Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

I can't help you much anyway, so just improve your favorability.

"Maybe one day I'll need your help?"

After being thanked profusely, Jiang You finally returned home. Playing with BB (Xiaoying from Jiang You's perspective) all day was more tiring than playing games all night. Not only physically, but also physiologically, Jiang You didn't even have the energy to move.

The white-haired girl entered the room next to Jiang You. Almost all the things here had been moved out. It was as clean as an unfinished house, but she didn't care about this problem. Furniture and other things were not important. The first thing she had to do now was to establish contact with Jiang You.

"It's so tiring to pretend to stumble over your words!"

The thought of having to keep this up for another week or two made Illya feel sick. However, the first step went very smoothly. Jiang You hadn't noticed her true identity at all. The makeup, contact lenses, and hairstyle changes had definitely helped. She'd have to thank that guy called B,B later.

Her thoughts went back to before she set out, when Ruby and Sapphire, as insiders, helped Illya come up with some advice.

"Do you know about the development system?"

Ruby suggested.

"Development system?"

Illya didn't understand what he meant. It seemed like both she and Jiang You had stopped growing. Thinking of this, she touched her barren chest muscles and felt a sense of frustration.

"Development doesn't necessarily require physical growth. Think about it, a high school student has come all the way here, but doesn't speak the language. He'll definitely need help, right? You can learn Chinese from Jiang You. Physical contact is inevitable, but don't overdo it. Just keep it to a minimum. And in your free time, you can help him with chores and laundry, calling it reward."

"Think about it, over time, your presence has become part of his life, and he's gotten used to having you by his side. Everything just happened naturally!"

Ruby said getting excited herself.

“It seems…it really works!”

This time, Sapphire didn't refute it. This sounded very reliable. Companionship is the most affectionate confession. When the time comes, Jiang You will feel uncomfortable if he wants to leave Illya.

"I understand."

Illya is ready to go to the "real" world.

Just as Jiang You was about to fall asleep on the sofa, there was a knock on his door. Jiang You looked through the peephole and saw no one there.

"Haunted?"

As Jiang You spoke, he pushed the door open suddenly so that he could get a wide view at the first moment and avoid being attacked from a blind spot.

"Boom!"

“Hey!”

Suddenly the door seemed to hit something and bounced back a little. Jiang You immediately looked at the white-haired girl who was trapped between the door and the wall.

Jiang You quickly let go of her. The tip of the girl's nose was red, and she was obviously in great pain.

"I'm sorry, I really didn't see you."

The cat's eye's height just blocked the white-haired girl's view, so she was completely invisible. Jiang You couldn't help but complain that this girl looked even younger than BB. BB was an adult who looked like a high school student, but still very charming. But this white-haired girl looked like an elementary school student pretending to be a high school student.

"It's okay. It's me. I'm not okay."

The white-haired girl didn't blame Jiang You. "I don't have any furniture prepared. I want to stay overnight."

The furniture had all been moved away, so of course there was no furniture. Jiang You didn't expect this person to lack even this common sense, but considering that in American movies, when people move house, it seems that the furniture is always left behind by the original owner, Jiang You was relieved. Maybe this is just a cultural difference?

What was going on with this kind of situation where a man and a woman were alone in the same room? Jiang You always felt that it was not quite real. In reality, the extremely proactive rich girl had taken a fancy to him, and today a white-haired, blue-eyed girl from abroad wanted to stay overnight. What Zhang Tuzi said was true. His peach blossom luck might have really arrived.

I was thankful it didn't turn into a romantic disaster. Miss Tong, in Jiang You's opinion, was actually a bit crazy. Her gang of gangster clones might even come and shoot him with submachine guns. As for this white-haired foreign girl, Jiang You didn't even know her country or her name. He knew her completely. If possible, Jiang You didn't really want to accept it, but she was a girl, and he had promised her that he would do his best to help her. Since she wasn't afraid of what he could do to her, why should he be afraid? He could just lock the door!

"no problem."

Jiang You nodded and said, "I have a guest room here, you can stay there tonight."

"By the way, let me introduce myself. My name is Jiang You. What's yours?"

It’s time for Jiang You to ask questions. He can’t possibly not even know the other person’s name, right?

"Christina von Goethe" Illya had already prepared a pseudonym.

"Von?"

Jiang You said he was familiar with this name, as his cyber girlfriend Illya had the same name. This meant that this person's ancestor was a noble.

"German?"

"Yes, Mr. Jiang, very smart."

Jiang You understood that the other party was just being polite, but he still responded with a smile. It was quite amazing that Germans actually had the same white-haired bloodline as the Einzberns.

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Chapter 464 Illya?

"It's a rare day without playing games. I feel energetic today... well, I feel even more tired than playing games."

Miss Tong's level has exceeded his imagination, and her thinking logic and behavior style are completely different from those of a real person, which makes him very troubled.

If someone he had known for a while did this, Jiang You would most likely agree.

"Speaking of which, there's a beautiful German girl moving in next door? She even stayed at my house last night?"

Jiang You subconsciously scrolled through the game menu. Great, it didn't appear, which meant this was still reality. Being fully immersed in the game, with such a high level of simulation, had its drawbacks: it was easy to blur the lines between reality and reality.

As he pushed open the door, an extremely pungent smell hit him in the face. Jiang You sniffed, feeling that the smell was somewhat familiar.

"Good morning."

A beautiful white-haired girl, calling herself Christina, appeared before Jiang You wearing an apron. Behind her was her high school uniform. High school uniforms these days have moved away from the old, bulky styles and are more modern, though to other countries, they'd look more like athletic wear. The slimming white outfit made Christina appear even smaller. Judging by her appearance, it's hard to imagine she's even high school age. One can only say she has a lot of room for improvement.

"Good morning. What are you...?"

Jiang You didn't cook often when he lived alone. He spent enough time preparing ingredients and washing dishes to play a few more games. He didn't expect that one day he would be able to have breakfast at home, but this breakfast seemed a little weird.

"Ah, this is Mapo Tofu Ramen."

Christina explained, stirring the soup ladle awkwardly. "Just wait a moment, it'll be ready soon. As a reward for letting me stay overnight, I'll let you taste my cooking!"

"Mapo tofu? Ramen?"

To Jiang You, this was a very strange combination of ingredients; normally, no one would put these two things together. It was as strange as strawberry-flavored mapo tofu. "Where did you learn this? Is the ramen chef at your place called Kotomine Kirei?"

Christina was sweating profusely because she had learned this cooking skill from Kotomine Kirei. During the Fourth War, Jiang You had taken her and Kotomine Kirei to a Chinese restaurant that served Mapo Tofu. She had always assumed Jiang You loved Mapo Tofu, and she had even asked Paopao to take her back to the Fourth War: "Isn't this a specialty of yours? I thought you'd like it."

"I think only Japan would do this. It's like eating dumplings with rice. For us, it's like eating a staple food with a staple food."

To be honest, it's not impossible. You can also add porridge to it, but the porridge is usually as thin as water and only serves as soup.

Jiang You stared at Christina, whose eyes were evasive. He thought she was unaware of the local customs, so he added, "Also, we don't usually eat such spicy and greasy food so early in the morning."

"Then, I'll make something else."

As she said this, Christina wanted to pour out the stewed Mapo Tofu.

"Don't make such a fuss. It's just normal. It's normal to occasionally not follow your lifestyle."

Jiang You quickly stopped her, as this would dampen her enthusiasm. In this regard, Jiang You was not a conservative person. As long as the food tasted good, it was fine. He was not an Italian who would be offended by pineapple on pizza.

"And this is also a gesture of your kindness. Just don't bring the Japanese style and animation here. Next time you put fruit in dumplings, you'll make a fool of yourself."

"Huh? But don't dumplings also have a lot of fruit fillings?"

Just like wontons and dumplings, tangyuan are actually not much different from dumplings in the eyes of foreigners, just like swords are the same word.

"..."

Jiang You seems unable to discuss the issue of tradition with a foreigner, because tradition is an abstract concept, just like you can't stop the Japanese from adding strawberries to their mapo tofu.

"You're right. People should be brave enough to try."

You’re not going to eat it yourself anyway, so do whatever you like.

“It always feels so perfunctory.”

Christina puffed up her face, but the sound of the lid rolling immediately caught her attention.

"It's done! Come and try my cooking."

Jiang You looked at the Mapo Tofu Ramen in the bowl. It looked surprisingly good, with all the desired color, aroma and flavor, but he didn't know how it would taste.

"Just try it."

In front of Christina was a smaller bowl of Mapo Tofu Ramen, along with a glass of iced milk, apparently to help with the spiciness. This was odd; if someone couldn't handle spicy food, why would a German specifically learn how to make Mapo Tofu? However, Jiang You wasn't familiar with this person yet, so he gave up the idea of ​​asking. Perhaps she simply enjoyed the torture.

Under Christina's hopeful eyes, Jiang You put the Mapo Tofu into his mouth.

The feeling of familiarity is stronger.

Jiang You soon realized a problem. This thing tasted quite similar to the mapo tofu in the ramen restaurant opened by Kotomine Kirei during the Fourth World War! This made Jiang You involuntarily slide the menu bar again, but fortunately, it still did not appear.

"not bad."

Jiang You didn't really like the taste; it was too spicy, almost emphasizing the spiciness. Kotomine Kirei, by nature, had a tendency to be a bit masochistic, so he preferred this spiciness that pierced the skin with pain. But after all, Christina had cooked it herself, so it wasn't good to discourage her.

"As long as you like it."

Seeing Jiang You give her a thumbs-up, Christina was delighted. She instinctively scooped up a piece of red oil-smothered mapo tofu with a spoon, and the volcanic spiciness quickly exploded on her tongue. Even though it wasn't her first time, and even though she'd cooked it herself, she couldn't handle it. Her features nearly shrunk together, and tears streamed down her face.

Fortunately, Christina was well prepared. She quickly soaked her tongue in milk. The cool touch and the neutralizing effect of the milk gave her tongue a lot of relief.

Jiang You raised his head and looked at Christina. If he looked closely, he found that she did resemble Illya, except that the color of her pupils was closer to reality. This action reminded him of the time when he first started playing the game.

Seeing Jiang You staring at her, Christina seemed to realize something and quickly drank the milk.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Jiang You shouted out those three words as if possessed by a ghost.

"Ilia?"

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Chapter 465: Do you also want to familiarize yourself with the environment?

Christina was shocked, then responded with a smile.

"Mr. Jiang You, are you talking about the characters in 'Magical Girl Illya'?"

Christina lied without blushing or beating her heart, "You guessed it right, Mapo Tofu Ramen was inspired by this. I see it in every dish they make. Isn't it a very popular dish?"

Both Inhibition and Bubbles mentioned that Jiang You saw her world, and even the parallel world, as pre-recorded history, existing in the form of games and anime. Therefore, upon arriving at Jiang You's place, Illya immediately engaged in intense self-research, learning a wealth of plot information and also gleaning a wealth of pornographic (?) images. This was also why she was able to answer Jiang You's question.

"I see."

Although this answer was a bit strange, it was also reasonable. It was a bit absurd to treat a real-life girl as a character in a game or animation. Besides, he wasn't that familiar with her, so Jiang You decisively avoided the topic.

The spiciness was a challenge for Jiang You, who spent the next few minutes diligently devouring his ramen and mapo tofu, leaving him with no energy to think about anything else. The same was true for Christina; the spiciness was practically torture for her, but to avoid Jiang You's suspicion, she silently devoured the entire bowl.

If I had asked that fake priest to adjust the recipe earlier, I would have done so. When Illya went to Kotomine Kirei to ask for the recipe, he readily agreed and repeatedly guaranteed it was absolutely authentic, to the point where even Chinese people would rave about it, and Jiang You would definitely like it. So Illya meticulously recreated this bowl of Mapo Tofu Ramen exactly as it was. Jiang You would have liked it, but from his furrowed brows, it was clear that Jiang You was most likely dissatisfied.

Looking at Christina's swollen lips, Jiang You couldn't help but laugh: "If you can't handle spicy food, then don't eat it. Aren't you being hard on yourself?"

Illya was in tears; this was her own fault. But to maintain her character, she had to keep going: "This is the only flavor that's authentic. If it's not spicy enough, how can it still be called Mapo Tofu? And I love spicy food, so I secretly learned how to make this dish."

Jiang You said that he could understand it, it was just like stinky tofu, some people felt it was not stinky enough and not authentic.

"I see. If there's a chance, I'll take you to a Sichuan restaurant. Since you like spicy food so much, you must try it."

"That's great!" Illya tried hard to pretend to be very happy, just hoping that Jiang You could forget about this agreement.

After the two of them washed the utensils and dishes, it was already ten o'clock, and Christina was still lingering at Jiang You's house. It was the weekend, and summer vacation for high school students (synchronized with the Mo Yi timeline and other timelines, as mentioned many times before), so it was not surprising that Christina didn't have to attend classes. After all, with the schedules of Chinese high school students, how could they have the time to make breakfast?

Being in the same room with a relatively normal (compared to a certain BB) pretty girl wasn't a bad thing, but Jiang You wanted to go online to play games, and out of courtesy, he couldn't enter the dive bay in front of her. "...By the way, you're going to school tomorrow, right? Is it really okay for you not to tidy up your house? You'll have nowhere to live then."

"Don't worry about that, someone will take care of it."

If possible, Illya plans to live with Jiang You, but everything has to be done step by step. Anyway, no one here will compete with her.

"Also, I'm new here and not very familiar with the area, nor do I know much about the common sense of behavior here. Mr. Jiang You, could you please be my guide?"

The words "familiar environment" reminded Jiang You of yesterday, when Miss Tong had used the same excuse to ask him out. Jiang You had a feeling this woman had the same idea, but Christina seemed much more reserved. However, agreeing to use up her personal time was unkind. Refusing would seem unkind.

So it’s still a bit troublesome to deal with social conventions.

Jiang You hesitated for a long time before finally agreeing to Christina's request. After all, she was just checking out the environment, not going on a date, so it wouldn't take much time. He just thought of it as a way to relax and get away from the game for a while. Since participating in the test, Jiang You had rarely been out and about.

"Then let's set off."

Christina held Jiang You's hand very naturally.

Jiang You turned back to stare at the rather familiar girl. He didn't immediately push her away, as he'd often done similar things before. He figured he didn't quite understand German etiquette. In Europe and America, a light kiss was common, and signing for something didn't seem like a big deal. He decided not to overreact until he was sure.

“I’m actually a little scared that I’m going to get lost.”