Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 490: Defeat in the Visit to the Greyrat Family
Gileno has been staying in Buena Village for more than a month. After learning that Paul and Senis are also in this village, he occasionally visits them.

Keith taught Senis how to cook. Occasionally, she would go over to have a meal, which would remind her of the time when she was in the Black Wolf team.

Of course, Gileno has no dissatisfaction with his current life, but it is a good thing to miss the past occasionally.

That day she came to Paul's house again and knocked on the door. It was Paul who opened the door. When he saw her, he asked helplessly, "What do you want to eat again?"

"If possible, I would like to eat the fried fish dish made by Keith from the Demon Continent."

Gilenu replied.

"This is the Central Continent. The seasonings from the Demon Continent are hard to find, and they're not cheap. Senis and I are no longer adventurers, and we have a child to raise at home, so we can't afford them."

Paul complained.

"Then just ordinary fried fish. This is a letter for you."

Gileno handed over a letter from his pocket. Paul took it and asked in surprise, "Is this a letter from you?"

"Do I look like I can read?"

"Whose is this then?"

"Lord Philip wrote it to you."

"Why, why did he write to me?"

"I don't know about that. I've already given you the letter. I'm leaving now. If you have fried fish, I'll send it to where I live now."

"Hey, Gileno..."

Paul shouted from behind, and the big dog girl waved her hand and left. She had to go back to teach Alice and Sylphy swordsmanship.

"Is Gilenu here?"

Senis came out when she heard the sound.

"left already."

"Why don't you keep her?"

"She wants fried fish."

"Miss Lilia, do you have any fish at home?"

"Yes, ma'am, there are several in the water tank."

"Get ready to kill it. We'll make fried fish for lunch."

Paul sighed, ignored his wife's request for Lilia to kill the fish, and opened the envelope in his hand.

"what?"

After reading the contents of the letter, the man made this sound.

"Honey, what's wrong?"

Senis, who was tapping the fish, couldn't help but look over.

"Philip asked us to help train his daughter's social skills."

"Hey, what's the problem?"

"It is based on the standards of a noble family."

"Uh, how come?"

"God knows what's wrong with that guy Philip. He actually wants someone like me to train his daughter's aristocratic social skills."

Although Paul was once the young master of the Greyrat family, he had never been interested in the cumbersome etiquette of the nobility.

"Cenice, do you understand this?"

Paul looked at his wife for help.

"I understand, but these are the social situations of the nobles in the Holy Kingdom of Milis. They should not be consistent with the social situations of the nobles in the Kingdom of Asura, right?"

Senis was also born into a noble family. Before she met Paul, she was an extremely outstanding noble lady, but she was not a noble from the Asura Kingdom.

The social etiquette of aristocrats across continents and countries can vary greatly, and it would be embarrassing if one behaved impolitely.

Of course, it didn't matter if their family was embarrassed, after all, they were half out of the aristocratic circle. But if they taught the wrong aristocratic social knowledge when training the children of the Boreas family to have aristocratic social skills, and made them embarrassed in the future, then it would be the face of the Boreas family that would be lost, which would be a trouble.

"Can I refuse?"

Senis thought about it and asked.

"That guy Philip mentioned that he helped us settle in Buena Village and asked our family to repay his kindness."

When Paul was looking for a place to settle down with his pregnant wife, he encountered many problems. Even though he took the team's last adventure commission against his conscience, it was not so easy to let Senis live a stable and good life in the future.

In the end, it was Philip who helped him, allowing him to settle down in the village of Buena and get an easy job as captain of the guard, which was still a status of a lower-level noble.

Given the internal strife within the Greyrat family, this approach would undoubtedly be risky. Once the Greyrat family in Ars discovered this, Philip himself would be held accountable and might even be charged with ill intentions towards the family.

Now that the other party mentioned in the letter that he wanted to repay the favor, it would be difficult to refuse, and Paul did not want to be regarded as an ungrateful person.

"Well, if there is no other way, I will go to the city and hire a noble etiquette teacher to make up for these noble social knowledge."

Paul sighed and Lilia, who had already cut open the fish, raised her hand: "If it's just ordinary aristocratic social etiquette, I think I should know it."

"Eh?!"

Mr. and Mrs. Paul looked at her in surprise.

"Lilia, you are not a noble, right?"

"I am indeed not a noble, but my last job was as an inner guard in the palace of the Kingdom of Asura. I have learned some social etiquette with the nobles from the etiquette teacher of the palace, and I have also seen many exchanges between nobles. Of course, if the lady and the master are worried..."

"Don't worry, how could I not? Then I'll leave everything to you, Lilia. I'll increase your salary by one silver coin."

"No, that's not necessary."

"It's necessary to use it. After all, the cost of hiring a teacher to teach noble etiquette is much more than one Asura silver coin."

While Alice was receiving etiquette lessons, Paul's maid also received a salary increase because of this incident, and Paul explained this to his son at the dinner table that day.

"That's the thing. Since your distant cousin may come to visit our house at any time, Rudy, you have to follow your parents and learn some aristocratic etiquette knowledge from Miss Lilia."

Rudeus: "..."

After more than three years in this world, he had just learned that his family was actually related to the nobility.

"Father, mother, if it's just a relative visiting, do we need to be so grand?"

Rudius asked with pretended innocence. He didn't want to learn knowledge that might not be useful in his future life.

"It's different, Rudy. This is something your cousin's father personally asked for. He wanted to train the other party's aristocratic social skills, and he has a favor to our family."

Paul did not go into detail about the favor, but Rudius still guessed something from the fragmentary information.

[I think that distant cousin whom I have never met is a socially anxious person, and my family owes a favor to the other family, and we are a family in a marginal village.

Even if the other party did something rude in front of their family, their family would not laugh at the other party, let alone spread these things to other nobles.

Therefore, my family has become an excellent family for each other to practice social skills. 】

"I understand, father. I will learn etiquette from Miss Lilia. However, I have some doubts. I wonder if you and mother can help me solve them."

Rudeus thought this was a good opportunity to learn about his family situation in this world, so he blinked and looked at his father.

"You can ask whatever you want."

Paul waved his hand and told his son to ask whatever he wanted.

"Well, father, I want to know what kind of powerful nobles are the Boreas family?"

This was Rudius’ first question. Figuring out the level of his family’s connections might be helpful in his future life.

"The Boreas family is the lord family of Fitoya Territory, and the land under our feet is actually theirs..."

Paul gave a general account of the situation of the Boreas family. Rudius listened with astonishment. He had seen the map at home and knew the size of the Fitoya Territory. He never expected that a country family like his could be related to such a great noble family.

"Then how come our family has such a relative?"

Rudius asked again, he wanted to find out how deep the relationship between their family and the other family was.

"Because I, your father, was once a child of a noble family..."

Paul looked at his son and explained the situation of the Greyrat family to him.

"Ah, so if you hadn't run away from home, I would be considered a young master of a noble family now?"

Rudius suddenly felt heartbroken. This feeling was just like when you buy a lottery ticket and after the results are announced, you find that the number you bought is exactly one digit wrong with the jackpot, thus missing out on the jackpot. He could have been born in Rome, but because of his father's incompetence, he became a countryman.

"Clap~"

Rudius's head was flicked by Paul.

"What are you talking about, kid? If I hadn't left home, how would I have met your mother who gave birth to you?"

Rudeus rubbed his forehead which was hurt by the bullet and apologized, and he finally got over the feeling of missing out on the grand prize.

He had no complaints about his current family. His mother was very beautiful and he had a pretty maid at home.

Ah, it’s still a bit of a pity. If you were a noble, you would have many beautiful maids to accompany you in your childhood.

Even if he wanted to do something excessive to the beautiful maids, such as crawling under their skirts, considering his status as the young master of a noble family, the maids would not resist him.

"Rudy, do you have any more questions?" "One last question. I want to know what kind of person that cousin is, so that I can better entertain her when she comes to visit."

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle. Only by understanding a stranger can you better cater to his or her needs.

Maybe the height of your life in the future will depend on the benefits that slip through the fingers of another person.

"Uh……"

Paul was a little hesitant about this.

"Father, what's wrong? Don't you know each other?"

This is not impossible.

"No, I do know him, but how should I put it..."

Paul was a little conflicted, but he still told her about Alice's situation.

"Ah, is he the guy who broke someone's front teeth a while ago?"

Rudius felt like the sky was falling. When he heard about this incident before, he felt that no matter which world there were always people who bullied others violently. He thought that he would definitely stay away from such violent people in the future. He didn't expect that he would have to face them directly in the near future.

"It wasn't her fault. She was just trying to protect another kid who was being bullied. At most, she went too far."

Paul hastened to explain.

"Rudy, you are a well-behaved child. As long as you don't make her angry, your cousin will definitely not want to hit you."

Senis comforted her from the side.

"Ah."

Rudius nodded. He heard what Paul said, but even so he didn't want to get close to some dangerous guys.

Another half month passed, and just when Rudius was thinking that his cousin might be a rude little fat girl, Alice, wearing a cute dress, finally came to visit.

"I'm Alice Boreas. A letter was sent to your residence a few days ago. Today I'm here as promised, but I'm here to visit Uncle Paul on behalf of my father Philip Boreas."

The polite and dignified, yet cute red-haired girl, with her skirt lifted up to salute, caught Rudius off guard and shattered his original imagination of the chubby girl.

Rudius only felt his heart beating faster and his mouth was a little dry, and this feeling was most likely love at first sight or lust at first sight.

The cousin who came to visit their home completely met his fantasy of the fantasy world and those perfect medieval noble ladies.

While Rudeus was stunned, Paul and Senice introduced themselves solemnly and welcomed Alice's visit as a noble family.

"Rudy..."

Suddenly, the dazed boy was poked on the back.

"What is it, father?"

Rudeus asked subconsciously.

"Introduce yourself."

Paul gave a reminder and then smiled awkwardly at the red-haired girl opposite him.

Alice raised her eyebrows and the corners of her mouth turned up, revealing a look of disdain.

She was here to avenge her father. The worse the other man's son behaved, the better she was.

"My name is Rudeus Greylat, nice to meet you, my cousin."

Rudius stepped forward quickly, performing the common greeting between nobles of the Kingdom of Asura, and said that he had thought this was an exercise in aristocratic etiquette, but after Alice entered their home, she began to find fault with their family in a seemingly polite but actually sharp manner.

"I'm sorry, maybe my words were a bit too harsh, but I really didn't expect that you, uncle, actually lived such a poor life and didn't even have a piece of art at home. Unlike my father, he had a room full of art collections..."

It was a very classic aristocratic sarcasm. Paul looked embarrassed, while Senis frowned in displeasure, but there was nothing she could say in rebuttal.

She could only look at Gileno who was following behind the girl. The big dog girl shrugged her shoulders silently. Today was destined to be the day for Alice to do it on her own.

Rudeus could see that the other party was looking for trouble. Although his values ​​were somewhat influenced by the facial features of this cute cousin, he also had a characteristic as a NEET in his previous life. That was that he had a special attack mentality when facing cute female little ghosts who looked like lolita, and he was not afraid at all.

"Cousin Alice, please forgive me for being blunt, but what really determines whether a person is cultured is not how many tasteful art collections he or she has, but the knowledge and ability within him or her. My father has very powerful swordsmanship, but I wonder what your father has?"

Alice opened her mouth to speak, but found that she didn't know how to answer. What did her father know? Swordsmanship? She had never seen it. He also didn't know magic. As for the ability to manage a territory, this was still Alice's blind spot in knowledge.

"My father is the future heir to the Feitoya Territory!"

"Is it just a noble birth? My father may not be able to compare to that."

Rudeus shrugged his shoulders, and the way he said this made him look like he deserved a beating.

"My father, and he has this wonderful daughter of mine!"

[Oh my, are you starting to compete with me? Unfortunately, I am a reincarnated person from another world. In my previous life, I was over 34 years old. Although I am a NEET, I am not comparable to you, a little girl from another world.]

"My father also has an excellent son like me!"

Rudeus said as he stood up straight.

"Rudy~"

Next to him, his parents looked at him as if they were looking at a savior.

"Do you mean to say that you are better than me?"

Alice looked at him sharply, a little kid younger than her but acting a little pretentious.

"I don't know if I'm better than you, cousin, but at least I don't think I'll lose."

"I know basic swordsmanship, what can you do?"

"Uh……"

Only then did Rudius remember that the other party was a guy who could knock out people's front teeth.

“I know a lot of words.”

People should know how to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and should not compete in things they are not good at, so Rudius said.

To prove this point, he ran upstairs, took down a storybook and recited the story in it.

Alice looked at the book in Rudius's hand and was speechless.

Because she is still semi-illiterate and cannot read or write completely.

Alice actually wanted to play to her strengths and avoid her weaknesses, but she couldn't just pick up the boy in front of her and beat him up, right?

"I, I also know magic!"

The etiquette lessons prevented her from hitting anyone, so Alice could only talk about the skills she also knew.

"Magic, I can do that too."

Alice's words made Rudeus realize that knowing magic might not be a taboo in this world, but he revealed this with just a little hesitation.

"Eh?!"

This time it was Paul and Senice's turn to be surprised. They didn't even know that their son could read, let alone that he could do magic.

"Humph, don't brag!"

As Alice spoke, she began to chant a spell, forming a water ball in her hand.

"I'm not bragging, I didn't even need to chant."

Rudius spread out his hands, and a water ball was condensed.

"Uncle Paul, I'm feeling a little unwell today, so I'll go back first. I'll come visit you next time!"

Alice did not forget to say goodbye. After saying it with gritted teeth, she left in a huff.

Gilenu hurried to follow.

After Alice left, Paul's house became lively.

"Rudy, when did you learn to read?"

"Well, Mom, you always read stories to me, and that's when I remembered them."

"What about magic?"

"That was a book I found upstairs. I read it out loud according to the words on it, and then I suddenly learned it..."

Just when Rudius was deeply trapped in exposing his true ability, he was pestered by his parents with questions and praises, and he was in a state of joy and distress.

Alice ran back to her home in Buena Village, broke into the magic research institute that had been built, and shouted, "Teacher Luo Qixi, I want to learn more characters!"

"Eh?!"

Luo Qixi was startled by the sudden shout, her hands shook, and the enchanted magic circle she was drawing became crooked.

The small water element that was on the enchanted magic circle waiting for the transformation experiment was affected by the chaotic magic power and exploded with a bang.

Roxy and the Saiyan boy who was controlling the water element and instantly connecting with the enchantment circle next to her were all drenched in water.

"Uh……"

Alice, who broke into the room, stopped and suddenly realized that she seemed to have made a mistake.

"what happened?"

Luo Qixi wiped the water off her face, not caring about the fact that her little experiment in transforming her familiar had failed because of the interference from the girl.

(End of this chapter)