Chapter 795: NASM - 795

"I’m absolutely worn out! I definitely need to eat a lot tonight — otherwise, all that running around today would have been wasted. Harumiko, I’m back! We’re going to have something really good to eat tonight, and I promise you, you can eat as much as you want until you’re full," Hiroshi said as he arrived back at their camp, grinning at her.

Harumiko spun around immediately. When she saw what he had brought, she was stunned — she never expected him to be dragging a huge black bear behind him.

"Wow! Hiroshi, how on earth did you do this? We’re having bear for dinner? It’s absolutely massive! How did you even find it?" she asked in amazement.

Hiroshi nodded happily, then sat down, shaking his head with a smile.

"To be honest, when I first went out, I thought it was really strange. There wasn’t a single animal moving around here — I couldn’t even find a trace of small game. Later I realised why: they were all hiding because of this big guy! But in the end, he became our dinner instead," he explained, sitting comfortably.

Now it all made sense to her. So that was why there had been no other animals around — they were all scared away by the bear. And ironically, the very creature that dominated the area had come out to forage and ended up as their food. It really was incredible luck.

"I see! That’s amazing! We’re definitely going to feast tonight. We probably won’t even be able to finish all of it. Though... it’s going to take ages to roast meat this big properly," she said softly, smiling.

He nodded in agreement. She was right — meat this thick and heavy would take a very long time to cook through, which meant they would have to wait a while longer before eating.

"That’s fine. The important thing is we have food now. Let’s get it all prepared quickly, then we just have to wait," he said after resting for a moment, standing up again.

She nodded and walked over to inspect the huge animal.

"I really didn’t think it would be this big. We’re going to eat well tonight, but preparing it will take a lot of time and effort too. Still, we’d better get moving," she said, standing beside the carcass and smiling.

She took out her weapon and immediately began removing the thick fur.

"Hiroshi, just sit and rest. Let me handle the rest. I’ve got plenty of experience dressing game like this," she said while working.

Hiroshi nodded, relieved.

"Great. I’m going to take it easy for a bit. Dragging this thing all the way here really drained my energy. Tonight I’m going to eat so much of it — I’ll turn all that meat right back into strength!" he said, leaning back against the tree trunk with a contented look.

Harumiko truly was skilled at this. In just a few swift moves, she had stripped the hide cleanly and separated the meat from the fat. She worked quickly and efficiently, making it look easy.

"Alright, now we can build the fire and start roasting. Got a bit sweaty doing that, but it didn’t take too long. Luckily wild bears have fur that comes off really easily — I had the whole skin off in just a few strokes," she said cheerfully.

She cut the meat into large pieces, threaded them onto strong branches, and started the fire.

"I’ll need to make a new rack too. The small one we have is only good for small cuts of meat. This is way too big — it would collapse if I tried to use it. Bit of a hassle, but... who would’ve thought we’d be eating bear tonight!" she said while searching nearby for thicker, sturdier branches to build a proper roasting frame.

Soon she found several strong, thick branches and set them up over the fire to hold the heavy meat.

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