Iliya and Yuuki returned with Maho and Kaori to the Kaon guild house. Kasumi and Makoto were there to greet the four of them.
Kasumi
Good work, you two. I'm glad you're all right.
Makoto
But still, to think that this business about the Vampire of Legend being revived was just a mix-up... I should've known better than to believe unverified rumors that easily!
Maho
T-That's right... There wasn't any Vampire of Legend after all!
Kaori
Y-Yeah, anyway, everyone, give a big welcome to Iliya!
Iliya
I-Indeed! Ha, ha ha... I'm much obliged to you...
Makoto
...? Somehow, this is kinda awkward... Well, anyway, we have a guest. Let's all take it easy today!
Later.
Maho
Hmm.... In the spirit of celebrating our new friendship, we'll be having a dinner party!
Iliya
Oh! How extravagant! I'll be waiting eagerly!
Maho
The main dish will be Kaori's homemade bitter melon udon!
Iliya
Let's try some...
Iliya
... R-Really bitter...
Maho
You said you were okay with bitter melon, so all of the other dishes have bitter melon in them, too!
Maho
I tried rolling out the udon using the monster horn, and it worked surprisingly well.
Iliya
R-Really, now...! That must have been no small feat...!
Iliya
(I didn't think the bitter melons would be this bitter! How can everyone be downing them so heartily!?)
Yuuki
1. "You look pale."
2. "What's wrong?"
Option 1.
Iliya
T-That's just how I look! Pay it no mind!
Option 2.
Iliya
N-Nothing! I'm just, uh, not sure how to be acting!
End of branches.
Kaori
But you're making a really strange face -- are you really okay?
Iliya
There is no need to worry! I was simply moved by the idea of one of my dear friends making such cuisine for me!
Iliya
(I can't say it...! These bitter melons... I can eat them, but I can't say how I simply can't bear the flavor!)
Iliya
(What's more, an adult would be able to eat these completely naturally! I just have to think of friendship... Friendship!)
Iliya
O-Oooh... D-Delicious... How delicious...
Kaori
I'm glad to hear it! There's plenty more where that came from! Help yourself to as much as you'd like!
Maho
I modeled the udon broth after the kind they have in one of the Maho-Maho Kingdom's most well-known udon shops. You should try to savor it.
Iliya
O-Ooh... mm... mmf... mmm... hic...!
Maho
O-Oh, my, Iliya's face is going from white to blue... Do you dislike bitter melons?
Iliya
No... Not at all! After all, this is something that you cooked!
Maho
Ahh, I'm happy to hear it! Let me get another helping for you!
Iliya
Oooh... ohh.... Not too much, please...!
For the sake of their irreplaceable friendship, Iliya ate her way through her helpings of the bitter melon udon.