Gabriel's Submission
While flavors like tomato are unavailable, which are naturally impossible to achieve, flavors like roast chicken, roast duck, roast goose, onion, cheese, curry, and even mint are readily available.
After preparing all the food, having completed the task of making cola and potato chips for Gabriel, Shirou returned to the palace, fulfilling his promise.
However, when he entered Gabriel's room, the female warriors of the Arabian Empire outside the door silently set up their weapons, crossed them at the doorway, and blocked it off.
"No loitering. The angel is only here to meet and speak with the prince," the armored female gatekeeper said coldly.
Standing under the Yukino at the doorway, Yuihama asked in surprise, "Wait, what's going on?"
"Are you kidding me? Bad kids get punished, you know. What are you planning to do to Shirou? Get out of the way!" Asuna smiled, touching her face, and looked at the guards before widening her eyes and asking.
Instantly, a murderous aura, like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, emanated from the girl. The Black Shadow of a female warrior emerged from her body, gradually materializing into a weapon.
The guards' expressions changed, cold sweat broke out, and they gripped their weapons tightly, as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Wait! Raikou!" Shirou called out to the woman.
"Oh my, so Shirou already knew that Mom was here?" Minamoto no Raikō said with a curious smile as he appeared.
"You already gave yourself away, and besides, you're not my mother!" Shirou said calmly.
"Why is he like this... so cold, just like Kintoki? Did he revert to his rebellious phase after his body shrank?" Minamoto no Raikō touched his face, expressing his mother's concern.
"I'm sorry for offending you. I know you were just doing your duty, sisters. My companions were just worried about me. I'll go in alone now, and my companions can wait outside. Please don't blame them. They won't cause any trouble." Shirou said with a smile to the guards as he walked to the door.
"No... no! Prince!"
"I'm perfectly fine!"
"We understand, let's do it that way."
The female security guards blushed and waved their hands in agreement.
Shirou nodded to his companions and turned to walk into the magnificent room.
At this moment, the blonde girl Gabriel was still lying on her side on the Persian carpet, and said unhurriedly, "Shirou, well done! You really deserve a compliment. I never thought you could actually recreate cola and potato chips in the eighth century."
"But... these potato chips! They do taste a bit different from the ones I've had before." Gabriel sat up, with crumbs of potato chips still on her lips, and commented on the potato chips that were served this time.
When a person's culinary skills reach Shirou's level, they can bring out the most perfect flavor of the ingredients with ease. In this process, even the slightest mistake will disrupt the balance and result in a noticeable difference.
"Shirou! You think I didn't notice this?!" Gabriel crossed her arms on the table, striking a pose reminiscent of Commander Ikari, looking quite serious. As an angel with refined taste and high standards, she wouldn't compromise on snacks.
"No, Gabriel, you only said from the beginning that all we needed was cola and potato chips, right? Besides, everyone and I have tasted the potato chips made by the chef in the kitchen, and they taste perfectly fine," Shirou retorted.
"Uh... well, if you're asking whether it's delicious or not, of course it's delicious," Gabriel said, pouting.
The potato chips made by the cooks were subtly different from the ones Shirou made before. Although they were still quite delicious, after eating the previous chips, these just felt like something was missing.
"If there are no problems, I'm going to say goodbye and go find other companions. Thank you for taking care of Yukino, Yuihama, and Asuna," Shirou said.
Gabriel slammed her hand on the table and said, "I don't care! I'm an angel! The potato chips I eat have to be the best! Besides, the people here have a very high opinion of you, and they hope that you, Prince, will stay here."
"Mmm." The attendant officer outside the door nodded repeatedly.
"So it's decided! Shirou, you've been chosen. As the holy son who serves the gods, you'll stay in this palace and cook delicious food for me for the rest of your life!!!" Gabriel declared, raising her hands high.
Chapter 323 Gabriel's Submission
"Oh my, Gabriel is such a bold and naughty girl," Raphael said with a mischievous grin, covering her mouth as if she wanted to stir up more trouble.
"How about I stay another day and teach you how to make snacks? It'll be a lot of fun, Vignette will be there too," Shirou suggested to the angel.
"Ugh—what a hassle. For small things like that, you can stay and teach Vignette, then just let her do it," Gabriel said with a look of disgust.
"No, if you do this, it won't just bother me, it will also bother other people," Shirou advised.
"What does it matter? I've helped them before, and after you all die of old age, I'll let you all go to heaven. Consider this an investment. It's more efficient to give that money to me than to spend a lot of money on graves," Gabriel said calmly, picking her ear.
"This is an abuse of power," Shirou said with a wry smile.
"Because! Because! There are no games here, and my phone is out of battery! All I can do is laze around and sleep in. Now I finally have some fun eating! This is what I rely on to make a living, how could I possibly give it up!" Gabriel shouted, waving her hands and rolling on the ground.
"No, if I don't solve this problem, everyone might have to stay here forever," Shirou said.
"Even if you go there, the problem might not be solved, Shirou you'll have to stay with me! I'll give you the best treatment if you do," Gabriel said willfully.
Satania, standing outside the door, nodded in agreement. She thought it was good that Shirou stayed, since his pineapple buns were absolutely delicious. However, before she could speak, she sensed a terrifying black aura behind her and gasped in fright.
"I can't stand it anymore!" Vignette said angrily as she stepped forward.
"What!" Vignette asked, her face grim. Honest people are the most terrifying when they lose their temper, because they've already prepared themselves for what's to come. It's like a detective familiar with criminal investigation methods or a lawyer skilled at exploiting legal loopholes deciding to become a master criminal and fight evil with evil.
"No, it's nothing." The security guard silently made way for the girl.
Even the security guard, who knew her well, didn't dare stop her. After all, Vignette was usually friendly to everyone and her character was impeccable. But Gabriel's behavior was a real headache for everyone here.
Although she can emit Holy Light, has an angelic halo and wings, and possesses divinely bestowed tokens, it indicates that her identity is genuine.
But precisely because of this, if outsiders were to see the angel Gabriel in this kind of slacker-like state, it would definitely have an unnecessary impact on the believers.
The imam of the only mosque in the city, the highest authority among the clergy, established rules to fulfill all the angel's requests, forbidding her from leaving.
In fact, this was exactly what Gabriel wanted. Apart from being a little bored, she had no complaints about her life here, being supported by humans.
As the only one here who can somewhat discipline Gabriel and stop the angel's reckless behavior, Vignette is often everyone's savior. In fact, everyone tacitly believes that although Vignette is currently only an angel's attendant, she will one day surpass Gabriel and become a holy angel revered by everyone.
"Shirou-senpai!"
"Yes?"
Vignette went into the room, came to Shirou's side, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Upon hearing this, Shirou nodded repeatedly.
Then the two of them stared straight at Gabriel.
"Wh... what?" Gabriel sat up guiltily, shifting her position back a couple of feet, and asked.
"Gael ..." Shirou uttered the name that Vignette had told him, though he didn't quite understand it, but the effect was remarkable.
"Sister!!! Why!? Vignette! You betrayed me!" Gabriel stood up as if struck by lightning, looking at the black-haired demon girl beside her with deep sorrow.
"Gabriel, give up! Stop causing trouble for everyone. If you don't want to get a spanking again, you'd better behave." Vignette stood beside Shirou, arms crossed, and said sternly.
"Stop fooling me! Although Shirou, your true form is the supreme god who created our world, you've lost contact with him now!" Gabriel struggled to say.
"How about I try summoning it now?" Shirou said unhurriedly.
"Wait! Ugh... Let me think about it." Gabriel said, raising her hand.
"Ga-chan, this is a little bad," Raphael, who had been smiling all along, said, opening her eyes to warn him.
"Eh?! Gabriel, if your angel sister comes over, it's no joke." Even Satania looked over worriedly and said.
"Surrender, surrender! Let the people outside in too," Gabriel hesitated for a moment, then raised her hands and begged for mercy.
"If you had just been this obedient from the beginning, wouldn't it have been better?" Vignette said with a smile.
"You actually dared to threaten me with someone's family? You truly are a demon from hell. I'll remember this." Gabriel muttered through gritted teeth, her anger flaring.
"Hey, hey, don't portray us as irredeemably evil people," Shirou retorted.
He was slightly surprised that Gabriel had suddenly become so well-behaved; it seemed that older sister was quite formidable. It turned out that telling the parents was indeed a very effective way to deal with unruly children.
"Kukuku, hahaha!" Satania ran out, covering her face with her hands, and said with a sinister grin, "How pathetic, Gabriel. Now you understand, this is the consequence of going against the Great Demon Satania."
"Serves you right!" Satania, like a ballerina, raised one hand high, slightly bent like a proud swan raising its wings, and leaned back, laughing uncontrollably, "Hahaha! Woohoo!"
A cushion flew up and hit Satania directly in the face, knocking her to the ground.
"Stop nagging! Satania, stop bothering me. Now our snack time is ruined. So boring, so boring! I want to play games! Any game will do!" Gabriel said with a mournful face.
"As for game consoles, I can still make one for you," Shirou said, Projection images of the PS Vita, 3DS LL, and the recently popular Switch, which is compatible with both home and handheld consoles.
Although his connection with the white god has been severed and the Holy Grail has been taken away, the objects he had previously scanned with his Mystic Eyes of Analysis are now recorded in his mind.
"Shirou, you really are a god!!!" Gabriel took the phone and shouted excitedly.
"Well, even if it's Projection, it'll disappear soon," Shirou said.
"No, Mr. Shirou, the Projection things won't disappear, because you are the only creator god." Raphael said with a cat-like smile.
"Huh! What's going on?" Shirou asked in surprise.
"Because the world we live in now was created with your power. Unlike those original worlds, the creatures living in these newly created worlds, whether humans, angels, or demons, were all created by the White God," Raphael explained.
Shirou glanced at Vignette beside him and nodded.
"No way... Come to think of it..." Shirou recalled having some strange dreams, where people in worlds he'd visited were fighting fiercely over the cooking utensils he'd created, causing a bloodbath, like the Holy Pot War, or some legendary cooking utensil. Could all of that be real?
"In a way, all of us are children of the Creator God," Raphael said, stroking her face.
"Yeah, Daddy! It's free anyway, why not just Projection a generator and a TV for me! Let's build an arcade too, so everyone can play together." Gabriel hugged Shirou and said.
"I don't need money, but I do need magic, and I don't want such an unfilial daughter." Shirou said, forcefully swinging his arm as he tried to shake Gabriel off.
"Don't say that. Having a daughter as cute as me isn't something you can just happen to." Gabriel was already obsessed with video games, her eyes turning into constantly spinning coils, and she said while hugging her arms even tighter.
Bang!
"Gabriel! Pull yourself together!!!" Vignette's black trident struck Gabriel on the head without mercy.
"Waaah..." The berserk blonde girl, with a large bump on her head, finally released Shirou and collapsed to the Shirou, slumped down beside him.
"This isn't a sign of resilience, it's a sign of being knocked down," Raphael said, her body trembling as she suppressed a laugh.
"I'm so sorry, Shirou-senpai. I'm so sorry, everyone!" Vignette lifted the unconscious Gabriel and bowed to Shirou and the others in apology.
"No, it's alright, it's alright, please don't do that, Vignette- chan, we've been taken care of by you too," Yuihama said, waving her hands.
"Well, since you've agreed, let's let her go," Yukino said.
"Waaah... Vignette! Let me go! See, they said the same thing!" Gabriel complained, rubbing the sore, swollen spot.
"Show me a little sincerity!" Vignette said, pressing down on Gabriel's head.
"Honestly! Without my prompting, even if he had gone out and wandered around, it wouldn't have gotten to the desired result," Gabriel said, pouting.
"I see. So you do know something, Gabriel. So, do you want to play this or not?" Shirou Projection a red and white Poké Ball and a matching Switch in front of the blonde girl and asked.
"Hmph! I want it!" Gabriel looked at Shirou with a conflicted expression, but still puffed out her cheeks and reached out to take the game console.
"Now you can tell me what happened, right?" Shirou sat down and looked at the girl.
"Okay, okay, actually, when I came to this world, I received a mission from the world's consciousness." Gabriel said, shrugging.
"Huh? Huh! Why didn't you say anything before?" Vignette and Satania asked in surprise.
"Because that world's consciousness didn't give me any good food... and I even had to run errands for her, delivering things is such a hassle." Gabriel said with a look of disgust, then looked at Shirou and said, "Your partner is also in this mission, so Shirou, you can deliver a package for me."
"Delivery? Okay." Shirou didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he agreed.
"Okay, then wait a moment." Gabriel stood up, opened a pocket-like opening of light in the void, and reached inside to rummage around.
Gabriel pulled out a bottle that shimmered with the light of Star Noble Phantasm.
"Not this one." Gabriel glanced at it, then tossed it away.
"The Star Bottle, symbolizing Aquarius! Noble Phantasm made from the stars, a symbol of the guardian angel of Aquarius!" An elderly woman with white hair cried out in surprise and fell to the ground.
This elderly woman was the imam of the mosque who had been invited. She was well-versed in Islamic teachings and served Allah in the Gabriel. Unexpectedly, upon entering, she witnessed a scene that nearly stopped her heart.
"Iman! Are you alright?!" The attendant officer beside him quickly helped the old man up.
"Don't worry about me! Hurry! Go catch that bottle! It's one of the twelve zodiac signs, representing the eleventh month of the year! It affects the fate of all mankind, it absolutely cannot be dropped!" The old woman pushed attendant officer and shouted in a hoarse voice.
The guards rushed forward in a flurry, raising their arms high, but they bumped into each other and none of them managed to catch the bottle.
Just before landing, Asuna, relying on Minamoto no Raikō, hooked upwards and caught the vase in her palm, curiously playing with it. If ancient Chinese porcelain was unparalleled in the world, then this vase was the pinnacle of Western craftsmanship.
At that moment, a golden ripple automatically appeared in the void. Asuna placed the treasure bottle into it, and the golden light curtain slowly and steadily collected the bottle.
The people of the Arabian Empire breathed a sigh of relief.
Gabriel continued to explore, and this time she pulled out a trumpet shaped like a lily.
"The trumpet of the Doomsday Judgment!!!" The imam in charge of religious rites at the mosque exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this.
The guards nearby turned pale and broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.
"Ah... it's not this one either." Gabriel tossed it away again.
"Careful!!"
Just then, Vignette arrived in time, crouched down, and steadily caught the horn, returning it to the golden space.