The time soon came to take Xiaolu to eat kaiseki cuisine.
As we all know, Japanese food has always been famous for being small in quantity, exquisite, expensive, and not full.
Kaiseki cuisine is amazing. As a prestigious type of Japanese cuisine, it is characterized by smaller portions, less filling, and more expensive.
However, under normal circumstances, eating kaiseki cuisine is not just for the sake of being full.
Like Kamiya this time, he mainly wanted to thank Onizuka and the others for Kanoya.
The little witch played a big role in defeating the earthquake catfish. Master Kanazawa and Miss Yunju are Xiaolu's teachers. Without the skills they taught, Xiaolu might have entered Matsuzawa and become a Matsuzawa person before Kamiyagawa came in to rescue him.
Originally, the people to thank this time were also Kensuke Yuki and Ozaki Ryuichi.
But Uncle Jiecheng has been busy with work recently and almost lives in the countermeasures room building, so he really can't get away.
As for Ozaki Ryuichi, this rich second generation went back to Nagoya two days ago. It seemed that his father's club wanted him to go back to do something.
Speaking of Ozaki, Kamiya also had contact with him after returning from Matsuzawa.
As Uncle Jiecheng said, although this second-generation rich man seems careless, he is surprisingly easy to get along with.
Through subsequent contacts, Kamiya also learned more about Ozaki.
This guy seems to have a soft spot for weird stories about the opposite sex.
Moreover, he only likes kaidan with obvious inhuman elements, just like his shikigami Kuuchangmu and the beauty.
I was shocked by the strange XP of this rich second generation.
This brother is so weird, no wonder even Uncle Cheng has a headache when he mentions him.
Therefore, it's okay that Ozaki didn't come to the dinner, lest he spoil the little deer who was currently drawing a fairly normal picture in the book.
…
The restaurant I booked tonight is located in Sumida District, Tokyo. The name of the restaurant is "Oba" after the chef.
It has maintained two Michelin stars for several years.
Kaiseki cuisine with Michelin, small quantity and high price buff is almost full.
Kamiya took Xiaolu, and was guided by a male receptionist in kimono at the door, and entered the main gate of the courtyard. As soon as he entered, two young kimono maids came over with their hands down, greeting each other, and changing clothes for the master and apprentice. shoe.
Under the guidance of the maid, Kamiya and the others entered the backyard of the restaurant through the corridor.
The environment here is still very good, and you can see rocks and pine trees in the yard. The setting seems to be based on the "open ground" style, with simple stepping stones symbolizing the rugged mountain paths, the dwarf pine on the ground referring to the lush forest, and the squatting hand basin referring to the clear mountain spring. Thick stone lanterns create a peaceful, quiet, quiet and secluded atmosphere, which is very Zen-like.
The private room located in the backyard is also very private and suitable for conversation.
A large part of the high prices of this kind of Japanese restaurant may be customers paying for the service and environment here.
After sitting down in the private room, while taking advantage of the break with the waitress to bring tea, Xiaolu sneaked up to Kamiyagawa and said, "Master, this shop looks very expensive..."
"Isn't Kaiseki cuisine expensive? Don't worry."
Although he feels a little distressed, Kamiyagawa is considered quite wealthy now, so he can still afford this meal.
And, to be honest, it’s quite necessary.
After all, the main purpose of this meal is to thank Onizuka and the others.
As for Onizuka, according to her personality, she would actually be quite happy even if she eats at a cheap restaurant. When she and Kamiya ate together before, they rarely went to expensive places to eat.
The relationship between Master Kanazawa and Kamiya is quite good, and they are very peaceful. But before that, Kamiya had never invited him to dinner and didn't understand his taste.
Then Miss Yunju, to be honest, this big shot in the perfume industry is not very familiar with Kamiya. Apart from helping her boyfriend deal with the curse last time, he has no personal contact with her.
Therefore, if finances permit, it is better to treat them to dinner and make a good show.
Anyway, compared to the skills they taught the deer, a treat like this was nothing.
After a while, Master Kanazawa also followed the maid to the private room.
He sat down opposite the master and apprentice.
"Amitofu. Kamiya, I've spent a lot of money on you."
Although he talked about spending money, Kanazawa Xingluo's expression didn't change much. After all, he is also a second generation, and this kind of restaurant is nothing to him.
Kanazawa is also wearing private clothes today. Unlike Ozaki Ryuichi's flamboyant dress, he has always been dressed in a low-key style. His upper body is even a Uniqlo T-shirt.
Coupled with the fact that he doesn't need to shave his hair, if he didn't always talk in verses, it would be hard to tell that he was a monk.
"Nothing."
Kamiya smiled at the mage.
A few minutes later, Onizuka and Miss Yunju also arrived at the private room at the appointed time.
The two of them came here together.
Onizuka wore an off-white dress with a halter neck and off-shoulders today. It had ruffled cuffs and a waist design, and the fabric had a natural and drapey feel. Wearing it on her body makes her look taller and slimmer. With her long hair curled before going out tonight, she feels like a rich girl.
But she herself is the daughter of a shrine.
After entering the door, Onizuka put down his bag and first held Kanoya's face in his hands and looked at it for a while.
Xiaolu still likes this sister Shenzi who is both beautiful and gentle to her, and does not reject this kind of intimacy at all.
Anyway, for Sister Ying... every mistake is Master's fault!
Master, this person is so outrageous!
"It's okay, it's okay." The little miko Onizuka let go of her hand, sat down naturally on the edge of the valley, looked at the valley for a while, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Both of you, master and disciple, are very energetic today. When you came back from Matsuzawa last time, you two were in really bad shape."
This was the first time the little miko saw Xiaolu since she accompanied Master and Disciple Kamiya home from Kinugawa last time.
As for Kamiya, we did meet him in the countermeasures room later.
Miss Yunju, who came with Onizuka, saw the intimate behavior between the little miko and Kamiya's master and apprentice. She said nothing, just smiled and sat next to Kanazawa.
"The porridge Sister Ying cooked last time was delicious. I feel energetic after eating it."
Xiaolu rubbed his face that had just been warmed up and said this to Onizuka.
This girl's mouth is still very sweet when she should talk.
Not long after everyone arrived, the Japanese waitress in the large court began to serve the food.
Because the spirit exorcists wanted to talk about something related to Matsuzawa, they did not let the maids come in to serve. They just asked them to knock on the door when they were serving food.
The first dish was tofu made from edamame, light green, paired with sea urchin from Awaji Island, wasabi and caviar.
The tofu has a rich edamame flavor and a delicate texture. When paired with the sour vinegar sauce, sweet sea urchin, salty caviar and spicy wasabi, the taste is very rich.
But...the quantity is small.
Just a small piece per person.
Next came the charcoal-grilled bamboo fish sushi, the second course of orthodox kaiseki cuisine, and usually a staple dish like this.
The rice for the sushi is vinegared rice with a sweet and sour taste, which goes well with the plump bamboo fish grilled over a charcoal fire.
After eating the first two dishes, the five people in the private room began to talk more.
Mainly Xiaolu talks about her experiences in Matsuzawa.
Onizuka has already learned about these things, but Kanazawa and Yunju have not yet known them in detail. After Xiaolu came back from Matsuzawa, he was basically still resting and had not attended classes with their two teachers yet.
"Those leech men in Matsuzawa are so scary. They..."
"...Thanks to the Inner Lion Seal that Teacher Kanazawa taught me, I was able to treat the wound on my knee that night...and then I used the plum blossom fragrance recipe taught by Teacher Yunju to deal with the smell on my body..."
The little deer kept talking.
The dishes arrived quickly, and the bowl served today was flying fish meat.
When the five bowls are placed together, you can see some tiny drops of water sprinkled on the pottery-colored bowl lids.
Generally, old-school Japanese restaurants will adopt this method. After the bowl is ready, the lid of the bowl will be lightly sprayed with mist. One of these thin water droplets represents the freshly prepared dish, and the other represents the front side of the dish. Generally speaking, the direction with more water droplets is the front side.
Onizuka and the other three are very familiar with this little rule, but they don't care about which direction Kamiya master and apprentice will open the lid of the bowl. They focus more on listening to Xiaolu's speech.
And because no maids were allowed to come in to serve, Xiaolu took the initiative to help everyone pour tea and drinks.
She is the busiest person at the dinner table...
But there was nothing she could do about it. The four people present tonight except her, including her master Kamiyagawa, were all benefactors she had to thank for being able to come back from Matsuzawa alive.
However, the little apprentice's busyness is not without reward.
She has been busy for a while, and the cooking has moved on to the sashimi section. The sashimi served in the restaurant today is conger eel. Because it is summer, it seems that all kaiseki restaurants serve conger eel in the sashimi section.
When she finished eating the sashimi, Onizuka opened the small bag she brought, took out an omishou from it and handed it to Xiaolu.
It is the guardian of the Juqiong Shrine, and it seems that Granny Gu personally consecrated it.
"Xiaolu, take this guard with you carefully. My mother-in-law said it can bring luck and ward off misfortunes. The guard at our shrine is still very good." Onizuka looked like a big sister when he gave the gift.
The character of the little witch is actually quite similar to the little deer.
But I don’t know if she went to college and took on more responsibilities at Juqiong Shrine. She is much more dignified than before.
Maybe there’s a reason why she considers herself the older sister next to Xiaolu.
But usually when she is alone with Kamiya, she will be more lively.
"Thank you Sister Ying!"
Xiaolu happily accepted Onizuka's gift.
Afterwards, her other two teachers also gave gifts to their students.
Kamiya didn't know about the gift-giving aspect before, and probably Onizuka and the three of them had communicated with each other in private.
Master Kanazawa gave Xiaolu a string of Bodhi beads, saying that wearing them would have a soothing and calming effect.
Miss Yunju sent some rare spices and expressed her intention to teach Xiaolu more advanced incense magic.
As expected, everyone loves the little apprentice very much.
It was obvious that Kamiya was not the only one thinking about improving her strength after Kanoya was in danger this time.
The kaiseki meal comes to an end when the Kama rice bowl and the last dessert are served.
After eating this meal, Kamiya was not full at all according to Kamiya's appetite, but the consumption reached 120,000 yen.
It was still early after that, but no one renewed the stall.
Onizuka still has this action report to write when she returns home, and tomorrow she will go to Tokyo University to attend classes and meet Kamiya. Tonight, she mainly comes to see Xiaolu.
After everyone parted, Kamiya led his apprentice towards where Dashi and the others parked.
The summer evening breeze blows, but it cannot dissipate the sweltering heat.
"Master, this meal is really expensive."
On the way, the deer put his hands behind his back and muttered.
"What, it doesn't taste good?"
"It's delicious, but it's not worth it. I spent so much money and only ate a little bit, really just a little bit." Xiaolu said while gesturing to show that tonight's meal was really big. Very little. Then he patted his bulging pocket and said, "I felt distressed when I was paying the bill, so I grabbed a lot of candies and came back."
"That's how it is."
"Then let's not eat this anymore."
Xiaolu shook her head and shook her hair. She indeed looked more pained than Kamiyagawa who paid for it.
Ahead was the small alley where Dashi parked his car. Xiaolu quickened his pace, stepped forward, opened the door, and sat on the car. Then he turned back and said seriously:
"I feel like I haven't eaten anything at all. I'd better ask Master Hannya to cook me a bowl of ramen when I get home. Master, do you want to eat?"
"want."
"Actually, I feel that the food made by my wife is more delicious..."
"Ah."
"Don't laugh at me, Master, I'm serious!"
Kamiya was still laughing, thinking that his stupid apprentice seemed to be the type who was economical and easy to support.
…
That night.
After eating the snack made by Hannya, Kanoya took a slow bath in the bathroom on the first floor and changed into loose pajamas.
The master seems to have gone upstairs.
Because it was night, in order not to disturb the owner's rest, the ghost stories at home were kept quiet. Those who didn't want to rest usually stayed in the basement or garage.
So after turning off the lights, the first floor seemed very quiet.
Kanoya returned to his room and opened the door again after a while.
Holding a small bottle of unopened sake in her hand, she walked to the wooden floor extending outside the living room, which was the courtyard, and sat down.
Then gently open the sake bottle and put it next to you.
Of course Xiaolu doesn’t drink.
You can hear the soft chirping of some summer insects in the courtyard, and the wind chimes on the eaves overhead sway in the night wind, making some tiny noises, but the grass and trees are silent.
The moonlight is very bright tonight.
There were a lot of mosquitoes in the yard, so the little deer lit a coil of mosquito-repellent incense and then sat quietly, hugging his knees and saying nothing.
After a while, small footsteps came from behind her.
The wolf was sent to follow.
The white wolf wrinkled his nose slightly and made no sound. He just drooped his fluffy tail and sat down elegantly next to Shikanoya. The small lantern hanging around his neck gave off a peaceful and warm yellow light.
One person and one wolf sat quietly for a while in the ripple-like moonlight.
"Send the wolf."
Kanoya finally spoke, her chin resting on her knees, her eyelashes stained by the moonlight trembling.
"Little grandpa didn't come back with us."
"Fur."
The sending wolf shook his head, moved closer to the fawn, and gently licked the back of her hand with his warm and moist tongue.
"Master and the others are very good to me. I don't want to be in front of them... I want them to see me happy."
"But, it's all because of me."
The deer said again, his voice becoming very low.
The girl's words were blurred together with the hazy moonlight, as if they were melted away by the night wind and could not be heard.
(End of chapter)
