Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 58 Sincerity for Sincerity

Chapter 58 Sincerity for Sincerity

Merad devised a plan and carried it out like assassins with Casandora, but they soon discovered that the plan was useless.

Broly has too many favorite foods. He will eat anything that anyone in the party gives him, and he will also roast and eat any dangerous creatures he encounters on the road.

"Ugh, how am I supposed to get his attention?!"

Melard ruffled her hair. Broly was friendly to everyone in the team, but it was precisely because she was friendly to everyone that Broly seemed unapproachable to Broly. No matter how hard she tried to get closer, the distance seemed to remain.

Of course, Merad also noticed that the boy seemed to treat Akame, Kurome, Mine, and Esdeath differently, showing a closer relationship with them than with the other children, but he couldn't figure out why.

"Miss Melard, why don't we just go and ask them directly? There's no point in us guessing here."

This was the first time Casandora had seen her young mistress in distress, and after thinking for a moment, she offered her some advice.

"Would anyone actually tell me someone like me who's here to steal a man?"

Merad felt certain that no one had told anyone. During the two days of travel, she had tried to gather information indirectly, but she could sense the wariness of the girls who were being treated specially towards her.

"It's too early to talk about stealing a man; he's just a boy..."

Casandora made a complaint, then began to speak well of the others.

"I think Akame and Mine are both easy to get along with, and they didn't discriminate against me just because I'm a freak with extra arms."

Because she had an extra pair of arms, unlike most people, Casandora was abandoned by her biological parents when she was very young.

A circus took her in, but only treated her as a freak, putting her in a cage to tour and make money.

It wasn't until Merlad took notice of her and killed the circus performers that she was rescued from her miserable life and finally found liberation.

Even so, people would still look at her with strange eyes because of her extra arm. Although Casandora no longer cared, she was still very sensitive to these looks.

However, after spending the past two days together, she found that the children in the group did not treat her as an abnormal freak, which gave her a strange sense of peace.

"Casandora, you didn't get assassinated by them, did you? Those people stole your heart and made you fall in love."

"No, Miss Merard. I just feel that false lies can't win someone's heart. Sometimes, only by being open and honest can you exchange sincerity for sincerity."

Melard's joining the team was an act. Although Akame and the others didn't see through her disguise, they could sense something was off.

On the contrary, Casandora didn't act much; she just worked as a maid and helped with cooking and boiling water during the journey. Yet, she won the genuine acceptance of Broly's team first.

"Does sincerity truly reciprocate sincerity?"

Merad felt a little uncomfortable. She had learned a lot about disguise as an assassin, but suddenly being asked to exchange genuine feelings made her incredibly awkward. However, after thinking it over, she made her decision: "Then let's exchange genuine feelings!"

As for who to trade with, it certainly couldn't be those girls younger than him, and the others didn't seem much closer to him than he and Broly. So, the only option to trade for his true feelings was...

"Miss Esdeath, could you come over here for a moment? I have some questions I'd like to ask you."

Esdeath, who was resting after another fight with Broly while traveling, was approached by Merard, who now appears to be a fallen heiress.

"Is there something you want to ask me about? Is it related to martial arts?"

Esdeath was led to the lakeside and asked with great interest.

"How could that be? I don't know any martial arts."

Merad is a good actress; she portrays herself as a weak and helpless rich girl and then reveals her feelings for Broly.

"I like Broly, but I don't know how to get him to pay more attention to me."

With a slightly flushed face and eyes that seemed to hold a sticky affection, Melard vividly portrayed the image of a young girl secretly in love with a boy.

"Sister Esdeath, can you tell me how?"

She was sincere and asked for tips on how to win over boys.

"I've met guys who steal my prey before, and I've met guys whose prey I've stolen, but I've never met anyone like you who wants me to teach you how to steal my prey."

Although Esdeath is currently Broly's prey, she secretly considers the powerful Broly as a prey she will inevitably hunt in the future, determined to defeat him one day and then treat him as prey she can do with as she pleases.

"Uh, what are you talking about? I don't quite understand. How could Broly be prey? Do you like Broly too?"

Melard feigned surprise and asked.

"If having such strong feelings to surpass him can be called liking someone, then I think I really like him."

Esdeath didn't hide it. At twelve years old, she couldn't quite understand feelings like liking someone, but she was very certain of the feeling of surpassing Broly and becoming stronger than him.

"So, since you also like him, and we're rivals, can't you tell me a way to get him to pay more attention to me?"

Melard said with tears in her eyes that she had used reverse psychology.

"Hmm, let me think about it, it's not impossible."

Esdeath thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Um, is that okay?"

Melard was somewhat surprised, but the next moment she quickly stepped back, dodging Esdeath's sudden downward kick.

"Of course, provided you can beat me."

Esdeath assumed a fighting stance.

"Ah, but I'm not skilled in martial arts."

Merad retreated again to dodge Esdeath's whip kick, and said somewhat frantically, as if hoping that the other party would stop.

"The way you dodged wasn't something someone who didn't know martial arts could do, am I right, Meimei from group five?"

"You recognized me?"

"What's so strange about that? Your arm muscles are very distinctive, and your walking posture hasn't changed much. I knew who you were the moment I saw you."

"Then why don't you expose me?"

Why should I expose you?

"I'm the bad girl who's going to steal your prey."

"This is exactly what I wanted. We missed the martial arts tournament, but now we can make up for it. If you're capable, come and snatch it."

Merad was silent for a moment, then laughed: "Casandora is right, sincerity for sincerity is indeed quite simple."

She unbuttoned her dress, took it off, and threw it onto a nearby tree, leaving her only in plain white underwear, socks, and shoes.

Merard then asked Esdeath, "You said that if I defeat you, I can get the way to attract his attention from you, right?"

"Um."

"Then, let's go."

As the sun sets by a lake, two girls wager a battle to reveal how to attract the attention of a certain Saiyan boy.

(End of this chapter)