Chapter 268: Apples from the Garden of Eden!
Stardew Valley Ranch, Complex Building Kitchen.
After Ryohei Tanaka finished butchering the two Kuroge Wagyu cattle, he led everyone to the kitchen on the second floor and began preparing the full-course beef banquet in an orderly manner.
The scum snake was naturally one of the main helpers. Ryohei Tanaka confidently entrusted her with tasks that required professional culinary skills.
Mino's task was to make hand-beaten beef balls—
She just needed to repeatedly beat the beef into a fine paste until it reached a perfect gelatinous consistency.
Lucoa was sent by Ryohei Tanaka to the other world to chop bamboo. The main staple for lunch today was beef bamboo rice, and they were short on the necessary containers.
Persephone II sat on a small stool in the corner of the kitchen, wearing disposable gloves, diligently scrubbing two huge beef stomachs with cornstarch, salt, and white liquor.
The kitchen was busy but orderly.
Not long after, Yurine and Petra returned from their shopping trip, carrying large and small bags.
Ryohei Tanaka assigned them tasks—
He had Petra kill the chickens and fish, and clean them up, while Yurine washed the side dishes.
Time flew by, and it was soon past eight o'clock.
"Is she here?!"
Noticing that Lucoa had answered a phone call and opened a spatial portal, Jashin-chan immediately looked over with surprise and shouted excitedly:
"Teacher, welcome to the human world!"
"Teacher?"
Medusa, who walked through carrying a shopping bag, blinked her beautiful purple eyes and said in surprise, "Is Teacher coming today?"
"Mmh, didn't she come with you?"
As Jashin-chan spoke, she leaned to the side, trying to look behind Medusa.
She had assumed Persephone would come with Medusa.
"No."
Medusa shook her head honestly, then lifted the shopping bag in her hand and smiled sweetly:
"I brought something precious today~."
"What is it?"
Yurine's curiosity was piqued, and she asked.
"Hehehe~~."
Medusa let out a cute, silly laugh.
Full of the desire to share, she took out a bag of round, plump, and translucent red apples from the shopping bag and introduced them:
"These are apples sent from the Garden of Eden."
"Ehh—!"
Jashin-chan, who had been crossing her arms and rubbing her chin, wondering when Teacher would arrive, if she got lost, and if she should call to ask, was shocked upon hearing this. She jerked her head up to look and exclaimed:
"Is it that Garden of Eden where you have to wait hundreds of years even if you order?"
"Yes, I placed the order two hundred years ago." Medusa smiled gently and handed an apple to Yurine.
Yurine subconsciously took it, glanced at Ryohei Tanaka who had leaned in curiously, and commented:
"A conversation that wouldn't happen among humans."
"Indeed."
Ryohei Tanaka agreed, eyeing the apple in Yurine's hand with great interest. He remembered this thing could make Jashin-chan feel shame and really wanted to see it happen. So he said to Yurine:
"Cut a fruit platter... actually, I'll cut it later, you help peel it."
"Okay." Yurine's eyes crinkled with a gentle smile. She responded softly and went to peel the apples.
Medusa only brought three apples from the Garden of Eden, but they were large, each weighing about a pound.
Cut into a fruit platter, it looked quite substantial.
Ryohei Tanaka casually stuck a few wooden picks into the cut fruit pieces and invited everyone to taste.
"It's delicious—!"
Yurine took a small bite, and her reddish-brown eyes lit up instantly. She held her cheek with one hand, showing an expression of immense enjoyment:
"With one bite, a crisp sweetness instantly spreads on the tongue, mixed with just the right amount of tartness... The rich fruity aroma seems to carry the scent of sunshine, filling the mouth instantly and making you want to smile!"
"This taste... waiting two hundred years was worth it!"
Medusa held a wooden pick with a bitten piece of apple on it, a satisfied smile on her face.
"This apple really isn't bad. I want to order some." Mino praised, taking out her phone to place an order on the spot.
Ryohei Tanaka also wanted to order some—
The apples from the Garden of Eden were crisp, juicy, and pleasantly fragrant, with a refreshing sweetness and just the right amount of tartness, full of layered flavors!
But thinking about Medusa waiting two hundred years for this batch.
—In two hundred years, would he still be around?
This question involuntarily popped into his mind.
"Clatter—!"
The wooden pick in Jashin-chan's hand suddenly fell, making a slight sound as it hit the clean floor tiles.
"Jashin-chan? What's wrong?"
Medusa's puzzled voice rang out.
Ryohei Tanaka looked at Jashin-chan and saw her cheeks were flushed red, her expression flustered. Seeing him look over, she became even more panicked, covering her chest with her hands and turning her body slightly sideways, saying in a girlish manner:
"So... so shameful!"
"..." Medusa instantly had beady eyes, looking at her in confusion. What are you ashamed of?
Yurine burst out laughing with a "Pfft", and Ryohei Tanaka and Persephone II were also thoroughly amused.
Lucoa looked at Jashin-chan with interest.
"...So strange! What is this intense feeling of shame?"
Jashin-chan sounded confused, then as if discovering something, she looked down and was instantly shocked:
"Where are my clothes?!"
"Am I not wearing clothes?! Have I been walking on the streets in such a shameful state until now?!"
"What's wrong with her?"
Mino finished ordering apples, put down her phone, looked up, and stared strangely at Jashin-chan, who was blushing furiously and frantically covering her chest.
Knowing her for so long, she had never seen Jashin-chan like this.
"Speaking of which..."
Yurine's expression shifted as if she remembered something, and said:
"I read in a book that Adam and Eve, who accidentally ate the forbidden fruit from the Garden of Eden, put on clothes because they were too ashamed."
"It wasn't accidental." Lucoa gently waved her finger, correcting her.
"Is that so?"
Yurine tilted her head to look at her, not caring too much.
"Clothes, clothes..." Jashin-chan muttered, her gaze landing on Yurine.
Can't mess with her...
She looked at Persephone II—
Teacher will be here later, better not steal her clothes...
Lucoa...
Can't beat her...
Familiar...
Forget about him...
"..."
Jashin-chan looked around, and only Medusa was the easiest to bully. So, while covering her chest, she ordered her:
"Medusa, hurry up and take off your clothes and give them to me!"
"Eh?"
Medusa was stunned, hesitated, and waved her hand weakly: "No, no way, I only have this set on me..."
"What? You dare refuse me!" Jashin-chan didn't wait for her to finish, her eyes widening in shame and anger.
"Bastard! Only the strong deserve clothes; the weak don't deserve to wear them!" Jashin-chan finished speaking and rushed over, reaching out to strip Medusa's clothes.
"Dame—! Dame yo!" Medusa subconsciously hugged herself, turning sideways to resist.
"Hahaha—!"
Thinking of how someone often said, "Only the weak wear clothes; the strong are always naked," Yurine couldn't help but laugh out loud towards the ceiling.
Then her laughter froze—in just a few seconds, Jashin-chan had almost stripped Medusa's clothes off.
"Stop it! You idiot!"
Yurine hurriedly stepped forward, smacked the back of Jashin-chan's head hard, and said grumpily:
"If you want clothes, I'll lend you one first!"
After speaking, she looked at Ryohei Tanaka.
Seeing this, Ryohei Tanaka immediately cooperated and took out a Lolita dress from his spatial storage...
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