The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

"This is amazing! There are so many ingredients here. So other races have gourmets too! And they even have so many seasonings that humans use! ╰(*°▽°*)╯"

Lin Xiyue was filled with surprise and joy as she happily hugged the large box of various seasonings.

"Ahem, actually, many people have collected human seasonings, and I've collected a lot too. If you like, I'll give them all to you later."

Moros stood at the door, looking at Lin Xiyue's happy expression, and awkwardly spoke.

"Wow! Okay, okay. Do you want to cook with me next? It'll be so much fun! (????)?"

Holding the seasonings, Lin Xiyue warmly invited Mo Luosi to join in the cooking activity.

"Me? I can't. Can I?"

Meros's little face was filled with trepidation; he seemed to have never done anything like this before.

"Of course you can! You can learn if you don't know how, it's very rewarding~(*￣︶￣)"

Lin Xiyue put the box aside, stepped forward and grabbed Molos, who was about to back down, and pulled him into the kitchen with a force.

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Time to start cooking.

Lin Xiyue first had the system identify which of these things were edible, and then she tried each one to see what it tasted like.

Finally, Lin Xiyue found several foods that she could eat and that tasted good.

Some of the foods seem to be substitutes for certain human foods. One is a long, purple fruit with tiny spiky edges. This fruit tastes very much like a tomato, sweet and sour, but its flesh is also purple.

"This is necessary."

Lin Xiyue planned to use it with a large piece of meat from some unknown animal. The meat was a normal red color, but it had been sitting there for an unknown amount of time and was still twitching occasionally. Because of this, Lin Xiyue didn't dare to handle it herself and handed it over to Mo Luosi, asking him to cut it into small cubes.

The piece of meat that had been wriggling restlessly in Lin Xiyue's hands became a normal piece of meat in Moros's hands, and he easily cut it into evenly sized pieces in no time.

Seeing how skilled Moros was with his knife, and how obedient these moving ingredients were to him, Lin Xiyue became even more unscrupulous in using the "child laborers."

"Meros, help me deal with this, it keeps moving!"

For example, when Lin Xiyue saw an animal that looked like an octopus, covered in tentacles, but with an eye on its head, she was completely at a loss as to what to do with it, so she had to call Moros for help.

Moreover, given Lin Xiyue's incredibly fragile body on this planet, she wouldn't dare handle anything that could move on its own. It would be too embarrassing if she got injured by the food. (tot)

"How to deal with it?"

Meros was carrying this thing, its tentacles almost touching the ground, but it didn't dare to move. If Lin Xiyue hadn't seen that it was still breathing, she would have thought that the thing was dead.

"Okay, take out the suckers from inside the tentacles, then chop them into pieces. I'll make you stir-fried octopus and takoyaki later."

Looking at the huge mass of tentacles, Lin Xiyue thought for a moment and decided to cook two dishes.

In addition, regarding that tomato-like fruit from before, she plans to make a tomato beef brisket dish. Regardless of whether the meat is beef or not, Lin Xiyue intends to treat it as beef.

"Hmm, this thing..."

Lin Xiyue looked at the "dish" in her hand and fell into deep thought.

This plant, which could probably only be called a "vegetable," has an extremely peculiar appearance.

Its color is a normal bluish-green, but its appearance is really... indescribable. The upper part of the whole "vegetable" looks like a large bluish-green line that a child has unconsciously drawn on their homework with a pencil while dozing off in class, messy and of varying thickness. The lower part is a round lump, with different sizes squeezed together like potatoes, but its color is white.

The most peculiar thing is that their connecting parts are coils of dark green, spiky material, somewhat like braids. These three seemingly incompatible things have miraculously grown together, and naturally at that—it's truly amazing.

"Hmm, the scan results say the whole plant is edible, and the three different parts have different flavors. I'll divide this thing into three parts and make different dishes."

The more Lin Xiyue looked at this thing, the more she felt the wonder of nature.

Crackle—splash—sizzle—

Ping-ping-pong-pong—duang—

Two hours later, after a period of chaos, Lin Xiyue finally finished preparing three dishes and a soup.

It wasn't that she couldn't cook; it was just that the kitchen was so amazing that she spent half a day figuring out what each thing was and what it was used for.

"Hehehe, time to eat."

Lin Xiyue and Mo Luosi sat down at the table, ready to eat.

"Ta-da! Look at this, it's a localized version of tomato beef brisket. And this is my stir-fried octopus and takoyaki. Lastly, the most amazing thing is this. I tried it, and this one vegetable can make a dish like 'Three Treasures of the Earth'! Except for the appearance, it tastes exactly the same! It's so delicious!"

Lin Xiyue proudly introduced the names of the dishes to Mo Luosi one by one, regardless of whether he could understand them or not.

"Here, try this."

Because the alien race didn't use chopsticks, Lin Xiyue could only use the communal spoon to scoop a spoonful of stir-fried octopus for Molos.

"Hmm... delicious!"

Looking at the bright red octopus tentacles in the spoon, which he had prepared himself, Moros hesitated for a moment before taking a bite.

Then I was amazed. These animals usually absorb nutrients directly, or some less particular tribes even eat them raw, because that's said to be the best way to retain energy. I never expected that after being prepared using human methods, it would taste so good! Normally, when you absorb it directly, this stuff tastes like rubber—hard to chew and tasteless.

"Hehehe, isn't it delicious? Eat more. Since I couldn't find rice, I made mashed potatoes with the bottom half of that weird vegetable as a main dish. You can mix it like this, it's also very delicious. ヾ(?°?°?)??"

Lin Xiyue watched as Mo Luosi ate until his cheeks were bulging, and a maternal smile inadvertently appeared on her face.

Feeding the cubs is so rewarding.

"Hmm? I have a feeling you're thinking about something not so good."

Moros looked at Lin Xiyue and asked with some confusion.

"Oh, no, that's not true! Eat more. I'll eat too, I haven't had a proper meal all day."

Lin Xiyue decisively changed the subject and focused on eating her meal.

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