32 Leaving the Hamle (1/2)

A few minutes later, with a beaming smile on his face, Edmond was walking toward Aaron, who was still at the same spot beside the sleeping Woof, followed by two people whom he knew.

There were Mr. and Mrs. Ernst, and the latter was holding a tray filled with buns, which was really reminiscent of how he had seen her the first time he arrived here. That had only been two days ago, but it almost felt like a lifetime because of the many things that had changed over that time.

At the same time, Aaron was once again reminded of that heavenly meat from yesterday, which made him stand hurriedly with the intention of asking her how she had made something which had blown his mind away to such an extent that he couldn't even put it into words.

He didn't know it himself, but all those years in the forest where he had lived eating the simplest things had turned him into quite a voracious foodie who valued flavor and delicious food much more than normal people.

The moment they reached, without letting him say anything, Mrs. Ernst raised a hand, herself, which wasn't holding the tray and stretched it towards him.

Curious, looking at it, Edmond saw her holding a rolled up piece of shaved off bark of some tree, which didn't make sense.

Edmond came to the rescue. With a smile still on his face, he took that piece of bark from Mrs. Ernst and unfolded it before putting it in front of Aaron's face, saying ”This is the recipe you asked for. I took the liberty of asking Mrs. Ernst for it when I was near the World Government Hub.”

Puzzled, Aaron focused his eyes on the piece of bark to finally see that there were scratches in the same style as the ones he had seen on the board in front of the Hamlet when he had first come here. Again, he could understand them, which was when he saw that they were a list of items, most of which he didn't recognize.

”For one full portion of an adult Boar Devourer, use one large bowl of juice extracted from a Four Clover creeper, two large bowls of juice extracted from sour apples,…”

Aaron did recognize a few, such as the sour apples which were fist-sized fruits that could be found almost anywhere. Only, the sourness was a bit too strong, which resulted in them seldom being the primary diet for even a Tera.

There were a total of eight items, which Aaron went through multiple times before Edmond finally tired of it and rolled up the piece of bark before handing it to Aaron, saying, ”Keep it with you and read it whenever you want.”

That was when Ernst spoke up.

”Why? Both of you are in possession of the AA! Don't forget that the list of functions of the AA also includes recording whatever stuff you want. It's a very basic function, but I bet it'll come in handy a lot. Aaron, hold up the bark paper to your eyes, and ask the AA to record it.”

Nodding, Aaron took the bark from Edmond's hands and immediately unfolded it in front of his eyes before following Ernst's instructions.

”Scanning. Data obtained. Under what heading would you like this to be saved under?”

”Recipe for Heavenly Meat!”, Aaron blurted out loud, which made both Ernst and his wife raise their eyebrows, and the latter even got a broad smile which stretched from one cheek to the other.

It seemed that she really did like it when someone complimented her cooking.

”Input received. Saving data. To reference it, please use the name that was just given.”

This made a smile crack on Aaron's face, too, as he rolled up the bark and handed it back to Mrs. Ernst.