"Look, I've helped you recruit a disciple, so why don't you treat me to a good meal?"
Emi changed the subject, looking at Victor with hopeful eyes.
She'd called him several times before, hoping to ask him out, but it turned out he was either in seclusion or off playing in another world, which left her feeling quite dejected.
You know, she'd mustered up all her courage to ask him out!
After repeated attempts without success, she'd almost given up. But today, she'd finally caught him, there was no way she'd let him escape that easily.
Victor couldn't help but roll his eyes at her words.
What did she mean by helping him accept an apprentice?
She made it sound like Utaha was already his disciple.
Still, he did have a request for her today, and expressing his gratitude was only proper.
"Alright, I'll treat you today. What would you like to eat?"
Emi thought for a moment before replying, "Whatever."
What they ate didn't really matter, what mattered was eating together with Victor!
The only flaw was that she wasn't alone today. Two others were with her.
One was her apprentice, and the other was her best friend. She couldn't exactly chase them away.
"What about you?"
Seeing that Emi had no preference, Victor turned to look at Utaha and Suzuno.
Utaha shook her head, giving the same answer as her master.
Suzuno immediately said, "I want to eat udon noodles!"
"You really do love udon noodles," Emi couldn't help but complain.
Victor suddenly remembered that this legal loli was also an avid udon noodle enthusiast.
Udon noodles were essential to almost every meal for her.
"In that case, let's go eat udon noodles."
Emi suggested, "When I got here, I saw an udon restaurant over there."
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Following Emi's directions, the group arrived at the udon noodle shop she'd mentioned.
The store didn't seem very big from the outside, but once inside, they discovered it was much more spacious than expected.
Like other shops on this street, this store also had a very traditional feel.
The décor was still from the last century.
Even the owner was a middle-aged bald man.
"Boss, four bowls of your signature beef udon noodles, please."
"Coming right up!"
With the owner's warm welcome, they found a corner seat and settled in.
Perhaps because it was still early for dinner, there were almost no other customers in the restaurant aside from them.
"I'm going to the restroom first."
Utaha excused herself and walked toward the bathroom.
Emi watched her apprentice walk away, then took the opportunity to ask the question she'd been curious about. "Victor, why don't you teach Miss Kasumigaoka the way to cultivate immortality?"
"No particular reason, I'm just lazy."
Victor held the back of his head with both hands, leaned back in his chair, and adopted a look of complete indifference.
"Uh..." Emi was left speechless.
She'd thought there was some deep reasoning behind Victor not teaching Utaha the method of immortal cultivation, but the answer turned out to be so simple.
"Then when she wants to switch to cultivation, should I teach her or not?"
"You're welcome to do whatever you want. She's your disciple, after all. However, I suggest you wait until your strength reaches the Golden Core stage before teaching her immortal cultivation. Otherwise, with your current level being too low, it'll be difficult to teach her properly."
"I know that without you telling me!"
Suzuno raised her little hand tentatively and asked, "Can I cultivate immortality too?"
When she'd first traveled to this world, she'd had the honor of witnessing Emi kill with one sword the invading creature from another dimension that had been chasing her.
That sword had been earth-shattering, making gods and ghosts weep alike.
She understood that Emi's current strength came from her cultivation.
She'd always envied Emi and had always hoped to cultivate immortality like her.
Emi didn't answer but looked toward Victor instead.
After all, he was the one who'd taught her the method of immortal cultivation. Whether to teach it to others required his approval.
This was also why, despite clearly seeing what Suzuno was thinking, she'd always pretended not to notice.
"Sure, let her teach you."
Victor didn't refuse Suzuno's modest request.
"Really? Thank you!" Suzuno cheered, clearly excited.
Emi was left speechless. Why did he keep throwing everything onto her?
Just then, Utaha returned from the restroom.
As soon as she sat down, the owner brought out the udon noodles and served them.
"Please enjoy your meal!"
After eating and drinking their fill, they went shopping together and watched a movie.
It wasn't until after three in the afternoon that Victor said goodbye to the three women and returned to the manor.
As soon as he walked into the hall, he saw Stelle sitting on the sofa with her eyes closed, wearing a gaming helmet.
Opposite her were Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue, both also wearing helmets.
"Oh? They're training through a duel? Let me check this out."
With the idea of watching an entertaining match, Victor also put on a gaming helmet and connected with the three of them.
The next second, his consciousness arrived in a familiar forest.
It turned out to be the Star Dou Forest!
In other words, this battlefield had been constructed by either Xiao Wu or Qian Renxue.
Of course, the former was most likely.
After all, whoever initiated the challenge had the right to construct the battlefield environment.
Compared to Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu knew the Star Dou Forest much better.
The sounds of fighting echoed in the distance.
Victor soared into the air and flew toward the battlefield.
The closer he got, the fewer trees and mountains there were.
When he arrived at the center of the battlefield, the ground within a radius of several kilometers seemed to have been plowed clean.
In the sky, three beautiful figures kept interweaving.
Various gorgeous techniques bloomed across the heavens!
Soon, one of the figures was knocked flying and crashed to the ground, creating a large crater.
"Xiao Wu! Are you alright?"
Qian Renxue knew she couldn't defeat Stelle alone, so she quickly retreated to the ground.
When the dust settled, Xiao Wu held her aching waist.
"Cough... I can still fight."
"This opponent is too strong. She's clearly suppressed her strength to the same level as ours, but why is she still so powerful?"
As expected from Master's direct disciple.
She made fighting two-on-one look so easy.
"Let's try that technique," Qian Renxue suggested.
Xiao Wu nodded in agreement after hearing this.
"Alright!"
Afterward, the two rushed toward Stelle in the sky once more.
Stelle held a three-foot-long sword in her hand and watched the two charging toward her with a stern expression.
Even though she was fighting one against two, she never took them lightly.
At that moment, Xiao Wu transformed into a pink light and rushed forward at a faster speed.
Seeing this, Stelle immediately swung her Qingyuan Sword!
In an instant, sword light flew out and slashed straight toward Xiao Wu.
But when the sword light struck the pink light, it was completely deflected.
"Qian Renxue!" Xiao Wu shouted loudly.
Qian Renxue in the back immediately responded, "Coming!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qian Renxue raised her sword finger, flew on her sword, and controlled the long sword in her hand to shoot toward Xiao Wu.
Seeing this situation, both Victor, who was watching the battle, and Stelle, who was fighting, were momentarily confused.
Why attack their teammate?
But they soon understood why.
Just as the long sword was about to pierce Xiao Wu, she dodged the attack by leaning sideways and grabbed the hilt of the flying sword.
She injected the last bit of spiritual power in her body into the flying sword.
The flying sword, which had originally emitted golden light, was now covered with a layer of pink barrier and continued to fly toward Stelle at an even faster speed.
"Feel our strongest combined attack!"