"Mr. Cat, is very picky with his food. You know, I've stayed in this country for so many years and can only make white people food. Hmm, at most just pan-fry a steak." Bayonetta shrugged her shoulders, looking a bit helpless.
"Understandable. After all, the menus here are even thinner than the joke books of our former ally country."
When Enzo spoke, his expression was extremely dramatic, "To be honest, it's hard to imagine you cooking, and even more so cooking for a man. As expected, the power of love is great."
"So long-winded, hurry up and give the phone to your wife." Bayonetta couldn't be bothered to listen to his nonsense.
"Don't be in such a hurry, she's coming." Enzo spread his hands and handed the phone to his wife.
Very soon, Bayonetta started asking for advice over the phone.
And just as she was following the steps Enzo's wife taught, step by step, Aiden came downstairs.
"I smell the scent of tomatoes." Aiden sniffed his nose. "What delicious thing are you preparing to make?"
"Spaghetti, and steak." Bayonetta stirred the Italian pasta sauce in the pot with a wooden spoon, saying without turning her head.
"This smell is really something to look forward to." Aiden noticed the phone Bayonetta had placed to the side, showing it was still on a call, so he understood she was temporarily learning, and immediately gave affirmation.
No matter if it tasted good or not, as long as someone was cooking for him, Aiden would always be like this. Just like when Robert cooked at home, others would more or less complain, but he would always be the first to praise.
Sure enough, after hearing Aiden's words, Bayonetta was in a great mood. She turned her head and gave Aiden a charming look, "I suddenly feel like rewarding you again."
"You'd better finish making the sauce first before saying that." Aiden pointed at the pot.
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Not long after, Bayonetta finished making dinner.
A large bowl of steaming hot spaghetti and oven-roasted steak.
Aiden used the dining knife to cut a big piece of beef and placed it on his plate, then used chopsticks to pick up some spaghetti... Compared to using a fork to eat noodles, he felt chopsticks were still more convenient.
"The taste is just as I imagined, very nice." Aiden took a bite and praised, then asked, "Did Enzo buy the tickets?"
"Mm." Bayonetta smiled brightly, not sure if she was responding to the first sentence or the second.
Then she said, "We'll depart tomorrow morning, have a layover in R Country, and then land directly in a country near Vigrid... Sorry, there's no airport there. According to Enzo, there's only a train station there, so traveling is a bit troublesome."
"It really is troublesome... It's just, I'm a bit curious, does Enzo have some kind of special deal with the airlines, like he gets kickbacks?" Aiden asked curiously.
Bayonetta obviously didn't understand what he meant and frowned, saying, "His connections are broad, but I haven't heard of any deals with the airlines... So if you've got something to say, just say it directly."
Aiden looked around the dining room, but didn't find the world map he was looking for, so he could only say helplessly, "We're on the East Coast of America now. Do you know what's east of here?"
"The Atlantic. If we cross the Atlantic, we can go straight to Europe. But now we're flying across the whole Pacific, and then across most of Asia..."
"To be honest, unless Enzo really does get a cut from the airlines, I don't get why he chose this route."
"Of course, maybe his idea was that when we pass through Asia, he'd let you follow me back to my country and take a look, but I don't think he thought that far."
Unfortunately, Bayonetta only understood the last sentence of Aiden's long speech. She said with slight surprise, "To your country? Are you taking me to meet your parents?"
She had even forgotten her own name, let alone the names of her parents. So she continued with anticipation, "After meeting them, should I call them Dad and Mom? What kind of gifts do they like? Jewelry? Or gold?"
An astonishing ability to connect the dots... Aiden had already given up hope of trying to understand the thought process of the witch.
But for now, he had to quickly respond to Bayonetta's question, "They don't like those things, and for now, I can't take you to meet them."
Bringing home a different woman every few days to meet the parents, even Aiden felt a bit embarrassed about it.
But Bayonetta was thinking, since Aiden's parents didn't like gold or jewelry, then it must be something even more precious. And for a person from Z Country, what's the most precious thing?
Bayonetta thought of the rumors she heard when walking around the town, so she said seriously, "Darling, then let's give Dad and Mom a grandson as a greeting gift."
Aiden, "???"
Regarding the idea of the black-haired witch, Aiden actually had no objections. The elders in the family had already gone crazy wanting grandsons and granddaughters, or else they wouldn't have been urging him to get married when he was only in his twenties.
However, as long as Bayonetta didn't change her woman-on-top concept, Aiden wouldn't let the witch succeed.
Naturally, that night, Aiden remained strictly guarded and didn't give Bayonetta a single chance, which made the black-haired witch especially frustrated.
Time quickly moved to the next day. After eating a breakfast filled with Bayonetta's anger, the two of them, carrying their luggage, got into the sports car Enzo drove to pick them up.
The battle from yesterday hadn't affected the car, just left some dents in the front.
After saying goodbye to Enzo outside the airport, the two rested for a while in the departure lounge and then boarded the flight to Europe.
Even though they had encountered two angel attacks in the past two days, the angels were still part of the light faction, and wouldn't make a move in crowded places. Besides, according to Rodin, the East Coast was the closest place to his bride's home.
Actually, while playing the game, Aiden had always found it odd why Rodin said the East Coast was closest to Hell.
He later looked at the map and figured maybe it was because Florida was also considered part of the East Coast... Of course, that was just Aiden joking.
After flying across the whole of America, the plane continued flying over the Pacific for nearly ten hours before arriving in R Country.
By American time, it was already past midnight, but due to the time difference, when they arrived in R Country, it was only the afternoon.
Aiden and Bayonetta weren't ordinary people, going days and nights without sleep wasn't a problem. While waiting for the plane to refuel and undergo maintenance, the two ate Japanese food at the airport and wandered around the duty-free shop for a bit.
In truth, Aiden didn't want to go to the duty-free shop, but Bayonetta suddenly had the idea that if the plane crashed when passing over Z Country airspace, maybe they could take that opportunity to visit his parents. So she decided to prepare ahead of time by buying some gifts.
Aiden had no other thoughts apart from marveling at how big the witch's imagination was.
Not long after, the plane took off again. Sitting next to Aiden, Bayonetta was visibly excited, spending the entire trip sorting the gifts she had bought.
But in the end, her plan didn't work out, the plane safely flew over Z Country and landed in a border city in Western Europe.
After exiting the airport, Aiden took the visibly disappointed Bayonetta straight to the city's train station, bought two direct tickets to Vigrid, and also received the Vigrid travel permits Enzo had specially arranged for them using his connections.
According to Bayonetta, to avoid trouble and involving ordinary people on the train, she was planning to take Aiden into purgatory space with her.
But Aiden rejected that, saying it would be more trouble. The closer they got to Vigrid, the closer they were to Heaven, and the more angels there would be.
After all, this wasn't a video game, fighting angels wouldn't gain them experience or loot. It was best to avoid battles if possible.
Aside from insisting on fighting for dominance in bed, Bayonetta was actually reasonable about other things, so she agreed with Aiden's opinion.
The two of them boarded the most crowded train car as ordinary tourists.
Although many angels were hypocritical and would kill ordinary humans, they still wouldn't make a move in crowded places. After all... they still cared about appearances.
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[On the Train]
"Dear passengers, the final destination of this train, Vigrid, is approaching. All passengers are required to have travel permits. Please show your Vigrid travel permit when disembarking, and cooperate with the ticket inspectors on the train..."
With the train announcement playing, Aiden smiled and handed the Vigrid travel permits for himself and Bayonetta to the ticket inspector.
Seeing the angel emblem on her chest, he asked, "We're first-time tourists to Vigrid. Could you recommend any attractions here?"
"Of course, sir." The ticket inspector was a young girl.
She nodded and said, "But Vigrid is a sacred land, so there aren't many places for fun. The most famous thing here is the various churches."
"If you two are interested, you can check them out. During meal times, they even give out free holy communion."
"And besides that?" Aiden glanced at the black-haired witch pretending to read a Bible and continued asking.
"Other than that, there are only the remains of old battlefields. According to ancient legends, gods and human sages once wiped out all the witches entrenched here in Vigrid."
"So the city still has many ruins left by witches. Most are damaged, but they still have historical value." The ticket inspector replied with a smile.
"That's a real pity. I wanted to see what the legendary witches looked like." Aiden showed a regretful expression.
"Witches... that is, the beings you call witches, are all evil in the legends. It's better if you don't take an interest in them."
As she said this, the ticket inspector didn't notice Bayonetta's face turning slightly cold.
Although her memory wasn't complete, she vaguely remembered that witches hadn't done anything outrageous. In fact, when she awoke, she had seen angels brutally killing ordinary humans.
Seeing Bayonetta's expression, Aiden chatted a bit more with the inspector, then dismissed her.
"Legends are mostly false, no need to care too much." Aiden comforted Bayonetta.
Bayonetta, however, shook her head, "I don't care about reputation. After all, during the witch hunts, humans pinned all kinds of crimes onto witches."
"I'm just wondering, why were the witches exterminated? And why are there traces of witches in Vigrid, the so-called City of Angels?"
"That is indeed a question worth thinking about." Aiden also couldn't figure it out. Since light and dark were opposites, how did sages and witches coexist peacefully before the witch hunts began?
And the reason the war started was simple, because a sage and a witch fell in love and had a daughter.
Cereza.
Also known as Bayonetta.
But these things didn't matter much to him. What he needed to do now was accompany Bayonetta to recover her memory. As for everything else, they would take it one step at a time.
As the two spoke, the train began to slow down and officially reached its final stop, Vigrid.
"We've arrived. Let's get off and see how good this city closest to Heaven really is."
Aiden patted Bayonetta on the shoulder, telling her they had arrived. But at that moment, Bayonetta seemed not to hear him, her eyes dazedly looking around.
Seeing her like this, Aiden basically understood, her father, Balder, had sensed her arrival.
After a while, Bayonetta came back to her senses. Luckily, this train's final stop was Vigrid. Otherwise, they would've had to prepare return tickets because of that short delay.
After getting off the train, Bayonetta had already returned to normal.
Looking at the religious buildings around and the people dressed in silver-white holy robes, she turned her head and said to Aiden, "Where should we go next?"
According to the original storyline, from the moment Bayonetta got off the train, she was constantly fighting angels, literally cutting through street after street, nonstop.
And then on one street, she met the "male protagonist" of the game, Luka.
But Luka could only be called the former male lead now. The true male protagonist was Aiden.
"Let's just walk around for now." Aiden also looked around.
Vigrid was the City of Angels, the holy land in the hearts of followers of light, so it was crowded. And not all of them were pilgrims, nearly half were regular tourists.
And also, wealthy people from all over the world who had heard the news and were interested in the Right Eye of Light.
Bayonetta had no objections to Aiden's suggestion. Although she could feel the angels in the shadows eyeing her, it seemed like because there were too many people here, they didn't plan to act.
What she didn't know was that most of the angels in this city were here under the orders of Balder, who held the Right Eye of Light. Whether the angels would attack her largely depended on Balder's decision.
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