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“Okay! Let’s start!”

I raised e body Ai Fa as sitting cross-legged while leaning on the wall muttered “Do what you want” in bad mood

I thought she was not in bad mood, but just tired

Even I was quite exhausted

First, it was quite a heavy job to bring this giba froinal objective of collecting piko leaves and firewood, we had to do a U-turn to go back to the riverside just like that

Although an accident didn’t happen this time, the sun had already passed the middle after we finished all of the work

In other words fro to noon, orked very hard because of the incident ere struggling with big snake madarama

There was no need to rush because the plan was to hunt a giba in the afternoon, so I decided to prepare the giba right away

After Ai Fa finished her role in lit up the fire on the kitchen range by my request, she lowered her back and sat Then she nibbled a dried meat like she didn’t care anymore

While casting a side way glance at her, I took the knife I borrowed from Ai Fa

Because the bleeding and organ re”

Since there was a broken door lying in the storeroom, I decided to use it as a workbench

I worked on the ground because there was nothing similar to a desk Well, this couldn’t be helped

I raised the giba’s body on the back, prepared wood on its left and right and fixed it’s posture

First, fro at the back

I gave a round cut at the ankle of it’s tough hoof Then I gave a cut from inside it’s limb to the belly

The tip of the blade was put between skin and meat, forcibly torn them

(TL: beriberi べりべり is sos)

Well, it’s really rich in fat

The gap between the skin and meat had the thickness of about 15 cm

Although as an ingredients it’s a very good ite with it increased If it’s like deer which had small amount of animal fat, the meat and skin could be separated promptly

Well, everything was for a good meal

To not make a hole in the fur, the fat had to remain in the meat as much as possible With the tip of the blade tilted to the side, I pulled the skin with a jerk

Before long, Both feet’s meat was exposed

From the wrinkled and curly fur, the liht

The knife had already almost become dull by that time

The blade had been covered by sticky fats

So, the blade was soaked in hot water in the shaking boiling iron pot The fat was

This was the reason why skinning couldn’t be done outdoors

Although it’s good if you can e, the rooood meat and blood

Anyway, after I wiped the knife with a sot from Ai Fa, I went back to work

The forelegs’ skin was peeled with the same procedure

It’s easy just to say this, but an hour had already passed at this point

But the as still in the early stage After I was finish with the four limbs, it’s finally the body’s turn

However, because the body wasn’t nor the fur was harder Fat was slippery and because of that rip wouldn’t hold If it’s like this, I had to open a hole at the edge of the fur and hook er there

Anyway because it’s a thick fur, it wouldn’t rip ith

If it’s torn then it’s torn, I would just make a hole on another place

While I diligently re the fat with the blade, the skin was peeled quickly

When the right side of giba’s body exposed, I became sweaty

According to ht which caht

“Fuu… Let’s take a quick break”

The knife was put on the bedside besides the giba I squatted down on the sheet

Then, I tried looking back my days with Ai Fa

Ai Fa really had a blank look after all

The round eyes that looked like the eyes a small child could heal me

Maybe because her default face was always unfriendly, it’s quite a nice gap

“Your hands are very skillful, Asuta”

“Well It’s only to cook”

“You are also taking it seriously”

“Well It’s only to cook”

“Even without troublesoiba’sunnecessary work like that?”

I was not so narrow minded to be offended here, so I answered “I just like to eat delicious food”

I wanted you to judge whether ht

“Ok! Let’s resume the work!”

During the break, I re I planned

Before I get started on the left side of the body, so that should have been done

Cutting off the neck

There wereon the neck

It’s the thing called mouth, nose and eyes

Therefore, it’s quite difficult to peel off the skin

So, the neck should be cut off beforehand It ise to handle it as an exception

I began to cut the neck because of that reason

I broke the skull and to the tragic death face of giba, I prayed “I will make you become a delicious food”, then stabbed the knife under the lower jaw

Rigor mortis had already set in huhIt felt stiffer than when it was bled

And when opening it, a decent amount of blood started to come out

This couldn’t be helped It’s not like all of the blood would co process, let alone the fact that I was an amateur I was just an apprentice cook who depended on his o It’s too much for an apprentice cook

There was only one ti a wild boar The tool was only a single knife for hunting Groveling in the ground without a respectable workbench, I, a 17 years old apprentice cook, was struggling to cut the neck of a dead body off

Even if that Ai Fafun

Though I was covered by my oeat and animal blood, I could feel that I was alive

Although if I said that, I would be , but a psycho guy as half playing while dis animals A shi+tty person

(TL : 糞くらえだ : kuso kuraeda dauy)

Iliked to cook

I greatching father’s back When I entered ele with the store

Although it’s not by h a rail that was prepared for me I still had no complaints

Father’s favourite phrase was: “Look for so by yourself”

Still, I couldn’t find anything else So I had to inherit the store because it couldn’t be helped Father was laughing while saying that

I thought father also let h school because of that one consideration

But I…still cooked everyday

Cooking was interesting, so why did I have to bother looking for other things Although it was inevitable I wasn’t able to find it by myself

So about that

Iliked to cook

“FuuIt was bothersome as expected”