My portable grandfather refreshes every week

Chapter 325 Prometheus in Another World

Old Barak may have seen comments about "comic conventions" in the comments section, but it's unlikely that he actually understands them.

They had initially thought this place was where these people from another world lived, but after arriving here...

A variety of flashy and bizarre cosplays appeared before the two of them. The official anime convention was supposed to be held tomorrow, Saturday, but the preview that started today had already made them stop thinking about it.

What's that girl over there, completely wrapped in bandages?
How can such a large group of people wear the same clothes?

And why are there so many brightly colored hairs over there? Everyone's hairstyles are as bizarre as seafood. And why are they holding strange weapons, talking about "monster summoning"?
There were also many people wearing tight-fitting clothes, and the transparency and clinginess of those clothes made them look like eerie body paint.

And that...

Old Barak's eyes widened like saucers because he saw a large group of "Ultraman" figures in leather suits gathered on a display stand, taking turns posing for photos with other figures in leather suits that looked like greenbottle flies or beetles.

Barak didn't recognize the green-headed fly or beetle-like figures in their suits, but the group of Ultraman suits instantly made his eyes widen.

Seeing her grandfather's expression change instantly, Alora covered her forehead in pain.

Old Deng couldn't help but blend in with the group of people in leather suits, which surprised everyone on the side.

"A group photo, a group photo!" Old Barak said, taking out his phone.

During this time, he learned most of what Xue Dinglu had taught him about using a mobile phone, at least he had completely mastered how to take pictures, and then he immediately took out the phone.

Meanwhile, the cosplayers at the tokusatsu set were also very dedicated and quite interested in this elderly gentleman who appeared to be from abroad.

Old Barak had forgotten all about his granddaughter, Arora? He didn't know her at all; he immediately blended into the suit.

"Old man, who are you cosplaying as? Geralt? Or Gandalf?" asked a man dressed as Zero.

"Huh? What?" Old Barak didn't understand what he meant.

“Hey, you don’t know this, do you? Maybe the old man and his group weren’t actually cosplaying fixed characters. They were dressed up like Irish knights-errant, like the Imperial Guards over there.” Another “Zeta” pointed to the large group of people in the distance wearing embroidered spring knives and flying fish robes.

This made the others realize something, and they began to examine Old Barak's cloth armor and the greatsword behind him that looked like a door panel. Although the two sides were not on the same page, Old Barak was also happily boasting about the greatsword behind him.

From afar, Alora watched her grandfather, who had already blended into the suit of the characters, speechless, and suddenly felt utterly hopeless.

She glanced at the still-under-construction booths in the distance, and the many strange-looking crowds around her. She felt that this place was definitely not a "gathering place for otherworldly people," but rather a gathering place for stage actors.

From her perspective, these strange people were like opera singers.

What troubled her even more was that her grandfather, who was in the distance, was not satisfied with just taking pictures with the costumed man. He started taking off his clothes and exchanging costumes with others for his gold-inlaid greatsword.

It's still a Tiga suit.

Alora: "..."

Not long after, Barak, having changed out of his gear, successfully donned the Tiga suit. Excitedly, he rushed to Alola and shouted, "Alola, look! Look! It's Tiga! Isn't Grandpa handsome? Take lots of pictures of Grandpa! Hurry, hurry, get your phone out!"

He then casually adopted the starting stance for the Zepelion Ray.

Alora: "..."

The veins on her forehead were bulging, and her eyes were twitching incessantly, as if she had high blood pressure.

When you are tired, destroy it quickly.

……

Xuejiaqiao Village, at Xue Dinglu's home.

"I'm back..." Xue Dinglu greeted.

Then the little fairy sitting on his shoulders said, "I'm back! Sister Linglong!"

In an instant, the little dragon girl, who seemed to have just been sleeping on the sofa, sprang to her feet, headbutting Xue Luding in the arms, and said, "Daddy, is this my little sister?"

"Hmm..." Xue Dinglu felt that this silly kid's strength had increased again.

Now, a single headbutt could send Xue's ribs groaning in pain.

"Wow, little sister, she's so tiny!" Little Dragon Girl immediately picked up the little fairy and happily spun her around before coming to the sofa to share her snacks and toys.

The aunt who was cooking also saw the little flower fairy, which was only the size of a palm. It was much smaller than the nymphs of Olympus and even looked like it was made of flower petals. She was also amazed.

"Is this Xue Lingshu?" Aunt asked, but she already knew the answer in her heart.

“Yes, I didn’t expect her to be so small after she transformed. I thought she would be the same size as Little Dragon Girl. But it’s good this way, we don’t need to make room for her.” Xue Dinglu said slowly, while seeing Little Dragon Girl holding the remote control and starting to change TV channels.

The number of people in the family is increasing, but Xue Dinglu's house is quite large, a three-story rural house with a yard of more than 200 square meters. Each floor has three or four rooms, and the third floor can be renovated to accommodate quite a few people.

In fact, many people in their village would renovate their homesteads and divide them into multiple rooms to rent out, but Xue Dinglu didn't have this idea. After all, he wasn't short of money and didn't like strangers coming to his home.

Besides, his area might be demolished in a few years. After all, his village is only one street away from the city center and two streets away from Wanda Plaza. It's estimated that a developer will take a liking to this land and demolish it all soon.

So the house has actually been vacant for a long time. It's good that some people live there now, at least it's not like before, when the whole house was as desolate as a haunted house.

“I might have to go out again tomorrow, Aunt, please take care of the children. Also, we can’t let them play all the time, we need to get them some textbooks…” Xue Dinglu peeked out and looked at the two children, one big and one small, watching TV in the living room.

They watched TV again, and the two children laughed so hard they almost fell over, as if they were completely immersed in the drama. But why did the monster on TV have a side parting and a mustache?
He looked closely at the title: "The German Serial Killer"—Episode 17...

Xue Law: "..."

What the heck? This is actually a TV series?
Xue Dinglu glanced at it briefly and realized that it was essentially a terrible movie. It was about a monster who looked a lot like a failed art student being tortured in various ways by others, while he desperately chased after the main characters.

In each episode, the German serial killer is killed by the main characters through their wisdom and courage, but he always revives and continues to hunt them down, interspersed with various American-style nonsensical comedy segments.

He couldn't appreciate it at all, but seeing the two children laughing so hard they were doubled over, Xue could only shrug.

……

During dinner, the other children also got to know the Flower Fairy.

Bai Ya and Siam simply exchanged greetings, while Fafnir, holding an English vocabulary book, stared at Xue Lingshu as if she had seen a ghost.

"Sister Fafnir!" The little fairy greeted her familiarly.

Fafnir happily hugged the little fairy, rubbing her chubby baby face against her.

This child seems to have a particular fondness for small animals and elves. For example, she still wants to have a cat or dog, but because of the meal replacement, and the fact that the neighbors have a big yellow dog and an orange cat, Fafnir has been secretly petting the neighbors' cats and dogs.

This time, the little fairy seemed to have hit her target area as well, and they played around happily together, even ignoring tomorrow's exam and English vocabulary memorization.

Looking at the noisy children, Xue Dinglu felt as if his home had truly turned into the Jurassic period.

However, he smiled as he watched the children making a ruckus.

After dinner, the two children, Bai Ya and Siam, came to Xue Dinglu and said, "Boss, we have to go home. We can't play here anymore."

"Hmm?" Xue Dinglu was still a little surprised. The two children's study abroad period was supposed to be two months, but why were they preparing to leave after only one month?

Then Xue suddenly realized that the two months they mentioned were equivalent to a little over a month on Earth. This was because their home planet's revolution and rotation were faster than Earth's, and the satellites' revolutions were also faster. All things considered, one month on Earth was roughly equivalent to a little over two months there.

"Actually, there's one more thing, and we're a little embarrassed to bother you. We've learned a lot here, and I've also told my aunt that we'll buy some high-quality crop seeds to take back with us tomorrow, so we can grow even more crops in that world!" Bai Ya said.

She seemed to have already imagined her hometown's farmland full of all kinds of crops, where the wheat fields could grow as tall as a person, and everyone could enjoy the shade under the wheat ears.

She held the "Basic Hybrid Crops" and "Complete Guide to Farmland Cultivation" in her hands with the same reverence as if they were the Bible.

Xue Dinglu smiled and patted the two children on the head. When they first arrived, the two were still a bit crazy, constantly using interjections like "ya," "gua," etc., but now they have become quite normal.

However, judging from the looks of it, they'll probably go crazy again in a few days after returning to their home planet. So Xue Dinglu encouraged them, "Once you get there, make sure to apply what you've learned to practice. Right now, all you have are dragon blood potatoes, right?"

The white crow and the Siamese nodded.

What they didn't really want to say was that they got tired of potatoes after only a little over a week back home.

This is normal. Eating too much of a single crop can become monotonous and even nauseating. Although dragon blood potatoes have a high yield and are relatively nutritious, a single type of food will definitely lead to nutritional imbalance.

However, their home planet is still in the process of recovering from starvation, so potatoes alone can at least ensure that everyone will not starve and that everyone can have enough to eat.

Only when you have enough to eat can you think about eating better.

So it wasn't just out of interest; after tasting all sorts of delicious food in this world, the two children decided to give up their previous plans to study politics and history, with one studying agriculture and the other studying animal husbandry.

They wanted to bring the world's delicacies back to their homeland, so that everyone would no longer just think about being full, but could eat better, whether it was more agricultural products or more meat and eggs, that was what they wanted.

So that the next generation of children will not suffer like they did, and can grow up happily surrounded by all kinds of delicious food.

Furthermore, they felt that their world might need these things more than two novices who had only studied politics and history for a little over a month joining the planet's politics.

On the contrary, agricultural science and animal husbandry can more smoothly improve the conditions and lives of their hometowns.

Xue Luding was unaware that they harbored such thoughts, but he felt a little guilty, since the old Demon Emperor had originally wanted two assistants, but now it seemed that there were two more ministers of agriculture.

"Is there anything else you want? Have you made a list?" Xue Dinglu said, preparing to give them one last push.

Earth's plants and animals would certainly not fare well in that world, so Xue Luding planned to use the cursed blood to improve them, at least to make the improved plants and animals more adaptable to the high magic concentration environment there.

"Siam and I have already made a list. I'll take back 132 types of seeds, and Siam plans to take back prawns, grass carp, chicks, and crayfish. We plan to slowly cultivate them into unique species suitable for our planet," Bai Ya said, taking out a list on an A4 sheet of paper.

“Yes, yes, Auntie’s fried shrimp is so delicious. I wish all the children in the world could eat this kind of delicious food.” The Siamese dog next to her kept wagging its tail, and seemed to be drooling.

"And sweet and sour fish, sauerkraut fish, spicy crayfish, chicken wings and drumsticks..." Siam started counting her favorite foods on her fingers. She seemed to be drooling again after finishing her meal, and only came to her senses after being slapped hard on the head by the white crow next to her.

Xue Luding looked at the list and found no problems. However, he estimated that these items would be difficult to adapt to the high magic concentration environment there, and he would have to handle them himself.

"Let's wait until next week. These things take time. We'll start preparing these species this week, and I'll send you all home next week." Xue Luding handed the A4 paper back to the two little ones.

After bowing, the two little ones returned to their room, seemingly to read and study again. Perhaps they were also starting to think about the plans for their hometown. They wanted their hometown to be able to successfully cultivate these species in a few years, so that large-scale planting and breeding could begin.

Looking at their room, Xue Luding smiled. Children who have emerged from hardship are more mature and independent. The two of them are only in their early teens, yet they have already learned the professional books that Xue Luding finds difficult to understand through self-study and hard work, and at the same time, they have begun to think about the future of their homeland.

When he was a teenager, he had only just recovered from the devastation of the forest fire.

Hopefully, these two kids will satisfy the old Demon Emperor. Although they are not political talents, Xue's Law also believes that in the face of a world in the midst of reconstruction and development, talents in industry and agriculture are more important than those in the humanities.

"After indulging in play for a few days at the beginning, these two children started studying seriously. During this time, they only slept three hours a day and translated some elementary and middle school textbooks into their own language." Aunt Xue said this, which surprised him.

"This...you mean, they've finished learning basic agronomy and animal husbandry, and now they've started translating textbooks?" Xue Dinglu was shocked.

"Yes, but they don't translate all of them. They mainly translate subjects like 'Natural Science,' 'Elementary Mathematics,' 'Physics,' 'Chemistry,' 'Biology,' and 'Geography,' and they do it selectively. They've probably translated and written down about 356 A4 pages of textbook content by now," my aunt remarked.

Perhaps even the little dragon girl who always played with them didn't know that while she was still watching TV, her friends had already taught themselves the local language, agricultural science, and animal husbandry, and had even started translating their basic textbooks into their hometown language to take back with them.

Xue suddenly felt a sense of admiration for these two children who were only a little over ten years old.

In the future, on their home planet, these two children may be like Prometheus in Earth's mythology, bringing the knowledge and wisdom of this world back to their homeland. As long as they continue to work hard and teach this basic knowledge to more people, perhaps it won't be long before their world undergoes a dramatic change.

"Then we won't disturb them, and we'll also tell Little Dragon Girl not to disturb them," Xue Dinglu said in a low voice.

My aunt nodded as well.

Xue Dinglu sighed in admiration. The old demon emperor had such good eyesight, immediately taking a liking to two children who could be called "geniuses" in terms of both temperament and awareness.

He couldn't help but sigh that if his two children were half as good as them in the future, then Xue Dinglu wouldn't have to worry.

However, their maturity and understanding are all based on their childhood living on that land of suffering, so after seeing the future and hope, they just rushed towards it like crazy.

Many things that are perfectly normal for Xue's Law, such as simply braised eggplant with pork, are unimaginably delicious delicacies for them.

What moved Xue Dinglu even more was that after enjoying the food here, they didn't think about immigrating to Earth and staying there to enjoy the food every day. Instead, they wanted to take the ingredients of these dishes back to their hometown, build their own home, and prepare to replicate these dishes in their hometown.

Such awareness and mindset surpasses that of 99% of people.

"Old Demon Emperor, you have a pretty good eye for people!" Xue Luding looked at the two children's room with a smile, but at the same time, he was also puzzled.

The old devil doesn't seem like a tyrant. He has a good eye for people. How did he end up like that in his own hometown?

Perhaps it really is a limitation of the times and the world. I just hope that the old Demon Emperor can build that planet properly and not make the same mistake again.

Let these two children study hard during the last week, and then bring back more knowledge and culture.

Hmm, maybe I should also bring a cookbook back with me.

……

Meanwhile, on Barak's side...

As the comic convention was about to end, Barak had a great time. He spent the whole day dressed as Ultraman Tiga, taking photos with many children. Even after leaving the convention and arriving at the park in the evening, countless children clung to his legs, shouting "Ultraman!"

The children's genuine affection and love made him beam from ear to ear, like a child over a hundred years old. He seemed to have spent the whole day taking pictures with the children.

But Alora is numb...

She could only silently follow behind her grandfather, watching him with a pained expression as he seemed truly immersed in playing Ultraman.

She couldn't understand why her grandfather was so obsessed with Ultraman, even though it was fake...

As darkness fell and the square became less crowded with children and mostly populated by elderly people playing music and dancing, old Barak reluctantly approached Alora and said, "What a wonderful day!"

Alora: "..."

She was not happy at all, watching her grandfather waste the whole day like a fool.

"Ahem, look at Alora, how popular Ultraman is in this world. Let me tell you, Grandpa really did transform into light in Boston and defeated the enemy in front of billions of people. Do you know how happy I was? If I had to do it again, I would still become light, even if it meant giving up everything." Old Deng seemed to still be reminiscing about his glorious past, rambling on and on to his granddaughter.

"Sigh..." Life is tough, the Pope sighed.

What else can we do? After all, he's my grandfather, so I can only indulge him.

As the old man and the young man were chatting away, a blonde, blue-eyed woman suddenly walked towards them.

In this world of black hair and black eyes, this blonde, blue-eyed woman with foreign features is truly eye-catching, just like the female pope.

The woman coughed softly, handed over a business card, and said, "Are you two cosplayers at the anime convention? I'm Fiona, a saleswoman from Silver Kingdom B&B Co., Ltd. This is my business card. Silver Kingdom is currently developing and plans to send people here to set up a booth tomorrow. Would you two be interested in becoming our hired cosplayers? The price is negotiable."

The former female knight Fiona had noticed the two of them earlier that afternoon, but was only now extending an invitation.

At the princess's request, she could only bring the two of them here to set up a booth and advertise.

Although the guesthouse business in Baiyin Kingdom is doing very well now, with reservations almost fully booked on holidays and more than half booked on weekdays, no one cares that its popularity is too low. So, the little princess is prepared to continue advertising.

In short, the advertising can't stop. She knows that internet trends come and go quickly, so she must seize the opportunity to keep things trending and keep creating buzz so that her Baiyinguo B&B can always stay relevant and generate some buzz.

So, after learning that there was a comic convention nearby, they allocated funds and personnel to promote their homestay at the convention, which would also serve as an advertisement.

The cosplayers they wanted were naturally those who could embody local fairy tale characters. So, the female knight took a liking to Old Barak and Alora, thinking they would be perfect to be the professionals at her booth tomorrow.

They don't even need to cosplay; wherever they stand, a fantastical aura emanates from them.

(End of this chapter)