Lava Can Be Eaten ?!

We hear the sound of the steps coming closer and then the silhouette appears clearly as it comes closer to the light made by Fleur’s nails. We finally discover…

“Ah, it was you ! We were scared for a moment.”

The secretary is coming out of nowhere. He seems to be sulking and at the same time he seems to have been waiting for something for a long time.

He says “I couldn’t stand to wait anymore, I wanted you to be back earlier, you should know you’re a precious person.”

Peachi’s cheeks are getting bigger as he is more sulky.

I guess they’re dating, that’s why he is so impatient.

Out of expectation he jumps and takes me in his arms.

“I missed you, why did it take so long ?”

“Ah ?”

Don’t tell me he’s…

He’s rubbing his head against my left arm, totally surprised, all I can say at the moment is

“Mm ? Why don’t you say anything ? I don’t understand. I didn’t think you were talking about me.”

“Of course I am, who else here is as precious as you ? Mister from another world.”

“Ah, I see. Let’s go home now.”

It's just because I’m someone he has never seen before.

“Yes !” He puts his arms around my right arm.”

I hope it is just what it is and nothing else, I’m not especially interested in men.”

☼

We finally come back to the office, there is a woman at the entrance.

She directly asks “Who is that man and what is he doing here ?”

Peachi answers “He comes from another world, he doesn't know anything about here, his name is Chevalier Kanael.”

She looks fiercely in my direction.

“You’re a knight and you’re holding the animals lord tightly, this is more than enough to understand you don’t come from here but we never heard a story like that before. If you had amnesia you would still remember details but I guess it’s not the case.”

They’re fast to make conclusions.

“Nice to meet you, currently I have memories of another place.”

“I see, my name is Iris, Pensée Iris, nice to meet you too. Are you planning on keeping the baby ?”

“Yes, I’d like to take care of him.”

The baby finally wakes up, making happy sounds. I am happy but everyone suddenly jumps a step farther as if there is danger to avoid coming from the baby.

“What’s happening, why are you all getting away ? This is just a baby who’s waking up.”

The baby is laughing, I put my hand on his torso to stroke it, then he touches my hand with his cute little hands.

“Everyone watch please, he is inoffensive.”

Peachi seriously says “You say that because you have no idea what the previous animals lord did, he was awful and killed a lot of pure humans.”

“So what ? You think this baby is as dangerous as him but I don’t want to believe that.”

Iris lets out a sigh. “We don’t want to believe it either.”

She comes closer to us and looks at the baby from above. She makes a warm expression.

“You’re a good baby right ?” While she is stroking his belly with her forefinger.

“Gh…” says the baby joyfully.

“Everyone, you see ? It’s a good baby, no need to worry.”

As soon as she finished her sentence, the baby starts crying.

Fleur says “He must be hungry after all this time without eating.”

Iris says “Good we were going to eat after all, I’ll warm lava milk for him.”

I stupidly say “Thank you so much.”

Before realizing what she said. “Lava milk ?! Lava ! It’s dangerous, nobody can survive lava !”

Iris explains “Of course pure lava is dangerous but it's processed lava, which means it can’t hurt and is edible. He will surely appreciate it.”

A few minutes later we are all gathered around the dining table, there are a lot of children that can’t wait to see the plates coming. Fleur is on my right side and Peachi on the left side, Iris is facing me and the children are in between.

Iris has those eyes of someone who got hurt in the past, I know it well because I had the same eyes before coming here…ah, it must be the only thing I remember.

As soon as Fleur takes the baby bottle she asks me “Now the milk for the baby is ready, do you want me to give him or do you want to do it yourself ?”

“If you can show me first, I’d be thankful.”

“Okay watch carefully.”

She takes the baby in her arms.

Wa…it’s very stressful, after all it’s lava. How can it not be dangerous and how come it didn’t become obsidian stone ?

She puts the baby bottle in the baby’s mouth and he seems to be happy drinking it.

She joyfully says “He really enjoys it, doesn’t he ?”

“Yes, I’m happy for him.”

“Now your turn.”

“Yes…”

A bit worried, I take the baby and give him milk too.

Fleur notices “Oh he seems even happier when it’s you that give it to him.”

“Really ? It’s a good thing.”

“By the way, how are you going to name him ?... You will have to do the ceremony.”

“I don’t think I’m going to do it, I mean I have an idea, if he likes it then it’s fine no ?”

“Yes, then you should tell him as soon as you can so we’ll know if you need to do it or not.”

“Mm, okay.”

Iris spells out the dishes. “Potatoes with lava sauce, bittersweet lava animals, lava soup.”

She goes on with the lava dishes for a while.

I tell her “There’s a lot of lava dishes.”

“Right, this is a specialty of the district… now enjoy it.”

“Yes…”

I take the first bite in my mouth of the potatoes.

Surprised, “It’s delicious ! It has a unique taste but it’s so sweet.”

“Yes, generally lava is sweet.”

“I never thought I’d be eating lava…”

“So there’s lava even in your world.”

“Yes but there’s no technique to make it edible.”

“I see.”

Peachi puts his right arm around my left arm.

“Talk with me too, feed me with food.”

My head just stops thinking for a while before reconnecting.

“What ?! I can’t do that.”

“Why not, think of me as your baby.”

“I really don’t understand what you’re saying, I won’t do it.”

In reality he doesn’t think of me as a man but rather a parent or any family member.

“Listen, I don’t think it’s normal to do that.”

Peachi gets up sulking “What are you saying ?! Do you prefer this baby over me ?”

“No it’s not what I said, I…”

Peachi sits and starts eating with his puffy cheeks.

Fleur advises me “Don’t worry he is always like that, you can do nothing with him when he is like that.”

“Why does he act like that ?”

“He has lost a friend one day and he became like that, he’s afraid that if he isn’t clingy, something will happen.”

“I see…”

But it’s definitely not a reason to ask me to feed him.

☼

The next morning, Iris asked me to come with her for another mission.

“We’re going to see a quite big creature, get ready mentally.”

“Mm, okay… How big ?”

“6 meters high and 18 meters long.”

“What ?! That’s more than 3 times my height !”

“I know but you don’t have to worry, she’s well behaved.”

“What type of creature, what’s the name ?”

“I will tell you only when we arrive.”

“Humpft, it’s not fair, how can I prepare myself for it if you don’t tell me what type of creature she is.”

“You’re so childish, mister Chevalier and you still ask about Peachi.”

“Just call me Kanael.”

In a sensual voice “Alright Ka-na-el-san.”

I am blushing and I don’t know where to look. After she notices my expression, Iris turns her head somewhere else.

Iris stops walking. “Before that, you should give him a name, you can’t let days go on like that.”

“You’re right, so I just say it to see if he likes it ?”

“Yes.”

“Baby, listen carefully.”

The baby seems happy, he is moving his hands towards me.

“I thought a lot, and since my name is Kanael, I thought about Kanamiyah. What do you think ?”

The baby doesn’t make any reaction.

Iris speaks. “You should repeat only the name several times and then you’ll see.”

“Kanamiyah, Kanamiyah.”

“Eu ! Hihi.”

Iris strokes the baby’s hair.

“So you really like it, Kanamiyah.”

“I found a good name.”

“Yes, it’s cute.”

“So now you’re Kanamiyah”.

I bring Kanamiyah closer to me and kiss him on his forehead.”

I can feel his warmness.

From now on, you and I we’re always gonna be together.

“So here’s Yogan, a beautiful spinosaurus !”

“Wow, she’s gigantic !”

Yogan is 6 meters high and 18 meters long, her head is much bigger than a human. Her veil is reddish, her body is light pink, and her eyes have a dangerous red color. She could eat a house without any problem.

Yogan opens her mouth big as if she wanted to eat Kanael.

“Wow, stop !”