At the warm invitation of the villagers, Sena and I went to his house for lunch, and at the dinner table, we talked about various things that had happened recently, and experienced the simple atmosphere of the villagers' homes.

After that, Senna and I returned to Yoder and submitted the quest in the Adventurers' Guild, which paid a full fifteen silver coins to make up for the dragon's corpse.

Back in the tavern, there was no familiar red-haired uncle, and there was no store manager who carefully wiped the wine glass, and it looked empty as if something was missing.

"Senna, what would you like to eat?"

The manager is not there, so I have to prepare my own lunch and dinner every day, so I want to try to make my own first, and if I can't do it, I can choose to eat at a tavern outside.

"Want to eat...... Whatever is easy to mess with⊙▽⊙! ”

"Whatever......"

I hate the word casual more than the difficult choice, the attitude it represents is casual, as if it has no opinion.

Unfortunately, I didn't have any idea what to eat for dinner, and what Senna said casually made me have a hard time deciding. And at the end of the day, I don't make much food.

"So, what exactly do you want to eat?"

"It's all about (o'ε ́o)!"

With that advice, I went to the market, walked around the city, and chose dry bread and jerky.

Dry bread is the kind that is eaten in the dungeon, and jerky is bought to ensure some nutrition.

When she returned to the tavern, Senna unsurprisingly showed a disappointed expression, watching as I silently took the thing in my hand and put it in her mouth.

"It's salty! What is this! It's so salty (ΩДΩ)! ”

"Of course it's salty, it's jerky!"

"But...... I thought...... （； ´д｀）ゞ”

I put things on the table, found a large pot from the kitchen, and poured the dried meat into the pot in one gulp and poured water.

According to the old man in the vegetable market, the taste of jerky is very salty, and it is salty and salty when you bite into it, and it can be used to make soup, and the taste is appropriate, and there is no need to add any additional seasoning.

After stirring it in with a spoon for a while, the fragrance wafted out of the pot and it smelled good.

"How about I give it a taste?"

Scoop up a little and pour it into your mouth, um...... Less water......

The saltiness has diluted a lot, and it has become tolerable, and it should be about the same if you add a little more water.

The assassin has a strong grasp of the details, and even a little bit of water will not miss it no matter what......

"Raven Creek, is dinner ready (◦ ̇▽ ̇◦)!"

Senna suddenly appeared behind me and slapped me hard, and the container of water in her hand began to pour into it frantically, and the grasp of the water undoubtedly failed.

In order to remedy, I quickly picked up the salt next to it, stirred the water in the pot, let it blend evenly with the original water, and after trying a sip, I came up with the exact amount.

The exact amount will make the soup taste as I expected, as long as I don't shake my hands when I sprinkle the salt.

"Don't bother me, the soup will be ready soon."

"Oh, that's a good horn (⊙o⊙)!"

Sprinkle the salt in carefully, with the stirring of the spoon, the pot of soup is finally completed, and the taste... It's still good, right?

"Senna, you're ready to eat, you take the bowl."

With my carefully prepared soup, I stepped out of the kitchen, set the pot aside the table, gently scooped a few spoonfuls into the bowl, and a simple dinner was complete.

"It's a little too early."

I looked at the clock hanging on the wall, and the minute hand was at six, but the hour hand was still at four, and the time for dinner was always around five o'clock.

The day of not going to the dungeon was even a lot earlier, but the presence of two people in the tavern was missing, making the already huge tavern seem empty.

"Now, Senna, how does the soup taste?"

"Taste...... It's okay (.) •́︿•̀。 )。 ”

"If it's okay, why put on that kind of expression?"

A look of disappointment with the food was tantamount to a faux pas towards me, and in any case, it was something I had worked so hard to get out, and I was disgusted like that.

"Because it's not as delicious as the store manager's ( ́-_-'; )。 ”

Even though it's true, it's still uncomfortable to say it directly, so I pretended not to care about the jerky soup.

The rich flavor is not as bad as expected, but I have to say why, probably moderately delicious.

It's too far away from the food that compares the store manager to Ellitt, and it's only natural that Senna, who has been eating the store manager's food, will dislike it, and even I feel a little unable to eat it.

But what can be done? The store manager and Sirleaf left, and the task they accepted was still the escort mission, and according to the progress of that mission, they couldn't return in a few weeks.

Before that, you can only force yourself to eat jerky bread or something, people are iron rice and steel.

Well, I was still complaining in fragments, but I still ended dinner, and the hunger in my stomach disappeared at this time.

The cutlery in my hand was tapping boringly on the table, and I looked at Senna, who was still eating bread and broth across from me, and suddenly remembered life in the village, where we seemed to live like this.

"Now, Senna."

To confirm my thoughts, I asked.

"What's wrong, Raven Creek (=′ー')?"

No matter how much I put that expression, the taste of the food is predetermined, and I can't make it better, so it's okay to take that expression away, in that case, I forcibly suppressed.

"I remember we had it in the village, right?"

"So? What do you mean (⊙o⊙)? ”

"It's just two people eating at the table together."

Vague impressions appeared in my mind, and memories of the past seemed to be erased in my mind, leaving only the memories of the stars.

After thinking about it carefully, I found that only in Yoder Town had a stronger memory, is it because my memory is not very good?

Yes...... No matter how I think about it, my memories in the village are getting more and more blurry, and the only thing that impresses me strongly is probably Gruan's bearded guy.

"It's a matter of two people eating alone⊙▽⊙."

Senna's direct answer to my question also confirmed the memory in my mind, and I remember that it seemed to be ......

"Senna, did we do anything at the time?"

"No, I remember that you seemed to be just eating food quietly, and you looked like you were ignoring me" ("▔□▔)."

Unexpectedly, Sena stopped what she was doing and thought hard for a while before giving an answer.

As far as I know, Senna's memory should be very good, and she should be able to remember that kind of thing immediately.

But why is he a fool? Why is he a stupid person who has a good memory? It's completely confusing.

I don't think about the problems that I can't figure out, and I leave time for things that can be solved, and as for what can be solved, I can't think of them for a while, so I look at Senna.

"I said, let's go back to the village and have a look."

The girl in front of her swayed her blue hair, and her neck moved slightly, so that the white neck was revealed, and what else attracted attention was her puzzled expression.

"Why do you want to go back, Raven Creek (⊙o⊙)?"

"Why do you want to go back...... You think, we've been in Yode for a long time, and the people in the village should be worried about us, right? ”

Feeling the warmth of the villagers and the emptiness of being in the tavern was probably the main reason I wanted to go back, and that was the only answer I could think of.

If you want to understand the feelings of the village, you always feel that the memories and feelings you have there are gradually dissipating, and you want to remember them again before they disappear from vagueness.

It's not only my birthplace, but also the place where I've lived for more than ten years, and it's easy to remember it, no matter how bad my memory is, there should be a degree, and the idea of going back is born for this.

With that in mind, I looked at the guy who had already eaten and wiped the food in front of her, and she still had crumbs of bread left on her mouth.

"It's all right, I'll listen to Raven Creek's (◦ ̇▽ ̇◦)."

"Then it's decided, let's go back to the village."