Beast Kingdom

Fried Fish

Violet's POV

"Can you grab some sticks for wood and maybe 20 rocks? I need maybe 10 more of those coconuts too." I ask him and instantly he leaves to go get them

Right now, it won't be the best oil, but for now, something that can add taste. I grab some of the cut coconut and scrape the flesh with a small rock I washed. I grind the coconut flesh until it's a liquid. This will have to do for frying. Next, I use the coconut shell as a bowl. I need to test this to see if it will burn.

"What are you making now?" he asks me and places all the items I need on the ground.

"This is to add flavor and this is to hold our food. But I need to build a fire so that I can cook this." I said back happily.

Fried fish today!

"I'll cook it. You tell me how." he says back to me, upset

"How about I show you and then you can next time. But I know this, I love cooking so I am happy to cook this for you." I said back to him.

There he goes blushing again. I start to get the pieces of twigs and wood and place them in a tepee formation and then flatten them on the ground. I place the rocks around it so that the fire doesn't spread. This will do. Now I start the fire with rock sparks and light the twigs first, which then goes down towards the bigger wood pieces.

"Stay back! You will die. How and why would you start to make little suns?" he asks, scared and worried

"This is what I usually use to cook. You guys don't?" I asked him

"Never would we do that. Many have lost their lives to the sun goddess and when she gets angry she will burn anyone who gets in her way. Unfortunately, I have seen this with my own eyes." he says sadly

"Have you? I am so sorry that you experienced something like that. But the way I do it, you can keep and maintain the fire so it won't spread. Please listen to me." I said back to him with puppy eyes.

"I will stay next to you and help you so that you don't get hurt." he says and watches me

I finish making the fire and he watches everything I do. I used a few other sticks and then placed them above the fire so that we could fry the fish. First, I get the coconut and put it in the flames to see if they burn. I am lucky they don't. We can definitely use these in so many ways. I looked and saw the pole moving again.

"Look, look at the pole!" I yelled at Jee

He jumps up and grabs the pole and reels in another fish. He re-bates the pole and throws it back in. Such a fast learner!

"I need something sharp to cut. Maybe a sharp rock?" I asked him.

"I can find one for you. We have a yard where we throw away the bones every once in a while when we see animals devoured. We can't keep them near us as they attract little beasts and insects. The stench is bad so we move it somewhere else. Later I will take you there and we can find a few bones that are sharp or teeth." he says back, smiling.

He flies up and checks for any sharp rocks next to us. So how am I gonna cook this spiky fish? It looks like a normal fish but it's definitely spiky. Oh, maybe I can make a brush out of it! It's small enough and I just need to dull the spikes a little more so it's not too dangerous. I doubt they have brushes here. I saw the pole start to move again and I walked towards it. Jee drops down before me and takes the pole away and reels and re-bates it.

"I told you I would do it. You don't have to." he says apologetically.

"Jee. I know you don't want me to do things on my own, but little stuff like this I can do. I'm not some lazy female who can't do anything for herself." I said back to him stubbornly.

He looks at me surprised and settles down next to me.

"I am sorry. Most of the time, females don't do what you are doing, so I am trying to be as helpful as possible for you. Forgive me?" he says back to me so sincerely

"How can I not!" I said to him and gave him a big hug.

Oh, this feels so comforting. Makes me miss home. Home? Will I ever be able to go back there? I can see that he saw my sad expression and he moves close and snuggles his head into my neck.

"Are you okay?" he asks.

"Yes, don't worry. I am happy to be here now. Let's cook! Can you take the fish out and take the spikes off?" I said back to him happily.

He grabs a fish and uses a rock to purge it. He attacks the fish like his life is on the line. Geez, he chopped it instead of taking the spikes off. How savage!

"Like this?" he asks.

"I will do it this time and you can do it next." I said to him awkwardly.

We won't have any fish meat if he does this next time. I slowly use the rock to cut off the spikes off the fish. It's actually pretty easy. I can pull them off with no problem. I wonder why they never tried to just pull them off. He starts to check the pole and reel another fish in and re-bates. Then he grabs the rest of the fish and starts to take the spikes off of them slowly this time. Funny thing is these Beastman have legs, but when they fly they turn into claws like real birds. They also have wings when they fly, but when they don't have wings they have their hands. So they're like half beast, half human?

I take the coconut husk and add the coconut oil version I made into the husk on the fire. I chop the fish that wasn't destroyed and place them into the husk. Naturally, within minutes the fish starts to cook and it smells amazing. A few minutes later, they are charred and I use a stick to grab a piece out.

"Open your mouth." I said to him to give a piece of fish to him.

He obediently opens his mouth and I place the fried fish into his mouth. His eyes started to sparkle as if this was the best thing he had ever eaten.

"This is the best fish I have ever eaten! You are so amazing. I would never think of using fish like this and with mini suns it cooks so well. We eat everything raw, so doing this changes everything!" he says excitingly.

"I am glad you like it. Wait until you try doing this method with fruit!" I said back to him.

"You can do this with fruit too? I can't wait, he says, smiling while I feed him the rest of the fish.

Mission accomplished!