Anteiku.
Koma Enji and Irimi Kaya were called into the living room.
“Pfft!
Touka, since when did you like wearing clothes like that?” Koma Enji couldn’t help but laugh when he saw the black and white Lolita dress on Touka.
“Manager, what do you mean by saying Touka is going to cook for us?
Are we going to eat human food?” Irimi Kaya just glanced at Touka, more curious than anything else.
She had truly never seen a Ghoul cook human food before, so she wanted to see what it was all about.
It was obvious that the two of them also couldn’t see Kyubey.
“It means exactly what it sounds like.
Touka, go to the kitchen.
There happen to be a few eggs and some rice in the kitchen, so just make the simplest egg fried rice.”
“Leave it to me!”
Touka showed unprecedented motivation as she headed to the kitchen to display her not-so-practiced cooking skills.
“First, steam the rice, then beat the egg yolks, hmm…”
Since it was her first time, Touka had to take out her phone to watch a tutorial, but she was watching very intently, far more focused than she ever was during class at school.
“I know what you want to ask, and I will explain it to you slowly.”
Yoshimura took advantage of the time while Touka was cooking to inform the two of them about the cause of the situation.
“Magical Girl?
A wish?
This, this…” Koma Enji subconsciously felt it was a scam, but he also felt that the Manager couldn’t possibly be deceived.
“So you’re saying that Kyubey is right next to us now, but only Touka can see it, right?” Irimi Kaya looked around but couldn’t see any other living creature at all.
“It’s a pity that I don’t have the aptitude to become a Magical Girl, otherwise I might have been able to make a wish to atone for my sins.”
Out of trust for the Manager, Irimi Kaya believed that Touka had become a Magical Girl, and she felt a sense of regret.
She was already quite old and had absolutely nothing to do with being a young girl.
“Not surprised at all, are you?”
Kyubey looked at the non-existent aptitude within Irimi Kaya and understood a little why it didn’t look for older women.
It wasn’t entirely because they were harder to deceive than young girls or because they were more mature.
The most fundamental reason was that the futures of such women were basically already set; their plasticity was far lower than that of young girls, so the causality they could feed back was also lower.
It didn’t exclude the possibility of women who could still influence reality at an older age, but those were the minority, and it wasn’t as efficient as finding young girls.
About forty minutes later, the noise in the kitchen stopped, and Touka brought out five bowls, each containing a substantial portion of egg fried rice.
“Is this for me?”
Kyubey looked at the egg fried rice in front of it, its red eyes fixed on Touka.
“Yes, it’s for you.
Eat up.” Touka smiled, using her hand to wipe away the tears that had fallen.
Touka was crying?
Kyubey didn’t speak, but curiously opened its mouth and ate the egg fried rice in small bites.
The taste was not bad, but there was too much salt.
“What are you all staring at?
Eat up!” Touka had already picked up her chopsticks and was wolfing down the fried rice.
“So delicious~” She said, wearing a satisfied smile as she ate.
What exactly was human food like?
All Ghouls had thought about this question, but no Ghoul could understand.
In their entire lives, apart from human flesh, they had only ever drunk coffee, but coffee could never satisfy the body’s nutritional needs.
Now, they could smell the aroma.
“Gurgle~”
Koma Enji, Irimi Kaya, and even Yoshimura couldn’t help but swallow their saliva.
“Let’s eat × 3”
The three of them picked up their chopsticks simultaneously, picked up some egg and rice grains, and started eating.
“!!!”
The three of them, even Yoshimura, who usually didn’t open his eyes, had their eyes wide open.
“Is, is this the food that humans eat every day?”
“So delicious!”
Including Yoshimura, they all began to wolf it down; in less than ten seconds, a bowl of egg fried rice was finished.
“Another bowl!”
“Manager!
You’re too cunning!”
Yoshimura lacked his usual composure and, without even saying a word, headed straight for the kitchen.
Koma Enji and Irimi Kaya hurriedly grabbed their bowls and followed him into the kitchen.
Although it was just the simplest egg fried rice, these three Ghouls ate it with great relish.
To humans, it was just the simplest meal, but to them, it was a sumptuous feast.
“What a pity…”
Thinking about having a third bowl, only to discover that the rice was already gone, Yoshimura felt deeply regretful.
“Touka, from now on, I’ll leave our three meals a day to you.”
“I’ve long wanted to know what miso ramen tastes like.
I’ll go buy the ingredients tomorrow.”
“You have no ambition, is miso ramen all you can think of?
Touka, I’ll go buy more groceries tomorrow.
I’ll be troubling you from now on.”
Koma Enji and Irimi Kaya were very satisfied, and were even looking forward to the various foods they would be able to eat in the future.
“Thank you, Kyubey.” Yoshimura bowed solemnly to the empty air.
Kyubey: “…”
“Thanks to your arrival, we never had a chance to eat human food.” Yoshimura was very grateful to Kyubey.
He saw hope for peaceful coexistence between humans and Ghouls in Touka.
This wish was real; from now on, as long as it was food cooked by Touka, Ghouls would be able to eat it.
“But, if Touka uses her ability too much, will it cause her soul gem to become completely corrupted and turn into a Witch prematurely?” Irimi Kaya worried about Touka.
“You don’t need to worry about that.
The ability granted by Touka’s wish is not counted as part of her Magical Girl powers.
She can grant Ghouls the ability to eat human food even without transforming into a Magical Girl.”
Kyubey understood its own abilities to some extent.
Because the wish Touka made was to have the ability herself to allow Ghouls to eat human food, in other words, it was a passive trait rather than magic that required the consumption of magic power.
“Whew…
That’s good.
Touka, try not to use your magic power in the future.” Irimi Kaya felt relieved and then reminded Touka.
“From now on, Touka doesn’t need to participate in the cleanup work in the 20th Ward.” In order to let Touka live well, Yoshimura specifically canceled all her work that required fighting.
“Thank you, Manager.” Touka did not refuse; she knew how important she was now.
“Come to think of it, does Touka still count as a Ghoul after becoming a Magical Girl?” Koma Enji was curious about this.
“Not anymore.” Kyubey explained to Touka alone: “Magical Girls are no different from humans in daily life, except that their appearance and age will be forever fixed at the time they became a Magical Girl.”
After Touka relayed Kyubey’s words to the three of them, Irimi Kaya looked envious: “Congratulations, Touka.
From now on, you can openly do what you want in human society without worrying about being hunted.”
“This is my home, and I’m not going anywhere.
I will use my ability to allow Ghouls to coexist peacefully with humans.
As for those who are unwilling to change and still eat people…”
“Kill them all!”
Touka was not joking when she said this; she could feel that her power was far stronger than when she was just a Ghoul.
It was a pity that she could not use her magic power at will.
“Let’s call Uncle over tomorrow too!
From now on, there’s no need to eat corpses for food.”
“Manager, how about we change our cafe into a restaurant?
That way, no Investigators will come to search it again.”
“My cooking skills aren’t at the level where I can open a restaurant yet.
The catering industry is so competitive right now that I’d lose everything and go broke!”
“That’s true.
Touka, you should practice your cooking skills first.
From now on, everyone’s diet depends on you.”
Touka, Koma Enji, and Irimi Kaya chatted and laughed; the three of them had never been as happy in their lives as they were today.
Yoshimura was the same; he had never been this happy before.
“Kyubey, I’ll be counting on you in the future…
Kyubey?”
Touka had not forgotten that it was Kyubey that allowed her to fulfill her wish.
She wanted to treat Kyubey well and even wanted to keep it for the rest of her life.
But when she turned back to look, Kyubey was nowhere to be found, having disappeared at some point.
“My first Magical Girl contract belongs to me and has been successfully signed.
Now it’s time to go find those girls who truly need help.”
Kyubey began to search for those girls who had been hurt in the past.
Unfortunately, no matter how beautiful the idea, reality was just as cruel.
Even if they were young girls, not just anyone could become a Magical Girl; as for males, there was absolutely no aptitude to be seen.