Chapter 87
That concludes the day where we get to torture Laura in various ways .
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We set up a tent near the forest to get some shut eyes .
「It’s chilly……We’ve been sleeping in futons over the past few weeks, so there’s some getting used to . 」
「I see . 」
I spread a blanket, and Marine entered .
(Fluff fluff . )
Marine quietly gets on top of the blanket .
Cute .
「For me……I’ll use this……」
Femille takes out a sleeping bag .
「How about you, Lolona?」
「I’m going on guard duty . 」
Lolona sat right outside the tent, tending to the fireplace .
「You sure you’re fine by yourself?」
「I’m used to it . 」
What a serious girl .
Though it kinda feels lonely when she says it .
I sat next to her .
「Keimdono?!」
「I thought you’ll be lonely on your own . 」
「I- I- I’m grateful that you’re caring so much about me, but but but, for a guy and a girl to stay together so late at night means……」
Lolona is quite serious in strange ways .
「H-H-H-However if Keimdono wishes for it, I have no need to refuse right?!
In fact, I want this to happen?!」
On the other hand, she’s being rather motivated .
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But——
(Plop . )
Laura sits beside me .
「I-I-It’s not what you think okay! I just sat wherever I wanted!」
Even though I didn’t say anything, she started blurting out tsundere lines .
(Rustle rustle . Plop . )
Marine came out of the tent and sat on my lap .
「Were you feeling lonely?」
(Nods . )
So that’s what it was .
Adorable .
「Auu . ……」
And the ever so serious Femille who wanted to sleep, was left in the tent by herself .
「Come’ere . 」
「Y-Yes!」
Inviting her, she smiles excitedly .
And thus――
Even though we built the tent, everyone’s outside sleeping .
Night passes .
We headed back into the forest .
Looking at the table that was left unattended yesterday, a bunch of bowls with lids on were left there .
「What kind of container are these?」
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「I soaked some mushroom jellyfish overnight with some sugar water yesterday . 」
「Sugary water……Which means it’ll make them sweet and delicious?!」
「Maybe . 」
「Let it be delish~ Ehehehe~」
I opened the lid .
Splash! Tentacles stretched out from within .
The sharp tentacles scratched the surface of me and Laura’s cheeks, and pierced right into the tree behind us .
「Fueeenn……」
Laura falls down on the spot .
「Did it come back to life after a night of being soaked in water?」
Analysing it calmly, I stabbed the head of the jellyfish with a knife .
The jellyfish stopped moving .
Removing it from the bowl, I placed it on the cutting board .
「It did unleash a fearful attack, that was kinda dangerous . 」
「Kind of?! Did you just say kind of?!」
Laura points at the tree behind us . The tree has a hole that looks about 3cm deep .
「If that attack adjusted itself by about 10cms to the side, it would’ve skewered me you know?!」
「But it didn’t . So let’s cherish this reality . (Sparkle)」
「Don’t say it so nonchalantly!!」
Laura displays a magnificent (＞＜) face .
I extend my hand on the second bowl .
I should be careful when opening――
「It’s not attacking . 」
The rest of the bowls did not have any sort of attack .
「Maybe I should deal the final blow before preparing it?」
Making a hypothesis, I started preparing the jellyfish .
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I sliced the jellyfish thinly into sashimi slices .
Starting off with the transparent part, I put it near Laura’s mouth .
「Have a taste . 」
「Aahhn……」
Laura opened her mouth wide and started eating .
「Aah, delish . 」
「I see . 」
「When I bite into it, the sweet taste splurts out and sweetens the taste bud . 」
I tried one myself .
It’s as she described .
It felt like a harder gumball .
I let Lolona and co ate some as well .
「It’s not bad . 」
「It’s sugary……And delicious……♥」
(Nods………♪)
The evaluation was equal .
However, Femille and the rest’s opinion does feel like『It’s fine if it’s sweet』when they ate it .
Let’s try it .
I presented a plate that is just plain sugar water to Lolona and co .
「It has a special sweetness that contains jellyfish extract . 」
You gotta be kidding me .
It’s just sugar water .
The three of them used a spoon to scoop up the water .
「It tastes like normal water added with sugar……」
「It’s sweet…and delicious……I’m in bliss……♥」
(Slurp………Slurp………Slurp………。)
Lolona calmly judges, but Femille and Marine started drinking some more .
Seems like Femille and Marine’s taste buds aren’t that developed .
Can’t help it .
For Femille’s case,『”I looked at the illustration in the picture book and imagined the taste, and used it as a side dish for bread . 』or『I would imagine the taste of meat by arranging stones with a color similar to that and use that as a side dish for bread . 』
『To live in a city, one must find edible weed anywhere!』was what she said .
Marine isn’t as bad as Femille, but she did grow up in a closed environment .
Meaning, the only important evaluation to hear from are Lolona and Laura .
Lolona would comment『it’s not bad』and Laura would say『delish』 .
But for Laura, if she truly feels that it’s good, she’ll make an overexaggerated reaction .
Sometimes I feel that her normal reaction would’ve been better .
Anyways, back to what I was doing .
Using sugar water does help with making the jellyfish taste better .
But the taste still feels weak .
At that point, you might as well be licking sugar instead of eating the jellyfish .
「Let’s go back for now . 」
「Do you come up with some ideas?」
「It’s not as good as you think . 」
Taking the twenty plus captured jellyfish with us, we went back to the inn in town .
Putting the jellyfish inside the luggage, we head out to the market .
「Hey hey Keima! What are you buying??」
Laura frolics for no reason and flutters her hands .
Like a kid .
「I’m thinking of buying some milk and fruits . 」
「Milk and fruits?!」
「I felt that the gum is a little too hard, so I thought of using the creaminess of the milk to soften the texture, and add more flavour with fruits . 」
「Fuee……!」
It was out of my expectation .
She was drooling all over the place .
「Oi, can’t you act like a goddess for once?」
With the handkerchief that I have, I wipe the useless goddess’s drool .