Chapter 416: Plan for Yuuki
Chapter 416: Plan for Yuuki
'Vann, I'm going to visit this snow fox girl's house, when you're done playing in the water, you can catch up with us.' Elysia didn't forget to tell before she and the others left to follow Yuuki.
'En, we will catch up with you after trying all the hot springs here, master. My father wants to try them all.' Vanessa looked at her master. She had mixed feelings because she wanted to come along, but she also wanted to stay in the hot springs chamber for more extra time.
'Okay, let me know later and I'll tell you my position. Be careful not to get lost, there are plenty of cave passages here.' Elysia gave a glance at Vanessa's gaze, then she walked away with her little group.
After some time of walking, Yuuki opened a conversation to fill the quiet and awkward atmosphere. "You know, when I first came to this place, I thought this whole cave area was the home of giant ants."
"Hmm, I thought so too. After all, we're heading underground if we take the starting point at the mouth of the cave." Nell nodded in agreement as she had thoroughly explored this place.
"A little different from the cave passage before the hot springs chamber. Our voices don't echo at all now." Elena tried to check the cave wall. She could see the sound waves were muffled and absorbed by the walls.
"Well, that's because the cave passage walls here have elements such as rockwool and sound-absorbing concrete." Nell answered that while patting the bluish wall.
"Well, my house is close at hand. It's only two chamber blocks from the onsen. Ah, there it is, it's my house. Though simple, it's a warm and cozy resting place." Yuuki pointed to a simple 4x4 house.
It was really like a box-shaped hut with a roof, a door, and a few windows. However, it was made of red ice-like crystals.
"Please come to my house, I will prepare warm snow tea for you." Yuuki hopped and turned around. She gave a warm welcome gesture.
"Sorry to say this, but is your house made of ice crystals? Why is it reddish?" Elysia raised her hand slightly to ask.
After using her sacred vision for a moment, she only got information that it was the red ice crystal. Wasn't it just like a refrigerator house?
"Ah, don't worry. The steam that comes out is actually warm, you know. This crystal isn't cold either. I found this reddish crystal and have treated it as a life support treasure. Woah, so warm." Yuuki proved her point by rubbing her cheek against her house's crystal wall.
"If you say so, then fine. Let's go in." Elysia didn't feel the cold aura from the box house either. So, everything was fine.
"Yes, please!" Yuuki opened the door and invited all the guests to enter.
There was only a bedroom, living room, and kitchen made into one room, really like a boarding room with all-in-one features.
"Let me help you to prepare something." Elysia put Rhea on the sofa and went to what she thought were the kitchen cupboards.
Yet, she didn't find anything there. There weren't any edible materials in some of the other small cupboards either. She only saw a box of dry white leaves.
"Umm, you don't have anything in these kitchen cupboards other than this?" Elysia returned to near the sofa with a box of white leaves in hand.
"Oh, ah?" Yuuki was tidying up the room, but she was immediately stunned to notice that. She had nothing but snow tea? She hadn't prepared any edible food stock yet!
"Ah, ah, I'm a bad host. I forgot to look for food stocks because I usually eat something when I find it in the forest. Let me look for groceries first in the lower mountain forest! Give me ten minutes." Yuuki became panicked and was about to leave immediately to find something for her guests to eat.
However, someone pulled her hand from behind. She turned only to see the Goddess was the one holding her hand.
"Calm yourself. Consumption matters are easy, we have supplies for that." Elysia pulled the panicked snow fox girl into the simple kitchen. Elena was already there to boil water.
"Here, I've helped you boil some water. You should be grateful for this." Elena grinned at the snow fox girl. She then walked away because the kitchen was too narrow for three people.
"Huh, why should I be grateful for that? I can do that. You just have to sit on the soft sofa over there and wait for my snow tea. You should be grateful for my kindness." Yuuki snorted to reply to the annoying woman.
"Mm, thank you. Ane, Aria, Helen, would you like to eat something light?" Elysia was not stingy to say that, then she asked other preferences.
"Hm-mm, whatever you make is great. I'll eat whatever you make." Nell raised her hand with a big smile. She knew Elysia's cooking skill was high.
"Please exclude myself and Rhea, I don't feel like eating and drinking." Elena sat beside the sleepy Rhea and refused. She would use her time to look after the baby.
"Oh, okay." Elysia nodded then took out some groceries from her Space Bag.
Yuuki's eyes sparkled to see that. She had never seen edible materials like that before.
"Eh, wait, why would you allow a divine being to serve all of you? Shouldn't that be you who needs to serve the divine? A sin, ignorant of decency, extremely offensive, and unethical." Yuuki threw his accusations at the other guests.
Then, she went to the side of the divine. "Please just let me prepare everything. You are my guest, o the divine. Please sit there and wait for me."
"It's okay, this will only take a moment. You can help me if you want. I want to see what you can do." Elysia had another opinion. She had a little worry and also wanted to test this snow fox girl's attitude.
"Oh, then gladly. Uh, no, let me help you!" Yuuki put her hand on her upper chest to volunteer.
For the next fifteen minutes, Elysia and Yuuki made some light dishes and snow teas. It was all served on a simple wooden table in front of the sofa.
"Wow, this smells good and looks delicious." Yuuki wiped her non-existent saliva from her mouth.
"It's just warm spiced tofu soup, and some pastries to go with the tea." Elysia sat beside Elena and stroked the sleeping baby in Elena's arms.
"Oh, then enjoy! I can't wait to try it." Yuuki invited everyone to eat, but she was the one who scooped the tofu soup into her bowl and ate it up. After that, she grabbed the cakes and tasted them too.
"Yumm, this is so delicious! Hundreds of years I've lived and this is the first time I'm feeling truly alive!" After saying that, she felt that her throat was quite dry. Thus she grabbed her snow tea and gulped it down.
"..." Elysia, Elena, and Nell just looked at it in shock.
The host was the one who would probably devour all the dishes? Not to be outdone by that, Nell also took part in the competition to finish the meal.
Elena looked at Elysia and vice versa. Elena and Elysia just smiled and watched the two hungry girls eat voraciously.
After ten minutes, Elysia decided to take a sip of her tea. Even though it was referred to as snow tea, it was very much like white milk with an aromatherapy effect.
'It doesn't contain any poison or any ill effects, right? Did you confirm that earlier when this fox girl made it, Ely?' Elena poked Elysia's arm to remind.
'En, I've confirmed that, and it seems like it's fine since Nell and Yuuki have also been drinking their snow tea.' Elysia inhaled the scent of the snow tea and took a sip.
'Mm, it's quite mild but a bit like tea. If we ignore the milky color of this tea, maybe all is ok. This tea is quite unique and warms from the inside, can I have some from Yuuki, hmm?' Elysia asked in wonder.
'Well then, this fox girl is enjoying her time until she forgets us. Look at her tails, it's moving and wagging here and there. She's so happy, isn't she?' Elena sat back down to relax to see that Elysia was fine.
'Yeah, she seems happy to finally have some guests and people to talk to. Maybe, we need to take her to Yhester Region's capital city for her experience. Living forever alone is so sad...' Elysia sympathized with the fox girl.
'Only if she becomes a good girl. Oh, maybe we'll get a new servant because of you, Ely. You just need to train her and you'll get one beautiful girl to serve you.' Elena covered her mouth to cover her smirk.
'Hmm... I just need to convince Yuuki, huh? Maybe, she will come with us and no longer live alone? But, aren't we going to make her the guardian of the Blessings Spot?' Elysia became confused and misunderstood Elena's intentions.
'Well...' Elena was a little awkward because her teasing attempt failed. 'That can be changed, right? It's just a plan after all. The decision is yours. The others will naturally comply, hehe...' Elena smirked because she wanted to see what would happen next. She looked at the snow fox girl and Nell. They had gotten along so well when it came to food...