Tights's Instant Noodles

Louis felt very pleased with himself. He lifted his head and hummed, "Wait, wait. What you're saying is true—I really am great and amazing, but..."

"Louis, you're the best! You wouldn't turn me down, would you~?"

After a barrage of sugary flattery, Louis fell silent.

The spaceship was quiet. He looked at Tights and suddenly asked, "Can you cook?"

"Cook?"

Tights blinked. Hadn't they been talking about protecting her?

But...

Tights nodded anyway. "I can."

As the daughter of Earth's richest man, she hadn't known how to cook at first.

But she'd gone off-world with Jaco on her own, and after years of drifting through space, she'd learned how to cook.

"I can protect you, but you have to cook for me. Deal?" Louis said.

He'd really wanted to turn Tights down, but this pretty older sister had told him how great and amazing he was!

Who could resist that?

Besides, Louis couldn't cook, and Whis's food tasted awful.

If Tights could cook for him, protecting her wasn't out of the question.

"Sure, sure. Then it's settled."

Tights turned around with a cheerful smile. "Jaco, Louis is going to protect me now. Until we meet again!"

"Go on, then! Women are such a pain. They just use you and toss you aside!" Jaco said, speechless.

"Whis, let's go back to the God of Destruction Realm," Louis said, looking at Whis.

"Wait, Louis. You're planning to take her to the God of Destruction Realm?" Whis finally spoke up.

"Is there a problem?"

"I don't have a problem with it."

Whis shook his head. "But if Lord Beerus wakes up and finds a stranger in the God of Destruction Realm, he might get angry."

Louis said irritably, "Why are you worrying about that lazy bum? He's asleep. I'm the God of Destruction, so you listen to me!"

"..."

Whis's mouth twitched slightly. Still, Louis was right. With Beerus absent, Whis had to listen to him.

"Besides, Lord Beerus might not get angry when he wakes up."

Louis looked at Tights again.

She had short blond hair and was cute and pretty, but she'd look even better with long hair.

"Oh? Why are you so sure Lord Beerus won't be angry when he wakes up?" Whis asked, puzzled.

"Would you get angry if there were delicious food?" Louis turned to look at him.

"Delicious food!!!!"

Whis's eyes lit up at once. "I agree to protect Tights!"

Louis: "..."

Tights hesitated, unsure what to say.

Louis smiled. "Go ahead. What is it?"

Tights swallowed. "Um, the God of Destruction and Candidate God of Destruction you mentioned—what are those? Are they some kind of deities?"

Louis and Whis exchanged a glance, then laughed.

"You'll find out later. Let's go!"

Louis grabbed Tights by the wrist and glanced at Whis. Whis immediately swung his staff, and the three of them vanished from the spaceship.

Jaco was left alone aboard, completely bewildered!

God of Destruction Realm.

The land there was purple, having been affected by the aura of destruction for years.

In front of a lake.

With a whoosh, three figures appeared.

"Phew, we've been gone for a month. It's good to be back!"

Louis walked over to a lounge chair by the lake and lay down.

Whis went to contact Old Supreme Kai and tell him Louis had completed the mission.

When Old Supreme Kai, in the Supreme Kai Realm, heard that Louis had destroyed more than five thousand useless planets, he was incredibly excited.

If Beerus had been responsible for those five thousand planets, it would have taken him at least a thousand years to finish the job!

Old Supreme Kai thought it had been an incredibly wise decision to make Beerus take Louis on as a Candidate God of Destruction.

Meanwhile—

"Wow, this planet is beautiful!"

It was Tights's first time on the God of Destruction Realm. Like a curious kitten, she wandered here and there!

"Don't make such a fuss."

Louis took a sip of the drink beside him, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Tights, do you still have instant noodles in your Capsule Corp Capsules?"

"Instant noodles?"

Tights returned to Louis's side and frowned. "Yes? Do you want some?"

"Good. If Lord Beerus suddenly wakes up and sees you here, we'll be in trouble."

"Who's this Lord Beerus you keep talking about?"

Tights tossed out a Capsule Corp Capsule. It transformed into a warehouse more than ten meters tall, packed with dried food.

"Pfft!"

Louis sprayed out his drink when he saw it. Wiping his mouth, he said, "Are you preparing for a famine?"

"You're the one preparing for a famine! I'm traveling through space. Of course I have to be fully prepared!" Tights huffed.

The Capsule Corp Capsule she'd taken out was just one of over a thousand. If she took them all out, Louis would probably have a heart attack from shock!

"Huh? What are you doing?"

After finishing his conversation with Old Supreme Kai, Whis returned and looked at the warehouse beside Tights, puzzled.

"Didn't you say you wanted something delicious?"

Louis walked into the warehouse and took out three cups of instant noodles. "Whis, get some boiling water."

"Huh? O-okay!"

Whis swung his staff, and a kettle of boiling water appeared out of nowhere. He picked up one of the unopened cups of instant noodles from the table.

He looked it over carefully, then sniffed it.

Could this really taste good?

"Tights, help Whis prepare it."

"Okay."

Tights peeled off the plastic wrapping around the instant noodles.

Only then did Whis realize how it worked. So you had to remove the outer wrapping first.

Whis kept looking surprised. He was like a country bumpkin. Louis ignored him; Whis would have plenty more to be amazed by later.

Soon, Louis and Tights had poured in the boiling water. All they had to do was wait a minute or two for the noodles to be ready.

Louis looked at the instant noodles on the table and thought of the ones from his past life. He really missed them.

"Louis, you and Whis mentioned the God of Destruction and Candidate God of Destruction. What are they?"

Tights sat on a bench beside the table and brought up the topic again.

"A God of Destruction is a God of Destruction!"

"But a God of Destruction is a deity who oversees destruction in the universe, and the highest-ranking deity in the entire universe."

Louis's voice was soft, but Tights felt a tidal wave surge through her heart.

"Y-You're telling the truth?"

"Of course. Why would I lie to you?"

"Gulp!"

Tights swallowed. From Louis's earlier conversation with Whis, she thought she'd figured out the secret. Nervously, she asked:

"L-Louis, are you the Candidate God of Destruction? And is that Lord Beerus the God of Destruction?"

Louis turned his head and looked at Tights's fair little face. Smiling, he said, "As expected of a novelist. You pieced that together just from listening to Whis and me talk."

"That's right. I'm the Candidate God of Destruction, and the real God of Destruction is still asleep."

Louis knew that words alone wouldn't convince Tights. He raised his hand and sent a burst of Destruction Energy toward a distant mountain range.

Hum!

The mountain, towering ten thousand meters high, vanished in an instant!

"..."

Tights went pale with fright and didn't dare say a word.

"Hahaha, aren't you supposed to be brave? You traveled through space all by yourself."

"...Candidate God of Destruction, you won't kill me, will you?"

Tights hugged herself and retreated far away. Her frightened eyes showed how truly scared she was.

"Come on, get over here. If I wanted to kill you, why would I have brought you here? And I promised to protect you, so I'll protect you."

Then Louis grinned. "But you'll have to say more nice things about me."

Tights relaxed. An entire mountain range had vanished in an instant. This Candidate God of Destruction was terrifying!

At least he didn't seem to want to hurt her.

"Um, Candidate God of Destruction, you're so amazing, so handsome, just like a star in the sky, no matter where..."

Tights returned to her chair and began fawning over him, but before she could finish, Louis and Whis both broke out in goosebumps.

"Stop, stop. Don't say any more. Just talk to me normally!" Louis said irritably.

Just then—

Whis ignored Tights and stared at the instant noodles on the table. He swallowed. "Louis, do you smell that? It smells so good!"

Louis checked the time. "They're ready. We can eat."

The moment he finished speaking—

A shadow flashed through the air, and one of the cups of instant noodles vanished from the table.

"Slurp!"

Whis eagerly took a bite.

"Mmmmmm~"

"What kind of heavenly delicacy is this? It's so delicious!"

"Slurp!"

"Every strand of noodles is coated in broth. When you eat them, the rich aroma bursts out and goes straight to your soul!"

"Gulp!"

"And the broth is even better. They must have simmered countless precious ingredients to make the tiny packet of seasoning. The soup slides down your throat and into your stomach..."

With every bite of noodles and every sip of broth, Whis offered his thoughts on the food.

His flushed expression made him look as if he'd just reached the heights of ecstasy.

"...Louis, are those additives really that delicious?" Tights stared at him, stunned.

"Some people just love additives. There's not much we can do about it. Come on, let's eat too!"

Louis's mouth twitched slightly. He handed Tights a cup of instant noodles and picked one up for himself.

Just as he was about to eat—

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out from the distant God of Destruction Palace.