I like crossing the most

Chapter 542 Curry Sticks

“Hehehe, hehehe, hehehe—”

Chris was holding the parchment engraved with Alice's ability, grinning and even humming a happy tune.

There is no need to guess, Alice must have made her very satisfied.

Because the royal family and powerful nobles have been constantly introducing the blood of powerful heroes since ancient times, their potential abilities have been greatly improved, and they have also received the highest level of education in various fields.

So Alice's literacy is terrifyingly high.

Since Xiaolin did not understand the sacred text, he had no idea about the magic and skills, but at least he could understand the three magic columns, so he did not have to bother looking for the magic book.

You won’t create monsters yourself, will you?
Even without the blessing of Grace, Alice, as an adventurer, would have the strongest strength except for the goddess and the great devil, and even the special move she used had a lethality that surpassed Huihui's explosion magic. Whether it was a golem, a griffin or an adult dragon, she could handle it alone.

And now with grace...

The scene was so beautiful that Xiaolin dared not think about it.

Alice tilted her cute little head: "Brother, what's wrong? Your expression is weird."

"Nothing. I just sighed from the bottom of my heart, Alice is so cute."

"elder brother……"

The pure princess lowered her head with blushing cheeks and let Kobayashi stroke her head, while Kobayashi showed off to Chris and gave a provocative smile.

Did you see that, goddess?
Even if Alice is your family member, she was my sister before that!
Chris rolled his eyes in annoyance.

She knew that the relationship between them was not ordinary, but wasn't it a bit too much to perform Bai Xue in front of her?
The goddess, who felt that she couldn't eat dog food anymore, immediately said, "Since I have already engraved a favor for Alice, then there is nothing for me to do here, right? I have something to do, so I have to leave first."

"Eh? Are you leaving now? What about the party? I've already prepared a party, aren't you going to attend?"

Alice looked lonely.

No, no, no, how could the thief who stole the necklace attend the party? Don’t you think there’s something wrong?

Chris, feeling soft-hearted, caressed the girl's cheek lovingly. "I'm sorry, Alice. Although the artifact is now sealed by Senior Aqua, there is still a risk that it will be left behind. The person who offered the necklace may still be coveting it, so I have to send it back to heaven as soon as possible."

“Is that so…Okay, I understand. Goddess Eris, please be careful on your journey. If you have time, please come and see me. I’ll be waiting for you.”

"Oh! I'll be back soon!"

The thief girl, whose hair has returned to silver, gives a cool smile to the blonde girl who is longing for a friend.

"Xiao Lin, I'm counting on you."

"give it to me."

After entrusting the child to a trusted friend, the thief girl took an unusual approach and jumped off the balcony, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

You can come and go freely, it really treats you as your own home.

But it was fine this way. Alice was a princess, and Chris was an adventurer on the surface. It was still difficult for the two to meet, at least they couldn't get past Kureya. Now it seemed that there was no need to worry about such a thing happening.

"That's great... Thief."

Alice sighed heartily.

Children are like this, they are always attracted by cool things. And Chris, who caused a big disturbance in the royal city last night, is undoubtedly the coolest person, not to mention that Alice admires chivalrous thieves.

"Alice, do you want to change your job to become a thief?"

"May I?!"

Alice raised her voice, but quickly shook her head.

"Kureya will definitely not allow it."

In fact, it’s not that Kureya doesn’t allow it, but as a guard of Her Royal Highness the Princess, she doesn’t have the qualifications. To be more precise, the royal family won’t allow it.

As the leader of a country, if you choose to be a thief as your career, you will definitely be talked about by the people.

but--

"Alice, this is your own choice. No one can decide. Besides, even if there are thieves, so what? As long as we are strong enough, we can shut them up!"

"Is that right?"

"That's it! Well, let me tell you a secret. Actually, my first job was not a great magician, but a common adventurer (beginner)."

"...Huh? Brother is a great magician?"

"Is that the focus?!"

The two looked at each other.

"You've seen my adventurer card, haven't you? My profession is clearly Grand Mage."

Kobayashi took out his extremely gorgeous adventurer card with countless skills and pointed to the profession column to show her.

Alice covered her mouth and said, "I thought he was a boxing master or a crusader. After all, my brother's fighting style is not like that of a great magician."

He uses fists and silk threads as weapons. His physical fitness is comparable to that of a swordsmanship master. No matter how you look at it, he is a physical profession.

"I have never heard of Gandalf's fame like this."

"Who is that?"

"A legendary wizard... No, that's off topic! Alice, what I mean is that it doesn't matter even if you choose the thief profession! Power or not has nothing to do with the profession. Just look at Sato-kun. He is just an adventurer of the lowest profession, but he still defeated Mitsurugi Hibiki, didn't he?"

"But that was because Mr. Edgeworth was careless and didn't dodge. Besides... advanced professions have higher profession modifiers, don't they?"

"That's what I said..."

Xiaolin had no way to refute.

In "Suqing", each profession has numerical adjustments, such as swordsman increases strength, knight increases protection, and magician increases magic. But if Alice becomes a thief, it will only waste her extremely high qualities.

"It's okay, brother. There's nothing wrong with being a sword master. Besides, who says a sword master can't be a thief?"

It seems that Alice doesn't necessarily want to change her job to become a thief. Rather than having a career, she wants to be as free and easy as Chris, stirring up trouble in the royal capital, making the bad nobles tremble in fear, and making the people admire her.

"Besides, this way I can use the Sword of Promised Victory to help my brother."

"……What did you say?"

"I said I could help my brother..."

"No, it's the previous sentence."

"Can I use the Sword of Promised Victory?"

Wasn't it just hallucination?!

Alice mumbled something just now and Xiaolin thought he had misheard, but it turned out to be a curry stick!

What on earth were those senior travelers doing? Why did they bring such dangerous things down with them? No, think about it carefully. Aren’t the props that can summon demons, the necklace that can swap bodies, and Miki Hibiki’s magic sword Gram all such exaggerated things?
"Brother, you look so scary, don't you want me to help you?"

"How could that be? I'm really looking forward to seeing how strong Alice will become!"

"Yes! I will definitely be a good wife to my brother!"

"So good, so good..."

Her Royal Highness the Princess smiled happily.

Alice didn't seem to understand what the term "good wife" meant, but it was not appropriate to undermine her self-confidence now, so it would be better to just go along with what she said.

The two then headed to the hall.

On the way, at Alice's request, Xiaolin told her about the adventures of the legendary wizard Gandalf, who only used holy light and ordinary attacks to defeat powerful enemies, which is the Lord of the Rings.

Due to time constraints he shortened the story considerably.

"…In this way, Gandalf defeated the Dark Lord Sauron and returned home with his companions by boat."

"Wow, Gandalf is so powerful!"

"The legendary wizard Gandalf!"

"Okay, legendary wizard Gandalf!"

Alice's eyes sparkled.

Xiao Lin knew without a doubt that she was now very interested in the Grand Mage and had begun to fantasize about becoming a mutant Grand Mage who could defeat powerful enemies like Gandalf.

This is not okay.

Kobayashi would not stop Alice from choosing a career, but being fickle like this is not advisable.

You have to know that all strong people are strong only when they reach the extreme on one path. People who are interested in all professions but cannot stick to them will never become strong. So he warned Alice very seriously, and she answered very seriously.

A strong one...

Even Xiao Lin now doesn't dare to say that he is a strong man, let alone the other members of the team. After all -

"Hey, hey, hey, bring all the good stuff over here!"

"And there's good wine! How can we miss the premium sparkling wine? Didn't we have it at the last party? Hurry up and bring it up!"

“Mmmmm, this honeydew melon ham is so delicious. I will never get tired of it no matter how much I eat! Youyou, you should eat more too!… Forget it, if you eat more, you will turn into a honeydew melon idiot. Let me eat it.”

“Mei Hui, you are bullying me!”

When I pushed open the door, I saw several members of the team eating and drinking in the hall. They did not consider themselves outsiders even in the palace.

Xiaolin sighed deeply.

Alice covered her mouth and chuckled, then picked up a plate of food: "Brother, do you want to try some honeydew ham? It's delicious."

"Thank you."

Xiaolin took the plate.

At this time, Sato Kazuma saw the two and greeted them, "Senior Kobayashi, Alice, you are finally here, you are so slow!"

"Sato-kun, aren't you taking yourself too seriously as an outsider?"

"Ugh! It's a bit too lax indeed. But there are delicious dishes to eat as much as you want, and premium sparkling wine to drink as much as you want. I really want to live in the royal city forever."

Sato Kazuma sighed like a nerd.

Alice didn't care. Instead, she said happily, "Oh, Brother, are you serious? It seems that it would be very happy if Brother could stay in the castle. But... since we are going to live together, it is better to live outside the castle than inside. I want to live a life of adventure all day long."

"I think the life of a royal family is much better than being an adventurer."

A siege?
The person inside wants to go out, and the person outside wants to come in. If the two of them switch places, they will definitely be very happy.

By the way, Xiaolin was sent out.

After all, he likes adventure, otherwise he would not have asked Aqua for a cheat that could allow him to travel through the world.

Alice looked at the honeydew ham in Xiaolin's hand and said, "I want to be free to go outside the city. Although luxurious dishes like this are good, I am also interested in civilian cuisine."

"The food that common people eat isn't that good. For example, I always eat fried toads."

"Is it a fried giant toad? Is it so delicious? Try it, I'll ask the chef to come right away--"

"Don't be like that. If Your Highness Princess says something like I want to eat a toad, I will be the first one to be caught and scolded!"

Sato Kazuma quickly stopped the girl.

"Is that so? That's a shame. I wanted to try it, too..."

Her Royal Highness the Princess felt a little lost.

Sato Kazuma added: "Basically, common people's cooking is done with ingredients that are readily available. There is no need to use any particular ingredients. There is nothing special about it."

He wanted to use this method to discourage the princess' interest, but when he saw Alice's extremely lost expression, he softened his heart.

“Now that you mention it, I remember there was a dish with salad dressing just now…Okay, Alice, I’ll let you experience the taste of ordinary people!”

After saying this, he took Xiaolin and Alice to the dining table and picked up a bowl of white rice.

"Prepare a bowl of white rice, and then... pour the salad all over it!"

"Just, just this much salad dressing?!"

"That's right, sprinkle some pepper and a little soy sauce on it... This is a good companion on the common people's table, salad rice!"

This is really civilian.

It's not much different from cat rice made by mixing white rice with bonito flakes, and if you have to say it, it's only slightly better than white rice with only one plum.

I asked you to cook common people's food, not poor people's food, Sato-kun!
"Come, try it."

“O-Okay…Ahh!!”

Alice chewed the rice gracefully, and even Kobayashi couldn't bear to watch, but Her Royal Highness's eyes lit up.

"It's delicious! Brother-sama is amazing! He made ordinary rice so delicious in the blink of an eye... Is it because of his cooking skills?"

"No, anyone can make something like this even if they don't have cooking skills. As long as you enjoy the food, that's all."

Sato Kazuma rarely brags about himself.

I don’t know if it’s because Xiaolin is there, or if even he thinks the food isn’t delicious.

"It's really delicious. I can eat this every day... As expected, there are still many things I don't know about the world! Onii-sama, please make this kind of delicious commoner food for me in the future!"

Her Royal Highness the Princess would even eat instant noodles with gusto.

I haven't eaten instant noodles for a long time, and I really miss them. If you eat instant noodles frequently, you will feel sick of them, but if you don't eat them, you will still feel a little greedy. I don't know if I can reproduce the taste of instant noodles in "Momoko".

Xiaolin smacked his lips.

"Sato-kun, let's develop instant noodles."

"...Sure! Senior Kobayashi, are you a genius?!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Sato Kazuma became excited.

Instant noodles can be said to be very suitable for storage and very easy to carry. If they are developed, I wonder how popular they will be! At least those businessmen and adventurers who are often on the go will definitely buy them!

"Come on, let's develop instant noodles!"

"Wait, wait... Sato-kun, I know you're excited, but don't get excited yet. There are many difficulties to make instant noodles, and what you have to overcome now is... how to survive the hands of that female knight."

"Eh? What did you say..."

Sato Kazuma looked in the direction of Kobayashi's finger and found that Kureya was glaring at him angrily, and Alice was still eating the common salad rice with gusto.

The meaning you want to express is self-evident.

——How dare you feed this kind of garbage to Her Highness Alice? You are dead!

“Eh——!!!”

What Sato Kazuma was worried about happened. He screamed like a little girl and turned to ask Kobayashi and Alice for help. However, the two of them had already left quietly.

“You must be kidding—”

In the end, he still got scolded.

(End of this chapter)