Volume 10 Chapter 30: Grilled Fish
Volume 10 Chapter 30: Grilled Fish
Volume 10 Chapter 30: Grilled Fish
"Alright, I will bring you to your room," Setsuna smiled as she welcomed the three to her home. Keith and the two nodded. Size-wise, it was the same as Zhu Liqin. However, instead of a Chinese-style mansion, it was a Japanese one. That was when they were brought before a fox human.
"Hello, my name is Hayate Kazemori. I'm sorry about having you change here on such short notice," Hayate sighed deeply as he said this.
Keith shook his head, "It's fine." It was sudden, but there wasn't much of a change.
"Yeah, it was fate who decided to have it here!" "Yes, father." Setsuna and Shinzo smiled as they commented.
"…" Hayate groaned before smiling, "Please treat me home as if it was yours. There's no need to be shy around us."
"Thank you." Keith nodded as he headed to his room. It was similar to where they had a mansion all to themselves. Placing down his stuff, a knock came from his door.
"Keith, can I come in?"
"Sure," The fox girl opened the door and entered. The first words out of her mouth were, "Sorry about having to change your dwellings like that."
"It's fine. I'm just wondering if you'll be fine." The look on Zhu Liqin's face was quite something. Her hands trembled as she stared at the rock in her hand. Long Qiqiang and Long Lihua weren't doing so well either. Setsuna was laughing at her face as well.
"We'll be fine. It's not like the first time they had battled before." The number of times those two fought one another was too many to count.
Keith laughed, "Also, I take it that you have another sibling?"
"…Yeah."
"I see. Do you have anything you want to eat today? I can make it for you?" Keith smiled. It was time for him to prepare dinner for them.
"You don't-" "It's fine. I like cooking. And I think that's why your mother called me here anyway," Keith laughed. But that laughter only caused Ayaka's face to scrunch up, "So embarrassing." Her mother and brother were so shameless. They didn't hesitate to drag the boy back to their home. It was clear it was because of the food he made for everyone.
"…Can you make something with fish?" Ayaka held her hands as she requested.
Keith nodded, "Sure, I can make something delicious with it. Any type of fish you like to have?"
"Umm, then come with me," Keith followed the girl over to a storage unit where she picked a live fish up.
"…" You're one of those people.
"…What?"
"Did not peg you to be the type to pick up a live fish like it was nothing." Some people found it icky touching it. This girl did it so easily.
"What's the fish?" "Swift mackerel. It has a nice texture when it's on the fire."
"Grilled mackerel is nice." Thinking about it, how could it not be nice? But as Keith stared at the mackerel. Without even a second, the mackerel was knocked out. Afterwards, he started to fillet it. Swift and easy, his hands were quite blinding.
Once done, he made a simple sauce: soy sauce, brown sugar, dragon honey, ginger, and garlic. It was an easy teriyaki sauce. Spreading it on top of the mackerel, he made a bonfire outside.
"Hmmm," Keith then took out some metal nets and started to mess around with them.
"Why do you have that?" Ayaka was curious. Did he have metal nets on him all the time?
"Garden things and also a smoker." He had some excess stuff on himself. That was when he placed two grilled pieces of mackerel into it and put them on top of the fire. The smell was something. And the oily skin was quite fragrant and nice.
"What did you add to it?" Ayaka sat beside the boy as he cooked. Her nose was sharp as she sniffed it.
"Something delicious." As Keith continued to cook,
"You guys are getting quite close," That was when he turned around to see Carolyn and Krystal. Krystal had a blank look while Carolyn smiled.
"Yeah! Fish power," Keith laughed as he continued to watch them burn. Ayaka's eyes twitched. Do you have to say something like that? Do you not see how they're reacting? That was when another voice muttered, "So you made a giant fire because of that?" Long Lihua was on the opposite end!
"Lihua, when did you come in?!" She and the two had stayed behind while they entered the mansion.
"Ah," Long Lihua scratched her head. She was going to say something when,
"Why are you guys here as well?!" There was a loud shout coming from Setsuna!
"…Ah," Everyone understood what happened. Long Lihua tried her best not to look at her.
"Big brother!" And someone hugged him from the back! Keith smiled, "Haohao, you came as well."
"Mmhmm!" Long Hao hugged the boy's back. That was when Keith flipped the mackerel onto the other side to cook. They saw a beautiful burnt side.
"That looks so good," Carolyn drooled as she stared.
"Mmhmm, I also used some of the burnt walking trees to do so as well."
"Wood changes it?"
"It'll give it a slightly earthy taste. Just slightly, since I'm not smoking it." Keith grinned as he did so, "And these are good." Keith placed the cooked mackerel into a dome.
"You guys can play around if you want. I need to make a couple more." With a couple of more people added, he would need to make more.
"Sure," Ayaka and the others didn't bother. But the look on Carolyn made them curious,
"What are you planning to do, girl?" The princess was right before the thing. It was quite worrisome since she had an evil look.
"Don't you think we should try it out first?"
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