Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 151. Longing in Plates and Taste
Arriving at the inn, the three teenagers immediately put all their groceries on the table. Kaito took off his sword sheath and helped bring out everything they had bought.
“Thank you so much for helping, Kaito-san” Kino said with a smile
“Sama-sama. I'm quite looking forward to the cuisine of the otherworldly teenager now”
“Hah! If you taste my brother's cooking, you'll like it a lot. He's the genius of all the geniuses I know!” Ryou looks very proud of his brother
‘Then I know. At least Kino is not a spicy-mouthed person like you’ Kaito thought to himself
His intention, he wanted to say that out loud but it was impossible because Ryou's berate ability was too hard to beat. Eventually Kaito decides to cut back on all his comments if Ryou talks.
Kino went straight to the kitchen to check all the equipment that could be used.
“Hmm? His knife..no” he said.
Kaito who heard that immediately saw it and asked.
“Why? Is there anything less, Kino?”
“Looks like his kitchen knife doesn't exist. When you shop at that time, did you forget to buy it?”
“On knives, you just use that dagger of yours. It is versatile, can to cut fruit and vegetables can also cut people. It's efficient, right?” ryou
While walking towards the kitchen and taking his dagger from the belt on the waist of the older brother, Ryou did not forget to bring the potatoes from the table and directly practice them in front of the older brother.
“See? Can I cut potatoes too? Potatoes can be cut, especially humans. Just use this. I deliberately bought this as a gift so that you can use it many times for other needs” Ryou said with a smile
“.....” Kino and Kaito fell silent while looking at each other
After that, Ryou went to take off his sword sheath and help bring the purchased groceries. Kaito approached Kino and whispered.
“Can't you do something to your sister's brain?”
“I.. I don't think Ryou isn't smart, Kaito-san. It's just..since he was a little.um...extrim” replied Kino with a wry smile.
“But his brain is already spinning in the wrong direction”
“I..I beg you to be understood ya”
Kaito just shook his head and grabbed the dagger.
“If you have trouble peeling the vegetables, let me do it. Your left hand is still not recovered. If it keeps moving, the wound will open again”
“Thank you so much” Kino smiled
Seeing Kaito helping Kino peel the potatoes, Ryou who brought the ingredients also did not want to lose. He picked up another dagger belonging to Kino and started cutting his vegetables.
The most genius thing is that they actually use the dagger to peel and cut. It seems that this time, Ryou's idea is very smart and effective.
Finish cutting, now it's Kino's turn to work. By asking the other two to wait, Kino made a fairly simple meal.
“You sure you don't need help, Kino?” ask Ryou
“I just sauteed, Ryou. Please calm down there and just prepare the plate ya”
Ryou listens to her brother's orders and begins arranging the dishes he bought that night with Kaito. Kaito looked at his pocket watch and it seemed like they spent quite a while shopping.
“02.50 yes. It's almost an hour. Looks like we spent quite a long time when shopping earlier” murmured slowly
“You how? The sellers there are really very extreme when it comes to bargaining. I don't want to give up anymore. Sucks once”
“But I'm surprised you can make them all quiet and give us a very cheap price” Kaito praised
“Huh! You don't know! It was my mother's mainstay when she bid up the price of vegetables at the market. I was able to practice that when I bought a new pocket watch that I have now” Ryou replied proudly
“You...seriously?”
“Of course serious!”
“I know your mouth it is the most important asset ever” muttered Kaito quietly
“You said something?”
“Nothing. I'm just talking to myself. I think I should learn a lot from you. The technique of threatening and berating that person seems like you should lower it down a little bit to me”
“.....” Ryou saw Kaito with a strange face
It was like a compliment-based satire from Kaito. If only Kaito knew that he also had talent like Ryou. Apparently, Kaito still did not realize that he had replied to Ryou many times.
Kino just listened to all that talk while cooking.
‘It feels like coming back home. At least after Kaito-san's gem is obtained, Ryou and I should be able to fight together to find a way back. If indeed our memory pieces and pocket watches are connected, then we should also be able to disappear from this place’
At first, when he said all that at the bar, Kino himself was unsure if he and Ryou would disappear. But as he had thought before, their pocket watch was indeed related to Kaito. That's a fact.
Not wanting to think much about the complicated, he chose to focus on improving the current atmosphere and making the minds of the two people fuss while arranging the table improve.
Finally, after waiting for 35 minutes, the long-awaited one was finished.
“Any meal” exciting Kino
Ryou immediately helped bring the dish to the table with a sparkling face.
“Nikujaga another world version!!” said
“Because the material is still the same and reasonable is this so I think we can make it. I can't make miso but if it's just meat soup and I know I can still. There kaarage and tempura vegetables also”
Kaito was silent for a moment. He said in his heart while showing a strange expression.
‘This...’ his face like describing something
“Kaito-san, what's wrong? Why is your face weird? Does Kaito-san have something allergic?” asked Kino with an anxious face
“Ti–no, not anything. I just..I just never thought you could cook all this with an injured hand so”
“So. I think there's something you might not like” Kino smiled at hearing that
“.....” Kaito did not change his strange expression and returned to look at his cooking menu
“You know our appetite is almost non-existent, right?” chirps Kaito
“No problem, right? You don't know how ashamed you are. Wet clothes because of wine you haven't changed” Ryou replied
“I'll replace it later”
“Basic slob! Like an om-om who comes home from work after a hangover. You should know the manners. Change your clothes and wash your hands!”
“You yourself did wash your hands?” reply Kaito
“My hands are clean and germ free!”
“You sure? After threatening to throw away vegetables and arguing with the merchant at the vegetable stall earlier, you still said your hands were clean?”
“That's the bargain my mom taught me!”
“And that's what I call threatening”
Kino who was already sitting at the table and taking food just smiled blushingly as she said.
“The two of you, if you still want to fight because of small things you should go through the exit next to us. It will come in after sunset. How?”
- Deg
‘It feels like a familiar feeling? Desa vu?’ ryou thought with a panicked face
‘I feel that there is an unpleasant aura’ thought Kaito with a face that is no less frantic than Ryou
After looking at it, it looked like a sweet smile was blushing with a dazzling light. It is a very contradictory situation to the present.
“Kino...smile and say you are not in line” said the sister to her brother who still put a smile
“I only suggest”
“But..”.
“Didn't you guys be in the hospital, too? It's possible that Ryou and Kaito-san have the same hobby now”
That sweet smile actually made Kino's sentence sound very piercingly sharp. Slowly they sat down and began to calm down.
‘Kino is more terrible if it's upset. I know he's dangerous’ muttered Kaito in the heart
Kino just looked at them with a smile and started to get food for them. After that, he spoke.
“Listen to you two, I want you guys not to argue just because of a small matter. Ryou can wash your hands now and Kaito-san can take a bath first. If you don't want to do it, I don't think it's a problem. But do not fight when you want to eat. Understand?” Kino advised them gently
It's like Kino has two sisters who are just as stubborn. Even if Kaito is older than him, it seems that for some moments Kaito could have been lured by Ryou. His cold attitude and mysterious aura had already nearly vanished by now.
“Good eat” Kino opens the good-bye
“Happy eating”
The three of them started eating it. This is a very unexpected thing. With one mouthful coming into the mouth, there was another feeling that enveloped Kaito's chest.
***
There's a shadow from Kaito's other memories. Memory at a house and dining table. For some reason, the food on the table in memory was a little similar to the one made by Kino.
In that memory, a person who was the same as his previous memories sat near Kaito.
“I made it. It takes a struggle to make this, you know. Moreover, having to make it after buying you sword”
“I never asked you to buy me a sword. You did it” Kaito responded with a serious face
“Hey hey, don't be. I told you that you can show off your sword and sword skills to the colleagues you meet later. Don't you want to do it while wandering around looking for that piece of your memory?”
“I just need to be strong”
“And my gifting sword can make you strong” that person smiles at him
With a sigh, Kaito only responded with the sentence “side” while holding a small bowl.
“Because you said it took effort to make it, I think I should appreciate it by spending all this” Kaito told the person beside him
“Yap, correct. Finish yes. I dare guarantee this is delicious. Even if it's bad, at least you won't die. Most just fainting or stomach ache due to poisoning”
“.....” Kaito put his bowl back
“Do not! I'm kidding, I'm kidding! Don't be so serious! You are not sweet at all! You lone wolf!”
“Successfully only”
Kaito took the food and tasted it. His eyes widened in surprise at his taste.
“How? Doesn't make you twitch, does it? You don't want to vomit or faint, do you? Kaito?”
“Enak..”
“Eh? What did you say?”
“This..ini delicious. I was surprised to question what kind of magic you were wearing to make food this delicious. Although the appearance is not evocative at all”
“That's a mockery or a compliment? You are sometimes annoying ya” protest that person to Kaito
“I'm not lying. It's a nice thing” Kaito smiled
***
The shadow ended along with Ryou's words.
“Nak! This karaage is also delicious! It's the same as the last time you cooked! For our dinner, Kino!”
Kaito is back to reality now. Along with the ending of the memory shadow earlier, the food in his mouth had been completely swallowed. Kaito closed his eyes.
“Taste...which I miss” very much
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