Kamisama Shop de Cheat no Kaori

Chapter 116. Three Companion And Stir-Fried Vegetables

“Kukuku. No, no. I said you could have your freedom. Of course, at night.”

A cute beauty with a silver ponytail said that. Any normal guy would feel flattered, despite the horns on her head, which seemed to bother few.

But I could only sigh.

Apparently, this girl liked to tease older people.

Continuing this banter didn’t seem productive, so I decided to make the lunch she requested.

Of course, I wasn’t expecting anything in return.

“Oh well.”

I extended the tarp attached to the side of the camper to create some shade.

“Wow! That’s convenient!”

Hagg, the warrior and inventor, was immediately interested.

Don’t get so excited, dwarf old man. It’s too hot!

The tarp was quite large, fitting the sizable camper well, providing ample shade, and alleviating the heat.

I noticed two problems as I started cooking.

One, I couldn’t use the SHOP with the girl around.

Two, I didn’t want to dirty the clothes Cherina gave me.

After some thought, I found a solution.

“I’ll go change real quick… Hagg, could you make a small stove?”

“That’s a piece of cake.”

“Then please do.”

“Sure.”

With Hagg’s agreeable response, I went into the camper’s cabin.

I slowly took off the ethnic outfit Cherina gifted me, a deep violet garment, and cleaned it with the cleaning tool.

The cleaning tool is a magical item in our terms. Each tool contains a single ability. This cleaning tool removes dirt from specified items.

In this world, they call it ‘Rijutsu’ instead of magic. Honestly, I don’t care what it’s called, but if I call it magic, even the inn’s girl would mock me, so I use ‘Rijutsu’ instead.

Using the cleaning tool, dirt appeared as a fine sand on the clothes. I brushed it off, and it wouldn’t stick again.

I neatly folded and stored the clothes in a container.

The container isn’t the iron box piled up at the docks. It’s one of the abilities I got from the self-proclaimed god when I was brought to this world.

I don’t like talking about that god, so I’ll skip it for now.

The container stores items in some unknown space. It currently holds 55 items.

Size doesn’t matter; one item takes one space. Even this camper fits in one container space, as does a single water bottle.

When I close my eyes and concentrate, a game-like screen appears, more like a spreadsheet.

The lists of containers and the SHOP are displayed.

I checked the container list just in case…

“Huh?”

For some reason, the list showed:

-Tessa Ethnic Outfit Original-

I recognized this ‘Original’ mark from when I saw the god’s symbol.

I then checked the SHOP list.

Tessa Ethnic Outfit = 132,900 yen

An item without the ‘Original’ mark was added. The icon was also different, the original being purple and the SHOP version brown. They seemed similar but not identical.

Another ability from the god is the SHOP.

It’s linked to the container, allowing me to purchase items from nowhere. The container can be explained as similar to an item bag using Rijutsu, but the SHOP is completely inexplicable.

The transactions in yen make no sense here, but somehow everything converts to yen, so it’s not a problem.

The SHOP has a divine level that determines available items. Unfortunately, items don’t automatically increase with level; I have to request them.

It seems I can request items from my world, Earth, but not from this world. However, once an item from this world is in the container, it can be bought again from the SHOP.

It’s a ridiculous system.

So, I put this world’s clothes in the container. Normally, they’d just be registered as ethnic outfits, but this time, the original can’t be duplicated. Only the copy can be purchased.

I’d like to buy the copy, but seeing the price, I gave up. The automatic pricing is a mystery.

I can’t buy what I can’t afford.

I only have 290,859 yen left. I need to save for gas.

So, I pulled out my suit pants, and shirt from the container.

“Kukuku… I see.”

Startled by a female voice, I turned around. The horned girl was there, sitting deep in the sofa, arms crossed, feet on the table.

“What?!”

I froze, in my underwear.

“Akira?!”

Yarlai burst in, slamming the door.

“!”

Yarlai glared at the girl on the sofa with a crushed expression.

“…Sorry, I lost her.”

“Kukuku, reacting quickly is commendable.”

I asked the girl, who looked amused and malicious.

“Did you see?”

“Kukuku… perfectly.”

“Oh no!”

I looked up at the sky.

“Kukuku. Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. I love secrets.”

“…I see.”

I wasn’t sure I could trust this flimsy promise. Not even Yarlai could keep track of her.

“Please keep it a secret.”

“Kukuku… well, there is one condition. If you pamper me every night…”

“Anything but that.”

“Kukuku… aren’t you a virgin? Fine. Then make me a delicious meal.”

“That was your goal from the start, wasn’t it?”

I dropped the polite tone.

“Kukuku. Maybe?”

“Sigh. Whatever…”

I quickly changed and went outside.

Hagg, who had finished making the stove, looked up.

“…”

He seemed apologetic. It wasn’t his fault the girl was playing with us.

Why did she come to us anyway?

“Hagg, get some rice.”

I handed Hagg rice, water, and a pressure cooker. He seemed to know how to cook it, being quite the foodie.

“Leave it to me. I want to make one of these pots soon.”

Hagg placed a ceramic water container on a rock.

“Hold on.”

I used the cleaning tool on Hagg’s hands.

“At least wash your hands with water.”

“You’re too meticulous.”

“You’re too careless about anything but metal.”

“Fine. Got it.”

“I also need to get the charcoal.”

“I’ll light the fire.”

“Thanks.”

Hagg showed off his handmade metal card ‘fire’ tool. I should have mine remade in metal too. It looks cool.

We made a makeshift stir-fry with salmon, cabbage, and Chinese cabbage, and the kids gathered.

“Kukuku… that smells delicious. My stomach has been growling.”

“You can eat, but can you tell me your goal?”

“Kukuku. Call me Faf.”

“…Okay. Faf, what’s your goal?”

“Kukuku! I just jumped in because it seemed like there were many secrets!”

“Secrets…”

“Kukuku. I told you, I love secrets.”

“Well… sigh. Fine, let’s eat.”

“Yes! I’ve been waiting!”

Dwarf, please read the room.

Thus, lunch started.

By the way, the taste was very well received.

Remaining balance: 289,465 yen.