Chapter Ten: Paimon—The Food Enthusiast! The Spirit of the Foodie…

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[12:17]
Inside Ye Yun’s shop.
Everyone gathered around the long table in the center, eating together.
“Oh my gosh! I can’t hold it in any longer! Lumine! Can I start eating now?” Paimon kept tugging at a napkin, wiping her drooling mouth incessantly.
When Ye Yun finished preparing the first dish, Paimon was forcibly triggered by the enticing aroma wafting from the food.
At that moment, Paimon startled both March 7 and Xing who were sitting nearby watching TV, as well as Lumine.
One moment her eyes were spinning in circles; the next she was struggling to get up, like a zombie awakened in a movie.
Lumine held Paimon in her arms.
“No! Not everyone is here yet! We can’t eat yet!”
Paimon felt miserable—delicious food right in front of her, yet she couldn’t eat it, sobbing softly.
Since Lumine rescued her, they had been wandering outdoors, braving the elements, sleeping rough, eating sunset fruits when hungry, and drinking river water when thirsty.
Finally, such a sumptuous meal was laid out before her, yet she still had to wait a little longer before tasting it.
It was pure torture; to Paimon, each second felt like a year.
Soon, Ye Yun finished the last dish—a sweet corn chicken soup.
He turned off the stove and carried the soup to the table.
“Make some room, I’m putting down the soup.”
Walter stood to take the soup from Ye Yun’s hands and placed it on the table.
Ye Yun sat at the head of the table, rubbing his hands together as he looked at everyone.
“Why are you all staring at me? Feel free, no need for formalities. Let’s eat!”
The words “let’s eat” sounded like heavenly music to Paimon. She broke free from Lumine’s embrace, grabbed a piece of meat, and stuffed it into her mouth.
Instantly, tasting the savory meat, Paimon couldn’t help but cry tears of joy.
“Waaah! Delicious! So delicious!”
Seeing this, Ye Yun ladled some soup into a bowl for Paimon.
“If it’s good, eat more. Don’t just eat meat—drink some soup. This soup was slow-cooked over a low flame, properly made.”
Paimon took the bowl and thanked Ye Yun.
“Thank you, Ye Yun!”
Ye Yun nodded slightly.
“Drink up.”
Lumine felt utterly embarrassed beside her. Paimon was hopeless! Such eating manners made others think Lumine was starving her.
At that moment, Lumine noticed something extra in her bowl.
Looking closely, she saw Kiko had placed a chicken drumstick in her bowl.
“Lumine! Try this big chicken leg; it’s really tasty!”
Just as Lumine was about to politely decline, Paimon suddenly stretched her head over.
“Lumine, don’t you want this chicken leg? If you don’t want it, give it to me! Hehe!”

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Lumine immediately withdrew the polite refusal she hadn’t yet spoken.
“I’ll eat it! But you can’t have it!”
With that, Lumine bit into the drumstick.
The moment the chicken touched her tongue, Lumine was captivated by its deliciousness, her face full of delight.
Gradually, Lumine began to join the group’s conversation and blend in.
As for Paimon... she was still busy devouring food.
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Over an hour later.
Everyone was full and comfortably seated in the booth area, digesting their meal.
Paimon hugged a cushion and lay on the sofa, fast asleep.
Xing and March 7 each found a sofa to lie on and rest, feeling overly stuffed.
At that moment, Ye Yun’s phone rang. Opening it, he saw a message from Black Tower asking where he was and saying they wanted to buy something.
After sending his location, Ye Yun informed Kiko and the others.
Upon hearing Black Tower was coming, Kiko said,
“Oh? Black Tower wants to buy something? Then let’s leave later. I was thinking we’d depart after digesting.”
Ye Yun folded his hands apologetically.
“Sorry to trouble everyone to wait a bit longer.”
Walter took a sip of the tea Ye Yun brewed.
“No problem. It won’t take long for Black Tower to buy something. Waiting a little won’t hurt.”
About ten minutes later.
Black Tower hurriedly rushed into the train, immediately looking around for Ye Yun.
Spotting him, Black Tower dashed over.
“I want to buy something!”
Black Tower urgently grabbed Ye Yun’s hand, searching for his phone.
Ye Yun quickly stopped Black Tower’s intrusive hands.
“Even though this body is a puppet, you can’t just touch anything! Hey!”
“Xing! Take Black Tower to buy the stuff!” Ye Yun called to Xing in the adjacent booth.
Hearing this, Xing poked her head out from the neighboring sofa.
“Okay!”
Led by Xing, Black Tower sat by the small bar and began selecting items.
Kiko saw Ye Yun looking a bit helpless and quietly chuckled.
“That’s just Black Tower’s personality. Don’t mind it.”
Ye Yun didn’t want to say anything. As the saying goes, geniuses often have quirks.
Right now, Ye Yun felt that saying was very true.

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Straightening his rumpled clothes, Ye Yun approached the small bar.
Black Tower scrolled rapidly through the screen and soon found something that piqued their interest.
[Kirin’s Blood, Price: 50,000 Star Coins.
Effect: From a certain mystical fantasy world’s divine beast Kirin. This Kirin has an extraordinarily long lifespan and is a blessed auspicious creature.]
Black Tower wondered if they could use this drop of blood to create a clone.
Glancing at the “Exchange Scale” nearby, Black Tower took out a specially made spatial folding wallet and began exchanging star fragments for star coins.
Since Lumine had taken out the Exchange Scale when buying something earlier, Ye Yun hadn’t planned to put it away.
It was left there to facilitate others exchanging star coins to buy items.
Not too much, not too little—Black Tower had brought exactly 500 star fragments today.
After exchanging money and goods, Black Tower received a drop of fresh blood sealed in a glass vial.
Without a word, Black Tower pocketed the Kirin’s Blood and hurried off, not even saying goodbye to Kiko and the others.
Everyone was already used to this behavior; that was just Black Tower’s character.
If anyone else had such ability, they might act like that too.
Paimon muttered quietly,
“This person’s personality is so awful~”
March 7 shrugged helplessly.
“They’re a genius famous across the universe; it’s normal for them to be so decisive and swift. We’re already used to it.”
Paimon became curious.
“Famous across the universe? What is the universe?”
Lumine explained,
“You know Teyvat, right? That’s just a planet.
There are countless planets like Teyvat throughout the universe.”
Paimon gasped in astonishment.
“Wow! The universe is so vast! Then Black Tower must be extremely, extremely powerful? Famous in such a huge world.”
March 7 nodded.
“Indeed, very powerful. She’s a member of the Genius Club. Everyone in the Genius Club ranks at the top in terms of intelligence across the universe.”
Now Paimon understood just how formidable Black Tower was.
At that moment, Pam approached.
“Three passengers, please find your seats and settle down. The train is about to depart.”
March 7 looked around and saw Kiko, Ye Yun, and the others had already taken their seats.
March 7 quickly pulled Lumine and Paimon to find a booth to sit in.