Chapter 299: Gluttonous Dragon Elma, Debut!
Time quietly slipped away, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned dark.
Camping lights scattered across the lawn lit up one after another, their soft halos illuminating everything around them.
Jashin-chan, beaten black and blue and looking a size fatter, finally settled down.
Now, she no longer stared at the ingredients others put into the pot but helped herself, putting in whatever she wanted to eat.
Putting in as much as she ate—she was incredibly well-behaved!
Medusa occasionally picked up food for Jashin-chan, sharing and recommending anything she found delicious.
The radiance of a virtuous wife and loving mother was truly dazzling!
"Hey, Ryohei-kun."
Yurine suddenly narrowed her eyes halfway, looking suspiciously at Ryohei Tanaka, and asked, "Why do you keep staring at Medusa?"
Hearing her say this, the others looked at Ryohei Tanaka with surprise or curiosity.
Ryohei Tanaka was slightly stunned, then smiled frankly: "Nothing, I just feel that Medusa will definitely be a virtuous wife and loving mother in the future."
"Eh eh eh—!?"
Being praised so directly, and in that regard no less, Medusa's fair little face turned completely red with a whoosh, and it seemed as if a puff of steam rose from the top of her head.
She lowered her head shyly and whispered: "Virtuous, virtuous wife and loving mother..."
Come to think of it, she didn't even have a partner yet!
"Ryohei-kun, praising another woman as a virtuous wife and loving mother in front of your own girlfriend, isn't that a bit bad?"
Yurine looked at Ryohei Tanaka, amused yet annoyed.
"Yurine is too," Ryohei Tanaka said unhurriedly.
"Eh? Kin's survival instinct is so strong!"
Jashin-chan, who had been behaving for a while, let out a cry of surprise, pretending to be shocked as she looked at Ryohei Tanaka.
"What business is it of yours?"
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Ryohei Tanaka glanced at her sideways, clenched his fist, and threatened: "Wanting a beating again, are you?"
"If you have the guts, go one-on-one with me!"
Jashin-chan twitched her mouth. Did he really think she was someone anyone could bully? Believe it or not, she'd teach him a lesson in minutes!
"You want to go one-on-one with me and Yurine?" Ryohei Tanaka raised an eyebrow.
"What kind of one-on-one is that! (#`皿´)"
The scummy snake was furious.
"I can transform into the sword Ryohei-kun needs," Lucoa said leisurely after eating a quail egg.
"No external help allowed!"
"You, a demon, challenging me, a human, to a duel, and yet placing so many restrictions on me... you really are something!"
Ryohei Tanaka sighed pretentiously, his face written with 'disappointment'.
Yurine followed up with a sharp comment: "Shameless."
Jashin-chan almost vomited blood from anger. Who was the shameless one here?
She turned and threw herself into Medusa's arms, shouting indignantly: "Medusa, they are bullying demons too much!"
"Uh... there, there!"
Medusa was caught off guard but immediately patted Jashin-chan's head gently, her whole body radiating a maternal glow.
Seeing this scene, Yusa couldn't help but say: "She really does look like a virtuous wife and loving mother..."
This statement received unanimous agreement from everyone present!
"..."
Ryohei Tanaka picked up a communal ladle, scooped up a floating bursting juicy beef ball from the beef tallow pot, and placed it in his own bowl.
Then he scooped another one for Yurine and said, "There was no exaggeration in what I said before; I was serious."
"Then I'll take it that Ryohei-kun is serious."
Yurine smiled gently and naturally placed the botan shrimp she had just peeled into Ryohei Tanaka's bowl.
"I want one too!"
Lucoa, sitting on Ryohei Tanaka's left, leaned her bowl towards him and asked brazenly.
Ryohei Tanaka looked into the split pot—the bursting juicy beef balls were gone, so he casually scooped a fish ball for her...
...
Approaching six o'clock, all the prepared hot pot ingredients were finished.
The group simply tidied up the scene, took a short break, and began the second round—Barbecue!
Ryohei Tanaka was actually full.
He had eaten a bit too much during the hot pot, but having nothing else to do, he simply took on the role of 'serving the public' and volunteered to be the grill master.
Yusa volunteered to be his assistant, while the others gathered in twos and threes—
Either playing games, chatting, or looking up to admire the starry sky.
"Ah—! A star has fallen!"
Binchou-tan suddenly exclaimed, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Ryohei Tanaka looked in the direction of her finger with pleasant surprise—
Is it here?
In the brilliant night sky, a pale blue 'star' was constantly enlarging in their field of vision.
"That's not a star."
Lucoa unexpectedly lifted her left eyelid.
As her voice fell, that blue light crashed down in front of them with a loud boom.
In an instant, airwaves surged, and dust flew!
Fortunately, Lucoa acted in time, setting up a transparent barrier around Ryohei Tanaka to block the dust.
Otherwise, all the ingredients on the barbecue grill would have been ruined.
Not a star? Then what is it?
Yurine looked curiously at the center filled with smoke and dust, while Tohru beside her turned her face away and clicked her tongue lightly.
"I didn't expect you to run to a place like this, Tohru!"
As the smoke cleared, a tall female figure appeared in front of everyone.
She had short hair that gradiented from black to purple, a rather cute face with a pair of azure blue eyes, and a twisted brown horn on her forehead.
She was dressed in a strange outfit that exposed her shoulders and thighs, holding a trident in her hand, and dragging a blue, fish-like tail behind her...
Gluttonous Dragon Elma, makes her grand debut—!
"Hmm?"
Her nose twitched, and her gaze took a turn in mid-air, looking towards Ryohei Tanaka's side...
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