Chapter 47: Chapter 47: An Elegant Feast
"Mmm! It's delicious!"
Alisa held a small cake in her left hand and a large chicken leg in her right, her mouth stuffed with food. With her slightly puffed cheeks, she looked like a cute little hamster storing nuts for the winter.
"As one would expect from a dinner hosted by Erina Nakiri, the food is indeed exceptional."
Victor nodded in agreement as he enjoyed his perfectly cooked steak. The quality of the cuisine truly lived up to the reputation of the God's Tongue.
[Lumine: @Victor, Brother Victor, help me!]
Just as Victor was enjoying his meal, a message from the chat group suddenly rang in his head.
[Victor: What now? Is that country girl trying to stab you again?]
When Victor saw Lumine's message, his first thought was that Raiden Ei was attempting another assassination.
But Lumine's next answer left him completely confused.
[Lumine: No, I'm hungry, please give me something to eat, I'm starving...]
[Victor: Are you serious?]
[Lumine: I'm not kidding! Hurry up, I'm really starving!]
[Lumine: Didn't you say earlier that you wanted to add me to your harem? If I starve to death, your future collection will be reduced by one!]
[Victor: It's okay. If you die, I can still have my way with your corpse while it's still warm. It'll save me a lot of trouble.]
[Lumine: You absolute, !]
[Ding! Victor sent an exclusive red envelope to Lumine!]
[Ding! Lumine received the exclusive red envelope.]
Although his words were harsh, Victor still discreetly transferred the pork chop rice from his plate while no one was paying attention.
Alisa, who witnessed this magical display, remained amazed but chose not to ask questions. She was getting used to Victor's supernatural abilities.
[Lumine: Hmph, you still have a conscience.]
Two seconds later.
[Lumine: Holy crap! This is incredible! Do you have any more?]
Victor waved his hand and transferred all the delicacies from their table directly to Lumine.
[Victor: Tell me, what happened to you to make you beg me for food?]
[Lumine: Oh, that's a long story. I was running around gathering evidence on the Delusion Factory and didn't eat for several days.]
[Lumine: When I finally went to cook something, I realized that I'd forgotten to replenish my ingredients!]
If Lumine wasn't a qi cultivation practitioner who could supplement her physical strength with spiritual energy, she would have collapsed from hunger long ago. However, even cultivators couldn't achieve complete inedia, after a long time, they still needed food to replenish their energy.
[Lumine: Wow! This is amazing. Do you have more? Send some over!]
At that moment, on a hillside in Inazuma, Lumine and Paimon were frantically devouring the food in front of them.
They had never tasted anything so delicious! Even Paimon commented that these dishes were infinitely better than Lumine's cooking.
After experiencing such culinary perfection, they couldn't imagine eating anything else.
[Stelle: Everyone who sees it gets a share! I want some too!]
[Belle: And me! I'm curious how delicious this food is if Lumine praised it so highly.]
[Shinobu: I'm curious too.]
[Kiana: It's definitely not as delicious as Mei's cooking, but I want to try it!]
[Bai Yuekui: If possible, I would like to try it as well]
True to form, when faced with delicious food, no one could resist. Lumine's enthusiastic praise immediately drew the attention of the other lurking group members.
[Victor: No problem]
Victor, who had already moved to avoid suspicion, waved his hand again and cleared all the remaining food from the nearby tables.
As the other diners noticed their meals gone, they looked around in confusion.
"Where did the food go? How did so much food just disappear?"
However, Victor had already "Changed Battlegrounds" again.
[Bang! Victor sent a group of red envelopes!]
In an instant, all the red envelopes were claimed.
[Belle: Wow! This is incredible!]
[Stelle: Ah! It tastes like home!]
[Kiana: Okay, I take it back. These delicacies are just as good as Mei's cooking!]
[Shinobu: It is indeed delicious, though slightly inferior to the food we had at Totsuki Academy]
[Belle: What? There's something more delicious?]
[Lumine: I feel like I missed out on a billion yen]
[Stelle: Next time we have an offline meeting, we should go to Victor's world and have him take us to that Totsuki Academy to taste the food!]
[Belle: I agree!]
[Kiana: I fully support that proposal!]
[Victor: No problem]
"Victor, is something wrong?"
Noticing that Victor was standing there in a daze, Alisa tilted her head with a puzzled expression.
"No, nothing." Victor shook his head and withdrew his attention from the chat group.
Before they knew it, the birthday dinner had reached its climax.
The protagonist of the evening, Asuna Yuuki, approached the stage in the hall, surrounded by well-wishers. Erina stood beside her and handed her the microphone, though her eyes kept scanning the crowd below until they settled on Victor and Alisa.
Victor and Alisa nodded at her, and Erina responded with a subtle smile.
Seeing this exchange, the men standing near Victor and Alisa all showed excited expressions.
"Lady Erina actually smiled at me!"
"Nonsense, she smiled at me!"
"You're both delusional, she clearly smiled at me!"
"Ha! I think you're all full of hot air. Why don't you take a look in the mirror? What makes you think that Miss Erina would smile at any of you?"
On the podium, Asuna ignored the looks and expressions of her best friend. After taking the microphone, she began her speech, standard words of thanks to everyone for attending her birthday party.
Of course, she also gave special thanks to her dear friend Erina Nakiri.
After several minutes of speeches, the maids appeared pushing a huge dining cart. On it was a nine-layer cake, two to three meters in diameter and four to five meters high!
It was the first time Victor had seen such a huge cake. As befitting a wealthy family's birthday celebration, even the cake had been prepared with such extravagance.
It was unfortunate that he personally disliked eating cake, but that didn't stop him from sending slices to the girls in the group.
The dinner lasted until about 22:30 before it was finally finished.
Just as Victor was about to leave with Alisa, Erina intercepted them.
"Please wait!"
"Is there anything else?" Victor inquired.
Erina handed him an elegant gold card.
"What is this?" Victor looked confused.
Erina explained, "This is a mark of the Nakiri family. As long as you have it, you can enter and leave the Totsuki Academy freely, and you can ask anyone at the academy to cook for you!"
"Of course, my phone number is included. If you'd like me to cook for you personally, that's fine too."
To win over Victor, Erina had spared no expense, directly offering one of her family's most precious tokens of trust.
"Then I will graciously accept this."
Victor didn't refuse Erina's generous gift. This map would be perfect for when his group members came for their next meeting, he could take them to Totsuki Academy for a proper feast.