The ancient city of Manya, the residential area in the city.

In a neatly arranged residential area, a quaint house is located in a quieter area in the center of the settlement.

Quaint house inside.

There are two or three glass windows on the walls, and in the center of the main hall is a square wooden table of very good workmanship, next to which are four sturdy armchairs, on which are placed copper candlesticks for lighting, and a vase with flowers, which looks like a dining table.

Walking through the dining table area, a leather sofa that looked comfortable to sit on was placed further inside the room, and not far from this sofa was a wood-burning fireplace placed in the wall next to it, and within the fireplace there was a long chimney that led to the smoke exhaust from the roof.

On the walls are several portraits framed by wooden frames, ranging from paintings of a single figure to family portraits of four figures standing together. In addition to the portraits hanging on the walls, there are many interesting ornaments hanging on the walls, some of which are carefully woven garlands, some of which look like clever folded paper cranes, and wind chimes that are slightly blown by the breeze hanging by the window.

The placement and decoration of the furniture in the house make people feel a sense of familiarity only in their own homes at a glance, and this feeling makes the hearts of travelers who have been wandering outside for a long time can't help but feel a warm warmth......

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Wino and I sat in the armchairs next to the square table, Regus sat in the armchairs across from us, while Firo stood sensibly at the wooden table, she opened a wooden box in one hand, and then put it on the teapot, and when the lid of the teapot was opened, she took out the tea leaves stored in the wooden box and put them in the teapot. After placing the tea leaves in the teapot, Philo covered the wooden box containing the tea leaves, and after placing the wooden box back in the wooden cabinet next to the sofa, she walked back to the wooden table. Fei Luo carefully picked up the kettle with boiling water and poured boiling water into the teapot with tea leaves, and when the water level rose to the right amount, she stopped pouring water and placed the kettle with boiling water on the table steadily.

After closing the lid of the teapot, Philo carefully picked up the handle of the teapot again, poured the brewed tea into the teacup on the teatray steadily, poured the tea from the spout and gradually filled the empty teacups, and after the tea filled all the empty teacups on the teatray, Philo put down the teapot in her hand, spread out her left hand, and motioned to Tut, who was sitting in the armchair, "Please use the tea".

"Mr. Tut, tea, please. Firo said to Captain Tut with a smile on her face.

"Oh, okay. ”

Hearing Fei Luo's motion, I picked up a teacup with tea on the tea tray, put the mouth of the cup against my lips, and drank the tea that was still a little hot in the cup, and the hot tea flowed down my throat into my abdomen, and a wave of warmth came out of my body.

(It doesn't taste at all, it's like you're drinking water...... ）

Wino and Regus, who were sitting in their seats, also picked up the teacups on the teabed, and the two of them gently blew into the teacup to cool down the tea in the cup, and after feeling that the liquid temperature in the teacup was not so hot, Regus and Wino slowly drank the tea in the cup.

"It's delicious, Filo. After drinking the tea in the cup, Regus gave a thumbs up to his right hand and smiled at Firo.

"It's really delicious, it's very sweet~" After tasting the tea in the cup, Wino nodded with satisfaction and praised Fei Luo.

"Hey, hey~ huh?"

Hearing the compliments of the two, Fei Luo first smiled embarrassedly, and then her face became confident.

"Mr. Tut, do you think the taste of tea is okay?" asked Mr. Tut Firo, who had already drunk the tea in his cup, tentatively.

"Hmm......"

When Fei Luo asked me this, I showed a slightly headache expression, "Does it taste okay?" To be honest, I can't taste what this tea tastes like......

"Could it be that ... Mr. Tut, have you been burned by tea?!" Firo seemed to see the headache on Mr. Tut's face, and she looked at Mr. Tut's side face with an anxious face and asked with concern.

"No, I wasn't burned. The tea you brewed is really delicious. Hearing Firo's anxious and concerned inquiry, I curled the corners of my mouth and replied to her with a smile on my face, although I didn't like the tea made by Firo in my heart, but out of politeness, I still praised Firo.

"Thanks... Thank you ......"

When Fei Luo, who had been looking very anxious, heard my compliment, she lowered her head and two blushes appeared on her cheeks, and finally she lowered her head because she was embarrassed and didn't dare to look at me, and she thanked me in a low voice.

Regus, who was sitting opposite me, saw the embarrassed expression on his sister Philo's face, and then he was his brother, he couldn't help but sigh, showing a little helpless expression, only to see Regus knock on the table top of the wooden table with the five fingers of his right hand, and after a few times, he subconsciously stood up and gave his sister a look.

"It's not too early for Captain Tut and Sister Wino, I'll make lunch with Philo and I today, you must have a good meal!" Regus said to Captain Tut and Sister Wino, who were still sitting in the armchairs, as if they were members of the family.

"Okay. I responded with a smile.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it. Looking at the energetic Regus Wino, he said expectantly.

Hearing the anticipation of Captain Tut and Sister Wino, a sunny smile appeared on Regus's face, he lifted the wooden basket containing the ingredients on the ground with one hand, turned around and walked into the kitchen without hesitation.

"I said Tut... Are you looking forward to the lunch that Regus and Little Firo are cooking?"

Seeing Regus and Philo walk into the kitchen, Wino, who was sitting in the armchair next to Tut, suddenly took Tut's hand and asked with a smile.

"I'm looking forward to it...... I'm sure the lunch cooked by the two siblings together will be delicious. I nodded at Wino's words, affirming my expectations for the lunch that Regus and Firo had made.

(Although...) I just don't know if I can taste it... Taste...... Alas, forget about these discouraged things...... ）

"I'm looking forward to it~"

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In the middle of the city, a snack bar selling a variety of snacks.

In front of the store, there is a table and chair for customers to rest, a middle-aged lionman man in a black leather coat with a broadsword on his back is sitting on a chair next to the table, and opposite the middle-aged lion man is sitting a middle-aged werewolf man wearing a jacket and shorts on his lower body, a gray werewolf man with gray hair tied to his back, and another middle-aged werewolf woman wearing barbarian armor who looks to be wearing no weapons and gray hair, sitting at the same table on their chairs, they seem to be talking about something。

"Well, the taste of this shop hasn't changed at all from a year ago... Delicious~"

The middle-aged werewolf woman in barbarian armor picked up a string of yakitori with sauce on the table on the plate, put it in her mouth, took a bite of a piece of chicken, and after chewing it carefully in her mouth, she showed a satisfied smile and said to the middle-aged lion man and middle-aged werewolf man sitting on the side.

"That's natural, but the owner of this shop hasn't changed, so the taste of the snacks here will naturally not change. Seeing that the middle-aged werewolf woman in front of him who was carefully tasting yakitori had a satisfied smile on her face, the middle-aged lion man sitting on the chair seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said.

Hearing what the middle-aged lion man said, the middle-aged werewolf woman who was still eating the yakitori in her hand nodded to indicate that she understood, and at this time, the middle-aged werewolf man on the other side didn't seem to believe what the middle-aged lion man said, but he also picked up a yakitori and put it in his mouth, took a big bite of the chicken, and tasted it.

"Indeed... It's delicious. After tasting the unique taste of yakitori, the middle-aged werewolf man widened his eyes in the next second, and said in surprise.

The middle-aged werewolf woman who was still tasting the chicken skewers shook her head and smiled helplessly after seeing the surprised expression on the middle-aged werewolf man's face, and the middle-aged lion man sitting on the opposite chair could only smile without laughing when he saw the middle-aged werewolf woman's expression on the middle-aged werewolf man.

"How is the situation on the front line?"

Looking at the middle-aged werewolf woman and the middle-aged werewolf man who were eating snacks, the middle-aged lion man in a black leather coat asked the two in front of him tentatively.

"I said... It's too tasteless to talk about this topic in this kind of leisure time, right?" Hearing the middle-aged lion man's inquiry, the middle-aged werewolf woman who was still holding a yakitori in her hand took the last small piece of chicken on the wooden skewer and took a bite of it, chewed it, and swallowed it, she frowned slightly, showing a slightly dissatisfied expression, and asked the middle-aged lion man rhetorically.

"I'm sorry!"

Seeing the dissatisfied look on the face of the middle-aged werewolf woman, the middle-aged lion man hurriedly apologized to her sincerely.

"It's fine. But if you're really sorry... Treat me to another plate of yakitori~"

Hearing the apology of the middle-aged lion, the middle-aged werewolf woman put down the wooden skewer stained with some oil stains in her hand, only to see a wicked smile on her face, raised her index finger to the middle-aged lion man sitting in front of her, and swung it slightly a few times, 'blackmailing' the middle-aged lion man with an apologetic expression on his face.

"Good. Boss, here's another plate of yakitori!" In response to the middle-aged werewolf woman's bad request, the middle-aged lion man waved his hand to the owner of the snack bar, signaling to the boss that they would have another plate of yakitori chicken skewers here.

"Well, I'll send it right away!"

The snack bar owner standing in front of the grill smiled politely when he heard the middle-aged lion man ordering, and while responding to the guests sitting on the chairs at the rest table outside his store, he skillfully picked up a few skewers of raw chicken skewers and put them on the grill and patiently grilled them.

"Chew - it's still the same, it's stuck as always... ......"While waiting for the next plate of yakitori to be delivered, the middle-aged werewolf woman picked up the last skewer of yakitori on the plate and put it into her mouth, chewed it carefully, and slurred her speech to the middle-aged lion man about the current situation on the front line.

"That's right......"

Hearing the middle-aged werewolf woman's answer, the middle-aged lion man's face was worried, and he put his ten fingers slightly crossed on the table, and muttered to himself.

"Speaking of which... My daughter and your adopted child seem to know each other like this, right?" The middle-aged werewolf woman asked, swallowing the chicken nugget that had been chewed several times in her mouth, pointing at the middle-aged lion-man man with the end of the tip of a wooden skewer.

"Yes. My child is under her care. In response to the question of the middle-aged werewolf woman, the middle-aged lion man nodded in affirmative response.

"I remember... Well... Your child's name seems to be Regg... Si, right?"

"Hmm. ”

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Regus house, inside the kitchen.

Several pieces of dry wood in the brick stove were burned by the flames and made a 'pop, pop!' sound, and on the earthen stove there was an iron pot covered by a wooden pot lid that I didn't know what was boiling, and as the flame burned, the liquid contained in the iron pot continued to make a 'gurgling' boiling sound, and wisps of white smoke kept coming out of the cracks in the lid.

At this moment, Regus is standing in front of a small wooden table, he holds the kitchen knife in one hand and the other hand holds down the three carrots on the board that have been washed and shaved by the way, he is very skillful in using the kitchen knife in his hand to cut the three carrots into small cubes, and after cutting all the three carrots into small dices, Regus put them in a small wooden bowl.

After doing this, Regus walked to another earthen stove, and Philo followed her brother when she saw this, and took out a few pieces of firewood from the ground where the firewood was stacked, put them in the stove, and then put some dead leaves and hay into the stove, and then Regus picked up the flint and steel placed on the ground next to the stove, and sparked the firewood in the stove with the flint in his hand, and ignited the firewood in the stove in an instant, and the firewood ignited by the spark instantly burst into flames and burned violently.

Seeing this, Regus quickly placed an iron pan with nothing in it on the stovetop, and watched the pan gradually be heated by the blazing flame in the stove, Regus removed the spatula hanging from the wall hook, and spooned a few spoonfuls of lard from the bowl of lard into the pan, and as the lard was added to the already heated pan, a trace of oil fragrance burst out in an instant.

"Philo, bring me the diced carrots. Regus turned to Philo and motioned for her to bring the bowl of diced carrots.

"Okay!" Hearing what her brother said, Fei Luo picked up the bowl of diced carrots on the wooden table and handed it to her brother.

After taking the diced carrots from Philo's hand, Regus poured the diced carrots in the bowl into the pan, and as the diced carrots were poured into the pan, a sound of 'pop!!!!!' sounded from the pan, and Regus quickly used the spatula he held in his left hand to skillfully stir-fry the diced carrots in the pan.

When the diced carrots in the pan were gradually fried to a dark color, Regus, who was holding a spatula in one hand, seemed to see the expectant expression on the face of Fei Luo standing on the side, he looked at Fei Luo and smiled, showing a kind smile.

"Would you like to try it?" Regus suggested to Firo as he handed her the spatula.

"Good. ”

Firo's face showed a serious expression, and she nodded affirmatively to Regus after taking the spatula from Regus.

Fei Luo, who took the spatula, stir-fried the carrots in the pan unfamiliarly, and she used the spatula to turn over the diced carrots in the wok, and her movements were very unskilled and stiff. Regus, who was standing on the side, saw his sister's unfamiliar movements, his expression became solemn, he quietly walked behind Fei Luo, and held Fei Luo's right wrist holding the spatula with no heavy strength, and instructed her how to stir fry skillfully.

"Look, if you do it like this, you'll be able to cook a good meal. Regus said to Philo in a calm voice as he took Philo's right hand and stir-fried the diced carrots in the pan.

"Hmm. ”

Hearing her brother's guidance, Fei Luo responded with a smile, and her face was full of happiness at this time.

"Add a pinch of salt ...... next"

As if to tell Philo, Regus opened the salt shaker on the stove and sprinkled a small spoonful of salt into the pan, and when the salt was sprinkled into the pan, Reggs, who was holding Philo's right hand, began to stir-fry skillfully, and every time he stir-fried the salt and diced carrots in the pan, they could blend together.

"Okay, then Fei Luo, you can put out all the diced carrots, right?"

Seeing that the diced carrots in the pan had been fried, Regus let go of his right hand that grabbed Firo, and he picked up the wooden bowl and said to Firo seriously.

"Yes!"

Without her brother's guidance, Fei Luo carefully shoveled out the carrots in the pan with a spatula and put them into the wooden bowl, although her movements were still unspeakable... However, Regus didn't say anything more because of this, but looked at Firo who was still serving diced carrots with a spatula with a serious face.

After Firo had taken out all the diced carrots and put them in a bowl, Regus walked to the other side of the stove, where the iron pot was still boiling for some unknown thing, and he bent down and slowly extinguished the still burning flame with the iron tongs in his hand, leaving only the charcoal that was still reddening and burning. Putting down the iron tongs in his hand, Regus took out a large bowl from the cupboard behind him, put it on the stove, opened the lid of the covered iron pot, and then removed the rice spoon hanging on the wall hook.

With the rice spoon in his hand, spoonful by spoonful, put the rice in the pot into the big bowl on the stove, as the rice in the iron pot slowly decreased, and the rice in the big bowl gradually increased, when the big bowl was full, Regus put down the rice spoon in his hand, he was not afraid of being hot, he picked up the big bowl of rice like a small hill, walked to the stove where the pan was placed, and put the bowl in his hand on the stove.

After putting down the big bowl in his hand, Regus turned around and walked to the storage shelf where the ingredients were placed, he reached out and took out two eggs from them, and walked back to the stove, knocking out a crack in the egg in his hand, Regus opened the egg, and the liquid egg instantly fell into the pan with oil, when the egg came into contact with the bottom of the pan, there was a crackling sound of oil, looking at the reaction of the raw egg in the pan, Regus did not stop the action in his hand, but knocked another egg out of a crack, and with the opening of the eggshell, the raw egg also slid into the pan of the panAfter the two eggs were fried and cooked on one side, Regus poured the large bowl of rice into the pan, and as the rice was added, Regus immediately began to stir-fry with the spatula he was holding in his right hand.

The spatula shoveled into the large pieces of rice, at first the rice was still a little sticky, but after continuous stir-frying, the rice in the pan gradually became dry and distinct, and even the original pieces of eggs were fried by the spatula into loose egg pieces, evenly scattered on the rice. After stir-frying the rice and the crushed eggs evenly, and after stir-frying a few more times, Regus used a spatula to bring out the fried rice from the pan and put it in the bowl with the rice.

After putting all the rice in the pot into a bowl, Regus picked up the chicken that had been cut but still had some large pieces in the paper bag on the ground, and poured the excess blood in the bag into the trash can, and then took out the chicken in the paper bag and put it on the cutting board for chopping vegetables, and then threw the paper bag in his hand into the trash. Regus held the kitchen knife in one hand and pressed the slightly larger bone-in pieces of chicken with the other, he first used the sharp blade of the kitchen knife to remove the bones on these pieces of chicken one by one, and then cut the large boneless chicken into small pieces in order. After cutting the chicken into small pieces, Regus scooped a little lard with a spatula and put it into the pan, and as the lard melted, Regus immediately put the chicken that had been cut on the cutting board into the pan and began to stir-fry seriously.

"Papapa!!!!"

A series of oil explosions came from the pan, accompanied by the aroma of the chicken gradually being fried.

After a few minutes of stir-frying, the chicken pieces that were still blood-colored had been fried, and seeing that the chicken was fried, Regus picked up the wooden bowl with diced carrots and poured the diced carrots in the bowl into the pot, Regus quickly walked to the water tank placed in the corner of the kitchen, picked up the wooden ladle and filled some water, he took the wooden scoop and walked back to the stove where the chicken pieces were still frying, and slowly poured the water in the wooden scoop into the pan'Squeak-'.

And then. ”

"Okay!"

After pouring all the water in the wooden scoop into the pan, Regus threw the wooden scoop in his hand to Firo, and Firo, who was standing on the sidelines, steadily caught the wooden scoop that her brother threw to her, and after catching the wooden scoop, Firo put the wooden scoop in her hand back into the water tank.

"Join ...... next"

Looking at the chicken and diced carrots in the pan as they were boiling over the flames of the stove, Regus touched his chin with his left thumb and forefinger, thinking about what to add next.

“...... A pinch of ground black pepper ......"

Regus said to himself the name of the seasoning to be added to the pan as he took the black pepper cruet on the cooktop spice rack in his hand, and Regus opened the lid of the black pepper cruet and sprinkled a little choking black pepper into the pan.

(This bottle of black pepper is expensive, but it's meant to be lunch for Captain Tut and Sister Wino...... So I can't be stingy and make sure to get lunch ready!)

Regus thought silently to himself as he sprinkled the pan with black pepper, and after sprinkling the black pepper into the pan, he closed the lid of the ghetto in his hand and put it back on the rack where the spices were kept.

“...... Then add a pinch of salt. ”

Regus opened the salt shaker with the salt bar, scooped out half a scoop of salt from the jar and added it to the pan.

After adding salt to the pot, Regus removed the lid from the wall hook and covered the pan where the chicken was cooking, the flames in the stove had become much smaller, but Regus, who was standing by the stove and saw this scene, ignored the situation, Regus had no intention of adding firewood to the stove, but rather wanted to slowly simmer the chicken pieces and diced carrots in the pan with this low flame.

The time it takes to wait for the dish to boil in the pan covered by the lid is not long, but it is about five minutes if you have to count the time. As the cooking in the pan kept making a boiling sound of 'gurgling, gurgling', Regus removed the lid from the pan with his right hand, and the soup in the pan was already starting to thicken slightly. Regus picked up a pair of chopsticks and reached into the pan and poked the carrots in the pan, after the previous low heat, the carrots in the slow cooker had already been boiled soft, and Regus used the chopsticks to clip the chicken pieces, and the chicken pieces were also stewed soft.

"It tastes good. ”

After licking the soup on the chopsticks with the tip of his tongue, Regus nodded after confirming that the dishes he cooked didn't mess up.

After putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Regus picked up the large bowl of fried rice with eggs on the stovetop, he carefully poured the rice in the bowl into the soup in the pan, and as the rice was poured into the pot, Regus used the spatula he held in his hand to make the soup evenly distributed, and after the soup was evenly distributed, Regus took the spatula from the pot and put the lid on the pot again, and simmered the risotto in the pot while the fire was still faintly burning in the stove.

While the risotto was simmering over a small fire, Regus began to tidy up the kitchen, washing the chopping board and kitchen knife with clean water, and then he picked up the rag on the cooktop where the rice was cooking, and began to wipe the stains on the cooktop that was cooking the risotto in the pan. During this period of cleaning up the kitchen, Firo also helped, taking out four small bowls for rice and four spoons for eating from the kitchen cupboard and placing them on the top of the stove in order.

After cleaning the kitchen properly, Regus wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with his hands, and after wiping the sweat off his forehead, Regus looked at Firo who was standing aside, and couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression on his face.

"I'm sorry, Firo, I didn't get my hands dirty cooking this time...... I promise next time... I'll let you cook the food yourself, and I'll give you the instructions. Regus said to Firo in an apologetic voice.

"It's okay, brother. Even though I didn't cook this time, I really learned a lot, that brother... Can you teach me how to remove the bones from the chicken next time?" Regus apologized and asked him to take it to heart, and she also expressed the hope that Regus would teach her how to remove the bones from the chicken next time.

"That's not good, you better start with simple chopping vegetables to learn, novices who have no experience in cooking are difficult to learn to debon, and if you don't do it, you will get hurt!" Regus immediately rejected Philo's request, saying that it was very difficult for novices who had just started learning to do it to learn this, and he also deliberately emphasized the possibility of injury.

"That's ......," hearing her brother's advice, Fei Luo had to nod her head to indicate that she understood, and her face was still full of anticipation of wanting to learn to cook.

During the time between the two siblings, the pan covered by the lid kept wafting out from the gap between the pot and the lid, and the smell was very fragrant, Regus smelled this fragrance, he walked to the stove decisively, he picked up the lid and put it on the top of the stove, and then he picked up the spatula with his right hand and the porcelain bowl to hold the rice with his left hand, and began to fill each bowl with the carrot and chicken risotto he made.

"It's so fragrant~"

Fei Luo, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but swallow when she smelled the aroma of risotto.

"Now, brother......"

Looking at Regus, who was still carefully filling each bowl, Regus Philo cautiously approached Regus's side, with a smile on his face and a friendly voice calling him.

"What's wrong?" asked Philoregus, who was smiling beside him.

"You look really handsome when you cook~"

Suddenly, Firo leaned into Regus' ear and whispered, and after she finished speaking, she left Regus's side with a flushed face.

"Haha~"

Regus was surprised when he first heard Firo's compliment, but after a second or two, as an older brother, he couldn't help but laugh heartily.

"Thank you, Philo. Now let's get the risotto out. ”

By this time, Regus had filled all four bowls with risotto, and he placed the four bowls of risotto on two plates, and motioned for Philo to join him in bringing the lunch to the living room, and he was sitting on a chair at the dining table, with Captain Tutt and Sister Wino sitting on the chairs at the dining table.

"Hmm!"

Philo sensibly walked to the stove and picked up one of the two porcelain bowls on the cooktop, and when she picked up the plate, she stepped out of the kitchen, and Regus saw this scene and picked up the plate and followed Philo out of the kitchen......

Living room.

"It's really fragrant~ Can't you see Regus, you can cook?"

Wino, who was sitting on a chair at the dining table, had already smelled the scent, and she couldn't help but swallow the saliva from hunger in her mouth, and smiled at Regus as she walked towards her and Tut.

"Yes, Sister Wino, I can cook. But I may not be doing very well, please forgive me. Hearing Wino's inquiry, Regus walked to the table and put the plate in his hand on the table, he scratched his hair with the index finger of his right hand and replied without confidence.

"Be confident Regus, I believe in your cooking. Hearing that Regus didn't have any confidence to say, Wino stood up and patted Regus on the back with his hand to encourage him.

"It does smell good. Regus, does Philo help with the cooking, too?" I asked Regus as I sniffed the aroma of the carrot and chicken risotto in the bowl in front of me.

"Well, Firo has help. ”

Hearing the question of the Tut Warrior Commander, Regus nodded affirmatively and replied, but Firo, who was standing on the side, lowered her head in embarrassment, knowing that she had just been in the kitchen for a short time......

"Okay, let's eat!"

Wino said as she picked up the spoon on the plate and made a gesture of activation.

Regus and Philo sat in their chairs, and they picked up the dishes and made a gesture of wanting to start, and I had to pick up the spoon that was placed on the plate and scoop up a spoonful of the risotto.

Seriously, the carrot and chicken risotto that Regus and Firo cooked together for Wino and me was so delicious that I seemed to be fascinated by the aroma and swallowed the saliva in my mouth.

(It's really fragrant, but I've ...... ）

［...... Can't taste anything at all, right?]

(......?!Fringeld is you again!)

[Stop, stop, partner, don't always throw dirty water on me, okay?]

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