Volume 10 Chapter 30: Grilled Fish
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright, I will bring you to your room," Setsuna smiled as she weed the three to her home. Keith and the two nodded. Size-wise, it was the same as Zhu Liqin. However, instead of a Chinese-style mansion, it was a Japanese one. That was when they were brought before a fox human.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Hello, my name is Hayate Kazemori. I''m sorry about having you change here on such short notice," Hayate sighed deeply as he said this.
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith shook his head, "It''s fine." It was sudden, but there wasn''t much of a change.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah, it was fate who decided to have it here!" "Yes, father." Setsuna and Shinzo smiled as theymented.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Hayate groaned before smiling, "Please treat me home as if it was yours. There''s no need to be shy around us."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you." Keith nodded as he headed to his room. It was simr to where they had a mansion all to themselves. cing down his stuff, a knock came from his door.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, can Ie in?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Sure," The fox girl opened the door and entered. The first words out of her mouth were, "Sorry about having to change your dwellings like that."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s fine. I''m just wondering if you''ll be fine." The look on Zhu Liqin''s face was quite something. Her hands trembled as she stared at the rock in her hand. Long Qiqiang and Long Lihua weren''t doing so well either. Setsuna wasughing at her face as well.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"We''ll be fine. It''s not like the first time they had battled before." The number of times those two fought one another was too many to count.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Keithughed, "Also, I take it that you have another sibling?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"…Yeah."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I see. Do you have anything you want to eat today? I can make it for you?" Keith smiled. It was time for him to prepare dinner for them.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"You don''t-" "It''s fine. I like cooking. And I think that''s why your mother called me here anyway," Keithughed. But thatughter only caused Ayaka''s face to scrunch up, "So embarrassing." Her mother and brother were so shameless. They didn''t hesitate to drag the boy back to their home. It was clear it was because of the food he made for everyone.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…Can you make something with fish?" Ayaka held her hands as she requested.
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith nodded, "Sure, I can make something delicious with it. Any type of fish you like to have?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Umm, thene with me," Keith followed the girl over to a storage unit where she picked a live fish up.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" You''re one of those people.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…What?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Did not peg you to be the type to pick up a live fish like it was nothing." Some people found it icky touching it. This girl did it so easily.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What''s the fish?" "Swift mackerel. It has a nice texture when it''s on the fire."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Grilled mackerel is nice." Thinking about it, how could it not be nice? But as Keith stared at the mackerel. Without even a second, the mackerel was knocked out. Afterwards, he started to fillet it. Swift and easy, his hands were quite blinding.
<span style="font-weight:400">Once done, he made a simple sauce: soy sauce, brown sugar, dragon honey, ginger, and garlic. It was an easy teriyaki sauce. Spreading it on top of the mackerel, he made a bonfire outside.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmmm," Keith then took out some metals and started to mess around with them.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Why do you have that?" Ayaka was curious. Did he have metals on him all the time?
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Garden things and also a smoker." He had some excess stuff on himself. That was when he ced two grilled pieces of mackerel into it and put them on top of the fire. The smell was something. And the oily skin was quite fragrant and nice.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What did you add to it?" Ayaka sat beside the boy as he cooked. Her nose was sharp as she sniffed it.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Something delicious." As Keith continued to cook,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"You guys are getting quite close," That was when he turned around to see Carolyn and Krystal. Krystal had a nk look while Carolyn smiled.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah! Fish power," Keithughed as he continued to watch them burn. Ayaka''s eyes twitched. Do you have to say something like that? Do you not see how they''re reacting? That was when another voice muttered, "So you made a giant fire because of that?" Long Lihua was on the opposite end!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Lihua, when did youe in?!" She and the two had stayed behind while they entered the mansion.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ah," Long Lihua scratched her head. She was going to say something when,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Why are you guys here as well?!" There was a loud shouting from Setsuna!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…Ah," Everyone understood what happened. Long Lihua tried her best not to look at her.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Big brother!" And someone hugged him from the back! Keith smiled, "Haohao, you came as well."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm!" Long Hao hugged the boy''s back. That was when Keith flipped the mackerel onto the other side to cook. They saw a beautiful burnt side.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"That looks so good," Carolyn drooled as she stared.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm, I also used some of the burnt walking trees to do so as well."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Wood changes it?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''ll give it a slightly earthy taste. Just slightly, since I''m not smoking it." Keith grinned as he did so, "And these are good." Keith ced the cooked mackerel into a dome.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You guys can y around if you want. I need to make a couple more." With a couple of more people added, he would need to make more.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Sure," Ayaka and the others didn''t bother. But the look on Carolyn made them curious,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What are you nning to do, girl?" The princess was right before the thing. It was quite worrisome since she had an evil look.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t you think we should try it out first?"