"They are..."
Before the two people across from them could let their guard down, Artoria had already become wary. Little Mo, who had just entered and saw her father king so alert, looked toward the pair as well.
"What is it? Are they enemies?" Little Mo walked over and asked eagerly.
Yu Feng did not answer. He merely looked at the two of them. "That depends on them."
"It has truly been a long time, King of Knights. And Yu Feng." Kirei Kotomine took a bite of mapo tofu, wiped the sweat brought on by the spice from his cheek, and spoke slowly.
"Interesting. To think I would meet the two of you here." The Golden-haired Man sitting opposite Kirei Kotomine looked at Yu Feng and Artoria as he spoke.
"I have no intention of fighting right now. I trust the King of Heroes feels the same. Let us call a truce for now," Kirei Kotomine said.
After all, in Kirei Kotomine's eyes, his own pleasure came first. No matter what, he had to finish his mapo tofu first.
Yu Feng patted Artoria on the shoulder.
"Lily, find a seat first. Those two really do not look like they want to fight us." At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
If there was anyone Yu Feng least wanted to encounter in the Fourth or Fifth Holy Grail War, it was definitely Shining Shining and Father Matou. Every last one of them was a pain to deal with. Shining Shining was the same—he clearly could not argue his way past someone, yet his mouth was still so venomous. When he really could not win the argument, he would just start hitting people. He did not have the slightest bit of gentlemanly spirit.
Of course, Yu Feng was talking about Chuunibyou Gil. If it were Wise King Gil or Child Gil, then just pretend he had said nothing.
In the end, the three of them sat down at the seats beside Shining Shining and Kirei Kotomine.
Artoria looked at Shining Shining, seemingly noticing something, and asked, "You do not seem to have been summoned for the Fifth Holy Grail War. Were you not called back to the Throne of Heroes before this?!"
"Wait, you... were incarnated?" Artoria seemed to have seen something astonishing. She stared at Shining Shining in disbelief as she spoke.
"Hmph, what is so strange about that? This king may return whenever he wishes and go wherever he wishes. That Holy Grail alone could never send this king back to the Throne of Heroes. If it wants this king to return, it must first ask for this king's consent!" Golden Flash declared arrogantly.
Well, this guy really was Chuunibyou Gil. Chuunibyou Gil was good in every way except that he was too arrogant and too chuunibyou. He found everything unpleasant to look at and wanted to claim everything for himself. Otherwise, Yu Feng might have had just a tiny bit of goodwill toward him.
Kirei Kotomine was focused only on his mapo tofu and did not speak with Yu Feng's group.
Gilgamesh, meanwhile, sat across from Kirei Kotomine without ordering anything. It seemed that Kirei Kotomine had given him some sort of misunderstanding about this restaurant, making him think all the dishes were similar to the mapo tofu in Kirei Kotomine's bowl.
Artoria, seated nearby, still found Gilgamesh's incarnation difficult to believe, but she quickly adjusted her mindset. Although Gilgamesh being incarnated was astonishing, it was not impossible.
"Hey, order that and let me try it." Little Mo tugged at Yu Feng's clothes beside her, looking at the mapo tofu in Kirei Kotomine's bowl.
Hearing that, Yu Feng looked at the mapo tofu in Kirei Kotomine's bowl, and his expression turned strange.
Yu Feng confirmed it again and again. "Little Mo, are you sure you want to order that? You might not be able to handle it."
Little Mo did not think much about Yu Feng's words and nodded directly. "That's right. Order me one. It looks pretty good."
Hearing that, Yu Feng could only order a serving of mapo tofu for Little Mo.
When Kirei Kotomine heard that Little Mo wanted mapo tofu, a pleased smile curled across his lips, and his gaze toward her gained an inexplicable meaning.
Yu Feng ordered several more dishes as well: Kung Pao Chicken, potato stewed meat, green pepper shredded pork, sweet and sour cucumber strips, radish soup, and more.
He ordered two portions of each. Yu Feng did not believe those two had gotten full on just that little bit of food earlier. Ordering an extra dish was always safer.
Yu Feng glanced at Kirei Kotomine and Gilgamesh. Running into them here was, how should he put it, both normal and not normal.
Yu Feng had not expected the two of them to still be in the mood to come here for food at the time the Holy Grail War began.
Was this what it meant to be Father Matou? Pleasure above all else?
Gilgamesh was probably just accompanying Kirei Kotomine here in passing.
Before long, all of Yu Feng's dishes arrived, including the mapo tofu.
Yu Feng was in no hurry to eat. Instead, he watched Little Mo prepare to dig in.
Artoria looked at Little Mo as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she gave up.
Little Mo clumsily tried to pick up the chopsticks, but how could anyone learn to use chopsticks that quickly?
After trying for a while, Little Mo simply gave up. She picked up the spoon beside the chopsticks and eagerly began eating.
Kirei Kotomine's gaze shifted over, while Gilgamesh also looked at Little Mo with great interest.
Little Mo scooped up a piece of tofu and swallowed it without hesitation.
A moment later, a blush rapidly rose on Little Mo's cheeks.
It was not from embarrassment or anger, but from the spice—the spice of the mapo tofu.
Artoria turned her head away so Little Mo would not see the smile she was trying to suppress. Clearly, Artoria knew something about mapo tofu as well.
Kirei Kotomine watched this scene and let out a pleased laugh. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
A smile also curved across Gilgamesh's lips.
Little Mo immediately grabbed the cup beside her and drank from it. Only after two or three full cups did the flush slowly fade.
"How can food be this spicy?!"
"You could have warned me!"
Little Mo was first shocked that such spicy food existed, but then she grew dissatisfied with Yu Feng.
Yu Feng said innocently, "I did warn you. You just did not listen."
As he spoke, Yu Feng moved the mapo tofu in front of himself and took a spoonful.
Mm~
That sensation, that familiar taste.
A wave of heat flooded his mouth, stimulating Yu Feng's taste buds.
"You...?" Little Mo looked at Yu Feng suspiciously.
Yu Feng took another bite. "We cannot waste food, can we?"
Gilgamesh and Kirei Kotomine beside them were not surprised at all to see Yu Feng eating the mapo tofu. It seemed as though they had known all along.
Little Mo pursed her lips as she watched Yu Feng eat mapo tofu without changing expression, but she said nothing.
Artoria and Little Mo both began focusing on the real business of eating, while Yu Feng slowly ate his mapo tofu. If he ate too quickly, even Yu Feng could not quite endure its spiciness.
At that moment, Kirei Kotomine wiped his mouth and glanced at Yu Feng. "I will be leaving first. Let Bazett stay with you for now."
Yu Feng's heart tightened. It seemed Kirei Kotomine had long known that he had gone to Twin Mansions earlier.
That made sense. Since Kirei Kotomine had left Bazett to die at Twin Mansions, he would certainly have left some contingency behind. Otherwise, he could not have departed so calmly.
However, judging by Kirei Kotomine's tone, he did not seem that concerned about Bazett anymore. It appeared that after Kirei Kotomine had obtained Sasaki Kojirou's Command Spells, he no longer cared whether Bazett lived or died.
Gilgamesh glanced at Artoria and Yu Feng, said nothing, and walked out as well.
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