Chapter 9: Dinner
Luna looked at Olivia with Silas in a pitiful manner, she was teething, and she was always looking for something hard to gnaw on, but now that she wanted to open it, she wanted to nibble on something.
However, Luna still maintains her own bottom line, licking the gums that have revealed a lot of small spikes, she thinks she can consider grinding her teeth with meat or even bones, but she must not run to gnaw on the table legs or chair legs like her silly brother Jack.
"Smoked bones. Seeing that her daughter finally showed a little anticipation for the food, Olivia finally gave in after glancing at Silas.
Although Luna didn't know what the smoked bones were, she still understood the literal meaning, and even more understood that she would take it when she saw it, so she nodded busily, and leaned over and rubbed her mother's cheek with her fluffy little head flatteringly
Archduke Harris was naturally left behind for dinner with the royal family.
When the group entered the dining room of the castle, Charles was already waiting with his brother Jack, and the servants were in and out of the long giant dining table with all kinds of steaming food.
At this time, Jack was holding the calf of Charles, who had regained his human form, and he didn't know what he was grinding, while Charles was talking patiently with his brother with his head down.
The firelight of the fireplace not far away turned the young man's silver hair into a warm orange, obviously only a seven-year-old child, but he looked like a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, although his appearance looked like Silas, but he lacked the momentum of Silas, who belonged to the king.
Although it was not the first time that Luna had seen her eldest brother's appearance that obviously did not match her age, after watching her for more than a month, she still didn't get used to it, and subconsciously looked at it twice.
Silas and his wife sat at opposite ends of the table, with the three Charles siblings sitting on their father's left hand side and Kirton sitting across from the three children, next to Silas's seat.
After the servants had arranged the food and left, Celes stood up, walked to the center of the table, and began to divide the large, roasted, unidentified creature with an enticing aroma.
Looking at her father, who was holding a large knife and fork with a serious expression and dividing the giant roasted creatures, Luna blinked, although it was not the first time she had seen the unique table rules here, but because of Cordon's presence today, she was curious.
On weekdays, the liver of this huge unknown creature, as well as the best part of its body, would be divided by Silas first, and then Silas would serve porridge for her and Jack himself, and then he would give Olivia the inferior meat, and the rest would be Charles's.
Of course, the removal of the unidentified creature that seemed to Luna to be huge, but obviously not enough to eat, the other food on the table was completely sufficient, not enough to eat, and the process of splitting up the giant creature seemed to Luna more like a ritual.
When Silas put the divided meat on his plate with the servant behind him, and then served the porridge for the little twins, the second meat was still served to Olivia.
Looking at the scattered parts of the plate that had been picked, Luna's eyes curiously roamed between Kirton and her eldest brother, but the next moment, she found that the rest of the unknown creature was divided equally between Curton and her eldest brother by her father, and it was very technical on average, almost perfect and impartial.
"Luna!" Olivia did not tolerate her daughter's staring at the meat on the two plates, but scolded her harshly.
Hearing this, Luna hurriedly withdrew her gaze, realizing that although she had just acted out of surprise or curiosity, it was also a little too much, and although she couldn't say why, she instinctively knew that she wouldn't like others to stare at her share of food.
Realizing this, Luna couldn't help but look at Olivia apologetically, and then obediently lowered her head and focused on the food bowl in front of her.
Yes, food bowls!
Glancing at Jack, who was already with his head lowered and gobbling up his face next to him, Luna stared at the bowl in front of her again for a second before sticking out her tongue and licking her portion of the porridge that belonged to her, which was hot, exuding a rich milky aroma mixed with meat and wheat aroma.
The porridge tasted good, and even because of the wolf's keen sense of smell, Luna became more and more fascinated by this mixture of familiar and unfamiliar flavors, but she still missed the days when she could eat by herself, instead of burying her head in the basin and licking it as she did now.
Especially when the porridge bottoms out, every time she feels the sticky porridge rubbing against her face and sticking to her hair, Luna is a little crazy.
"Yet!" Luna was only halfway through the porridge when Jack raised his head and looked at the servant beside him.
When the servant heard this, he looked at Silas, and when he saw that he nodded, he went to the table, picked up the spoon, and filled Jack with a pot of porridge.
When Jack's second pot of porridge was about to bottom, Luna finally carefully licked the bowl, and when she realized that there was no scum in her mouth, she made a small "V" to herself in her heart, perfect~
Then, Luna lifted her clean little face, looked at Olivia, and called out in a glutinous and expectant voice, "Mother." ”
Seeing her daughter looking at her with longing in her eyes, Olivia's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness, and she couldn't help but glare at her husband, who was talking in a low voice with Kirton head-to-head, before turning to the maid and commanding.
Moments later, a large smoky brownish-red bone about the length of Luna's body was brought to the table by the maid.
Looking at how bent the bone was, Luna estimated that it might have been a rib.
As for the ribs of the creatures, she didn't know very well, because she had watched her eldest brother's hunting party return not long ago, and half of the trophies brought back by the guards were strange creatures she didn't know, and the rest were different from the animals that Luna knew, and the mounts of her eldest brother and the guards were all griffons that had only appeared in mythological stories.
"Hmm?" Jack lifted his head the moment the bones were brought to the table, his little nose twitching, looking for a target, and when a pair of eyes finally landed on the long ribs, it lit up instantly.