Chapter 295: Banquet and Hunt

Chapter 295: Banquet and Hunt

Maria, Marnie, and the women of the Aligerous tribe worked together to cook the copious amounts of ingredients that we prepared.

「Uwaa! Mama! So much meat!」

「You’re right, how nice.」

The little children’s eyes sparkled seeing food cooked one after the other.

「Monsters have been running rampant for 200 years, making it difficult to hunt, therefore securing enough foodstuff has been challenging...... we have been doing our best to keep the children from feeling hungry, but......」

Just as with Vart-kun’s group when we met, the Sky Islanders’ weapons were mainly the bow, so their offensive ability against wild animals was meager, and even less so with monsters. It would have been different had they at least used magic steel for their arrowheads, but there was no one among them that had advanced smithing skills.

「Valzak-niisan, could you leave the hunting to us?」

「He’s right, Uncle, we got this. The monsters in this place are easy peasy with our weapons.」

Valkan-san was filled with confidence as he asked Valzak-san to entrust the hunting to them. It was then that Vart glanced at Valzak-san’s son, his cousin Valto, boasting proudly as he pounded on his chest and said he’d hunt monsters. Valto-kun glared at him with a frustrated look.RêAd lateSt chapters at nô(v)e(l)bin/.c/o/m Only

Haa, I wonder if they’ll be able to get along......

I couldn’t see it directly, but from the presences I sensed, the monsters inhabiting the forest that swallowed the ruins of the ancient civilization were not strong in our eyes.

There was a reason for this. The forest is not a monster nest. Naturally, mana is thin in land that isn’t a monster nest. Dense mana is an absolute requirement for strong monsters to live.

「Y-you.........」

We were probably the only ones who could perceive Kaede, who had gone so far as to wear the Overcoat of Existence Concealment and use her Stealth skill to not scare everyone, until she talked. Seeing an Arachne, an S rank monster, right in front of him all of a sudden, Valto-kun looked like he would faint at any moment.

「Kaede-san, please stop with the “bagworm”. I beg you......」

On the other hand, Vart-kun was begging Kaede with clasped hands and a pathetic expression. Being coiled in threads and hung from high above at our first meeting had become Vart-kun’s trauma.

「Anyway, let’s think about the hunt later, we should enjoy the food now」

「Ah, yes, you’re right.」

「Niisan, Kaede-dono is Iruma-dono’s familiar, so please calm down.」

「I-is that so? I-I see.」

Perhaps to be expected of the chief, Valzak-san did his best to collect himself in one way or the other, though he was still pale faced.

Additionally, among the Aligerous Tribe in the Sky Island, the women and children soon grew familiar with Kaede and began to come together to enjoy the food. It must have been fine since Berkut and the others were together with us.

That day, I offered wine from my Item Box. The adults grew excited and the feast continued late into the night.

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