NOVEL WEB Chapter 4: Railway Bento
The young lady who stepped out of the village for the first time in her life felt fresh in everything she saw.
After the train started, she looked at the scenery outside and became even more excited.
"Yixing, look, there is a big river over there!
"Well, there are fish."
"Yixing, there is such a huge plain! I can already see the city! I have never seen such a distant horizon from the mountains!"
"Haha, it's surrounded by mountains after all."
"Yixing, over there..."
Yixing took the trouble to reply to the eldest lady in a soft voice, and moved his gentle eyes from the window to the white-haired girl sitting beside him from time to time.
It was the first time he saw Erina's eyes sparkle with such vitality—just like the sunlight reflecting off her long snow-white hair.
This made Yoshiyuki couldn't help but smile.
"Miss, do you still remember? The plain with the big river we are passing through is the original origin of the surname Qianchuan."
Yoshiyuki looked at Erina with a smile and said so.
"The first guard of the Yitian family was picked up from here. Because it was not far from the entrance of the Yitian family's territory in ancient times, so the child's surname was named Qianchuan."
"Yeah, of course I remember it! When I heard it for the first time, I thought it was too casual a name." Erina leaned on Yoshiyuki leisurely and said so with great interest.
The next moment, her stomach suddenly growled.
This reminds Maekawa that Erina has always been looking forward to experiencing what it feels like to eat bento on the train.
Fortunately, soon a flight attendant pushing a trolley entered the compartment.
It contains many snacks, drinks, and limited-edition ekiben in the car.
The bento box is made in the shape of a torii gate.
It is full of colorful dishes: egg rolls, sliced mushrooms, beef covered in black sauce, grilled chicken with mustard sauce, seaweed shreds, green peppers...
Because it looks so good, after Erina bought it, she was reluctant to eat it for a while.
She stared and admired it for a long time before moving her chopsticks reluctantly with emotion.
"Yoshiyuki should learn more from others? The bento you made for me is so badly presented. It's just piled up randomly, just like a garbage dump."
"Miss, you are so picky about food, it's not easy for me to get up early every morning and cook for you in different ways, let's not worry about such details, okay?" Yi Xing watched as the young lady prepared most of the side dishes Put it directly into his food box, dumbfounding.
"Huh, what excuses are you looking for! This is a matter of attitude. The bento I make for you is carefully arranged every time!"
"But..." Yixing couldn't help complaining: "You do it once a year on my birthday! And you don't even know how to use gas! I'm not the one who tutors you all the time."
"Then I'm above average. Normally, how can a master cook for a servant. You have to be content, Yoshiyuki?"
Erina said this with a little pride, stretched out her little hand as if playing a mischievous, and poked Yoshiyuki's face.
The soft and slippery touch of his fingers always made Yixing feel a little itchy.
After that, the eldest lady tasted the beef, and then took half of the beef in the lunch box to Yixing's side, making his side dishes pile up like a mountain, almost overflowing.
"Is there something wrong with this beef?"
"That's not true. You like to eat this kind of beef with a strong black pepper flavor, so I'll give you some more." Erina chuckled, then took a sip of her drink, and complained again.
"What, this juice doesn't taste good, it's so sour! I gave it to you... I knew I'd asked you to make me a bento before I came out! I'm used to eating the dishes you cook. If I don't take you to Tokyo, I'm afraid I'll starve to death."
"Okay, okay." Yixing reluctantly pushed his drink to the eldest lady: "You try mine? Orange soda, very sweet."
"Yeah, this is not bad!" She took a sip and was very satisfied, so she stayed.
Since the Yida family forbade Erina to eat outside restaurants, and Erina was very picky about food, she almost grew up eating food cooked by Yoshiyuki.
In order to make the eldest lady not get tired of eating as much as possible and have balanced nutrition, he thinks about what to cook every day.
Yoshiyuki sincerely hopes that Erina can find a favorite restaurant in Tokyo.
Ideally near home and school.
In this way, he can finally free up part of his time and spend it on more meaningful things.
Such as practicing swords, and sleeping with nothing to do.
This train journey didn't last too long.
Soon, they arrived in Yokohama and changed to the Shinkansen.
Although the city of Yokohama also interested her, Erina decided to hurry to Tokyo so that she could visit Akihabara before dark.
Erina had never seen such a dense crowd in her life, so she was a little uncomfortable and at a loss.
Seeing this, Yixing suggested so.
"Miss, the Shinkansen will take a while to arrive. Why don't we go to the bathroom and change our clothes? Miko costumes are too eye-catching."
"That's right!" The eldest lady said here, her tone suddenly hesitated: "Uh... wait. Forget it! I just remembered that I didn't bring any spare clothes."
"Ah?" Yixing was stunned for a moment: "You didn't throw all the clothes out just to get into the box, did you?!"
"I can't help it!" The eldest lady pulled out a fluffy ball that took up a lot of space from the box, hugged it in her arms and said confidently: "For example, I can't leave this beloved peripheral, right?!"
After hearing this, Yixing was speechless.
He just complained: "If I had known you would be leaving today, I wouldn't have washed that pile of COS clothes for you in the morning! I was exhausted to death. Miss, you should bring some change of clothes. Isn't that a necessity?"
"What, what other necessities do you have besides you? I brought Yoshiyoshi and that's enough!" Erina said triumphantly with her hands on her hips, "Just buy a change of clothes now! Anyway, I have enough money."
There is no way to refute this righteousness. Although her family has been restricting her freedom, she has never given less pocket money.
However, Erina never felt that it should be considered pocket money.
After all, a lot of the family's important income comes from the witches of the underworld every year, so that can only be counted as business dividends.
For example, every year on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, Erina will enchant a special Noh mask made by herself in advance, and then its price can reach hundreds of millions of yen.
The reason why it is so expensive is because this energy face can be used in important ceremonies to exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings, and only two can be produced each year. Therefore, many famous families will rush to buy them, raising the price extremely high.
This Noh mask not only has special functions, but also has a very strange appearance.
Ordinary Nohmian looks like a face that is hard to tell whether it is crying or smiling.
The Nohmask made by Erina looks like a ghost with horns.