Listening to Erina, Satou seemed a bit speechless and said, "Erina-chan, is it really okay for you to talk about your Aunt like that?"
Leonora Nakiri, who had followed them out, heard this and caressed her cheek, saying somewhat sadly, "It's truly heartbreaking that Erina would speak of her Aunt like that."
"Did I say something wrong?"
Erina Nakiri stood with her hands on her hips, huffing, "Although we're definitely going to... but we're not married yet, are we? No matter what, Satou is still an outsider right now, not family. But Aunt shamelessly accepted everything and even showed off to me, it's so embarrassing!"
"Erina-chan, you're wrong."
Leonora Nakiri said seriously.
"Where am I wrong?"
Erina Nakiri asked somewhat indignantly.
"Because, compared to Satou, you're more like the outsider!"
Alice Nakiri hugged Satou's arm and said with a smile.
"Exactly, exactly. I feel a great connection with Satou; I completely consider him family. But with Erina-chan, I don't have that feeling, which is truly a shame."
Leonora Nakiri hugged Satou's other arm, also smiling.
Looking at this mother and daughter, Erina Nakiri almost fainted from anger. Who exactly was a Nakiri here?!
"See? Everyone still likes me more. The one who looks most like an outsider is you, Erina."
Satou spread his hands towards her and said.
Erina Nakiri was so angry her teeth itched; she wished she could pounce on him and bite him hard.
"You scoundrel, you're too despicable! Don't talk to me anymore!"
She cried out in exasperation.
"Erina-chan, how can you treat Satou like that?"
Leonora Nakiri started scolding Erina for Satou, "Satou, this child's temper is just like this, don't mind her."
"It's fine."
Satou said with a smile, "I'm already used to it."
"You poor child, you must have suffered a lot because of Erina-chan, haven't you?"
Leonora Nakiri sighed, caressing her cheek, and said, "Don't worry, with Aunt here from now on, I definitely won't let Erina-chan bully you. If she dares to bully you, Aunt will help you teach her a lesson!"
"Thank you so much, Aunt."
Satou said with a touched expression.
"You're welcome. Speaking of which, it's really a pity, if you and Alice were together, that would be great. My Alice is much cuter."
Leonora Nakiri said with some regret.
"Mm-hmm, I think so too."
Alice Nakiri said smugly.
Watching her own Aunt completely side with Satou... Erina Nakiri nearly fainted from anger.
What was even more infuriating was that she was usually the one being bullied, but in her Aunt's words, it sounded as if Satou had become the bullied one!
Upon returning to her residence, Erina Nakiri was still seething with anger, like a fluffed-up kitten, ready to lash out at any moment.
"You're not allowed to sleep in my room tonight!"
She stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Satou, and said huffily.
Looking at her, Satou was somewhat amused and exasperated. He felt that the Tsundere was so angry tonight entirely because Alice and her mother also had a butterfly charm material.
It was like a little girl who one day suddenly discovered that her treasured doll, her rival also had, and even two of them.
Satou shook his head, walked into the kitchen, bought another butterfly charm material, and then walked towards Erina.
"What are you doing?"
Erina Nakiri sat on the sofa with her arms crossed, and seeing Satou approach, she said somewhat coldly.
"Here, this is for you."
Satou said.
"Eh? This, isn't this..."
Erina Nakiri's beautiful eyes widened instantly, "Are you giving this to me?"
"Yes."
Satou nodded.
"Oh? Th-thank you."
Erina Nakiri's face involuntarily flushed, and she became a little flustered.
Five minutes later, Erina Nakiri leaned gently against Satou's embrace, with a butterfly resting on each side of her hair tips, her heart full of contentment, like a little girl who had received a toy.
Looking at the Tsundere in his arms, Satou was quite speechless. In matters of emotion, the Tsundere was sometimes adorably clumsy and very easy to appease, which was why he could always remain in an undefeated position.
Two more days passed.
"The host has successfully processed over one hundred ingredients using the Seven Star Knives, Greed Wolf, unlocking its hidden attribute."
"Oh. That fast?"
Satou was a little surprised; even he hadn't expected to unlock Greed Wolf's hidden attribute so quickly.
Even though he had been deliberately using Greed Wolf these past few days, it shouldn't have been this fast.
Satou thought about it and concluded that the only possibility was the flying shrimp.
Satou had cut the flying shrimp meat into sections, then further into small pieces, and refrigerated them. So, when calculating the quantity, these might have been included.
However, being able to unlock it faster was a good thing. Satou immediately looked at the newly unlocked kitchen knife attribute.
"Attribute description: Greed Wolf can restore 50% freshness to damaged ingredients."
"Restores 50% freshness!"
When Satou saw this attribute, he was both surprised and delighted; this was undoubtedly another very powerful attribute.
He remembered that the effect of the Legendary Cooking Utensil, Everlasting Spirit Knife, in "Cooking Master Boy" was to make ingredients completely fresh again, even if they were thoroughly spoiled.
Although Greed Wolf's effect wasn't as terrifying, restoring 50% freshness was already enough and could completely meet his needs.
Many of Satou's fantasy ingredients now were very large, and after slaughtering them, they needed to be stored in a cold storage. Over time, some of their taste would inevitably be lost. Satou had felt a little pained by this before, but there was nothing he could do.
However, with Greed Wolf now, he no longer had to worry about this problem. Those ingredients whose quality had declined could instantly be restored to their freshest state.
It could be said that this attribute perfectly solved Satou's urgent problem.
"I remember that if I unlock the hidden attributes of five Seven Star Knives, I'll receive a corresponding reward, but there's still one left. I wonder when I'll get it."
Satou said with some regret.
"If Satou can collect all of the Seven Star Knives, there will be additional effects."
At this moment, the system suddenly said.
"Really?"
Satou was somewhat delighted. The Seven Star Knives, after unlocking their hidden attributes, were already powerful enough. What kind of effects would they have after being fully collected? He was full of anticipation.
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