People in Zongman: My Dimensional Cuisine

"No...no way!" (sniffling sound)

Nakiri Managi's lips twitched at the thought of that unlucky child. Alice slowly stood up before sniffing and asking, "Aunt Managi, where have you been all these years?"

Managi Nakiri glanced at her clothes discreetly, and after finding they weren't stuck, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Because..."

"I know, it's because of the Tongue of God, isn't it..."

Nakiri Managi's eye twitched. Good grief, Alice, are you a devil? You know that, why did you ask?! Do you think this is a TV drama?! And this TV drama approach is way too old-fashioned!

However, Nakiri Managi still sighed and said, "Come sit down and talk. Honestly, you're such a grown-up, and Shiraha is here too. It's so rude of you!"

Alice nodded while sitting in the chair, but then couldn't hold back any longer and let out a soft "uh." Everyone immediately thought of the same scene: someone's kettle had boiled water.

Alice was always a clingy child, and being pampered, she had a smooth life from childhood to adulthood, and her personality was more like that of a lively teenage girl. Alice cried out, "But... but I can't control myself! Waaaaah..."

Nakiri Managi sighed and said, "If you calm down, we can talk slowly."

Hearing this, Alice's eyes reddened as she asked, "Aunt Managi, are you still leaving?"

"Auntie isn't leaving this time."

"Really?"

"Seriously, if you cry again, you'll look like a little kitten. Erina might find out and laugh at you. Besides, if you cry again, you'll become ugly and no one will want you anymore."

Alice, her shoulders trembling as Nakiri Managi wiped away her tears, said, "Then...then I won't cry anymore."

After saying that, as if controlled by her voice, she really stopped crying, making An and the others exclaim in their hearts that she was amazing. Pandemonica also pushed up her glasses, thinking, "Wow, she can control her emotions and tears so freely. This human girl is not simple."

Nakiri Managi was also stunned. It was confirmed. Alice was definitely a devil. If Alice cried again, she would cry too. This girl was too torturous.

Alice sniffed and said, "Aunt Managi, Erina misses you too. Aunt Managi, where have you been?"

"Do you know about WGO?"

"Of course!"

"I am the only Special Grade Executive Officer of WGO, possessing the highest authority in WGO."

"Wow, that's amazing! But Aunt Managi, why... why are you out here? Wasn't it about your God Tongue...?"

Nakiri Managi felt a surge of fear when she thought about what she was like back then. She didn't know how she had survived it. She trembled with fear just thinking about it now.

No one knew that right after leaving Bai Yu's shop, right after returning to WGO, back to her familiar, luxurious office, it wasn't an office, it wasn't her home, it was a cage, a cage for a canary, a cage for a sickly canary.

There was a time when she endured hunger and nausea; there was a time when she was tortured to the point of being inhuman; there was a time when she was awakened by nightmares, only to find herself still in this cage when she sat up, feeling only fear and loneliness.

Even after she recovered and returned to WGO, she would occasionally be awakened by nightmares. She dreamed that everything was a dream, and that she was still the same as before. She dreamed that she was still the same as before, but her strong body and no longer hungry stomach would make her fall asleep again. In this dreamlike and unreal state, she arrived here and truly felt that she had come back to life.

She is now free. Her new office will definitely not be the same as before. She will change. That cage is gone. The one who opened the cage door, took her, this sick canary out of the cage, healed her wounds, gave her food, and gave her life and freedom, was the smiling man watching from the side.

Nakiri Managi glanced at Shiro, then turned her head and sighed with relief, saying with a smile, "Auntie, my God Tongue has been cured by Shiro. Although I'm still in the treatment period, I can eat normally now. I live in Shiro's shop, and I came here today to buy daily necessities."

Alice cheered and looked at Shiraha, saying, "Manager Shiraha! Thank you so much! But... Erina's..."

Bai Yu said gently, "Her treatment began the very first day she arrived and the first bite of food she ate."

Alice breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Great! That damn God Tongue, it's so annoying!"

Everyone smiled when they saw Alice acting like a child. They could all feel her sincerity. Although this child was a little witch, she was also very innocent.

Nakiri Managi patted Alice's head gently and said, "How did you know the secrets of the God Tongue? Could it be... ah... that Father told you?"

Hearing this, Alice said smugly, "I overheard it!"

Nakiri Managi's lips twitched as she pinched Alice's cheek and said, "Wow, Alice, you're amazing! You managed to overhear this. Tell me, did you tell anyone?"

"Ugh...no! No! I didn't even tell Erina! Aunt Managi! Ouch, that pinch hurts!"

Nakiri Managi released her hand and said softly, "Keep the matter of the God Tongue a secret."

"Ok!"

"My affairs must also be kept secret!"

"Ok!"

"You must keep my presence at Bai Yu's shop a secret!"

"Uh-huh?!"

"You must keep it a secret even if you've seen me!"

"Huh?! Aunt Managi! Why?!"

Nakiri Managi said with amusement, "Because it's interesting, Alice. I believe you can keep the secret. By the way, who were you talking to just now?"

"That was with... oh! It was Mom! Huh? Where's my phone?"

Dirac pointed to a sofa, and Alice rushed over. Just as she picked it up, she heard a shout: "Alice! Answer your mother! Alice! Cough cough cough! This brat... her throat hurts so much..."

Alice's lips twitched; she had a feeling she was about to die...

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Chapter 414 First Love: Nakiri Managi, the Secret of a Young Girl (Please Subscribe~)

On the other end of the phone, a beautiful woman's fair and delicate face was flushed red. She was shouting, and she swore that from when she was a child and didn't know any better until now, she had never shouted like that more than three times.

The woman breathed a sigh of relief and decided to call out one last time, "Phew... Love..."

"Mom, I heard you!"

"Pfft, cough, cough!"

The woman nearly choked to death when Alice interrupted her spellcasting; Alice was definitely a devil. But the woman didn't have the time to care about that now; she was more concerned about what the girl had been doing.

The woman took a sip of water, sighed, and said, "Alice, what did you just say? What Aunt Managi?"

Alice wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "Because I saw Aunt Managi!"

"In a magazine?"

"It's real! It's the real Nagi-chan!"

Upon hearing this, Kraki and the others looked at Nakiri Managi with strange expressions. Nakiri Managi's lips twitched. Goodness, this girl is no ordinary little devil. Why does this unlucky kid talk like she's a zombie?

The woman on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment and then exclaimed, "Really?! Managi is out? In Japan? Is she in Totsuki right now?"

Alice shook her head and said, "Aunt Managi is shopping."

"what?"

"She's in a shoe store!"

"Huh?! Really? What shoes?"

"Hmm... those formal high heels and boots are so pretty!"

"Really? I want to buy some too... Wait! Managi is wearing boots and high heels, Alice, are you sure you're not seeing things?"

"No, no, I also saw Manager Bai Yu."

"Oh~ I'll give the phone to your Aunt Managi, I have something to tell her."

Alice nodded and handed the phone to Nakiri Managi. Nakiri Managi felt ashamed when she heard the first part of what was said, that she had been discovered while shopping, but that was all. However, when she heard the last part, that Shiraha, the store manager, was also there, she clenched her fists.

Upon hearing this, the woman on the other end of the phone lived up to Nakiri Managi's expectations, revealing a playful smile. Nakiri Managi looked at the phone in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and then took it.

"Leonora, what do you want from me?"

"Hmm, what's going on between you and Alice?! Of course I'm alive! My God Tongue is healed, didn't you know that? I told you that very night, you don't forget, do you?"

"What kind of dream is that...?"

"Yes, I've already moved WGO over! It's not only convenient but also quiet and easy on the eyes, isn't that great?"

"I live at Shiraha's shop..."

"Enough with the nagging! Calling someone 'sir' while living here is rude! Leonora, you'll be sent to etiquette class if you keep this up!"

"Yes, I've made up my mind. I... I also want to have my own life and my own happiness."

"Eh?! You're coming to Totsuki? Then let Alice bring you over. It'll be quiet and safe there, and no one will bother you."

After chatting for a while about their recent situations, the two hung up. Nakiri Managi, her face slightly flushed, sighed in relief and muttered in a slightly annoyed tone, "Leonora is still the same as before... that cunning girl..."

Alice and the others looked puzzled, completely unaware of what Nakiri Managi meant by that. Their conversation had been perfectly normal, the kind of chatter that girls have between. So where was the scheming in her words?

Leonora on the other end of the phone didn't disappoint Nakiri Managi at all. She immediately threw the book aside, lay down on the bed, hugged a pillow, covered her mouth with one hand, and said with a laugh, "Oh my~ Is this what you call first love, Managi? She's actually going shopping with a man, and even buying boots. That's really nice."

Thinking of this, Leonora couldn't help but laugh and whispered, "My own happiness... my own happiness... Managi, that idiot, seems to need some help."

"But if that's the case, then that disgusting man, Nakamura Azami, should have nothing to do with Managi anymore, right? Great! That disgusting guy is finally gone!"

Thinking of this, Leonora sat up like a little girl going to play, and ran off somewhere.

Nakiri Managi sighed and looked at Alice, who was following her around like a shadow, and said, "Alice, aren't you going back?"

Alice shook her head and said, "I'm not going back. Today I asked Erina to go shopping with me, but she said she had to practice, so I went out alone and ended up running into Aunt Managi! I wonder what Erina will think when she finds out."

"So, what does this have to do with you coming with us?"

"It's no fun shopping alone, so of course I have to go with you guys, Aunt Managi. You're so weird, Aunt Managi."

Nakiri Managi sighed. It seemed she couldn't shake off this little girl today. If only she had met her this morning, she could have passed her on to Rantabi. Rantabi, Cerberus, and Alice—the three of them would definitely have a great time.

"But I really didn't expect that you, Aunt Managi, would actually buy boots to wear, and over-the-knee boots at that! It's the first time I've ever seen you wear boots!"

Bai Yu said with a smile, "Managi's legs look really good in boots. It was because of her clothing style before, and besides, she couldn't go out often, so there was no need to wear boots. Now that she can move around freely, she should try more things for herself, right, Managi?"

Nakiri Managi nodded repeatedly. She really wanted to bring Alice over to learn from Shiraha what it meant to be eloquent. This was it! She wondered if this girl was her niece, as she loved to betray her.

Dekker thought for a moment, looked at the list with some confusion, and said, "So, whether it's Rantabi or Lady Managi, why did you two buy this... uh... Maiden's Treasure Box? What is this thing?"

Kraki thought for a moment and said, "Ah! I know! Rantabi once said that this is like a small safe, but you can only put letters, keys, rings, jewelry and the like in it. Legend has it that if you try to break it without a key, it will lock up, so it's very secure."

Dekkera nodded and smiled, saying, "Looks like that girl Rantabi has some kind of treasure."

Lucifer thought for a moment and said, "Hmm...it sounds good. I'll buy one too. Pander, do you need one?"

"No... um! I'll buy one too."

What were you thinking about just now?

"There's nothing there, the girl's secret... Boss..."

Lucifer blushed, coughed lightly, and said, "Can't I have a girlish heart?"

Alice glanced at Nakiri Managi, and Nakiri Managi, sensing this, looked down at Alice. The two locked eyes again, and just as Nakiri Managi was about to speak, Alice said with a smile, "Aunt Managi, you have a girlish heart too!"

"I knew it... I knew it..."

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Chapter 415 Erina and Shiraha's Secret (Please Subscribe~)

Regarding Managi Nakiri's feelings, she felt that if she talked to Alice again, her blood pressure might rise. She wondered if the girl was doing it on purpose, as she seemed to enjoy backstabbing her.

Klaqi laughed and said, "What treasures could Rantabi possibly have? At most, it's just some weird trinkets or something. She probably just likes that box, and maybe she keeps her precious bank cards there."

Ann nodded and said, "Yeah, it looks like it to me too. But Lantabi seems to have something he treasures lately, and he keeps it in a small box. Could it be to store that thing?"

Lucifer said with some doubt, "I did see Rantabi muttering something to a piece of paper. Could it be that piece of paper? If so, it must be some kind of diary that he doesn't want anyone to see."

Everyone nodded, and Kraki clapped her hands and said, "Ah! In that case, I should also have something to put in it, so I'll just buy one of everything."

Just as Nakiri Managi was about to speak, she suddenly felt a familiar sensation. Looking down, she saw Alice looking at her again. Nakiri Managi's lips twitched, and she said, "Alice, what else do you want to say?"

"Hmm... Aunt Managi, you've been at WGO all this time, and you haven't used your phone. What are you going to put in there?"

Nakiri Managi gritted her teeth, thinking, "That brat!" But just as she was about to speak, she realized it was too late. Klara and the others were all looking over. An also said softly, "Lady Managi really does do nothing but work and sleep every day. What would you like to put here?"

Nakiri Managi's eye twitched, and she coughed lightly, saying, "If you can say it, there's no need to put it in. By the way, Alice, don't you have anything to keep secret?"

"no!"

Her blood pressure almost spiked. She should have said she just liked the box or that it contained cosmetics. What a blunder! Pandemonica looked at Bai Yu and said softly, "Bai Yu, is there something you're keeping secret?"

Lucifer said nonchalantly, "Bai Yu doesn't have anything to keep secret..."

"Yes, I have."

"You really have it?! How come I didn't know?!"