I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Hey, Eriol, why aren't you training your chef host? What are you doing here?"

Upon hearing Zelus's words, Elio glared at her with a sullen expression and said:

"You know what, Zelus? That guy who only studied fried rice for two years actually dared to call me a food supplier system! Does he even know what a human being would say?!"

Upon hearing Elio's words, Zelus remained silent for a moment before recalling the main function of Elio's system. Elio's system was related to cooking, and it had the ability to obtain ingredient samples and then replicate them into different quality levels.

Moreover, she understood Elio's personality. If it were a system like hers, she felt there was no function to improve cooking skills by consuming points. For her, only actual cooking counted as real cooking.

Suddenly, Zelus understood why Elio himself was referred to as a food supplier system. But thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Elio really really was a food supplier system!

However, unaware of Zelus's inner thoughts, Eriol flapped his little wings and flew to Zelus's table. Looking at Yuhaka actually cooking on the big screen, he said with a hint of envy:

"How wonderful... I lost my host's soul but gained such a good cook. I wish my host had half of this child's talent for cooking."

Hearing Elio's words, Zelus sighed and said:

"Elliot, you need to understand that I am a system that plunders the essence of other living beings, not a cooking system, okay?"

Elio looked at Zelus's speechless expression and said:

"Cooking and plundering essence may seem unimportant, but is it really necessary to be so fussy about it?"

Then, pointing to the round, chubby little animal that looked like a bamboo rat, Yuhaka said:

"And isn't that kid named Yuhaka quite cute?"

Zelus nodded, thinking of how Yuhaka usually acted cute and rolled around, and said:

"She's quite adorable, but it took a lot of my energy to lure that child to find powerful biological essence."

On the table, Elio looked at Zelus with a surprised expression and said:

"How about we switch hosts?! Your host can't cook, but my host needs powerful strength, which is perfect for me!?"

Before Elio could finish speaking, Zelus threw him out. Zelus looked at Elio as he was thrown away and sneered, saying:

"Ha, do you really think I'm stupid? Who would trade a host who's like a little girl that you can raise yourself for two years, a host who even needs two years to learn how to make fried rice?"

After saying that, Zelus continued to look at Yuhaka on the big screen.

………………

After spending the second day in the Abyss, Yuhaka, who was cooking, saw the rabbit-like creature from before approaching him with a whimpering monster (also known as a little bamboo bear) and a lively, large fish (a trout). The creature said:

"Yeah... We said last time that we would return your food, here you go."

As she spoke, Nanachi handed the little bamboo bear and the trout to Yuhaka. Yuhaka glanced at the whimpering little bamboo bear and the lively trout in Nanachi's hands, then looked at Nanachi again before taking the things from her hands. He then picked up an apple and decisively stuffed it into the mouth of the whimpering little bamboo bear, which immediately became obedient.

"Uh uh uh......"

Nanachi was speechless as she watched Yuhaka's skillful movements. Yuhaka looked at Nanachi and said:

"Thank you... Bunny..."

Nanachi blushed slightly and scratched the back of her head after hearing Yuhaka's words of thanks, but when Yuhaka called her "bunny," her expression immediately turned speechless, and she said:

"Hmm... no need to thank me. After all, I secretly ate your food last time (Nanachi didn't know that Yuhaka deliberately left food as a trap). But I'm not called Rabbit, I'm called Nanachi, and I'm a [Hollow]."

Hearing Nanachi's words, Yuhaka tilted his head in confusion and looked at Nanachi, saying:

"Nanachi... a living corpse?"

Seeing Yuhaka's puzzled expression, Nanachi looked at Yuhaka with a strange expression and said:

"Aren't you a living corpse too? Don't you know that?"

"I'm a monstrous being??" Yuhaka looked at Nanachi with a big question mark in her mind. She knew very well what she was. She was a smart (clumsy and cute) and fierce (dumb and cute) primitive insect. How did she become something called a monstrous being?

Seeing Yuhaka's expression, Nanachi, who was about to misunderstand, stroked her chin and an idea popped into her mind.

[Hmm... You don't even have any memories? Could it be because you became a monstrous being?]

Nanachi remembered reading some information about monstrous beings. Monstrous beings generally refer to people who survived the ascent from the sixth layer of the Abyss. With a few exceptions, people who become monstrous beings completely lose their human form and their minds are different from normal humans.

A few exceptions, produced under special conditions, can retain their human form and mind to a certain extent. This exception is Nanachi herself, who participated in the sixth layer of the Ascending Load Curse experiment, and her good friend Mitty was the victim.

Nanachi hugged Yuhaka, who had a blank "OwO?" look on her face, and said to her:

"Don't worry, we'll take good care of you, junior. No matter what you've forgotten, living well is the most important thing. By the way, do you still remember your name?"

"Hmm OwO??... Yoyo!"

Yuhaka was clearly confused by Nanachi's words, which left him unsure how to respond. When Nanachi asked for his name, Yuhaka answered honestly.

But just then, the casserole that Yuhaka had placed on the grill began to signal that it was ready to eat. The aroma wafting from the casserole immediately attracted Nanachi's nose. Then, Nanachi showed the same look as when she was tempted by Yuhaka's food last time. Fortunately, Yuhaka was with Nanachi this time, so Nanachi quickly came to her senses and looked at Yuhaka with an embarrassed expression.

Yuhaka smiled and looked at Nanachi, saying to her:

"Nanachi, want to eat together?"

Chapter 29 [Nanachi's Home and Mitty]

"Yeah~"

After eating her fill, Nanachi sat on the grass, patted her slightly round belly, and sighed. Ever since she ate Yuhaka's food last time, Nanachi hadn't been able to eat the food she made herself.

The difference between the two is like heaven and earth.

Yuhaka then processed the trout that Nanachi had brought. Nanachi watched as Yuhaka skillfully cut open the trout's belly, removed the internal organs, and threw them aside. Soon, the fish's internal organs attracted a bunch of flying insects to gnaw on them.

Nanachi looked at Yuhaka as she threw away the trout entrails and said with some confusion:

"Should we throw away the innards? That way they won't taste good."

Hearing Nanachi's words, Yuhaka tilted her head in confusion and looked at Nanachi. How could fish innards be cooked with the fish?

"Internal organs smell bad, can't be eaten, and shouldn't be mixed together."

Upon hearing Yuhaka's answer, Nanachi seemed to suddenly recall that she used to put the cleaned offal into the pot to cook together when she cooked.

Thinking about it this way, I can understand why I can't eat my own food.

This can't be blamed on Nanachi herself. After all, before she even reached the Abyss, Nanachi was eating all sorts of random things, and even getting enough to eat was a problem.

When working under a certain mixed-race flute player on the fifth floor, they were given a kind of nutritional supplement, but it tasted like gnawing on a wall, and in a sense, it was quite unpalatable.

Moreover, she doesn't know how to cook or anything like that. In the places she used to live, let alone a kitchen, having a place to shelter from the wind and rain was considered a blessing.

Just as Nanachi was thinking about something, Yuhaka finished grilling the fish. Yuhaka handed the grilled fish to Nanachi, who was drawn back to reality by the aroma. Nanachi quickly said thank you and was about to take a bite when she suddenly remembered that there was still someone in her house who hadn't eaten.

Nanachi stood up and said to Yuhaka:

"Um...you, do you want to come to our house?"

"OwO?"

Upon hearing Nanachi's words, Yuhaka tilted her head in confusion.

....................

It is located at the Nanachi Hut in the upper part of the fourth level of the Abyss.

"Oh oh oh~~"

Yuhaka looked at the spherical little house in front of him with bright eyes and exclaimed in amazement. Yuhaka usually lived in caves, and in Water Cave Village, he only lived in the tent that Meru Cat had specially made for him.

Well... as for Milia's little mansion, that's a different story. Yuhaka learned from his memories that human houses are built by a group of people, not by one person. Although the requirements for nest building are not high for primitive Zerg, after all, some primitive Zerg simply dig a hole in the ground or live in a cave, while others build nests like birds.

However, none of the above-mentioned nests suited Yuhaka's taste. Yuhaka's "knowledge" told her that if she wanted to find a wife, she needed a mansion, a luxury car, and money.

She doesn't have a mansion, and the Yuhaka haven't found a suitable habitat (territory) for their tribe yet. And what's a luxury car? Is it a herbivorous dragon car? Or a giant bird car??

As for money, Yuhaka had seen it from Rorota. It was mostly gold, silver, and copper metals. Yuhaka couldn't figure out why these things could be exchanged for food or something among humans. He really didn't understand.

"come in."

Nanachi pushed open her front door and waved to Yuhaka, beckoning him to come over. After seeing Nanachi call him in, Yuhaka came to Nanachi's house with a curious expression and sniffed the air.

Although Nanachi's house isn't very big, it's still quite well-equipped with a bedroom, kitchen, toilet, and storage room.

Yuhaka looked at the wall covered with a lot of things like pickaxes, miner's hats, gloves, and ropes. He also saw several different colored whistles hanging on the wall.

"ah......."

Yuhaka, who was looking around Nanachi's house, suddenly heard a strange cry from behind a curtain and pricked up her cat ears, turning towards the direction of the sound.

Seeing Yuhaka's reaction, Nanachi came to the curtain and said to Yuhaka:

"This is our roommate. Let me introduce you."

As she spoke, Nanachi lifted the curtain and said to Yuhaka:

"This is our lovely Mitty."

Then Yuhaka saw a creature that looked like it had no bones appear in front of him. It had one big round eye, and there was a long wound where the other eye should have been. The eye itself was not visible. Its entire body tissue looked like it had been melted into slime by high temperature. It looked soft and limp, as if it had no bones.

“Um…”

Nanachi patted Mitty's little head with animal ears and said to Yuhaka:

"This child is a monstrous being, just like us."

Yuhaka tilted his little head and looked at the soft, fluffy Mitty, saying:

"A living corpse? Mitty?"

Nana nodded and said:

"Yes, they're undead just like us. Although we don't look very alike, it's because we're the exception among exceptions, uh..."

Turning around and seeing Yuhaka's "OwO? ???" expression, Nanachi said somewhat helplessly:

"Oh yeah...we almost forgot, you seem to be suffering from some kind of amnesia..."

..........

In the living room, Nanachi talked to Yuhaka, who had an "OwO? ???" expression on her face, and warned Yuhaka to be careful not to come into contact with the unique professionals in this world, the "Cave Explorers".

"So, Youyou, you must be careful of the cave explorers coming down from above. If the cave explorers see the skeletons, they will clean them up and then collect the relics (not just ordinary relics, but items that look like they were left behind by an ancient civilization)!"

Nanachi looked at Yuhaka with a serious expression and said:

"If the cave explorers spot us, they'll likely try everything to capture us, so be sure to keep your whereabouts hidden!"

Seeing Nanachi's serious expression, Yuhaka nodded and said to Nanachi:

"Youyou, I understand!"