Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 633 I got hit on, my first encounter with Tseira~
“Mays, I already told you, you don’t need to be nervous. Just pretend to walk past those people normally while I’m attracting their attention, sneak your hand into their pockets and quietly take their wallets.”

At the street corner, Tse looked somewhat helpless. Today, she had brought Mace out to work, but they were almost spotted by passersby. Luckily, she was quick-witted and pulled Mace away. Otherwise, when those people realized they were thieves, they would definitely have been beaten up.

"I'm sorry, Tselai, but I just can't control myself. I feel scared and nervous."

Mays felt apologetic for almost dragging her companions down, while Tzley was somewhat helpless.

Her companion had been caught red-handed and severely beaten. Since then, after recovering from her injuries, she had gained nothing.

It seems that what happened back then cast a long shadow over her, leading to her current situation. But for mixed-race children like them who have no parents to take care of them, are rejected by both the Lyca and Boman people, and have to take care of themselves, they may not be able to survive if they don't pick up their cooking skills again.

Although Qida raised them, he might not be willing to continue raising a girl who would not bring any return in the future.

Mays might be driven away, have nowhere to go, sleep on the streets, or even die outside.

But what can we do?

Tse was somewhat troubled, but then her eyes suddenly lit up.

“Mays, you have to overcome your fear. We can overcome it not directly from adults, but from our peers. We can overcome it not from the Lyca or Boman people, but from aliens.”

"Look, there's an alien kid over there. I'll go over and distract him, then you can go around behind him and touch his pocket."

"Ah, Tselai, are we going to steal from someone who's also a child? Do they have any money?"

Mays' eyes widened.

"This is a way to overcome my fear, not because I really want to steal."

Of course, if the other party has money, taking it is not necessarily a bad thing.

Compared to us, who can only rely on ourselves, the alien children who are able to come to this planet must be living a better life than us!

"Alright, Mace, it's decided then. I'll go distract them now, and you go and check their pockets later!"

Tzley patted the girl on the shoulder and walked towards Broly, who was looking down at the other side of the street, deep in thought about how to make a lot of money.

Hi~

Broly got hit on.

Are you alone?

A cute girl with simple clothes, green skin, white hair, and a Lyca-like appearance stopped him.

Broly was a little stunned, but the reason for his stunned state was not because he had been approached or stopped.

But...

[New target discovered: Tseira, currently has a happiness level of 0]

A wife—or rather, a target of his affections recognized by the Crystal Palace—who lived in the same world as him but whom he had never met before, suddenly appeared in front of him.

"I'm alone. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Broly was caught off guard by the girl's sudden appearance and instinctively used honorifics when speaking to her.

"you?"

Tselai was taken aback. It was the first time she had ever heard someone address her with such a polite title. However, she quickly recovered and politely replied to the alien boy in front of her, "I noticed you looked worried earlier and wondered if you had encountered any difficulties, such as getting lost. So, I came over here to ask about your situation."

"Is that how it is?"

Broly was somewhat absent-minded; he recalled the three essential conditions his Crystal Palace wives had set for him to recruit people into the Crystal Palace in this world:
1. He must be a target of the Crystal Palace's approval. Hmm, the girl in front of me is satisfied.

2. It must be someone you like. Do you like the other person when you first meet them?

3. This must be a situation where the other person also likes you. Same as above, does the other person like you?
As these thoughts surfaced in his mind, Broly's image in Tzley's eyes became somewhat ambiguous.

What's wrong with this guy? He looks a bit dazed, like a complete idiot...

It seems a bit wrong to bully a slightly dim-witted alien boy, but Tselai also feels rather lucky.

Even if Mace makes a mistake and fails to find the pocket, she should be able to get away with it, right?

She thought so.

No, it's too early to talk about liking or disliking someone when we don't even know them. First, I need to get to know them better...

As Broly was thinking, he noticed that the happiness level of the girl in front of him on the Crystal Palace panel had suddenly increased by one point.

This situation startled him, and a strange thought involuntarily arose: [Does this green-skinned person he's trying to seduce like him?]

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

When Tsering saw the boy staring blankly at him, he couldn't help but wave his hand in front of him.

She had never met such a clueless person before.

"I am fine."

Broly snapped out of his daze and replied.

"So, is there anything I can help you with?"

Tzley had already seen Mays approaching, and in order to divert her attention, she quickly asked him a question.

"I didn't... uh, I'm actually lost, can you help me?"

Broly had barely begun speaking when he realized he wanted to get to know the girl in front of him, so he immediately changed his mind.

"Of course, I would be very happy to do this for you, but you may have to pay me a little something."

The girl made an OK sign, which seemed to represent money.

(In Japan, the OK sign means money.)

"No problem. My name is Broly, and I'm a Saiyan. What about you?"

Broly introduced himself and then asked the girl's name, even though he already knew it through the Crystal Palace panel.

“You can call me Patchi. As you can see, I am a hybrid of Lyca and Boman.”

Tzley also introduced himself with a smile.

Broly: "..."

He glanced at the Crystal Palace panel, then at the girl in front of him.

You said your name is Patchouli?

"Yes, what's the problem?"

As Tse asked the question, he appropriately revealed his puzzled expression.

"No, it's fine."

Broly waved his hand, not exposing the other party's lie.

But suddenly, he felt someone reaching into his pocket from behind.

"What do you want to do?"

Broly grabbed the hand that had slipped into his pocket, turned around, and asked.

"me……"

Mays never expected that her light movement would be caught red-handed. Although the person who caught her was an alien boy who didn't look much older than her, it still reminded her of the time a year ago when she was caught by an adult and beaten in the street. A look of fear appeared on her face.

"Ah, she's my friend. She probably mistook you for my friend, so she wanted to play a prank on you."

Beside her, Tse Lai hadn't expected the boy in front of her to be so alert. After seeing her companion caught red-handed, she immediately began to explain.

Broly: "..."

Does he seem like a stupid person? How could he believe such a lame reason?
"So this is ah!"

He believed it and let go of the girl's hand behind him.

However, he recalled what the real estate agent Kaka had said that morning: that the two girls were of mixed race, so their identities were already self-evident.

【Hey, is that all?】

Although she thought this somewhat dim-witted alien boy might be easier to fool, Tseley was still a little incredulous after she actually succeeded in fooling him.

Are there really such naive people in the world?

For a moment, Tseley actually felt a little guilty.

“Patch, what’s your friend’s name?” Broly asked.

"Ok?"

After waiting for a while and not hearing a response, he turned to look at Tsering.

When the girl saw the boy looking at her, she was initially a little confused, but after realizing that he was calling her by the fake name she had just made up, she hurriedly replied, "Mays, my friend's name is Mays!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Tseley began to regret it. Why had she subconsciously revealed her companion's real name to the other person?

Fortunately, he probably didn't discover our identities or what we were doing. However, if we can slip away, we should do so as soon as possible!

As Tselai was thinking this, he heard the boy say the next thing.

“Mays, okay, then I’ll hire both of you. I’m looking for apartment building number 4 on 103rd Street in Notta. Do you know where it is?”

To get to know each other, you need to have some interaction first. Broly told them the location of the room he rented that morning and then asked the two of them.

"Eh?!"

Tzley and Mays exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised, as they knew that place very well.

"We live right where you mentioned..."

Before Mess could answer, Tzley added, "Nearby."

"We can take you there, but what do you need that place for?"

Tselai inquired and became worried that perhaps his companions had stolen something and that their hideout had been discovered, prompting someone to come and cause trouble.

"I just arrived on this planet yesterday. I rented an apartment from the owner of that building, but the roads here are a bit complicated and have confused me."

The girl in front of him lied about her name, so he lied about his own situation. It was a reciprocal lie. Broly pretended to be a lost person.

Tzley and Mays exchanged another glance, their puzzled looks seeming to say: How could alien guests be interested in and willing to rent a place in that dilapidated apartment building in Chida?

Of course, it's understandable that they think that way, because apart from having access to water and electricity, that place really has nothing else.

However, it is a safe haven for these mixed-race children; as long as they help with cleaning, they can live there for free.

"Then we might be neighbors."

"Is it such a coincidence?"

Broly looked at the girl with some surprise.

"I'll take you there."

Taking Mays's hand, Tzley said something to the boy and then led the way.

He was not discovered to be a thief, and the other party was a guest renting a room in the Qida Apartment.

Everything that just happened can be treated as if nothing ever happened.

Broly followed them all the way, and when they passed a shop selling paste-like foods, he called them to stop.

Tzley and Metz stopped and saw the boy buy a bunch of colorful ointments from the store.

Mays swallowed hard, and Tzley wasn't much better off.

Those brightly colored pastes were actually high-quality products that they rarely ate.

[Alien kids, they're all from wealthy families, after all.]

Just as they were thinking this, the boy handed them some ointment.

"Eh?"

Tzley and Mays looked at Broly with some confusion.

“You lead the way, and I’ll treat you to something to eat. I think this red paste is delicious, but if you prefer a different color, we can exchange it.”

Broly laughed and said to them, right in front of them, that he threw a bunch of paste-like food into the Crystal Palace space.

Metz pulled on Ratzley's hand, while his other hand gripped the red ointment tightly, clearly not wanting to switch.

"No need, we like red too, thank you."

"Tzley said quickly."

Her impression of the boy had changed from that of a simpleton to that of a good simpleton.

Specifically, this translates to a two-point increase in happiness scores.

He was munching on a red paste on the way, and after he finished, they arrived at the place he was supposed to lead the way to.

"This is apartment building number 4 on 103rd Street. We have something to do, so we'll be leaving now."

Tselai didn't plan to go in. She wanted to take Mays back to the Noru Old Tavern to find out the details from Chida, which was a matter of vigilance and caution for the Nota Rat-Stealing Girl.

"Patch and Miss Mace, please wait a moment."

Broly called out to the two of them.

Is there anything else you need?

Tselai suppressed his instinct to run away, turned around and asked with a smile.

"I haven't paid you for guiding me yet."

As Broly spoke, he pulled out a wad of Lyca coins.

It wasn't a lot, only around ten thousand, so I handed it over.

"what……"

Tselai was given a stack of Lyca coins. Feeling their weight, he realized for the first time that money was a bit heavy.

"You don't need that many."

And this was the first time she had refused money that she had already received.

"It's too much. Just consider it making friends. I'll be staying on this planet for a while, and I might need your help in the future."

Broly waved to them, marked the girl named Tzley with a good breath, and went into his rented apartment.

"Mays..."

"What's wrong, Tselai?"

"Do you think people like us should have a conscience?"

As she watched the boy enter the apartment building, Tzley, standing in the setting sun, suddenly asked.

"Ok?"

Mays looked at her with some confusion.

“We clearly wanted to steal from him, but he treated us to a meal and gave us so much money. I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.”

"Uh, should we return the money?"

Mays asked.

"Ha, that won't do. That guy looks like he's got plenty of money, but we're short of cash."

Tzley promptly stuffed the money into his pocket, but then pulled out a few more banknotes and stuffed them into Mays's arms.

“When you get back, tell Qida that you earned this, but remember to keep it a secret.”

Ten thousand Lyca coins are a lot for them, but not enough to buy their own house. Tselai plans to steal the money, but that shouldn't really be considered stealing.

After all, this money wasn't earned through the skills taught by Qida, but rather by guiding others.

"Broly..."

Undoubtedly, the boy left a deep impression on her simply by showing her the way.

Foolish guy, rich fool, a rich fool who's willing to be nice to these mixed-race kids...

The girl was in a good mood and walked briskly towards the old tavern, Noru.

Broly watched the other person leave from his upstairs window.

On the Crystal Palace panel, the girl named Tselai's happiness score has reached 7 points.

(End of this chapter)