Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 747 All the regrets of the past... Oh well, let's tell them about my future goddess master's great resurrection spell!
"Go to the orphanage on Daedalus Street to distribute food to some of the children. I'm sorry, I probably don't have time. However, there are some ingredients in the store that are about to spoil. Perhaps Broly could take them over and enrich the children's diet."

Seele glanced at the loli goddess outside the window, said this, and then took Broly to the kitchen, pointing to boxes of fresh-looking ingredients and signaling the boy to carry them out.

"Hey, Seele, can you give me these things? Won't Mia's mom scold me?"

Broly looked at the things the signboard girl wanted to take and was a little worried that this was the other girl's presumption.

"Maybe I should just pay for these things."

Broly was rich; he'd rather pay the bill than let Seele get scolded.

"No need. Mia's mother is a good person. Her original intention in opening the shop was to give people a hot meal."

As Seele spoke, noticing the Saiyan boy's puzzled look, she continued to explain.

"Although the food here is not cheap, if someone is desperate and just wants a meal, Mia's mother will not mind giving them a meal."

Yes, this shop originated seven years ago during the darkest period of the protests, and at that time it sheltered many refugees who were driven to desperation by the dark factions.

Of course, if you're so inclined, you can casually mention our Abundant Mistress's shop when distributing food to the children at the Daedalus Street orphanage; consider it a form of advertising.

With the confirmation from the signboard girl, Broly picked up several stacked boxes filled with ingredients, which were taller than himself, and walked out of the half-hanging tavern door.

"Seele, you had Broly take all the ingredients from our store. Are we even allowed to do business today?"

The Saiyan boy outside the shop, Mia the Giant, loaded the ingredients from his shop onto an empty cart before approaching the shopkeeper girl and venting his dissatisfaction.

"Then I'll have to trouble Mia's mom to make another trip to the market later."

Seeing Seele hiding by the window, peeking at the boy outside, the little giant Mia sighed helplessly.

This illicit habit of secretly flirting with other people's children while avoiding their deities—I wonder where the other person learned it from.

"Fine, let's do as you say, consider it publicity for my tavern."

That's what they say, but both Mia and Seele know that such publicity is useless.

Even if the children at the Daedalus Street orphanage knew about the Lady of Abundance's restaurant, they would never come here to eat.

Because they have no purchasing power, they can only survive by relying on the charity of kind-hearted people and benevolent deities.

Well, the landlady of abundance and the chief deity of the Freya Familia should be considered one of them, but the main one is the chief deity of the Demeter Familia who manages agriculture in Orario.

They pulled carts loaded with ingredients supplied by the Abundant Mistress Tavern to the wholesale market, where their goal was to buy enough meat.

"With such a large-scale acquisition, shouldn't we get some discounts?"

“My Lord God, my family runs a small business. If you haggle so hard, I might not even be able to cover the rent for my stall if I sell it to you at this price.”

"Ha, don't try to fool me. I know the rent on this street very well. With the profit margin, my offer may not make you a fortune, but it will at least be more than you usually make in a day."

The loli goddess is haggling with the butcher. She may have money, but most of it is earned by Broly. Even though the boy doesn't care if she uses it for charity, she still has to save money where she can.

"Besides, we're not here to buy meat for a fancy restaurant; we're going to buy meat to take to the orphanage on Daedalus Street to help the children there and treat them to a big meal."

Sometimes, moral blackmail should be used. Besides, Hestia isn't asking others to lose money in business; they're just making a little less profit.

"Ah, since you've said so, Goddess, then I'll price the meat here according to your terms."

The butcher relented, and when he learned that Hestia needed to buy even more meat, the burly butcher even took them to other stalls to purchase meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, eggs, and oil, which quickly filled the entire flatbed cart.

"Ah, Lady Hestia, haven't you purchased a bit too many supplies?"

When they met in the square in front of Daedalus Street on South Street, Bell and his human girlfriend were somewhat dumbfounded as they looked at the huge flatbed cart loaded with food and goods, the wheels of which could leave marks on the ground. Judging from the amount of food on that cart, it was probably more than enough to cook a sumptuous meal for thousands of people.

Bell's original plan was simply to treat some children from the orphanage to some delicious potato balls.

"Not much, not much. If we can't finish it all in one meal, we can eat it at the next one. Alright, Bell and your girlfriend, hurry up and lead the way for us."

"Ah, Miss Anna and I haven't made up our minds yet..."

Bell tried to explain shyly, but the Loli Goddess ignored him. The goddess, who had spent the whole night with Broly, hated guys who were hesitant and didn't dare to kiss their partners. She slapped the boy's butt and told Bell not to delay her from showing off her divine power as the Goddess of the Hearth to the children at the orphanage.

The wooden wheels of the large cart creaked and groaned as they rolled through the streets of Daedalus. Although this was a notorious slum in Orario, the streets were paved with hard stone slabs, unlike the slums of other cities where the ground was a muddy mess with potholes.

However, there are many steps and winding roads here. If it weren't for Miss Anna, a local, leading the way, people who come to Daedalus Street for the first time would probably get dizzy from this complicated street known as an underground maze.

Along the way, they encountered many uncouth people. Poverty had resulted in a low level of education among the residents, and had also fostered a number of petty thieves.

Apart from Broly, who looked like a child, and Bell, who looked like a young boy, the rest of the team was all women. With so many supplies on the cart, it was inevitable that some unscrupulous people would come over.

"Ah~"

Sure enough, someone was caught red-handed when the other party stole a large bag of processed and chopped chicken pieces from the car.

The person who caught the thief was Ryu. This elf lady seemed to be very experienced. After entering Daedalus Street, she deliberately walked behind the cart so that she could see the surrounding situation.

"These are groceries for the children in the orphanage. You're a grown man with hands and feet, you can work and earn money to support yourself, why are you stealing?"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me."

The elf kicked him to the ground. The other party's movements were so fast that even a habitual thief like him couldn't react. The thief's man immediately admitted defeat and apologized.

"You're not genuinely admitting your mistake; you're just afraid of getting beaten up after being caught."

The loli goddess walked over, looked at the man who was bowing his head and apologizing, and said something.

"Ah, Your Majesty?!"

The man's eyes widened. He hadn't noticed a deity in the group before he stole the item, but now, seeing Hestia's faintly glowing divine eyes, he knew he couldn't lie, so he simply chose to lie down.

"Alright, I only stole a bag of meat. You, my esteemed deity, can't possibly cripple or even kill me for this."

The man lay on the ground, holding his head in his hands, looking like he had given up and was ready to get a beating.

"You're right, but there's no point in beating you up."

Hestia stroked her chin and asked the other person a question.

"You stole the meat because you wanted to eat it, didn't you?"

"Of course, I haven't had any meat for many days."

The man on the ground nodded.

"In that case, I can treat you to a meal of meat." "Huh?"

The man lying on the ground was a little confused. He had been caught red-handed stealing, but the owner of the stolen goods was not going to beat him. Instead, they were going to treat him to meat, which was something he had never encountered before.

"However, you'll have to help push the cart and also help with the cooking once we get there, how about that?"

"Oh, is that okay?"

"You don't want to?"

"No, I do."

No need to be beaten, and there's food to eat; all you need to do is help with chores and cooking. This is really a good thing in Daedalus Street.

Broly had no objection to Hestia's treatment, nor did Ais and the others; only Ryudo glanced at the loli goddess a few times.

[If it were Adi, he would probably handle it the same way as Lady Hestia...]

The tavern elf thought to herself that Adi was her old friend and the sister of the current leader of the Ganesha Familia, but she died seven years ago during the Great Struggle. Adi was a kind girl who, even when faced with villains that justice could not tolerate, would think about whether others did bad things for some other reason.

The girl taught her to distinguish between true evildoers and those who are forced to do evil due to life circumstances; the former are the real villains, while the latter are those who can be redeemed.

With just a little help, tolerance, and guidance, they can get back on the right track, and even stand up for others when they are in danger, becoming a link in the chain of spreading kindness and justice.

Justice is ever-flowing...

Suddenly, the tavern elf recalled the answer to the question posed by the Dark God during the Great Struggle seven years ago, when he confronted and fought against the Darkness, and with everyone else. The answer came to him: "What is justice?"

However, seven years have passed, all his companions are dead, and he has forgotten about justice, resorting to any means to seek revenge. Now, when he thinks about his past answer to "what is justice", he feels that things have changed.

"Ryu, what's wrong?"

Just as the elf was lost in a complex mix of thoughts, Broly, who had sensed her unusually fluctuating happiness level through the Crystal Palace, slowed down and approached her to strike up a conversation.

"I just suddenly thought of something."

Seeing the Saiyan boy's concerned gaze, Ryu answered casually, but a strange thought suddenly occurred to her:

With a benevolent goddess like Hestia around, what will Broly become? Will he turn out like Adi...?

Then, the tavern elf thought of the boy's transformation magic. After using the amplification effect of magical items, he could perfectly transform into the Sword Maiden. Could he also ask the boy to transform into Adidas, or into the likeness of other deceased companions from the past?

Her thoughts stopped there. The idea of ​​turning the boy back into a past companion or friend was somewhat disrespectful to Broly, as well as to her deceased friends and companions. However, the desire to see someone from the past was so strong that it lingered in her mind.

"Could you tell me what happened?"

After Broly asked that question, Ryu, who didn't want to say much, inexplicably shared the story of a girl named Adi Falma with the boy.

"That was a friend of mine, a member of the city's military police. Seven years ago, Orario was in turmoil, and many residents were unable to make a living through normal work, so a lot of people started to steal to survive..."

"The thief, whose intention was to serve as a warning to others, was forgiven and pardoned. And the person who was forgiven and pardoned then stepped forward to help others when they were in danger..."

"Adi, you made me realize that impartial justice only exhausts everyone, but justice that combines both firmness and leniency can sometimes make those who have committed evil deeds repent and turn over a new leaf. And forgiveness is sometimes a form of justice..."

When they arrived at the orphanage, Ryu had already finished sharing the story of the girl named Adi.

Along the way, no more thieves appeared, perhaps because the group now had a seasoned thief.

After being forgiven by the Lolita goddess and promised meat for working, the other party seemed to have slightly extended the scope of their work.

"Ryu, your friend sounds like a really nice person."

Broly gave a relatively objective evaluation of the girl named Adi in Ryu's mouth.

The law is not without human sentiment, and the opposing party, as a city military police officer, will consider various factors when enforcing the law.

It is not about treating urban security laws and regulations as rigid and inflexible dogma.

"I imagine people have a very good opinion of her, right?"

"Ah."

Ryu nodded, and then she said something that left everyone speechless.

“Even now, some residents who were cared for by her in the past still go to her grave to lay flowers.”

There's a saying that "the final verdict is given after the coffin is closed," meaning that the spontaneous act of offering flowers after someone's death can serve as ample evidence of their circumstances.

"Is her body in the other person's grave?"

Broly asked instinctively.

"..."

Liu was surprised that the boy would ask such a strange question, and after a long silence, she nodded in response.

"Have."

Although his good friend Adi was killed when a child controlled by a dark faction carrying a Flame Stone (a magic stone version of a bomb) self-destructed, leaving his body mangled.

But even after the war, they still managed to collect the mutilated bodies of the enemy, piece by piece, and properly bury them in coffins.

"After that, I'll also go and present them with a bouquet of flowers."

"Huh?"

"Your words have given me some respect for that girl."

“Broly…”

Ryu's gaze softened as she looked at the boy.

Broly offered flowers because of the story she told, and this affirmation of her past friend's actions brought her comfort.

Of course, what the tavern elf didn't know was that the Saiyan boy was thinking about digging up the grave of the girl named Adi Falma later to check the condition of her body.

If there's still hope, wait for the timeout in this world to end, take some of the world's good wine back to Aqua's master, and invite her to come to this world on a business trip to give the tavern elf a little surprise.

What regrets and pains from losing friends in the past?
Let's talk about my master Aqua's Great Resurrection Technique!

However, there are also gods in this world. I wonder if Lord Hestia, who is also a god, can directly resurrect others.

(End of this chapter)