"Pitter-patter... patter..."
The gentle sound of rain seeped through the cracks of the tightly shut windows, carrying the dampness and coolness unique to rainy days.
Is it still raining?
Amid the sound of rain, Chiba slowly opened his eyes. After taking a light breath, he slowly sat up.
Come to think of it, yesterday's rain had really come out of nowhere.
After sitting up, Chiba found himself thinking about some unimportant things.
"Hmm? Where is everyone?"
Then, once his mind fully emerged from sleepiness, Chiba glanced around and spoke without thinking.
At this moment, he was the only one left in the hunter's cabin dining room of the small camp. The children who had curled up beside him yesterday, as well as Zong Mi, He Yin, Hyuga Yukyō, and Yu Ze, who had slept here too, were all gone.
I see... They've all gone to handle their own tasks. After looking around, Chiba's gaze finally settled on the rather plentiful breakfast on the table.
These children are really living much better now.
This is good.
Looking at the porridge cooked with mushrooms and meat, the meat soup, and the wild vegetables prepared as side dishes, Chiba smiled with gratification, a sense of reassurance rising within him.
This food was far better than what they had had before. There was even a faint emphasis on balanced nutrition. Clearly, they now had sufficient food and a wider variety of ingredients. There was also someone in the camp with the relevant knowledge to balance nutrition—and the skill to prepare the food well.
Naturally, that professional could only be He Yin.
Although the medical knowledge he had left behind had not specifically mentioned nutritional balance, it contained enough information to derive such knowledge, and He Yin had the ability to figure it out.
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