Chapter 649 - 904 – Of Course It Tastes Amazing

Uta looked at what had been splattered across Nami and Carina and couldn't help licking her lips.

There was no helping it. She was simply far too familiar with the taste of that stuff.

Without question, it absolutely counted as one of the most delicious things in the world.

After having tasted it before, Uta felt as though she had become completely addicted to its flavor. If she went too long without tasting it again, she would probably start feeling restless.

In fact, Uta would sometimes actively seek Arton out precisely because she wanted another taste.

Fortunately, no matter where they were or when she went to find him, Arton always had plenty in stock for her to sample.

Not only did it satisfy her stomach, it also let her little sister feel satisfied as well.

To Uta, being able to satisfy both ends at once was true happiness.

Now that she had already tasted so many different flavors, seeing so much of it wasted on Nami and Carina made Uta feel that it was an enormous shame.

Rather than let it go to waste, it would be better to let her and her little sister have some.

"Forget it. I'll leave it to Nami and Carina. They've already endured for quite a while."

Uta took a deep breath and forced herself not to compete with Nami and Carina for it.

After all, she had already enjoyed plenty of Arton's supply long before this, while Nami and Carina had gone all this time without ever tasting it.

Under those circumstances, Uta felt too embarrassed to fight them for it now. If she really did, she might start feeling like an unqualified companion.

Arton was certainly the most important companion to her—and also the most important man—but that did not mean the other members of the Flame Blade Pirates were unimportant.

At the very least, Nami and Carina were both extremely important to Uta.

Nami and Carina had joined Arton's Flame Blade Pirates earlier than she had, and Uta had already spent a very long time getting along with them.

After sharing so many adventures together, anyone would naturally grow closer. Uta was no exception.

"Nami, Carina, what do you two think? Does it taste good?"

Uta smiled as she walked over to them.

Hearing Arton's voice, Nami and Carina finally recovered from their nearly entranced state.

"Ahem. It tastes pretty good."

Carina licked her lips and answered with a light smile.

Suddenly, she felt a great deal of regret. After all this time, she had been so focused on competing with Nami that she had only now gotten to taste something this delicious.

For Carina, that realization came as quite a shock.

Of course, it was just as much of a shock for Nami.

"It really does taste amazing. I didn't expect Arton to actually have something this delicious."

Nami first praised Arton openly, then turned to Carina with a somewhat smug expression.

"Well? Don't you think you were a little too stingy earlier, Ms. Carina?"

"…You!"

"Hmph. Before competing with you, I was kind enough to leave you a spot where you could get a good taste."

Carina crossed her arms and smiled faintly. "And now you're accusing me of being stingy? Weren't you the one who had already gotten your fill earlier? You were practically drunk on it."

The moment Carina remembered how quickly she herself had given up her position earlier, irritation rose in her heart.

If she had known Arton's 0.3 had contained so much nourishment, there was no way she would have given up her place that easily, much less allowed Nami to drink so much of it.

Carina could tell just from a brief taste that Nami had gotten even more than she had.

At that thought, Carina unconsciously pouted in annoyance.

"Hehe. I wasn't the one who made you give up your place back then. You did it yourself."

Nami copied Carina's pose, crossing her arms as she replied, "If it had been me, once I got the spot, I would've stayed there openly instead of turning around afterward and trying to bump me away. If you hadn't done that, our clothes wouldn't have gotten soaked, and more importantly, we wouldn't have wasted so much good stuff."

Nami looked at the traces on both herself and Carina and let out a long sigh.

After carefully tasting the drink Arton had prepared himself earlier, Nami had completely fallen in love with something she had never tried before.

Now that she knew what it tasted like, all that waste felt almost criminal.

Clearly, giving that much of the drink to someone who had already gotten plenty was a terrible waste.

Unfortunately, what had already been spilled was spilled. No matter how much Nami regretted it, there was nothing she could do.

Just as Uta had expected, Nami ultimately ended up becoming what she herself considered a glutton. Nami genuinely loved the drink Arton prepared and hated seeing even a little of it go to waste.

Carina was no different.

"Since neither of you got enough, why don't you just drink it directly this time?"

Arton sat up with a smile and spoke to both Carina and Nami.

The two women exchanged glances, then looked straight ahead before glancing at each other once more.

In the end, both Carina and Nami smiled.

"You really are shameless, dear Captain. That definitely counts as harassment, doesn't it?"

Carina propped up her cheek and smiled at Arton.

"Seriously. We already showed you our leg techniques, and you still want even more?"

Nami covered her mouth and chuckled.

Even though they were teasing him, the fact that Arton had made such a request probably meant he was genuinely interested in them.

Simply realizing that made Nami extremely happy.

Though she said that aloud, she had already prepared herself to agree to Arton.

More precisely, Nami had already prepared herself to put theory into practice and turn what Arton had said into reality.

"Since you already showed me your leg techniques before, why don't you show me your kicking techniques this time?"

Arton rested a hand against the side of his face and smiled.

Now that Nami and Carina had finally managed to move one step closer, Arton naturally had no intention of letting such an opportunity slip away.

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