SC1 18.4 – Good Things to Celebrate
For today dinner, I asked Kato to cook rather lavishly than usual. And so, she made tons of grilled beef ribs, stir fry mushroom with thinly slice beef flank, bone beef soup with quail eggs, walnut rice, and warm lemonade.
I helped her arranged everything on the table, and then I called everyone to eat. A moment later, everyone already sat in the dining table. Yunno and Yui still wore their fox mask, and I didn’t ask them to take it off. When they got enough of it, they would take it off on their own. As for now, I would let them to have fun with it as much as they want.
Then, after looking at the dishes on the table with curious eyes, Yui turned her gaze to me. “Uncle Deitoro, do we celebrating something today?”
“Sort of,” I happily replied, and as Yui gave me a curious gaze I continued, “Let’s count it. I and your aunt have officially married. You and your big sis have cleared your first academic test with excellent result. You two also have breakthrough to Level 1.
And the constructions in the balcony have been completed and ready to be used. Last but not least, our cooperation with Owner Tokuma has a good start.
So, we put everything together and celebrate it at tonight dinner.”
“This dinner is also a welcome dinner for your teachers,” Kato added. “With their presence, your martial training will leap forward greatly.”
“Mhm,” Yui happily nodded.
Wasting no time, I put my hands together in front of my chest and offered the gratitude for the food. “Thanks for the food.”
““““Thanks for the food.”””””
Everyone followed me and the dinner started right afterward.
My clones immediately took some grilled beef ribs from closest plate, while Kato helped Yunno and Yui to take their portion before taking some for herself. As for me, I took my portion myself, and then enjoyed it while fell into ponder, thinking about three most important member of my household one by one.
Kato was 18-year-old, but she much mature than her age, and she already knew the goal she wanted to go after and she put her all to pursue it. I considered it as a good thing, as most man or woman at her age would still be in a state where they have no clear idea about what they want for their life.
In short, I didn’t need to babysit Kato. On the other side, she put a serious effort to take care of Yunno and Yui, giving them abundant familial affection so I could put my mind on the bigger picture.
As for Yunno, when I healed her from Kazuyori’s beating I also checked her latest memory, and I found that a dark seed had starting to grow in her heart. However, as long as Yui stayed with her, she would be able to maintain her positive attitude and unyielding spirit. In summary, Yui was her center of gravity and would ensure the dark seed in her heart remained at acceptable level like ordinary human being.
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As for Yui, her dark seed would also remain at acceptable level as long as Yunno stayed with her. Most of all, Yui had lot of positive change after she lived in the hut. She was not too quiet anymore, and would express her thought whenever she had something in mind.
She also tried her best so Yunno can rely on her whenever circumstances demand it. Her effort to become dependable became more prominent after the last incident with Tadaoka Household. I considered it was a good development, but I would make sure she didn’t burden herself unreservedly.
Then, Yunno suddenly turned her gaze to me and woke me up from my pondering. “Uncle Deitoro, when will Yunno and Yui starts cooking other dish than soy sauce oyster noodles?”
After slightly nodded my head a few times I replied, “How many soy sauce oyster noodles you make so far?”
“354 portions,” Yunno firmly replied.
“272 portions,” Yui added.
“When you hit 500 portions, you can choose other dish from the menu. I will teach you how to make it.”
“Dear,” Kato said. “Isn’t that too long?”
“Not at all,” I calmly replied. “It’s better to master one dish thorough fully, rather than master a few dishes but only at half-baked level.”
Kato nodded and said, “I see.”
Then, Yunno asked me another question, “Can Yunno wait until Yui also hit 500 portions before choosing the second dish?”
“You can, but I’m not suggesting that.” I took a sip of my warm lemon before continuing, “You two don’t need to master the same dish. Just try to master whatever dish you are interested the most, as many as you can. Then, someday you can share each other knowledge.
Try to think that you two are a pair of team, who tried to dig as many cooking recipe as possible from me.”
As Yunno fell into silence, Yui said, “It is okay Big Sis. It’s more fun if we learn different recipes, and then teach it to each other later.”
After a smile Yunno said, “Okay.”
Dinner then continued in light and happy atmosphere.
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As usual, after dinner Sanno-01 helped Yunno and Yui did the dish. Then, the two brushed their teeth and went to the bamboo bench next to resting hut. It’s time for Kato to brush their hair.
Tonight, Yunno and Yui didn’t have evening study while Kato didn’t have night training, so the three could have lot of hair brushing time, along with happy chat and giggle. Well, the three looked very happy as they sat together, so I let them be and turned my gaze to Sanno-01 and the rest of my clones.
Without delay I started a casual discussion in low voice, “Traditional Japanese clothing and Japanese name, but the people speak English, write using Latin alphabet, and count using Hindu-Arabic numerals. The region also has traditional Japanese basic culinary, but the people eat using spoon and fork. That’s the overall picture the place we live right now.”
“Whoever setting up this world must really love to mix things randomly,” Sanno-01 added.
“It seems so,” I couldn’t agree more with Sanno-01. “But I consider it as good thing because we don’t totally stranger to it.”
“Well, the climate is also pretty similar to Japan, but not as humid and has longer growing period,” Otter said. “We should consider it as a good thing too.”
“Yeah, that way we can enjoy cherry blossom if we plant some,” Weasel happily said.
“Master, what about the watch dog for the hut?” Civet asked me.
“It’s time to look for it,” Badger added.
“Tomorrow,” I calmly said. “Let’s go to outskirt of Shiraishi Forest. It’s time to harvest wild salmon. I will also try to check what option we have for our watch dog.”
“We also need to check on Deitoro-01,” Otter said. “He should already breakthrough to Level 2, if no shit hit him.”
“Yeah,” I said. “As for tonight, after Yunno and Yui fell asleep, you all should return to my shadow. We need to synchronize our mind.”
“““Understood,””” Sanno-01 and the rest of my clones replied at the same time.
After that, while my clones were playing go in the dining hut, I went to join with Kato, Yunno and Yui. As I walked over to the three, I strengthened my resolved to eliminate Wander Oracle for once and all.
‘If I have enough time to prepare myself, killing him and his goons will be as easy as flicking my finger,’ I silently muttered. ‘After that, I can live my dream as cook for the rest of my life.’
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