Erina was completely speechless as she looked at the food in front of her.
"Can't you make something a little more elegant?"
Erina had always felt that it was a bit strange for their table to be eating things like this.
"Oh, come on, eat or don't, and why make things so complicated? As long as it tastes good, that's all that matters."
"Besides, you know what kind of person I am. You want me to make luxurious dishes? No way, it's way too troublesome. I'm mostly only good at my own style of cooking, and after thinking about it, only these kinds of things are suitable. I can't exactly make something heavy and greasy in the middle of the night, right?"
Erina also fell silent and was left speechless by that. Then, when she tried to pick up the fried bun to look at it, the bun suddenly smiled the moment she lifted it, startling her. Because of that, the bun fell onto the table, bouncing and laughing, leaving everyone stunned for a moment.
At that moment, Sanzennin Nagi was like a curious baby, staring at the bun in front of her and feeling how magical it was.
"It's really smiling! I thought Golden Opening Smile was just a name and appearance."
"Then why were you shouting that name this afternoon?"
Even though she had a bunch of questions earlier, she also guessed that a certain someone was too lazy to explain, so she simply started eating. Soon, all the late-night snacks Shiro made were eaten. Everyone's hands and mouths were greasy, including Maria.
The main reason was his culinary heart, which caused all these people to sink into a heavenly dream, or rather, into a wedding, a happy life, where all of them were the protagonists. Watching these people drool happily, he did not hesitate to take pictures of them.
After these people recovered, the way they looked at Shiro was completely different. Some looked as if they wanted to eat him, while others looked as if they wanted to kidnap him.
Shiro ignored those strange gazes, looking as though he was already used to them.
"Alright, the late-night snack is over, time to disperse."
At that moment, Shiro gave the order to disperse, but a certain little girl tightly grabbed his arm and said with an expectant expression:
"Why don't you just come and be my chef? We can negotiate the price."
Shiro immediately made a disgusted expression when he heard that and refused without thinking.
"Get lost. You say we can negotiate the price? Most of what you have now to defeat your grandfather was given to you by me."
Sanzennin Nagi obviously was not giving up, so she decisively said:
"If not money, then how about adding me?"
Sanzennin Nagi said that and winked, looking as if she was trying to seduce Shiro.
Shiro felt somewhat helpless because of her behavior. Did you drink too much fake wine? Is it appropriate for you to seduce me with your current capital?
"Talk to me about it again in a few years. If you talk to me about this at your current age, I'm really afraid someone will report me to the police and I'll end up arrested."
Sanzennin Nagi felt that Shiro in front of her was so irritating, always bringing up her age. He really was a hateful person.
Shiro said that if he was not going to talk about it, then what else would he talk about? It was perfectly normal to talk about it.
In the end, everyone else called their drivers.
After the others left, only Erina, Alice, and the secretary who came to pick them up remained, along with Kirishima Shoko. The latter did not leave immediately, but stayed behind, looking as though she was ready for negotiations.
Shiro also knew what the other side wanted to talk about, because the trial period of her God Tongue package had already expired.
Her current appearance clearly showed that she had come for a serious matter. Either she wanted to extend and renew the package, or she wanted to buy it permanently. He wanted to see what she intended to do.
"You, come with me."
Erina said that and turned around to leave first, and Shiro was curious about what the other side wanted, so he followed her.
Alice decisively dragged the two of them away at that moment. Actually, that was what she said, but the real situation was that the two of them dragged away the secretary, because she still wanted to follow them, and the current situation clearly showed that this was a negotiation between the two of them. What would the secretary even do there?
Erina brought Shiro into a room. After sitting down, she wasted no words and immediately got to the point.
"I want to permanently buy the God Tongue package."
Shiro was somewhat surprised by her directness. He did not expect her not to play games and to immediately state her request directly. It was quite unexpected, but also very good. At least she would not be like those people who want something but beat around the bush and act mysterious.
"Alright? Since you said that, then let me ask you. What conditions can you offer? You should know my situation."
Erina fell silent when she heard that. After all, wanting to permanently buy it and figuring out what to bribe this guy with really was a huge problem.
There was no need to even think about money; he did not lack that. He truly was rich to the level of a country.
To be honest, there was no point trying to make material transactions with this guy; he lacked nothing.
At that moment, Erina's mind was working at full speed, thinking left and right, but she sadly realized that she seemed to have no bargaining chips for negotiations with this guy. When she thought about that, she felt her teeth ache from frustration.
"What do you want?"
Erina slowly spoke at that moment. Since she truly had no bargaining chips, she could only let him choose. Then, in the very next moment, she never expected this guy to grab her chin and slowly speak.
"You and Alice, permanent removal of the curse for both of you. Your mother will be able to eat normally, and the shares will be returned to you."
Erina never expected that the other side would want her too. She refused without thinking, her face turning red and her tone full of shame and anger.
"Bastard!"
"Shameless!"
"I'm telling you, don't even think about it."
Shiro merely shrugged when he heard that, completely indifferent, and said words that struck her weak point.
"If you won't agree, then forget it. In any case, when her body can no longer endure it, your mother will die, not mine."
The moment Shiro said that, she became so angry that her teeth itched.
"Don't try those games with me, I'm not an idiot. After all, I don't believe you're the only one who can help."
Erina was serious at that moment. After all, it was impossible to agree to such conditions, as if the other side was completely monopolizing her.
Shiro smiled when he heard that, then pointed at her.
"As for this matter, don't you yourself have an idea whether it's true or false?"
"Erina, you can lie to others, but don't lie to yourself."
"Your family put enormous effort into creating this so-called Jade Generation, which is complete nonsense."
"No matter how much those so-called chefs improve, there is a limit, and your God Tongue will continue evolving. In other words, it is simply impossible to satisfy it. At most, what can happen is that, as time passes, you yourself will be satisfied for a short period of time, but after that you will end up just like your mother."
"Later, you will remain trapped inside that weak body that can fail at any moment."
"And in this entire world, only I can permanently remove the curse from you."
"So I don't think my request is excessive. After all, your so-called hope, even if a miracle truly happened, would satisfy you for at most one or two years. After one or two years, you would return to hell again. But I am different; I can create a true miracle for you."
"And the price of that permanent miracle is that Alice is definitely coming with me anyway, so it's only one more person."
Shiro stated his conditions, leaving the other side speechless.
Erina truly was speechless, and he had even spoken about her inner worries. After all, she had been thinking about that problem: with the God Tongue continuing to evolve, could any chef truly keep up with the speed of its evolution?
But wasn't this guy a little too direct and decisive? Would it kill him to be at least a little subtle?
At that moment, Erina felt extremely dissatisfied. How could he say so many things so openly?
Shiro looked at her silent expression, glanced at her, and read her thoughts, understanding her intentions.