Chapter 473: Mrs. Yukinoshita: When Flowers Are Fit to Pluck, Just Pluck Them: Don't Wait Till No Flowers and Only Empty Twigs
Five pieces of the Legendary Cooking Utensils had now been found: the Ever-Soul Knife, the Garuda Knife, the Holy Copperware, the Spirit Storehouse, and the Jade Dragon Pot. Still missing were the Greedy Wolf Pot, the Coiled Dragon Pot, and one more Jade Dragon Pot. (T/N: Changing Eternal Spirit Blade to Ever-Soul Knife.)
Hakuto could put the Restoration Society aside for now, since he already had the Ever-Soul Knife. But he really couldn’t delay any longer on the Legendary Cooking Utensil.
Although Lucoa hadn’t indicated anything, Hakuto had a feeling that she was struggling greatly and might not be able to hold on much longer.
He needed to find the remaining Legendary Cooking Utensil as soon as possible.
Relying on his abilities to find the Legendary Cooking Utensils would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
So after much thought, Hakuto could only rely on his Sacred Gear, Annihilation Maker. If he could create a magical beast specifically designed to find the Legendary Cooking Utensils, would that solve the problem? Action speaks louder than words. Hakuto had already started creating such a magical beast.
But creating such a magical beast was naturally fraught with difficulties. Even Hakuto found it challenging.
Fortunately, there was still hope.
Hakuto now possessed five pieces of the Legendary Cooking Utensils. Relying on them, he was confident he could create a magical beast specifically for finding the Legendary Cooking Utensil.
After all, creating a dog that could identify a person or object by smell was possible. So creating a similar magical beast clearly wasn’t impossible.
Previously, Hakuto had created Diting, which had the obvious flaw of being useless without sound.
But this time, using the Legendary Cooking Utensil as a template, Hakuto didn’t believe he couldn’t create a suitable magical beast.
There was a knock on the door. Hakuto opened it and saw Rem standing outside.
“Is something wrong, Rem?”
“Master, there’s a small matter I need to discuss with you. Mrs. Yukinoshita has come to see you several times already.”
Hakuto: “???”
If Rem hadn’t reminded him, Hakuto would have almost forgotten about Yukino’s mother…
“What does she want with me?”
Although something seemed a bit off about Yukino’s mother for some reason, if she came to see him, he couldn’t just pretend she didn’t exist.
“I don’t know, but she seems to have been persistently indicating that she wants to meet with you, Master.”
Hakuto scratched his head and said, “Alright, I’ll go meet with her. I don’t know what she wants.”
Remembering the way Yukino’s mother had behaved before, the corner of Hakuto’s mouth twitched slightly. It was completely different from the dignified and composed impression he had in his memory.
Hakuto even suspected that something strange had happened to Mrs. Yukinoshita. Perhaps she was possessed by a succubus or something…
Suddenly, Hakuto froze, ‘Maybe that was actually possible?’
He would give her a thorough examination this time.
Thinking this, Hakuto first called Mrs. Yukinoshita to tell her he was coming and would arrive soon, asking her not to panic. Then he opened the Anywhere Door.
Appearing at the Yukinoshita Residence, Hakuto looked at Yukino’s mother, Yukinoshita Hirano, who was doing ikebana. (T/N: Ikebana is Japanese’s flower arranging)
“I’m here. What did you want to see me about?”
Mrs. Yukinoshita turned her head and looked at Hakuto, a trace of faint surprise in her eyes. Then she asked, “What do you think of my flower arrangement?”
Hakuto glanced at Mrs. Yukinoshita’s flower arrangement and casually said, “It looks very nice. As expected of Mrs. Yukinoshita.”
“I recall an old poem that goes, ‘When flowers are fit to pluck, just pluck them; don’t wait till no flowers and only empty twigs.'”
Black lines involuntarily appeared on Hakuto’s forehead. It was just as he had expected.
This Mrs. Yukinoshita was really persistent. And she seemed determined to have her way with him this time.
The corner of Hakuto’s mouth twitched slightly. He turned to leave, but Mrs. Yukinoshita said to him, “Don’t you want to know what Yukino and I talked about that day?”
“I’m not really interested. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going now. I’m busy with things.”
Hakuto had already confirmed that there was nothing physically wrong with Mrs. Yukinoshita. But why she had become such a seductress, he didn’t know.
Regardless, he couldn’t stay any longer.
“Mrs. Yukinoshita, I don’t know what you’re thinking, but we can’t do anything to betray Yukino.”
“I don’t mind sharing with Yukino. Haruno is also an option!”
Hakuto really didn’t want to continue this discussion with this Mrs. Yukinoshita, who seemed to have lost her mind.
“I don’t believe you’re not interested in this kind of thing. You don’t even need to say a word. As long as you don’t reject me, whether it’s Yukino or Haruno, I can satisfy you in the end.”
Hakuto looked at Mrs. Yukinoshita. He had been about to leave but stopped. “You’re quite different from the dignified and composed persona I remember. So, can you tell me what’s going on?”
“Perhaps it was love at first sight. If I beat around the bush, there would probably be no possibility between us. So I might as well be direct.”
“You have no reason to refuse me. I won’t interfere with what goes on between you and Yukino. All I want is to be comforted occasionally.”
To be honest, if it were anyone else, Hakuto might have agreed without much thought. But the problem was that the beautiful married woman before him was Yukino’s mother. For that single reason, Hakuto couldn’t agree.
He might not care himself, but Yukino would never be able to accept something like this. So Hakuto didn’t plan to do anything with Mrs. Yukinoshita.
“I heard you’re looking for the Legendary Cooking Utensil. If I can provide you with some information, would you be willing to accept this transaction?”
Hakuto: …
In the end, Hakuto still didn’t agree. He turned and left. As for the whereabouts of the Legendary Cooking Utensil, he decided to let Yukino find out.
Hakuto believed that Yukino should be able to extract the location of the Legendary Cooking Utensil from her mother. It probably wasn’t a big issue. Anyway, Hakuto didn’t want to face Mrs. Yukinoshita anymore.
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