一人で楽しむより、みんなで楽しもう！

[-] Although the portion of these noodles is quite large, I decide to buy a few more portions after looking at the two people in front of me.
[player] Okay then. Wait here for me. Can I please have three portions of the special...
[Stall Owner] Stare--
[player] ...Please give me three portions of the Super Special Shine Summer Smasher fried noodles... I-I almost ran out of breath.
[Stall Owner] Very smashing! It won't be long!
[Lin Lang] PLAYER, make it five portions!
[player] Hmm? I thought you said you wanted two...
[Ichihime] Master, I want five portions too... No, make it ten, nyaa!
[player] I hope you can be considerate of the account balance of the person paying...
[-] Today's lesson is that it's necessary to be heartless when the situation calls for it. Just as I'm looking at my phone and sighing about losing all my savings, I catch a glimpse of a familiar-looking purple dress from the corner of my eye.
[Miki Nikaidou] Hehe... maybe I can help you, PLAYER, and spare you all that trouble.
[player] Oh, it's you, Miki. How will you help me?
[-] Miki Nikaidou's smile gives me a bad feeling...
[Miki Nikaidou] I just took a look at the food court and found lots of delicious snacks.
[Miki Nikaidou] If you don't mind, you can all go and try them out. It'll be my treat, hehe.
[Ichihime] Master... is it really alright to eat the things Miki mentioned, nyaa?
[player] To be safe, you can't go wrong by making sure three times...
[-] Ichihime and I both have firsthand experience of how terrifying Miki Nikaidou's cooking can be. That's why we definitely need to be careful when assessing whether the "delicious snacks" she mentioned are actually delicious... or edible.
[Lin Lang] Is it really delicious? I want to have some!
[-] The naive young dragon, unaware of the dangers of the world, wipes the saliva from the corner of her mouth, then she grabs my hand excitedly and starts following Miki Nikaidou. I pull my hand desperately to try to escape her grip, but her hand doesn't budge at all. My plan to secretly sneak away is defeated by Lin Lang's monstrous strength.
[player] W-Wait! I'm full. Lin Lang, you can go with Miki.
[Lin Lang] PLAYER, you haven't eaten much. If you don't eat enough, you'll become a lousy weak adult!
[-] I look at my left hand, which Lin Lang is holding firmly, and silently reach out my right hand to grab the back of Ichihime's collar as she tries to run away.
[Ichihime] Nyaa! I don't need to become an adult. Master, let go of me now, nyaa!
[player] Ichihime, aren't I the world's best master to you?
[Ichihime] Nyaa! Nyaa... yes.
[-] Ichihime's ears droop instantly, clearly indicating that she has accepted her fate.
[Miki Nikaidou] I'm envious of the good relationship you three have.
[-] After that, Miki Nikaidou takes us to the other food stalls to show us the "delicious snacks" she mentioned. Without exception, all of them are marked as special menu items.
[Lin Lang] PLAYER, I want to eat this one!
[player] Are you sure? I don't think I've seen many people buy this snack...
[Lin Lang] I can't have it?
[player] Yes, yes, yes, of course you can get it. Please stop baring your fangs at me.
[-] After visiting all the stalls, the four of us bring back a pile of things we'll call food for now to an empty table and sit down. Whether we're in for a delicious feast or in deep trouble depends on what this "food" will do to us.
[Ichihime] M-Master, nothing will happen to us, right, nyaa?
[player] I've heard that the doctors on this island are all very professional. We should be fine... I think...
[-] The first thing to arrive at the table is called Black Meteor, which the stall says is deep-fried chicken nuggets with black truffle. It sounds quite appealing, but the appearance of these dark chicken nuggets that are supposed to look like meteors makes me wonder if there are burnt pieces mixed among them.
[Lin Lang] Aren't you going to have any? I won't hold back then. Gulp!
[player] ...Does it taste good?
[Lin Lang] The meat tastes great! It's delicious!
[Ichihime] Nyaa... Master, try some. It is really tasty, nyaa!
[player] Really... Oh?! It's delicious! I'm going to have another piece!
[Miki Nikaidou] Hehe, it sounds like you all like it. Try some of the other snacks too.
[-] Maybe it's because I didn't have any high expectations that I found those chicken nuggets to be quite delicious. After overcoming our first psychological barrier, Ichihime and I both feel more at ease and actively reach out to try the other snacks.
[Ichihime] This is the first time I've eaten sweet and sour steamed eggs, nyaa. I thought apple steamed eggs would taste weird, but it's surprisingly delicious, nyaa.
[Lin Lang] A pizza that has watermelon on it... It's too sweet. I prefer pizzas with meat on them.
[Miki Nikaidou] This snack is quite good for summer because it's delicious and beautiful.
[Ichihime] Master, what's the black stuff in your bowl?
[player] This? Oh, this is bitter melon stewed with bayberry.
[Ichihime] Nyaa... just hearing the name makes me think it tastes bad. It looks strange too, nyaa.
[player] Haha... it's actually not that bad. It tastes a little like a sweet and sour candied fruit, and it isn't bitter at all.
[-] Although the snacks Miki Nikaidou recommended all look a little strange, they are all delicious in their own way. It looks like we've misunderstood her.
[Miki Nikaidou] I'm full. You can share the three remaining snacks.
[Lin Lang] This bowl of soup looks really delicious. PLAYER, I'd like this bowl of soup.
[Ichihime] Master, I want these dango, nyaa!
[player] Then I'll have the deep-fried skewers that seem to be made from mysterious ingredients. Umm... Huh?
[-] What is this taste...? Sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty all come to mind, but none of them are able to describe the taste in my mouth. I can't even say if it's good or bad. I can't stop myself from spitting it out of my mouth, but even so, the weird taste still lingers in my mouth.
[-] What's worse is that an accidental burp sends this taste straight up to my nose, making my eyes glaze over and my consciousness blur...
[player] Could I have eaten something that had gone bad...? How is the food you two ate? It shouldn't have gone bad--
[Miki Nikaidou] Nyaa!!! I-It's so spicy, nyaa! I'm going to die, nyaa! Give me water!!!
[Lin Lang] The killer... is this shiitake mushroom soup...
[player] What the heck did we just eat...
[-] I snatch the packaging of these three snacks and force myself to concentrate so I can read their names. The dango that has made Ichihime run around everywhere is called "soaring into the heavens," the skewers that turned my brain to mush are called "good dreams," and the poison that "killed" Lin Lang is marked as "miserable mushroom soup" that is "full of shiitake mushroom emotions."
[Miki Nikaidou] Come on, the stalls in this food court all use authentic ingredients, and the snacks they make have the advertised effects. It would be unreasonable to not give them a five-star review later.
[player] Hmm? Ahaha... PLAYER, what are you doing?
[-] With trembling hands, I'm using a skewer to mark each unknown substance in this skewer with a cross.
[player] I'm crossing out the trust between people...