Now, what to do when you go to town.

This homemade pumpkin and jack-o-lantern. I want to cook it and eat it at all costs.
I thought there was no such thing as eating a demon, but if it looks like a pumpkin, it's just a pumpkin. Most of all, it's a vegetable I grew myself! I want to eat!
This is a sentiment that anyone who has ever grown vegetables knows!
I want to put what I grow in my mouth anyway!

I was thinking of going to the restaurant I was kicked out of when I first came to town to ask them to cook for me in exchange for my pumpkin, but it seems that Lily has her own agenda and is currently in front of a restaurant.
Yeah, it's rundown. Or is it old-fashioned? I wonder if the first diner I went into was one of the finest restaurants in the city, now that I think about it.
By contrast, this one is more like a small privately owned diner.

A friend of mine runs this place. A friend of mine runs this place. I hear it's a bit of a mess, so I thought you might be able to help me out.

"Oh, I see. Oh, I see. What do you want me to do? Part-time?

Well, if you want to do it, that's fine, but there are more useful things to do than that.

Then we walked in together.
Yes, I complained that it was ragged or old-fashioned, but when I got inside, it was surprisingly neat and tidy.
How does it look like an everyday appearance? It has a home-like atmosphere where you can dine in peace.
Aah, it's true that you can have a meal in this kind of commonplace place rather than in a high-class restaurant.
Just when I was getting excited about this restaurant, a girl appeared from the back with her head bowed as if to entertain me and Lily.

Welcome and welcome to .......

"Long time no see, Mina.

So, the girl who converses with Lily in a friendly manner, or was it Mina?
The age of the girl is about the same as Lily's, but her appearance and atmosphere are the opposite.
Mina is quiet and innocent, with an unpretentious cuteness.
Lily has a certain upbringing that comes out in her gestures, but this girl is a shining flower among the common people.
After a brief conversation with Lily, Mina looks up at me standing next to her.

I'm going to be able to see you, Lily, how about this one?

"Oh, and this is Keogh. We're actually growing demons.

Hey, don't be straightforward. Well, it's not wrong.
Mina was lightly surprised by that, or rather, quite surprised.
Of course it is. I wonder where in the world there is a psycho who raises demons.
But Mina's surprise was not that she was afraid, but rather she was expecting something.

I'm not sure what kind of demon you're growing, but what kind of demon are you succeeding in growing now?

Oh no, she's biting! Like Lily, how hungry are the people of this world for foodstuffs called demons?
Ah, but I see. If you don't have any vegetables, you can get your basic food from demons.

Well, I've just successfully grown a jack-o'-lantern that wasn't a pumpkin, and now I've got about four of them: ......

"Eh! It's awesome awesome! I'm wondering if you would be willing to deal in these jack-o-lanterns at our house?

Hmmm. It's true that even if you raise a demon, there is currently no way to cook it, so I'd be very grateful for the money and food offered to such eateries, but the reason why Lily went out of her way to introduce this place is not just because she knows Mina, who runs this place, but also because she is acquainted with her.

I'm sure it's not just because I know Mina who runs this place. The price of demons has risen dramatically, and because of that the quality of the food has been declining. So I was wondering if Mina could help me out, if it's okay with you?

Then, in a whisper, he explains the situation to me.
I see...that's what I'm saying. I'd much rather help a girl in trouble.

I understand. That's fine. I'll give you as many demons as you want that I've raised.

"Really?! Thank you! In the meantime, let's talk about payment: ......

Yeah, we'll talk about it later, but for now. But for now.

""Make me a jack-o'-lantern dish!

I was quite hungry and Lily's voice hummed beautifully.





[Jack-o'-lantern soup with killer wolf]
Pumpkin demon jack-o-lantern soup slow-cooked until it turns to juice.
The soup is rich and sweet. It is sweeter and more delicious than earthly pumpkins.
The stew is made by stewing the skin in a pot with the meat of a forest-killed killer wolf.
It's like a pumpkin, not a meat and potatoes dish. The flavor is quite rich, and the sweetness of the melted lantern is a perfect match for the meat.
The meat of the wolves in this world tasted rather like pork. Lanterns, not pumpkins, taste pretty good together.





Well, it was good. But when did you collect the meat from the killer wolf?

Basic adventurer's principle. Most of those beastly demons, with the exception of a few, can be eaten, so you have to collect what you can take with you.

I see. But now I can finally get some perspective on my otherworldly life! At this rate, I will grow, cook, and sell all kinds of evil things, and I will be the best demon grower in this world!

"You say things that make no sense sometimes. What's another world?

But the moment I returned home, the unexpected scene was waiting for me.

Hey, brother. You're home now? Too late.

...... Yeah, it looks like someone was waiting for me to come home.
No, someone's a funny thing. What's that, right?



By the way, brother. You're the reason I'm here in the first place, thanks to you.

Yes, I think I forgot to pick one of them during the harvest.
It was hiding behind the grass. Well, if you've grown pumpkins, you'll know that these things grow on the ground with branches all over the place.
And the grasses growing out of them are so big that they hide the pumpkins.
And the pumpkins or lanterns of this world? The leaves are twice as big and the branches twice as long as the earth ones. That's an oversight.
Well, what I'm trying to say is. There's a fully self-aware jack-o-lantern attached to a branch, floating around, looking at you, welcoming you home.

Anyway, brother. What do you think? Would you like to eat me?

Moreover, they have been appealing to me to eat something.