A Country Cook's Daily Life in Yokohama

In his previous life, Li Guilin was an ordinary superpowered person, an ordinary, excellent temporary worker.

His memories of his past life were muddled and incomplete. With no parents, no goals in life, and nothing to do but follow the same routine every day, he had simply drifted through life blindly.

Then an accident struck. He died and transmigrated, waking in the blink of an eye as a newborn in a strange, brand-new world.

Fortunately, he was still in the familiar homeland of Huaxia, where he had blood relatives and an inexplicably good background.

In the years to come, he would follow the guidance found in those hazy memories from his former life and put an end to the source of the suffering behind his bitter nightmares.

So Li Guilin began a long, new life. He grew up surrounded by happiness and love, and his hometown raised him into a genuinely kind-hearted, completely unworldly good person.

But as a chef who had always eaten and lived well, and who had deliberately left the countryside of Huaxia to make his way in the world, he had this to say:

He found obscure literary conventions hard to understand, and had no interest whatsoever in saving or destroying the world.

He was too lazy even to dream of a life among the immortals, and had no desire to meddle in anything that had nothing to do with his personal life or his daily meals.

After all, as an utterly ordinary chef, all he needed to do was make friends, eat his fill, and help more people in the future.

At least, after receiving help from his overseas relatives, graduating from university early, and packing his bags, he left without looking back. Carrying power he had kept firmly in check and an abundance of confidence, he registered in advance as a rumored superpowered individual and took the opportunity to go abroad.

"Little Guilin, be careful when you're away from home. Be especially wary of those arrogant, conceited superpowered people overseas. They're very dangerous, so don't get involved with them, not even a little."

"Huh? Wh-why not?"

It seemed everyone was gently warning him: "Otherwise, they'll cling to you for the rest of your life, and things will get very difficult for you."

Li Guilin: "Oh, I see. O-okay... Guilin understands!"

Actually, he didn't understand. Anyway, he was strong and capable, so why should he be afraid? He was only going abroad to compete. There shouldn't be any real problems.

Still, he hoped to make lots of good friends to have fun with! Surely he wouldn't run into any bad people who would trick him and toy with his feelings!

[The moment he steps outside, he runs into a disgusting foreigner who covets his supernatural powers... An unexpected encounter leaves him consumed with regret.]

Everyone should be friendly. After all, anyone who was good to Guilin had to be a good person!

[The moment he steps outside, he runs into a strange superpowered person who deliberately causes a scene at the competition. As he helps them, he witnesses just how arrogant and conceited, and how rotten, so many superpowered people are.]

A good chef's rational imagination was full of rosy possibilities, but the harsh reality he experienced was anything but.

Even the most perfect rose-colored glasses eventually shatter.

Many years later, the four people living abroad, including Li Guilin himself, had the honor of gathering together: a Nordic dragon he had taken in, a land god, and a French transcendent. What a fateful bond.

Guilin, who had never imagined he would find love and marriage in this life and had become the head of a household at a young age, still felt wistful and lost.

"So, in conclusion, Ranpo, I actually think Father and the others were right. What do you think?"

They really had clung to him for the rest of his life, shamelessly to the very end. That was the absolute limit of true love.

Arthur Rimbaud: "..."

Disclaimer: [Many thanks for pointing out typos. However, the text has undergone extensive revisions in both its earlier and later sections, and I no longer have the energy to correct it line by line.]

Content warning: Original protagonist, genuinely kind-hearted personality. If that's not for you, please move on. The original characters may be out of character, and the timeline is vague.

The story mainly focuses on original slice-of-life adventures. The Yokohama arc is short and has few chapters.

Theme: An honest, "ordinary" chef who hopes to eat well, live well, and help more people.