As soon as Satou entered the door, he saw Erina Nakiri rushing out of the kitchen.
She was still wearing her school uniform, an apron tied around her slender waist, slippers on her feet, and a spatula in her hand. Two strands of golden hair hung on her fair cheeks, making her look very cute.
"You're back. Just a moment."
A happy smile appeared on Erina Nakiri's face, as if she were a wife waiting for her husband to come home. She turned to put the spatula in the kitchen, then quickly trotted to the entrance, knelt down, and began to help Satou change into his slippers.
"Why are you back so late today?"
She asked while changing his shoes.
"Oh, I went to Chinatown."
Satou said, looking at the virtuous Tsundere.
"Is that so?"
Erina Nakiri stood up, then quickly scurried into the kitchen again, apparently still frying something in the pan.
"Dinner will be ready soon! If you're tired, you can go take a hot bath first. I've already drawn the hot water for you."
Erina Nakiri's voice came from the kitchen.
"Got it."
Satou was a bit exasperated, feeling that the Tsundere was becoming more and more proficient at being a housewife. Now she was doing it quite skillfully.
One should know that at first, this girl couldn't even wash clothes and often ruined them, but now she washed them very well and even knew how to mop the floor and wash dishes.
The former Tsundere princess had transformed into a qualified and virtuous wife.
Tonight's dinner was very rich: the main course was raw shrimp sushi made with Black Rice and flying shrimp, pan-fried steak made with Frozen Wild Buffalo, cabbage salad, and for dessert, marshmallows spit out by Swirlix.
After finishing the sumptuous dinner, Satou pulled the squirming Tsundere, and they took a hot bath together, taking the opportunity to thoroughly experience the tenderness of God Tongue once again.
Erina Nakiri walked out of the bathroom, her golden hair clinging wetly to her face. Whether it was from the hot bath or something else, her cheeks were flushed, making her look incredibly cute.
She was only wrapped in a white bathrobe, revealing large areas of her fair skin, and her body was filled with the unique scent of a young girl.
"Do you want some tea? I'll go make a cup."
After putting her small feet into the fluffy slippers, Erina Nakiri glared at Satou with her beautiful pupils, saying, "I need a cup of tea to make my tongue forget that terrible experience."
"Okay."
Satou nodded, then went down to the kitchen alone.
"Host has completed the task, receiving one gourmet gift package. Would you like to open it?"
The system asked.
"Open it."
Satou said.
He wondered if he could get the Seven Star Knives this time?
"Host opened the gourmet gift package and received kitchenware: Seven Star Knives (Lianzhen), A-grade ingredient: shining peach."
"Oh? It actually opened!"
Satou was pleasantly surprised. He hadn't held out much hope himself, but he never expected his luck to explode and for it to actually open.
Then, a small knife appeared in his hand.
This small knife was different from ordinary knives; its blade was serrated, clearly more suitable for cutting.
"Seven Star Knives, Sen
Attributes: Sharp, Never Worn
Hidden Attributes: Unlocked
Source: Chinese Cuisine."
Looking at the description of Sen, it still had the two main attributes of sharpness and never wearing out, but the hidden attributes had not yet been unlocked.
Normally, if Satou intentionally used this knife more often to process ingredients, he estimated that it would be unlocked very soon.
The hidden attributes of the previous Seven Star Knives were all incredibly powerful. With this one, Satou would have cumulatively unlocked five Seven Star Knives, and would receive one Seven Star Knives and a Gourmet gift package as a reward.
Just thinking about it made him look forward to it.
After examining the Seven Star Knives, Satou turned his attention to the ingredient that had been opened this time, the shining peach.
If he remembered correctly, this was the third fruit-type ingredient opened, after the wine palm fruit and the diamond grape.
The shining peach was very large, over a meter tall, with a girl's face, looking very cute, and a pair of small red wings on its back.
"This thing, it couldn't be alive, could it?"
Satou mumbled to himself and looked at the ingredient description.
"shining peach
Ingredient Level: A-grade
Ingredient Description: Although it has a human face on its surface, it does not move. The pulp is rich in moisture, and its sweetness is tens of times that of ordinary peaches. The juicy feeling is captivating. The juice extracted from it is of superior taste, a high-grade drink that rarely appears on the menus of even high-end restaurants.
Origin: Gourmet Captive."
"It doesn't move? So it's not alive."
Seeing the description, Satou finally breathed a sigh of relief. If this thing had been alive, it would have been really difficult to deal with.
Satou walked over and lifted it, surprised to find that this peach weighed over a hundred kilograms. If his physical strength hadn't far exceeded that of a normal person, he really wouldn't have been able to lift it.
Perhaps it was because the shining peach was full of water inside.
Satou cut a small piece of flesh from it and tasted it. Immediately, the unparalleled sweetness and peach flavor exploded on his tongue.
"So sweet, but truly delicious!"
Satou exclaimed in admiration.
Because its sweetness was tens of times that of ordinary peaches, it would be too sweet if eaten directly. It was indeed best to juice it.
Satou cut off a large piece of flesh, put it into a juicer, made juice, and then added a little water.
The juice squeezed from the shining peach had a sweet and refreshing taste, exceptionally crisp, and full of the sweet aroma of peaches. It was incomparably better than ordinary juice.
Satou drank a cup, then poured another cup for Tsundere and walked upstairs.
At this moment, Tsundere was drinking tea. Seeing Satou enter, she let out a soft hmph from her nose.
Satou secretly found it amusing; she was probably still angry about what had just happened.
"Erina, do you want some juice?"
He handed the cup to her.
"Juice?"
Erina Nakiri's golden little eyebrows furrowed slightly, but she still nodded and said, "Okay."
As soon as she took it, she smelled a sweet peach aroma.
"Oh? Isn't it Shuckle's juice?"
She was a little surprised, originally thinking it was Shuckle's juice.
Then she took a sip, and her tongue was immediately overwhelmed by an unprecedentedly sweet and refreshing taste.
"It's really delicious!"
She said in surprise, this cup of juice was even better than what Shuckle brewed!
"Is it delicious?"
Satou asked.
"Mm."
Erina Nakiri smiled and nodded. Now her tongue was filled with the sweet aroma of peaches.
Suddenly, she noticed Satou's gaze was a little strange, and her heart tightened. She asked warily, "What do you want to do?"
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