#418 - Who is holding whose thigh?

“Esteemed sirs, your precious ingredients have all been loaded onto the vehicles.

Furthermore, upon learning that you were planning to go to the Gourmet Association's camp for ingredient appraisal, I've already called ahead to have the person in charge there greet you.”

Ever since realizing that Saint Seiya and Minezaki were truly big shots, the old butler's attitude towards them had undergone a complete 180-degree transformation.

And, without even mentioning Saint Seiya and Minezaki's feelings, the Yusanrou trio were immediately displeased by this behavior.

The old geezer is such a kiss-up, he's kissed up to everyone we should be kissing up to, so what are we supposed to kiss up to?

“Get lost, even if you didn't contact the Gourmet Association, with Saint Seiya bringing so many rare and precious ingredients, they would still have to come out and grovel.”

“Exactly, exactly, Old Jin, don't bring your old face around here, we're all Gourmet Hunters, what's a money-grubbing merchant like you doing squeezing in with us, do you really think you're a beautiful young woman?”

Faced with the Yusanrou trio's verbal jabs, the old butler didn't mind, but instead bowed politely and left.

He also knew that his previous behavior had left Saint Seiya and the others with a somewhat bad impression, so he was trying to find ways to make up for it.

Fortunately, they didn't seem to care too much, and his young master seemed to have left a good impression on them.

When the Yuema family's convoy drove into the camp in a grand fashion, the Gourmet Hunters in the camp were not surprised.

Because the Yuema family is one of the leading companies in the food industry in Japan, their convoys often come to the camp to purchase rare ingredients.

Because the Yuema family's mistress seems to have some relationship with the Gourmet Society, the boss behind the Gourmet Association here, and because the Yuema family hires powerful armed forces to protect them whenever they come to purchase precious ingredients, no one has ever dared to mess with them.

“The Yuema family is making quite a scene this time, what kind of precious ingredients are they planning to buy, that even the Gourmet Association's president, who is usually hard to see, has come out to greet them in person today.”

“Who knows, but I think this time's precious ingredients must be extraordinary, maybe even a capture level of 20 or higher.”

“Precious ingredients with a capture level of 20 or higher? Are you kidding me, do you know how dangerous precious ingredients with a level of 20 or higher are?

Let me tell you, without using missile-level hot weapons, precious ingredients with a capture level of 20 or higher can almost run rampant in the human world.”

Looking at the Gourmet Association president's face, which was full of smiles, and the Yuema family's grand convoy, the onlookers immediately began to discuss.

However, they soon discovered in surprise that the Yuema family didn't seem to be here to buy precious ingredients this time, but to sell them?

Because when the sealed ingredient storage boxes were carried down from the vehicles, the Yuema family's butler, who was like an old gentleman, no longer had his usual composure, and kept instructing the servants to handle them gently.

“Eh, isn't that Saint Seiya and Minezaki? Didn't they go to the Gourmet World to explore, how did they get mixed up with the Yuema family? Did they latch onto a big shot?”

Because they had previously worked as chefs in the camp, many Gourmet Hunters in the camp were quite surprised to see Saint Seiya and Minezaki getting out of the Yuema family's convoy.

Since Saint Seiya and the others went to the Gourmet World, it has been more than a week, so many Gourmet Hunters even thought that Saint Seiya and the others might have encountered some misfortune.

After all, although Saint Seiya and Minezaki's strength is not bad, as Gourmet Hunters, they are still rookies, and it is not impossible for something unexpected to happen in the dangerous Gourmet World.

Looking at the current situation, it seems that the Yuema family's Gourmet Hunters also happened to be hunting in the Gourmet World, and then happened to encounter the two who were in trouble, so they brought them back?

Of course, the Gourmet Hunters in the camp are not too concerned about what happened to Saint Seiya and the others, what they are more curious about now is what rare and precious ingredients are stored in the Yuema family's ingredient storage boxes, that it is worth the Gourmet Association president personally greeting them so solemnly.

Because Saint Seiya and the others brought back too many precious ingredients, and the Gourmet Association's space was limited, and there were too many onlookers, the Gourmet Association president was also a bit troubled at the moment.

“We can just appraise the ingredients here, there's no need to make such a fuss.”

Saint Seiya didn't care about things like not revealing wealth or attracting their covetousness, it would be too much of a waste of time to go through too much formality.

They have been away from home long enough, if Wenren Qingying comes back during their absence and sees the restaurant that has been temporarily closed for half a month, wouldn't she be furious on the spot?

“This is…”

“Ahem, this sir is the owner of these precious ingredients, since this sir has decided to appraise the ingredients on the spot, then Brother Yuejian, you might as well do as he says.”

Hearing the Yuema family's old butler's reminder, the Gourmet Association president also walked up to Saint Seiya and introduced himself very politely: “I am Yuejian Guang, the president of this camp's Gourmet Association, please give me your guidance.”

“Yeah, just call me Saint Seiya, Mr. Yuejian, your association should have professional precious ingredient appraisers, right?”

“Yes, I heard Old Jin say before that Mr. Saint Seiya is planning to appraise some unknown precious ingredients here and sell them, right?”

These are all high-level rare ingredients comparable to gems, as long as they are cooked casually, they are all delicacies that are hard to come by.

Heaven have mercy, when the old butler first saw that Saint Seiya was just simply tying these ingredients with vines, the old butler felt more heartache than Saint Seiya, and even felt that his heart was simply bleeding!

As a chef, Saint Seiya certainly knows that the storage method of ingredients is very important, but what can he do, under limited conditions, it is not easy for him to bring these ingredients back.

（Many people say that the later chapters are quite watery, but I don’t know what the definition of watery is. I obviously wrote original plots, and from the characters to the experiences, there are obviously things, not just pure nonsense (ToT) / ~ ~ ~）