Volume 2 Chapter 1 Part4 (1/2)
Translator: ノンぶりyuu
If you spot any mistakes, feel free to point it out ~
Enjoy
Because there was no table, large leaves were placed on the ground and on top of that were the dishes that Arnold had made
Arnold: ”Let's eat! You'll understand why I dragged you all the way out here when you eat this!”
Hiiro thought that the food quality was as expected of a chef He was really impressed at the various dishes made from the Cow Crabs Winka's eyes also lit up and she was puzzled at how to eat the dishes
Arnold: ”《Sauté Cow Crab》, 《Fried Cow Crab》, 《Cow Crab and Nut Salad》, 《Steamed Crab Shell》and many others!”
Moreover the a there was only Cow Crabs
Hiiro desperately tried to stop his saliva fro First he held the 《Fried Cow Crab》in his hands and put sauce on it
”Om nom… Oh!”
The crunchy texture and the thick crab taste spread inside of his mouth Moreover the sauce made from the crab paste h it was miso
Next he tried the 《Steamed Crab Shell》, he was able to eat the shell because it was stea a variety of Chinese duh it was hot enough to burn his inside of it so he couldn't contain his excite himself
”How's it Hiiro?”
Arnold asked while s
”Your cooking's the only thing I approve of”
Arnold: ”Hoohoohooh ~, that's right, that's right ~ Let's discuss the only thing part later As expected of me!”
Arnold was coly but Hiiro was feeling good right now so he ignored him Besides, Hiiro was satisfied with all the dishes Arnold made
Wi: ”Om nom… Om nom… Om nom… Om nom…”
Eating wholeheartedly was exactly like this Winka did not waver froh speed while stuffing the food into heraround happily
Muir: ”A-ah… Hiiro-san…?”
”Mhm?”
When he'd noticed Muir had co piece of bread that looked like a roll The bread was cut at the centre and crab htly stuffed inside
”P-pl-pl-please eat this!”
Muir said as she stuck the bread out to him
”What? Are you not eating?”
Muir: ”Ah, mhm… this is…”
Muir blushed as she glanced at Hiiro but Hiiro didn't knoas wrong and frowned Then Arnold said in a displeased voice
”Tsk, that's Muir's 《Crab Cream Bread》… I'm jealous”
While , ”Why'd she only make it for Hiiro”, he stuffed the food into his mouth out of despair
”Hoh, so the Chibi made this”
Muir: ”Ah, ye-yes! Pl-please have some!”
Hiiro received it and took a bite
”On nom nom nom…!?”
”H-h-h-how is it?!”
Muir asked anxiously
Hiiro thought it tasted like a crab cream croquette However there was h It was delicious
”… Let's see, it's not bad But if you bake the bread it'd be more delicious”
Muir: ”Ah… Is that so?”
Muir became disheartened But Hiiro had eaten all of the bread in he was holding
Muir: ”Hi-Hiiro-san!”
”But well, it's delicious”
Hiiro answered while licking the creahtened up upon those words
Muir: ”Re-really?! Ehehe! I will do even better next time!”
”Ah, I'll be waiting”
Muir: ”Yes! Ehehe”
Arnold felt conflicted seeing Muir shter was pleased However he didn't like the fact that her smile was directed at a man
”daive you Muir! I won't!”
Arnold was displaying a grand attitude of idiot parent-ness
STARE…
Muir: ”Puh?! W-wi-san!”
Before Muir knew it Winka had appeared next to her and was staring so she was surprised
”… Wi wants too”
Muir: ”Eh… Mhm…”
Wi: ”Give me some bread…?”
Muir looked at Winka who gulped while titling her head and started getting flustered when she understood her real intention
Muir: ”I, I understand! I will prepare it now!”
Wi: ”Ok… I'll wait”
While Muir went to goand said
”Hey Wi, what race are you from?”
Arnold: ”Ah, ain Let ht?”
Wi: ”Yup”
Arnold: ”I wanna ask about your beastman race, in other words, your dad's race”
But before Winka could answer, Hiiro asked
”Why're you asking that for? Is so?”
Arnold: ”No, even if I look like this I'-kin】 So I have confidence in my sense of smell”
Arnold brought up the story about hi the oil smell before
『Dog-kin's』have an excellent sense of smell so he wanted to knohy Winka noticed the smell when he didn't
”I see So it's about your hurt pride, huh?”
Arnold: ”No, no It's not so that dramatic! It's just well, I just wanna know Wi's secret…”
Muir: ”Uncle… Do you really want to know a girl's secret…?”
Arnold: ”Eh? Mu-muir…?”
Muir was holding bread for Winka in her slightly tre hands
She never thought that her guardian, Arnold, would say such a thing
Arnold: ”I-it's a bit different than that, Muir! I-i-i-i-i-it's a ! I just wanna knohat race her dad's from!”
Muir: ”Eh? Race?”
When Muir heard the explanation she was honestly relived and placed a hand on her chest before exhaling But then she quickly looked anxious as she turned to face Arnold
Muir: ”But Uncle, Wi-san ht not want to talk about it, you know?”
Arnold: ”Now that you ht be true”
It was like the conversation between the two ended
Wi: ”I don't know my race…?”
Winka, herself didn't look like she cared at all She wasn't told anything about her father
Arnold: ”Co when your parents split up right?”
Wi: ”Yup”
Muir: ”B-but aren't you curious, Wi-san?”
Wi: ”About what?”
Muir: ”About the 『Beast in you!”
Wi: ”Nope… Not really”
Arnold and Muir's feigned laughter resounded when they saw her frankness Hiiro brought up a topic
”If you take your sense of smell into consideration, isn't your race above the Old Man's? Aren't there races like that?”
Arnold: ”Well… There shouldn't be any existing race with a better sense of s-kin』, there are various races like 『Blue Ears』like me or 『Red Ears』characterised by their red hair But Wi has blonde hair I've never seen a 『Dog-kin』race like that before Since Wi's has an excellent sense of sht she'd be from the same race…”
Arnold stared at Winka as if he was observing her and tilted his head
Arnold: ”But, I've got a feeling it's so different”
”When you say 'existing races' that ht?”
Arnold: ”Ah? Well yeah Rather than old, there were races aend”
”Hoh”
Hiiro's intellectual curiosity perked up and his eyes shone
Arnold: ”They're the 《Three Great Beastman》, but now they're treated as mythical beasts ere our ancestors One of them those races was the 『Golden Fox』, they had a better sense of s-kin』”
”Hoh It's the first time I've heard that there were races like that”
Arnold: ”Well, in the end it's just a legend Within the 『Golden Fox』race, the people called 『Nine-tails』see, you know? They can freely beastify and transfor as a mountain”
Even in japan, where Hiiro was from, and 『Nine-tails』were special youkai spoken about in folklore It was a powerful youkai and it seemed that even other youkais were afraid of its existence
Even in this world people ere called 『Nine-tails』were special It was unfortunate that it was already extinct and Hiiro couldn't contain his disappointment
Hiiro had so else he was interested in so he asked Arnold
”Beastify… Can beast like that?”
Arnold: ”Mhm? Well the 『Nine-tail's』beastification is special It's normally impossible On the contrary, some people who have beastman blood can't control the power of the beast inside of thees”
”Hoh, that's also a really interesting story”
Arnold: ”Well, it becomes a disaster afterwards”
Hiiro looked at Arnold as staring off into the distance and didn't pursue it any further He'd thought that Arnold probably experienced soed that it was better to ask later
Wi: ”Ah, by the way is your conversation with Wi-san finished, Uncle?”
Arnold: ”Mh about her race, her sense of smell probably developed like that from birth Occasionally there are people like that”
Arnold nodded his head as if he was trying to persuade himself
[Muir]
From there Hiiro and co had enjoyed the rest of the crab dishes, cleaned up, and left 【Rogi Mountains】 Muir was on cloud-nine while walking
(I'm happy that our companions have increased)