Between World Restaurant - Dxhaseoxd

Seeing that they were just standing there, Yami came over to welcome them into the restaurant.

However, when Yami came over, the monk suddenly trembled as if he sensed something.

He looked at Yami with a shocked look as if he couldn't believe what he was looking at.

Then he suddenly raised the mala beads in his hands and started praying like before, creating a golden glow around them. That golden glow quickly increased in brightness until it reached a point where almost everyone in the store couldn't help looking at them.

Yami was confused by what this monk was doing at first, but then she decided that she should stop him.

However, before she could stop him, the monk suddenly raised his hand and shot that golden glow at Yami as he shouted, "Begone foul evil creature!"

Twelfth Meal — Peaches of Immortality (2)

Everyone was caught off guard by this sudden move by the monk, but they weren't worried at all.

After all, they had full faith in Yami's abilities.

That faith didn't let them down.

After being surprised by this sudden attack by the monk, Yami suddenly raised her hand and deployed a dark glow that she also shot out at the golden glow.

When the two of them clashed, there wasn't even a single second of hesitation as the golden glow was shattered to pieces by the dark glow. However, the dark glow didn't stop there as it continued flying forward towards the monk.

The monk was surprised to see this, but he didn't stop chanting.

As he chanted, there was another golden glow that came from his mala beads and soon surrounded him, creating a golden buddha barrier around him.

This golden buddha barrier clashed with the dark glow, but this time it didn't shatter right away like the golden glow had done.

Instead, it was able to keep the dark glow at bay for a few seconds.

But at the end of those few seconds, it still shattered like the golden glow and the dark glow was just as strong as ever.

After shattering the golden buddha, the dark glow was flying unimpeded towards the monk.

The monk had a look like he had accepted his fate when he saw this.

He wasn't able to do anything else in time

It seemed like this demon truly was too powerful for him to exorcise.

As the monk was about to close his eyes, there was a sudden red arc that appeared in front of him. This red arc started where the monkey was and ended where the dark glow was.

It was the monkey's red stick!

This was a special stick that could change its size at will that the monkey had received from the gods after he had impressed them with his knowledge, so it definitely wasn't a weak weapon.

However, when it clashed with the dark glow that was flying towards him, the monkey's red stick was actuallyblown back by the dark glow.

At the very least though, the dark glow was deflected by the monkey's red stick and flew past the monk instead of right into him.

Right before the dark glow was about to hit the door behind them, Yami waved her hand and it disappeared into nothing.

Both the monk and the monkey suddenly fell onto their butts after the dark glow disappeared.

This had been a casual move from Yami, but it had taken all of their energy to deal with it.

Both of them could only accept their fates as they looked up at Yami who was slowly coming towards them.

The monk had a look like he had already accepted death, but the look on the monkey's face looked like it wanted to fight to the very end.

But Yami didn't raise a hand to deal with them. Instead, she looked at them and asked, "Why did you attack me?"

The monk was surprised to see that Yami didn't kill him right away, so he gave a bow and answered, "I sensed the aura of a great evil coming from you. It is my duty as a monk to rid the land of such evil for the good of the people."

Then he looked back up at Yami, looking right into her eyes and said, "I won't apologize for my actions, but they are my actions alone. I hope that you will let the monkey go."

The monkey was about to stand up and say something, but the monk used his hand to push her back down again.

Yami looked right into the monk's eyes and seeing the look in them, she gave a nod before saying, "You're right about how I have the aura of a great evil since I was once a demon king, but that was in the past. I'm no longer the same person I was before. Just like how people can be good and bad, it is the same with demons. I hope that you will open your heart."

The monk was about to say something, but then his mouth suddenly closed as he swallowed his words.

His eyes couldn't help opening wide as he looked at Yami.

The black aura that he had seen around Yami had suddenly turned into a white aura that was no different from the ones he could see around normal people.

This was a phenomenon that he had never seen before and he couldn't understand what it meant.

But there was one thing that was clear, she didn't seem to be lying.

After sitting on his butt in a daze for a few minutes, the monk finally bowed his head and said, "Benefactor, I apologize for my actions. Please punish me however you see fit."

He wouldn't apologize before since his morales wouldn't allow him to apologize to this great evil, but after recognizing that he was wrong, he didn't have any qualms about apologizing.

That was because he was indeed the one that had been in the wrong by suddenly attacking without understanding the situation.

Yami just waved her hand and said, "It's all a misunderstanding in the first place, so there's no need to take it that seriously." But then she turned to look at the monkey before saying, "But it seems like your little friend here doesn't want to let matters end here."

The monkey had been glaring at Yami the entire time, as if she wanted to attack her.

Seeing that Yami was finally talking to her, the monkey said, "Don't get too cocky you old hag! I bet that you're just angry that you're already sagging that you're taking it out on us! You won't be able to reclaim your youth by venting your anger out on us!"

The monkey had already lost herself in rage that she was just shouting out whatever she wanted to shout without even thinking about the consequences.

After she said this, the entire restaurant fell silent as no one dared to even breathe too loudly.

Everyone was staring at Yami with their hands over their mouths.

As for why their hands were over their mouths, they were trying to cover up their laughter as much as possible.

Yami's lips couldn't help twitching when she heard these words and then her face started turning darker.

It was at this time that there was a stifled laughter that suddenly rang out.

Yami's dark gaze immediately fell onto the culprit and they shrank back into their chair, trying to make themselves as small as possible.

Yami then turned back to the monkey with a dark smile on her face as she said, "It seems like our little friend here hasn't learned her lesson yet."

Then without hesitation, she walked towards the monkey who was still sitting there on her butt.

The monkey couldn't help scooching back when she saw Yami approaching her.

Even if she acted tough, she wasn't a fool and could see the difference between the two of them. Even if she were to go all out, she knew that she wouldn't be able to take down Yami.

As she scooched back, she couldn't help saying, "Oi, old hag, what are you doing? Don't, don't come any closer."

But Yami completely ignored her as she came closer step by step.

Then all of a sudden, Yami disappeared.

When she reappeared, she was right behind the monkey.

The monkey was still looking around for Yami when she was suddenly picked up by Yami by the collar.

The monkey tried struggling, but she couldn't break free from Yami's iron grip.

Then Yamitook the monkey and put her over a single knee before raising a handalmost as if she was going to

In front of everyone, Yami's hand fell down right on the monkey's

The monkey was still saying, "Let me go, let me"

"Pa!"

The monkey's head suddenly went up as she shouted in pain, "Ah!"

Yami didn't stop after the first slap as her hand came up once again before falling down.

Her hand fell down on the monkey's butt again and again, making crisp slapping sounds along with pained cries from the monkey.

The monkey couldn't help crying when she was being spanked by Yami.

This was her first time in her long life being treated like this and she didn't know how to react, but her reaction in the endwas very surprising.

Instead of remaining tough, she actually broke down.

She started crying and apologizing as Yami slapped her. It even reached the point where Yami even felt too awkward to keep spanking her.

So she finally stopped and let the monkey go, but before she could react, the monkey suddenly jumped up and grabbed Yami in a hug. She put her head in Yami's chest and said while crying, "I'm sorry mommy, I won't do it again."

Yami and everyone around couldn't help revealing awkward looks on their faces as they couldn't react to what was happening.

But still, dealing with this crying monkey, it wasn't as if Yami could keep up her cold facade.

So she reached her hand out and patted the monkey on the back to comfort her.

After a few minutes, the sobbing from the monkey slowly came to a stop before she suddenly pulled her head out of Yami's chest. She looked up at Yami who was holding her and slowly but surely, there was a blush that appeared on the monkey's face.

She jumped out of Yami's embrace and then stood up while wiping the remaining tears from her face before turning her head away with a snort.

Yami just looked at her with a smile when she saw this.

Twelfth Meal — Peaches of Immortality (3)

The monkey couldn't help feeling more and more embarrassed as she heard the snickering around her.

The monkey didn't even have to think about it to know what they were laughing at and it made her blush even more.

She then turned to the monk and leaned in to poke him on the chest as she said, "Why didn't you do anything? What good are you if you're not going to step in at a time like this?"

The monk just put his hands together and calmly said, "You must learn to accept the consequences of your own actions."

The monkey revealed a dissatisfied look as she said, "Isn't it all because I was standing up for you? Why else would I have suffered like that?" After saying this, she couldn't help turning her head and pouting her cheeks.

The monk gave a sigh when he saw this.

He knew that she was right and she had good intentions even if her methods were wrong, but there was nothing that he could do in this situation.

So he just stood there without saying a thing.

Twelfth Meal — Peaches of Immortality (4)

As they went through the menu, they saw many different dishes that they had never seen before.

However, just from the description of the dishes, they couldn't stop their drool from dripping.

They could tell that these dishes would be delicious, but they were amazed that no one had thought of these combinations before.

It was even good enough that the monk wanted to break his vow and have some meat. But of course, he was a monk with a firm mind and it wouldn't break that easily.

So in the end, he still looked for a vegetarian dish.

The two of them kept flipping through the menu until their eyes stopped on the same dish at the same time.

"Peaches of Immortality."

That was the name of the dish.

The moment that they saw this, they couldn't help being shocked because this was a name that they were familiar with. Or at least it could be said that the monkey was very familiar with this name.

Twelfth Meal — Peaches of Immortality (5)

They had expected a clash between the two tastes since these two flavours were flavours that they never thought to put together.

However, they found that it was a combination that was surprisingly good.

The crisp flavour of the radish helped mellow out the mild sweet taste of the peach even more, but it also added a new element to this sweet flavour.

It was no longer just a mild sweetness, but rather a refreshing mild sweetness that was like eating watermelon, but it had the taste of peach to it.

Then after the sweetness faded, there was a bit of a bitter taste at the end of it that came from the radish paste.

It was almost like how matcha tasted, sweet at first and leaving a bitter aftertaste.

It was a strange combination for sure, but it helped accentuate the sweetness and that bitter aftertaste left them wanting more.

Thirteenth Meal — Kids Lunch (1)

"Father, father, you said that you would take me to a special place for lunch?"

The man patted the boy on his head before saying, "Of course. It is a place that not many people in this world have been to and has the most delicious food in the world."

The boy's eyes lit up when he heard this and he asked, "Can we go now?"

The man patted the boy's head again before saying, "Go and find your mother first. Father has to take care of some business first. Once father is done, I'll bring both of you there for lunch."

The boy gave a nod before running off into the hall outside this office.

Watching him run off, the man couldn't help revealing a wide smile.

This boy was his pride and joy. It was because of him that he was able to keep going with all of this tedious work.

After the boy ran out of the office, he went through the halls of this palace until he arrived at a set of beautifully decorated doors.

Thirteenth Meal — Kids Lunch (2)

The boy couldn't help being surprised when he saw this floating door.

Before anyone could say anything, he was already moving over to see how it was just floating there on its own.

He was quite the curious boy even though he restrained himself because of his position, but since he was alone with his parents right now, there was no need for him to think about that. He just acted like a normal curious little boy.

When the royal couple saw this, they didn't say a thing and just watched with smiles as they let the boy explore the door.

The boy went around the door several times, but he couldn't find anything special about it.

It seemed like it was just a normal door no matter how he looked at it.

The only thing that could be considered special about this door was the dog's paw that was printed on it.

Thirteenth Meal — Kids Lunch (3)

Neither of them even turned their heads as they shouted, "Shut it, Croquette! You're also a traitor to the katsu faction, so you can't say anything!"

The one who had spoken just now was Croquette, or known by his name in their world, the Great Sage Zweit.