Cooking with Wild Game: Volume 22 [Parts 1 to 9] by EDA

Author:EDA
Language: eng
Format: epub

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It was the lower sixth hour, around sunset, and we were at the main Ruu house surrounded by a mountain of food.

Naturally, the members of the Gamley Troupe had left before the sun set, and Lem Dom had also returned home to sleep. Still, the addition of Ai Fa, myself, and the six guests alone was enough to make sure the main hall of the Ruu house was packed.

“This is the first time we’ve invited townsfolk to dinner at the Ruu house. I am grateful to the mother forest that we have been able to forge so many new bonds, when in the past we would always avoid one another if we were unfortunate enough to cross paths,” Donda Ruu began in a serious tone. “Dora the vegetable seller and his daughter Tara from the Daleim lands, Telia Mas and Yumi from the post town, Mikel and his daughter Myme from the Turan lands... Those are the names of the guests invited this night to the Ruu house.” Dora and the other were sitting in half-circle, and each gave a grateful bow. “You’ve likely already heard most of our names, but I’ll go through again just to be clear. I am the Ruu clan head, Donda Ruu; beside me is our elder, Jiba Ruu; to my right are my eldest son, Jiza Ruu; my second son, Darmu Ruu; my youngest son, Ludo Ruu; my eldest daughter, Vina Ruu; and my second daughter, Reina Ruu. To my left are my wife, Mia Lea Ruu; my mother, Tito Min Ruu; my eldest son’s wife, Sati Lea Ruu; their son, Kota Ruu; my third daughter, Lala Ruu; and my youngest daughter, Rimee Ruu. And then we have our other guests: Ai Fa and Asuta from the Fa clan, Sufira Zaza of the Zaza clan, Toor Deen of the Deen clan, and Yun Sudra of the Sudra clan.”

Including the toddler, Kota Ruu, that made for a great big crowd of twenty-four in total. And since I hadn’t seen the little tyke in some time, he had grown quite a bit since then. Before, he had spent most of his time sleeping in a woven basket, but now he was able to walk a little, and it was absolutely adorable.

Kota Ruu would be turning two during the brown month. His little face had shifted from androgynous to clearly masculine, and his blackish-brown hair had really grown out. It was even possible that he was larger than Aimu Fou at this point. And currently, Kota Ruu was seated atop Sati Lea Ruu’s lap, innocence shining in his black eyes.

“Well then, let us begin our meal... We offer our gratitude to Tito Min, Vina, Reina, and Rimee, who manned the flame and gave us our life for this night...”

The people of the forest’s edge repeated Donda Ruu’s words, while the guests each followed their own pre-meal customs.

The Ruu clan’s chefs had made tonight’s dinner. The stuff we had worked on during our study session wasn’t part of this meal, so I hadn’t participated in preparing it at all.

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