Keitaro watched as Shoko devoured his gumbo, he felt a feint smile tugging at his lips.
Seeing her enjoying his cooking was very satisfying, and almost felt comforting in a way.
However, it did not take her long before she fully finished the food in record time, 2 minutes give or take.
When the average consumption was around 5 to 6 minutes give or take.
She ate it, in around half that time give or take, this was his vacation and he refused to do the math right now.
After she finished eating, he asked her, if she had liked the food.
She did thank him and did say it was good, she was quite full, though she did not really mind it.
After all, the food was good.
What would be better right now would be to go take a nap.....she had woken up about 5 minutes ago and the first thing she wanted to do after eating was like go to take another nap.
She did nothing to get judged, she just felt pretty tired that was all, there was no need to judge.
She noticed Keitaro taking out a small herb from his storage seal, his finger tracing along the contours of the leaves as he examined its shape.
Even if she wasn't as used to nature's energy as Keitaro, she could tell that this plant had a lot of vitality in it.
The way she could describe it would be that she could feel the warmth coming from the herb, it was very vibrant with color.
She could vaguely sense the natural energy around it, and vaguely thought, it was like a small needle in a haystack, even though she knew it was there, she couldn't exactly pin it down.
The plan reserves of natural energy seem very concentrated, more concentrated than in his own body....that was a first,
Keitaro narrowed down the possibility of what kind of herb this was in his mind.
This had to be one of the rarer varieties....something that was pretty exotic but was known for being good for the body,
He knew only a handful of herbs were known to carry this level of life energy or in short, vitality.
Shoko leaned forward, she was a bit intrigued. "What're you studying so intensely?" She reached her hand over to the plant, she squinted her eyes at the vibrant green leaf in his hand. "Wait, I think I know this one."
Keitaro was stunned, oh she recognized what kind of plant it was, that was a good thing, with that he could narrow down his search when he tried to replicate it.
Maybe try something along the lines of getting some herbs that had similar properties to this one and were a part of the same family
Her statement had indeed piqued Keitaro's interest. "Oh? You recognize it?" He said just a bit stunned.
"Yeah, it was on one of my tests," she said with a smirk. "It's known to give people an incredible energy boost, almost like a natural pick-me-up with tons of vitality."
Oh...she actually did study....that was new.
It's not like he didnt expect her to study.....but the way she could admit to blatantly cheating on her test did leave a lasting image, so the word study and Shoko never really fit in the same category.
"How'd you know about something like this?" He asked with a raised eyebrow after all this was from Shoko all
She let out a small laugh, waving a hand. "We studied it as a substitute remedy for certain...conditions. Some doctors prescribe it to men who need a little extra help or... want their endurance to last a bit longer."
"Oh, really now? That's... enlightening." Keitaro added as his cheek turned a deeper shade of red....was he basically givin Viagra....was that the thing that Mother Nature had given him?
Out of everything he was just given Viagra....he was stunned, this was not on his to-do list for this year.
Shoko smirked at his reaction, she enjoyed the wonderful sight of him flustered. Sure she could do it easily, but it has been getting pretty hard to do lately so seeing him blush was always a welcome gift.
"What? It's all part of medical training, you know," she said nonchalantly, but the mischievous glint in her eyes suggested she was having fun with his reaction.
Clearing his throat, Keitaro nodded, carefully tucking the herb away. "Well, it's good to know it's useful," he said, trying to keep his tone light. "Maybe it'll help in ways beyond what the Spirit Weaver intended."
Shoko chuckled, stretching again as she glanced at the empty plate. "If it's anything like your cooking, I'm sure it'll work wonders."
She did not question who spirit Weaver even was, considering the kind of person Keitaro was, he probably got up this morning, to exorcise/liberate the spirit of a curse, if he chose to liberate the soul, he probably had the mayor change some of the rules of this place.
Give or take, he meets some sort of Shaman around that time give or take, yeah his day probably looked something like that if she were to guess.
Considering how he was looking at the herb, probably would study it to make another version of his pill that temporarily boosts a sorcerer's power by 120% of their original output.
Well, in the meantime, she should probably get to sightseeing, and maybe do some Yoga.
They did buy some new clothes, this was a vacation, after all, she would use it to her fullest advantage.
A/N...
Look up picture, and try to find something that would look close to if Marohaga had a human form, for the first characteristic was like white/grey hair.
Second, was like clothing fit that description to and this is how I stumble across this fine gentleman.
He will be Sora Ishida.
Roughly 16 years of age.