Chapter 213 - Mitsuris Revenge (1/2)

As Shinobu rubbed the area between her eyebrows with her thumb while digesting Nik's words, a polite knock broke the tense atmosphere as a young lady gingerly walked in and placed a tray filled with covered dishes yet the enticing scent attracted Shinobu's and Nik's complete, undivided attention.

”Lady Mitsuri appreciates your patronage.”

”Yeah.”

Shinobu smiled at the waitress and looked that the tray. There were a total of four covered dishes alongside four empty bowls stacked upon each other and a large serving of rice that seemed to be shimmering under the dim light.

As the duo remained engrossed at the lure spectacle their dish was, the waitress took a silent leave.

”Alright, usually, every single dish of hers is unusual. So... I'll be the first one to choose out of the four.”

Shinobu clapped her hands and looked at one of the dishes and swiftly uncovered one of the dishes, revealing a clear bowl of soup with diced vegetables and a few pieces of meat mixed into a thick stock of soup. The green condiments above the soup enhanced the look but Shinobu couldn't help but frown, ”It's normal.”

Her comment wasn't unfounded. From her experience in tasting a liver to eyeballs, although the taste of Mitsuri's dishes always managed to surprise her, the visual of the dish... well, it wasn't entirely pleasing to the eyes of the viewer. And yet, today out of all days, Mitsuri managed to cook such a pleasant looking dish. Switching her gaze to the wonderfully surprised Nik, Shinobu instantly flipped the covers of the other three dishes and yes, she raged internally.

'Mitsuri... you better make sure I don't see your face.'

Shinobu vowed internally while Nik looked at the spectacle of overflowing grace that his food was. A bowl of enchanting, thick soup followed by two meat dishes and finally, a carefully diced salad that was nothing short of art. If Mitsuri really cooked and prepared her dish in such a manner at such a short period of time then truly, her skills are great.

”This looks great, Shinobu. Thank you for bringing me here.”

Nik smiled genuinely and distributed the four bowls into twos amongst themselves before looking at the dazed Shinobu silently. Finally, he couldn't hold it in and whispered her into awakening.

”Shinobu... the food is going to get cold.”

Finally, Shinobu looked up with a dark gaze that expressed a single word— Death— and unceremoniously picked the bowl of rice and served herself to the food without speaking a single word.

Finally, after the delicious but low nutritional meal ended, Shinobu 'insisted' Nik to leave a little earlier than her and wait for her at the entrance. Of course, Nik would be damned if he actually put his nose in between whatever Shinobu was currently thinking. He wasn't scared— make no mistake— Nik simply did not feel like annoying the beauty he is trying to please.

Meanwhile, in the mess.

'Hehe!' Mitsuri kept looking at all the gathered chefs with her legs dangling idly with a silly smile on her face.

'Shinobu is a bully! A bully! But Nik is so kind. He helped an innocent demon and he is so cool! And...'

She stuttered internally as a deep crimson touched her face before she let out a distressed sigh.

'But... Shinobu actually tasted my best cooking... I don't like that. But she also came with Nik... I cannot leave a bad impression on him...'

As it turns out, all the weird dishes were simply Mitsuri's way of getting revenge on Shinobu for all her 'poking' and 'pinching' at illicit locations of her body. But of course, she could not become discreet about the matter.

Finally, Mitsuri just giggled foolishly while playing with her chef's hat until the waitress that served Nik and Shinobu walked in with a quick pace and showed a piece of paper to Mitsuri that reduced all her mischief into worry and fear.

—I look forward to your next class in my estate. *red drop dripping till the corner of the paper*—

***

”You finally seem relieved.”

Nik smiled as Shinobu's entire demeanor spoke bubbliness. It did not take a genius to understand that something happened the moment Shinobu flipped the covering of the dishes. What it could be, Nik did not know, neither did he intend to press for answers. It wasn't any fun that way.

Leaving Mitsuri's Restaurant— Love Inn— Nik finally recalled an important aspect of that Inn.

”The wine... we did not get any.”

Nik looked at Shinobu, who shook her head and replied with an expectant tone, ”Mitsuri's wine for the pillars is too strong to be drunk midday. If you... would ever stay back in my mansion, I'll let you taste some quality wine.”

Nik couldn't help but frown and look at her.

”Mitsuri's wine isn't delivered to Lisa Lisa's mansion?”

”Not after Shizuka threatened to destroy every single Daimyo and their relatives for ogling her in while drinking the whole barrel.”

”Nice.”