My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

Erina had been poking at the takoyaki with a toothpick, but hadn't taken a bite yet.

Now, she finally put the tortured takoyaki into her mouth and tasted it.

As she chewed, Erina's expression quickly vanished, replaced by a sullen look.

"What's wrong? It doesn't taste good?" Yixing noticed this and asked.

"Hmm. They put in too much flour to save costs, and it's completely bland. The octopus juices didn't spread properly throughout the dumpling!" Erina commented unsatisfiedly. "This is no good at all. Let's try the octopus sausage instead."

Octopus sausage is simply a small sausage with one end shaped like an octopus tentacle.

These are common dishes in bento boxes, especially student bento boxes.

Its advantages are that it is delicious, easy to make, keeps well, and can easily make bento boxes cute.

Therefore, it is very popular with children and mothers who have to rack their brains every day to decide what to make for lunchboxes.

Erina then skewered the octopus sausage through the center and put it in her mouth to chew.

As expected, she once again showed little interest.

But I wasn't disappointed.

Because Erina never had any expectations of it in the first place.

"Judging from your expression, Miss, you're not satisfied with this at all, are you?" Yixing asked.

"Yeah, the seasoning is so bland. And the skin wasn't even grilled to a crispy, fragrant perfection! It's all soggy and mushy, it's not tasty at all." Erina complained, then picked up a piece of grilled tofu skin, took one bite, and gave it the same negative review: "This one's no good either, it has no elasticity at all! The sauce tastes weird too."

"Looks like all that's left is tamagoyaki," Yoshiyuki guessed. "I bet you don't like it either?"

"It's really no good! The egg flavor is too weak." Erina took a small bite, shook her head, and complained, "What is this? If it's only this good, it won't attract any classmates to join the club at all! It's not even as good as what my bastard used to make when he was a kid!"

"Young Miss, your standards are too high. Everyone seemed quite satisfied after the taste test," Yixing retorted. "Little Hime seemed quite pleased with her meal just now, didn't she?"

Xiao Ji nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

She even licked her lips, whether reminiscing about their deliciousness or feeling the lingering oil and sauce residue—of course, that was definitely an illusion. Yoshiyuki had already carefully wiped them clean with a tissue.

"Hmph, what can I say? I'm just picky. I'm not trying to get anyone's approval anyway. The rest shouldn't go to waste, so you can have it!"

As Erina said this, she naturally handed the box to Yoshiyuki.

His first thought was to hand it back to Xiao Ji. After all, she seemed like she hadn't eaten enough.

However, Yaodao-hime shook her head.

So he ate the octopus sausage and tofu for the young lady. He found that the taste wasn't as bad as Erina had said.

But Erina's assessment wasn't wrong either. The young lady did indeed pinpoint the shortcomings of these dishes.

Ultimately, they are only of average quality, whether considering the free samples or the affordable street food.

However, this does not mean that Erina actually has the talent to be a food critic.

It's not difficult to explain why these snacks aren't tasty enough. Many people can do it.

When faced with more complex dishes, she would just like anyone else, only able to say that the food was not good, but when asked why, she could only use vague and uncertain words, unable to get to the heart of the matter.

"Ah, I found it!" Erina shouted excitedly when she saw Takagi taking pictures of the birds in the tree not far away. "Feed~ Takagi!"

"Ah, Yoda-chan!"

Hearing the sound, Takagi Yayako put down her camera, turned around, and happily jumped and waved at her, her black ponytail bouncing up and down.

"Come quick! I just have something I want to tell you!"

"Oh! What a coincidence! Me too!"

Erina's interest was immediately piqued, and she quickened her pace to get to Takagi's side.

"So, who should go first?" Takagi asked happily.

"You go first!" Erina suggested.

"Yeah! I joined my favorite club! It's the photography club! I think Jinbo is planning to join too! This photography club is ranked among the top in its category at all the high schools in Tokyo, and they even organize an overseas trip every year to photograph the scenery! It's so tempting, so we signed up for the club! We even got a welcome gift!"

"What are they sending?" Yoshiyuki suddenly became a little nervous: "It's not going to be a photobook of a beautiful girl—no, a beautiful boy, is it?"

"Seriously, Maekawa-kun, why would you give me something like this?" Takagi couldn't help but laugh. "Actually, it's a box of Kodak film rolls or a 32GB digital camera memory card."

"Huh? What?!" Erina was stunned for a moment, as if experiencing a system delay before finally exclaiming in surprise, her expression one of utter disappointment: "So you guys already had plans in mind!"

"Huh? Why does Yoda-chan seem disappointed?" Takagi was momentarily at a loss, then suddenly realized, "Ah, I know! The club Yoda-chan wants to join is different from mine, right?"

"That's about it." Erina said helplessly, hugging Hime. "I want to start a dumpling club, so I need to recruit members. I thought you were interested in dumplings and could join."

"Oh dear... I'm so sorry." Takagi Yayako said, covering her head sheepishly, "If you had told me earlier, I definitely would have helped you. But the club application has already been submitted."

"Exactly!" Erina exclaimed regretfully, "It wouldn't be good to back out now, what a pity!"

In reality, even after submitting the application, it can be retrieved at any time before the student council approves it. If Takagi is truly more interested in the dumplings club, she will do so.

Therefore, the young lady actually knew that Takagi Yayako's biggest desire was to join the photography club. So even if she had pulled her into the dough club from the beginning, it would only have put Takagi in a difficult position.

Therefore, the two of them just kept polite to each other. Even if Erina was willful, she wouldn't easily put her friend in a difficult position.

"By the way, where's Jinbo?" Yoshiyuki looked around but couldn't find him. "From what you've said, you were all together before, right?"

"Yes. But he went to the toilet. He hasn't been back for a long time," Takagi joked. "Maybe he fell into the latrine?"

"Ugh...it stinks!" Erina exclaimed. "This Jinbo is so dirty, I guess we can't use it tonight! It'll smell terrible! It'll be like dating poop!"