On ordinary business days, the won from Gensokyo always arrived very early.
Yesterday had been the only exception.
Today, they were early as usual. Compared to the very beginning when only Yuuka had co, they were still a little later than that.
Before Yuuka had brought Yukari to the restaurant, she had always arrived extrely early.
She would quietly eat one serving of flower cake, then leave just as calmly. At most, she would stay in the restaurant for barely half an hour.
She barely spoke with Yuto during that ti; she was like a fixed passing breeze.
She would pause here gently for a short while, then drift away without leaving the slightest trace behind.
"Welco," Yuto smiled as he greeted the group from Gensokyo.
The ever-changing lineup from Gensokyo had beco one of the things he looked forward to each day.
Compared to yesterday, there were a few fewer people in today's group, but there was also one new face.
Yuyuko and Marisa still hadn't co.
Aya, who had been so active last night, was also absent. Remilia and Sakuya, whom he had only t yesterday, were nowhere to be seen either.
Suika had returned, and beside her was soone new.
Blonde hair, a short white top, and a purple skirt.
A single red horn grew from her head, sowhat similar to the pair of horns on Suika's head, which made Yuto think the two of them might belong to the sa race.
Her figure, however, was in stark contrast to Suika's petite build; while Suika was a loli, this woman had the mature beauty of soone like Yukari, her figure not inferior in the slightest.
Her gorgeous face was vibrant and radiant, like peach blossoms and plum flowers in full bloom.
Her appearance further confird what Yuto had thought last night: the won living in Gensokyo really were all stunning beauties.
This unfamiliar woman carried the sa bold, openhearted aura as Suika, though compared to the loli, there was also sothing more masculine and resolute about her.
She was probably the heroic, forthright type.
Now that Yuto had t so many people, he could roughly judge such things at a glance.
Yukari greeted Yuto with a smiling expression, then sat down at the counter. Her kitsune shikigami was, as always, following close by her side.
Yuuka sat in her usual seat, the sa as ever.
That seat was not one anyone from Gensokyo would fight her over, regardless of what outsiders might do.
Suika and the newcor sat at the side of the counter.
Reimu stood in place and thought for a mont before eventually sitting beside Ran.
Although she had a better relationship with Suika, sitting next to her made it far too easy to get dragged into drinking.
And tonight, Suika even had a partner with her, making Reimu even more determined to keep her distance!
"There are even fewer people today," Yuto said to Yukari with a smile.
Yuuka was usually cool and aloof, so he tended to say things like this to Yukari more often.
"Yuyuko was caught by Eiki and still hasn't been let go. For the ti being, Yuyuko won't be able to leave the Netherworld. As for Marisa..."
"She got strung up by Alice," Reimu cut in directly as Yukari covered her mouth to speak about Marisa.
Reimu's tone was helpless and full of disdain—the kind of attitude often seen between friends.
Her words made Yukari laugh softly.
Yuto's expression turned awkward.
Strung up... That scene... Just imagining it felt rather intense...
Yukari didn't ntion what Remilia or Aya had gone off to do, and Yuto didn't ask either; in his view, both sides probably had their own matters to handle.
Before their conversation could finish, Suika called out to Yuto in high spirits.
"Boss! Let introduce my friend!" She looked delighted and openhearted.
Although she had a doll-like loli face, her deanor gave off the impression of a full-grown adult.
Yuto turned to look at the woman sitting beside Suika.
He had originally planned to ask for her na when taking their orders, but he hadn't expected Suika to be this enthusiastic.
Tonight, she seed even happier than usual.
"Boss, this is Yuugi! Hoshiguma Yuugi! She's one of my kind! A really, really good oni, and a really, really strong one too! And she can drink a lot!" Suika introduced her with joy and excitent.
Her introduction was full of her personal style, even ntioning Yuugi's alcohol tolerance.
Yuto rembered that Suika seed to be an oni king; by that logic, Yuugi was likely one as well.
"Hello, I'm Kamisaka Yuto. I'm the owner of this restaurant."
"Hahahaha! I already knew that." A bright, hearty smile appeared on the woman's refined face.
Even the way she spoke was sowhat similar to Iskandar, making Yuto feel his earlier judgnt hadn't been wrong.
She really was the heroic sort.
"Hoshiguma-san..."
"No need for that, Kamisaka. Just call Yuugi!" Yuugi cut Yuto off, having already switched to calling him Kamisaka.
Her straightforward words and mannerisms made it very easy to like her, people with this kind of heroic disposition were always easy to grow fond of.
Iskandar had been like that. Suika was like that and Yuugi was the sa.
"All right, then. Was the person drinking with Suika last night you, Yuugi?" Yuto rembered where Suika had gone last night.
His intuition told him it had to be the person before him.
"That's right!" Before Yuugi could answer, Suika answered on behalf of her friend. "Last night was really, really fun! Yuugi disappeared for such a long, long ti. Being able to see her again really wasn't easy! Only drinking with Yuugi lets enjoy myself to the fullest!"
There was an indescribable nostalgia and emotion in Suika's words.
On the other side, Reimu's face twitched. "You hurry up and shut your mouth! Why don't you talk about what you did after getting drunk last night?!"
Reimu's resentnt was intense, it seed their drinking last night had caused her a great deal of trouble.
Yuto looked at Suika and Yuugi in surprise.
The expressions on the two were shockingly synchronized, both showing a faint trace of embarrassnt.
"Well, when people drink too much, accidents are bound to happen. It's understandable," Yuto decided he should smooth things over.
But Reimu's resentnt hadn't faded!
"No! Boss, you have no idea what these two idiots did! It would've been one thing if they had only caused trouble in Forr Hell, but the two of them even charged all the way to Youkai Mountain! They grabbed the kappa by the hair and insisted it was a wig, then went over to the tengu and started provoking them! If I hadn't arrived in ti last night, the tengu and the kappa would have gone to war with these two idiots!" Reimu angrily and bitterly accused them.
"Ahaha, let's not bring up what happened last night anymore~"
"Right, right, it's already in the past. Ahahaha."
Suika and Yuugi both began trying to muddle through it.
Reimu puffed up her cheeks and crossed her arms; she really didn't want to deal with these two anymore.
Yuto's expression turned awkward as he listened. Although he didn't know exactly what had happened last night, just hearing about them grabbing the kappa by the hair and insisting it was a wig was already enough for him to imagine it.
Calling soone's hair a wig... That was indeed pretty serious.
"Right, tonight we have a special seafood dish. Why not give it a try?" In order to ease the atmosphere, Yuto quickly brought up tonight's special.
Reimu, who had still been angry a mont ago, imdiately had her eyes light up.
"Seafood?! Is it expensive? Forget it if it's over a hundred yen." Reimu was extrely expectant, the reason her attitude changed so quickly was that, throughout her limited career as a miko, she had never eaten seafood because of poverty.
"The first serving is free."
The mont Yuto said that, Reimu beca even more excited.
She loved free things!
"I'll take one!" She imdiately ordered a serving.
Yukari and the others also ordered a serving each, partly for the novelty. Only Yuuka remained unchanged, ordering her usual flower cake.
Yuto accepted each order, then returned to the kitchen.
As soon as he entered, Erina asked curiously, "They aren't ordinary people, are they?"
Yuto smiled and nodded. "They aren't people. They're youkai."
His answer made both Erina and Hisako's expressions change, and the two couldn't help glancing at the Gensokyo group a few more tis.
In the kitchen, the three began preparing the dishes for the Gensokyo guests.
Soon afterward, several more guests entered the dining area. Lucoa, Fafnir, and Kanna had arrived.
The mont Suika saw Lucoa, she imdiately called her over to drink.
Fafnir calmly continued playing his ga.
After ordering, Kanna chatted with Tohru.
When Shoko arrived later, Kanna's eyes also lit up, and the two little girls gathered together again.
The atmosphere in the restaurant beca lively.
Just as the flower cakes in the kitchen were about to be finished, the person Saitama had been waiting for finally arrived.
Goku brought a group of people to the small restaurant and at that mont, Saitama's expression changed.
"Yo! Boss, I brought my family and friends!" Goku smiled as he greeted Yuto.
Quite a few people had co with him.
"Find sowhere to sit. Just tell Tohru what you want to eat." Yuto was busy cooking in the kitchen, so he didn't co out to speak.
"Okay!" After Goku replied, he let his family and friends take their seats first. He himself, however, stood in front of Saitama.
"Sorry. Kept you waiting," he smiled.
"No problem." The corner of Saitama's mouth lifted.
As the two of them looked at each other, an invisible aura began to rise between them.
Every guest in the restaurant who had surpassed the realm of ordinary humans had their expression change, all feel a heavy pressure descend!
"Ahem! Don't affect the other guests while they're eating," Yuto spoke from the kitchen.
After all, he could no longer be considered an ordinary human either.
Erina and Hisako were puzzled by why Yuto had said that, they hadn't felt anything at all.
But in the dining area, both Goku and Saitama's expressions eased.
The others, including Yukari and Tohru, subconsciously relaxed as well.
That oppressive pressure had finally disappeared.
"Ah—let's eat first, eat first. You need to eat your fill before you have strength!" Goku scratched his head in embarrassnt and laughed.
"Mm." Saitama calmly nodded.
In the kitchen, Yuto looked at Erina and Hisako.
"The trial has co."
His strange sentence left both girls confused.
The trial had co?
What trial?
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