In the evening, Saki came back with a lot of leaves and cobwebs all over her body.

When Erza saw this..,

"Saki, let's go to the hot spring first.

and sent her straight to the hot spring. Erza prepared a change of clothes and brought them with her.

"Oh, she's coming back to life, isn't she?

Saki stretched her arms and legs in the hot spring.

"Are you tired, Saki?

Hannah was in the hot spring with her.

"Yes, I'm tired. I know it's because I usually stay in my room.

Saki giggles.

"It's not good for your health.

"I know, but... ......"

Then Erza comes in.

"It's a bad habit of Saki's that she can't stop even though she knows it's bad for her."

"Hey, hey, Erza. Where are the twins?

I left her with my brother Jin.

Huh.

Huh?

Erza tilted her head, not knowing why Saki laughed when she came into the bathtub after rinsing herself off.

"Erza, you've started calling Jin , but you're still when you talk to third parties, aren't you?"

"Ah ......"

Erza blushes when she realizes what Saki has said.

"Well, in that case, are you or ?　Or ?"

"Ha, Hannah-chan."

Hannah even said this to her, and Erza turned bright red in the hot water.

"Haha, Elsa is still as fresh as ever."

Saki smiled softly as if she had seen something funny.

Meanwhile, Jin was bathing the twins with the help of Reiko. The footbath in front of the changing room was shared by both men and women.

They filled a large basin with hot water and let the twins soak in it. I was used to doing this when I was at the facility.

"There you go, Yu, does it feel good?

"Yes."

When bathing a baby, never use water that is too hot. Jin loves hot baths, but he is absolutely sure to keep this rule in mind.

After Chloe comes Mio.

When they are older, Jin would like to take a bath together.

As he was wrapping them in towels to keep them cool, Erza and the others came up.

"You, thank you for your hard work. I'll take care of you, so please take a bath too.

"Oh, okay. Thank you."

After switching places with Elsa, Jin hurriedly went to the changing room.

"Ah, this is nice hot water.

Jin stretches himself in the hot side of the hot spring in the village of Kaina.

Then Rock, the older brother of the men in the village, came in. His son Mario is with him. Reiko is outside at the right moment.

"Hey, isn't that Jin?"

"Ah, Jin-chan."

"Hi, Mr. Locke. Hey, Mario.

"I met your wife outside. The twins are getting big now, aren't they?

Thanks to you.

Jin-chan, they're going to take me hunting next time!

Mario is now 13 years old. In the village of Kaina, the age of adulthood is 15, but at 13 it was time for Mario to learn various adult jobs before becoming a full-fledged adult.

"Well, good luck," he said, "but be careful. But be careful."

"Yeah!"

The sky was beginning to turn red when Jin got out of the hot spring after soaking in the hot water and talking about various things. The twins had been brought home by Elsa.

Jin returns slowly toward Martha's house, his body burning in the evening breeze. Reiko quietly follows him.

"Hey, Jin!

"Is that ...... Goose!　Hey!

It seems that Goose has come to the village of Kaina.

"Have you come for Saki?"

"Yes, that's part of it, but I wanted to relax tonight."

Goose smiled with a tanned face.

"I've finished my research on the vegetation in the northern part of the Klein Kingdom.

"Congratulations on that."

As a naturalist, Goose summarizes the vegetation of the northern Laurentian continent.

To avoid danger, Jin is accompanied by Lando 501.

"Thank you for your help, Rand 501."

"Yes, Master."

Jin, Goose found some interesting plants.

Saki came and reported to Jin.

"What?"

"Here, look."

Goose showed Jin a large yam.

"A yam!

"A yam?　......Hohoho, Jin knows what this is, don't you?"

"Yes, in the world where I was ......"

Jin explained to Goose.

"I found some vines and had Rand dig them up for me. ...... Oh, yeah, they're edible!"

Just to be sure, he ran it through and found no toxicity, and it was definitely a yam.

"It looks like there are still a lot of them growing."

"I see. I'll make yam soup with them tonight.

Tororo soup?

"Yes, I'll take care of it."

Jin had eaten yam once before, when he was in an institution.

"Well, first of all, I want you to roast this whiskers.

He roasted the fine root of the whiskers over a fire.

"Then I wash it with water."

Then they rinse it in water to remove the mud. If you do it the other way around, the bearded root will contain water and cannot be seared off.

"Then, grind it down with a grater......, but I don't have a grater. Shall I make it? ......<>"

Jin made a grater out of the mithril silver he had on hand.

"Reiko, Elsa, please make a broth with kombu, dried bonito flakes, and soy sauce.

Yes, sir.

"Yes, sir."

The yam is so sticky that it needs to be diluted three to five times in the broth.

Jin transferred the grated yam to a mortar and pestle and carefully ground it while adding broth.

* * * *

"Now, try it!

"Bon appétit!

"Yes, it's delicious. I'm surprised there are potatoes that can be eaten raw.

Yes, yam is one of the few potatoes that can be eaten raw.

"Oh, it's delicious!"

"It's so good, isn't it?

"Kuhu, it has an interesting texture."

"Oh, yeah, Saki, don't leave them around your mouth or they'll itch."

"What?

The yam contains a substance called , which is crystallized into tiny little needles. These needles pierce the skin and cause an itching sensation.

However, it is not an allergy (some people are allergic to yams), so there is no need to worry too much about it.

When itching occurs, wipe with diluted vinegar or lemon juice to dissolve the crystals and speed up the healing process.

At any rate, no one around Jin was allergic to yams, and everyone enjoyed the tasty yam.