Chapter 010

The group set off. On the way, Qingxi learned a lot about the Demon Slayer Corps from Ubuyashiki Kyouya, such as that the management of the Demon Slayer Corps would move from their current residence every once in a while. The purpose was naturally not for fun, but to avoid being searched and hunted by the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji. For another example, the entire Demon Slayer Corps was formed by those whose relatives and friends were killed and eaten by demons, and who had infinite hatred and resentment towards demons in their hearts.

Some of them could face ghosts head-on and became ghost hunters, while some could not swing their knives when facing ghosts and became the logistics and hidden personnel he had told them before.

When Qingxi had almost finished asking questions, it was Ubuyashiki Yoya's turn to ask her about the world of gourmet food.

"Over there?" Qingxi organized her words. "Let me put it this way. You look at this world and think it's huge, right? But the world over there is 166 times the size of this world. Because the world has grown so much, the area where humans live is just a tiny part over there. That area is collectively called the human world. Outside of the human world, there's also the food world."

Don't ask her why she has such a clear understanding of the size of the world over there. The only thing she knows is that Atong once gave her some basic knowledge.

Sitting in the carriage, Qingxi looked around and couldn't find anything to write or draw with, so she took out paper and pen from her gourmet backpack.

In this gourmet backpack, not only are all the ingredients she collected stored, but there are also nearly two or three hundred spaces of her personal belongings.

For example, kitchen utensils, some daily necessities, some auxiliary mechanical items she bought in the food mall when she came back, and the food she made herself but did not finish eating and stored.

She simply drew a square on the paper and then drew a smaller square inside it.

She pointed to the innermost square and said, "You can think of this as the size of the world over here." Her fingertips moved to the slightly larger square outside. "This is where humans live over there. It includes cities, villages, mountains, rivers, large lakes, and some particularly dangerous no-man's lands that are off-limits to ordinary people. Even within this small area, it's actually very, very vast. There are still many places that have not been explored by humans, and there are still many delicious foods that have not been discovered by people. This is the human world."

She moved her fingertips again, outside the box, "The remaining area is the food world."

"Over there, the deliciousness of food is tied to the level of capture. The more delicious the ingredients, the higher their capture level." After she finished her rather sloppy sketch, she threw her pen away. "Creatures from the Gourmet Realm won't come to the Human Realm. Firstly, due to geographical reasons, there's a natural barrier separating them. Secondly, human food isn't tasty to the creatures over there. So there's no need."

"And..." The carriage just passed a two-story red-style house, and Qingxi pointed at it, "You see, that house is already very big, but in the world of gourmet food, creatures of this size can be found everywhere.

If people want to eat delicious ingredients, they need to form a hunting team, and thus gourmet hunters are born."

"My lord, would you like to try it?" Qingxi said, handing a small plate to Ubuyashiki Kazuya, with the intention of seeing the young man's surprise.

Ubuyashiki Kakuya looked at the small rainbow floating above the white plate, his purple eyes slightly widened. Obviously, no matter how mature a person is, he would be surprised by such a reasonable thing.

"Is this... candy?" Ubuyashiki Kazuya reached out and picked up a rainbow candy. After the candies appeared, the small space of the carriage was filled with refreshing or rich fruity scents. He asked uncertainly.

"This is a kind of rainbow candy I made by mixing rainbow fruit with other ingredients. One rainbow fruit weighs about 1.5 to 2 tons. One drop of rainbow fruit juice can turn the water in a 25-meter-long swimming pool into sweet juice." Seeing that Ubuyashiki Kakuya ate one candy after another, looking like he would become a sweet tooth from now on, she quickly stuffed the rainbow candy back into her food backpack.

After she finished everything, she finished what Wei had said: "Because the concentration is very high, you must be careful when eating. If you eat too much, you will get a nosebleed... I made this batch of rainbow candies according to my own taste. Although it has been slightly diluted, but... Lord, you still need to eat in moderation."

Just as she had seen before that the people from the Hidden Department were concerned about his safety during his trip, she was also afraid that he would eat too much candy and get a nosebleed or something, and then she would be stared at by those people with murderous eyes.

The black-haired boy showed a hint of embarrassment on his face. He asked, "What is its capture level?"

Qingxi thought for a moment and shook his head, "I'm not sure. Its capture level is actually very low, but when the fruit is ripe, the fragrance will attract surrounding creatures. So the difficulty in capturing it lies in how to capture it and quickly take it away under the siege of many creatures.

I just heard that there's a rainbow fruit planted in the IGO courtyard, with a capture level of 12. If it's in the wild, the capture level would be double that."

"IGO?"

"Ah, this is very troublesome to explain." Qingxi scratched his head with a headache. The current Ubuyashiki Kōya doesn't look like a manager of the Demon Slayer Corps at all. He is just a curious baby. "Its full name is the International Gourmet Organization, and IGO is just the abbreviation. It determines the capture level of wild beasts in the wild, and then purchases them at a high price... Originally, it was just a small agency of the United Nations, but with the increase in the number of countries joining, the demand for delicious ingredients in each country increased, so it became independent. In addition to what I said before, it has dozens of branches, including those for the development of new food, cloning and regeneration of endangered or extinct ingredients, star rating of gourmet hotels including those in the United Nations, and entrusting its gourmet hunters to capture the required prey. The Colosseum under it is open to all wealthy people and there are also gambling games. The money earned is usually taken away by them to support the survivors of the defeated countries who have no food to eat, etc. Generally speaking, it is still a decent organization.

Of course, there are decent ones and dishonest ones, like food thieves and food thieves. I won’t mention those, but they’re pretty annoying.”

"My lord, do you have anything else to ask?" Qingxi asked.

Ubuyashiki Yoya shook his head: "Not for now."

Qingxi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She was really worried that the other party would continue asking questions because there were too many things to talk about. She didn't want to explain them to him in detail one by one. That would be too troublesome.

Neither the Demon Slayer Corps' headquarters nor the clinic are actually located in the small town where they live, and even by carriage they cannot reach them on the same day.

So before the sun went down, they stayed at a house with a wisteria crest on its door.

"A demon hunter once saved the life of a member of this family, so the head of the family once said he would help the members of the Demon Slayer Corps for free." After dinner, the middle-class owner, Yoshiya, explained to Kiyoki. "From now on, if you see a house with the wisteria family crest on its gate, you can ask for help if you need it."

Qingxi nodded. This was important news, so he wrote it down.

"Aki, are you a gourmet hunter who also works as a chef and doctor?" Ubuyashiki Kazuya asked.

Qingxi looked dead in the eyes. Why was he asking her questions again? Why didn’t he ask all of them at once?

"My main job is a gourmet hunter," she said. "My secondary job is a chef. But calling me a chef isn't quite accurate; my specialty is brewing."

He fell back, supported himself on the floor with his hands, and looked at the starry sky outside the eaves. “Although I can cook, I still understand the principle of biting off more than you can chew, so I focused on brewing wine.

After all, my main job is to be a food hunter and search for different foods in that world for the God of Food. Since I am just one person, I cannot do everything in two places. So after I became a little famous, I opened a food shop. I would open it when people were on break and mainly sell various kinds of wines that I brewed myself to make money. However, the money would not stay in my hands for a week, because as soon as I had money, I would go to the market or buy new ingredients from others.

When I have rested enough and am about to go out again, I will brew a batch of wine in advance and store it. Wine is something that needs time to settle, and the time I go out hunting is just right.

As for being a doctor, I later went to Healing Nation Life and found someone to help me learn how to be one. I spent half a year there.

As a gourmet hunter, you're bound to get injured when you're out and about. It would be too much trouble to return from the wild with just a minor injury. Plus, I have a gourmet backpack given to me by the Food God, so I can easily prepare enough medicine and medical tools to treat my wounds before going out. So, I found someone to teach me some specific techniques. I'm more proficient in external injuries and anesthesia than internal injuries."

"Anesthetic point?"

"It's hard for me to explain this, but you can experience it for yourself, my lord."

As Qingxi spoke, she pressed lightly on his body. The next moment, Ubuyashiki Kakuya felt that his body could not move and the sensation in the place where Qingxi had pressed before was gradually disappearing.

He just wanted to let the other person feel it a little bit and he was not an enemy. Qingxi released the other person after the other person had experienced it.

"Local anesthesia...that's about it."

Ubuyashiki Yoya moved his body, then sighed: "The world of food is really a magical world. If I have the chance, I really want to go and see it."

This might not work. She can't go by herself, and A Tong has been called back by the main brain. If she wants to see something there, she will have to wait until A Tong comes back to ask.

Ubuyashiki Yoya was just talking. As long as Muzan Muzan is eliminated, even if there is another chance, how could he leave the things here alone and travel to another world?

"Aki, your medical talent is what we need in the Demon Slayer Corps. From now on, I'll leave the care of the clinic's patients to you."

The black-haired girl's blue eyes widened. "My Lord, do you trust me so much? Have you ever considered that everything I told you was a lie? That I'm actually a spy sent by those demons?"

The black-haired boy tilted his head and smiled, "Aki asking such a question is enough to prove that he is a good person, isn't it?"

Qingxi's mouth twitched. "My Lord, you make me feel like a father who is patient and tolerant of his children no matter how bad they behave. But... in terms of age, I'm only your grandmother..."

Ubuyashiki Kōya made a fatherly statement: "That's because every swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps is an indispensable child of mine! Aki, you too... As for grandma, Aki's body now looks like she's only six years old. Do you want to be the older sister of my Hinami and Hikaru?"

Qingxi: ...

Qingxi was stunned.jpg

Qingxi reacted and asked with a slightly drifting voice: "Hina, Hikaru...yes?"

"They are mine and Amane's children, they are twins." Ubuyashiki Kazuya explained.

Qingxi opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. He looked like a child, but he was already the father of two children...