It didn't take long before noon came and the Philippine version of rice balls after a workout such as this just hits differently.
Tatiana and Kuzma exclaimed in surprise from the first bite, "Woah! I've never had this! Why don't we ever have this?! This is insanely good!/ God, I'm gonna get big from the amount of food I'm eating ever since I joined you guys..."
To give a brief description, these rice balls of ours could be made in any number of ways but the gist would be to at least have a... you know, a ball of rice with any type of viand on it, then be wrapped into a ball or any shape with banana leaves.
It's commonly sold by small shops or vendors that would walk around the area to sell them though their shelf life isn't that long.
I chuckled as I shook my head, "We never had these because it's not eaten commonly in the cities... It's more of a staple around these areas and even though it is delicious, it's probably the hunger talking..."
"What's in this anyway? So good..."
Edith answered with a Duchenne smile, "You're praising me too much! A-Anyway, it's just like Adobo but I shredded the chicken so it could mush nicely with the rice... Hope you don't mind the added spiciness—"
A few others then gave more compliments:
"Naw! This is good Miss Edith!"
"I'd love one a tad spicier and with more garlic too!"
"Aren't you being a little too ungrateful?"
"I'm not, I was just—"
"D-Don't fight, I just didn't know what you all like so I brought a few spices here—"
"Dibs on the chili flakes!"
"WOAH! You thought this far ahead?! You're a godsend!"
"T-Thank you!"
Then Ruben turned to Sebastian, "H-Hey... How close are we a-anyway?"
Sebastian looked a little surprised from the question, "Hmm~ I'd say we're kind of friends right now but I don't want to assume—"
"PFFT!"
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Alexa was pleading for dear life, "You two already got the dogs, why can't I have this tiny wittle chick?!"
Elsa put her put down, "First off, it's Nem-Nem and Mie-My and secondly, can't you understand how cute that is?! YOU BASICALLY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION!"
Quinn just exploded and raised my carvings up in the air so no one could reach them, "FUCK ALL YOU ALL! I DON'T CARE WHO GETS WHAT BUT I'M KEEPING ROGUE AND ROGUE JR.! I'LL BREAK YOUR NECK IF I HAVE TO!"
And Kuzma was doing almost the same thing, "GIVE ME ROGUE JR. AT LEAST! I PROVIDED HIM WITH THE KNIFE! I SHOULD GET SOMETHING! HEY! WHO STOLE THE COW I HAVE ON THIS PILE?!
HUH?!"
Edith pouted, "B-But I... I r-really wanted it..."
Sebastian cut in, "My guest, I would do everything in my power to give you anything in exchange for the lady's desire. How about a banana?"
"WHAT?! THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL BANANA!"
"I apologize... I've already eaten the one I brought but this is just to show that I can do a little bit of carving if I say so myself..."
Then Ruben got into it as well, "Can I please~ have the axe head?! It's gonna look so cool if I use it as a pendant! Wha— For real?! Thanks Sebastian!"
"No worries, now convince Kuzma to lay off on the lady—"
"We're not even in the same unit— We are now but I've seen him fight, he'll kill me!"
"Ruben, young sir, need I remind you that I can also commit atrocities and if the lady wishes something, she shall have it!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!! JUST TAKE THE AXE HEAD BACK, I DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE~!!! TAKE IT, ISAAC!"
"HAAAH?! I DON'T WANT YOUR CURSED AXE HEAD! I'M ALREADY FINE WITH THIS LEAF! I'LL WANT ANYTHING THE SENSEI PROVIDED!"
"PROVIDED?! ARE YOU GUYS INSANE?! NONE OF YOU ASKED HIM IF THEY'LL GIVE IT TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL JUST TOOK IT WITHOUT PERMISSION!"
Seeing the mess I made—no they made for themselves, I was a little afraid to show them my last work for the day—which was a five-leaf clover—but I threw it a good distance away as a distraction so Kaley and I could get ahead of everybody. Because if they knew that I already "woke up", I would be barraged with different requests and that's something I would not have wanted to do at the moment.
With that said, five days went on just like this without incident but it didn't take long before the people from the other side reached the log cabin before us. Granted it was fairly obvious they'd achieve that with their equipment and their numbers, but Sebastian eventually deemed it that the rest of our time in this place shouldn't be spent on chopping wood manually.
We've already established that lifting heavy circles wasn't the only way to get stronger but everyone still wanted to see the view they were longing for.
But to achieve the best way to see such a view, we would need to spend the sixth day hiking up and reaching the log cabin we still hadn't seen, doing some intense spring cleaning, tons of repairs, and then sleeping there for the night to get the perfect view tomorrow morning.