I survive in a high-risk world by writing essays

I took the train back to Yasho-cho from the airport.

I didn't really relax until I took out the key to open the door and got home. I put the curse skeleton in my hand and the ugly treasure in my pocket on the coffee table for them to play by themselves, and I leaned back on the sofa, leaning back Keeping your head motionless, you don't think about anything.

This time I went out for a trip and it was really tiring. Although it has only been about a week, I feel as if several months have passed.

Hey, in the final analysis, it is because there are too many things encountered on this trip. After going through the waves of things, I am completely exhausted physically and mentally. Now I just want to spend half a month at home. Monthly, not taking a step outside.

And it seems to have left a little bit of sequelae.

For example, when I was on the plane back just now, I was always worried that a curse would suddenly pop out from somewhere, or a curse master or something would mess around on the plane and crash the plane.

In severe cases, the plane crashes and people are killed, and in light cases, it falls into the sea and drifts to a deserted island, starting a life of survival on a deserted island with one person, one cursed skeleton and two cursed spirits... Ah, no, the plane route from Tottori to Tokyo does not pass through the sea, and survival on a deserted island is down. Not so.

But fortunately, no one has been so frenzied and made some kind of curse attack on the plane, so that I can go home safely.

"But I still have to bring the general back..." After being paralyzed for a while, my mind went back to the cage, thinking that there was still a dog that hadn't been brought back.

I should have said before that before leaving for Tottori, I entrusted the general to Ning Ning because it was not convenient to bring a dog.

But before I set off, I didn't expect to stay in Tottori for a whole week. I thought it would be four or five days at most.

The general has not been away from me for such a long time at such an age, I think he will be wronged, so he should pick him up sooner.

So I told Ning Ning on my phone that I was back, and asked if she was at home now, and it was not convenient for us to pick up the general.

[Literary Wisdom Girl Ning Ning: Elder Sister Yibuki, you are back!Wait a minute, I will be out of school soon, it will look like half an hour or so!See you at Ibuki sister's door later! 】

There is still about half an hour before school ends... So this little girl Ningning is secretly taking out her phone to reply to messages during class?

Taking this into consideration, I replied seriously:

[Well, okay, I see, put down your phone and listen to the class, or you will be called by the teacher later]

After I sent this message, there was no message from Ningning for a long time. I thought she had already attended the class seriously, so I didn’t read the message anymore, but went to the kitchen for half an hour to soak in hot water. Order instant hot lo mein and get ready to pad your stomach.

Me, because I usually order takeaway or bring food from outside. Although I have lived alone for many years, my cooking skills have not evolved at all. I still only know how to make a minimalist rice ball, cook a sukiyaki pot, and noodles. , and to the point of all kinds of instant food.

Hmm... It's not good at it, but it's just that I don't want to learn it.

Many people I know regard making food by hand as a hobby, and many of them want to teach me, such as my editor, I always feel that my editor always feels that I can’t take care of myself, for fear that I will starve myself someday died.

But in fact, my hobby is to taste the food made by others, and I have no interest in doing it myself.

Speaking of which, Japan’s instant food industry has developed very well. When you walk into any supermarket, you can see rows and rows of instant food, such as instant rice, instant soup, instant vegetables, instant porridge, and instant noodles. There are also a lot of things like that, so I don’t think it’s a big shortcoming if you don’t know how to cook by yourself.

[However, I think you should at least add some vegetables, right? ]

The sudden sound startled me.

I turned around and saw that Xia You, who had regained more than half of his spell power and was able to control the spell skeleton to walk, appeared in the kitchen at some point, and walked up to me, looking up at me as I was boiling water to make instant food. noodle.

The three-headed body is not as high as a chair, but it is very interesting to look serious with its hands in its hands.

"I want to too, but there are no vegetables." I opened the refrigerator and showed him what was in the refrigerator.

I basically don’t store any ingredients in my refrigerator. I usually put fruits, wine, canned food and other things. If there are any ingredients, don’t doubt it. It must be because I have plans to cook sukiyaki.

The black-haired ball-headed man looked at the whole row of sake (non-personal name) and various fruits in the refrigerator, couldn't help sighing, took out a can of Matsusaka beef Yamato boiled food from the bottom of the refrigerator drawer, and handed it to Give me, [use this. ]

I took the can in a daze, watched Xia You take out the can of Matsusaka Beef Yamato Boiled, then paused, took out another can below, [Grasshopper Manna Boiled...Canned?Why is there such a thing? ]

The tone was full of incomprehension.

"I don't know. It should be a gift for buying canned food? I didn't pay attention when I put it away." I was silent for a while, but I wasn't too surprised.

After all, with canned food in Hokkaido, everything is possible.

Xia You put the weird can back, took a few steps back, made a jumping posture with the body of the curse, and jumped onto the chair.

I don't know what Xiayou is going to do, I can only watch him stand firmly on the chair, then point to the only small pot in my house that integrates the functions of stewing, frying and steaming, and say, [You cook Matsusaka beef Yamato Take out the meat and fry it in this pan, you can add some wine.Soak the noodles in hot water and take them out. Cut the cherry tomatoes. The sauce can be adjusted with a few boxes of sauces you ordered before, so that you can make a simple sauce mixed noodles. ]

It looks very skilled.

"...It doesn't need to be so troublesome, right?" I said with difficulty as I just wanted to cook some instant lo mein to deal with it.

[Soon, no trouble, why don't you give it a try? ] The black-haired meatball-headed villain climbed on the back of the chair with two short hands, and discussed with me solemnly, [I think this should be more delicious, if it is not delicious, you can replace it with a monkey curse. ]

Ah, is this just a curse?Combined with what Xia You said before when choosing the curse skeleton, "Only monkeys are not allowed" and so on, this should be regarded as a big curse.

Well, it doesn't have to be.

In such a small matter, there is actually no need to persist.

I followed the procedure described by Xiayou, adding lo mein, adding cherry tomatoes, adding fried meat, adding water to stew for a while, and finally adding sauce.

——I got a very good noodle in terms of appearance and smell.Except for the simple ingredients, it is almost the same as the noodles I have eaten in some shops outside.

"It tastes good." I said after tasting it.

[The main reason is that there are still too few ingredients. You can actually put some ingredients in the refrigerator for emergencies. ]

Huh?Does this mean that you want to teach me how to cook frequently?

I thought about it, and asked tentatively, "Why don't you try teaching Jiaojiao to cook?"

[...]

Xia You suddenly stopped talking.

"Sake, what are you doing in the kitchen?" A head poked out from outside the kitchen.

I raised my head and raised the plate of noodles in my hand, "Get something to eat."

Ryoko snorted and nodded thoughtfully.

Half an hour later, when it was time for Ningning to leave school, she sent a belated message.

[Literary Wisdom Girl Ning Ning: I was really called QAQ when I was in class just now]

...puff!

After a while, Ningning appeared at my door.

Of course, there was a Hanako-kun floating around beside her as usual, and besides that, there was a boy with blond hair and blue eyes that I had never seen before.

The most eye-catching thing is the strange earring on his right ear, which is a red guard sign with the word [traffic] written on it.

The newly-appeared blond-haired boy looked curiously at Ryoko and Jiao behind me, as well as Xiayou who was wearing a mantra, touched the earrings, "Is this the magician?"

Xia You glanced at the blond boy, [What's your name? ]

"Me? My name is Yuanguang."

[Yuan surname... Don't you admit that you are a conjurer, the family that has always claimed to be an exorcist? ] Xia You is thoughtful.

Listen to this sentence, the information content is quite high.

After a brief meeting, Ningning took us to her home and picked up the general I was fostering with her.

But before arriving at her home, Ning Ning kept looking at me with hesitation and restraint, as if hesitating whether to say anything or not.

"What do you want to say, Ning Ning?" I watched her look back several times with that expression, and then said it directly.

"Sister Yibuki, you... prepare yourself mentally." Ningning said with some shame.

"? What happened?"

"It's the general. The general may be a bit..." Ning Ning paused when he said this, and struggled to say the following words, "Melancholy."

For a moment, I couldn't tell whether she was joking or something had really happened to the general. I came to her house full of doubts, and saw the general lying limp on the balcony of Ningning's house.

The bowl containing the dog food was placed next to the general's head, but the general who is usually the most active eater didn't even look at the bowl at this time, turning his head and resting his head on his paws melancholy, leaving us with a melancholy and unusual look. back view.

Even if I appeared and called it, the general just raised his head and walked to me listlessly.

"What's wrong with the general?" I bent down and touched the general's drooping ears.

"It's like this..." Ning Ning briefly explained, "Sister Yibuki, when you first went out, the general kept clamoring for you and refused to eat, so I took it for a walk around your house. "

It sounds fine so far, I nodded, "Well, what then?"

Ning Ning continued, "I want to say something here. In fact, when you are not at home, sister Yibuki, Mu Mei will occasionally turn into a big tree to stretch her body. One day, when I was leading the general under the Mu Mei tree, I don't know where I came from. A cat jumped out of nowhere, and the general suddenly chased the cat and started running to lick it."

"Mu Mei said that the general fell in love with the cat at first sight, and while talking about Mu Mei's occupational disease attack—it became like this."

...?

Wait, wait, let me sort it out first.

So this means that the general fell in love with a cat at first sight, and then fell in lovesickness under the influence of Mu Mei and became depressed because of it?