"..."
Shiina Mashiro offered no opinion on Rita's words, merely listening quietly.
Then, just as... she suddenly stopped walking, forcing Rita, who was holding her hand, to stop as well and look at her in confusion.
"Rita, baumkuchen... and fried tofu."
Shiina Mashiro stared at the supermarket in the distance, her voice light as the wind reaching Rita's ears.
"I knew it..."
Most of the time, the reason Shiina Mashiro stopped walking was because she wanted baumkuchen. But since she and Hiyamaru got along quite well now, whenever she ate baumkuchen, she would think of Hiyamaru's favorite fried tofu.
"Just in time. We need to stock up on ingredients and fruit at home too. Let's go to the supermarket!"
Looking at the supermarket before her, Rita remembered that the supplies in the refrigerator were nearly gone again. It was about time to replenish them.
After entering the supermarket, they found a cart... and began selectively placing ingredients inside. Most of them were seafood. Once the cart was about one-third full, they went to the snack aisle... where, aside from baumkuchen, they bought some common snacks as well.
Finally, they arrived at the fruit section...
Looking at the fruit before them, especially the carefully selected varieties... practically none cost less than 2,000 yen per pound. It was not as if there were no relatively cheap options, but there was nothing particularly good among them.
"Mashiro, is there any fruit you want to buy?"
Rita suddenly handed the choice over to Shiina Mashiro beside her.
"Rita chooses."
Upon hearing that, Shiina Mashiro first glanced over the fruit before handing the question back to Rita.
"All right..."
Rita pushed the cart... and bought several pounds of apples, grapes, oranges, and then... peaches! They were all much more expensive than in Shenzhou... only the