Chapter 188 – Alya’s Morning
After checking the state of the sugar beets, Ije started preparations for breakfast.
And so I helped her.
“Cut these.”
“Got it.”
“Please prepare the plates.”
“Got it.”
Ije would give me orders while she worked.
“Ije. You sure are used to this.”
“Really? Do not think so.”
Ije was very humble, but cooking for such a large group was no easy task.
It was completely different compared to cooking for smaller groups.
“Did you cook for everyone back at the village?”
“Everyone cooked food for everyone.”
“I see. You do seem to work well in large groups.”
“Really? Mr. Theo is just good at helping.”
“No, no. You give good orders.”
As we continued to work, Alya then arrived.
“Good morning, Ije. Sorry I’m late. …Morning to you too, Mr. Theo.”
“Good morning!”
“Pii!”
Alya then walked up to me and reached up and patted Pii, who was on top of my head.
Pii seemed to like this, as he traveled down to my shoulder and jiggled.
“Morning, Pii.”
Alya was the daughter of the Demon King who Gisela had defeated ten years ago.
She had been part of the expedition from the very beginning, however, I had not known her identity until yesterday.
But then again, I had only met her once, ten years ago.
So it was no surprise.
“Do you always help with breakfast?”
“Only sometimes.”
“Almost every day. She always helps me!”
“I see.”
Alya was a skilled magician. Especially when it came to attacking magic.
However, she had few opportunities to use that talent on the new continent.
It was a good thing.
Obviously, it was better if there was no need to fight at all.
Of course, this did mean that she had a lot of time to herself.
It was understandable that she would feel restless about not being useful enough.
I suppose that was why she looked for various things that she could help out with.
“Ije. Can I help with anything?”
“Yes. Prepare the mountain vegetables.”
“Okay.”
And so Alya got to work.
She was in charge of the mountain vegetables, which was more complicated than what I was doing.
You had to cut off certain parts, and put it in water that was hot but not building. And then once the water starts to boil, you have to take them out after a dozen seconds, and put them in cool water.
But Alya was able to do all of it without directions.
“You’re quite skilled, Alya.”
“No, I’m still bad at it.”
“Yes. Alya is good. So it helps a lot to have her here.”
Alya looked a little embarrassed to be praised like this.
After we worked for some time, three more Adventurers arrived.
“Good morning. Sorry we’re late, Ije.”
“It fine! Good morning!”
“I think I drank too much yesterday. Good morning, Mr. Theo and Alya.”
“Aye, good morning. You should be careful.”
“Good morning.”
And then we all worked together.
‘Theodore.’
Hippolius arrived.
“Oh, Hippoius. Good morning.”
“Kyuo!”
Hippolius squeaked at everyone and then walked up to my feet.
‘Kuro, Roro, Rururu are crying.’
“Hmm? The wolf cubs? Did something happen?”
‘Because Theodore is gone when they wake up.’
“…I see. Isn’t Fio and Shiro there?”
‘They are.’
Then there should be nothing for the wolf cubs to worry about.
But they were still crying. Maybe they were sick.
Though, that seemed unlikely.
“Ije. Sorry, but…”
“Yes. We fine here. Go to Kuro and the others.”
“Thank you.”
And so I left the kitchen with Hippolius and Pii, and we headed to the house.
As Hippolius wanted to be picked up, I did so.
“Kyuo-kyuo!”
Hippolius wagged its tail happily and licked my face.
“By the way, Ije seems to speak more smoothly these days.”
“Kyuo?”
“Well, it’s like, she sounds more like people on the old continent compared to before.”
We were essentially speaking the same language.
But it was still a little different from place to place.
We had different accents as well.
Perhaps Ije was being influenced by the way that we talked.
“I don’t know if that is a good thing or not. It might be bad or sad…”
Well, it would certainly help with communication.
However, it was the way that the people in her village had talked.
‘Kyuo! What about Fio?’
“Fio sounds different from people of both continents.”
‘Really?’
“Aye. Because Fio was raised by wolves.”
Perhaps Fio had more of a wolf accent.
‘I see!’
“That’s right.”
As we talked about such things, I opened the doors of Hippolius’s house.
put it in water that was hot but not building -> put it in water that was hot but not boiling
Thanks for the treat.