My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal
Chapter 285 - 145: The One You Wish to See
Shi Hua was stunned. She couldn’t help but rub her eyes, deep in doubt whether she was experiencing an illusion, but even after she opened her eyes again, the beautiful place was still there before her.
Shi Hua looked down, picked up her spoon that had fallen onto the ground, and then she touched the grass. The touch was very real, she could even feel the sharp serrated edges of the grass blades.
"This... this..." Liu Hua was dumbfounded. Although she had always believed in the existence of an invisible boundary, she had never seen one before, and the scene before her, which had completely changed, was truly shaking her to the core.
"This is the invisible boundary, or rather, this is the resting place of the departed," Chen Ze was extremely satisfied. He felt he could give himself full marks for the show he had put on.
Shi Hua found it hard to accept. This was beyond her expectations. Although people in Japan tended to believe in deities and ghosts, Shi Hua never really thought the invisible boundary her sister rattled on about actually existed.
But the wind that rushed towards her brought the scent of the forest, which couldn’t be faked.
"Divine Being! Please let me see my father!" Liu Hua came back to her senses and rushed over, looking at Chen Ze with urgency.
Chen Ze figures that if Liu Hua wasn’t so intimidated by the idea of a deity, she would have already grabbed onto his sleeve by now.
Chen Ze hesitated. He could foresee that if he allowed Liu Hua to see her father, she would believe in the invisible boundary without a shadow of a doubt, and she might never outgrow her "middle-school second-year syndrome."
Chen Ze couldn’t help but glance at Shi Hua, who wore a clueless expression, probably wondering, "Who am I?" "Where am I?" "What am I supposed to do?"
Chen Ze understood Shi Hua’s feelings all too well since the illusion gemstone from Lafra far surpassed the current technological level of humanity.
This sense of reality was something that full virtual technology simply couldn’t match; anyone would doubt their life in her position.
"Do you want to see your father? You only get one chance in a lifetime, you know," Chen Ze eventually decided to give Liu Hua a chance.
Perhaps guiding the emotions in Liu Hua’s heart out would be better?
"One chance..." Liu Hua seemed taken aback, then lowered her head with a touch of disappointment.
"Liu Hua..." Shi Hua gently took her sister’s hand. Even if it were only one chance, it was still a blessing from the Deity. By this point, Shi Hua was halfway to believing that Chen Ze really was a god.
Chen Ze didn’t speak. It was impossible to allow Liu Hua to see her father frequently. He didn’t want Liu Hua to be stuck in her "middle-school second-year syndrome" for life. If that happened, Chen Ze felt he would be to blame.
So Chen Ze thought that letting her see just once was a very good choice. He hoped it could resolve Liu Hua’s emotional baggage.
"Alright, please let me see him, let me see my dad." Liu Hua raised her head, looking steadfastly at Chen Ze, though her legs were shaking slightly.
Chen Ze smiled, then looked seriously at Liu Hua. "How would you like to see? You already know the incantation, say it."
Liu Hua paused, then hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Good morning?"
"..." Chen Ze was speechless; he simply didn’t know what to say, finding Liu Hua sometimes to be quite... um, adorably foolish.
"I’m back?"
"Let’s eat?"
"Think it over, it’s not a daily greeting," Chen Ze hurriedly stopped Liu Hua from continuing.
"Dad, I miss you!" Liu Hua called out another phrase.
Chen Ze was close to rolling his eyes. If it weren’t so inappropriate for a Divine Being to do so, he would’ve really considered it.
"Explosion." Chen Ze gave a hint. Why wasn’t Liu Hua being melodramatic when it was the right moment?
Liu Hua’s eyes lit up, and then she blurted out the line with force.
"Burst forth, reality! Shatter, spirit! Banish this world!" Liu Hua had never imagined that the words she randomly uttered would actually be a spell!
Chen Ze, with a smile, crumbled the Spell Fragment in his hand, and a purple light surrounded the three people present.
Chen Ze was a bit stunned; he could obviously tell that the purple light was the sign of a spell being released, which meant that he was also hit by the spell, right?
At that moment, Chen Ze was somewhat speechless; he didn’t know what to say, and he also didn’t understand what would happen in his heart.
"Daddy!" Liu Hua suddenly burst into tears, crying as she hugged the air - the Magical Energy formed a solid, allowing her to feel the warmth.
Shi Hua stood there stunned, looking at the man in front of her, whom she hadn’t seen for a very long time.
"You’ve worked hard, my daughter," the man began with a smile.
Shi Hua gripped the spoon tightly, that face, that voice when he spoke.
Shi Hua’s body shook uncontrollably as she tried hard to control her emotions.
"I’m sorry, Shi Hua, for not making you a gymnast..." The man sounded full of regret, and his words immediately broke through Shi Hua’s psychological defenses.
"Father... Father..." Shi Hua struggled to keep her eyes wide open - Daddy said that way the tears wouldn’t fall.
"You... You liar!" But the tears still kept falling, quickly blurring Shi Hua’s vision.
Chen Ze’s expression was a bit weird; he silently watched the illusory figure in front of him, which had just turned into the likeness of his grandfather, but it was somewhat blurred.
At that moment, Chen Ze understood that the memories had to be vivid; otherwise, the generated figures would be illusory.
Then Chen Ze began to think, what if he now thought about the leading actresses in those Japanese action movies...
Immediately, Chen Ze shook his head fiercely. He mustn’t think about it, absolutely not!
But humans are strange creatures, the more Chen Ze told himself not to think about it, the more those images involuntarily appeared in his mind.
Subsequently, Chen Ze watched with a twitching smile as the figure in front of him changed, turning into Hatano Yui at one moment and into Maria Ozawa the next...
However, the magic didn’t last very long and soon dissipated. Chen Ze felt a bit embarrassed, but thankfully he didn’t react in any other way, or he would have truly been too ashamed to face anyone.
"Thank you, Divine Being," Shi Hua said with great respect, her eyes red with emotion, as it seemed she had just seen the person she most wanted to see.
"Daddy..." Liu Hua was still softly sobbing, but she had calmed down a lot.
"It’s nothing," Chen Ze pressed the Magic Spirit Stone in his arms again, and instantly they were back in the original restaurant.
"Ladies, what would you like to eat?" Chen Ze asked Takanashi Rikka and Shi Hua with a smile.
Shi Hua was taken aback; she really hadn’t expected Chen Ze to revert to being that chef all of a sudden, looking completely different from the impressive Divine Being she had just seen.
"Then we’ll have two servings of curry rice," Shi Hua said, not knowing what else Chen Ze could make, but sure that what they had yesterday was without fault.
"Alright, please wait a moment." Watching Chen Ze head into the kitchen, Shi Hua suddenly thought, maybe that’s just what a Deity is like?