Chapter 233
We arrived at the Elven Village faster than expected, and as soon as we arrived, I had to immediately deal with the Nex because of the commotion Meliana caused. In other words, I hadn’t eaten anything but had been very active.
‘I would have been weak even without mana depletion.’
I was fine before I realized it, but once I did, I became incredibly hungry. Clenching my growling stomach, I cautiously got out of bed.
Killis told me to rest, but I couldn’t just sit still when I was hungry, could I?
I’ll have to ask an passing elf, or anyone. Surely they wouldn’t be stingy with food…….
Just as I stepped onto the floor, my ankle twisted and gave way. My body instantly tilted forward.
“Oh?”
Thud!
“Ugh, ah…….”
My whole body ached. As I tried to get up, propping myself on the floor, the door burst open.
—Human!
“Vita?”
Surprised by the unexpected appearance, I looked up to see Vita quickly approaching me. Placing something on the floor, she checked various parts of my body.
—Are you alright? Any major pain?
“I just fell. You don’t have to worry.”
—That’s a relief, at least. Excuse me for a moment.
“What…… Eek?”
Vita lifted me in her arms. Startled, I instinctively grabbed her arm.
‘Wow, she’s firm.’
Unlike her slender physique, the arm I held was incredibly firm. It made sense that she could effortlessly lift me and set me down on the bed.
—Would you like to touch more?
“Huh? Oh.”
I realized what Vita was saying and was flustered. At first, I had held her arm to find support, but it seems I had unconsciously kneaded it a few times due to the unexpected texture.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose, it’s just…….”
—It’s fine. I find you equally curious.
“……?”
—Are all humans as warm and soft as you?
“Hmm, I don’t think so?”
—It seems humans vary.
Vita, who spoke calmly, bent down towards the floor. She picked up the wooden plate she had placed on the floor for a moment and offered it to me.
—I brought this for you. You must be hungry?
Only then did I notice the bowl on the wooden plate. A large leaf, like my two hands pressed together, covered it, so I couldn’t see the contents, but it was probably food.
“Thank you.”
—You are the hero who saved our village, are you not? It’s only natural to treat you.
Then she removed all the leaves covering the bowl, making it easier for me to eat.
The flat, wide bowl contained food neatly arranged. Fruits and vegetables, honeycomb chunks with honey, grilled mushrooms……. There were some things I recognized, but most were things I had never seen before.
And there was also quite an unexpected dish.
“Is this meat?”
—Yes.
Didn’t they say elves only eat vegetables? The books about other races I read definitely said so.
—It’s grilled saurus tail meat.
The sound of it somehow didn’t bode well. Its shape, pointed at the end, looked exactly like a snake.
—Humans need to consume meat, right? But we do not take unnecessary lives.
I nodded. This, too, was as I had read in books.
—However, we cannot force our ways upon you, so we deliberated greatly. Then, the idea of serving saurus tail meat came up.
“But don’t you have to kill it to get meat?”
—Not necessarily. Sauruses periodically shed and regrow their tails. They are unusual creatures from which meat can be obtained without killing them.
Oh no. It really must be lizard meat…….
While not all lizards regrow their tails, as far as I knew, the only species with this characteristic were lizards.
—It also has no poison, so it seemed like a good idea, and we acquired it. Another human said it would be better if it were grilled, so we grilled it.
“Oh, I see…….”
The grilled meat, skewered on a wooden stick and browned, clearly showed effort. The smell was quite appetizing, but something about eating it felt…… unsettling.
—Take this. Humans use tools to eat, so I hastily carved these.
“Oh, thank you.”
What Vita handed me was a wooden spoon and fork. They were polished smooth, without a single splinter from the wood grain, as if carefully crafted.
I looked at Vita, who sat across from me, and asked.
“Aren’t you going to eat with me?”
—I already ate.
She had already eaten.
I hesitated, then carefully began to eat the vegetables.
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