"Ugh..."
Tia and Riveria didn't think about this at first, but when they heard Takumi's words, they immediately remembered the image of the drunk Draim they had just seen from a distance.
"Ew... disgusting!"
Riveria immediately had a look of disgust, and her reaction was even greater than that of Takumi. She stepped back several meters away in revulsion. There was no other reason than that her mental germaphobia broke out again.
Tia was not much better; in an instant, the surprise of harvesting rare materials was gone, and she took a step back in disgust.
Bang!
Takumi reached out and closed the box: "So, until we figure out where these dragon teeth and dragon scales come from, let's store these things temporarily."
"If there is no problem, we can keep them for our own use. If there is a problem..."
Before Takumi finished speaking, Riveria immediately expressed her position: "Then throw it away, we don't want this kind of thing."
Tia also nodded crazily in agreement: "That's right, just throw that kind of thing away."
Tia felt that her perception of dragon materials could no longer be restored and was completely distorted by Takumi. But Tia had no regrets and was even a little lucky that she discovered this before touching the dragon material. Otherwise, just thinking about it would make her scalp tingle. Who would want this kind of thing? She would never want it anyway.
"Don't say that, they are still valuable, and we can trade them to others if we don't use them."
Takumi couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw this. He didn't expect that the two people's reactions were actually more severe than his.
"It's not impossible to give it to others, but these dragon teeth must not be used to make weapons or kitchen utensils. I don't want to have to worry about eating food that was killed or processed with them every day."
Riveria did not object to Takumi's idea, but she added a specific condition uneasily.
"Yes, both uses must be banned," Tia also agreed.
If these dragon teeth were made into weapons or kitchen utensils, then they really would have to worry every day about whether they would encounter food that had been hunted and cut with them.
"Okay, just do as you say."
Takumi didn't argue. After all, it was he who caused this line of thinking, and it would only get worse if he continued. But their worries were obviously unnecessary. The food and ingredients they ate were all produced in Dimension City, or perhaps captured by themselves, and the processing was handled by their own people like Alice Nakiri. It was impossible for the above situation to happen.
But since they all said so, Takumi had no choice but to agree. Anyway, the value of a few dragon teeth was actually nothing to Dimension City. Even if they were thrown away, it would not be a pity. The reason why Takumi was prepared to trade them was just to avoid waste. After all, waste is shameful. However, it's hard to say whether these dragon materials are the kind of trash that should be despised. He would have to find an opportunity to ask Draim later.
...
After the episode of Draim's visit, peace returned to Dimension City. After the Lizardmen finished their work, they returned to the camp to rest. The newcomers to the Shokugeki World who just arrived today also had their own plans.
The girls who entered the inner city were assigned to separate houses, but most of them were assigned to low-rent houses, the standard starting point for newcomers. Only those with connections like Erina Nakiri would be moved to better new houses. There was nothing to be done about it; her cousin already lived in a better, bigger house, so it was not difficult to take her in.
In addition to Erina Nakiri, Hisako Arato also followed her lead and moved into Alice Nakiri's house, but the price was that she would also help Alice with trivial domestic matters in the future. There was also Taki Tsunozaki, who also got into Sonoka Kikuchi's house with her thick skin.
As for the others, Megumi Tadokoro was invited by Hinako Inui to live with her. However, Megumi was afraid of strangers and was not familiar with Hinako yet, so she declined and moved into a low-rent house with Yuki Yoshino and Ryoko Sakaki. The environment here was similar to that of the Polar Star Dormitory, which made her feel more at ease.
However, having a house to live in is actually very good. In contrast, the boys in the outer city could only pitch tents next to the Lizardman camp. The poor living conditions were secondary—at least there was a barrier to simulate the climate, so it was not cold to sleep in a tent in the winter. What really made them feel uncomfortable was that they had to face the Lizardmen all the time.
For those of them who had just arrived in Dimension City today, whose adaptability had not been tested much, and who were not yet accustomed to the new environment, this was simply a stimulus for neurasthenia. It was okay during the day; at least after interacting with them, they found that the Lizardmen were actually very simple, and they were no longer so afraid.
But in the evening, the boys learned what horror was. When waking up at night in the pitch-black environment, suddenly seeing a vague, inhuman outline while half-asleep could scare people to the point of having a heart attack. In short, the boys didn't have an easy time on their first night in Dimension City; at least they couldn't sleep well.
But these things had nothing to do with Takumi. Early the next morning, Takumi woke up and had breakfast. After taking care of the experimental fields as usual, he went to the Dimension Gate. Because today happened to be the day agreed upon with Gaia and Alaya to receive those new immigrants who were nothing but trouble for them.
Takumi walked into the Dimension Gate and arrived at the familiar Fuyuki City castle in the blink of an eye.
"Um?"
As soon as he arrived, Takumi couldn't help but be startled, looking at the people in front of him with surprise. He thought that Gaia and Alaya would bring people over after he arrived, but he didn't expect that someone would already be at the castle in advance.
Opposite Takumi, the three people who were having breakfast in the hall also looked at him in surprise.
They were: a girl with long black hair, a standard Takeuchi-style face, wearing a cherry blossom kimono; a blonde lolita wearing a light blue dress; and a mature woman with light blue hair, purple cross-shaped pupils, a pair of big horns on her head, wearing a high-collar palace dress.
However, it is worth mentioning that the blonde lolita was currently being held in the arms of the horned woman, who was feeding her breakfast with gentle movements. The blonde lolita seemed to be resisting this, but she couldn't break free, leaving her with no choice but to put on an expression of despair.
The three of them corresponded to different age groups, and they were all first-class beauties. If it were ordinary people, they would probably be confused the moment they saw them. But Takumi wasn't, because he had already recognized them.
The three of them were the newcomers he had agreed with Gaia and Alaya to receive into Dimension City.
Shiki Ryougi.
Manaka Sajyou.
Tiamat.
"You are already here." Takumi nodded to them, then looked around and asked, "Are there just the three of you? What about the rest?"