"Sorry, Hoshino, I've caused you trouble. Am I really stupid? I can't even do such simple problems..."
Closing her homework book, Yui Yuigahama's face showed a hint of self-reproach as she looked at Hoshino Sora, who had come early on a weekend to tutor her homework. He should have had a full night's sleep.
"How could that be? It's rare for you to ask me to tutor you. This is you needing me, letting me show my value as a boyfriend. How could I possibly dislike you?"
He stroked Yui Yuigahama's small head. At this moment, she was wearing a vacuum lace nightgown, her hair tied in a cute girlish bun, and she still exuded the scent of shower gel, unique to someone who had just bathed.
According to Yui Yuigahama, her parents were out for the day, leaving her alone at home. So she got up early, took a shower, and then called Hoshino Sora.
The excuse, of course, was to have him come over to tutor her, as this week's homework was quite difficult.
But, waking up early to shower, meticulously dressing up, and wearing a lace nightgown...
Could it really just be for tutoring? Impossible, right? Just that subtle act of pressing her body against him had already stirred the small flame in Hoshino Sora's heart beyond control.
"The homework has been tutored, so when will our student Yuigahama pay the tuition?"
As he spoke, Hoshino Sora's hand touched Yui Yuigahama's fair, tender thigh, then he spoke in a teasing tone. Such an action naturally made Yuigahama react.
Her emotions immediately flared up.
"Teacher, we are teacher and student. This is not allowed. Please restrain yourself a little."
"Playing this kind of game? Little Yui, you're more perverse than I imagined, but I like it!"
Looking at Yui Yuigahama, who was playing hard to get in front of him, Hoshino Sora's lips curved slightly. With Yuigahama's performance, that little expression, how could he possibly restrain himself!
"Student Yuigahama, with your grades, if you want to get into a good high school, it's impossible without putting in more effort than ordinary people.
I'm sure you don't want to go to a trash high school and make your parents sad, do you?"
"Then teacher, what should I do?"
"It's simple. As long as I come to tutor you every day, I guarantee your grades will improve by leaps and bounds, but..."
Afterward, there was no more dialogue in the room. Outside, birds chirped, and little birds nestled beside big birds, looking very happy.
Hoshino Sora stayed at Yuigahama's house until evening.
It wasn't that the two played this game for so long; mainly, the other party got too tired from tutoring later and fell asleep. Hoshino Sora couldn't bear to bother her further, so he accompanied her in taking a nap.
They slept until evening, effectively making up for the sleep they missed by waking up early.
When he woke up, Hoshino Sora didn't rush to the restaurant. Instead, he used the ingredients available at home to cook a meal for Yuigahama. After dinner, the two went to Xingye Restaurant together.
Then, Hoshino Sora cooked dinner for everyone at the restaurant again, and they ate another meal. However, Yuigahama, having eaten earlier, clearly ate much less for dinner.
She only ate one bowl of rice before letting out a satisfied burp.
Dinner concluded, and the day's business at the restaurant began.
Outside the restaurant, people came and went; inside, it was bustling, and the kitchen was the hardest hit area. Because there were so many customers, everyone had to give their all.
Under such high pressure, Hoshino Sora, including Hoshino Sora's wives, were growing rapidly at an astonishing pace.
This was a one-month development period, yet during this time, Hoshino Sora encountered only old customers, rarely seeing new faces.
Either it was Rimuru, or characters from Demon Slayer, like the Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku, the Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka, or Kobayashi's friends.
Lucoa and Fafnir, neither of these two were easy to deal with.
Among them, Lucoa, the large-chested dragon girl, had a soft personality and a sweet voice. She often made suggestive gestures, making Hoshino Sora both love and hate her.
Specifically, she would shake her body wildly while eating delicious food, occasionally lift her clothes to act like a hooligan, and make sounds many times more alluring than ordinary people when eating, claiming it was all Hoshino Sora's fault.
How could Hoshino Sora take the blame for this? He wanted to retort but didn't know how. Because, strictly speaking, he did make Lucoa make those sounds, so he could only grit his teeth and accept it, playing the role of the 'heartless man.'
As for Fafnir, it was somewhat surprising to Hoshino Sora that he liked sweets. Seeing how cold his personality was, the contrasting expression of happiness he showed when eating sweets was truly immense.
And after learning that his place was a good spot for gatherings, the two dragons would basically come every two or three days. They would enjoy delicious food while catching up with Tohru and Kanna, and Hoshino Sora was happy for them to come.
Because every time they came, they brought him many benefits.
As the saying goes, 'only a fool doesn't make money when he can,' and 'only a fool doesn't take advantage of benefits.' Hoshino Sora naturally wasn't willing to be that fool, so he would always meticulously prepare dishes.
Sometimes he would even join their meals, chatting and discussing various topics with them.
Lucoa often teased Hoshino Sora after drinking, doing many harassing things such as pressing her body against him, hugging his arm, and bending over to rest her ample bosom on his lap...
This made Aka Rika quite displeased, so she often competed with Lucoa for Hoshino Sora's attention, which was also a beautiful sight in Xingye Restaurant.
Besides this, Rimuru also frequently came, bringing a group of subordinates to dine at his place, almost every few days. He also contributed many innate skills to Hoshino Sora.
Then, from the Demon Slayer World, Hoshino Sora met Kyojuro Rengoku, who came to eat. He didn't say much, only repeatedly exclaimed "delicious, delicious," eating bowl after bowl. After the meal, he looked completely refreshed.
The Water Hashira, Giyu Tomioka, was not as lively as the Flame Hashira. Although he also said "delicious" many times, he maintained a cold expression and stayed until early morning before leaving.
Of course, Hoshino Sora's biggest gain this month wasn't the various abilities contributed by the Other World characters.
His biggest gain was the large number of mutated plants in the Gourmet Manor, as well as the special dishes derived from food mutations. These dishes, when consumed, could produce special effects.
Dishes made from mutated beef could temporarily increase strength, providing a strength boost buff.
Dishes made from mutated carrots could make eyes brighter, turning them into clairvoyant eyes. Eating bull's testicles, pig's testicles, and chicken testicles could make one's combat power in that aspect stronger.
This sounds quite normal, and it seems ordinary ingredients also have such effects, and these are all common knowledge.
However, ingredients that have mutated and grown to the Silver rank have exceptionally strong effects. If combined with a food tonic book, the effect would multiply not just dozens of times!?
These are just ordinary ingredients that have grown, evolving through the spiritual nourishment of the Gourmet Manor. Although their taste has improved, their fundamental change is not significant.
In contrast, the effects produced by combining certain mutated ingredients are unclear. Hoshino Sora believes there's a lot to be said for this, and it's currently in the research phase.
However, what is certain is that the buff enhancements produced by cooking have no side effects whatsoever. Whether permanent or temporary, they are absolutely safe!
Hoshino Sora speculates that once the ingredients in the Gourmet Manor mutate further, effects similar to elixirs in cultivation novels will eventually appear. If cooking can make people stronger, it will definitely be a revolution in the culinary world!
Thinking of this, Hoshino Sora became even more excited.
He clearly felt that Dimensional Restaurant was thriving!
"Welcome! Oh, it's Mitsuri! You haven't been here in a long time."
Hoshino Sora was idly spacing out in the lobby. No customers had arrived at the restaurant for twenty minutes.
This was a common occurrence. After all, Dimensional Restaurant wasn't connected to many worlds yet, and after serving the customers from Sanhe Street, it was already past 11 PM. At this hour, if no one came, then truly no one would come.
Through this period of exploration, Hoshino Sora had a deeper understanding of Dimensional Restaurant. He discovered that although his restaurant could connect to Other Worlds, the effect wasn't particularly good.
Not only could it only connect to one world at a time, but the customers served were always the same few, indicating that the connected world hadn't changed.
Hoshino Sora had also asked the system about this.
The system's reply was: "Insufficient reputation points, unable to upgrade the restaurant, unable to connect to more Other Dimensions."
However, although it couldn't connect to more planes temporarily, at least the system provided a solution.
After some time, Far Moon would hold its first-year promotion assessment, and the third-years would also graduate, which would surely bring him a massive amount of reputation points!
An expectant expression appeared on his face. According to the system's description, after Dimensional Restaurant upgraded to Level 2, it could connect to 2-5 worlds simultaneously, and its building area would also increase.
This is easy to understand, after all, only a larger restaurant can accommodate customers from more worlds.
"Shopkeeper, I'm here again. I hope I'm not disturbing you."
She was wearing a Demon Slayer Corps uniform, looking somewhat travel-worn, and her physical exhaustion was visible to the naked eye.
Hmm, it seems little Mitsuri urgently needs salvation through delicious food!
"How could you be disturbing me? I couldn't be happier to see you! You haven't been here for such a long time; I've been thinking of you day and night. So, what would you like to order today?
Oh, I prepared your favorite cherry blossom mochi, the one you mentioned last time. I made a lot."
Hoshino Sora smiled and greeted Kanroji Mitsuri as she opened the door and entered the Dimensional Restaurant. He was unusually talkative, partly because they hadn't seen each other in a long time and partly because there were no other customers.
"Oh, really? I didn't expect you, Manager, to still remember! But let's save that for dessert after the meal. For the main course..."
Kanroji Mitsuri placed her arms in front of her stomach, contemplating for a long time, her body involuntarily leaning slightly forward. She was deep in the throes of choice paralysis.
Because every dish at this restaurant was so delicious, it was truly difficult to make a choice in a short amount of time.
"By the way, when is your birthday, Mitsuri?"
Seeing Kanroji Mitsuri ponder for a long time without reaching a conclusion, Hoshino Sora wasn't in a hurry. He simply sat quietly beside her, accompanying her in her thoughts.
Kanroji Mitsuri felt a warmth in her heart upon realizing this, but she still struggled to choose. So, Hoshino Sora spoke up. If she couldn't decide, he would decide for her.
But before that, he needed to ask Kanroji Mitsuri a question.
"June 1st. Why do you ask?"
Hearing the question, Kanroji Mitsuri, who had been engrossed in thought, looked up. She then saw Hoshino Sora's handsome face, and her face immediately flushed. She then whispered, somewhat flustered.
"Well, isn't that Children's Day? What a coincidence! Since you can't decide what you want to eat, let me decide for you, alright?"
"Children's Day? Then I'll trouble you to put some thought into it."
Hearing Hoshino Sora's words, Kanroji Mitsuri was first puzzled, then a sparkle appeared in her eyes, and she spoke with a face full of anticipation.
"No problem. While you wait, have some appetizers to tide you over. The cooking time will be about an hour. Asaka, serve the food."
Hoshino Sora said, then returned to the kitchen. Asaka also brought the prepared Wasabi Shrimp Balls to Kanroji Mitsuri's table at this time.
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