"Wow, there's so much venison, what are we going to cook it into?" asked Nicho, amazed when Riki and Kaivan returned with several large pieces of venison.

"I've never eaten venison before, can it be cooked right away?" asked Zeno.

Kaivan shook his head. "People around here usually eat venison. My family even has a restaurant with a very famous venison menu. However, cooking venison is not as easy as cooking chicken or beef. We need to soak it in milk for several hours before cooking it, then we also need to boil it for at least four hours to make the meat tender," said Kaivan.

"Oh, that's quite a long time, isn't it?" Nicho looked very disappointed that he couldn't eat it right away.

"It's okay, we can eat it tomorrow if we soak it now," said Riki.

Nicho and Zeno smiled after a little hope emerged.

That afternoon, Riki and Kaivan immediately soaked the venison in milk, then covered it tightly and put it in the refrigerator.

Fortunately, Zeno and Nicho, who had gone around the place, had bought other meat. It was only chicken, but who doesn't like chicken? Chicken is a favorite of almost everyone in the country. Its delicious taste and low price make it the first choice for anyone. It is also very easy to cook.

Well, although there are definitely those who don't like it.

Speaking of venison, the winner was Riki, the runner-up was Ella, and the third place winner was unknown. The prize was a voucher to stay at Natura and also visit a restaurant called Kaivan, which had a menu specializing in venison.

Ella looked very happy at that moment; she even seemed to have forgotten that she had almost been killed by Leni.

All the game was slaughtered by a professional team, then the meat was distributed to the participants, and most of it was donated to orphanages or local residents.

Indeed, the competition was not only to show strength, show off, or whatever. It was also an opportunity for the rich to do charity work.

If they only gave charity with money, that would be normal, but if they gave charity with something they had worked hard to obtain, it would certainly be very meaningful. Both for the giver and the recipient.

That's why the local residents always welcomed the competition warmly.

"I can't believe something like that happened," said Zeno, after Kaivan told him what had happened.

They were all in the kitchen, helping Riki prepare the ingredients for cooking.

Riki was going to make fried chicken with special seasoned flour. In addition, he was also going to make honey-roasted chicken. To balance it all out, Riki was also going to make boiled vegetables seasoned with mushrooms he got from Arendale and coconut milk. He also dipped some whole green chilies for a spicy flavor.

"Right? Especially since Ella is only 15 years old, she's too young to be treated like that," replied Kaivan.

Riki, who was tasting the vegetable soup, choked and coughed. He was very surprised by Kaivan's words.

"Riki? What's wrong? Is it too spicy?" asked Zeno, who quickly grabbed a drink for Riki.

Riki grabbed the glass and drank it quickly.

"I... I'm just shocked because Kaivan's grandpa really wants to set Kaivan up with that girl," said Riki. His heart was pounding, afraid because he had been kissed by that girl. She was underage. If anyone found out, Riki was afraid he would be blamed or imprisoned.

[You're overreacting, master, no one will find out. At least you rejected her nicely]

But Riki was still worried.

He felt like a criminal at that moment. Suddenly, he busied himself with cooking. Until he didn't listen to anything they were talking about.

Riki was too busy with the food until suddenly Zeno patted him on the shoulder.

"Yeah?"

Zeno shook his head, then chuckled, then said, "You've been busy by yourself, what are you thinking about? We've already served everything in front. Let's just eat in front, okay? I'll bring that one."

Zeno took the pot containing sweet potato and banana compote that Riki had made for their dessert that night.

Riki rubbed the back of his neck, suddenly realizing that everything was already finished.

They ate on the cottage porch. There was a large, long table and long wooden benches.

Riki was quite surprised to see the food laid out on the table. There was a lot of food. Riki didn't remember cooking all of it.

"RIKI!"

Just as Riki was about to sit down, a familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Riki's eyes widened as he saw Ellaine arrive, accompanied by another familiar woman.

She was Bella, who was also a friend of Angeline and Liz, and an influencer who loved creating content about food.

On a dark, cold night with a light drizzle, the two girls arrived carrying a large pink umbrella.

"You wanna to eat now, guys? We haven't eaten yet, thank goodness." said Bella, cheerful and friendly as usual.

"Let me sit next to Riki," Ella asked Nicho, who was sitting next to Riki. Kaivan was sitting on Riki's other side, and Ella didn't seem to dare ask Kaivan anything.

Riki held Nicho's arm as he was about to stand up and said, "You and Bella can sit in front of us."

Bella pulled Ella, who seemed unhappy with Riki's suggestion.

"You can sit in front of Riki, it's better. You can see his face more clearly," said Bella, who was tired of hearing Ella's stories about how cool Riki was in Ella's memory. It was as if Riki was a superhero who had sacrificed everything to save her life.

Bella knew that Riki was indeed great, but it was useless for Ella to chase after Riki. Because Riki only liked Liz. Even the extraordinary Angeline had admitted defeat.

However, a teenager like Ella would not be able to listen to anything Bella said. She was very stubborn, difficult to reason with. Especially since Ella was a teenager who had just hit puberty.

Hearing Bella's words, Zeno and Kaivan were taken aback.

"You like Riki just because he saved you and helped you hunt?" asked Zeno.

Ella smiled widely and nodded quickly.

"Yup!"

Riki, who knew that the night would be long and troublesome, quickly finished his meal so he could go to sleep.

"Teenagers, they fall in love so easily. You know, Riki is my future brother-in-law, he's going to marry Liz later. Just because they're not dating, you can't approach him," said Kaivan, half seriously, half just teasing Ella.

"But no one knows what fate has in store, Kaivan. People tend to change. It's possible that Liz will suddenly start dating a popular male idol and leave Riki, right?" said Ella, pretending to be calm so she would look mature in front of Riki.

Kaivan grinned, "And that goes for you too, little girl... do you think Riki would like a little girl like you?"

Ella snorted, but then quickly covered her mouth and smiled.

"Shut up, all of you, and just eat everything Riki has worked so hard to cook," said Zeno.

"Riki cooked this? Wow! If we get married, we can cook together, Riki! I like to cook, unlike Liz," said Ella.

Zeno cleared his throat loudly, causing Ella to immediately fall silent and join in eating.

***

Riki tried to close his eyes at that moment. But he still felt guilty for making a 15-year-old teenager fall in love with him. Riki wasn't a jerk, he felt very guilty at that moment. So much so that he had trouble sleeping.

It was already midnight.

Around 12 a.m. or later.

The sound of the wind shaking the trees was quite noisy. The drizzle also returned after stopping around eight o'clock in the evening.

Riki slept in the tree house again, alone because the bed in the tree house was only big enough for one person.

In fact, Riki had excused himself to go to bed early when they were watching a movie together. It was around ten o'clock at night.

In reality, even by midnight, Riki still couldn't sleep.

Playing with his smartphone only made his eyes feel more awake.

Riki had already contacted Leon earlier, scolding the man for causing Ella to nearly be killed.

However, Leon just chuckled when he heard Riki's story. He said that Ella wouldn't have been killed if it was her destiny to survive. Riki had an argument with Leon. But Leon was a man who had a thousand excuses for everything. So, it was difficult for Riki to argue with him.

Leon is too smart. He is sure that if Leon had a system status like Riki's, his intelligence would definitely reach 100. Leon always has a reason to evade or argue. It tires Riki out just dealing with him.

Riki also contacted Jake, asking if everything was okay with the work. And of course everything was fine, because Riki could monitor it through Twaila. Riki could connect his mind with Twaila whenever he wanted.

Riki also contacted Liz, and he was actually worried. Because Liz said that she and the others were still practicing at the Hayper Entertainment building.

Riki asked Selene, and her answer was the same. They would debut in a month, and tomorrow they would go abroad to shoot a music video.

What worried Riki was that this meant Sofie would be alone with Sean. Sofie had contacted Riki and said she was fine.

But Riki couldn't trust that girl yet. She could do something bad to Sean, considering how much Sofie liked him.

Riki's eyes were about to close when suddenly the sound of an open window rang out loudly.

Startled, Riki quickly got up.

"Master! Help!"

Twaila came, with her small form, flying toward Riki.

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