Crossover Anime: Starting by defeating the Dragon King, then unexpectedly meeting a child.

After a while, a strange sound suddenly broke the silence.

Dongfang Chen felt Kuriyama Mirai tighten her grip on his arm, as if warning him not to say anything reckless.

"In the future, I'm a little hungry, let's go eat together!"

"Since you're hungry, senior, there's nothing I can do about it. I'll reluctantly accompany you to eat!"

Dongfang Chen was amused by her slightly arrogant tone.

"Okay, thank you for keeping me company."

He took her hand and walked towards the street ahead.

Kuriyama Mirai walked half a step behind him, looking down at their clasped hands, a tenderness flashing in her eyes.

She didn't know if her choice was right or wrong.

However, she was willing to give it a try rather than lose it all again and become a person again.

This time it was a senior's words, but this time, maybe it will be different?

Chapter 166: The free stuff is the most expensive!

June 10th, Saturday, sunny.

8am.

"Chen, Chen, wake up!"

While still asleep, Dongfang Chen felt two warm, soft little hands rubbing his face.

[Ding, ding, the host slept comfortably for 10 hours, and the adorable little dragon girl mentioned the wake-up service. Received 150 Salty Fish Points.]

【Salted Fish Points: 13440】

He slowly opened his eyes and saw a lovely face come into view.

He raised his hand and gently rubbed the little girl's cheek: "Oh ho ho, Kanna."

"Chen, oh ho ho, get up quickly. Didn't we agree to go to school to talk to the principal about enrollment?"

Connor urged her on, it was rare for her to be so concerned about something.

"Okay, okay, I'll get up now. Kanna, get off me first."

At this moment, Kanna was sitting on his chest, but fortunately, Kanna in human form was not heavy.

"Okay, I'll go down now."

Dongfang Chen got up early, which was unusual for him on the weekend.

After he finished washing up, Thor had already prepared a sumptuous breakfast.

Miso soup, xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), sandwiches, milk, fried eggs, rice, meat, and all kinds of other foods are available.

It looks like a huge table full of food.

Although there are only four people in their family, there is absolutely no need to worry about not being able to finish the food.

With Kanna and Thor around, there's no way their family will have any leftovers; they'll finish everything!

Dongfang Chen: "Thor, you've worked so hard making so many delicious dishes every day."

Hinatsuru Ai was somewhat unwilling: "Damn it, it's only been less than a month, and Tohru's cooking skills have completely surpassed mine."

Kanna: "Lord Thor's breakfasts are always delicious."

Originally, she was the housekeeper of Dongfang Chen's family. After she moved into Dongfang Chen's house, she took care of many of the household chores.

Although it was a bit tough back then, she was also very happy because she felt that she had helped Dongfang Chen.

Now, Thor has taken over almost all the housework, big and small, except for her room, including breakfast and dinner.

And as she did better and better, she felt that her position in the family was no longer so important...

"Alright, alright, just do what children should do. The most important thing is to maintain the childlike innocence that is appropriate for your age."

Dongfang Chen raised his hand and gently patted Chuhe Ai's little head.

This little girl is way too precocious!

After breakfast, everyone in the family went out together.

Hinatsuru Ai is going to the shogi training club, while Touhou Chen, Tohru, and Kanna are going to the public elementary school where Hinatsuru Ai and Yashajin Ten'i attend.

With money paving the way, Dongfang Chen's conversation with the principal went very smoothly, and Kang Na's enrollment was quickly finalized.

The principal even warmly called over Kanna's homeroom teacher to recognize her face first.

Then, they got a shopping list from the homeroom teacher, which contained everything that Kanna needed to go to school.

Backpacks, stationery, school uniforms, indoor and outdoor shoes, and a whole host of other items—at least twenty or thirty things in total.

Are those pepper spray and alarm devices for real?

While there are indeed some perverts, he felt that Kanna didn't need those things.

It is impossible for an ordinary human to cause physical harm to Kanna.

For extraordinary people, pepper spray and alarms are completely meaningless.

"There's a lot of stuff, but since we have this list, let's buy the items we need according to the list first!"

He recalled that he seemed to have bought a lot of different things when he enrolled in school.

"Chen, I think there's definitely collusion between the school and the vendors selling these things—a conspiracy to scam people out of money!"

Thor said from the side.

"Shouldn't this be considered an open strategy?"

"They've told us this so openly, but if we want to go to school, we can't do it without buying it."

There's a saying in my old neighborhood: "What's free is always the most expensive!"

Dongfang Chen spoke calmly.

"Huh!? Is that so? How come the free one is the most expensive?"

Thor asked, somewhat dumbfounded.

"For example, a certain scenic spot doesn't charge an entrance fee, so you can visit for free. However, once you enter the scenic spot, they will recommend that you buy all kinds of food, souvenirs, and so on."

"And those things are several times more expensive than outside. For example, a bottle of water that costs 100 yen outside sells for 1000 yen inside the scenic area."

"Because it's too expensive, even if you don't want to buy it, people will try every means to get you to buy it."

Dongfang Chen explained to Thor.

Thor nodded thoughtfully: "I see. Humans are truly cunning creatures."

"In the end, it's all about money. After all, in this world, it's very difficult to survive without money."

Before long, they arrived at a large stationery store and purchased the items one by one according to the list.

The three of them divided the work and worked together.

Dongfang Chen carefully selected school supplies, meticulously comparing the quality of various pencil cases, notebooks, and pens.

Thor was responsible for devising strategies, though most of them were useless.

Of course, since it was chosen for Kanna, the most important thing was whether the school supplies were cute!

Connor, like a happy little bird, flitted between the shelves, searching for things she liked.

Kanna developed a strong interest in the colorful pens and cute stickers, and couldn't put them down.

After buying their stationery, they went to the designated clothing store to purchase uniforms, shoes, and other items.

You can't choose uniforms and shoes based on cute styles anymore, since everyone's are the same.

For her final backpack, Kanna chose a red one with accessories.

The entire purchasing process went very smoothly, and all the items were selected very quickly.

All three of them were carrying shopping bags full of goods.

Thor: "You bought so much stuff!"

Dongfang Chen: "It doesn't matter if there are many, as long as they can be used."

Kanna looked at Dongfang Chen with some concern: "But, it cost so much money..."

Having lived in this world for so long, she still knows the basic common sense that money doesn't come from nowhere.

Dongfang Chen is a student and normally doesn't have any income.

They've never seen Dongfang Chen earn money either; their family's daily expenses are quite substantial! (Momo Zhao)

Dongfang Chen paused for a moment, then reached out and ruffled Kanna's hair: "Don't worry about money. The Dream Stones we got from killing the Void Shadow a couple of days ago were worth a billion yen!"

Little did they know that Dongfang Chen had taken the Demon Dream Stone to sell for money.

Thor exclaimed, "A billion yen!?"

"Are those magic core-like things really that valuable? My family's treasure vault has many magic cores that are hundreds or thousands of times better than that."

Dongfang Chen: "In this world, that thing is quite rare. Of course, that thing itself has certain negative value."