God-Tier Cooking Skills!
16: Chapter 16: Master Jean and the Traveler’s Love Story!
God-Tier Cooking Skills!
[Thick Butt!] The Interactive Live Stream Room began playing its explanation video.
Scenes started appearing on the screen.
Inside the solitary confinement room of the Knights of Favonius headquarters, Traveler Aether and Master Jean were seen keeping Klee company while she played.
Klee was lying on her stomach on the floor cheerfully, engrossed in drawing with her color brushes.
On her drawing paper, there were three human figures holding hands.
The little girl in red in the middle was Klee, the woman in white and green on the right was Master Jean, while the blonde young man on the left was the Traveler.
The three of them looked incredibly happy, exactly like a harmonious little family.
Right at that moment, Jean realized it was getting late.
“Klee, it’s time for dinner.” “Klee doesn’t want to!
Klee has to finish this drawing today!” Klee pouted her lips, refusing to move from her spot.
Jean had no other choice but to bring over a bowl of Radish Veggie Soup and spoon-feed the stubborn little girl herself.
The radish pieces in the soup were actually the perfect size for adults, but they looked a little too big for a child’s mouth.
A single spoonful of radish basically filled Klee’s tiny mouth completely.
Klee was always taught by Alice, her mother, to be a polite child.
So, she intended to thank Master Jean.
However, because her mouth was still full of food, her voice became extremely muffled with a weird accent.
“Tank chu…
Mashter Chan…
eh…
Thick…
Butt…
Thick Butt!” Klee babbled with great difficulty.
“Thick Butt…
the radish is sho shoft…
Klee wants moreee!” (Note: Klee mispronounced ‘Master Jean’ as ‘Thick Butt’ because she was struggling to speak with a full mouth).
Hearing that innocent babble, Aether, who was standing beside them, couldn’t hold back his laughter and immediately burst into chuckles.
Then, when Klee wasn’t paying attention, the blonde young man leaned in and mischievously whispered into Jean’s ear, “Master Jean Thick Butt, I want to be fed radish soup too!” Jean’s face instantly flushed bright red.
She rolled her eyes at Aether in annoyance, then playfully shoved a large piece of radish into the young man’s mouth.
“Don’t call me by that ridiculous name!” Aether chewed the radish with his mouth full, intentionally mimicking Klee’s way of swallowing her food whole, then said with a suppressed mischievous smile, “Ehe!
So soft, Thick Butt!” Jean’s face turned even redder.
She couldn’t help but smack Aether’s back lightly, looking incredibly sweet and affectionate.
The screen changed again.
Various dating scenes between Traveler Aether and Master Jean in different locations started appearing one by one.
However, no matter where they were or what time it was, as long as Aether saw there was no one else around them, he would definitely call Jean ‘Thick Butt’.
Under the teasing of that silly nickname, Jean initially always fought back and pouted.
But as time went by, she couldn’t stay mad forever at the man she loved so deeply.
Since Aether only said it when they were alone, Jean finally gave up and just let it happen.
Until finally, one day, snow was falling heavily in Mondstadt at night.
Jean was working overtime at the Knights of Favonius headquarters until very late.
When she finally finished her work, it was already two or three in the morning.
The only person left in the headquarters that night was herself.
However, just as Jean walked out to go home, she found Traveler Aether standing there waiting for her in front of the headquarters’ entrance under the falling snow.
Jean was extremely surprised.
“Traveler?
Why are you here this late?” Aether walked over to her, then pulled a small gift from behind his back and offered it to Jean with a warm smile.
“Happy birthday, Jean!” Seeing that sweet surprise, Jean’s heart instantly melted.
Without hesitation, she ran straight into Aether’s embrace and kissed his lips passionately.
After that warm kiss in the middle of the snowy night ended, Aether whispered softly, “So, Miss Thick Butt…
would you like to spend the rest of your birthday with me today?” Jean pinched the young man’s waist shyly, then buried her face in Aether’s chest.
“…Of course.” The video ended right there.
[The video has concluded!
The chat feature for Master Jean and the Traveler has been reactivated!] Sucrose: “Ooooooo, what a massive storm of dog food!” Collei: “Ahhhh!
My teenage soul can’t take this anymore!
I want to watch the next episode right now!” Sangonomiya Kokomi: “This…
really feels like watching a sweet romance movie!” Venti: “Ehe~ My maiden heart feels like it’s going to explode!” Paimon: “o(〃▽〃) Master Jean is so sweet!” Sayu: “o(〃▽〃) Master Jean is so sweet!” Nahida: “o(〃▽〃) Master Jean is so sweet!” Amber: “o(〃▽〃) Master Jean is so sweet!” Lisa: “o(〃▽〃) Jean is so sweet!” Jean: “Please, stop it!
This is so embarrassing!” Ningguang: “I see.
It turns out it was purely a pet name that became a little secret between the two of you.” Amber: “I completely didn’t expect that the origin of that silly nickname actually came from Klee talking with her mouth full!” Klee: “Hehe, Klee is getting shy!” Jean: “KLEE!!!
Come to headquarters and see me right this second!
Hurry!!!” Klee: “Yay!
Master Jean must want to feed Klee radish soup again, right?
Good timing, Klee is hungry!” Jean: “NO!!!
And from now on, you are strictly forbidden from eating radish soup in front of me!” Keqing: “I didn’t expect the serious-looking Traveler could be this mischievous.
He even intentionally mimicked a child’s way of speaking just to tease his girlfriend!” Kaeya: “Hahaha, judging from the drawing at the beginning, the three of them really look like a happy family!” Albedo: “So that’s how it is.
At first, when I saw that nickname, I actually assumed other, more…
meaningful things.
I didn’t expect it was purely because of Klee.” Barbara: “Phew, honestly I almost died of a heart attack earlier.
I thought that nickname had a dirty meaning or something.” Kamisato Ayaka: “Even though the nickname is a bit weird, but since it’s a pet name only known by the two of them…
it actually sounds quite romantic!” Yae Miko: “Ara, ara~ In that case, in the Traveler’s romance light novel later, it seems I’ll have to add Master Jean to his list of concubines.
The ‘Thick Butt’ nickname idea is very interesting, I’ll definitely include it in the story.” Xiangling: “Huh, where did the Traveler go?
Why hasn’t he come out and commented anything?” Aether: “You all saw the proof, right?
Mark my words, I am the most sincere and affectionate man in all of Teyvat, not a scumbag!” Collei: “Damn!” Kaeya: “Damn!” Venti: “Damn!” Arataki Itto: “Damn!” Xingqiu: “Damn!” Chongyun: “Damn!” Sangonomiya Kokomi: “Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Traveler is the ‘most sincere’ man.
Hahaha~” Shenhe: “Hmph!” Ganyu: “The Traveler always looks serious, but it turns out he also has a naughty and mischievous side at times.” Venti: “No wonder he can captivate so many beautiful women in Teyvat and become the most sincere and affectionate man!” Ei: “Being the ‘most sincere and affectionate man’ to so many beautiful women all at once?
How is that any different from a scumbag?!” Zhongli: “Viewed from common rationality, that is indeed the absolute definition of a womanizer.” Ellin: “Oh, I get it now!
So there’s another way to interpret it!” Kamisato Ayato: “I understand too.
Logically speaking, the title ‘most affectionate man in Teyvat’ is equivalent in status to the title ‘womanizer’!” Collei: “Hmph!
In that case, from now on we don’t need to call the Traveler a scumbag anymore.
Let’s just call him ‘The Most Affectionate Man in Teyvat’!” Aether: “???” Sangonomiya Kokomi: “As expected of the most affectionate man in Teyvat!” Shenhe: “As expected of the most affectionate man in Teyvat!” Kamisato Ayaka: “As expected of the most affectionate man in Teyvat!” Nahida: “As expected of the most affectionate man in Teyvat!” Amber: “As expected of the most affectionate man in Teyvat!” Nilou: “As expected of the most affectionate man in Teyvat!” [Today’s Interactive Q&A Live Stream Session has concluded, all functions will be temporarily disabled!] [The Live Stream Room will reopen tomorrow, please look forward to it patiently!] At that exact moment, Traveler Aether received another private message from the system.
He immediately opened it.
It turned out, the Live Stream Room was once again providing compensation to the party who was forcibly involved in the video.
[As a form of apology, the involved party, Traveler Aether, will be awarded the ‘God-Tier Cooking Skills’!] [God-Tier Cooking Skills: You can master any dish recipe in this world with extreme ease.
Furthermore, you can embed special ‘buffs’ (positive effects) or ‘debuffs’ (negative effects) into the food that will be consumed by your target!] [Please research and practice it yourself to discover the details of its potential!] [Warning Note: Please be careful in choosing the people who will eat your cooking!] Aether was quite happy seeing this reward.
After all, as a traveler who always slept in the wilderness, he often cooked his own meals.
Getting an upgrade in cooking skills was something highly useful.
Regarding the positive and negative effects (buff & debuff) system on the food, he didn’t know exactly how the mechanics worked yet.
However, at the very least this reward sounded quite normal.
It was clearly far more practical and reliable than that useless god-tier magical visual effect.
Even so, Aether felt a bit curious about the system’s final warning.
Be careful in choosing the people who will eat my cooking?
What does that mean?