Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 10: The Elegant Teachings of the Old Father-in-Law
"Ying, this is a thank you gift for the people who helped you, return it quickly."

Tōsaka Tokiomi could only turn around and give instructions to his little daughter beside him.

"Uh, um."

Just after being accepted by her father, young Sakura was still very obedient and wanted to return the sapphire in her hand to Broly.

However, Broly did not answer. He just frowned and looked at Tōsaka Tokiomi with a little hostility in his eyes.

This person prevented him from increasing the girl's happiness value, which was equivalent to blocking him from obtaining food. He was doomed to death.

But the other person is the father of young Sakura. If he kills him, the girl will definitely be sad. This makes Broly hesitant and he doesn't know what to do for a while.

"This is something for you. I want to make you happier."

After thinking about it, Broly could only act like a domineering little savage from Planet Vampa and said this to young Sakura in a tough tone.

Young Sakura: “Eh!?”

Toosaka Tokiomi: “Hmm?!”

The other people who were watching this scene almost had exclamation marks on their heads.

“This is where things get interesting.”

Mr. Jin expressed his opinion on this. He could clearly tell that the boy was telling the truth.

When a little boy says something to a little girl in order to make her happier, it is usually just a joke, but now it is confirmed to be true. Isn't it interesting?

Of course, part of the fun here is due to Toosaka Tokiomi. The look of surprise on the face of this serious man at this moment gives people a contrast.

Mr. Jin became somewhat interested as he found out that this rigid guy could also show this kind of expression, but he didn't know what other expressions he could show.

[He is just a child. What he expresses may be different from what I understand! ]

Saying this to himself in his heart, Tōsaka Tokiomi gave a fake smile.

"You can't say this to women casually, even if they are young.

As a man, you should be elegant and behave like a gentleman..."

Tōsaka Tokiomi began to instill his knowledge of elegance and gentlemanliness into a child.

"I will only make my wife happier and I won't say this to other people casually."

Broly listened humbly, thought about it, and gave an answer.

"Calling a woman "wife" is also very impolite and ungentlemanly behavior."

Toosaka Tokiomi said again.

"But she is my wife."

Although he was talking about his wife, what he was thinking about was the food the girl fed him yesterday, including the dazzling insects in the basement. Broly's words were very firm.

"What do you mean?"

Tōsaka Tokiomi didn't understand the boy's attitude until the young Sakura tugged at his clothes and said in a rather euphemistic tone that she had agreed to become the wife of the little brother who saved her from the pile of insects, saying that she had no way to repay him for saving her life...

Tōsaka Tokiomi was silent at first, then his defense was broken, and then this person said that this was just a joke between children and it didn't count.

"She gave me food, so she has to be responsible for me!"

In response to this, Broly's mind popped up these words, and he used them directly.

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene fell into silence.

Broly's remarks were too new, and everyone had to digest their meaning.

"Then if I give you food, does that mean I am responsible for you?"

After a while, Tōsaka Tokiomi asked.

"You can't be responsible because you can't be my wife!"

Broly answered the question seriously, and his serious look made Mr. Jin finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

Some absurd words, if spoken by an adult, would certainly be extremely absurd, but if spoken by a child, they can be regarded as the child's wild imagination.

Mr. Jin likes this kind of imagination.

"Don't we have sex reassignment surgery in this era?"

These are some hospital advertisements he saw when he was watching TV when he was bored.

"Why don't you just go get that surgery, Tokiomi, and become a woman and become the wife of this child!"

Mr. Jin directly gave some bad and malicious advice to the subjects of this elegant gentleman in the present world.

"Of course, if you do not accept the sex change technology of this era, I also have sex change potions in my treasure house that I can give you."

"Hero King, you are joking."

The corners of Tōsaka Tokiomi's eyes and mouth twitched as he replied to his servant, but in his heart he kept reminding himself to be elegant and maintain the demeanor of a gentleman.

"If you really want Ying to be your wife, then you still have a long way to go. At least you have to become an extremely outstanding person."

From the conversation just now, Tōsaka Tokiomi also realized that there might be problems with this child's cognition.

But he had no intention of correcting the other party's perception, but instead put forward his own criteria for selecting a future son-in-law as a father.

There is only one condition, and that is the excellence of the son-in-law. As for the definition of excellence, it is naturally as strict as possible.

"Excellence means being superior to others and being able to do things that ordinary people cannot do..."

If this child can really become an outstanding person in the future, then even if I marry my little daughter, I believe it will be something I can accept at that time.

"excellent?"

Broly frowned and remembered the word, but not entirely because of Tōsaka Tokiomi's words, but because of the hint of the Crystal Palace.

[Becoming an excellent person is indeed helpful for the host to capture his wife. 】

“So how do I become an excellent person?”

Broly asked.

"That's up to you to figure out, but my advice is to always be elegant and gentlemanly..."

Tohsaka Tokiomi continued to instill his own elegant outlook on life, while the Crystal Palace's reminder was only that there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and excellence is a more subjective view, so let Broly, the host, judge for himself.

In this regard, Broly just wants to ask, what is Hamlet and can it be eaten?
He always has this habit, when a new noun appears in his mind, he always asks if he can eat it.

Usually, he received no response.

【Hamlet is a tragic story and cannot be eaten.】

However, this time Crystal Palace responded.

After getting the answer, Broly lost interest.

His focus returned to how to make himself an outstanding person.

Although Crystal Palace asked him to make his own judgment, isn't there someone in front of him who he can ask for advice?

“What is elegance and what is grace?”

Toosaka Tokiomi did not realize how terrifying Broly was when he was a curious baby. When Broly asked him this, he was a bit of a teacher and gave the boy his own interpretation of elegance and grace.

However, when Broly's follow-up questions followed and began to turn into a machine of asking a hundred thousand whys, even someone as elegant as Tōsaka Tokiomi could not stand being asked so many questions.

"Enough!" The man roared somewhat ungracefully, but when he realized his own loss of composure, he quickly coughed and regained his previous elegance.

"I mean, there are still some things going on at home, so it's not convenient for me to continue receiving two guests."

Tōsaka Tokiomi found an excuse and sent the two of them out respectfully.

"If I have time in the future, I will invite you two to visit the Tousaka family again."

In other words, if you're not invited, it's best not to come.

The door was closed, and Fujimura Taiga felt sympathy for Tōsaka Tokiomi who had driven them away.

Broly's constant questioning just now reminded her of what happened in the big bath last night.

At that time, she was just like the man just now, trying to explain something to a curious child who was wondering a hundred thousand questions.

The result is a complete failure, and then getting angry and embarrassed and choosing to end the topic.

"can you tell me……"

Broly was still not satisfied and looked at Fujimura Taiga.

"It's noon, do you want to go eat?"

Fujimura Taiga changed the subject before the question was asked.

When he heard that it was time to eat, Broly put aside some elegant issues that he had not yet figured out.

"want!"

He replied obediently.

. . . . .

"Whoo~"

After seeing Broly off, Tōsaka Tokiomi let out a long sigh.

"Thank you so much for your hard work."

Mr. Jin felt sympathy for the unfortunate Master.

If it were him, if he was asked like that, he would definitely not be able to resist taking action.

I originally thought that Tōsaka Tokiomi was a boring guy, but now I feel that he does have some good points.

At least, Mr. Jin has now given himself recognition for his elegance and demeanor as an adult man.

Hearing this, Tōsaka Tokiomi was stunned. He didn't expect that this tyrannical hero king would say such a thing. For a moment, he felt a little ashamed.

"I still haven't mastered my grace and elegance. I was just broken by a kid. I still need to practice more."

After Tōsaka Tokiomi sent his daughter back to her room, Kotomine Kirei walked over and asked, "Teacher Tokiomi, do I need to investigate further about Miss Sakura?"

"No need. Sakura's body was not tampered with. She should have taken the opportunity to run away from the Matou family. Although running away from home is a bit naughty, it also made me discover some problems of the Matou family."

Tōsaka Tokiomi narrowed his eyes, walked to the side, picked up the receiver on the table, and dialed the number of the Matou family using this old-fashioned phone.

"Hey?"

After the microphone was connected, a hoarse voice came from the other end.

"Sakura has gone home."

Tōsaka Tokiomi spoke directly without beating around the bush.

"As expected of the head of the Tousaka family, you easily took Sakura back from the hands of those who kidnapped her."

Matou Zouken complimented him.

"I didn't take her back. She found her on her own and told me some of her experiences in the Matou family."

Tōsaka Tokiomi's tone was cold, and no emotion could be heard.

"is it?"

In response to this, Matou Zouken asked back, he didn't quite believe what Toosaka Tokiomi said.

The efficient retrieval speed made him think that this was a play directed and performed by Toosaka Tokiomi himself.

"Master Matou, don't you intend to explain this to me?"

Toosaka Tokiomi asked.

"What do you want me to explain?"

"Explain why my adopted daughter was thrown into a pile of bugs by you. Explain when the magic heritage of your Matou family changed from water attribute to bug attribute?"

Tōsaka Tokiomi asked in a calm voice, and now one could tell that he was going to call for an explanation.

"The world is changing, and so is the Matou family. The magic that was passed down in the past has caused the bloodline of the Matou family's magicians to decline. In order to pass on the legacy, our Matou family always needs to make some changes.

Whether it is to modify the magic attributes of our family, or to get a child with excellent qualifications from your Tohsaka family, it is just to allow the magic heritage of my Matou family to continue. This is my answer.

I wonder if Master Tohsaka is satisfied?"

The decline of the Matou family is an objective fact. It is understandable that Tōsaka Tokiomi changed the family's magical attributes for the sake of family inheritance, because if it were him, he would do the same.

"You shouldn't have hidden anything like this from me."

Toosaka Tokiomi said.

"Master Tosaka, have you forgotten that our two families are not only allies, but also rivals in the competition for the Holy Grail? Will you reveal all your cards to your rivals?"

Matou Zouken asked back.

"will not."

After a moment of silence, Tōsaka Tokiomi answered.

"So, are you planning on sending Sakura back to the Matou family, or do you have other plans for this?"

Matou Zouken asked again. Now the choice is in the hands of Toosaka Tokiomi. If the man does not intend to send his daughter back to the Matou family, then he has to consider finding a child with the qualifications of a magician and returning to the Matou family for transformation.

There is no need to turn against each other. Tōsaka Tokiomi is not weak as a magician. Moreover, as a Master participating in the Fourth Holy Grail War, he has now summoned a formidable Heroic Spirit. If he really attacks unreasonably with the Heroic Spirit, it will be impossible to stop him with the half-baked Heroic Spirit summoned by Matou Kariya.

"Dong dong dong..."

Sitting on the sofa, Tohsaka Tokiomi tapped his fingers on the table. If the Holy Grail ceremony had not started so early and could have been delayed for another four or five years, he would have sought an extra magical inheritance for his little daughter.

But unfortunately, there was no such assumption, and Tohsaka Tokiomi did not expect that his youngest daughter would have the same high talent as his eldest daughter as a magus.

When he knew Sakura's talent, the Holy Grail War was already approaching, and Tōsaka Tokiomi no longer had the energy to make arrangements for her.

Therefore, when he learned that the Matou family needed a stepson to inherit the family's magic, he felt extremely fortunate.

Even now, we already know the properties of the Matou family's magic, which has changed from water to insects.

The Matou family, which needs a magic heir, is still the best choice for him to entrust his youngest daughter to.

"I will let Ying go back, but please be gentle when you transform her magic properties."

Tōsaka Tokiomi's reply surprised Matou Zouken.

After hanging up the phone, the old man said to himself in a somewhat uncertain voice, "Could it be that kidnapping Ying was not his plan?
Forget it, no matter whether it is true or not, it is a good thing that the boy from the Toosaka family is willing to send his daughter back.

Well, we have to call that guy Kariya back, lest someone else kidnap important experimental materials from the Matou family."

(End of this chapter)