50. First Gift Request
- It’s a re-upload of SS which had been posted on Twitter.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, can I keep this—!?”
Having said that, his cute bride ran from the opposite end of the hallway.
The first thing Hadith did was crouch down to match her eye level.
Jill presented something she had carefully enveloped in both hands to Hadith—
—it was a chick.
The cute yellow creature nestled into Jill’s little palm as she exclaimed.
Speaking of which, today, merchants were visiting the castle to peddle before heading to the Imperial City. Jill could’ve bought new dresses, jewelry, and other trinkets—but instead, she chose that.
“Jill, it’s going to grow bigger, you know~”
“Yes, and impossible to bring to the Imperial Palace.”
The knights chasing after Jill were sighing with bitter smiles.
Jill shook her head.
“I’ll raise it properly! I won’t let it become a hindrance!”
“But still~”
“As long as His Majesty agrees, all is good, right!? Your Majesty, please, I want to take care of it, just like anyone would a dog or a cat!”
Jill appealed to Hadith with a mix of anxiety and expectation.
He felt dizzy—she was simply too cute.
As if he could refuse, anyway. At any rate, Hadith’s cutest bride in the world, who always acted like a proper adult, rarely expressed her selfishness.
Moreover, isn’t this her first request to me ever!?
He wanted to jump.
Jill’s knights were probably also attracted to said rare moment of childishness—
—they both waited for Hadith’s decision.
After clearing his throat, Hadith replied with,
“Well, there’s nothing I can do. Or rather, taking care of a pet is also a good way to learn.”
Jill’s face shone.
“Really!? Later, you mustn’t take back your words, okay, Your Majesty!?”
“But you have to keep your promise—you must raise it properly.”
“I know! Thank you, Your Majesty! I love you!”
Jill suddenly screamed—
—no, it’s too cute, help.
Even Rave, inside Hadith’s body, laughed out loud.
“Oi, aren’t you too compliant to your wife?”
You’re too noisy, Rave!! Isn’t she cute!? She even told me she loved me!!
Cute Jill and the cute chick. Everything was really cute! What a heartwarming sight! The world was wonderful today—I don’t need to do a politics of fear today, either!
“Oi, don’t tell me taking care of your pet is going to be part of my job as your knight from now on. That’s a goddamn chicken, you know, a chicken.”
“Good luck~”
“So you’re just going to push all the work to me? Okama, you work hard too.”
“Well then, I’ll have to learn how to raise it properly! To the library I go!”
“Before that, how about you name it first?”
Towards Hadith’s proposal, Jill turned around, before gazing at the chick. She smiled.
“Alright, Steak!”
The place froze in an instant.
The one who finally spoke awkwardly was Camila.
“No-no matter how much you think about it, Jill-chan, that’s the name of a food…”
“Too straightforward? Stew, then!”
“No, that’s not the problem, Captain, why would you name it as if it’s food…”
“Then… Sauté?”
—it became a cooking method.
It felt like the shiny yellow creature in Jill’s hands was shaking—was it because of chills?!
“I hope you get bigger soon!”
Jill smiled innocently. Her cuteness was consistent.
“Thank you again, Your Majesty! Sauté, from now on, I shall raise you properly!”
“I, I see, so, so you’ve decided that you’re going to name it Sauté?”
“It’s as if I’m dreaming! To be able to raise my own pet! Someday, I want my own cow and pig too!”
—for what?
As the adults grew meek, Jill turned on her heels with the chick in her hands.
Did I just hear the chick chirping in terror, or was it just my imagination?
“““…………”””
In the completely frozen atmosphere, Zeke suddenly scratched his back.
“For the time being… how about we let it escape without her knowing it?”
“There’s that idea too~” Camila clapped her hands and nodded. “Well, yes, let’s just do that! You usually don’t raise chickens in the Imperial Palace, either—or cows, or pigs… it’s not a ranch!”
“Y, you’re right!”
Since Hadith nodded, it meant that they’d gotten permission from the Emperor.
Surely, Zeke and Camila will succeed at this.
However, Jill exerted her utmost ability to protect her pet as if it was her own child—in the end, every single one of Camila and Zeke’s attempts failed.
Even the Dragon God Rave was beaten—it was no longer possible for Sautee to escape.
—no way, am I the one who’s going to sauté it?
There was no longer any need to ask that question.
Hadith would watch the chick grow into a literal chicken Sauté, slowly but surely.
*Author’s Note: Please look forward to Sauté’s next appearance.
***T/N: From this, we can conclude that Jill and Hadith indeed suited each other.
I had thought the chick is a baby phoenix or something, and only Jill knows of its true identity.
Turns out, she just want to saute it…
So the reason why she’s fine with her pet being unable to bring to the imperial palace was because she’ll be carrying it in her belly soon…. @____@
You know, rather than the stories, i enjoy gabe’s comments and your replies more xD thanks for the chapter!!
Hahaha! Thanks
THEY SHIP US GABE.
Chickens are the best pet you can ever have.
Reasons:
1. They require low maintainance. You only need to feed them at least a quarter cup of grain or poultry feed twice a day and give them water afterwards. Bathing and cleaning their habitats can be done once a month as long as they don’t stink.
2. They can be a source of income. You can sell their manure as fertilizer or if your little chick turned out to be a rooster and you know how to train them you can enter them into derby fight competitions and earn money.
3. If you ain’t got anything to eat well………you know what I mean. If you have a female chicken you can have a supply of egg but if its a male then chicken curry might be good for dinner.
This chapter reminded me of my pet Eugene(named after the locally dubbed version of Yu Yu Hakusho’s main character’s name) I have really good memories about that pet of mine. I used to wake up really early to feed him and in the afternoon even if I was in the midst of playing with my friends I would ran back home to feed him, I also used to play with him by throwing him in the air and see how high Eugene can fly….even though it was just me who was enjoying I call it playing together. One day my father entered him in a derby fight competition and lost. And until now I still remember the taste of the chicken we had for dinner that day………..
P. S.
Jill and Hadith kind of emits a parent and child aura here……..
AGAIN, this is turning from childhood sweet memories to plain past trauma
I already got over it. After all the same thing happened to Batista, Charlie and Eugene 2(named after a character in dubbed version of a Chinese tv show) as well as my goat Enrique (he wasn’t on a derby fight but became a dish on a birthday party)
WHYYYYYYYY
BTW, I once had a dog and I guess you can guess what happened to him but just to be clear the neighbor was the one who did it not us.
I don’t know why but all of my pets only has 2 ending, one as my dinner the other as someone else’s dinner………….
Did you riot on your neighbour
Nope, the dog was already dying at that time but with what happened at least he did not die in vain……but my siblings ended up crying
“At least he did not die in vain”
Only two kinds of ppl use this line:
1. Heroic ppl with patriotism soul
2. Plain sociopath
3. Gabe
In my defense, I believe his end was better than being buried on an empty lot cause now he is now part of that neighbor when he served as the neighbor’s meal. And who knows my dog might be haunting that neighbor even now………..hahaha
That neighbour tho…?
“What? Your dog’s dying? Lemme eat him!!!”
More of a “Oh….poor dog he’s dying, can I have him??? I know a good recipe to turn him into a delicious dinner…….we can share once it is done.”
And my father gave him away but refused to recieve the share my neighbor was offering cause he knows my dog was unvaccinated against rabies.
GABE.
HOLD RIGHT UP.
Whats your favorite food gabe
I guess my favorite food would be any kind of dish made from chicken…………..okay……..my answer made me ask myself if there is something wrong with me……….
YOU MADE THOSE CHICKENS LOSE THE DERBY ON PURPOSE!!!!
NO I DID NOT!!!!!!!!! I would not waste the money my father betted on the derby even I would want my pets to win so we can eat fried chicken on a popular fastfood chain here and if my chickens won I get $2 -10 cash for training them. I made effort to train them as champs so they could win. Why would I make them lose????
Fair point. Sorry if i offend you Gabe.
Its fine I am not offended. It doesn’t change the fact that I get chicken whether my pet win or lose. I am quite greedy so I love it when my pets win
Thanks for the updates! This chapter made me laugh
Won’t she get attached to it though?
Thanks.
Just like how hadith got attached to jill? Yeah.