Chapter 892 Relaxing Family Time
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With the help of Ignatius flames and my father's Agni Sword, which was huge and warm, we were able to roast a lot of big chunks of meat after butchering the beasts that the boys hunted down. The Divine Sword began to complain that he was -once more- being used as a huge roaster for food. Looks like my father used to do this more than once back then!
"Hey you damn brat! Stop using me to roast food! I'll seriously burn you to ashes!"
The huge draconic manifestation of the Dragon Soul imbued into the sword roared angrily, so big that it covered half the Tropical Island with ease. Agni was glancing at him with a sigh.
"And you think I'm in any better situation?!"
I had stretched his ethereal body to resemble a huge turtle and used his wide back to roast meat over him. Because he was made of spiritual flames, the meat roasted with them ended being surprisingly tasty, and could recover Stamina and Mana easily too.
Even if I had endless Mana, whenever I consumed Mana-restoring food, I was able to heal some of the exhaustion I often felt by overusing Mana, and eating all of this food would help me recover from the still lingering exhaustion my body has after all that happened back then.
"Hmm~ Smells nice." I said, adding some spices and salt to the roasted meat. "Oh, the fish is done by now. Let's start eating! I'm starving."
"Let's see how the fish of your dungeon tastes like then!" Aquarina giggled, grabbing a huge, orange-colored fish on a wooden stick, which was gently salted. "Crunch... Hmm?!"
She made a face of surprise, or as if she ended burning her tongue...
"A-Are you okay? Is it bad?"
"It's so gooooood~!"
Of course, the response was something I had expected to an extent, but she still took me aback with that previous reaction!
"The fish is so fresh!" My father was also biting into one.n(-OVelbIn
"Hmm, there's nothing better than fish that you have just gotten from the sea." My mother licked her lips as she enjoyed one herself.
"Usually, there's a few hours from catching a fish to the transportation, and then cooking, even with the fish we capture in the dungeon nearby." My dad explained. "So it's never really, really fresh. Even conservation magic can't do much about the flavors tasting less fresher."
"Though you can also just bring the fish alive in a water bubble, no?" Aquarina asked while tilting her head.
"Dear, not every person has such mastery over water magic to just create a big bubble of water that can float limitlessly without exhausting their mana midway through and then dropping all the fish into the ground..." My mother sighed.
"A-Ahahaha, right." Aquarina laughed. "How about carrying it on a huge wooden box?"
"That's what they usually do, sometimes. Barrels as well, but fish can't survive in still waters for too long, they need movement and oxygen, even if they breath underwater." My mother once more explained. "They usually die off after a few hours, so it's also not recommendable..."
"And even then, that place's infested with dangerous monsters, not everyone can go fishing, and usually you need some bodyguards, hiring adventurers of mercenaries and increasing the costs even more." My father explained, drinking some fruit juice. "Phew... I wonder if the meat's ready."
"So! This is fantastic and ideal in many ways, Sylphy can simply catch the fish right away and sell it to someone, bringing a live fish in the method Aquarina suggested in just seconds! The prices would also increase due to its freshness and tastiness." My mother said. "Also these fish have just the right amount of accumulated Mana, making them crispier, tender, and more flavorful than normal."
"I see...!" I nodded. "But aside from our own town, where else could we sell these?"
"Well, there's my big sister's city at the northwest, we do a lot of trades there. We usually export fish to them through flying airships, usually on barrels." My mother explained. "Almost every day they come and go, don't you remember?"
"So that's where those airships always go!" Celica said in surprise. "Can we visit that city, auntie Faylen?"
lightsΝοvel "Hehe, sure thing." My mother giggled. "It has been a while since mom and my sis' visit, we could go meet big sis for a change. And with her help and connections with many merchant guilds, we could find some amazing opportunities to further monetize your products, my dear daughter- O-Of course, if you want to. I won't force you."
"I want to! Sure! Let's do it!" I was all up for it. "I want to build my own capital too, so when I grow up I don't have to rely on my parent's money to keep on living. Maybe one day I could even make my own little town."
"That would be wonderful, a bright future like that is worth looking forward to!" My father laughed. "Now, now, let's eat the meat, it's done!"
"Finally! Fish alone can't satiate my hunger." Zack laughed, quickly rushing to bring meat to the table.
"Zack, bring me a steak too! I'm hungry for meat too!" Mist was a foodie like her boyfriend, the two got so well along even in this regard.
"Sure! I'll bring you the tastiest piece." Zack gave her a head pat as he moved and brought a huge plate with several cuts of meat, sizzling with juices.
"I want some of that chicken over there." Said Celeste. "Don't forget the birds I caught!"
"I didn't! Here we go." I laughed, as I brought over several roasted "Dodo Birds" we caught here, they were big and fat, and had tons of tender meat, they mostly feed off the fruits that fell from the trees periodically.
"Yaaay! Lots of food! Was getting bored of the fruit." Zephy clapped his little hands happily.
We quickly started eating, as I summoned my Familiars to join us. Nephilim, who had happened to be busy doing laundry was summoned here instantly too, so she could enjoy. She was as big foodie as well.
"Huh? Ah? Eh? I was doing laundry... Food." She started drooling immediately.
"Hahaha, just join us." I laughed.
"If My Lady insist." She hurriedly sat down to enjoy the feast.
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