Ch 246: What Do Kids Love? Pets, Toys, And Food

Bal and Phia returned home after retrieving their weapons.

“Goodness, it’s been a while! I’ve missed you both terribly.”

Bal, holding his two Beloved Swords, first rubbed the Long Sword a few times, then gave both the Long Sword and the Short Sword a long-awaited kiss.

“Stop being disgusting.”

Phia couldn’t stand it anymore; she hit Bal with the shaft of her Spear.

“Wuwuwu, domestic violence!”

“If you keep this up, I’ll really give you some domestic violence.”

“Heehee, I’m fine now.”

Seeing Bal’s annoying expression, Phia hit him again.

“Ouch!”

“You still know what pain is? Why weren’t you this cowardly when you were acting up?”

“Well, my Wife is very tolerant of me.”

Saying this, Bal went to hug Phia, but Phia dodged his embrace.

“Just got back from the Workshop, let me wash my face first.”

“Okay, I’ll go right away!”

Bal rushed into the bathroom; when he came out after washing his face, Phia had already returned to her Room.

“Huh? Where’d they go? Oh well, let’s cook dinner first.”

Bal wiped his hands and went into the Kitchen. He planned to make something simple for Noon.

Half an hour later, Bal stood at the foot of the stairs and shouted upstairs.

“Dinner’s ready!”

“Ooh! Dinner’s ready!”

Upon hearing “dinner,” Philia immediately ran out of her Room, followed by Xiao Jiu.

“Father, did you make food for Xiao Jiu?”

“Humph, of course. I feed Moony and Snowdrift every meal too.”

“What are we having today?”

“Something simple today, so you can eat less.”

“Why?”

Just as Philia was still wondering, Phia came downstairs.

“That’s because we’re going shopping this afternoon. Starting today, many shops will be launching new products.”

Phia walked to Philia’s side and rubbed Philia’s face.

“So if you eat too much at noon, you’ll only be able to watch Father and Mother eat delicious food in the afternoon.”

“Um… Father, give Philia a smaller portion.”

“Okay, is this enough?”

Bal showed Philia the plate of food he had served.

“Yeah, it’s enough!”

Philia sat on a Chair to eat, Xiao Jiu obediently sat on the floor beside Philia. Bal took a plate and added Roast Meat, then placed the plate in front of Xiao Jiu.

“You can eat now, Xiao Jiu.”

Xiao Jiu rubbed against Bal’s hand and then began to eat heartily.

After lunch, Bal planned to take a nap before going shopping.

“I want to take a nap, how about you?”

Bal looked at Phia, Phia put her arm around Bal’s arm.

“Let’s take a nap together.”

“Mm.”

They reached an agreement, but before they went back to bed for their nap, there was something they needed to do first.

“Philia, come here.”

“What is it? Father.”

“Put this on Xiao Jiu. Just put it around its neck.”

“What is this?”

“This is a Pet Collar issued by the Guild. With this, Xiao Jiu can go out in public.”

“Father is the best! A kiss for Father!”

Philia took the collar; she asked Bal to squat down a little and tiptoed to kiss Bal’s face. Bal was overjoyed by his daughter’s reward.

“Alright, Philia. Father and Mother will go back to the Room to take a nap for a while. You should rest too.”

“Mm!”

After agreeing to Bal, Philia beckoned to Xiao Jiu.

“Xiao Jiu, let’s go back to the Room for a nap too.”

So the three of them, along with a Large Griffon Cub, went upstairs.

When they woke up, it was already three in the afternoon.

“It’s still so comfortable to nap with my Wife.”

Bal sat up and stretched.

“As long as you don’t get frisky, then I sleep comfortably too.”

Phia lay on her side in bed, she straightened her body, then relaxed.

“Ah, that’s comfortable.”

“Should I help you change your Clothes?”

Bal rubbed Phia’s Cat Ears; Phia nodded.

“Don’t move around.”

“Don’t worry.”

Bal held Phia on his lap to change her Clothes.

“I’ll go check on Philia, you go downstairs first.”

After changing her Clothes, Phia stood up, opened the door and went to Philia’s bedroom. Bal tied his Short Sword and the Dagger Nia gave him to his waist, he put on his Cloak and went to the Living Room.

“Philia, it’s time to get up.”

Phia gently pushed open Philia’s door; she peeked out from behind the door; Philia was still fast asleep. So Phia walked to Philia’s side, Xiao Jiu sensed someone approaching, it woke up, and after seeing it was Phia, it closed its eyes again and went back to sleep.

“Philia, Philia, it’s time to get up.”

“Mmm… Mommy?”

“If you don’t get up soon, Father will leave us to buy delicious food.”

“Ah, delicious food!”

As soon as Philia heard about food, she immediately woke up, got dressed, and went to the Living Room with Xiao Jiu and Phia.

“Oh? You’re here.”

Bal watched the mother and daughter come together, he took Phia’s hand and went out, Philia also followed with Xiao Jiu.

On the street, compared to last year’s Light Moon Festival, the shops at this year’s Light Moon Festival were doing rather poorly. It was probably due to the Pseudo-God Incident that the town had suffered previously.

“Father, what’s that over there?”

Philia shook Bal’s hand; seeing Bal lower his head, Philia pointed to a ring toss stall and asked Bal.

“That’s a ring toss game. You just pay money to get a few rings; if you can throw the rings and get them around the things on the ground, then those things are yours.”

“Wow, Philia wants to try!”

“Okay.”

Bal turned to Phia.

“Do you want to try too?”

“I’ll pass, lest we make the Shopkeeper regret letting us play.”

“Hilarious.”

“Mind your own business!”

Bal took Philia to the ring toss stall. Along the way, Philia kept holding Xiao Jiu, and when she put Xiao Jiu on the ground and Xiao Jiu followed Philia, the eyes of passersby were all focused on Xiao Jiu and Philia. After all, there were very few people in this town who were legitimately keeping Magic Pets, and even fewer who were willing to take their Magic Pets out.

After Bal paid, he gave the rings to Philia, and he turned to look at the expressions of the passersby with Phia.

“It seems everyone can accept Xiao Jiu’s presence.”

“It seems so, but it’s best to be cautious.”

“Mm, I know.”

At this time, Philia came to Bal’s side, she had one ring left in her hand, but her expression was somewhat disheartened.

“Father, ring toss is so hard, Philia can’t get any.”

Bal squatted down and held Philia’s hand holding the ring.

“Philia, let’s do it together. I’ll tell you when to throw.”

“Mm.”

“One, two, throw!”

Bal held Philia’s hand, after aiming, he let Philia release her hand. Philia’s ring flew out and steadily landed on a Bow Hair Ornament.

“Yay! Philia got one!”

“Just throw it like Father just taught you, it’s very simple, right?”

“Mm!”

After getting the Bow Hair Ornament from the Shopkeeper, Philia tied the ornament around Xiao Jiu’s neck.

“Mm, it looks much better this way.”

Although Xiao Jiu showed a look of incomprehension, it still accepted the Bow decoration.

Afterwards, Bal took Philia to the ball-throwing stall, archery stall, and other game stalls. After teaching Philia some Skills, Philia could always grasp the essentials quickly.

“Father, what are we having for dinner?”

Children always get hungry quickly; Philia’s stomach was rumbling. So Bal and Phia took Philia to the Dessert Shop they went to last year. There, the Bal family met Anda and Randall, who were on a Date.