The residents of Terra all possess some animal characteristics, and naturally, Feline are also present.
To be precise, the world does not have "cats." For the residents of Terra, cats are creatures that only exist in legends. Their daily metaphors include dogs, rabbits, and birds, but no cats.
Instead, there are "Feline Beasts," just like their race name.
As human civilization developed, they moved from the wilderness into cities, and just like on Earth, they became one of people's favorite pets. They didn't need to do anything but act cute, and someone would take care of her.
Even just watching them eat was enough to make people feel refreshed and delighted.
Goki felt that this was indeed true.
Kaltsit's fair, slender hands tightly held two wooden sticks, skillfully using chopsticks to turn over the sweet and sour fish, prying off garlic-clove-like fish meat, and removing a whole piece of bone.
With her cherry lips slightly parted and her delicate mouth slightly ajar, Kaltsit placed a flake of fish meat into the sweet and sour sauce on her plate, letting the fish soak in the sweet and sour sauce, and slowly brought it to her mouth.
She was already proficient in the eating customs of Yan Country cuisine. After all, every time she went to Yan Country, there would always be a self-proclaimed familiar woman dragging her around, which was particularly annoying.
But then, the chopsticks in Kaltsit's hand paused at her mouth, and her cat ears on top of her head twitched, because she sensed a strange gaze.
"Goki, you'd best focus on Skadi next to you, and not keep looking at me."
Across the dining table, Goki and Skadi were sitting together. The latter was diligently eating with a puffed-up expression, while the former was helping her with the troublesome task of deboning, placing pieces of fish meat into her bowl.
But throughout the entire process, Goki kept casting appreciative and joyful glances at Kaltsit.
"I made the meal. I'm just observing the customer's feedback on my product—and Doctor Kaltsit, you're so beautiful, isn't it alright for me to look a bit longer?"
Goki shrugged, not hiding his intentions in the slightest—a beautiful girl, even a thousand-year-old beautiful girl, still deserved a few extra glances to make the meal more enjoyable.
"Then I still advise you, as I did this morning, to eat carefully, chew slowly, which helps reduce gastrointestinal pressure."
Kaltsit immediately gave him a sidelong glance and put the sweet and sour fish into her mouth.
"Mmm mmm, exactly, just look at me, no need to look at Kaltsit."
Soon, Skadi, who was diligently eating next to him, swallowed the rice in her mouth, reached out and tugged on Goki's clothes, while glaring unhappily at Kaltsit.
Just now, she had finally mustered the courage to do "something only friends can do" with Goki, but then Kaltsit, that bad guy, suddenly intervened and interrupted her request.
In short, Skadi was very unhappy!
"Alright, alright, I'll look at you, I'll look at you. How about it, isn't today's cooking good?"
Seeing Skadi pout, Goki quickly picked out another piece of fish for Little Orca and placed it on her plate.
Although she grew up in the sea and her diet consisted mostly of fish, Aegir's diet was highly industrialized, always consisting of block-shaped energy bars with bones removed. Every time, Goki had to help her debone.
Of course, Skadi could debone these small bones herself, but she still preferred Goki to do it.
"Mm, it's very delicious, everything Goki makes is great—I want that one over there! Give it to me!"
Although Kaltsit always liked to mock her for being completely helpless, a giant baby who was inept at physical labor and ignorant of grains, only knowing how to rely on Goki for daily care—Skadi was happy with it.
Glaring at Kaltsit again, Skadi didn't wait for Goki to put the fish into her bowl, but directly bit the tip of his chopsticks.
"Don't rush, if it's not enough, I'll make more..."
Goki, of course, didn't know about Skadi's rich inner thoughts. He simply enjoyed this warm dinner time, like with family.
Recently, taking care of Ifrit had made the paternal love hidden within Goki, this old bachelor, exceptionally strong, and he was exceptionally caring towards the girls in his family who disliked doing chores.
In the past, at Hunter's Dream, although the Nona doll was with him, Gehrman, that old geezer, always liked to speak in a sarcastic tone, completely lacking the warmth of a home.
Kaltsit was too busy, Skadi couldn't do anything, and Kafka liked to be lazy, but they all helped Goki with some housework, which made the warmth of the family even more abundant.
"Phew... *burp*, I'm full, Brother Goki, today's meal was amazing!"
Beside him, Kafka finished a bowl of white rice, patted her slightly bulging belly above her short skirt.
Liberi who don't practice martial arts usually have small appetites; one bowl of rice was already her limit.
Kafka's life quality, navigating countless Gang and thugs in the slums, at least surpassed that of the slum residents, but it was mostly limited to occasional snacks.
But ever since Goki settled here, not only could she eat the snacks Goki specifically brought back for her every day, but she could also enjoy super delicious dinners—probably even the Advanced chefs in the commercial districts had only this level of skill.
Kafka knew that even outside the quagmire of the slums, most of the high-and-mighty people were full of bad intentions. Meeting a kind person like Goki was the luckiest thing that had happened to her this year.
Turning her head, Kafka looked at Skadi, who was clinging to Goki, enjoying his feeding. She shook the bird-beak-like pointed decoration on the hood of her cloak, and her small mouth subtly pouted.
From childhood, her parents were gone early, and she had always lived alone. How could anyone be so kind as to feed her...
"Um, Brother Goki, I can't reach the salad over there. Could you get me a piece—"
After a moment of hesitation, this information vendor, who had been exceptionally lively in front of Goki an hour ago, timidly made a request to Goki.
"Mm, sure, come on, open your mouth, ah—"
Goki didn't overthink it at all. He directly picked up a slice of apple he had bought and offered it to Kafka's mouth.
"Hehe... *chomp*."
The little bird immediately beamed with joy, opened her mouth to bite off the apple slice covered in white sauce, secretly happy, and at the same time, moved her stool closer to Goki.
"How about it, Kaltsit, everyone seems very satisfied with tonight's dinner—what's your assessment?"
Having appeased the legal loli and the voluptuous young girl beside him, Goki turned his head to look at the owner of the room.
"...Average. I've eaten more authentic ones in Yan Country."
Having single-handedly finished half of the large carp, Kaltsit was just about to put another piece of fish into her mouth.
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