1.99 Lucky Player

Haru paid six copper coins for three skewers of orc meat, they were curious about the monster’s flavor. Haru bit into it nervously and chewed slowly. The meat was a little tough, but the flavor was the same as pork, except for the texture, which was similar to chicken. The flavor and fat reminded him of pork.

Mio had never tasted any monster before. Hina had already tasted monster meat with her family, but the flavor of that skewer was much better than what she had eaten.

"That’s different from the last time, but it could be the seasoning."

"It’s very strange. The consumption of monster meat should be more common than pork and beef, since there are far more monsters than animals raised for consumption," Mio said.

He looked at another stall and saw another skewer that seemed to be fish. He looked more carefully and became certain that it was grilled fish.

"Do you want some?"

Both of them agreed.

He paid another six copper coins for the skewers and ate without any fear, but the flavor wasn’t that of fish, it reminded him of chicken.

"What is this?"

"Basilisk meat."

"Basilisk?"

"It’s that monster that looks like a bird, except it has a serpent’s tail. This part here is probably the tail, am I right?"

The seller confirmed it.

’Is there only monster meat here?’ Haru wondered.

The answer was yes. He was in an area where all the stalls were selling monster meat. This was a way to popularize the consumption of this meat, since many monsters were killed and their carcasses were simply left to pile up in landfills and remote areas, and this had become a major problem for the Imperial government.

The landfills were beyond their capacity. Although they could use slimes to consume the monsters, over time the slimes would accumulate and become a problem.

Leaving dead monsters in remote areas was a terrible idea. Although some adventurers did this, those monsters became food for demons and other monsters, increasing the monster population even further.

"Let’s try that jelly over there," Hina said, pointing at a stall selling colorful jellies.

Haru paid three coins for each cup of jelly.

He chose a blue one, Mio went with a pink one, and Hina chose a green one.

The blue one tasted similar to chewing gum, the pink one tasted like strawberries, and the green one tasted like lemon. They thought it was ordinary jelly that had been overpriced because of the event.

No, it wasn’t ordinary jelly. It was slime. Each slain slime yielded one dessert. The monster’s gelatinous texture resembled jelly. All that was needed was to add some flavoring and mix it in. Its appearance was the same as ordinary jelly, but the sensation in the stomach was different when eaten, it seemed to be more filling.

The jelly was made from the slime’s body, not from the jelly that slimes dropped.

"If you keep eating like this, soon your breasts will be bigger than mine," Hina said provocatively.

"You’re the one who needs to stop eating. Your butt won’t become like mine, it will be full of cellulite," Mio retorted.

Haru simply remained silent, watching the two of them argue. He didn’t know how to intervene.

"You’re not going to say anything?" Mio asked.

"Whose side are you on?" Hina asked.

"I’m on both of your sides, and no matter how your bodies change, I’ll continue looking at you the same way, so please, just continue being the cool girls I know you are," he said with a smile on his face.

Mio wanted to punch him, but somehow she restrained herself and gave up on the idea.

"You really don’t know how to deal with women, do you?"

"Yes, I grew up only with men. My little sister was always more distant from me, so I’m not good at dealing with situations like this. But if it involves men and bets, then I think I can handle it."

"The fact that you grew up in an environment like that explains how you can be the degenerate you are," Mio said.

Haru didn’t respond.

"What will we do now?" Mio asked.

"Let’s look at the stalls, check out some other games, and stay until the fireworks."

"All right, but let’s eat some normal food. I’m still hungry, and I don’t want to eat any more monsters."

They walked through the festival and looked at the many stalls, from the normal ones to the strangest. They stopped at one that sold pictures of monsters, but the pictures were inappropriate. There were many female goblins in various suspicious poses. Haru bought some pictures, and Hina looked at him with judgmental eyes. Mio didn’t notice what he had bought.

The three quickly went to another stall. This time, Hina took the initiative to choose the game. She picked up several rings and hit all the sticks on the ground.

"You’re good at this," Mio said.

"I trained a lot with my brothers," Hina said with a smile that made Mio regret commenting.

She hit all nine rings and chose a box. She went with the pink box, which contained four friendship bracelets.

’What a shitty prize,’ she thought as she gave one bracelet to each of them.

"That’s cute of you," Mio said as she put the bracelet on her wrist.

Haru put his bracelet on first, then Hina. The three of them were now matching.

They went to another stall. It was Mio’s turn to show all her skills, the dart game. She had much better aim than Haru. She managed to get the maximum score, and her prize was also considered trash, they were just movie tickets. Now they had six tickets to choose which movies they wanted to watch.

"What will we do now?" Mio asked, seeming tired.

"Let’s go home," Hina said invitingly.

Mio agreed.

She looked around the house the two of them lived in. The house was different from what Mio had imagined, since she had imagined a very strange house filled with strange items that would drive away any visitor.

Mio went to the bedroom and looked at the painting of the naked woman. The blonde woman was sitting with her legs spread apart on a wooden chair, and the pose drew Mio’s attention. She observed the details of the picture for several long seconds.

Hina looked at Mio.

"Who is that woman?"

"The owner of the house, and I think the naked man was her husband, or something like that."

"What man?"

"There was another painting of a naked man, but Haru wanted us to remove it and leave only this woman. I agreed, the man wasn’t very attractive anyway, so removing the picture wasn’t a mistake."

Mio observed how naturally Hina spoke.

"Come on, take off your clothes and let’s go to sleep," Hina said.

"What?"

"I like sleeping naked. Haru wears pajamas, and since you didn’t bring any other clothes and I don’t have any pajamas, I think it’s better for you to sleep naked, unless you want to sleep in your clothes."

Mio usually slept wearing only panties and a bra, but at that moment she was only wearing panties. She agreed to take off all her clothes. The two of them were naked in bed. Haru looked at them and then lay down, and as promised to the system, he made a few bets.

[Daily Bets: 10/10]