Chapter 419 - A Normal Day

Fishing was quite calming to Daedalus, after having been at war for around thirty years he had become fatigued mentally. And the worst was that this was not even a small fragment of his lifespan, he needed hobbies. So fishing had become a mental resting place for Daedalus to calm his overworked mind.

Andromeda on the other hand was still trying to find her hobby, she may love reading however it wasn't going to be her only hobby she had long decided that. So she had placed her mind into many small hobbies like writing and cooking even just observing and documenting the islands, and everything on them, that they visited.

All in all the two of them where just trying to figure things out, lifespans as long as theirs are tiring and they would need distractions. As such Daedalus had considered a few types of planets to visit. One such planet would be earth, he had heard that it had changed significantly since his time.

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Daedalus was currently sat on the deck of relaxation in a beautiful and naturally made chair. It looked as though it had been grown out of the floor before forming into the chair. Of course this was but an illusion, Daedalus had carved the chair from the largest tree he had seen on the last island.

Beside him was a hole in the deck that seemed to be held open using some sort of contraption, and below was a barrel that held a number of fish that had been caught. Below the deck was the storage of the boat and as such surrounding the massive barrel of fish were a number of smaller barrels filled with various trinkets.

The trinkets were made using a plethora of different items including fish scales, clam pearls and rare or unknown metals that Daedalus had taken an interest in. These where made by the hands of both Daedalus and Andromeda as it gave them something to do while they relaxed together.

This was their shared hobby, to make jewelry and trinkets to sell at populated Islands. Of course they hadn't yet come across any of such islands, though they didn't particularly mind anyway.

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Andromeda was also on the deck of relaxation although she was spending her time painting fantastical scenes she saw as they sailed along. The one she was working on at that moment was the scene of an enormous dolphin like fish jumping out of the water. This had in fact happened only a short time earlier and so Andromeda was painting a vivid painting of it all.

Daedalus noticed how enraptured she was with the painting and chuckled quietly before leaning over. With a quick peck on her cheek Daedalus said "I'll go make lunch, have fun."

Distracted Andromeda grunted, nodding slightly at his work though Daedalus had no doubt that she hadn't heard him. Shaking his head Daedalus went down into the storage deck and grabbed a larger shark he had caught earlier. Pulling it out Daedalus gave it a once over and nodded before heading up the stairs.

Within a few minutes of him heading up the shark had been expertly butchered and all of its useful parts put to the side. A slight rocking shook the boat letting Daedalus know a wave had passed by earning a chuckle as he caught a slab of shark meat from falling.

Before making lunch Daedalus picked up the parts that were inedible and returned to the storage room and sorted them out. Most of it was just more bait for him so it was placed in the bait barrel, but the rest was sorted into bones and leather barrels. Bones may be edible but Daedalus had long learned he had no keen liking of the stuff.

Returning upstairs once more Daedalus turned on the stove with a flip of his wrist and grabbed a wok from the cabinet beside him. A dash of oil later and Daedalus had the wok heating up in preparation. With swift and precise movements he moved around the kitchen, grabbing a knife and several vegetables as well as a slab of white shark meat.

Checking them each over took naught but a second and soon each where cut into bite size pieces and placed near the stove. The wok now nicely warm was ready and Daedalus threw in the shark meat. With a little twirling and letting the meat cook Daedalus nodded and threw the vegetables and some noodles in.

A short time later Daedalus turned off the stove and halved the meal before placing each in a simple white glass bowl. Cleaning the dishes was over with quickly enough and the food was still warm and ready for eating.

Walking out of the little cabin Daedalus walked over to the table behind Andromeda and placed down their food. With a smile and shake of his head Daedalus said "Andromeda, lunch is ready, come and eat."

Food with a loved one tastes the best.