Chapter 215 (2/2)

Seeing the decapitated snake still wriggling and writhing about, Vanita backed away, looking rather taken aback

Mefuri and I turn to one anotherMefuri appeared to be of onesnakes as a type of anihts really came across

“Mefuri, could you do me a favour and borrow a pan and some salt from that house over there?”

Snakes were much more delicious as a soupSnow snakes especially

“Understood”

Mefuri, having already seen the Village Chief’s wariness towards me and therefore able to extrapolate the ave me an obedient nod and ran to the nearby house

Vanita threw one too!’I deliberately ignored itWhy? Simply because Mefuri, once she realised that she was too little to carry the pot by herself, would co between Vanita and I as I preoccupiedup the snake, eventually adopted a somewhat reluctant approach and spoke to Vanita

“Um… VanitaI can’t really take the pot, so… D-Do you think you could help me out?”

“Huh? Oh… Sure”

Well, it looked likethe two of the to Vanita out of her own accord had been a success

My protective gaze lingered on their backs as they raced for the houseThen Rashi+ok invaded et it already”

Heaving a sigh, I tossed half of the snake’s head and body into Rashi+ok’s ht that I could skin it, at least… Well, its worth was bound to sink quicker than it did during winter anyway, so I supposed I could let it get eaten this one ti use of the pot Mefuri and Vanita carried over, I removed the bones and entrails of the snake and threw it in along with salt and water

Letting a thick tree branch fall in the meantime, I broke it up to pieces and chiselled out its insides to make a sort of utensilI’d decided to make spoons while I was at it, and had even prepared my short blade

“… Excuse me”

“Hm?”

“How can be used to that much if you’re a don forests or so Mefuri’s question as she presented soht add some taste to the meal

“Ah… No, not reallyThere was just a tiion arion soldiers back then just sort of made their own dinner from what they found”

I had hesitated for a brief , unsure of how to answerThen I realised that there wouldn’t be ht as well explain to her the bit about my past where I’d been an apprentice soldier of sorts

“I didn’t really have a lot of sta rightI think I ate pretty ions just happened to be pretty poor at the time tooSo, snakes aside, the meat of animals like squirrels, rabbits, and birds were handed over to the populace… It wasn’t easy to keep up the spirit to take ingredients back to the barracks and cook them either, so it was pretty inevitable to make the tools on the spot and eat there”

“Oooh…”

I’d spoken with a tone of fond reminiscence, but noasn’t just Vanita who turned toward

… Vanita, with aBut when Mefuri, who’d probably had to go through the sas I had did the same, I couldn’t help but feel a little put-off by the whole thing