"All right, that's enough for today."
Hearing Fang Zheng speak, Ruizi finally set down the sword in her hand and stretched lazily.
"Phew... Let's go make lunch... Index, what do you want to eat?"
"Hmm... Curry!"
"Then let's go buy ingredients for curry. Mr. Fang Zheng, may we borrow the kitchen?"
"No problem."
Hearing Ruizi's request, Fang Zheng nodded, then glanced at Ram.
"Ram, go with them. We're having curry today."
"Yes, Lord Fang Zheng."
Fang Zheng's research institute did not have a full-time chef. Generally, whoever had time did the cooking. Most of the time Fang Zheng cooked himself, but after Ram and Rem arrived, it was handed over to Rem. Occasionally, Ruizi would borrow the kitchen to make some of her specialties. Thus, the girls usually gathered at the institute, since to them, it felt like a second home.
After leaving the institute, the three of them quickly headed to a nearby supermarket to shop. Since they had to prepare portions for Fang Zheng, Ram, Rem, Kiyama Harumi, Saten Ruiko, and Index—mainly Index—they naturally needed to buy quite a lot of ingredients. But Fang Zheng had generously stated that the institute would reimburse the cost, so Ruizi did not hold back.
"Index, do you want spicy curry or mild curry?"
"Hmm... I want sweet curry!"
"Then sweet curry it is... Let's see, these should do..."
Just as the three of them were picking out ingredients, a supermarket employee suddenly came out. He approached a counter not far from them, put down some goods, then picked up a loudspeaker.
"Today's half-price sale has begun! Eggs are half price! Limited to two cartons per person!"
Those magical words instantly stimulated the nerves of every customer in the supermarket. Men, women, young, and old all swarmed over at once, reaching for