Chapter 19
Riddler, Get Out!
"That's good, then there's no problem at all."
"You don't need to bring any of these things; we'll provide you with brand new ones."
As the ruling class of the empire, the Sternritter wielded considerable power and enjoyed a great deal of private space.
It's more than enough for Beltz, a chef, to stay in.
This room in Beltz can be vacated now.
"I knew it! Lily must have gone to see this handsome young man."
When Litoto brought Beltz back to Silverframe City, she saw the members of the girl group standing at the same railing as before, looking at Litoto with mischievous smiles.
"Yes, yes, this is the first time Lily has disappeared for such a long time."
"You know where my room is, right?" Litoto looked at Beltz again.
"I know," Beltz replied honestly.
"Okay, then you go to my room first, I'll be there in a bit." With that, Litoto took out her keys and tossed them to Beltz.
Beltz took the key, then looked at the women, nodded, and left.
There are two perverts in the girl group, one who likes to rape and then kill, and the other a cross-dressing pervert. He doesn't want to have anything to do with these two perverts for the time being.
However, to be fair, a cross-dressing pervert like Gigi isn't entirely out of the question.
Ahem, this doesn't mean it's not allowed, it refers to contact and communication.
Didn't Gigi want to be a girl?
sure!
The Wandenreich can't fulfill your wish, but the world of One Piece can!
It's just becoming a woman, right?
There are plenty of ways!
The Fruit of Surgery: We'll perform a personality transplant on you, giving you a woman's body!
The Hormone Fruit will directly transform your body into a woman!
The Fruit of Disease creates a disease that turns men into women!
Just as food can manipulate Litoto, if Giselle could be turned into a woman, he would owe him a favor.
So after walking a distance, Beltz looked back at Litoto, then at Giselle, before turning back and walking away quickly.
After Beltz left, the girl group members gathered around Litoto.
"Tell me, what are you planning?"
Jadis looked at Litoto with suspicion and asked, "I don't believe you're really interested in him, even though he is indeed very handsome."
"What are you saying? Our Lily is getting on in years too."
"Stop talking nonsense, Lily is still a child!"
Litoto was somewhat speechless listening to the group's back-and-forth chatter. She took a lollipop out of her pocket, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth.
"He can cook."
"..."
Upon hearing Litoto's words, the group immediately stopped and looked at Lily in unison.
"It seems... there really isn't a problem."
"Is that so?"
They seemed to accept this premise immediately.
It seems they also know that delicious food is the best way to control Litoto.
"Even if he can cook, isn't it a bit too much to just bring him home and live together?" Minina said innocently. "Isn't this moving too fast?"
"I've promoted Beltz to my second-in-command," Litoto said casually. "I happen to have a vacancy for my second-in-command position."
"A deputy? Him? He doesn't seem like someone who's up to the task."
"Are you an idiot? I already said that I made him my assistant because he can cook, not because I wanted him to fight anyone."
Litoto rubbed her forehead, looking a bit troubled, then put on a serious expression: "But actually, there's one more thing..."
"Huh?" The others stopped abruptly and looked at Litoto again.
But Litoto stopped talking.
"Hey, Lily!" Bambi protested, "What's the other thing?"
"Ugh!!! It's so annoying to only say half of what you wanted to say!" Gatis wailed.
"Never mind, it's nothing." But Litoto still didn't say it.
But in her mind, she recalled what had happened before.
As the wise leader of the girl group, how could she not have noticed the abnormality in Beltz?
That unfamiliar yet delicious aroma, and that sumptuous dinner...
Beltz might be able to cook, but it's somewhat unlikely that Beltz will actually cook.
To prevent people from indulging in pleasure, the empire prohibits entertainment. Although there is some contact with the outside world, most of the time is spent purchasing necessities for daily life.
Even if Beltz is a great chef, it's impossible that she only realized it now.
She had stayed at the Beltz family's house for a while. The Beltz family's kitchen was very simple, and everything inside was new. Even many of the kitchen utensils were newly bought, which didn't seem like they cooked there often.
And if it's just about buying groceries...
Will it take that long?
Beltz was missing for at least six hours.
She even walked around the area twice, but couldn't find any trace of Beltz.
Actually, she didn't really care what Beltz did.
Anyway, Beltz is weak and can't cause any trouble.
Why don't we just eat him whole?
However, Beltz actually can cook, and he's quite good at it.
This pleased Litoto greatly.
and so……
She deliberately placed Beltz next to her, firstly so she could eat delicious food, and secondly...
Keeping him close by makes it easier to keep an eye on him!
Beltz could probably guess what Litoto was thinking.
He is a cautious person and doesn't underestimate others.
Especially in the comics, he is portrayed as a relatively intelligent person.
Some people, limited by the wisdom of the comic book artist themselves, are unable to depict the intelligence of such a genius.
But that's how he's designed; in this world, he's a genius.
For example, he saw Shakky in the One Piece world before.
According to the established setting, Shakky was the most beautiful woman of her era, to the point that even heroes like Rocks, Roger, and Shiki were captivated by her, giving the future Pirate King the title of "King of Suppression."
However, Shakky in the comics did not reach that level.
But when she actually arrived in the One Piece world, Shakky was just that beautiful, completely different from how she was depicted in the manga.
After all, if it were really like what's depicted in the manga, then all the women in the One Piece world would have some connection to Robin and Nami.
Therefore, Beltz would not underestimate someone like Litoto.
But Litoto thought he was on the second floor and she was on the third floor, when in fact Beltz was on the fourth floor.
As the saying goes, the way to a woman's heart is through her stomach.
There's also a saying that goes, "The beginning of one person's descent into another's heart is curiosity."
With those two proverbs combined, how could I not win over Litoto?!
He doesn't want to be the male protagonist of a visual novel to win over Litoto; he wants Litoto to stand on his side in the future!
To rebel against Yhwach and help himself expand his territory in the pirate world!