Chapter 16: Storytelling infront of the Campfire

Observing the peculiarly hued meal, Chito's expression shifted, but she eventually took a sip. Beside her, Yuuri glanced at her anxiously, eager for her verdict. After savoring it with her eyes closed for a moment, Chito finally declared, "It's delicious."

Yuuri let out a sigh of relief, patting Chito and exclaiming joyfully, "I knew it, it's delicious!" She served herself a portion and began to eat, but her expression soon became slightly perplexed, indicating her confusion. Nonetheless, she remarked, "Well, if Chii-chan says it's delicious, then it must be."

Seeing that the two of them had already started eating, Senju also took a piece of dinner and ate it.

There were two flavors mixed in, the richness of the fish soup and the fragrance of the fruit. They blended together and created a delicious feeling. Plant new delicacies.

After dinner, the trio went their separate ways. Chito retrieved a notebook and began jotting down notes, while Senju delved into the mechanics of the crafting table, learning how to synthesize various items. Meanwhile, Yuuri roamed around the house, scouring the car for something before rushing to inspect the torch. Eventually, she settled next to the stove, engrossed in something else.

After Senju flipped through his materials for a while, he found that he had been able to synthesize an enchantment table.

However, how could he have experience points if he had never slayed mobs? Looking at his experience bar, he was surprised to find that he was already at level 5, it seemed that he had done something to gain experience. After thinking about it for a while, he thought it might be because of fishing.

Although he still had lapis lazuli on him, after making the enchanting table, Senju still put it away until he had a bookshelf to use it later, and then he continued to study other combinations.

Just when he was worrying about whether to merge into a bed, there was a sudden change in the light next to him.

However, after looking around, he didn't see anything happening. The torch continued to emit light and heat there. Chito still relied on it. While writing her diary in the car, Yuuri still squatted in front of the stone stove and studied something.

But after a while, the smell of grilled fish filled the whole room. After Chito and Senju smelled it, they immediately locked onto the culprit. She was moving in front of the stone stove.

"Yuu? What are you doing there?" Chito patted Yuuri's shoulder from behind, and her cold breath spread to Yuuri like a cold wind, and she couldn't help but shudder.

"Haha, Chii-chan, what are you talking about? I didn't eat anything," Yuuri laughed guiltily, but her words were very vague, as if she had something in her mouth.

Hearing Yuuri's vague words, Chito dragged her away from the stove, and then the two of them saw the flaming stone stove and Yuri holding a piece of grilled fish in her mouth. Chito felt very helpless, "Yuu, why are you stealing food again?"

"What does it matter? There is enough food now anyway," Yuuri said coquettishly to Chito, and then pulled her to the side of the stone stove. "Look at this, Chii-chan, its so warm. I discovered this."

"Really? Wait, it is warm," Chito extended her hands to the fire, feeling the warmth intoxicatedly, but she realized after a while, "No, what about the fish?"

"Tch, stingy, Chii-chan, come and eat half of it too," Yuuri placed half of the fish onto Chito's mouth to calm her anger. Senju next to her was more interested in how Yuuri made the stove burn. With this kind technology, they can save alot of wood.

After inquiring for some time, Senju discovered that Yuuri had long been fascinated by his crafting table. However, with how he was often occupied, she diverted her attention to the equally enigmatic stone stove adjacent to it. After experimenting with various grilling methods, she eventually deduced that it was specifically meant for grilling fish. Simply place the fish on top and ignite the fire below.

Regarding her words, Senju felt speechless for a while. He could only say that she was so good at eating that she actually made the stove run.

However, seeing that the fuel she added was all flammable debris, Senju felt that what she had collected was too much. One of a kind.

"Yuuri, that's incredible. You've helped me solve a major conundrum," Senju praised, acknowledging Yuuri's curious nature. Yet, upon witnessing this, Chito couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy at the attention Senju was giving to Yuuri.

As she finished grilling the fish next to him, she shot a sidelong glance at the self-satisfied Yuuri, remarking, "Even though Senju says that, you still deserve some form of punishment. What do you think it should be?"

"Hey, now, that's a bit much, Chii-chan. You obviously had some too, so you should partake in the punishment," Yuuri asserted, pulling Chito into a hug from behind, before glancing up at Senju. "And you, Senju, you should join in too. After all, I did you a big favor."

"Hai~ hai~, what on earth are you doing?" Senju scratched his head. After thinking for a while,but he happily joined in on the group hug, Yuuri beamed with satisfaction at Senju's participation, while Chito slightly smiled.

After a while, the hug was dismantled. While Chito spoke.

"I have read in books that people in ancient times would gather around the campfire at night and tell good stories together. Everyone who participated was very happy. Let's try it too. "

(T/L: Changed 'stove' - 'campfire')

Senju shed a cold sweat. Could this be a twisted version of the summer ghost story - Winter Night Storytelling? Yuuri pounced at her and enveloped her into yet another hug, shouting, "I agree! Lets do it! Chii-chan is really smart."

Then the three sat around the campfire and prepared to tell stories. Senju added a few fish to the campfire, and the fire inside became brighter. Then Yuuri mentioned another rule. After telling the story, there will be fish to eat, and when the one that told stories wasn't interesting, the person next to them gets to eat their fish. The two reluctantly agreed.

The first one to start was Yuuri. She thought hard for a while before speaking, "One day, I took two Chii-chan and found a big city. There was food everywhere, warmth everywhere, and many, many more. people, and then I lived happily with everyone."

"What's next?" After waiting for a while, Senju didn't hear what was going on and was a little confused. He looked up and saw that Yuuri was acting cute, "That's it. Can I eat the fish now?!" Yuuri said with anticipation.

"This is just Yuu's dream, there is no such place there," Chito complained, and then looked at Yuuri who was salivating, "Okay, you can eat it, I will tell the next story."

"I read this story from a book. In the past, there was a very small man. He wanted to become big, so he looked for ways everywhere. After walking many places, he saw two ghosts bullying people in one place. He stepped forward and knocked them down, and then the two ghosts gave him a treasure so that he could grow up. When he grew up, he returned home happily."

"Chii-chan is lying. How can a person defeat a huge ghost? Chii-chan's fish belongs to me." After hearing this, Yuuri looked at the fish she had just eaten in her hand and wanted to take Chito's share. She was about to grab it-

*SMACK*

"Shut up, this is my fish," Chito quickly slapped Yuuri's hand who was about to grab her grilled fish and pushed her aside. Yuuri stretched out her mouth as if to eat Chito's grilled fish.

"Ahem, I'll tell you next," Senju coughed quickly, "This story happened a long time ago, when everyone was still living on the ground. There was a sacred tree there, and eating its branches and leaves could cure illnesses, one day there was a fruit on the tree, there was a-"

"Wait a minute, Senju, what is a tree? And what are fruits?" Yuuri was a little confused about the story Senju told.

(T/L: Ohh boy, if you don't know Girls Last Tour. Well, its basically 2 girls discovering new things they haven't learned. So yeah don't get mad if you think that these girls seemed dumb sometimes...)