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Chapter 86
Chapter 86. The First Group Meal
Everyone stopped chatting and began unloading the bundles on their backs, along with the ingredients and daily necessities they carried in their hands.
They placed everything on the open ground in front of the small house. Fresh vegetables, rice, flour, grain, oil, and all sorts of daily necessities were arranged neatly. The once-empty space before the door instantly became packed full.
As soon as the things were put down, the Pot Knight, who had remained silent the whole time, was the first to move. He walked straight to the haystack and very naturally found a flat spot beside it.
He bent his legs, sat down, took out a bowl, and assumed the perfectly proper posture of someone waiting to be fed. His practiced movements made several people glance sideways despite themselves.
W̃е b́ nо̌v̇е ĺ Е n ũ m â
Seeing this, Gar stepped forward as well. He bowed slightly to Fick and asked in an earnest tone, “Mr. Wayne, we followed you here all the way. May I ask where we will be staying from now on? Please give us your instructions.”
Only after Gar asked this did Fick suddenly slap his forehead. Belatedly, he realized that he had been so focused on taking in helpers and buying supplies that he had completely forgotten to arrange lodging for these beastmen and the Pot Knight.
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Alice stood to the side and saw the expectant yet slightly uneasy looks on their faces. She hurriedly spoke up and pointed west.
“There is an abandoned, ruined church not far to the west, but that place has been deserted for too long. There is a huge hole in the roof, the walls are mottled and peeling, and the inside is full of junk and dust. It is cold and damp. It is completely unfit for people to live in.”
After hearing the state of the ruined church, the beastmen instantly drooped. One by one, they lowered their heads and looked pitifully at Fick. Their sturdy bodies, each a head taller than Fick, paired with those aggrieved expressions made for an especially striking contrast.
Seeing this scene, Fick sighed helplessly and waved a hand. “Fine, fine. That ruined church cannot be cleaned up in a short while anyway. Tonight, you can make do for now and sleep on the floor in this small house. Alice and I will sleep on the bed.”
W̄ e̊ b̊ ńó v е̂ĺ Eň u m̃ӓ
As soon as he said this, the beastmen and the Pot Knight present all looked at one another in unison.
“I remember Young Master Wayne saying he does not accept lolicons. Is this what humans call guarding their food?” the red bear-man was the first to comment.
“What lolicon? In our eyes, are humans not all little girls anyway?” the other yellow bear-man added.
“Uh, I respect Mr. Wayne’s peculiar tastes. Besides, since humans are all short, it is normal for one little girl to like another little girl.”
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“Big Brother, from now on, you should probably answer those two foolish bears less often.”
The Pot Knight was picking mud from his leg armor, pretending he knew nothing.
Wè b n ö.v̌ ӗ l Êṅ umá
Fick immediately rolled his eyes and said irritably, “Alice is my little sister. I sleep in the same bed as her only because there is no space, and she is an ordinary witch. The North is very dangerous at night.”
Alice also hurriedly nodded in agreement from the side. “Big Brother is especially restless when he sleeps. He always likes to kick off the blanket, and if no one pays attention, he can easily catch a cold. I stay awake at night, so I can often help cover him with the blanket.”
So it was a brother complex and a sister complex.
After hearing Fick and Alice’s explanation, the others finally restrained themselves a little and stopped saying more. They all began helping move the things at the door into the small house one by one.
The small house had already been cramped to begin with. Now that so many people and items had squeezed in all at once, it instantly became crowded beyond belief, though it also gained a bit more warmth and liveliness.
While everyone was busy moving things, three Tiansuluo jumped around nimbly. Their short little legs moved quickly, and their round little eyes watched Gar and the other beastmen with vigilance.
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“Lord Wayne, this is the first time I have seen such fat Tiansuluo. If they were stewed into soup, would they not taste unbelievably good?”
“No-oh-yay! Lion, do not eat Tiansuluo! Tiansuluo does not taste good!”
The beastmen, who had originally seemed rather restrained, could not help laughing. The atmosphere immediately became much more relaxed.
Once everything had been moved into the small house and the messy items had been roughly arranged, the warmth of daily life grew even stronger, and everyone’s empty stomachs began to make themselves known.
The long journey had already consumed plenty of energy. Now, looking at the fresh ingredients piled in the corner, everyone tacitly began moving, intending to first make a pot of hot soup to fill their stomachs.
Alice took the lead and set the newly bought iron pot by the simple stove. Then she picked up a rag, wiped the kitchenware, and assigned everyone their tasks.
Ӗ n̈ u m а
The Pot Knight beside them stood up and walked out of the small house. He found the pile of firewood stacked beside the house, drew the short axe at his waist, walked to a tree stump in the open space, and began chopping wood.
The two burly bear-men were assigned the work of breaking up vegetables. They took several fresh root vegetables, stretched out their rough bear paws, and clumsily yet gently pulled off the leaves, afraid that using too much strength would crush the vegetables. Whenever one of them accidentally ruined a leaf, he would glare at the other.
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The pig-man and Gar were responsible for organizing the dessert ingredients. The two of them crouched in the corner of the small house and sorted the flour, olive oil, and eggs Fick had bought.
Fick obediently followed instructions. Whatever ingredient Alice told him to put in, he picked up the corresponding ingredient, washed it clean, placed it into the soup pot on the stove in order, and added a proper amount of water.
The firewood in the stove crackled. Steam gradually rose from the soup pot. Alice then mixed eggs, milk, and a little honey together and cooked them, and a rich fragrance slowly spread through the small house.
When the soup was ready, everyone took a bowl and served themselves.
W̆ е_b̄n̄ оv̈еl̂ Е n ú ṁ а̇
Alice first scooped a large piece of cream custard for Fick, then gave everyone else a small piece each. The three round Tiansuluo squeezed together and shared a single small piece of dessert.
The Pot Knight also pulled his visor up to the tip of his nose, revealing a ring of messy stubble. Holding his bowl, he lowered his head and ate and drank in great mouthfuls, looking utterly satisfied.
As everyone ate around the fire, Fick suddenly remembered something and said, “The three of you beastmen have never had names or surnames. It is troublesome to call you that way. Why don’t I give you nicknames in private? It will make it easier to call you when we work in the future.”
The three beastmen hurriedly nodded, their faces full of anticipation.
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Fick looked at the red-furred bear-man. “Your arms are thick, and you have great strength, so I will call you Wally. It is taken from the meaning of strength.”
Then he looked at the yellow bear, whose build looked even more bear-like. “Your body is solid and stocky, so I will call you Bear. It means exactly that—a bear.”
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Wally and Bear, the two foolish bears, nodded repeatedly and thumped their chests. They were clearly extremely satisfied with their new names.
The pig-man beside them could no longer wait. He gulped down the cream custard in his bowl in one mouthful, not even having time to savor the taste, and eagerly leaned forward to wait.
Seeing him like this, Fick could not help laughing. “Those pig ears of yours are as big as fans, and you have quite a lot of bristles on your body. You look like one of the main characters in a novel I read before. You might as well be called Ganglie.”
Wally and Bear, who had just received their names, had originally been rubbing their heads and savoring their new names. At that moment, however, they both pricked up their ears at once, and just like Gar and Ganglie, intense curiosity burned within them.
They had lived for so long, yet they had never heard a story with beastmen as the main characters. At this moment, their hearts itched terribly, but they also felt that asking rashly would be too presumptuous. They could only suppress the urgency filling their hearts and sit obediently in place, looking as though they wanted to ask but did not dare speak.
The Pot Knight, who had always kept his head down eating and drinking in silence, saw all of this. Rarely, he felt the urge to tease them.
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He put down his bowl, reached over and grabbed the coarse-cloth pillow on his floor mat, then solemnly propped it up in front of himself. Supporting it with one hand as though imitating a scholar reading a book, he raised his eyes to look at Fick. The meaning in his heart could not have been clearer.
“Fine, fine. Since we happen to be free, let me first think about how to tell this story in a way even the Tiansuluo can understand.”
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