Chapter 6 “Fruit Of Life part 1”
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After settling on an agreeable arrangement, the two seemingly incompatible monsters officially became Dawn’s tenant today. This should’ve been a time of celebration, but upon experiencing so many things in short succession – first a ghost and two monsters – his strong front faded, and he suddenly found himself struck with exhaustion.
For the next while, he collapsed on the sofa and didn’t want to move anymore, thus leaving the two other occupants to do as they pleased.
Boink was busy peering out the window when he brought up a subject they’ve all been omitting today.
“Landlord, is dinner takeout tonight or you cooking yourself? I can’t cook so I can send you the food money if you need.” The hamsterling rubs his belly in a hungry motion.
Hearing it’s food time, Shadow also licked her lip unconsciously to one side in anticipation. The lady got locked inside the pendant for over a hundred years. During of which she never ate. Heck, the only reason she’s alive still was sleeping and conserving her spiritual energy to avoid starvation. Therefore, it’s no wonder her tummy would “growl” in protest at being so empty.
Immediately, the catling’s face got beet red over the sound.
But who was Dawn? He’s a man that could turn a penny’s worth of food into two full portion meals. So forget takeout. He’s going to let them have a taste of his fine cooking by flaunting that super cooking skill in the kitchen. It’s just that… he couldn’t stand up when he tried.
“….”
“Stay there and have a good rest now.” Shadow saw the abnormality and reached out to temp the guy’s forehead, ger feline eyes flickered with light, “You got possessed by a powerful ghost and lost a lot of essence as a result. Rest there, your limbs are likely too weak to move so don’t push it.”
“What about dinner?” Dawn’s expression became tortured. If at all possible, he didn’t want to order takeout because the closest restaurant didn’t taste good and gave small portions for its price.
Shadow stood up with a smile: “I’ll just make dinner, I haven’t done it for a long time so it’s a good opportunity to bring back my culinary skills. You know, I was a chef in the royal kitchen for a while so don’t count me out.”
Dawn’s eyeballs could literally pop out if that’s a thing without him screaming in pain. Royal kitchen, what honor and level of skill would one need to get in? Obviously the best of the best of course. These are the people serving the royal family in the old dynasty! Exquisite ingredients, profound culinary techniques, dishes never before tasted before by the ordinary citizen, all the works!
Wait, does Shadow know how to use a modern kitchen first? She’s from more than a hundred years ago, they were still burning charcoal back then.
“Me me me! I’ll tell her how to use the stove.” Boink couldn’t wait to raise his paw. A royal chef demonstrating her skills was more than enough to make the hamster change his tune. Heck, all he’s lacking now was bow his head to show loyalty by this point.
Shadow smiled triumphantly, knowing she’s come out on top. And sure enough, Boink cooperated proactively without any of the hostility from earlier after they entered the kitchen.
Still lying on the sofa like a sloth, Dawn wanted to rest and go over what’s happened. It’s like a dream to him and he still couldn’t quite believe it. A powerful female ghost, monster hunter, a catling, and talking hamster, to say his view of the world just got flipped upside down was no understatement. And the reasoning for all this? The pendant hanging around his neck. It all started because of this trinket.
Reaching over to his neck and pulling the item up to his face, he examines the status panel again with his mind. Unsurprisingly, the bars were different again, and the order points soared to the level where he could roll the spin wheel ten times at least.
Naturally the prize gave him a boost in the psychological department, but the question remains, what gave him so much order point? He originally got five points for completing the first mission so what did he do to get awarded tenfold that amount? Was it repelling the ghost attack? Or releasing Shadow from the pendant? Or is it something else entirely?