“There is the 《Fried Syrup》, 《Honey Tart》, and the 《Threesome》, and also the 《Honey Sap》!”
Max had arranged the 《Honey Candy》 on the desk and was pointing to different ones to teach Hiiro how to make them. There were even ones that he have never seen before. Muir is ecstatically looking at all of them.
As expected of a little girl. Arnold gulps as he stares at the honey candies, which are shining like jewels.
“Amu” (TL: Sound of putting food in mouth)
“Why are you already eating!?”
Hiiro starts to eat, and soon after, Arnold joins in. He realizes that his retorts will bear no fruit, so he starts eating as not to lose to Hiiro.
The 《Fried Syrup》 was something like honey fried in oil. It had a fierce, new texture, creating a new effect.
The 《Honey Tart》 was just a tart covered in honey. It seemed to be Miur’s favorite.
The 《Threesome》 was something similar to a pizza, with 3 different types of honey, the 《Blue Honey》, the 《Red Honey》, and the 《White Honey》, and then topped in different fruits. This appeared to be Arnold’s favorite.
The 《Honey Sap》 was a nice finisher. It was made up of a white ball of rice cake, with the honey inside. When it was bitten into, it revealed its true taste. It combined the light taste of cake with the thick flavors of the honey mixed with jam within. This was Hiiro’s favorite.
When the three companions were full, Max asked them what they were going to do from now on.
“Well, our purpose here is done. We also got the honey.”
Hiiro opens up the bag, showing the bottle of honey inside.
“So, you’re leaving soon?” (Max)
“Yeah.” (Hiiro)
“Oh, where are you going?” (Max)
“The City of Pasion” (Hiiro)
“【Beast Capital Pasion】, hmm…. that’s very far.” (Max)
Right, the capital was quite far off. It would take around a week by foot.
“Well, there’s no rush to get there.” (Arnold)
“Oh, really? Then today we’ll party ‘til we drop!” (Max)
“Yeah!”
Arnold and Max bumped shoulders in high spirits, while Muir stared at them, not sure what to do.
(City of Pasion, huh. I would like to see that.)
Hiiro looked at the sky through the window.
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【Beast Capital Pasion】. This is where the king of the『Gabrenth』lives. It was made around a big tree and is surrounded by a vast forest forest. Or rather, you could say that it is the forest.
All the houses and buildings are made of trees. It’s truly a Kingdom in harmony with nature.
Meanwhile, a young man was standing on a big branch looking up the tree. Then, there was a voice from below.
“Hey, don’t climb so far ahead!”
“Come down quickly!”
Two men clad in armor shout towards the young man.
“Shoot, they found me, dood.”
Reluctantly, the young man jumps off of the branch he was on, surprising the men.
“He jumped off!”
“I-is he alright?”
They are worrying for nothing. The young man lands stunningly on a branch… or not.
Snap!
The branch broke and the young man crashes into the thicket. The two men hurry towards him.
“Oy, are you okay!?”
While rubbing his head, the young man smiled.
“M-my apologies, dood. But I’m fine.”
“G-good. That’s good. Now don’t be climbing up that high again, you hear?”
One of the men offers his hand. The young man gladly takes it and gets up.
“Sorry, I just wanted to see the tree that is held so dearly by this country, dood.”
He looks at the large tree from underneath.
“Right. The first King Jingwald saw this tree, and made it the center of his country. It’s sometimes called the《Tree of Beginnings》.”
“Yeah, this is the first time I’ve visited the《Tree of Beginnings, Aragorn》, dood.”
“Now that I think about it, you’re an unfamiliar face. Where are you from?”
“Really, really~ far east from here, dood.”
“East… so【Kalent】?”
“Even farther, dood.”
“What was there beyond that? Ah, are you from a newly established village or something?”
“Well, something like that.”
The youngster shows off his two white canines as he laughs aloud.
“But kid, how did you climb all the way up there?”
The man stares up at the towering tree as he speaks.
“How? I jumped, dood.”
“Jump… Well I can see from your ears that you’re of the『Were Rabbit』 tribe. I guess I can be satisfied with that explanation.”
On top of the youngster’s hair, which was as green as the leaves of the trees, was a set of long ears that twitched back and forth.
“Oy, it’s time to change shifts.”
“Ah, is it already that time? Kid, don’t do anything too dangerous.”
“That’s for the warning, dood.”
And after saying that, the two guards left. The youth stares at the giant tree once more.
“It’s quite nice. This city that seems to grow around it.”
He puts on a brown robe, and starts walking away. As he leaves, he stares at the other tree. The dwelling of the king of the Beasts, the《King Tree》.
“I guess it’s time for me to get to work, dood.”
And with the sound of the wind, the young man disappears.