NIKKE, when the stars bloom

Hearing someone talking, Yinhua instantly aimed the sniper rifle in his hand towards the source of the sound.

I saw a big tree with its branches bent.

There was a person named Nikki sitting there with a conical hat on her head, a long sword on her waist, a wine jug in her hand, and a dazed look in her eyes.

"Hiccup~"

"How about I teach you how to hunt?"

Chapter 108 Who is the Young Master?

"Commander, wake up."

"commander……"

In a daze, Phoenix, exhausted due to hypoglycemia, was gently awakened from his sleep by Marian.

The first moment I opened my eyes, what caught my eye was the layers of ghost sisters.

Then he was met with Marianne's concerned gaze.

Next, a huge snow-white hat occupied half of the sight.

red lotus???

As for the cyborg who can wear a hat in this technological and magical world, in Phoenix's memory, only the name Honglian fits the corresponding characteristics.

"Sir, are you interested in drinking with me?"

The white-haired Nikki named Honglian stood behind the sofa, leaning her hands on the back of the sofa, and invited the man to drink with a smile.

However, before Phoenix could respond, Marian's voice sounded first with a hint of complaint.

"Ms. Honglian, please don't make such a joke."

The girl cast a helpless look at Honglian, took the cooked pigeon soup from Diesel and said:

"Commander, although the smell is a bit unpleasant, but... I still hope that you can eat some right here."

Marianne's words were not out of modesty, but a statement of fact.

Because even Phoenix, who was lying on the sofa and had not yet stood up, could smell the warm fishy smell coming from the pigeon soup.

Ok……

The pigeon's blood was not drained away, it was not blanched in cold water, and the bird's butt was probably not cut.

This is really like throwing a pigeon into boiling water, cooking it, and then taking it out to make savage food.

Thinking that the pigeon's butt had not been cut off, Phoenix's appetite immediately dropped by half.

The preen gland is an organ unique to birds and usually grows under the skin of the tail.

It's not that he is delicate. Anyone who has ever eaten chicken butts without removing the preen gland knows that it is something that ordinary people cannot eat. Many people will even vomit after taking a bite of it.

This is a purely physiological reaction and has nothing to do with being picky about food.

pressure,

It came to Phoenix as it should.

"Thank you."

However, even though he knew that this bowl of pigeon soup could kill him, the commander finally chose to sit up on the sofa and stare at the bowl of fishy hot soup in the girl's hand.

Drink it,

How can I divorce Nikki, my own daughter?

Picking up the makeshift wooden chopsticks, the man suppressed the fierce resistance from the depths of his soul, pursed his lips, tore off a piece of pigeon meat, put it in his mouth and began to chew.

The meat was unexpectedly delicious.

Chewing it carefully, you can smell the aroma of poultry meat that is incomparable to that of white-feathered chicken, accompanied by an extremely strong and strange smell of fat.

Although the fat of a pigeon only accounts for 0.03% of its body weight, this inconspicuous "three" adds a wonderful flavor to this bowl of pigeon soup without any seasoning.

"Not bad..."

Under the gazes of Yinhua, Marian, Diesel and everyone else.

The man tried to smile to praise everyone's culinary talent, but he felt his stomach tremble irresistibly. The little stomach acid that was finally secreted flowed down the esophagus, carrying the pigeon meat that had just been swallowed, and flowed out of Phoenix's throat.

“Ugh—Ugh—!!!”

Amid the commander's vomiting, the smiling Nikis were all stared at by Medusa at this moment.

"laugh--"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--"

In the dilapidated bungalow, apart from Phoenix's vomiting, the only sound was Honglian's hearty laughter.

……

……

"Remove the head and cut off the tail."

"Put it in a pot with cold water, skim off the foam, and let the water boil for one minute before taking it out."

"Prepare a new pot of water and add the hot water. Since there is no other seasoning, we can only add salt and MSG, and finally boil it for two hours."

Phoenix probably never thought that as a commander, he would not only command Nikki to fight on the ground, but one day he would also command Nikki to cook in the kitchen.

After taking another sip of the water given to him by Honglian, the commander tried to comfort Marian and the others who looked lost.

“You’ve never been in the kitchen before, so it’s normal that you don’t know these techniques. I wasn’t much better than you when I first cooked.

Do you know egg fried rice?

To distinguish a good bowl of egg fried rice, it depends on whether the chef can fry the rice dry while keeping each grain distinct.

The first time I made egg fried rice, it was like rice soaked in oil. One bite was so greasy that I had to drink three glasses of water. "

"Oil-soaked rice?"

Hearing Phoenix's self-exposure of his dark history in cooking, Honglian couldn't help but think of her friend when she thought of the strange mixture of oil and rice.

——Snow White eats everything nowadays.

"With such concentrated calories, I'm sure my friend will love it."

The white-haired girl laughed to herself, completely ignoring the confusion of others.

"Since the food still needs two hours to cook, would you like to drink with me for a while with water instead of wine?"

They were all people who played word games, so how could Phoenix not hear that Honglian was subtly inviting him to have a private conversation?

"Alright."

The commander nodded without hesitation and accepted the invitation of the goddess troop member.

So, under Yinhua's vigilant gaze, the two of them walked into a bedroom...

Click!

By the way, he closed the door.

……

After entering the house,

What Phoenix didn't expect was that Honglian actually took out two cups and... a bottle of rice wine and a pot of water from her storage bag.

"Sir, please drink with me. It has been a while since I have enjoyed a good drink with others."

After Jiumengzi finished speaking, she couldn't wait to pick up the bottle of rice wine and took a sip immediately, completely forgetting that she had just taken out two wine glasses from her bag.

The smell of fermented fruit, with a hint of ethanol, filled the dusty bedroom.

Smelling the familiar aroma of wine, Phoenix asked casually:

"Is that the fruit wine you brewed yourself?"

"Young Master is indeed well-informed~"

The euphoria brought by the alcohol made Honglian's already casual attitude even bolder. She raised her hand holding the wine bottle and her eyes fell on the mottled texture of the bottle. The light in her eyes was so complex that it was hard to describe even to outsiders.

"Sir, you are not from the Ark."

“How come you see?”

Under the influence of Honglian, Phoenix unknowingly began to mix ancient words into his vernacular.

This unintentional little detail made Honglian more interested.

Then she continued, "I have never doubted that someone in the Ark is good at handling real food.

But anyone who can cook real food on the Ark must be a great chef.

How could a chef who always serves the powerful come to the ground to serve as a commander?

So~

Who is this young master?"

Looking at Honglian's half-smile on her face, Phoenix had never thought that this drunkard actually had the talent to be a military strategist.

Logically speaking, after decades of drinking, even Nikki's brain should have been damaged by the irreversible damage of alcohol.

Phoenix was a little surprised by this.

But this surprise soon disappeared without a trace.

He suddenly remembered what Anis had said to him in casual conversation: ordinary alcoholic beverages simply could not pass through the blood-brain barrier through Nikki's eating behavior.

It seems that this girl has never been drunk in all these years?

Is he also a master at pretending to be confused???

Chapter 109: Me, I Traveled Through Time

"me?"

“I traveled through time.”

When Honglian asked about Phoenix's identity directly, someone did not hide anything and told him his whole story generously.

"Travel...through time?"

Hearing such an outrageous answer, Jiumengzi was stunned at first, then blinked his eyes, then shook his shoulders and chuckled.

"Sir, do you treat others like this on a daily basis?"

"No, I'm serious."

Seeing that Honglian really didn't believe it, the time traveler who had everything under control shrugged indifferently.

It’s like your friend suddenly tells you that he is from the future, or the owner of the convenience store downstairs inexplicably tells you that he is on vacation from some higher-dimensional world.

As for time travel, unless there are numerous cases of time travel in the local world, who would believe such nonsense?

"Okay, no kidding."

Seeing the white-haired girl happily drinking, Phoenix felt that the "house demolition effect" was about to start, so he started to make up stories again:

“Actually, my family has a bit of…metaphysical heritage from generation to generation.

For example, I can see a number of ghosts following you from behind. "

"Inheritance? Sir, are you talking about family inheritance?"

Honglian, who also inherited the family tradition before becoming Nikki, froze in silence when she heard the harsh word, and even the fruit wine that she was about to swallow slowed down a beat.

Gu, Du——

The blush on her face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving behind the sadness and helplessness that belonged only to the white-haired girl.

However, after only a moment, her signature frivolous smile appeared on her face again.

"Inheritance~ Let me guess, does your family inheritance refer to spiritualism?"