Book 3: Chapter 1-1: War Council

Book 3: Chapter 1-1: War Council

After taking care of the turnips I was about to return to Erucy when Kemin called out to me.

Cyril-niisama please come with me to pick up the lunch snacks!

Oh, sure.

I had some time til lunch and I had moved my doctor duties to the afternoon so I could lecture the Fire Foxes. This mean I had some free time.

Thanks Cyril-niisama~

And so I walked with Kemin towards the stream in the forest.

Kemin you took too long. Yukinos tired of waiting

Oh you brought Cyril-niisama? Kuros happy~

When we arrived by the banks of the river the silver fox Yukino, who had finished her deliveries, and the black fox Kurone were there.

We came as quick as we could. Hurry and lets take a bath and get the stuff for lunch ready.

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Roger nano~

Waitbath?

In the moment I had stood there stunned they had thrown off their clothes. Just looking at them made me feel cold.

I saw that the air around them was wavering a bit. It looked like they were using fire magic to warm themselves.

Yahoo~

Wait Kemin

Ahh, Kuros going too

And of all things the three of them leapt into the frigid midwinter river. They were surely raising the temperature of the water around them since they didnt look chilly at all as they merrily played in the water.

Cyril-niisama come on in!

Lets have a race!

After a while the three of them got up and left the water. They immediately evaporated the water on their skin and magnificently lit their tails on fire.

This was a trait of the Fire Foxes where they would do so to remove any dirt and such from their tails. They were able to target everything except the tails themselves so they could do this without worry.

The winner for today was

uuu, lost by one

Kuro didnt do well

Today Yukino gets the special seat.

Once it was time for lunch I started to leave but the three of them stopped me and got me to eat with them.

I was going to refuse, but the three of them looked like they were going to cry so I decided to go with them. Yukino got into my lap and rested her back against my chest. Her satisfied expression was simply too adorable.

Apparently the special seat was my lap.

Yukino~ Ill win next time.

Kuro wont lose either nano.

It seemed to be Kemins turn to cook as she began. She put plenty of goat milk into a pan with some barley and began to cook the freshly deboned fish with mushrooms and some salt.

Watching the Fire Foxes cook without even needing fire was always a surreal sight.

After a while she removed it from the heat and proudly took out some cheese.

Here we go. Lets put on a lot of cheese.

Hurry hurry!

Uwaa, cheese nano

Then she placed the cheese inside the pot. Maybe it was because they were more animal-like, but Fire Foxes preferred food that had animal proteins in them. Cheese was a big favorite.

If you added cheese to the barley porridge it would double in flavor and thickness. As this was a luxury only allowed to them every four days every Fire Fox drooled over the opportunity to eat it.

And so once Kemin mixed the cheese in a delicious smell wafted about.

Many people didnt like the smell of goat cheese, but I liked it quite a bit. There were some amongst the Fire Foxes that didnt like it much, but they seemed to have gotten used to it.