Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2653 - 2654: Takoyaki

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Through the combined efforts of the whole family, the octopus menace was finally dealt with, the last of them falling down against my butterflies, as I modified their orders to only eat their ”life”, leaving the corpse intact.

”Phew, well, that sure was a nice exercise I suppose…!” Hydros laughed a bit carefreely. ”Dear, are you alright?”

”Yes mother, Iʼm fine…” Amphitrite sighed in relief. ”I never thought so many of those would appear… itʼs not like itʼs uncommon for us to meet stronger divine beasts but this sure was surprising. Was there a whole pack living here?”

”I think theyʼre nomadic,” I said. ”They move from shore to shore and from island to island… it just happened they were here.”

I shouldʼve inspected the surroundings a bit better, I was too relaxed.

”But well, whatʼs end well ends well, right?” Jeremias asked, his divine aura was already that of a great god, he worked hard and ascended right away. ”Iʼm glad you two are alright…”

He hugged them both and kissed my daughter while patting his son.

”Despite being weaker, you were very brave…” Amphitrite said. ”Wait, are you stronger now or something?”

”Yeah, something like that, haha,” Jeremias laughed. ”Your mother helped me grow stronger on the battle, she taught me how to absorb the monsterʼs cores. I had no idea it was possible…”

”Really…?” Amphitrite looked at me with slight surprise. ”Well… thanks.”

”Youʼre welcome,” I smiled. ”I can teach you so you can do the same… Look, we got a big stash of them now.”

My butterflies carried all the cores for me; while dragging along the corpses through the air, it was a pretty spectacle. I discovered this was the most harmless way to use my power of chaos while also looking pretty for people.

Of course, Chaos is such an unstable element, it shouldnʼt even be possible for it to take such an uniform shape and form. But well, I am pretty unique myself, my proficiency with Chaos is already at the level of a Grand Master, and I can shape and mold this destructive power into delicate beings, beautiful and lethal.

It requires a certain level of concentration and a lot of other similar things… but that doesnʼt matter all that much anyway, right?

”Really?” Amphitrite looked down, she was a bit shy. ”You donʼt… mind?”

”Hm? Why would I?” I wondered.

”You donʼt hate me for treating you badly?” she asked me.

”Hate you? Why would I hate you, come on,” I said. ”I completely understand why you were angry at me, Amphitrite, and youʼre free to continue hating me… Itʼs what I deserve after all.”

”…” she looked a bit sad when I said that I think. ”No, itʼs… well, thanks. How do I do it then?”

”Well, you first…”

While I taught her about how to do it, Triton grabbed one of the cores and ate it, surprising his parents, who began panicking a little.

However, after he burped, he was fine.

”Donʼt worry about him, if heʼs my grandson he can devour anything,” I explained. ”In my bloodline thereʼs the power of {Devour} imbued into all, all my children inherit it, naturally also my grandchildren. Amphitrite, you should be able to also eat the same way he did. Itʼs a quicker way than to absorb them naturally.”

”I can?!” Amphitrite wondered, looking at her son. ”Letʼs… let me try.”

She grabbed one of the crystals and took a bite, then ate the whole thing after more bites, she didnʼt seem to hate the flavor.

”Hmm… Wow…” She muttered. ”I feel kind of stronger, a little… and I donʼt hate the flavor at least!”

”Nice! So it worked then!” I nodded. ”Alright! Shall we have some lunch? Letʼs make some seafood barbeque! We got lots of octopus, so we could prepare grilled octopus, and also Takoyaki. Do you know what Takoyaki is?”

”Whatʼs that?” Triton wondered, tilting his head. ”Is it yummy?”

”Very!” I nodded. ”Youʼll get to know what it is, letʼs begin!”

The meat of the Octopuses was tender, white, and smelled delicious even raw, I ended taking a few bites, eating a whole octopus slowly using my aura, the flavor was delightful, and the poison gave it a nice spicy kick.

Of course, that wouldnʼt be good for the kids here, so I purified the poison out of the corpses with my {Devour}, and then with their help, we prepared a huge fire, where we started grilling the giant tentacles, which I seasoned with soy sauce and sweet unagi sauce from Japan. Yes, I bought stuff directly from that Dimensional Dungeon.

As for the Takoyaki, I also had prepared beforehand with huge molds for the giant ones I was preparing, eggs, flour, salt, and veggies were also added into the giant balls with octopusesʼ meat inside, and then they were nicely seasoned with sweet sauce, bonito flakes, and mayo, the Japanese street food way.

”Hmm?! Whatʼs this?!” Hydros gasped. ”Itʼs so nice, but a bit hot too! Ooh!”

”Itʼs amazing, so fluffy and savory… I like the white sauce and the octopusʼ meat inside…!” Jeremias said.

”Hmm…” My daughter covered her mouth after taking a few bites of these jumbo-sized Takoyaki. ”Itʼs… good, I suppose.”

”Well Iʼm glad you like it,” I nodded. ”What about Triton- Huh?!”

”Burp… I want another, grandma!” the little boy asked, having already finished his jumbo Takoyaki the size of a watermelon. ”Please?”

”Heheh, how can I say no to my adorable grandson?” I giggled. ”Alright, another round coming right up! Look at my technique and marvel!”

I rapidly moved the dough, then the ingredients combined together, I had watched a lot of videos like this on Youtube recently, so I knew how they do it!

”Wow!”

”Thatʼs amazing…!”

”Youʼre quick…”

”Heheh!”

As I surprised them with my master level cooking techniques, I served another round of Jumbo Takoyaki, while also serving some fried rice alongside the grilled octopus tentacles.

We sat down to eat near the beach on wooden table and chairs, and with some tropical drinks combining alcohol with fruit juice, we enjoyed a delicious lunch together.

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