Chapter 281: Jashin-chan Wants to Fleece Ryohei and Yurine!
The next day, at 10 AM.
Ryohei Tanaka took everyone to the furniture store, "Nitori," to buy furniture.
Accompanying him were Yurine, Lucoa, Petra, Jashin-chan, Mino, Persephone II, and Medusa!
The others went to buy furniture on their own, but they would have it all delivered to the luxury villa in Meguro Ward around 4 PM.
From there, Lucoa would pack everything up and transport it all to Hokkaido.
By the way, Tohru and Kanna would deliver their own furniture to Hokkaido. As dragons, transporting furniture was no trouble for them.
Flying from Tokyo to Hokkaido was just like taking a stroll for them, so Ryohei Tanaka let them do as they pleased.
...
Time flew by, and it was soon past 12 PM.
The furniture selection was mostly done, and the group began to check out one by one.
When it was Jashin-chan's turn, she grinned at her personal ATM: "Medusa, is the money ready?"
"Mmh, I specifically borrowed a little from my sister before coming here this time."
Medusa smiled gently, pulling a bank card from a cute pink wallet and handing it to the staff.
"Great job!"
The scummy snake immediately gave her a thumbs up.
Then she leaned in close to her, winked, and shamelessly said: "How much do you have left? Lend me some to use; I'm a bit tight on cash lately."
"Hey, hey—!"
Ryohei Tanaka put one hand on his hip, squinted his eyes, and looked at Jashin-chan with the gaze reserved for kitchen waste, saying with disgust:
"Know when to stop, don't go too far! ( ≖_≖) !"
"Medusa, you spoil her too much!"
Yurine also couldn't stand it anymore. She first said a word to Medusa, then turned her gaze to Jashin-chan and said:
"You too, stop always trying to fleece Medusa."
"None of your business! You guys are meddling too much!"
Jashin-chan raised her chin and pouted to show her dissatisfaction, then extended her hand: "Since you won't let me fleece Medusa, then let me fleece you guys a bit!"
"Vassal, 'lend' me a couple of coins."
"Yurine, give me some pocket money."
"Ever since I summoned my vassal, you haven't given me pocket money anymore!" As Jashin-chan spoke, she started complaining dissatisfiedly.
"..." Ryohei Tanaka and Yurine were both speechless for a moment.
I don't let you fleece Medusa, so you try to fleece me instead?
Ryohei Tanaka was amused by her anger, but he wasn't a stingy person. He generously took out two one-yen coins from his storage space, slapped them into Jashin-chan's palm, and said:
"Here, two coins for you. No need to pay me back."
"I'll give you a hammer!"
Yurine originally wanted to slap Jashin-chan's hand away, but seeing Ryohei Tanaka place two coins, she switched to kicking her tail with her round-toed leather shoe, saying grumpily:
"You earn more than me now, and you still have the nerve to ask me for pocket money. It's already good enough that I don't charge you protection fees!"
"Nani! You actually want to charge me protection fees!? (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)!"
Jashin-chan got angry in a fit of rage.
She looked down at the two shabby coins in her palm and became unhappy again, feeling that her dignity as a demon noble had been insulted!
Bastard! What can you buy with two yen in modern Japan? Even a Fujiya lollipop costs ten yen!
You can't buy squat!
"Clang—! Clatter!"
Jashin-chan angrily threw the two coins and bared her teeth at Ryohei Tanaka: "Vassal, are you looking down on me? Treating me like a beggar!"
"Eh? You figured it out!?"
Ryohei Tanaka widened his eyes in feigned surprise.
"Pfft hahahaha—! Dying of laughter! (≧∀≦)!"
Persephone II and Mino burst into cheerful laughter, and Yurine also "pfft" and started laughing.
Lucoa and Petra smiled on the side.
The scummy snake was completely red with rage!
"..." Medusa smiled bitterly as she bent down to pick up the two coins, looked at the red-faced Jashin-chan, twitched the corner of her mouth, and a look of hesitation appeared on her face (..•˘_˘•..).
She didn't mind lending Jashin-chan some money, but she felt that doing so would be a bit unfair to Ryohei Tanaka and Yurine.
After all, the two had just stood up for her, so she hesitated for a moment...
"..." Ryohei Tanaka glanced at Medusa and didn't let her continue to be troubled. He changed the subject:
"It's about time to eat. What do you guys want to eat? My treat."
"Sushi!"
Hearing that Ryohei Tanaka was treating, Jashin-chan's anger instantly dissipated by half.
Figuring she couldn't extort money, she might as well eat a meal off this rich guy—
Sushi generally had a higher price point due to the high requirements for fresh ingredients.
And she trusted that Ryohei Tanaka wouldn't take them to a cheap, budget shop.
"Sushi..."
Yurine's expression shifted as she looked at Ryohei Tanaka, somewhat tempted: "Sounds good. I haven't had sushi in a long time either."
"Then let's have sushi!"
Mino put one hand on her hip and said readily.
"That works. Eating it occasionally is nice."
Lucoa tapped her cheek with her fingertip and expressed her opinion.
Subsequently, Petra and Medusa also agreed, so it was decided to have sushi.
Ryohei Tanaka took out his phone from his pocket, preparing to check if there were any sushi restaurants worth visiting in Tokyo.
At the same time, he casually asked: "Do you guys have any recommended shops?"
For this kind of thing, it was better to rely on locals. Yurine raised a finger and said without thinking: "Toyosu Market is pretty good."
"Toyosu Market?"
Ryohei Tanaka turned to look at her.
He ran a restaurant and had been summoned by Jashin-chan for a few months now, so naturally, he had heard of Toyosu Market.
This was Japan's largest wholesale seafood market, covering an area of about 600 acres, twice the size of Stardew Valley Ranch.
The actual usable area was even larger, considering that mountainous terrain occupied two-thirds of Stardew Valley Ranch's total area.
Toyosu Market, similar to the 'Fish Market' Ryohei Tanaka had visited before, also housed many highly acclaimed restaurants within.
"..." Ryohei Tanaka recalled the information he had seen when investigating the surrounding markets previously and decided:
"Then let's go to Toyosu Market!"
"Okay." Yurine and the others naturally had no objections. After agreeing, the group set off and left the furniture store...
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