After being reprimanded and smacked by Benladann a couple of times every time I teased her, it was finally time to move on and go have breakfast. The moment we went down I was greeted by an agile little cat-kin, who greeted.
"G-Good morning…" he said cutely. His clothes had changed, and he had taken a bath recently, he honestly looked like a little prince with those black shorts, a white shirt, and black moccasins.
Cassim has such a cute goth prince style on him! And those cute cat ears twitching around, the tail waving around, and his cute and also rather deadly cat-kin eyes make the ultimate combination.
Several girls around our group spoil him around and act as his motherly figure, so he's recovering quickly with the love of everyone.
"How are you today, little Cassim?" I asked.
"I-I'm better…" he said with a cute smile.
"Hm? What's wrong?" I asked.
"D-Drake, I wanted to thank you again for what you've done…" he said, as he hugged my leg once more.
"Ah, come here…"
I quickly grabbed him with my arms as he sat over my large arms, he hugged my ċhėst and suddenly kissed my cheek.
"Thanks…" he said, his eyes were sparkling a bit.
This boy is dangerous! He's way too cute! My heart is about to explode! I must make him my son!
Agh…
…
Never mind what I said, please, ignore it, I implore of you.
"Eehh~? You're all close with uncle Drake, already, little Cassim? What about auntie Benladann?" asked Benladann while pouting.
"Y-You too, thank you…" he said, as he hugged Benladann too, and she carried him in her arms, but he didn't kiss her nor look at her with his sparkling eyes. Perhaps he is more attached to male figures due to his father's loss? He didn't say anything about a mother, perhaps he didn't grow with one and was accustomed to having only a father figure to follow and admire.
Maybe I am ȧssuming too much but perhaps he has begun to see me as a father figure, although it might seem premature, I total will become his papa if he wants to!
…Ahem, never mind that.
"Nonetheless, it appears little Cassim is more energetic than before. I am glad he's feeling better." I said.
"Indeed. He's been awake since the morning, he felt like he had a very good dream, or so he said." Said Yuki.
"Have you been taking care of him?" I asked her.
"Yeah, I helped him take a warm bath and I got him some clothes that the tailors made for him," said Yuki.
"I see, you've adopted him I guess?" I asked.
"W-Wha… What are you implying, idiot?" asked Yuki while pouting.
"Nothing, nothing, little mouse." I giggled.
"It still just a few days since we picked him up, but he's recovering fast, he's a strong-willed boy." Said Miranda.
"Indeed, isn't he? Hey, how about we make some nice breakfast?" asked Benladann.
"Yeah, let's cook it out, I am starving, let's go Cassim I'll show you the kitchen!" I said.
"O-Okay…!" said Cassim timidly, as our little army of friends followed us from behind.
We began making the classic breakfast pancakes with the new addition of waffles. Now that we finally got some iron-made molds out of the iron we bought from the Ice Moon Sect, we made perfect ones for waffles, as it is better this one than the ice molds I made.
Meanwhile, pancakes are fluffy and soft, fua fua… some caramel sauce over them, and then, a bit of buŧŧer for those bold enough, and perhaps a bit more of whipped cream and wild berries too.
Crunchy and strong-flavored waffles and then the soft and fluffy pancakes, what a good breakfast…
But not everyone enjoys sweets all the time, so we also grilled a lot of Rank 3 Monsters meat we got in the refrigerator. Thing grilled slices seasoned with strong and delicious fermented bean sauces, dried herbs, and so on made up for delicious meat sandwiches, especially if we added the blue-colored Winter Cabbage that grows in the Ice Moon Sect, and then some of that star-shaped citric fruit similar to tomatoes, and to boot, some melted cheese and mayonnaise!
Ahh! Such a massive breakfast! There might be a dire situation outside, but in here, we are enjoying a nice slow life, especially because of the time dilation, a day outside is two days here, so even more time for us to enjoy everything to our heart's content.
After the sandwiches and the pancakes and waffles, I prepared some herbal tea, there are many herbs used as a tea in this place, so we made a good mix. Alongside that, I prepared fruit-flavored milkshakes for the kids (and for me), alongside some cookies which had just been baked, mostly made by Benladann, although I helped too, a bit.
After everything was done we moved to the table and we sat down, enjoying a delicious meal all of us together, we chatted around, laughed, and simply tried to ease the heavy mood that we left Cassim with yesterday.
It all worked well, Cassim giggled a little bit too, and he sat down over my ŀȧp as if he didn't want to let me go, he ate greedily what I had near me too, but I let him be because he was very hungry. Flayr and Noirenn also ended sitting in my other leg, which is big enough for several children to sit on, actually, as I simply enjoyed the morning with a lot of delicious and tasty food.
"Here, Cassim, try out this one sandwich," I said, as I offered him one sandwich I grabbed.
"Ahh…"
"S-Sho yummy…" he said.
"Right? Don't just eat sweets, here, have this sandwich, it comes with veggies which are good for you." I said.
"T-Thank you, nya…!"
