Chapter 6 Part 3 – Our Night – Part 3

Translator: Chaos

Editor: Riciel

“Is that… some sort of… treat?”

I couldn’t help but mutter to myself when I saw the food on the dining table.

Riko’s dishes were always delicious and elaborate, but today they were even more extravagant.

“I thought it might be nice to do something like this once in a while…! Really! That’s all…! Minato-kun, sit down, sit down!”

“Uh-huh.”

But the lineup of dishes further seemed to be completely different than usual…

Riko cooked so many oysters that you couldn’t see the rice. Steak, beet soup, tuna with yam, avocado and egg salad, yogurt sprinkled with nuts, sunflower seeds, and other grains could also be seen.

This amount…! That’s a lot, don’t you think…!?

And Riko is usually the type to put together traditional Japanese dishes when it’s time to eat Japanese food, but today she was all over the place. And why is there a bright red juice on the table when hojicha is normally always served with meals? [EN: Hojicha = Roasted Green Tea.] I put my nose close to it and smelled it, discovering it was pomegranate juice.

…Hold on a second.

Oysters, avocado, and pomegranate…

I remembered a line from a dirty gag manga I’d seen.

“I’ve been eating oysters and avocados and drinking pomegranates every morning without fail! My vitality is always over the limit!”

When I had read that line, I had thought quite seriously, “If I’m ever in trouble about this, I’ll turn to oysters, avocados, and pomegranates…”

… It’s a coincidence, right…?

But, I-I’m a bit curious.

I hurriedly took out my phone and did a search while Riko was taking off her apron.

Oysters, avocados, pomegranates, and increased vitality.

Then, a list of foods that are effective in increasing libido came up at the top of the search suggestions. I hurriedly tapped it and checked the contents of the page.

It wasn’t just oysters, avocados, and pomegranates. Steak, beets, eggs, tuna, grains; all the dishes on the table were made with foods that increase one’s libido.

Riko, Rikooooooo…!?!?

What does this mean…!!

There’s no way it’s a coincidence that they match so well! The blood rushed to my head, and I felt dizzy. Immediately after that, I felt a tingle in the back of my nose――

“Oh.”

“Uahh, Minato-kun, your nose is bleeding…!”

It would be a bad idea to feed an energizing dish to an eighteen-year-old who would get overexcited and get a nosebleed from just this one single thought.

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Fifteen minutes later.

I plopped down on the couch with a tissue stuffed up my nose, and Riko, sitting on the floor, was looking at me worriedly.

“Are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital?”

“You’re worrying too much. But thank you. The bleeding has stopped and I’m fine.”

“Thank God… How did you get a nosebleed all of a sudden…?”

“Hahaha…”

Forget that I was excited, why did Riko do this?

“Riko, why did you choose that menu for today’s meal?”

“… O-oh, t-that”s…”

As soon as I mentioned the topic, I saw Riko start to get visibly flustered, and I was finally convinced. It’s not a coincidence after all.

I need to go one step further in my pursuit here…!