Volume 7 Chapter 14: I’ll Pat Your Head As Well
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 7 Chapter 14: I’ll Pat Your Head As Well
<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright, we can take a break here." Keith decided it was time to rest. We came a long way. The group was at the end of the first floor. Their pace was incredible as they took out many monsters.
<span style="font-weight:400">"There were so many of them. I wanted to fight them!" Herrick and Melor pouted.
<span style="font-weight:400">That only caused Alfia to scoff, "We are not fighting that number. It''s a waste of strength!" The bulls they faced before were nowhere near the end. What came at them was a horde! Keith made the call to run away from there. They could fight it, but it was so ill-advised: it would waste their strength!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmpf." A pout started to form on Herrick and Melor''s faces.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m going to start preparing the bull." That pout Herrick and Melor had instantly changed!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ooooh! We want some steak!" "Yeah!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright, I will make steaks. Go and ce some blood around us and defeat some monsters."
<span style="font-weight:400">"They''re too easy." Alfia and the rest shook their heads.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Gabriel, Jack, can you two watch over them? Don''t let them run around so much."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Understood." The two followed after them. Keith cracked his neck back and forth. Despite not having the same expression as Herrick and Melor, Keith was eager to use the bull. He had prepared lunch for them, but his mind kept thinking about the meat.
<span style="font-weight:400">The bull appeared before him, and he started to butcher the meat. It took some time, but a bunch of meat was before him. As he stared, Keith decided to use the rib-eye. I can use the macao beans as well.
<span style="font-weight:400">Coffee-crusted steak. With the macao beans, he could make something like this. The rub was easy; add some pepper, salt, and other spices with the ground macao beans.
<span style="font-weight:400">Once he finished rubbing it onto the steak. It was time to ce it on the pan. Arge sizzling sound came. Those macao beans really help with the aroma! There was a deep and rich aromaing from the steak.
<span style="font-weight:400">With one flip, he saw a deep, dark crust.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What did you make, Keith? I could smell it far away!" Herrick and Melor quickly rushed back to the campsite. Gabriel and Sarah soon came after. Sarah huffed, "How could you guys smell it? We were so far away!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Steak. I will do other things, but you must wait a bit." Keith grinned.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Understood!" Herrick and Melor sat down and watched the man work his magic!
<span style="font-weight:400">It should be done. Keith grinned as he ced the steaks on the te. Each one was filled with a giant piece of meat. It looked delicious.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We''re digging in!" Herrick and the others didn''t hesitate as they started to eat! There was a crisp sound resounding in the area.
<span style="font-weight:400">"How could macao beans be like this?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"I thought it would be bitter, but it tastes so nice!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Macao beansplement meat very well," Keith grinned as he ate. While they did the same,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Leona, how are your arrows?" Sarah asked. Leona had been using regr arrows; it meant a finite amount of them.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I have enough for now. But I have to be careful with how I use them. They get dull after a few shots." After every fight, she would reim her arrows. But they wouldn''t be effective as time went on. She was going to need to watch over it.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I will make a note of that." Keith nodded.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Then I will work on them after Herrick and Melor''s weapons." Arlo''s job was to maintain their weapons.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." Leona nodded.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright, we''re going to go to bed now," After having their meal, it was time for them to go to bed,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"How are we splitting this up?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"I got this." Keith grinned.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Gabriel – Arlo - Sarah
<span style="font-weight:400">Jack – Faelyn
<span style="font-weight:400">Alfia – Keith
<span style="font-weight:400">Scarlet – Herrick
<span style="font-weight:400">Leona – Melor
<span style="font-weight:400">"Can I switch?" Leona frowned as she stared at the pairs.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"If she''s switching, I want to do it too!" Scarlet raised her hand. Keith shook his head,
<span style="font-weight:400">"No switching. You get what you get."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Aww, but I want to switch with Alfia."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I would have said no. I''m not staying by that fool''s side." Having Alfia and Herrick together was a death wish. The two would have definitely killed each other if they did.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright, now go to bed." Keith pped his hand. It was time to hit the bed.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, wake up. It''s your turn." Jack nudged Keith''s body, waking him up.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Understood." A yawn came out as he headed out: Alfia was already there waiting for him.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ugh, my neck." "Can''t get used to it?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Of course." Alfia nodded, "I will never get used to it." Sleeping in a sleeping bag doesn''t help the body out.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Can I ask you a question?" "Hmm?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Do you think Leona likes me?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What brought this about?!" Alfia blinked. This was a random question.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Sometimes I see her ring at me really hard." There were times when Leona''s eyes turned dark. It was kinda weird. He didn''t say anything about it since it would be awkward. And it didn''t seem hostile; it was more wary.
<span style="font-weight:400">"She did join the ind not so long ago. It would need to take time." Alfia shrugged her shoulders.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"True."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Now that you asked a random question, what about you and Scarlet?" Alfia got close to Keith,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"I mean you are pampering the girl!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t pamper the girl." "You do. You wake her up. You pat her on the head when she does something good. You are definitely pampering herpared to the rest."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s because she asked."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"She told me to pat her head from time to time," Keith answered. That was something he didn''t mind doing either.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“…” Alfia pouted, “…I want that.”
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm? You want that?" It was low, but enough when the person was beside her!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I didn''t say anything."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Pff." Keith chuckled. But that caused Alfia to frown, "Stopughing." But the man did not; instead, he patted the girl''s head, "You did well today. The only reason why I don''t say it is because you''ve been doing good all the time."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"With you, I don''t need to worry about anything." Alfia was their magic carry. He did not need to watch her because of how sturdy she was.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ll praise you more from now on,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Alfia looked down.
<span style="font-weight:400">"…Is someone embarrassed?" Keith chuckled.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmpf."
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