“Oh, right. Here’s your present.”

“Hmm?”

Merlin was relieved that he was only late by a day. He thought he had been late by nearly two weeks, so he had prepared quite a few things.

“Tada!”

“W-what?”

Miho recoiled at the sight of the mysterious object in Merlin’s hand. But soon, she started sniffing the air.

“Do you want to have a try?”

“W-what is it? Do you really think all it will take is some food… ah.”

As Merlin moved the skewer closer to her, Miho’s eyes naturally followed it.

‘Oh, sad instincts of animals.’

It was a beef skewer that Merlin had purchased from users at a food market who were training to become chefs. Based on Merlin’s experience, felines and foxes were crazy about beef. However, he had never seen a cow underneath the Noise Belt. The monsters here only ate the meat of other monsters who lived in the area, or fruit. Unfortunately, monster meat was tough when cooked, and since Miho was used to eating such tough meat all her life, she couldn’t resist the allure of the skewers, especially since they had been cooked with various techniques from the real world.

“Oh, doesn’t this look delicious?”

“Well, uhm, well, uhm… Oh, no, what am I saying, are you trying to seduce me with food? Do you think I’ll be swayed so easily…?”

“If you don’t want it, I’ll just eat it myself.”

“What?!”

When Merlin brought the grilled skewers up to his mouth,...