Chapter 796: NASM - 796

"Everything is finally ready. Now we just have to wait for the meat to cook through," Harumiko said, dusting off her hands and smiling after setting up the roasting rack.

She walked over and sat down beside Hiroshi, who was resting by the tree.

"I’ve got everything prepared. Now it just needs to roast properly. It’ll probably take about twenty minutes — the meat is really thick and dense, so it takes a while to cook all the way through," she told him with a smile.

Hiroshi nodded, looking relaxed. There was nothing more to do now except wait until it was done.

"Great work, Harumiko. You must have used up so much energy cleaning and dressing that whole bear. Come on, sit down and rest yourself," he said kindly.

She nodded and sat down slowly. Both of them were now feeling very hungry, but there was no choice — they had to wait another twenty minutes before they could eat.

"I never imagined we’d be having bear meat for dinner tonight. It was completely unexpected, but I’m so glad we did. We’re finally about to have a proper meal," Hiroshi said happily.

Harumiko nodded in agreement. She took out some snacks from her pack and handed a few to him — just something to settle their stomachs since the hunger was becoming unbearable.

"Here, let’s nibble on this for now. We still have twenty minutes to go. This will at least take the edge off while we wait," she suggested.

Hiroshi nodded and ate what she gave him. Even something small tasted wonderful right now; just having something in his mouth felt like a luxury.

"Twenty more minutes... it feels like such a long time. But once it’s up, we’ll be eating properly. We’re going to have a real feast and eat until we’re absolutely stuffed," she murmured softly, smiling at the fire.

Hiroshi finished his share, but he was still starving.

"That barely helped at all. I’m still just as hungry as before. Only a proper meal is going to fix this," he said, patting his stomach with a grin.

She nodded — she felt exactly the same. The little snacks hadn’t done much; what they really needed was fresh, hot meat.

"Don’t worry. It won’t be long now. Think of this as just an appetiser. Once we start eating that meat, our strength will come right back. I know we’ll eat well — probably so much that we’ll end up too full to move!" she said with a laugh.

Hiroshi smiled and nodded. They had finished the snacks, and now there was nothing left to do but sit and watch the meat slowly turning golden brown over the fire, waiting for it to be ready.

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