite disliked that group of high-level officials, with their constant dawdling, dragging their feet, and threatening to discipline her at every turn.

Watching them being controlled by Su Nian was quite satisfying for her.

But who could have imagined that among them would be the parent of her own student?

And it seemed that Lanyu Xianzai had once done her many favors and had also asked her to take extra care of his daughter.

Otherwise, Nangong Nayue wouldn't have remembered the name of Lan Yu Qiancong, whom she had only taught a few times.

Hiss~~~

It seems like she accidentally injured a friendly force?

Thinking of this, Nangong Nayue hurriedly tugged at Su Nian's sleeve, pulled him to the side, and asked with concern.

"Tell me, are they still salvageable?"

Nangong Nayue certainly had no objections to dealing with those old fogeys, but Lanyu Xianzai's situation seemed to be not much different from her own, right?

After all, the Lanyu family had long since declined, and Lanyu Xianzai managing to become mayor was already a sign of his great capability.

After all, the true controllers of Itogami Island are the Xianshen Family, not Lanyu Xianzai; otherwise, at the meeting, others would not have used Lan Yu Qiancong as a bargaining chip to make contact with the Fourth Progenitor.

The shrine maiden of Kain—Lan Yu Qiancong—those old things are perfectly clear about this, otherwise Lanyu Xianzai would have no possibility of becoming the mayor of Itogami City.

But even so, when facing other high-level officials, Lanyu Xianzai actually has no power to refuse.

Lanyu Xianzai is also just about one of the few nominal high-level officials whose situation is similar to hers, looking like they have high status and significant power, but actually being restricted at every turn.

But who would care about collateral damage at that time? Anyway, of those in that meeting, if you killed all ten, there might be collateral damage, but if you killed nine out of ten, there would definitely be fish that slipped through the net.

As the administrator of the Prison Barrier, no one knows these dirty dealings better than Nangong Nayue, and even she cannot say that she is completely clean.

"Of course there is still a way to save them."

Su Nian said with his arms crossed and full of confidence; the Blacklight Virus is under his control, so how could there be any accidents?

Not to mention that Lanyu Xianzai and the others were infected while alive, and to ensure their memories remained intact, Su Nian specifically controlled it so as not to touch their brains.

"Nayue-chan, you have to have some confidence in my techniques."

"That's good."

After Nangong Nayue let out a sigh of relief, she glared fiercely at Su Nian; as expected, he still needed to be properly supervised.

This guy's abilities are simply too dangerous.

To be precise, this man is a threat to the world just by standing here.

Subsequently, Nangong Nayue also explained the reasons and the truth behind it to Lan Yu Qiancong.

As a qualified and very responsible teacher, she could not bring herself to lie in front of her own student.

Moreover, this was her mistake to begin with, and covering it up was not her true intention; now, what she needs to do is to make amends and compensate.

After hearing the explanation, Lan Yu Qiancong could not help but widen her eyes as she looked at Su Nian and Nangong Nayue.

"Wait, no? Does that mean the person my old man wanted me to accompany is you?"

As for the matter of her father being controlled, Lan Yu Qiancong was not very surprised, after all, her father's state was too different from his usual self.

She had not heard of such things before—using the control of high-level government officials for profit.

It was just an ordinary magical crime, except that the culprit was right in front of her, and even the Space-Time Witch had colluded with him, accidentally involving her father.

As long as he is willing to lift the control now, that is fine; as for the other high-level officials? Who cares about them.

Did he really think she hadn't used her electronic technology to investigate the dirt on other high-level officials?

How did her father's competitors disappear? She knows that all too well.

(End of this chapter)