Vol 2 Chapter 16.5 (1/2)
Volume 2 Extra Story Part 5: Don’t tell me this is the Yaminabe special chapter
“Alright! Now that there are just 3 left, let’s change the rules up a bit.” Guo Jia clapped as she said so after Meng De finished eating the tofu, and then turned to Meng De. “My lord, that should be okay right.”
“Maa, you’re the one who decides what goes on in the game.” Though Meng De agreed to it, she looks exasperated at Guo Jia’s words.
And for some reason, a very ominous feeling surged in my heart. I had the feeling that Guo Jia’s next words were definitely not going to make things easy for us.
“Un,” Guo Jia nodded as an utterly horrific smile floated on her face. “Well then, will you 3 please pick something out?”
Un? Isn’t this the same as before?
I looked over at Yun Chang and Meng De as I thought so, and as expected, those 2 were unable to understand what had changed either.
“Maa maa, don’t think too much about it.” Guo Jia said as she saw that we were worried about what was to come . “Just like what we’ve done so far, you still have to eat it.”
We 3 looked at each other, and then picked up our chopsticks at the same time.
I don’t know what Meng De and Yun Chang were thinking as they reached in with their chopsticks, but as for me, I just relied on my instincts and scoured the broth for (fake) food.
As long as it’s not a chilli, anything is good… You’re it!
—- Meat stew!
I slapped my forehead in anguish. Was it all over now?
“D, d.a.m.n it.” Yun Chang, who was sitting to my right, picked out the chilli that all of us least wanted to pick our. Looking at the shape, it’s probably the Jing state variant.
And while I and Yun Chang were drowning in the abyss of despair, Meng De picked out another tofu of mine.
“Alright, what now?” Meng De excitedly asked Guo Jia. She’s probably on cloud nine now, seeing as we are sure to lose.
Hai, forget it, I admit defeat. I better prepare myself to eat this.
However, Guo Jia said calmly, “Now then, you 3 shall pa.s.s your item to the next person in counterclockwise order who will eat it.”
“Hah?!”
“What!?”
“… It’s over.”
Meng De accepted the reality before her while I and Yun Chang did not understand immediately what happened.
So to explain what will happen, Yun Chang will eat the meat stew, Meng De will eat the chilli, and I will eat the tofu. — Looks like we’re eating the stuff that each of us brought.
What a coincidence.
“Alright, don’t hesitate any longer. Pa.s.s your item to the next person in counterclockwise order now.” Guo Jia urged.
Guo Jia’s smile did not extend to her eyes, and gave me a chill that ran down my spine.
Yun Chang POV
I took a close look at the plate that contained the meat stew which I received, and found that this was something I made, and not Gan Qing’s.
Now that I think about it, this is the first time I’m eating something I made myself.
But since Xuan De said it’s okay, the taste can’t be too bad.
–Ahen
Ue~~~~~~~~
From the moment I inserted it into my mouth, a disgusting taste exploded on my tongue, inducing a strong wave of nausea.
Wh, what is this taste? Why is it so sweet when it’s meat? Did I add in too much honey? But all I added was one pail. And it’s so hard, I can’t chew it at all~~~~
But still, I kept on chewing, to give myself confidence to swallow. But no matter how much I chewed, my tongue rejected the meat in my mouth and the nausea only acc.u.mulated.
I had no choice but to use my martial bravery, and concentrated my bravery from my whole body as sweat streamed down my body, and force myself to swallow.
— Uhn.
Un? What happened? Why is the world spinning, and why does it seem like I’m lying on the ground?
No good, I must get up.
My thoughts were not going through to my limbs as my brain was addled by the shock from what I had swallowed.
Finally, I gave up and lay motionlessly on the ground.
Ah, is this the meat stew I made? … L, looks like I still have a long way to go in my cooking skills huh~~~
In the next instant, I lost consciousness, and when I woke up again, I would find myself in the inner room.
Meng De POV