A Mother's Love

The confused Takashi observed all the chaos and asked what was going on. It turns out that after Sasha and Jean decided to have a formal showdown in the kitchen, they both thought of working with their own ingredients. 

If they both had meat, then definitely their dishes would be more popular than a vegetarian dish. So Jean and Sasha went in two different groups to hunt not far from the Trost district. 

Although Jean is a local, he is not familiar with the forest terrain and also does not know how to hunt, so Sasha took the lead in this small phase of their competitiveness. 

Entering the kitchen of the dimly lit temporary training corps base, Takashi saw Annie and Armin sitting at a table, this time they worked in the same squadron due to the reduction of recruits, Jean and Sasha would have a cooking competition, so he could give them both a few tips. 

Jean was in a very bad mood, she slammed the table in frustration, accidentally knocked over the cup and spilled water on her pants.

"Squeak!" 

At that moment, a soldier from the garrison corps suddenly opened the door and walked in, "Is Jean Kirstein here?" 

Jean immediately stood up, "I'm here." 

The garrison corps soldier looked at Jean: "Your mother is here, she is looking for you." After saying that, he left immediately. 

Not long after, an adult lady of short stature entered the kitchen with a basket. 

Mrs. Kirstein is a short, stocky, adult woman with long brown hair tied in a ponytail. Like an average Trost citizen, she wears a plain dress covered with a red apron. 

"Jean Kirstein, mother is here, why don't you go home and stay for a while? Mr. Wagner said Thomas and his friend went to his house for a visit."  Mrs. Kirstein winced a little at the sight of her son. 

"Is this Jean's mother?" 

"It looks like it." 

"She looks normal." 

"Very nice unlike her son!" 

They all whispered, making their mother seem like a nice lady. 

Jean was looking at his mother angrily. Many teenagers in their younger years despise the care and concern of their parents, the normal at this age is that not many are mature enough to appreciate every little extra detail and breath their mother and father gives. 

Many of the young people in this situation would be very embarrassed by what others think. 

The attentive mother found the water stain on her son's pants and reached out to wipe it up. 

Jean cried out in embarrassment and anger, "Stop it, I told you to come back." 

Stopping his mother, Jean looked overly agitated. 

Jean's mother was surprised for a moment, she looked at the people who had focused their eyes in her direction, smiled kindly and took some apples out of the basket, "Thank you for taking care of my family Kirstein, here are some fruits for you to eat..." 

Jean finally couldn't take it anymore, and reached out her hand to put the fruit back in the basket, and then shoo her annoying mother away. 

Takashi grabbed Jean's hand and Jean was surprised when he saw Takashi standing next to him at some unknown time. 

Takashi looked at Jean's mother and smiled, "Thank you Ma'am for the gift. Jean has been a little tired from training recently and is in a bad mood. Your son talks a lot about your excellent food and commented to me that he would try to visit you in a few days." 

Jean's mother seemed to realize that her son was not very welcoming to her, she flashed a gentle smile, "My son can become very direct, thank you for your good comments." 

Jean's mother, Mrs. Kirstein, put a box of food on the table and some fruit. "Son, this is a meal I prepared for you, I'm leaving first, remember to get along with everyone." 

Jean didn't know what to say, Takashi stopped himself from getting angry with his mother and when he regained his composure, he was also aware that his attitude was very bad. 

"Mrs. Kirstein, walk carefully on your way back." Takashi politely said goodbye.

Jean's mother left. Although her son has reached the stage of rebelliousness and no longer liked his mother taking care of him, at least she found that her son still made some reliable friends. 

Holding the box of food with one hand, Takashi smiled with mixed feelings and put the apples in Jean's hands. "What are you looking at, don't you know you're making people uncomfortable, haven't you ever seen a mother take care of her child?" 

"If they want an apple, they can ask Jean for it." Takashi said with a wry smile.　　 

Eren and Mikasa, who weren't far away, looked away, Eren couldn't bear his feelings at this moment either. 

Thinking about his mother, Eren lowered his head. As a child, he often fought with people and did not like to see his mother. In the blink of an eye, some annoying mothers could not be seen. 

Mikasa put her hand on Eren's shoulder and comforted him. 

"Jean, some of this place no longer has an annoying mother to fight with, take good care of your mother and make sure you can go visit her. Don't forget to eat her food, we never know when we might get eaten by titans." Takashi gave a forced smile and patted Jean's shoulder. 

He missed his parents too, he had many moments when he cried at night and didn't know what to do. Why keep fighting in this world? Only then Takashi remembered that other people had their loved ones in this world, so he would do his best to make less mothers mourn the loss of their children. 

Takashi pushed him to the corner  to sit down, where Annie and Armin were also sitting. He changed the subject and asked, "What's wrong? I heard they couldn't hunt anything." 

Armin also came to, "We didn't get any prey. Now that it's getting late, it's hard for us to beat Sasha's dish that carries meat." 

Annie looked at Takashi. She didn't communicate much with Takashi, except for a few fights in wrestling class. She stayed silent and didn't speak, even though she was good at cooking simple dishes she knew, she didn't know what to do if she didn't have the right ingredients. 

At that moment, Jean opened her mother's food box and there was nothing in it, it was just a simple omelet, which was his favorite food as a child. 

Looking at the rice omelet carefully prepared by his mother, Jean was silent for a moment and said, "I know what to do." 

Both Armin and Annie looked at Jean with surprise. Except for the meat in the food storage, they couldn't think of anything that could defeat the meat Sasha caught, but the food in the food storage was not something they could use. Commander Pixis said they brought their own ingredients. 

Jean looked at Takashi, "I need to make a vegetarian dish, can you help me?" 

Takashi smiled confidently, "It's not a problem to advise you under my knowledge. To be honest, I don't think meat is necessarily better than a dish with no meat in it. Commander Pixis said that as long as you guys were cooking, you could get help verbally from others." 

He had some cooking skills, so he could share his knowledge based on that. 

As for whether Sasha would be angry, the important thing is to buy her some potatoes at the market and some arrows to hunt with. 

Time passed slowly, Jean and Takashi were busy in the kitchen, and Armin and Annie helped them with little things. 

In the evening, on the other side, Eren was struggling to carry a box. He was on duty today, and the training corps naturally had to prepare some supplies when they arrived in the Trost region to participate in the exercise. 

Eren tried several times, but it wouldn't budge, and then he saw Mikasa easily carry three identical stacked boxes towards him. 

"Don't worry Eren, you're just tired, that's all." Eren said to himself. 

Mikasa brought down the three stacked boxes, and when he saw that Eren couldn't move it, he wanted to come help, Eren reached out to stop her, he gritted his teeth and moved it by himself, he didn't believe it, he couldn't even carry a single box. 

Some people think Eren is single because of his tiny strength, but to some extent, Mikasa is also single because of great strength! 

Takashi: "I'm strong, I can cook, I'm handsome and I can fight, what about my love life, isn't there a solution for that?" 

In the kitchen, Jean is cooking the omelet with great excitement. This is her favorite and most familiar dish. She doesn't know if she can win in the end, so she does her best without caring about the outcome. 

On the other side of the kitchen, Takashi washes the potatoes and cuts the onions, puts them in a pot of hot water and lets them cook. 

This recipe is similar to one he remembers, it has salt, potatoes, onions, garlic, oil and eggs.