The next day.
At last, the day to head to the beastmen’s village had arrived.
Maybe because I was a little nervous, I woke up earlier than usual.
By the clock, I probably could’ve gone back to sleep for a bit…
"Guess I’ll just get up."
If I fell back asleep and overslept, that would be a problem, so even though I was still a little sleepy, I decided to get up.
"Ah! Good morning, Daddy!"
When I went to the living room, Aisha and Snow were there.
Both of them ran up to hug me, tails wagging wildly.
"Whoa—oof!"
"Ah… Daddy, are you okay?"
"Whine…"
"Yeah, I’m fine."
I ended up falling on my butt, which made the two of them look sad.
To show it was nothing, I smiled warmly at them, and then patted their heads.
"Good morning, Aisha. Snow."
"Good morning, Daddy!"
"Woof!"
After exchanging morning greetings, I stood up.
Then I peeked into the kitchen.
"Dad and Mom… are still asleep, I guess?"
Well, it was still early, so that couldn’t be helped.
"Come to think of it, Aisha and Snow, you’re up early."
"I was taking Snow for a walk."
"Woof!"
Now that she mentioned it, Snow looked pretty happy.
I guess he was glad he got to go for a walk first thing in the morning.
"I see. That’s very good of you, Aisha."
"I’m good?"
"Yeah. You’re taking care of Snow and being kind to him. That’s a really wonderful thing."
"Ehehe, Daddy praised me!"
Aisha’s tail wagged even harder side-to-side.
The tip of her tail kept hitting Snow with little pats, but he didn’t seem to mind at all.
And then—
A very cute sound echoed in the room.
Aisha lowered her eyebrows and put her hand to her stomach.
"Ah… I’m hungry."
"Whiiine…"
Snow seemed to be hungry too, and looked at me with those big, round eyes.
"Alright then, I’ll make breakfast right away. Just hang on for a bit."
"Daddy, you can cook?"
"Yeah, no problem. I’m actually pretty confident."
Back in my slave days, I’d even been on kitchen duty.
If you messed up, you got punched, so I got pretty good at it.
"Okay then…"
I stepped into the kitchen and began preparing breakfast.
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"Here you go."
"Waaah♪"
"Woof!"
A stack of pancakes loaded with honey, and a special salad with a hint of lemon.
Along with that, a gentle-on-the-stomach corn soup and some milk.
I think I did a pretty good job.
Proof of that was…
"Nom nom nom! Chomp!"
"Munch munch munch!"
Aisha and Snow were totally absorbed in eating their pancakes.
Their tails were wagging like they were about to fly off.
Yeah.
Looks like it turned out well.
"Good morning."
"Mornin’… yawnnn…"
Bright-eyed Sofia and still-sleepy Licorice came into the room.
"Oh? Did you make this breakfast, Fate?"
"Yeah. I’ve got portions ready for you two as well."
"…Thank you."
For some reason Sofia looked conflicted.
Maybe she doesn’t like pancakes?
"She’s just conflicted as a woman because you’re a better cook than she is."
"Ah—hey, Licorice! Don’t tell him that!"
Sofia and Licorice started chasing each other around…
"Oh! You made breakfast for us, Fate? Looks delicious."
"Thanks. Mom kind of overslept…"
"Ah—ooh…"
Dad, Mom, and Lutecia also came in.
Lutecia was staring intently at the pancakes, clearly fascinated.
She even had a little drool dripping.
That said, honey’s no good for babies.
I’d have to make hers separately.
"Good morning."
Claudia also woke up and joined us.
Everyone was here…
We chatted idly about nothing in particular, smiles spreading all around.
"…I hope days like this can go on forever."
It was that kind of peaceful morning.
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