21st Century Necromancer

When Chen Yu received a call from Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu, he was selecting furniture with Jounouchi Hiromi.

Since rental homes in Japan don't come with furniture, all household items including daily necessities had to be purchased anew. Although both of them had their respective belongings, living together was markedly different from living alone, and so they needed to acquire many additional items.

"Mr. Chen Yu, whose call was that?" asked Jounouchi Hiromi curiously, noticing the excited expression on Chen Yu's face after he took the call.

"Oh, it's nothing, just a friend." Chen Yu reassured her with a smile after hearing Jounouchi Hiromi's query, "I asked a friend to prepare some items for me, and he just called to let me know that everything I requested is ready."

"Oh~!" Jounouchi Hiromi deliberately elongated her "oh" with a knowing look, as if she saw right through him, "It's not going to be something like the horse bones you bought from Inomata-san last time, is it? If it's that kind of thing, I absolutely won't allow you to bring it home!"

While speaking, Jounouchi Hiromi also put on a serious face and emphasized her point by waving a finger in front of Chen Yu.

"Don't worry, it's not something I'll bring home." Chen Yu assured Jounouchi Hiromi, finding her deliberately feigned attitude not annoying but rather amusing, adding a touch of fun to their relationship.

And indeed, he wasn't lying; of course, the ritual site wasn't something you'd bring home. The Necromantic Space built through the ritual site and the equipment housing the Necromancer - those were the things Chen Yu would bring home.

However, more pressing at the moment was choosing the appropriate items before them. Picking up a rather elegant glass cup from the shelf, Chen Yu asked Jounouchi Hiromi, "Hiromi, what do you think of this cup? It looks like we need to get some more cups for the two of us to use."

"We do need to add more cups, but the one in your hand isn't necessary, is it?" Jounouchi Hiromi felt a bit helpless looking at the glass cup in Chen Yu's hand, "That's a piece of Satsuma Kiriko from Kagoshima. It's indeed beautiful, but that kind of thing is more like a craftwork. For daily use, we'd better buy something more ordinary."

Upon hearing Jounouchi Hiromi's comment, Chen Yu noticed the price tag on the glass cup in his hand. Glancing at the four zeroes before the decimal point, he awkwardly set the cup back down. While he could afford it, if it was just for daily use, purchasing it would indeed be overly extravagant.

"Speaking of which, should we buy a rice cooker? The one I previously had was a small one for single-person use. Now that two of us will be living together, we should probably get a bigger one. Plus, the new rice cookers have multiple functions and can make a variety of dishes. What do you think, Mr.

Chen Yu?" As Chen Yu put down the Satsuma Kiriko, Jounouchi Hiromi picked up a ordinarily priced glass cup and examined it while asking his opinion. Experience new tales on empire

"Hmm, you can decide on that, Hiromi. But do we really need an additional set of kitchenware? The previous kitchenware should suffice if we move it to the new place. Buying more seems unnecessary, right?" Chen Yu didn't see the point in purchasing another set of kitchenware, feeling it was redundant as they both had kitchenware from when they were living alone.

Hearing Chen Yu's opinion, Jounouchi Hiromi thought for a moment before saying, "Can't I buy a new set?"

Having said that, Jounouchi Hiromi flashed her pair of eyes that seemed to speak, their black depths carrying a hint of hope and plead, her slightly upturned lips brimming with a smile, rendering Chen Yu unable to utter a word of refusal even though he knew she was just pretending.

"Alright then, we can buy a new set, especially since you'll be using it, Hiromi. You can choose whatever you want." Feeling his girlfriend's gaze, Chen Yu let out a wry smile and agreed. Truth be told, a set of kitchenware wasn't really expensive—it was roughly the same price as the Satsuma Kiriko he was about to buy.

However, clearly, a complete set of kitchenware came with far more items compared to a single glass cup, even if Jounouchi Hiromi only picked out the good ones, a complete array of pots, pans, ladles, knives, and cutting boards still piled up in the shopping cart before Chen Yu.

"How are we going to carry all this back?" Chen Yu glanced at the pile of items before him with a touch of distress, as they seemed to have inadvertently bought too much.

Carrying everything home wouldn't be an issue for him. With his current physical condition, he could carry the entire load and even take his girlfriend over one shoulder. However, the problem was clearly not about strength and weight.

"Hm, carrying it all back would be troublesome, wouldn't it? Even though we've already got the keys to the new place and could leave the things there, still, how would we manage to carry so much?" Jounouchi Hiromi also seemed a bit troubled—indeed, they had somewhat over-purchased.

The majority of the items weren't particularly troubling, but the rice cooker and frying pan that were part of the kitchenware took up considerable space. Especially since Jounouchi Hiromi had also bought a mop and bucket for cleaning, making their pile look even more substantial.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"It feels like we should buy a car if we're going to live together." Chen Yu couldn't help but mention this need, considering that while living alone, he could manage easily, but with two people, life's demands increased and having a car would make situations like today much simpler.

"Let's talk about buying a car later. You can't possibly go buy a car now to load up all these things and drive back home, can you?" Although Jounouchi Hiromi agreed that purchasing a car was necessary, she shook her head—it obviously wouldn't solve their current dilemma.

"Then should we call a taxi?" Chen Yu suggested to Jounouchi Hiromi. They clearly couldn't both carry this mountain of items and squeeze onto the crowded Tokyo subway, where the density could squish a person flat. It was one thing to jostle in the crowd usually but quite another with so many purchases—riding the subway was out of the question.

Although Jounouchi Hiromi was reluctant to spend money on a taxi, under the circumstances, she nodded in agreement, "Then let's call a taxi. There's really no other way at this point."

Seeing Jounouchi Hiromi's reluctance to part with her money, Chen Yu flagged down a taxi by the roadside, and couldn't help but think to himself that maybe he should consider crafting a "Space Ring", a typical storage accessory found in novels?