TSSSSS


    Having removed the meat while allowing the thin stone bowl to heat up, Aoni ced his butterflied cut onto the searing hot stone, and a loud hissing sound emanated from it, followed by the fragrant scent of cooking meat.


    *Starrrrrreeee*


    Feeling a strange presence beside him, Aoni noticed that cia had stood up on his shoulder and was watching the meat cook with such intensity that he believed if it suddenly vanished, she would never emotionally recover.


    "Uh…cia…watching it won''t make the meat cook any faster…" Rapidly flicking his eyes toward the ball of fluff, then away and back again, Aoni was bing uneasy. It almost seemed like she was frozen in time, not breathing, only….staring.


    *STTTTAAARRREEEE*


    "O..kay…" carefully reaching down and retrieving his knife, thed wiped it on some fresh snow and plunged it into the meat once to flip it over; however, the instant he did, like a hungry cat, cia leaned forward, ready to pounce at a moments notice.


    But who could me her? It was the first time she had seen meat cooked over an open fire; up until now, every meal had been prepared inside a bag, so of course, she wouldn''t have any clue about what went into such a thing.


    Still, as he flipped over the tenderloin and inspected the searing, Aoni had to admit that it did smell really tasty, and although he knew his summon could eat it raw just fine, thed wanted to treat her to a special meal after a hard day''s hunt.


    "Sprinkle some salt, ssh some more golden blood, annnnd FLIP," Carefully monitoring the progression of his cooking, Aoni figured it was better to ignore cia and continue preparing the meal, especially since he understood there was ZERO chance of getting his hands on this first cut.


    Thus, having given up his opportunity, he diligently prepared the massive chunk of meat that, even by normal Terra Standards, was wayrger than a tomahawk steak.


    ''It''s a good thing I butterflied it because if not, it would take forever to cook through; hm, medium rare should be fine…alright, let''s see how it tastes.'' Flicking his eyes toward cia and seeing she was still immobile, Aoni swiftly sliced off two thumb-sized chunks of the tenderloin, causing the ball of fluff to flinch at the sudden attack on her food.


    "Rx, we are giving it a taste test; otherwise, how will we know if it''s good or not?"


    Instead of her usual response, cia bobbed her head up and down like a broken toy, then surprised Aoni with an open mouth and Gaoooooooo, finally getting the hang of saying ah.


    With a smirk, he took one of the chunks and flicked it into her mouth, and his ears were assaulted with…


    "OM NOM NOM NOM NOM!" cia''s eyes instantly turned into crescents as she enjoyed the vor and texture of the perfectly cooked piece of meat; however, being just a baby, the little yeti had no concept of savoring her food, and after a couple of seconds of chewing, she once again opened her mouth wide and said Gaoooo.


    "Sigh, fine, you can have mine too. I can''t wait to try it, but this is thest one till it''s done cooking," rolling his eyes and giving in to cia''s adorable act, Aoni offered up the second piece of cooked meat. After another wave of om nom, the ball of fluff nuzzled his shoulder in thanks before going back to staring at the stone bowl. Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire


    ''Why do I suddenly feel like I didn''t cut off enough meat to feed this glutton of mine,'' with a smirk, thed went back to work, tending to therge chunk of meat. Before long, the inside was the perfect mix of light brown and pink, so with arge ssh of golden blood and another pinch of salt, he seared both sides and moved the tenderloin out of the bowl and onto a clean b of wood.


    "Ow…ws…ws, cia," unfortunately, either because she didn''t understand he was going to cut it into small pieces for her or because she thought he might be taking the food away, cia unconsciously dug her ws into Aoni''s shoulder while leaning forward.


    Thankfully, she wasn''t digging them in deep enough to draw blood, but thed still found it ufortable while exining his actions to her.


    "I know you''re hungry, but let me cut it into smaller pieces for you first, then you can have it." Chiding his impatient baby yeti, like a parent would their child, Aoni slipped a finger under her ws and gently forced them up so they wouldn''t tear his jacket, followed by expertly dicing up the b of cooked tenderloin into manageable bite sizes for cia.


    "OoO." Of course, after tasting what she did earlier, how could the little ball of fluff be patient? I mean, THIS WAS GLORIOUS, FRESH COOKED MEAT!


    "Two minutes, that''s it." Stopping his dicing, Aoni looked at cia on his shoulder, held up two fingers, and chided, causing the baby yeti to look down sadly.


    "...gao…." Although she said that with a partial whimper, she understood the meaning behind two minutes, as Aoni frequently used it as a measurement of time.


    As expected, before the full two minutes had expired, Aoni ced his knife down and began scooping the even-sized portions of meat onto a wooden te before scooting it to the side and saying.


    "It''s all yours."


    Without hesitation or waiting for Aoni to have a chance to take back his words, cia dove off his shoulders and was soon face-first into the te, sloppily munching away,pletely unaware of the sleight of hand used by her lord to swipe a piece for himself.


    ''Just a taste, she didn''t even notice, eh…why do I feel like a viin or something…'' Blinking twice, he shrugged his shoulders and tossed the squared piece of meat into his mouth.


    An explosion of vor was the first thing that came to Aoni''s mind the instant the golden tenderloin touched his tongue.@@novelbin@@


    "Holy shit….this is a million times better than that Kobe Beef Dad bought to celebrate my birthday…"