"I suddenly realized, why are you so annoying!" Yae Miko pouted, completely unaware that it was because she was too much of a Fox herself.
"Not at all, I'm just stating facts. Could it be that Yae Miko is the type who gains weight easily? No way, no way? Can a dignified Fox get fat too?"
"You!"
"Enough! Both of you settle down for a bit."
Raiden Ei said, lightly tapping the table. Yae Miko sulkily turned her head away, while Shiki elegantly swept through the dishes.
Perhaps this was the ability of a foodie; her eating manners were very elegant and proper, yet her speed was completely unaffected.
After dinner, the four decided to go for a stroll. Of course, it was mainly to accompany Raiden Ei. Shiki and Ayaka had almost memorized Inazuma City, and the Fox, needless to say, remembered all the changes over the past five hundred years.
"Are you preparing to close up shop?" Shiki asked the busy young man.
"Yes, it's getting late, and I need to hurry back, otherwise something might happen on the way," the young man said while packing up his food cart.
His name was Tomoki. The name might be unfamiliar, but mentioning the tooth-achingly sweet Dango Milk would make him recognizable.
Tomoki was the snack vendor who developed and sold Dango Milk. Shiki had promised Raiden Ei to take her to taste sweets, so this tooth-achingly sweet Dango Milk would definitely be the first.
So she came to Tomoki's snack stall. Luckily, her timing was good. Although he was packing up, he hadn't left yet, right?
"By the way, do you want some Dango Milk? I took your advice and lowered the sweetness a bit," Tomoki said.
"I'll have one, and you have other customers too."
Shiki said, stepping aside, and then a purple-haired beauty appeared before him. Unlike the classical Shiki, her attire was extremely bold; the hem of her kimono barely covered her buttocks, and her long legs were encased in purple stockings.
"Gen... General?"
Tomoki never expected that Raiden Shogun, who oversaw Inazuma City from Tenshukaku, would one day personally walk in this mortal city.
"No need to be nervous, just follow your usual procedure."
"Okay, okay."
With an excited heart, Tomoki prepared a Dango Milk with trembling hands. The sweetness was the same as the one in Shiki's hand, though the latter still found this reduced-sweetness drink to be quite cloyingly sweet.
Raiden Ei curiously looked at the colorful little dango in the bottle. They were all kinds of colors, like Sanshoku Dango, just very small, about the size of glass marbles children played with.
"Hmm?" Taking a sip, Raiden Ei re-examined the Dango Milk in her hand. This thing... was somewhat delicious!
"Not bad, not bad. Next time, it can be a little sweeter."
'That's outrageous!'
Shiki exclaimed in disbelief. Even with reduced sweetness, she found it cloyingly sweet, yet Raiden Ei thought it could be even sweeter!
Tomoki, however, seemed very happy, as this was praise from a Archon. But at the same time, he wondered if it would be too sweet. He didn't mind it himself, but too many people complained about the sweetness, and not everyone could tolerate that level of sweetness.
Shiki was just one of them, but her characteristics were quite distinct, so Tomoki remembered her.
Yae Miko felt a little curious seeing this. Something that could make Ei happy must taste pretty good, right?
However, she was only a consciousness projection and could not eat or drink.
Well, Shiki had to admit this point: when it came to sweets, she conceded defeat, alright?
It was truly incredible, how could anyone drink something so sweet?
Skeptical, Shiki bought another cup for Ayaka, and only felt a little better when she heard the latter's coughs.
"Phew… looks like only the two of them are abnormal."
"Cough cough… What's abnormal? And why is this thing so sweet?!"
"Didn't you see these two drinking it like water? I'm really curious what their throats are made of, don't they feel like it's too much?"
"Now that you mention it… it does seem that way."
Ayaka looked at Raiden Ei, whose expression was normal and even somewhat pleased, and couldn't help but show a look of admiration.
As expected of the Shogun, she can drink something this sweet!
After finishing a bottle, Raiden Ei suddenly opened a corner of the Isshin Pure Land, then said seriously, "Do you have any more in stock here? Please throw them all in."
"Huh? All of them? Are you sure?" Tomoki was startled. Was the thing he had invented on a whim really that good?
"Of course, is there a problem?"
"No, no."
Tomoki shook his head, then packaged the Dango Milk and threw it into the dark space.
The Isshin Pure Land can be seen as Raiden Ei's inner world. It can bring living people in and can also store items, equivalent to an alternative Serenitea Pot.
However, she still needs to rely on the Shogun puppet to eat; she cannot eat or drink as a mere consciousness.
"Sigh…"
Seeing this, Shiki sighed lightly, then took out her purse from her sleeve and asked, "How much?"
Uyuu Restaurant is a large business, so a zero-cost purchase is fine, but Tomoki's snack stall is a small business. If these things aren't paid for, he probably won't be able to open for several days.
The people of Inazuma revere the Raiden Shogun. If the Shogun wants to eat or shop, they would definitely agree with both hands and waive all fees. But a zero-cost purchase also depends on the situation.
It was clear that for Tomoki's snack stall, a zero-cost purchase would definitely mean ruin.
Tomoki saw the girl preparing to pay and was about to shake his head in refusal, but then he realized that if he refused, he would probably have to eat dirt for the latter half of the month.
After thinking about it, Tomoki decided to accept the money, but to show respect, he could offer a 30% discount, only charging the cost price.
"One bottle is 1050, today's remaining stock is 50 bottles in total, so 52,500 Mora in total."
"Hmm? It wasn't 1 before…"
Before Shiki finished speaking, she saw Tomoki constantly winking at her, and immediately understood what he was thinking.
With a helpless smile, she took out 75,000 Mora and placed it on the stall. Really, was she short on that little bit of money?
"I'll get you change in a moment."
"No need for change, just leave it. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Would I let you lose money?"
Then, without giving Tomoki a chance to refuse, Shiki directly pushed everyone away from the snack stall and headed towards Hanamizaka.
"Let's go, let's go!"
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