NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Upon hearing someone speak, Yin Hua instantly aimed her sniper rifle at the source of the sound.

On a large tree whose branches were bent under the weight,

Sitting there was a woman named Niki, wearing a straw hat, with a long sword at her waist, and constantly chugging wine from a gourd in her hand, her eyes glazed over.

"Hiccup~"

"How about I teach you how to hunt?"

Chapter 108 Who is this young master?

"Commander, wake up."

"commander……"

In a daze, Phoenix, exhausted from low blood sugar, was gently awakened from his sleep by Marian.

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a series of ghostly figures.

Then Marian's concerned gaze appeared.

Next, a huge, snow-white conical hat occupied half of the field of vision.

red lotus???

In Phoenix's memory, only the name Crimson Lotus fits the description of a cybernetic being who still wears a straw hat in this technologically advanced and magical world.

"Young master, would you like to join me for a drink?"

Niki, a white-haired woman named Red Lotus, stood behind the sofa, her hands resting on the backrest, and smiled as she invited the man to drink.

However, before Phoenix could respond, Marian's slightly complaining voice rang out first.

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

The girl gave Honglian a helpless look, then took the cooked pigeon soup from Diesel's hand and said:

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

Marianne's words were not out of modesty, but rather to state a fact.

Even Phoenix, who was still lying on the sofa, could smell the warm, fishy aroma wafting from the pigeon soup.

Ok……

The pigeon's blood wasn't drained properly, it wasn't blanched in cold water, and its tail probably wasn't trimmed.

This is truly just a wild man's food: a pigeon thrown into boiling water, cooked, and then fished out.

The thought of not cutting off the pigeon's tail immediately reduced Phoenix's appetite by more than half.

The preen gland is a bird-specific organ that is usually located under the skin of the tail.

It's not that he's delicate, but anyone who has ever eaten a chicken's butt with the preen gland still attached knows that it's not something an ordinary person can eat. In fact, many people would vomit immediately after taking a bite.

This is a purely physiological reaction and has nothing to do with picky eating.

pressure,

It naturally fell on Phoenix.

"Thank you."

However, even knowing that this bowl of pigeon soup could kill him, the commander still chose to sit up straight on the sofa and turn his head to stare at the bowl of fishy-smelling hot soup in the girl's hand.

Drink up.

What can you do to Niki, who's my own family?

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

The meat was surprisingly delicious.

Chewing it carefully reveals a unique poultry flavor that surpasses that of white-feathered chickens, accompanied by an extremely rich and strange oily aroma.

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

"Not bad..."

Under the watchful eyes of Yin Hua, Marian, Diesel, and everyone else.

The man, who was trying to smile and praise everyone's culinary talent, felt an irresistible tremor in his stomach. The little bit of stomach acid that he had managed to secrete came down his esophagus, along with the pigeon meat he had just swallowed, and surged out of Phoenix's throat.

"Ugh—ugh—!!!"

Amidst the commander's retching sounds, the smiles on the faces of the Nikis, who had been wearing smiles, were now met with Medusa's intense gaze.

"laugh--"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--"

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

……

……

"Remove the head and cut off the tail."

"Put the pot in cold water, skim off the foam, and take it out after the water boils for one minute."

"Start a new pot of water and put the ingredients in. Since there are no other seasonings, I can only add salt and MSG, and then simmer for two hours."

Phoenix probably never imagined that he, as the commander, would not only be directing Niki in battle on the ground, but one day he would also be directing Niki in cooking in the kitchen.

After drinking another sip of the water given to him by Red Lotus, the commander kindly comforted the dejected Marian and the others.

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

Do you know what egg fried rice is?

To determine if a bowl of fried rice is good, you need to see if the chef can fry the rice until it's dry while keeping each grain separate.

The first time I made fried rice, it was practically like rice soaked in oil; one bite and I was so sickeningly sweet I wanted to drink three big glasses of water.

"Rice soaked in oil?"

Upon hearing Phoenix's self-disclosure of her embarrassing culinary history, and recalling the bizarre mixture of oil and rice, Honglian couldn't help but think of her friend.

—Nowadays, Shirayuki eats everything.

"With such concentrated calories, my friend will probably love it."

The white-haired girl, oblivious to the confusion of others, laughed out loud.

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

They were all people who played word games; Phoenix could easily tell that Honglian was subtly inviting him to speak alone.

"Alright."

Without hesitation, the commander nodded and accepted the invitation from the goddess unit member.

And so, under Yin Hua's wary gaze, the two entered a bedroom...

Click!

He also casually closed the door behind him.

……

After entering the house,

To Phoenix's surprise, Honglian actually took out two cups and... a bottle of rice wine and a pot of water from her storage bag.

"My lord, let us drink to our hearts' content! It has been quite some time since I have enjoyed fine wine with others."

After saying that, the drunkard couldn't wait to pick up the bottle of rice wine and take a sip, completely forgetting that she had just taken out two wine glasses from her bag.

The smell of fermenting fruit, with a hint of the pungent odor unique to ethanol, permeated the dusty bedroom.

Smelling that familiar aroma of alcohol, Phoenix asked absentmindedly:

"Is that the fruit wine you brewed yourself?"

"Young master is indeed very knowledgeable!"

The euphoria brought on by alcohol made Honglian's already carefree demeanor even bolder. She raised the hand holding the bottle, her gaze falling on the mottled texture of the bottle. The light in her eyes was truly complex and indescribable, even to outsiders.

"Young master, you're not from the Ark, are you?"

“How come you see?”

Under Honglian's influence, Phoenix unconsciously began to incorporate classical Chinese into his vernacular.

These seemingly insignificant details only fueled Honglian's growing enthusiasm.

Then she continued, "I have no doubt that someone on the Ark is skilled at handling real ingredients."

However, anyone who can cook with real ingredients in Ark must be a master chef.

How could a master chef, who always serves the powerful and wealthy, possibly come to the ground to serve as a commander?

So~