Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 688 The Stuntman Makes His Appearance – Helen Heer

Broly's training method for the elf girl—dodging sticks with her eyes closed—was somewhat subtle, but undeniably effective. It gradually corrected the elf girl's tendency to lose her composure when nervous, after all, she had already taken so many blows to the forehead and back of the head.

"If Miss Lefia continues to adapt, she will eventually be able to remain calm and composed even when faced with the blade of my sword."

Broly said with great confidence.

"If I could, I would prefer to face Miss Ais's sword."

The elven girl sighed and whispered something.

"It's possible, but facing the sword of someone you trust too much might not be a good way to desensitize you."

Broly heard her and responded to her.

"Ah, too much trust and stuff..."

Upon hearing this, Lefia's face flushed red. She secretly glanced at the swordswoman next to her and, seeing that the other girl didn't react, breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little disappointed.

"By the way, Miss Ais and Miss Lefia, would you like to join us for dinner at [The Abundant Mistress] tonight? It's on me..."

As the two Loki Familia girls were about to say goodbye, Broly asked them what was going on and offered to treat them to a meal.

"Oh, that's not right. If anyone should be invited, it should be us inviting Mr. Broly."

Lefia was somewhat surprised, but quickly replied.

"It's the same whether you treat or I treat, so would you like to go together?"

Broly believed that the important thing was eating together; in his view, dining together was a very important act of emotional exchange.

"Alright then, but Miss Ais and I need to change our clothes and take a shower first."

Faced with the boy who had worked so hard to guide them all day, Rafia couldn't bring herself to refuse. She simply sniffed her own scent and said...

The girl was hit by the wooden stick and broke out in a cold sweat, so she had a slight body odor. Although it was mixed with the scent of the soap she used to take a bath last night, it wasn't unpleasant, but it wasn't pleasant either.

Of course, the premise is that you don't have any ulterior motives, such as wanting to smell the sweat of an elven beauty.

"Yes, we'll go back and take a shower too."

Broly nodded. He knew that his slovenly appearance would also negatively impact the other two girls he was trying to woo in the tavern.

"Brother Broly, I think I'll pass."

However, at this moment, Bell said something.

"Um?!"

Broly looked over, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "Bell, do you have any other plans for tonight?"

“Brother Broly, it’s like this, I said last night that I wanted to thank Miss Anna, so tonight I plan to…”

Bell's face flushed slightly, and her voice grew softer and softer.

"So, you're going to ask her out to dinner tonight, right?"

Lily Luca spoke the rest of the sentence for him.

"Hmm~"

The white-haired boy nodded somewhat shyly; this was the first time he had tried asking a girl he liked out to dinner.

"Alright then, I won't stop you from meeting the girl you want. By the way, do you need some financial assistance?"

Broly agreed to Bale's departure and also asked the boy a question.

"Ah, that's not necessary. I've made a lot of money following you, Brother Broly, and besides, we probably won't be going to any expensive restaurants."

Belle was worried that inviting Miss Anna to dinner at an expensive restaurant might be rejected by Anna, who was a florist.

"Okay, Bell, have a wonderful night."

"Well, Brother Broly, I also wish you a wonderful evening."

The two exchanged a tacit blessing, and the white-haired youth left first.

Broly, along with Lily, Ais, and Lefia, headed towards North Street.

"Ah, Mr. Broly, you don't actually need to see us off."

Lefia thought the boy was seeing them off, so she quickly said something.

"It's not a gift for you, but rather the potato ball shop where Lord Hestia works, which is also on North Street."

Lily Luca said.

"Eh?!"

The elven girl paused, seemingly unable to connect the word "part-time job" with the deity.

Along the way, after asking around, Ais and Lefia learned about the story of the virgin goddess Hestia working to pay off her debts by selling potato balls.

"Lady Hestia is truly responsible. If it were my lord, he would probably take our clan's funds and use them to pay off debts without any qualms."

When Lefia started complaining, Ais wanted to retort, but remembering that her goddess had once embezzled clan funds to buy alcohol, she couldn't say anything more.

In contrast, Hestia, who believed that one god should be responsible for his own actions and would rather work to pay off his debts than rely on his family's funds, was a breath of fresh air in the divine realm.

She truly deserves to be called one of the three pure goddesses of the celestial realm!

"By the way, Lady Hestia, would you like to join us for dinner?"

Lefia suddenly thought of something and asked it.

"of course."

Broly nodded in response.

Upon hearing this, Lefia and Ais exchanged a glance.

They didn't speak, but a consensus was already in their eyes.

If Loki, one of your own gods, hears about this and wants to go too, it's best to refuse.

To avoid any unnecessary conflict with Lord Hestia.

"Um?!"

Broly suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"what happened?"

Ais noticed his unusual reaction and couldn't help but ask.

"I feel like someone is watching us."

Broly replied that although the other party's aura was only slightly leaked, he still managed to detect it.

Is it that direction?

The swordswoman looked in the direction the boy was looking, and then suddenly dashed towards him.

Before long, a blue-haired dwarf was forced out by the swordswoman girl.

"Paine of the Freya Familia, what are you doing here, and why do you seem to be watching us?"

"Stalking? Hmph, don't get me wrong. I was just passing by and happened to see you, the swordswoman of Loki's Familia, mingling with unfamiliar adventurers. I just glanced at you a couple of times."

Pan hadn't expected to be caught red-handed, but since the goddess had only instructed him to keep an eye on the Hestia Familia boys, he naturally couldn't reveal his true identity.

"Passing by?"

Ais tilted her head and asked the Saiyan boy who was walking over.

"Mr. Broly, do you know or have offended anyone from Freya's Familia?"

"The Freya Familia? I don't remember them."

Broly thought for a moment, then shook his head.

Although he doesn't remember strangers very well, he was certain he had never heard of the Freya Familia.

Even if the opponent is Orario, it's the same for another major faction or clan.

"Fiora, is there anything else? If not, I'll be leaving."

The blue-haired dwarf said with a displeased expression.

"I'm sorry, it must be a misunderstanding."

Ais apologized and then put down her sword.

"It's good to know."

Pan left after saying that, looking just like a passerby who only glanced at Fiora a couple of times.

Encountering members of the Freya Familia was a minor incident; the potato ball shop and the Loki Familia's Twilight Mansion were located in different directions.

Broly and the swordswoman and the elf girl had agreed to meet in front of the Tavern of the Abundant Mistress. After that, they parted ways temporarily and went to pick up their god at the potato ball shop.

"Want to go out for dinner tonight? Okay, I'd like to take a good look at what kind of girls are the ones you've chosen for your dates."

But let me be clear: if they are bad girls with wicked personalities and poor character, even if it makes you sad, I, as your deity, will prevent you from having any possible association with them. I absolutely will not allow my lovely child to be led astray by bad girls!

Hestia said this after hearing that they would be having dinner together at the Tavern of the Abundant Mistress that evening. Broly didn't refuse.

As Hestia is the first person he encounters in this world, he has a significant first-mover advantage.

Broly will consider her opinion if she strongly objects.

While Broly and the others were taking a shower at home, a certain goddess who was working as a waitress at a tavern also received information from a member of her clan.

Is Hestia possibly coming over for dinner tonight at the abundant hostess's place?

"Yes."

"In that case, Mr. Paine, may I ask you to invite Miss Helen over here?"

The cute girl with gray hair and gray eyes made this request, and the blue-haired dwarf only glanced at her before quickly lowering his head in agreement.

"I will bring Helen back as soon as possible."

As if he had accepted a mission he had to carry out, Pan took off running through the streets of Orario towards the Tower of Babel, simply because it was the request (command) of the goddess in her maiden form, and he was determined to fulfill it even at the cost of his life.

Not long after, Seele, who was making preparations for the dinner at the tavern that evening, heard a knock on the back door of the tavern. She quickly went to open the door.

"Lord Xi'er."

Helen, draped in a black cloak, stood before the young goddess and whispered a name.

"No, Helen, tonight, you are Seele."

Seele accepted the cloak from Helen, and her appearance instantly transformed back into that of a goddess.

“Give that kid Broly a good welcome.”

As she spoke, she handed the waitress uniforms she had prepared to Helen, who had also transformed into Seele.

Then, he placed his hand on the girl's back: "In order to prevent Hestia from noticing anything amiss, I will temporarily seal away the blessings bestowed upon you."

Freya can suppress her divine power to nothingness, and even many gods cannot see through her disguise when she acts in Seele's form.

However, not all gods are unable to see through this disguise. Loki knew her identity, and Uranus certainly could as well.

As for Hestia, the goddess of the heavens whose divine authority somewhat restrains her, although she is not doing as well as Hestia in the mortal realm, it doesn't mean she can deceive the other party's eyes.

She developed feelings for the other person's child, but Freya didn't want the other person to find out about it yet. That's why Freya asked Helen to come and replace her as Seele.

With the seal of divine grace, she believed that any god would only regard Seele as an ordinary human girl who had not joined any familia.

"Seele, where are you?"

Behind them, Liu's voice came from the tavern.

"Don't give anything away. Wait until you get back and then share your feelings about tonight with me."

Freya patted Helen, the girl who had once truly been Seele, on the head, then quickly left after donning her cloak.

"I will obey your divine will."

The gray-haired girl spoke softly, responding to the elf's words in the tavern.

"Ryu, I'm here."

Because the main god would occasionally share her memories and emotions from her youth with her, Helen was quite familiar with playing the role of Hill.

"Where have you been?"

Liu came over and asked her.

"I'm going to take out the trash."

Seele answered.

"Hey, do I need to change clothes to take out the trash? Especially such sexy clothes?"

Liu's expression was a little strange as she looked at the girl in the black evening dress and asked.

"Ah, it's because I heard that Mr. Broly from last night will be having dinner at our restaurant again tonight, so I decided to dress up nicely."

Helen Hill explained it this way, saying that she had come in a hurry and hadn't had time to change out of the clothes she usually wore as a goddess.

"Eh?!"

The green-haired elf was quite surprised by this.

"You dressed up like this specifically for a big spender?!"

She nervously leaned closer.

“Seele, you mustn’t go astray. Our shop is a perfectly respectable one and doesn’t need to rely on selling your body to make a living.”

"Ah, Ryu, you might have misunderstood. I didn't dress like this because the other party was a big spender."

"Hey, what's your reason?"

“Of course…” Helen Shirley lowered her head somewhat shyly. Recalling the feelings of excitement for the boy that Lady Freya had shared last night, she finally said, “I’ve fallen for that boy at first sight!”

Upon hearing this, the righteous elf's eyes widened, seemingly unable to believe it. But looking at the lovesick gray-haired girl, she realized that the other party was not joking with her.

So, her best friend really did fall in love at first sight with a little human male she met for the first time last night?!
"Ah, what exactly do you like about the other person? Is it because they can eat a lot?"

Liu recalled what the boy looked like last night, but only the image of the glutton stood out in her mind, so she couldn't help but ask.

I'd like to know the answer to that too!

Helen Hill thought to herself, she was not a god and could not see souls. Although she could feel the god's throbbing emotions, she could not understand the reason for these emotions.

"Uh, that boy is so cute when he eats..."

So, to explain why she fell in love at first sight, Helen Hill could only come up with a somewhat far-fetched, but still plausible, reason.

Liu: “…”

She didn't pay attention to how the boy ate last night, but she did clear his table.

[And to be able to eat so much food without spilling a single grain of rice or gravy on the table, that person must look really good while eating...]

Liu thought to herself, but still felt very strange. Just because someone looks cute when they eat, it's weird to like them.

But falling in love with someone is a very private matter, and Ryu didn't say much about her friend Seele's love at first sight.

only……

“It’s work time now, Seele. You should change into your work clothes properly. Besides, you’re only meeting that boy for the second time. If you want to wear such revealing clothes for him, he’ll definitely think you’re a very frivolous girl!”

As Liu said this, she pushed the girl into the changing room and made her change back into her original waitress uniform from her somewhat daring clothes.

Helen Hiller did not refuse. She was just filling in for the goddess and didn't actually have any feelings for that little boy named Broly.

At least, not now.

However, she still had the idea of ​​observing the boy who had caught the eye of Lady Freya.

[Wait a minute, let me, this goddess's attendant, see just what kind of person is so lucky as to have won Lady Freya's favor!]

As Helen Hill came out after changing her clothes, she was thinking this, unaware that the female elf Liu Liang next to her had similar thoughts.

[Wait, I must observe carefully to see who this person is who eats so well that they could capture my friend Seele's heart at first sight!]

Meanwhile, Broly, who had just finished taking a bath, was unaware that two people had appeared at the Abundant Mistress's Tavern, intending to observe him closely that night.

He changed into a black short-sleeved shirt and gray linen pants, and wiped his wet hair and tail with a towel, thus tidying himself up.

In contrast to his quick and efficient dressing, Hestia and Lilyluca were rather slow and dawdling.

The two, a human and a god, wearing only white underwear, were choosing their outfits for the evening in the room, occasionally asking the boy for his opinion.

"Broly, do you think I look good in this?"

"nice."

Broly's answers to this were always the same, which quickly made the two of them somewhat dissatisfied.

Before long, neither Hestia nor Lilyluca came to ask him anymore.

Instead, they started choosing from each other.

"It's just going out for a meal, why do you need to dress up so formally?"

Broly watched the two of them change into various outfits and asked them questions.

"First impressions are very important."

Hestia answered in this way.

"Yes."

Lily Luca nodded in agreement. The Sword Maiden and the Thousand Spirit were already beautiful enough, but who knew what kind of people Broly wanted to meet?

The little girl wouldn't stop the boy from meeting other girls, but she didn't want her charm as a woman to be overshadowed by other girls the boy wanted to meet.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man and a saddle makes the horse; dressing up nicely is a very important thing.

(End of this chapter)