5 minutes before 7 p.m. there are a total of 12 different dishes on the table. While the number isn't large they are in large quantities with each being able to feed at least 4 people. So we can feed a total of 48 people which is more than double that number of people here so we should be good.
People began filing in one after the other and by 7 all of us were at the table. Seeing the dishes on the table they've never seen before they look at them interestingly with a bit of apprehension.
Yuzu is different from the rest and has stars in her eyes. She looks at me and asks me what these dishes were. I pat the chair on my left since Ravel's already on my right and she sits down instantly. Ichigo lets out a smile while Isshin begins crying while saying his daughter left him. Ignoring Isshin I tell them that this feast was made in celebration of their arrival and to enjoy themselves.
Yoruichi begins talking with Rukia and Orihime about the peculiar dishes though they stop once they hear me explaining them to Yuzu. Urahara doesn't think about it and begins to eat while talking with my parents and Isshin is the same. Ichigo starts eating and telling Karin how they tasted upon seeing her not eating.
"This is made using Draconic chicken meat which is a chicken that has a trace of dragon blood running through its veins.
This is made using green and blue slimes as the base and many different seasonings to give it a more explosive taste and I mean explosive. Slimes are known for absorbing anything they come into contact with and even after their death they keep this property so no seasoning is lost when seasoning slimes. It's a bit chewy bit really good.
This is made out of tri-deer. It's a deer with three horns and has a certain level of mastery over the lightning element. These leaves on it are mandrake leaves which are good in multiplying the taste in any dish it's used in, making them desired and an absolute ingredient used in almost every dish in the underworld. Mandrakes are sentient and have a humanoid form. They shed their leaves on occasion and most of them make a living by selling their leaves.
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Hearing me talking about all these dishes using animals and plants they've never heard of or thought were only fantasy made them a bit shocked and unsettled. And further hearing about their effects and their properties they looked at the dishes in front of them in wonder.
Yuzu had stars in her eyes the whole time while hoping she could cook using these ingredients. Once I finished explaining the last dish I noticed everyone was eating with no visible apprehension on their face making me smile.
I and Yuzu begin eating while occasionally chatting. After dinner, we were clearing the table while most of them are there holding onto their stomachs that looked bloated. I let out a small laugh seeing Isshin who looks twice as big as he did before eating. I picked up some places and take them to the kitchen. Ravel and Issei are also clearing the table. Some of them wanted to help but I told them no since this was a meal in celebrating their arrival so we had to.
Yuzu didn't want to just sit there so she began helping despite me saying she didn't need to. while in the kitchen she asked me if she could help us cook tomorrow. I ask her if she was experienced in cooking and she said yes and that she cooked all the meals at her house. I said sure but only when I'm around since some special procedures need to be taken to make some ingredients edible like the tri-deer meat. It has residual electricity in it so we have to discharge it before cooking with it. she listens intently and promises to follow our instructions to a T when cooking. I pat her head and begin washing the dishes. Ravel and Yuzu sit in some chairs we have in the kitchen while I and Issei wash the dishes talking with each other.
"So Yuzu what are you interested in doing tomorrow," I ask since I don't really know what she's interested in.
"I just want to go around and see what the underworld looks like." She says though I know she wants something else.
"I guess I have to change our plans," I say while sighing.
"I had planned on taking you to the library so you could get some books to read in your free time. maybe even dome cookbooks and some of the different ingredients from all around the under-world." I say with fake sadness and helplessness in my voice.
Hearing my words Ravel and Issei let out a chuckle but Yuzu looks at me with wide eyes. She looks down while looking sad. I laugh and hug her.
"Listen Yuzu I want you to be more selfish alright. I may not have known you for long but I can tell what type of person you are. You put others before yourself just like your brother, sister and weird father. However, I want you to know that you have every right to ask for what you want instead of just silently dreaming about it. Ok." I say softly earning a big smile from Ravel and Issei. Yuzu looks up and gives me a large smile while hugging me.
I could sense Isshin and Ichigo on the other side of the kitchen door listening in on our conversation. I hear them sigh before they walk off.
We return to the kitchen a few minutes later with some trays with pudding on them and a jar of chocolate chip cookies.
Seeing the dessert some of them groan and have an unpleasant look but still grab some quickly and eat with a smile on their faces.
Now that dinner is ready I take them on a tour of the house. we start with the bottom floor. First I take them to the living room. I tell them that they can take any of the books on the bookshelves to read and once their done with it or no longer wish to read it they can place it down on the black table in the corner and one of our spirits will put them away during the night.
Next was the theater. I had a large room on the first floor modified to become a small theater after realizing that most of the house was barren.
Following that was the gaming room that I filled up with some classic arcade machines such as Pac-man, Donkey Kong, Space invaders, etc. As well as some TV's on one wall with the newer consoles on shelves below them and the games for said counsel. I tell them their free to play anything though they should use the headphones so they don't disturb the others and ask them to please return the games to their rightful case when they're switching games.
The next stop is the gym. I had this made just for the heck of it. I sometimes get bored and just come in here to move my body without placing a strain on it. Though some of the machines can be fueled with the user's mana making it more powerful based on how much mana one inserts. The treadmill is one. It theoretically doesn't have a top speed so long as you pump in the appropriate amount of mana.
Next is the trampoline room. This room restricts you power making you unable to exert yourself so we could actually enjoy the room.
Following that was the bowling alley, the indoor sauna separated by gender, the indoor pool, the computer room and our back patio which had table-tennis, a pool-table, air-hockey, 3 tables lined up on the side with a shelf full of board games along the wall near them. Then there were some nice and comfy chairs and sofas lined up along the glass wall looking out into the backyard when you just want to relax and chill.
They were impressed with the house and asked what the rest of the rooms had. I tell them that their empty since we don't know what to do with them while the second floor is just full of bedrooms. Though there is another room on the second floor. My mothers make-up room though I didn't think it was necessary since none of them are wearing any makeup and my mom just has if for the sake of filling up a room and doesn't even use make-up.
With that our house, tour is completed and so I take them to the back yard. I tell them about the different flowers and other interesting plants not found in the human world. Then we arrive at some big square building made out of what looks to be concrete with weird symbols carved into them all over.
I tell them that those are our training rooms. They're made out of volcanic worm crete. I tell them that there's an animal that well looks like a worm but is 25m long and about 3m wide. Though they're relatively passive unless one attacks them that eat ashes spewed out by volcanoes and along with chemicals made by their body they excrete a mixture that if exposed to magical water will turn hard. I tell them that a piece 1cm thick of it is stronger than 2in chick plate of steel. As for magical water, it's just regular water with mana pumped into it.
They get surprised since for one they didn't expect a giant worm to have excreted the material used to build this and on the other hand a giant worm that eats ass exists.
I tell them that all those symbols are runes used to reinforce the walls making them many times stringer. Then there are some used to conceal aura so no one can feel the power we release once we're in there. There are also anti-spying runes carved on the inside along with the aura concealing ones to prevent others from using weird methods to spy on us.
They're impressed and ask us how much these buildings can take. I tell them that if I were to go all out and attack the building at most I would be able to chip away a few bits. Even my flames won't harm it since this thing if fireproof through my black flames can burn it at an incredibly slow pace.
Once we make it back to the house its already 10 p.m. so I tell them I'm heading off to bed and that they can enjoy themselves with the things in the house though they should not step out since the night time is the most dangerous time.
So I head back to my room where I pull out a box from underneath my bed. I insert my mana into the box and it lights up. A minute later it opens revealing what's inside.
There are a few seemingly useless stones inside though if one were to take a closer look they would be able to sence large amounts of mana coming from each one. The smallest being no bigger than a centimeter large in any direction yet it exuded more mana than a low-class devil can hold but not as much as a mid-class devil.
These are mana stones. I've been wondering about how I could store mana to use in situations where I ran out of mana and came to a conclusion of manastones. I did my research and found out they did not exist.
So I tinkered with mana for a few months on my free time and I eventually managed to condense one. Using the added gravitational pull of my darkness element and the cooling effects of my icy fire and my pressure on top of all that I managed to make mana tangible.
The first few times I got close but still failed and it wasn't until attempt 1,629 that I was able to condense a mana stone which is the smallest one within the box. Though the formation of the mana stones losses much of the mana inputted back to the environment since I used mana equal to an Ultimate-class level 5 Devil and only got a mana stone with mana a mana level between low-class level 9 and Mid-class level 0 the results were more than satisfactory. I now have mana supplies I can use to replenish myself if I ever find myself in a dangerous situation.
The best part is all I have to do is eat it and it will slowly dissolve returning the mana to me.
Though despite their awesomeness that's not what I'm interested with at the moment. What I'm really interested in right now is the round purple colored stone resting in the corner, the Hogyoku.
I know I'm about to do something that's probably really stupid but you know what they say no pain no gain.