After all, although meat was very good, vegetables were indispensable too. There were so many varieties of vegetables that listing every vegetable dish became a difficult task. Even the soups made with each vegetable alone were numerous, to say nothing of combinations of vegetables-the number was almost unimaginable. This time, Heath planned to make some common home-style dishes, such as vegetable salad, fennel soup, and stir-fried baby bok choy, served with rice. The meal came together very quickly. Before long, Heath had finished everything and had Zoroark carry it over to the girl.
Fennel soup counted among Heath's favorite vegetable soups, though his absolute favorite was still the flawless pea shoot soup. That was truly divine. But Heath remembered that he had bought rather a lot of fennel this time, so he chose to make soup with it instead. Besides, fennel soup actually tasted pretty good-very good, to be precise-so Heath thought it was an excellent choice for serving a customer, especially one who had requested a purely vegan meal.
"Thank you." The girl's sweet voice made Zoroark shudder all over before breaking into the smile of a lovestruck woman. The corner of Heath's mouth twitched. Honestly, this Zoroark... She's a girl, you know. And aren't you female too? Why are you smiling like such a lecher? Heath was somewhat speechless, but he still watched the girl before him with a hint of anticipation, curious about her true identity. If she was human, she was far too perfect.
It was not that Heath thought humans could not be that beautiful. Rather, even in his previous life, with all its advanced tricks like beauty filters and plastic surgery, attaining such looks was no easy matter. It was as though every feature of this girl had been placed in its most perfect