Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 695 Assistance and a Pat on the Head
“Chanis is Lv.2. Although his ability value was not as high as yours when he was Lv.1, the difference in strength between you and him after leveling up is still very obvious.”

Soma cautioned that matters involving the transfer of power within a clan could potentially result in death.

As a deity, he would generally not favor either side when both were children of his own clan.

“Lord Soma, I am not alone. I have met a trustworthy and reliable companion.”

Lily Luca said.

"It's obvious."

Somo's gaze lingered on the [Invisible Wings] skill that had appeared on the skill bar behind the little girl.

The description of the little girl's [Invisible Wings] skill is similar to that of Ais and Lefia, but the bonus values ​​are completely different.

【Invisible Wings】: You responded to someone's emotional expectations, making them see you as a wing to help them soar. As you help them take flight, you will also be carried along by them, with an experience gain bonus, currently +110%...

“But Chanis is not alone. He also has followers who crave the divine wine. Or perhaps you want me to stop supplying him with the divine wine?”

After updating the dwarf girl's stats, Somo asked.

"No, Lord Soma, both Chanis and I are your family children, and I know that such a request will only make things difficult for you."

Therefore, I will not ask you to do such a thing. Instead, I will win over other members who are at odds with Chanis and bring them to my side.

All you need to do is observe from the sidelines, remaining neutral. After we've decided the winner, simply support the victor to become the leader and take control of the Soma Familia.

Lily Luca shook her head.

"The children who are at odds with Chanis also crave the divine wine, and without it, how do you plan to gain their support?"

Soma asked the question.

Perhaps she'll also ask me to provide her with holy wine.

Soma thought that this was the best choice to fight against Chanis. He would use divine wine to fight against divine wine. If they could both provide divine wine, his children probably wouldn't care who would be the leader of Soma's clan.

If that's the case, should we give it to her?

Once this thought arose, Soma quickly had an answer—he would give it to them himself.

The clan that had already disappointed him so much could not disappoint him any further.

If Lilyluka succeeds, she might indeed bring about some changes to the Soma Familia, just as she said.

Maybe it really will change some things.

The Soma Familia that has changed cannot possibly be worse than the Soma Familia as it is now.

However, the little girl did not say what he thought she would say.

"This is a special medicine to cure the addiction to the Divine Wine. I will secretly add it to the wine during the Divine Wine Feast and have all the members who come to the feast drink it."

After dressing, Lily Luca took out the antidote for alcohol addiction made by Mih and showed it to the god Soma, then said...

Su Mo took the potion, opened the bottle, smelled it first, and then tried to drink it. After drinking the potion, his expression changed slightly.

After pondering for a moment, he said to the little girl, "Adding this to drinks will drastically change their taste, making it very difficult for people to drink them."

"Eh?"

Lily Luca was taken aback.

"However, I can help concoct a beverage that can contain this medicine without altering its flavor."

Soma didn't wait for the little girl to reply before speaking.

"Uh, Lord Soma, are you willing to help me?"

Lilyluka winked at the god.

"It's not about helping; I just want to see if the clan can change for the better."

Soma shook his head.

“But if you fail, I will not stop Chanis from dealing with you.”

"I will not fail."

Lily Luca was very confident about this. Even if she might not be a match for Chanis, Broly, who was behind her, would back her up. This meant she didn't feel the pressure of failure. It was just that the position she was guaranteed to take might not be as convincing to others, but it wasn't a big problem.

"So, when do you plan to make your move?"

Somo asked.

"Two days later, at the Feast of Divine Wine, I will challenge Chanis for the position of captain."

Lily Luca answered.

"Only two days? It's a bit tight, but it should be fine. By the way, do you have any more of this medicine? If you only have this one bottle, the dosage is definitely not enough."

Somo asked.

"Uh, there's more."

Lily Luca paused for a moment, then quickly answered.

“That’s fine. On the day of the Divine Wine Feast, I will prepare a special cocktail for you. You can just add this potion to it.”

As for whether your plan to seize the position of leader of the Soma Familia will actually succeed, I don't care. Whoever wins between you and Chanis will become the future leader of the Soma Familia.

The god, with his messy hair and reeking of otaku, spoke these words in a tone devoid of inflection.

"Ah, Lord Soma, thank you."

Lily Luca realized what was happening and quickly thanked her.

Soma claimed to be neutral, but in reality, he was already biased, and not in helping Chanis, but in helping himself.

"You're welcome. I just wanted to see the possibility of change."

Soma shook his head.

He was merely an incompetent god, powerless to guide his clan onto the right path; the fate of the clan depended entirely on the members themselves.

If things were to truly change for the better, he should be the one thanking Lilyluka, thanking the little girl for turning the corrupt Soma Familia into something better.

"Lord Soma, please wait and see."

After saying that, Lily Luca left the room.

If Chanis fails and Lilyluca takes over, I might face a shortage of bartending ingredients...

After the little girl left, Somo looked at the various expensive seasonings in the room and thought to himself.

[But if we could send the clan back to the past, to a time before they tasted the divine wine and were corrupted by it, the problem of insufficient funds for brewing doesn't seem like a big deal. It just means brewing less and the process of trying to blend better-tasting wine will be slower...]

Soma's thoughts drifted back to the past, before his clan was corrupted by the divine wine. Back then, the Soma clan was a group of people who genuinely loved wine.

Everyone works together to run the clan and earn money to buy brewing materials. Each member is both a drinker and a brewer. In their spare time, they discuss each other's brewing techniques and happily share their achievements with their companions after someone has brewed a delicious drink.

At that time, the clan settlement was filled with the exchange of brewing techniques and the joyful laughter of drinking each other's creations. That was undoubtedly the happiest time he had ever had since coming to the mortal realm.

The brewing technique of Soma (divine sake) today originated from that period. Immersed in the joy of children, he combined the brewing ideas that children occasionally came up with to develop an unparalleled brew. The gods who drank it at that time called it a drink that "only gods could bear its deliciousness," and it was called "divine sake" for short.

"Lord Soma, we have never tasted the divine wine you brewed before."

"But only gods can drink the divine wine..."

"Ah, at this year's Divine Wine Feast, everyone has brought out their own finest brews. As our Lord God, how can you be stingy?"

"Indeed, if we haven't even tasted the wine of Dionysus, how can we possibly brew a better wine that surpasses yours?"

Amidst the jeers of his clan members, Soma, not wanting to spoil the children's fun, took out the sacred wine, which was reserved for deities, and bestowed it upon all the members of his clan.

What happened next was that after drinking the divine wine, some children's faith was severely shaken and they lost their confidence in brewing wine, while others became pure alcoholics with an obsession with the divine wine.

If I hadn't been so soft-hearted and had been able to refuse the children's request to drink the sacred wine, perhaps the Soma clan would still be as vibrant and joyful as before.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world.

Soma picked up the wine glass next to him, skillfully mixed some cocktails in front of him into a divine wine, and then drank it down in one gulp.

But after drinking it, the deity began to gag, as if he had drunk something unpleasant.

This is the effect of the antidote for alcohol addiction; it can make delicious alcohol taste incredibly bitter.

But compared to the delicious divine wine, the bitter taste he was now savoring felt to Soma more in line with the true nature of the "divine wine." Because this divine wine, born of joy, was also the culprit that destroyed his former clan; for Soma, the god who created it, its taste should naturally be the most bitter.

Soma's reason for continuing to study it was simply to transform the so-called divine wine into a fine brew that mortals could drink and enjoy without being affected by its deliciousness.

This was a masterpiece he and his child had been working on together; it shouldn't have been like this...

"Bitter and unpleasant to drink..."

The introverted god, knees drawn up, squatted in the corner of the room. The bitter divine wine had somewhat broken his guard, and he let out a soft sob in the corner.

However, Somo quickly recovered because he still had to make a special wine that could be mixed with the medicine in his hand without changing its taste within two days.

Of course, the little girl was completely unaware of her god's breakdown, tears, and subsequent recovery, because she had now found herself in front of one of the few respectable Lv.2 members of the Soma Familia, a human male responsible for guarding the Soma Familia's dungeon.

"Erd, what does your desire to leave the clan have to do with me? You don't actually think I'd help you, do you?"

The burly human frowned and looked at the little girl before speaking.

"Of course I don't need your help, Mr. Chandra. I just want to ask you not to interfere when I challenge that guy Chanis for the position of captain after my attempt to leave the clan fails."

Lily Luca said.

"Hey, you're challenging Chanis?"

Chandra was taken aback.

"Did I hear that right? Although I don't like that guy Chanis, I have to admit that his strength is real. You, a mere human supporter, are challenging him? Are you looking for death?"

he asks.

Lily Luca remained silent, but suddenly drew the short sword hidden at her waist and, with lightning speed, placed the blade against the neck of the burly human man who was preparing to get up and fight back.

With a short sword pressed against his neck at close range, Chandra, a Lv.2 human strongman who was not wearing armor, dared not resist. He could only look at the little girl with a somewhat shocked gaze.

Lily Luca was actually a little startled by the speed at which she had updated her stats, but she quickly calmed down and asked in a composed voice, "Now, Mr. Chandra, do you still think I'm courting death?"

The burly human shook his head, Lily Luca sheathed her short sword, Chandra breathed a sigh of relief, sat back down, picked up his gourd, opened it, took a swig of wine to calm his nerves, and then said, "But even so, it seems that my promise not to interfere is not very useful."

After all, I'm not the only one in the clan, and given Chanis's personality, if things go wrong, he'll definitely get the others to gang up on you.

"Then this is my problem. I just hope you won't get involved, and if possible, I hope you can help me contact these other people."

Lily Luca handed over a list and added, "As long as you can remain neutral, if I successfully leave the clan or become the new clan leader, I am willing to pay you a reward. Perhaps the reward is not too generous, but it will be enough for half a month's worth of drinks. And if you are willing to stand up and help me at that time, I will remember your kindness in supporting and helping me."

Faced with this blatant attempt to win him over, Chandra would never have wanted to get involved in such a mess before, but after witnessing the swift sword strike from the little girl, he agreed.

“I can help you pass on the message, but I’m not sure if others will agree to help you after they find out about this. They might even tell that guy Chanis. Have you thought it through?”

Chandra said.

"It's alright. This matter was never going to be kept completely secret anyway, and I've already prepared for the possibility of leaks."

Of course, when Mr. Chandra contacted others, he only said that he wanted to use their influence to smoothly withdraw from the Soma Familia.

Lily Luca said that this was never going to be a secret.

When the Hermes Familia members helped spread the word to other peripheral members of the Soma Familia that "any member of the Soma Familia can attend the Soma Familia's Divine Wine Feast this year without paying any admission fee."

Chanis will definitely receive the news. If the other side's intelligence gathering speed is fast enough, they will soon be able to follow the information they deliberately left behind and discover that she herself wants to leave the Soma Familia, and then realize that this is a pressure plan.

Of course, the pressure strategy is superficial. It might work on people who care about their reputation, but for shameless and despicable people, huge profits will only make them go back on their word. And that's part of the plan, or rather, the real plan.

Broly and his group left the Soma Familia and met up with Lorne and the others around noon.

“The evenings are when the drunkards are active. Let us take care of spreading the word that the Feast of Divine Wine is free to attend.”

Lorne Vic, who had already spread some rumors, patted his chest and assured them.

"Then I'll leave it to you. I'll treat you to a big meal after this is over."

"Brother Broly, you're too kind."

Lorne Vick's arrival with his men was indeed a great help, saving them at least half a day and allowing them to finish work much earlier than expected.

Leave the professional matters to the professionals, and with nothing else to do, Broly took his men to Hestia.

He thought that in the afternoon, Lily could continue to strengthen her combat skills, and he could also call over the Takemikazuchi Familia members who had promised Hestia guidance the night before.

. . . .

"Hey, wasn't it supposed to be around afternoon or evening?"

Hestia, who had been brought there by the boy, asked in surprise after learning that the matter with the Soma Familia had been temporarily resolved.

"Lorne has brought people to help us."

Broly offered an explanation.

"Then I'll go tell Takemirai, Broly, that you can help me sell potato balls here for a while."

The little girl goddess ran off in a flurry, and Broly was left wearing an apron like a potato ball shop employee, temporarily becoming the little boy selling potato balls.

Fortunately, having experience setting up a stall on Leica Star, Broly skillfully began hawking his wares: "Delicious and tasty fried potato balls, don't miss out!"

Lily Luca and Bell also helped with the sales pitch.

As luck would have it, a group of Loki Family women who were out shopping came out of a clothing store not far away.

The Fiora, who loves fried potato balls, instinctively looked over after hearing a somewhat familiar vendor's cry.

"Hey, Mr. Broly, what you mean by having personal matters to attend to is actually helping Lady Hestia by working at the potato ball shop and selling potato balls?"

After a group of beautiful women from the Loki Familia approached, Tiona spoke first, asking questions with some curiosity.

"Well, the personal matters have actually been taken care of. We are just covering for Lady Hestia now."

Bell explained.

"Give me a large serving of fries."

Meanwhile, Ais had already gone to the counter and was ordering food from the Saiyan boy.

"Okay, what flavor do you want?"

"What flavors do they all have?"

"They have original, strawberry, chocolate, and cream flavors..."

Broly often ate the fried potato balls that Hestia brought back, and he was quite adept at naming the various flavors.

Can they be mixed?

Ais asked.

"can."

"Then give me a mixed one."

Broly quickly picked out a serving of mixed-flavor fries and handed it to the swordswoman in front of him.

"I heard that if you buy a large portion of fries at this store, you can pat the employee on the head."

After Ais took the potato balls, she said to the boy.

"Eh?"

Broly looked at the bear-woman who owned the potato ball shop.

"This is a special service that Lord Hestia provides for his important customers."

The owner of the bear-themed shop nodded, indicating that it was true. It was like going to a temple to burn incense and touch the God of Wealth to get good fortune. Touching the head of the deity might improve one's luck, and many people would spend money because of this.

"Well, then..."

Broly peeked out from behind the counter, and the swordswoman reached out and touched him.

The Saiyan's fluffy hair feels wonderful to the touch.

As the swordswoman stroked the boy's fluffy head, a smile unconsciously crept onto her otherwise expressionless face.

[Ais Wallenstein, happiness level increased...]

Broly: "?!"

(End of this chapter)