I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Soon after everyone had prepared their dishes, they began to cook. Once finished, they placed the dish, which resembled a flying lamprey, in front of Yuhaka. Yuhaka looked at the food prepared by the three parties with an "OwO~" expression, clearly showing his unique interest in dishes made from these aquatic-like ingredients.

Yuhaka's first dish was tempura-style flying lamprey made by the kitchen cats. Well, since we didn't know what it was called yet, we just called it flying lamprey.

Yuhaka picked up the golden-brown tempura with his chopsticks. Because the wings hadn't been cut off, the tempura lamprey looked a bit large, but that didn't stop Yuhaka from eating. Yuhaka started by biting into the fried wing part. The thin wing was wrapped in a layer of golden-brown batter. With a crunch, Yuhaka bit off a large piece from the tempura flying lamprey wing. With the crispy batter and the tender texture similar to eel meat, Yuhaka thought the flying lamprey tasted pretty good.

However, when Ehaka bit into that part of the body, it immediately tasted a familiar flavor, just like the flavor of a female Rathalos.

This stunned Yuhaka. Seeing Yuhaka's expression, the kitchen cats nearby asked, "What's wrong, Boss Meow?" Yuhaka, looking at the kitchen cats, explained, "Hmm, it tastes like a female Rathalos?"

In the end, Yuhaka seemed a little uncertain. After all, he had eaten something similar before, but the taste was strange. At the time, Yuhaka thought it was because it wasn't prepared properly, but now he was even more unsure about what was going on.

"Rathian meow?" Upon hearing Yuhaka's answer, the kitchen cats looked at each other with puzzled expressions. After all, they hadn't put any Rathian-related ingredients or seasonings into their cooking, so how could it taste like Rathian?

The kitchen cats were quite puzzled by this, but Yuhaka handed some of the tempura flying lamprey to the kitchen cats to try. Seeing Yuhaka's actions, the kitchen cats picked up their chopsticks and tasted it. During the tasting, it did indeed have a similar taste to a female fire dragon, which made the kitchen cats a little confused. What kind of creature could taste the flavor of a female fire dragon?

This left the kitchen cats a little confused.

Next up is the grilled flying lamprey prepared by the culinary priests of the Alita tribe. The simple grilling method is not too complicated, and the Alita people are also quite skilled in the use of spices.

After receiving the skewers from the Alita tribe, Yuhaka noticed the three skewers on his grilled flying lamprey, which allowed him to skewer the entire creature. He smelled the skewers and detected a spicy aroma, indicating they were spicy. While Yuhaka was generally not bothered by spiciness, that didn't stop him from enjoying the delicious food.

Yuhaka opened his mouth and took a bite. After Yuhaka took the bite, the aroma of spices filled the air, along with the tender and slightly charred flavor. Yuhaka felt that it tasted a bit like grilled eel, but it didn't have the earthy or fishy taste that eel usually has. This puzzled Yuhaka. Why did something that looked like seafood taste different from seafood?

To be honest, Yuhaka thinks this thing might be the larva of some kind of large creature, like the larvae of the Poisonous Monster Dragon and the White Lightning Dragon (Strange Dragon). Those things are quite delicious, it's just that they look a bit ugly.

As for why he thought so, Yuhaka saw that the flying lamprey-like thing didn't have long legs and looked no different from the cubs of Poison Dragon and White Lightning Dragon. Yuhaka also suspected that this thing probably had something big inside. However, what Yuhaka couldn't understand was that, generally speaking, it's not easy to find the mother beast where there are cubs, right?

However, Yuhaka couldn't find the other party's appearance while in the air, which made Yuhaka very puzzled. Could it be that the other party was underground and that's why he couldn't sense it?

Thinking of this, Yuhaka couldn't help but scratch his little head with his tail, but right now, food was the most important thing.

After finishing the wings of the grilled flying lamprey, Yuhaka placed the two skewers on the plate. Then came the main event: Yuhaka took a bite of the flying lamprey's body. As the slightly crispy skin was broken open, the soft, tender eel meat inside filled Yuhaka's mouth with a flavor reminiscent of fire dragons and the aroma of spices. Because the skull was made of cartilage, it was also crunchy, which Yuhaka really liked, as it wasn't too hard and he didn't have to spit out the bones.

Uh... well, even if it were a herbivorous dragon's bone, Yuhaka could crush it...

"Lord Youyou, what do you think of this grilled... flying lamprey?"

After eating the grilled flying lamprey, the culinary priests of the Alita tribe were curious and asked Yuhaka what he thought. Although the name was a bit strange, the Alita culinary priests did not doubt it. Just like if Yuhaka pointed at a deer and said it was a horse, the Alita people would take that deer as a horse.

"Hmm...it tastes good, but it still has the flavor of a female fire dragon OO?" Yuhaka nodded in agreement with the Arita tribe's culinary priests' question, indicating it was good, but still had the flavor of a female fire dragon. Hearing Yuhaka's assessment, the Arita tribe's culinary priests looked puzzled. After Yuhaka handed the skewers to the Arita tribe's culinary priests, they tried them and also tasted the flavor of a female fire dragon, which puzzled them greatly.

While the culinary priests of the Alita tribe were puzzled, Yuhaka also tasted the grilled flying lamprey made by the culinary nuns of the Eulis Church. It was somewhat similar to regular grilled eel, with the aroma of the grilled sauce and the tenderness of the flying lamprey meat. However, like the previous two dishes, it tasted like a female fire dragon, which puzzled Yuhaka.

However, this also aroused Yuhaka's curiosity. What exactly caused these flying lampreys to have the smell of female fire dragons? Yuhaka couldn't figure out the reason. However, Yuhaka handed the flying lampreys over to the culinary nuns, because they had high-tech equipment that could detect why the flying lampreys had the smell of female fire dragons.

Upon hearing Yohaka's words, the culinary nuns nodded in understanding and accepted Yohaka's task.

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After finishing the hunt and eating something, Yuhaka entered a state of contemplation. To be honest, Yuhaka was quite puzzled as to taste the flavor of Rathian in the flying lamprey. After all, Yuhaka had caught and eaten flying lampreys before, but he had found the taste strange and wondered if he had made a mistake in the preparation method.

However, according to the explanations from everyone and the cats, they removed the internal organs and the inedible mouth part before cooking. This method is not much different from how they cook flying lamprey. Yuhaka doesn't understand why, and he plans to investigate.

Thinking of this, Yuhaka also flew into the sky and headed towards the location of Flame Village.

As Yuhaka approached the location of Flame Village, he deliberately landed at a slightly farther distance to avoid alerting the hunters there. To be honest, this was the first time Yuhaka had seen a group of hunters who looked like ninjas, which was quite unusual. However, the problem was that these spies would notice him. Of course, if Yuhaka remained invisible, they wouldn't notice him either, but if someone appeared in their territory, it would arouse their vigilance. Therefore, Yuhaka was being cautious.

Soon, Yhaka, in his first form, landed on the ground. As his tiny feet touched the ground, the animal skin cloak and hood formed by the power of light were also put on Yhaka. After adjusting the position of the hood slightly, Yhaka stretched out his small hands, and the Baradion and the Demon-Slaying Sword transformed into the shape of twin swords. After carrying the twin swords on his back, Yhaka began to move towards the location of Flame Village.

On the way, Yuhaka encountered some monsters, but he ignored them because he wasn't interested. If they came looking for him, Yuhaka wouldn't mind having an extra food supply in the dimensional cave.

After a relatively long journey, Yuhaka arrived at Fire Village. Looking at Fire Village, which hadn't changed much, Yuhaka scratched his head. After all, Yuhaka had forgotten where Yuuki's nest was, which bothered him a little.

Just as Yuhaka was feeling troubled, a voice rang out beside her, saying, "Um...you're little sister Yuyu, right?"

Hearing the voice, Yuhaka turned his head and saw a black-haired dragon-human girl with a gentle smile on her face. Yuhaka only knew a few things about the dragon-human race, such as that they had a long lifespan, pointed ears like elves, and only four fingers.

“That’s right, it’s Youyou OwO~” In response to the question from the dragon girl in front of her, Youhaka put his hands on his hips and looked at her with an OwO expression. Seeing Youhaka showing off like a child, the black-haired dragon girl couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh, saying, “Hehe, it really is little sister Youyou. You came here to play with Youlizi, right?”

"Yes, Yuu is looking for Yuuki-ko OwO, but she forgot where Yuuki-ko's nest is." Upon hearing the black-haired dragon girl's words, Yuhaka nodded in agreement. The black-haired dragon girl was taken aback when she heard Yuhaka mention "nest," but then realized that "nest" meant home. She nodded and said, "Oh, I see. But Yuuki-ko isn't home right now."

Upon hearing that Yuuko wasn't home, Yuhaka looked at the black-haired dragon girl with a puzzled expression and asked, "Yuuko, not home? Where is she then?"

"Yuko is currently training at the training ground. If you don't mind, you can wait for her at her house."

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"Training ground OwO?" Hearing the black-haired dragon girl's words, Yuhaka was also puzzled as to where the training ground she mentioned was. The black-haired dragon girl replied to Yuhaka, "Well, perfect timing. Yuuki has been training for a while now, so let's give her a rest. Let's go find her then~"

"Mmm OwO~" Upon hearing that he was going to find Yuuki, Yuhaka nodded in agreement. After all, Yuhaka hadn't seen Yuuki for a while, so he was planning to go and see her. Soon, led by the black-haired dragon girl, Yuhaka crossed a suspension bridge and arrived at a secluded island. Here, Yuhaka saw many Palicoes, Fang Hounds, and Fukumo Hare.

"This is the Palico Plaza. Palicoes and Hounds receive commissions, train, and rest here," the black-haired dragon-human girl explained to Yuhaka. Yuhaka nodded in understanding. Here, Yuhaka could see a huge wooden puppet resembling a kappa frog, with a Palico controlling it to perform various attacks and actions. Meanwhile, the Hounds and Palicoes around it were dodging and launching their own attacks.

Meanwhile, Fukumo Hato built its nest in the surrounding trees. Seeing this, Yuhaka had an urge to go up and touch the nest, but he resisted.

As Yuhaka looked around, the attendant in charge of the place also noticed the black-haired dragon girl and Yuhaka. He stepped forward and greeted them, saying, "Sister Fire Sprout, good afternoon! Is this a guest?"

Upon hearing the words of the attendant manager, the black-haired dragon-human girl, also known as "Fire Sprout," nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. Blade Ridge, this is the hunter who defeated the Wraith Tiger Dragon back then—Youyou."

When Blade Ridge heard Fire Sprout's words, he couldn't help but recall what Yuriko had said about Yuyu, the hunter who could chase after the Magnificent Tiger Dragon all by himself. Blade Ridge thought the other party was a muscular man who was 2 meters tall, but he didn't expect that Yuhaka was a hunter who was about the same age as Yuriko. This surprised Blade Ridge a bit, after all, Blade Ridge thought that it was rare to see a young hunter as strong as Yuriko.

However, he didn't expect that the opponent's strength was actually greater than that of Yuuki, which made Daoji sigh at how big the world really is.

"Hello, Miss Yuyu, I am Blade Ridge, the manager of the Follower Plaza in Flamefire Village. These two are my assistants." The Fang Hound and the Follower Cat beside Blade Ridge also greeted Yuyuka. Yuyuka also extended her little hand to greet Blade Ridge and the others. Then Blade Ridge asked Fire Sprout, who was standing to the side, "Did Fire Sprout bring Miss Yuyu here for a visit today?"

Regarding the question about the blade's spine, Huoya waved her hand and said, "No, it's little sister Youyou who came to see Youlizi today. By the way, is Youlizi still at the training ground?"

Upon hearing this, Daoji nodded in understanding. Regarding Huoya's question, Daoji replied, "Yes, Yuuki-nee is still training at the training ground. However, there is only one small boat to get to the training ground, but it has been taken. If you want to get there now, you need to get another small boat."

Fire Sprout was also a little confused when she heard Blade Ridge's words. After all, several small boats were placed at the location of the training ground and the location of the island opposite the follower training ground, so there was basically no need to worry about not having enough boats. Why was there only one boat left this time?

In response to Huoya's doubts, Daoji told Huoya that apart from Yuuki, not many people were training at the training ground. In addition, since they needed to investigate the reason for the rising water level in the Shuimo Forest and needed to use a boat, they borrowed a boat from near the training ground.

After hearing Daoji's explanation, Huoya understood why there were fewer boats here. Huoya couldn't help but feel a little troubled and said, "I see. Without boats, there's no way to get across... What should we do...?"

Of course, given the hunter's physical condition, swimming across wouldn't be a problem, but the issue is that Yuhaka is a guest, so how could he possibly let the other person swim across?

When asked about this, Yuhaka raised his little hand to indicate that he could walk over. Hearing Yuhaka's words, Fire Sprout and Blade Ridge were a little dumbfounded. They didn't know what to say. However, since the other party said he could walk over, Fire Sprout and Blade Ridge were curious whether the other party had mastered any special skills. After all, hunters from different regions have unique fighting styles and skills. For example, in their Fire Village, there are various techniques and moves made using Wirebugs, and the cats also have various special items to help them move.

Led by Fire Sprout, they arrived at the seaside, where Yuhaka performed a "water-skimming" feat for Fire Sprout and Blade Ridge. Fire Sprout and Blade Ridge were surprised to see this. They had expected Yuhaka and her companions to use some tools to cross the sea, but instead, Yuhaka rushed directly into the ocean and moved quickly like a water strider. Fire Sprout guessed that this might be a special kind of footwork, and she couldn't help but be curious about the skills possessed by hunters in the outside world.

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Inside the training grounds in Flame Village, Yuuko was holding a steel sword, Kagura, in both hands. It wasn't her primary weapon, but it was sufficient for training purposes.

At this moment, Yuuko is posing with her hands holding the katana vertically. In front of her is the kappa frog puppet used for training. Yuuko's companion cat "Danko" is controlling the kappa frog's Iron Water Cannon attack switch. Of course, this move has virtually no offensive power against hunters; it will only knock them away, which is not a big problem for hunters.

Soon, under the control of the Palico, a molten iron cannon several times larger than a watermelon was launched. With the sound of the molten iron cannon being launched, Yuuko, who had her eyes closed, suddenly opened them. The Iron Sword Kagura in her hand instantly lit up with a red air blade. Yuuko swung the Iron Sword Kagura with both hands, and the molten iron cannon that flew over in an instant was as if it was cut in half. The cut molten iron cannon did not stick to Yuuko at all.

Afterwards, Yuuko shook off the remaining water stains on her iron sword, Kagura, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Looking at the iron sword, Kagura, Yuuko realized that the water mirror structure she had cultivated was complete.

Unlike the Ironbeet Silk Technique, the moves Yuukiko practices do not require the Wirebug to work with. As for why she is practicing this kind of combat technique, Yuukiko believes that the hunters of Fire Village are too reliant on the Wirebug. If a monster were to appear that could affect the Wirebug, the hunters of Fire Village would be weakened. Of course, the hunters of Fire Village are not entirely dependent on the Wirebug.

The reason is that they also have hounds and companion cats, which is why they don't completely rely on wireworms.

Of course, there's not much to say about hunters who use Wirebugs even for traveling... (like the author, Twin Cats.)

Just then, Yu Lizi heard Ya Ya's bark behind her. It sounded like Ya Ya had seen someone she knew. Yu Lizi was puzzled, since there was only one small boat left in the training ground, and she had already taken it. There was no way anyone would come, right?

Yuuko couldn't help but feel puzzled when she thought about this.

However, Yuuko soon saw a cat head emerge from the passageway of the training ground. Well... to be precise, it was a cat headgear. Seeing that familiar, comical-looking cat headgear, Yuuko realized who had come.

"Yuyu?! You're here?! No?! Yuyu, how did you get here?! There's a long waterway across here!" Seeing Yuhaka walking over with her short legs, Yuriko looked at her with a shocked expression. To be honest, Yuriko didn't expect Yuhaka to get here like this. It was the least likely thing for her to have swum over, right?

Yuuki glanced at Yuhaka's animal skin cloak. It seemed that there was no water on his body. Yuuki ruled out the possibility that Yuhaka had swum over. So how did Yuhaka get here?

Yuuko looked puzzled as she thought about all this, unable to understand how Yuhaka had gotten here.

Yuhaka was initially confused by Yuuki's barrage of questions, but quickly forgot about it and greeted Yuuki, "Yuuki-ko OwO~"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's greeting, Yuuko responded in kind. As for how Yuhaka got there, Yuuko put it out of her mind, since she was too lazy to think about it. However, seeing Yuhaka arrive did make Yuuko quite happy.

Then Yuuka looked at Yuhaka and asked, "Yuuka, what brings you to Flame Village?"

"OwO?" Yuhaka's little head also popped up with a small question in response to Yuuki's question. After all, Yuhaka suddenly remembered what he came here for. After thinking for a few seconds, Yuhaka realized that he came here to ask Yuuki to help him look up information about flying lampreys.

Yuhaka then told Yuuko the purpose of his visit. Upon hearing Yuhaka mention the flying lamprey, Yuuko looked completely bewildered. After all, in Yuuko's mind, there was an image of a lamprey with pterosaur wings flying in the sky. What on earth was this thing?

After racking her brains, Yuuko couldn't think of anything that looked like a lamprey, let alone something with wings. Then she thought of the strange dragon's young. If it was a lamprey, the strange dragon did look quite like one, but the problem was that the strange dragon's young looked more like a wild serpent than a lamprey. Also, the young strange dragon didn't have wings, which didn't match what Yuhaka had described as a flying lamprey.

Then Yuuko spread her hands and looked at Yuhaka with an apologetic expression, saying, "Sorry, Yuuko, I really can't think of anything that looks like a lamprey and has wings."

Upon hearing Yuuki's words, Yuhaka couldn't help but cross his arms. Yuhaka was surprised that Yuuki hadn't seen such a creature either. After all, Yuhaka had found the flying lamprey in the vicinity of Flame Village, but Yuuki's lack of experience with it puzzled him.

Yuhaka, realizing something, pulled a flying lamprey from his dimensional portal. Seeing Yuhaka take out a red creature she'd never seen before from under his cloak, Yuuki exclaimed in surprise, "What...what kind of creature is this?"

“Flying lamprey OwO~” Yuhaka answered Yuuka’s question truthfully. Hearing Yuhaka’s words, Yuuka couldn’t help but look at the red creature with flapping wings in Yuhaka’s hand. To be honest, Yuuka never thought that this creature was a flying lamprey. However, in terms of appearance, this creature does look like a winged aquatic creature.

However, Yuuka was puzzled as to why it was called the Flying Lamprey. After taking a closer look at the head of the red creature in Yuuka's hand, Yuuka saw that it had mouthparts that looked like those of a lamprey. Seeing this, Yuuka understood why Yuuka called this thing the Flying Lamprey.

Yuuko rubbed her temples and said, "Um... Yuuko, you came up with the name Flying Lamprey, right?" Yuhaka nodded at Yuuko's question, looking quite proud of the name she had chosen.

Seeing this, Yuuko didn't know what to say. However, after thinking for a moment, she said to Yuhaka, "Although I don't know what these things are, Sister Haya and Sister Mizuki might know what they are."

Upon hearing Yuuki's words, Yuhaka had an OoO expression on his face. Yuhaka couldn't understand why he hadn't asked someone else.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1875 [Hunting the Maruta for 10 Seconds]

After Yuhaka figured things out, Yuhaka and Yuuki, along with a dog and a cat, returned to the follower plaza in Flamefire Village. Firebud was waiting for Yuhaka and the others to return, while Blade Ridge had left earlier due to other matters.

"Thank you for your hard work, little sister Youyou. And how's your training going, Youlizi?" When she saw Youhaka and the others return, Huoya asked them with a smile. Upon hearing Huoya's words, Youlizi nodded slightly and said, "Well, I've basically finished my training. If possible, I'd like to take on a raiding mission to try it out."

Hearing Yuuko's words, Haya nodded happily and said, "Yes, I'll find suitable training tasks for Yuuko~"

After hearing what Huoya said, Yuuko nodded. Then, remembering that Yuhaka was still beside her, Yuuko looked at Yuhaka and asked, "By the way, has Yuuko had lunch?"

Upon hearing the word "eat," Yuhaka's eyes lit up, clearly showing great interest in food, especially since he hadn't had lunch yet.

"No, Yuuki is treating Yuyu to dinner OwO?" Yuhaka asked directly if Yuuki was treating him to dinner. Yuuki was slightly taken aback before nodding and saying, "Yes, it is. But we're not eating in the village."

When Yuhaka heard what Yuriko said, Yuhaka nodded. Although the dumplings here tasted alright, they were just snacks for Yuhaka. He preferred a hearty meal with fish and meat.

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After deciding to go out for a meal, Yuriko also asked Huoya for a task list about collecting materials. After all, it's necessary to keep good records when going out to avoid any mistakes.

After completing the list of gathering tasks, Yuuko took Yuhaka to a hunting ground near Flamefire Village. This area was frequented by both ordinary villagers and novice hunters.

The area closest to Flamefire Village is the area of ​​abandoned shrines. There used to be many shrine ruins there, which is why Flamefire Village simply calls that area the abandoned shrines.

At the hunter's camp, Yuhaka and Yuuki also arrived. They got there by leaping from tree to tree like ninjas, much faster than the average hunter.