Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 489 Sorry

When they returned to Butterfly's house, it was still dark inside.

"As expected, we're the first ones back." Shinobu Kocho pushed open the door and looked at the house, which was completely silent.

Yu Zi nodded, expressing the sentiment of someone who's been there: "I can understand. It's normal for young people to get together, sparks fly, and lose track of time."

Shinobu Kocho echoed, "Youth is truly wonderful!"

"He said it with great passion."

Yu Zi glanced at her, thinking that someone was just lying in her arms with a flushed face, and now she's commenting on other people.

It's true that these kinds of things are only interesting when discussing other people.

Shinobu Kocho didn't notice Ikuko's glare, and instead of going into the main house, she went straight to the side room.

Yuko asked curiously, "Where are you going?"

"Midnight snack, midnight snack." Shinobu Kocho walked towards the kitchen without looking back.

Yu Zi blinked and followed, saying, "There's so much food at the temple fair, is it really necessary to make them a late-night snack?"

As for?

Surely no one can go hungry at a night market.

So many food stalls.

Shinobu Kocho turned her head and looked over, then smiled and said, "That group of people can't be satisfied by just a few food stalls."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zi exclaimed, "What you said makes perfect sense!"

"Hmm~" Shinobu Kocho hummed softly and turned her head away. "Ikuko, come and help too."

"I see."

While the others were still away, the two of them started making a late-night snack in the kitchen.

Just as Shinobu Kocho said, a few food stalls couldn't satisfy those big eaters; there were quite a few foodies in the Demon Slayer Corps.

Because we were expecting guests, we prepared a lot of food.

But there's no need to eat too much for a late-night snack. I'm sure they won't have fully digested what they ate at the night market, so just make something light and simple.

Shinobu Kocho rummaged through the food and then spotted the flour in the corner.

"How's the ramen?"

Yu Zi glanced at it and saw that it was all just flour.

"Can you make it?"

"Don't worry, the temple fair will be lively until the early hours of the morning, they definitely won't be back so soon."

Yuko: "...That's too euphemistic. Just say what you want to say."

"That's really going too far, making a lady say something like that." Shinobu Kocho shrugged and pulled out a basin. "What I mean is, well, you know what I mean."

"..."

She knows...she really does know.

While humming a cheerful tune, Shinobu Kocho poured flour into a bowl, added water, and began kneading the dough.

"Oh right, don't forget about the children that Beimingyu is with." Seeing that her weight was clearly not enough, Yu Zi knew that she had forgotten that Beimingyu was with about ten children.

In other words, all you need to do here is put a bed on the floor. If it were somewhere else, given the size of Butterfly's house, it might not be able to accommodate so many people.

"I almost forgot!" Butterfly was startled and quickly stopped adding water. "It's okay, just add some more flour."

Then Yuko saw Shinobu Kocho counting the number of people while adding flour.

"How many people does Mr. Himejima have? Is ten enough?" Shinobu Kocho was a little unsure.

Yu Zi waved her hand and said, "It's okay, just cook as much as you can. Don't underestimate those guys."

“...That’s true.” Shinobu Kocho nodded thoughtfully.

She was overthinking it. No matter how much she did, those guys would still eat it all up, right?

Even if they eat their fill at the temple fair, this amount of food is just a small amount to them.

Thinking of this, Shinobu Kocho's hand unconsciously loosened, and then the flour, like a wild horse, was poured into the basin all at once.

Shinobu Kocho: “…”

Ikuko: "...add more water."

Shinobu Kocho: "Mm."

As the saying goes, if there's too much flour, add water; if there's too much water, add more flour. Making ramen couldn't be simpler, with a very high tolerance for error.

Of course, the prerequisite is having a friend who can eat a lot.

While Shinobu was kneading the dough, Ikuko didn't rest either; she started preparing the ingredients needed for the ramen.

"Luckily, there was still some char siu left over, so there was no need to cook it again."

Ramen can't be without char siu... well, actually, they're missing much more than just char siu.

They don't have the most important broth for ramen.

After all, they run a pharmacy, not a restaurant, so they can't be on standby all the time.

This morning, the ramen they ate for breakfast had already used up all the broth they had made earlier.

Fortunately, although the soup base was missing, most of the other ingredients could still be gathered.

Naruto rolls, eggs, dried bamboo shoots, shredded wood ear mushrooms...

Yuko found the ingredients and started preparing them.

Meanwhile, Shinobu had finished kneading the dough and set it aside to rest before coming over to help Ikuko prepare the ingredients.

Yuko was genuinely worried that the group would return while the ramen was being prepared, looking exhausted from their shopping trip and going to sleep before they could finish making the ramen.

So all that ramen they made will have to wait until tomorrow morning to eat it.

As is well known, leftover food is not as good as freshly made food.

After the dough had rested, Shinobu Kocho began making ramen.

"I'm all set here." Soon, Yu Zi had prepared the ingredients and seasonings.

"I... I haven't done it yet!" Shinobu Kocho said with some difficulty.

What are you doing, panting like that?

Yuko turned around with a puzzled look and saw Shinobu Kocho with her arms outstretched, struggling to pull the dough.

Because of the suffocating process of adding water when there's too much flour and adding flour when there's too much water, the dough was quite large. Butterfly, overestimating her abilities, didn't try to separate the dough but instead attempted to handle it all at once with her small body.

And so, this hilarious scene unfolded.

"Pfft~"

Yuko couldn't help but burst out laughing on the spot.

Shinobu's face instantly darkened... no, because she kept wiping her cheeks, some flour remained on her face, making it quite white.

It's even whiter than if I've used some skincare products.

Shinobu Kocho stopped making ramen and looked at Ikuko with a resentful expression.

"I'll help you." Yuko suppressed a laugh and took the dough from Shinobu's hand.

I must say, it's quite heavy.

It's normal that Shinobu Kocho can't pull it.

Then, Yu Zi wielded the dough with great skill, stretching it out in her hands and then squeezing it into a ball.

What the butterfly couldn't stand the most was that this guy kept deliberately throwing dough in his face.

It's just showing off skills...

Yuko's hand trembled, and a dough ball about the thickness of an arm was flung at Shinobu Kocho's face, slapping her in the eye with a loud thud, as if putting sunglasses on Shinobu.

Shinobu Kocho clenched her already tight fist even tighter.

I really wanted to kill someone.

Yuko jumped, thinking "Holy crap!" and quickly took the dough off Shinobu's face, apologizing profusely.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it..." Yu Zi's apologetic voice faltered.

Shinobu Kocho couldn't help but glance at her twice. Why wasn't she continuing to apologize?

Then I saw Yuko trying to suppress a laugh.

Seeing Shinobu looking at her, Ikuko quickly apologized, "I'm so sorry... *sigh*..."

Even after the dough was removed, the white residue left a long mark on Shinobu's eye.