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A nice smell was coming from the Lanpeach Complex. A smell that would be impossible to come from the slums. 

The smell of barbeque. 

Not a synthetic gadokurie product, but real cooking meat. 

At the time when the sun was sinking and the curtains of the night were falling, in a spacious room of a big restaurant on the 2nd floor, there’s a cooking stove and iron plate surrounded by rabbits skillfully using chopsticks, cooking the meat and vegetables. 

“Bean sprouts, bean sprouts, cabbage, pork meat, pork meat, bean sprouts-usa~.” 

Cooking a mountain of vegetables without stopping and throwing down the meat. Rained salt, and a bit of pepper. 

After finishing grilling it and doing simple seasoning, they brought a big plate and poured the special sauce they made beforehand to finish it. 

These rabbits should become cooks instead of soldiers. 

“Enjoy first, Commander-usa.” 

They moved the grilled meat onto a small plate with chopsticks and placed it in front of Lanpeach.

Lanpeach wanted to answer with ‘Please have the others eat first-usa’, but he felt like they would think ‘Lanpeach is annoying-usa’ and categorize him as a new species of rabbit called annoying rabbit, so he endured it, made a crooked smile, and was wary of his surroundings, wondering if there could be any strategy here. 

(Libra-san, is it really okay for me to eat this?) (Lanpeach)

Libra was not showing herself at all, so he conversed with her using only thought transmission. 

[Yup, it was reformed after being disintegrated completely once, so it is far safer and more nutritious than the meats sold in the city. A gourmet from the long past, Mountain Hill-san, would say with a proud face that this is true pork meat.] (Libra)

Looks like this is already clean meat that has been completely created from energy. 

(Kuh, then how about showing yourself instead of only keeping it to voice only? I will feed it to you.) (Lanpeach)

[The taste is not assured, so I will have you feed me when you have eaten it and it is tasty. I will have you feed me while I push my breasts tightly onto your chest, okay?] (Libra)

The pretty girl that desires self-preservation, Libra. She is a support. She is always in the mind of supporting herself. 

(Kuh, severed my escape route, huh.) (Lanpeach)

[Haven’t you been loyal to your desires lately?] (Libra)

Lanpeach tightened his fists, telling himself with vexation ‘the choice of running away doesn’t exist if there’s such a reward present’. 

The little devil Libra giggled. 

There’s no man who would dislike being done that by a pretty shrine maiden.Lanpeach is of course within the men who would be happy about it. 

He is not perverted. He is normal. 

The people around were staring at Lanpeach, wondering when he was going to eat as they held their small plates. 

The boys and girls, and the residents that were invited to clean up the massive amount of meat. 

It is unexpected, but Koume was enduring while drooling despite wanting to eat. 

She is enduring even though she is a little girl. 

There was no choice of not eating to begin with. 

He gulped while thinking this might be his first crisis since coming to this world. His lips cramped as he hesitantly threw the meat into his mouth. 

——And then, he opened his eyes wide in surprise and quickly began to chow down. 

“So good! This is really good. This is my first time eating such tasty pork meat. I see, so this is pork, huh. What was the pork that I have eaten until now? The fat is not overwhelming, melting in my mouth like snow, and the meat is packing lean umami.” (Lanpeach)

He noticed everyone was staring at him. He coughed. 

That was pretty embarrassing. 

And then, he erases from his mind where they dropped from. 

It is just as Libra said. It has been recreated, so there should be no issues. Lanpeach decided to deceive his perception since it was tasty. 

“You can eat.” (Lanpeach)

Lanpeach panicked from the shyness, and spoke out with a tone like that of a tribal chief. 

That said, everyone began to eat all at once, and their faces lit up from happiness. 

“Waah, this is tasty~! Meat can be tasty, huh!”

“It is completely different from the dry meat that feels like a block!” 

Yuuma and the others bit on the meat, opened their eyes wide, and began to eat fiercely. 

It must have been pretty tasty. 

It is true that this is tastiness that would be treated as high quality pork meat even on Earth. 

“It is tasty, Papa-shan. Koume’s meat is alsho tasty~!” (Koume)

“Hey, it is going to fall off your plate. Eat it calmly. You won’t be able to eat the meat if it falls on the ground.” (Lanpeach)

“Ye. Eat calm nom nom!” (Koume)

Koume sat on the lap of Lanpeach as she kicked her legs and stuffed her cheeks with meat. 

It is a healing sight. 

A coworker of his told him that children are the cutest. He could now understand this as he smiled. 

“Lanpeach-sama, my deepest gratitude for inviting us today.” 

“Don’t worry about it. We got a whole lot of meat, so I simply thought of sharing it.” (Lanpeach)

Those were his true feelings. 

He was thinking about how to put the least amount of this meat into his mouth, so he invited the residents for the sake of that from the bottom of his heart. 

The residents nervously approached him and lowered their heads to greet him. 

He showed a friendly smile to them and their faces stiffened for some mysterious reason. 

For the residents, it is impossible for the ruler to invite the residents just because there’s extra meat, so they are wary that maybe Lanpeach is scheming something here. 

They were even more wary after greeting Lanpeach and seeing that evil smile of his, but…

“Papa-shan, aa~hn. Eat of Koume’s too.” (Koume)

“Kay kay.” (Lanpeach)

The little girl sitting on his lap seems to be extremely attached to him, so they were really confused about what to think. 

The members of the team are all children, but it doesn’t seem like he is selling them or making them do dangerous jobs.

The scales were tilting towards this being okay, and the residents wouldn’t have an opportunity to eat such meat, so they were licking their lips in front of the large amount of food. 

They were watching the state of the surroundings instead of just Lanpeach, and were relieved by his natural virtue. 

“Bean sprouts, bean sprouts, cabbage~. Pork meat, bear meat, pork meat~. Here, eat a whole ton-usa.” 

The rabbits put vegetables on the plate and one more piece of meat on another plate, and then gave the plate to the Taraworkers with a smile. 

The plate with vegetables. 

The plate with meat was still on the hand of the rabbit. 

“Kyaa! The spider eats grass-usa~! Wait, it was a joke-usa yo. Hyaah!” 

Of course, the Taraworker gratefully grabbed the ears of the rabbit and spun it. 

It was a heartwarming sight. 

Lanpeach was with a blank stare as he thought that those rabbits were nastier and shallower in personality than their appearance show. 

Everyone was watching the Artificial Spirits like a show. They didn’t think they were actually fighting, so they were all merry and having fun. 

It was a harmonious and heartwarming atmosphere as a whole. A kind atmosphere that would be impossible for the slums. Everyone seemed happy. 

“Nom nom, Peach-oniichan, this bear meat is also tasty. Wanna try?” (Dry)

“Lan, this meat is also tasty.” (Chihiro)

Dry and Chihiro grabbed their respective pieces of meat and offered it to Lanpeach. 

That sight looked like a villainous boss that laughed with a guhehe and deceived girls. 

It goes without saying that only the place of Lanpeach had an evil aura like that of a scoundrel playing around with girls. 

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There’s a lot less food now.

Everyone had their stomachs full aside from the rabbits that were hanging upside-down from the ceiling, wrapped like bagworms with spider thread. 

So it was now time for things to veer towards conversation. 

“Lan, are you fine with money? Uhm, electric appliances will take time to sell… No, I am in the middle of thinking how to sell them.” (Chihiro)

Lanpeach munched on the burned cabbage while thinking it would be great to have alcohol. 

Chihiro sat by his side and asked him this with a troubled face. 

She stopped Lanpeach at that time because it was way too cheap, but she was soon troubled how to sell them. 

Even if a shop were to be opened in this base, no customers would come. 

It is the slums after all. 

Security is so bad that they might end up getting robbed on their way there or when they are leaving. 

Chihiro thinks the people of the Surface District would definitely not come here. 

“Hmm, well, customers should come if we make an Interior Shop. The more products we have, the more we sell, the more customers will come.” (Lanpeach)

Lanpeach munched on the burned cabbage as he thought about how that’s the way it worked in the game. This gamer didn’t question things. 

The game worked in such a way that customers would come even when you made an Interior Shop in a volcano. 

Lanpeach liked the bitter taste of the slightly burned cabbage. His established opinion is to not look at reality at all. 

“I-I see. Will customers really come?” (Chihiro)

Of course, Chihiro couldn’t just nod with a yeah that’s true.

Lanpeach seemed carefree here, so she was even more troubled. 

“We will watch over the shop-usa yo.” 

The rabbits that didn’t seem to have anything to do heard about the conversation and joined it. 

They went ‘this seems interesting-usa yo’ as their noses twitch, and they smack the shoulder of Lanpeach. 

“Oh, you rabbits can also work in the shop?” (Lanpeach)

“We were working in a souvenir shop in the space station before-usa. Omanju~ Want some omanju~ usa?” 

Lanpeach was surprised by this. The rabbits waddled and acted as if selling something which was really cute. 

“Ooh, there’s a lot of hidden settings. There certainly would be a whole ton of guests if rabbits were to watch over the shop.” (Lanpeach)

“Muh, Dry will help too. Sounds fun.” (Dry)

Lanpeach and the others were making noise on their side. 

“Haah, we need to get them to come here first…” (Chihiro)

The slums and the Surface District have a lot of distance between each other. It is also dangerous for them to bring back the electric appliances. 

They would have a hard time just going there, but Chihiro saw Lanpeach and the others not thinking about that hardship at all. She placed a hand on her forehead and sighed. 

“Even if we get clerks, we need to have stuff that are cheap and easy to advertise… Maybe we should distribute spirit crystals?” (Chihiro)

Chihiro was thinking about something cheap, but…

“Ah, right, right, please give the oil and the diminutive spirit crystal-usa.” 

The rabbits asked Lanpeach.

“Hm? What are you going to do with that?” (Lanpeach)

“We hate stuff like ticks, louses, and mosquitoes. Soldiers have to repel insects or it will hamper the march-usa. And so, we will alchemize insect repellent that’s tasteless and odorless-usa yo.” 

“You guys are more versatile than a certain shrine maiden.” (Lanpeach)

“It is easy to make-usa. With element oil and spirit crystals…” 

The rabbit placed the oil and spirit crystal on the floor, held its tufty hand on top of it, and accumulated mana. 

“Insects, begone-usa~.” 

[Alchemy: Insect Toll]. 

The spirit crystal turned into powder and mixed together with the oil. And then, the color of the oil changed into green, and shone faintly. It then changed into a small lump like the moxa used in moxibustion. 

Around 99 of them. 

“One of these can get rid of all the pests in a room-usa. It is simple-usa yo.”

“Insect Toll is cheap after all. It won’t be profitable even if we change it into Insect Toll. I would like to place them in everyone’s room, so please make a whole lot.” (Lanpeach)

Lanpeach and the others looked at the Insect Toll with curiosity. 

He left a number of oils and spirit crystals. 

The rabbits said ‘Leave it to us-usa yo’ and began to make the Insect Toll. 

Chihiro watched them absentmindedly. 

One Insect Toll is 50 Ele. 

She thought they wouldn’t earn much since it is too cheap…and then an idea came to mind. 

“This is it! Hey, rabbits, can you make a whole lot of Insect Tolls?” (Chihiro)

“Hm? Of course-usa yo.” 

“Please make as many as you can!” (Chihiro)

Chihiro tightened her fists and her eyes shone. 

“The big plan of selling Insect Tolls in the Explorer Guild! This might go well!” (Chihiro)

Everyone was making surprised expressions at the sudden shout of Chihiro.

She puffed out and thought this might work. 

“Sell the Insect Toll…?” (Lanpeach)

Lanpeach looked at Chihiro, feeling like he had seen that expression of hers before as he showed an amused smile. 

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