Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2665 - 2666: Cooking Up Something Delicious

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This route was much faster and easier to use, and it brought us right where we had come from in just even less time.

It seemed the power of the Divinity of Fishermen had more to it than it seemed at first.

”Alright, weʼre finally back! It sure took all day; itʼs already getting darker…” Jeremias sighed in relief.

”Shall we go make dinner then?” wondered Amphitrite.

”Yeah, letʼs skip straight to dinner, Iʼm starving myself,” her husband nodded. ”What about you, Triton?”

”Iʼm hungy too!” Triton nodded.

”Then letʼs go cook something tasty for everyone~!” Hydros nodded happily. ”Letʼs go, Kireina.”

”Yeah!” I nodded.

We walked back home while greeting some of the villagers, it seemed that for them life was just the same as before, and they usually didnʼt venture outside that much.

”Alright so letʼs cook something tasty, alright? Let me help as well!”

I wanted to help out and enjoy a meal with everyone, so I joined my daughter and Hydros into cooking duties, while Triton and his father prepared the rest.

There was a lot of food we caught today, from that giant serpent to the tiny critters of various shapes that Hydros captured.

And of course, all the seaweed.

”So what are we making?” I wondered.

”I was thinking on some stew,” said Hydros. ”Weʼll also dry most of the seaweed, right? And for the rest, weʼll grill it or boil it… probably some roasted fish would not be so bad either. Salted and grilled fish is also nice.”

”Hm, I agree, I want to try that serpent meat,” Amphitrite looked at me, which left me slightly surprised. ”The one you hunted…”

”Oh?” I wondered. ”O-Of course! I was going to cook it. Let me see…”

I quickly brought out a large chunk of that serpent and cut it rapidly with my trusty cooking knife, Silva!

Or well… a fragment of her, the real Silva was missing back in the other world, damn it.

This fragment of Silva contained most of her recent memories of us in Grand Terra and was a piece of her metal and soul she left behind for me as a ”secondary utility knife” with all her cooking skills.

He true body is out there in that world, somewhere, either she could be the new summon of someone else, or… perhaps something else entirely.

I am worried, just as much as I am worried as everyone else missing, yes! But at the very least sheʼs not dead.

And no I am not spending my time leisurely here, time goes much faster inside my divine realm so even if I try to hurry up thereʼs too much time here, so itʼs pointless to hurry or overly worry here.

How did she get lost? Well, the same way it happened with Black and White and Bubu, in the battle against the Outer Gods, in the portal between the Spirit Plane and Abyss, we got all messed up and got caught into a spacetime-warping storm.

And we were really messed up, some people just went flying elsewhere entirely, weʼve found the majority when we explored Abyss, and a lot of things happened there as well, and now, the remaining are all within this Parallel World Dungeon Earth thing.

And yes I am super paranoic about it, no need to remind me! I miss them all and Iʼm worried to death… but I need to calm down and do it one step at a time.

”Thatʼs a great knife!” Hydros said. ”It looks really great.”

”Hmm? A-Ah! Yeah, itʼs… itʼs great,” I nodded. ”Sheʼs just a piece of the original one… The original one is missing, still trying to find her.”

”Hello.” The knife spoke. ”Iʼm Silva…”

”Eh?! She can speak?!” Amphitrite gasped. ”That is no normal knife!”

”Silva is not a normal knife!” Silva said. ”But… most of myself is missing. Another world?”

”Yeah, itʼs on another world, Silva, Iʼm sorry,” I caressed her blade.

Suddenly, the knife turned into the shape of a little girl made of silver metal with long, liquid hair, as big as my arm, hugging me.

”Itʼs fine… Silva knows master will find her.”

”Youʼre such a sweet girl…”

As I sighed while crying a little, Amphitrite and Hydros looked at me with confused expressions.

”D-Did her knife became a girl and then she cried because a part of her was missing? Did I catch that right?” Amphitrite asked.

”Yes… I think so,” Hydros nodded.

I suppose itʼs only natural that they would find me strange, even more this entire situation, but it canʼt be helped, it just happened at that moment.

Anyway, with their help, we cooked quite a feast, featuring all the meats we were able to obtain through our short trip to that relaxing place.

One everything was done; we sat around the wooden table like a family and ate together ceremoniously.

”Ooh? The meat of the Sea Serpent is indeed delicious! So soft and flavorful! Nothing compared to the fish we can catch, even less the eels or even the whales or sharks,” Jeremias commented. ”Mother-in-law, your dish is incredible.”

”Ah, well, youʼre flattering me too much, dear, but thanks,” I giggled, feeling rather happy he enjoyed it. ”So? How is it?”

As I tasted it myself, I quickly understood what he was saying, the meat was indeed soft yet not too soft, it had a certain meatiness and chewiness to it, its texture similar to the meat of tuna fish, but with a stronger fishy flavor, and at the same time, some reptile meat flavor, the smell was strong, but it was nicely masked with spices and other sauces.

It made me wish I could bring this food to my father, but I wonder if he would grow suspicious about where I even brought it… Seeing how powerful he is, he could easily realize it was food made using ingredients that simply cannot be harvested in Japan.

”Itʼs delicious~! Hydros smiled happily. ”I havenʼt eaten such a tasty dish in quite a while! Honey, youʼve exceeded yourself today.”

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