257 Competitive Fathers
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Father made a delicious roasted Wild Boar, but it had yet to fully cook, I really don’t like eating raw meat if possible, although I’ve done it before. I prefer to eat it well cooked, so he said we had to wait around an hour and it would be done, usually roasting such a big creature over fire takes way longer than that, so I am impressed it will take so little.
“It’s ready!!! Come eat!”
My mother quickly called us to go eat, it seems the roasted Carnage Bird was made quickly compared to the stew, but that’s for the best, also the stew smell could be felt even here, it was such a delicious and fragrant scent!
It is such a delicious smell, I can’t help but drool, my stomach was roaring with hunger, the power of Cooking Magic is amazing to make my stomach act so savagely for some food! It smells way too good!
“Ahh, that smell, your mother cooking is always superior to whatever your old man prepares…” Laughed my father, as he held me with his arms and carried me like a baby towards the tent.
“Daaad! You don’t have to carry me around like a baby! I told you! Geez…” I sighed, as Aquarina and Shade walked to our side. Aquarina looked at me while containing her laughter. She was laughing at me! That little girl!
“Hehe, your daddy is a bit too clingy, it seems!” Laughed Aquarina. “I wish I could carry you like this too though… When I grow up I will!” Aquarina said for some reason. I don’t know why she wanted to carry me around, but that was quite cute. That didn’t stopped the fact mt father was treating me like a baby way too much! Oi, stop this, father!
“Hehe, what’s wrong, Shade? I guess you have yet to bond with your girl to this point where she lets you carry her?” Asked my father smugly, Shade suddenly stopped being so serious and expressionless, as his eyes glowed with bright red light.
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“I-I never said I liked this!” I sighed.
Shade looked at Aquarina, as she started to sweat a bit…
“D-Daddy?” She asked nervously.
“Aquarina, let’s bond as father and daughter.” Said Shade, dead serious, as he gently held his daughter with his arms and carried her like a princess.
“Uwaaahh!” Aquarina began to blush and panic a bit, it seems they had not held her like this in a while, she’s around half a year younger than me but since we became six years of age that they had stopped carrying us around, mostly because we got too big and heavy to be treated like babies. Except my father, he still does it.
But somehow, he convinced Shade to do it too! What sort of insane father do I have?! He’s like a demon that can convince people or something!
“I won’t lose to you, I will show you my bond with my daughter!” Said Shade.
“Hahah, you’re finally getting serious!” Said my father.
These two idiots were like childhood rivals or something according to my mother, but come on, you don’t have to use us as some sort of competition for who loves their daughter more!
“Uwaahh! Papa, stop this!” Cried Aquarina.
“Cut it off, dummy!” I cried.
At the end, we were carried until we reached the table, in there, we found Zack and Ninhursag having a peaceful mother and son relationship without weird things unlike us.
“Do you still have to carry the girl like this, Allan? She clearly doesn’t like it!” Said my mother, giving my father a karate chop in the head.
“Ahaha, sorry! I got carried away…” He laughed it off as always.
“Papa, idiot!” Said Aquarina angrily, smacking her father’s legs.
“S-Sorry, Aquarina, please forgive me! I got carried away because of this dumbass…” Sighed Shade.
“Who are you calling dumbass?!” Asked my father.
“Hahahaha! Alright, let’s forget about this and let’s eat, I am starving!” Said Nepheline, her loud voice and her laughter quickly calmed down the tensions of the discussions, as we all assembled around the table to eat. Mother quickly served broth to everybody, the meat of Carnage Birds was white when cooked, and it had such a delicious smell.
“Hmm~”
I drank a bit of the broth, the flavors were excitingly rich, and the veggies went amazing with the flavor of the meat and the bones, it all came together so nicely that it made me close my eyes for a bit as I drank more and more of it. And then, I used my spoon to take out a bit of the white meat from the bone, the meat was so soft it tore apart easily, and I just ate it with the spoon, it was so soft and nice that I couldn’t help but sigh happily.
“Oh wow, this is good…” I sighed.
“Hmmm, it is nice to eat something this good every day…” Said Ninhursag. “Thanks for cooking it, you girls.” Ninhursag smiled gently, my mother nodded back at her.
“It is what we can do for now, if we had a proper kitchen, I could do something even better for everybody…” She said. “I wish I could make pizza right now, Allan misses it.” My mother laughed as Allan seemed to agree.
“But this freshly baked bread is nice enough,” He said while covering it in fresh butter as the butter melted, he began eating the baked bread as he had already finished the plate with broth and bird meat in less than a minute. He was a very gluttonous man, I don’t know how is it even possible for him to eat so much…
“Oh, alright, I think the meat is ready! Let’s get to it!” Said Nepheline, bringing the entire roasted wild boar and putting it over the table.
We began cutting pieces out of it and serving it over our plates, withs our sauce, sweet sauce, and savory sauce, we enjoyed the delicious meat over the night.
These nights will never be forgotten in my heart, they were the times I was the happiest in my life…
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