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Chapter 446 31 - Don't Underestimate the Desires of a 300-Year-Old Vampire!!

Breakfast, naturally, is something to be had after washing up.After being roused by Miss Maid, Li Zihan promptly made his way to the bathroom, took a shower, got ready, and then headed for the dining room.

And then—

Then, it was naturally time for an English breakfast.

Although Kirie Kagarino was a citizen of the gourmet empire, France, she, like Stargazer, was a mistress whose ten fingers had never touched spring water; she had no idea how to cook.

The Great British Stubbornness—the English breakfast—is likely the world's most excellent breakfast with the lowest technical requirements. After some consideration, Kirie Kagarino, whose treatment was a world apart from the other maid-titled mistress of the house, Stargazer, naturally opted to follow a recipe and prepare one.

The results proved she wasn't half bad.

There were roasted tomatoes, made by scoring a cross on the bottom and baking them in the oven.

Butter-scrambled eggs, low on technical skill but high on flavor.

Roasted sausages made from chilled links containing about 10% starch, alongside pan-fried bacon.

And fried potato chunks, parboiled until seven- or eight-tenths cooked, then deep-fried in duck fat until fully done and seasoned with fine salt.

...

It could be said that Kirie Kagarino's culinary skills were passable—far better than his own during his Clock Tower days.

Li Zihan chewed on a piece of fried potato, lost in thought.

The culinary proficiency of magi who had studied Potion-Making was generally... touching. That was because when they cooked, the first thing that often came to their minds was how much of each ingredient to add to achieve the optimal, most nutritious effect. This habit often led those with high marks in Potion-Making to create dishes that were perfect in every aspect except taste.

The meals made by Li Zihan, who held an A+ in Potion-Making, were once critiqued by Aoko as "something to be admired from a distance, but not profaned by consumption."

But that was all in the past. After obtaining the Authority of the Fire-Thief, that culinary failure was dead. In his place lived a God of Cookery who could use his skills to charm women.

The youth, whose cooking was roughly among the top ten in the world, cut up the food on his plate, glanced at the others around the table, and then chose to pop a piece of roasted sausage into his own mouth.

Honestly, if he could, he would much rather be feeding the girls at the table.

But—

There were five chairs set at this table, occupied by four people. Besides himself, there were Durandal and Fu Hua, who were already his confirmed partners—or in one case, his wife—and Miss Stargazer, who was a future lover... If he had a brain cramp and suddenly started feeding one of them, it would more or less stir up feelings of discontent among the others.

Therefore, it was better to have a post-workout meal with Miss Dull Goose in the afternoon, and take Miss Stargazer out to a night market for supper in the evening. At noon, he would probably push Kirie—who could likely only make the Great British Stubbornness—aside, and prepare lunch himself, along with the water chestnut cake Fu Hua seemed to be fond of for dessert.

And then there was Altrouge...

However, Altrouge, who held one of the highest statuses among the girls he knew, was paradoxically rather easy to care for. She was an unadulterated Fallen True Ancestor, and her hobby was sucking blood. All he needed to do was let her have a couple of bites whenever.

If I don't temporarily disable the defensive barrier my body simulates with the Sunwheel Armor, it would really screw Black Princess over, the man thought as he continued his breakfast.

Looking at it this way, his schedule was actually quite tight. After all, he definitely had to spend noon with Fu Hua, work out with Durandal in the afternoon, browse the night market with Stargazer in the evening, and still carve out some time to feed Miss Black Princess...

It was a truly blissful dilemma.

The youth mused. After all, the troubles brought on by romantic entanglements are a kind of blessing in themselves, are they not?

He felt that if this kept up, he'd become completely useless. Compared to his days at the Clock Tower, living underground and hunting magical beasts, magi, and Phantasmal Species, his current life was indeed exceptionally comfortable. He decided he needed to pull himself together.

Li Zihan, oh, Li Zihan! How can you be so decadent! Have you forgotten the hunting plan you set before? Confucius said: "I examine myself thrice daily." You cannot go on like this!

He made a decision. After breakfast, he would go and take care of the Military Princess, and make sure she was officially GG.

The man, who had been waiting for the King of the End, Mithra, for some time but had yet to see him, began to take stock of the last few targets that needed to be eliminated.

There were three characters left to deal with.

Mithra, Alucard, and the Military Princess.

The King of the End, Mithra, was a walking bug, capable of cutting down God-Slayers and Heretical Gods as if they were cabbage. If he was ruthless enough to ignore collateral damage, he could just as easily cut down a UO from the Moon or the Herrscher of the End from the Honkai world. Clearly, a bug of this magnitude could only be defeated by another bug.

Alucard, whose prototype was the historical vampire king, the "Count Impaler," possessed a skill called Release Restraint Level Zero: Dead River. When he incanted, "The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to tame me," all the lives he had consumed would be released as an army to attack his enemies. For Li Zihan, who was destined to walk the path of Eternal Destruction, getting his hands on those souls would save him a great deal of trouble. Therefore, Alucard could not be allowed to die before this mission was over.

In that case, there weren't many enemies left to hunt.

Or rather, there was only one: Mop-Head—Altera.

To prevent her from stirring up any more trouble, it was best he sent her on her way himself.

Activating his Mystic Eyes, the youth who could see a vast number of monsters felt a rare sense of admiration for someone. Just how many worlds did that girl travel to in order to gather so many monsters hostile to humanity?

Seriously, couldn't she have sent over some beautiful girls or something?

The youth, whose essence was quite close to that of a Celtic-style hero, thought that if there were no cute girls, sending a scum witch or a similar character for him to tease a little would have also been fun.

He decided. Next, he would use a mop to smash in the dog head of the Military Princess who didn't even know enough to find beautiful girls.

The man, who had completely forgotten that both Miss Stargazer and Black Princess had been brought here by the Military Princess, wore the perfect DIO face.

But speaking of which, why hadn't Kirie come to eat?

The youth, who had never said anything about servants not being allowed to eat at the same table, fell into contemplation. While he rather enjoyed it when beautiful girls held him in awe, this feeling of excessive reservation wasn't particularly great.

Was she in such a hurry to change the bedsheets because she feared him? Feared that he, who held the divine authority of the Lord of the Underworld, would eliminate her?

Feeling that a certain someone was perhaps a little too competent as a maid, the youth murmured to himself, thinking. He should probably go talk to her, put her at ease, so she wouldn't have to live in fear every day.

He would go find her and explain things.

As he thought this, a rainbow-colored light shimmered in his eyes.

And then—

He fell silent.

Within his field of vision, the white-haired vampire witch was licking her slender fingers.

And upon those fingers were faint, whitish specks.