"Ever since I got drunk with her, the game of truth or dare has been ongoing..." — Having someone you can be completely honest with is the greatest fortune in life.

"Oh, by the way, I used to call you Sasa. How do you like that name?"

"It sounds great, because it's the name you gave me."

"Then let's stick with that. From now on, I can introduce you to others as Sasa."

I can change the opening lines in the future, for example: Good day, this is Mrs. Sasa, my wife.

After our hangover, we lay lazily in the tent without moving. Let's wait until noon before we set off. I told Park to make sure he teaches the orcs to craft weapons proficiently. Also, have Wolfrang negotiate with the Beast King, considering previous wars, to see if there are any effective tactics.

The black market traders will probably stay in the Beast Tribe for three to five days, but we are not in a hurry. We'll leave whenever we've rested enough. Little Ao crawled into the tent, his green body digesting a dry steamed bun. This little guy, he hasn't been of any use since joining us, just a parasite. Eating our food, drinking our drinks, and always hiding like a coward when things get critical.

"What use do I have for you?"

"All you do is eat, eat, eat."

"If you hide again next time, I won't want you."

As I lay there scolding Little Ao, I didn't expect him to get angry. He jumped up on my stomach and knocked the breath out of me.

"Ouch, alright, alright, do whatever you want. Stop being naughty..."

Alright, let's get up. Don't be lazy, we still have a long way to go.

Rubbing my head, tidying my hair, and not even washing my face.

Once the luggage was packed, my wife was sulking inside the tent, but I didn't care. I first took down the canvas of the tent, leaving only a few support poles. She hadn't even put on her clothes yet, and when she saw me taking down the tent, she turned her back to me.

"I haven't put on my clothes yet."

"Then put them on, I didn't take your clothes."

"Don't look at me."

"Which part of you haven't I seen? Don't even mention looking, which part haven't I touched?"

"You're so annoying!"

"Hurry up and get dressed, I'm waiting for you."

Leaning against the support pole of the tent, I lit a cigarette and squinted my eyes as I admired Medusa getting dressed. Love makes everything beautiful. Every little movement from the girl you genuinely like is so lovely. For example, when she uses her fingers to adjust the edge of her bra.

"Have you seen enough?"

"Well... not enough. How about you put them on again?"

"You're so silly."

My wife strutted, deliberately making herself a bit taller, and I stared blankly as she walked up to me.

"Alright, stop looking, let's go."

She took the cigarette from my mouth, and I snapped back to reality, mounting the horse.

Following the Geli Mountain, the scenery is much better than Mountain Dotch. There are flowers and grass along the way, and plenty of butterflies and grasshoppers. There are wild fruits in pale purple and peach red hanging on the trees. As we walked, my wife and I picked and ate them. When we had nothing to do, we spit out the seeds and played.

"Oh, wife, what's the best thing you've ever eaten?"

"Meat."

"Meat? What kind of meat?"

"Lamb, the kind they make in bars."

"That's the extent of your experience, you haven't seen much."

"Yes, dear husband, you're so amazing. You've been to the kingdom and even exchanged for 500 gold coins."

"Do you know the best thing I've ever eaten?"

"Please don't tell me, I haven't tasted it anyway."

"You've never tasted it, but dear husband will make it for you~"

"Really?"

"Of course, when we get home, I'll make dumplings for you."

"Dumplings? What's that?"

"Look, it's this small thing, hot, with a wheat skin on the outside and filled with meat inside. You take a bite, and it's soft and fragrant. It's incredibly delicious."

"Stop, stop, stop. How much grain do we have left?"

When she mentioned that, I remembered we didn't have much dry food left. And it was all naked wheat bread, which she hated the most.

"What's there to worry about? Can dear husband let you starve?"

"Hmm, that's hard to say."

Hmm... I need to go hunting. Otherwise, we won't have any meat. But there are no rabbits around here, so what should we eat? It's getting dark, and even if the wild fruits are sweet or sour, they won't fill our stomachs.

"Wife, we need to go hunting."

"What are we hunting? Are we hunting you?"

"Are you delirious from hunger? Want to eat your husband? But your husband is a rabbit?"

"Are there any edible animals nearby?"

"Look, there is a small animal on that tree."

I was referring to a small animal on the tree that looked like a cat and a mouse. It had the size of a cat and looked like a mouse, with a thin and long tail. We knew it was edible because we saw it eating the wild fruits on the tree. As the saying goes, even a mosquito is meat, not to mention this small cat-mouse.

My wife wanted to eat meat, but besides me, there was only this small cat-mouse left.

Let's hunt, if we don't hunt, how can we eat? This is the law of nature, the survival of the fittest. If you fall behind, you will be beaten.

I raised my gun, aimed, and shot down one. My wife picked it up and looked at it. It was missing its tail and was only slightly longer than a small arm. From a distance, it looked round and fluffy, covered in yellow fur. Given my wife's appetite, we would need to eat around ten to eight of these to feel full.

We made a bonfire, set up the tent, and decided not to journey any further today. As we sat down together, we looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

"Wife, can we be satisfied with this?"

"Show me if you can be satisfied with just one."

"If we have something to eat, that's already good enough. Why be picky?"

"Being with you is really hard, isn't it?"

As my wife peeled and cleaned the meat, she muttered to herself, not even paying attention to me.

"In the past, I lived in my little cave, eating big chunks of meat and drinking clean water from the mountains."

"But then, a bad person deceived me and brought me to this small woods, where I couldn't eat enough and sleep well."

"This scoundrel even made me drink alcohol and liked to watch me dress up, always wanting to hold me..."

What on earth is she talking about?

She brought me to this small woods, and I don't even know who was begging me not to leave last night.

"Who are you talking about? Huh? Who is the scoundrel?"

"I don't know... sniffle, sniffle, I am so miserable... sniffle, sniffle."

"Who did you learn to talk like this? What's so miserable about you? Are you not going to eat meat? If not, give it to me."

"No, I won't."

She hid the food behind her back, pretending to be afraid of me taking it away.

"So, I'm not allowed to taste the game I hunted?"

"No, not for you."

Alright, now she's trying to play this game with me. Acting all spoiled? Ignoring me?

"You unlucky child, guarding your food and having no ambition!"

"Husband, are you scolding me..."

You can understand even when I speak Chinese now? Okay, you've made progress. I'll teach you to speak Chinese in the future.

"No, I'm not scolding you. I'm just saying that I'll help you cook the meat."

"Okay... then, here you go."

I helped her cook the meat, and the small cat-mouse was already small to begin with. After cooking, it shrank even more.

"Husband, it's smaller now."

"What do you mean, I became smaller? Where did I become smaller?"

"Look, it was already small to begin with."

"Are you going to eat it or not? Why so many words?"

"I can't eat enough... you heartless husband, making your wife go hungry..."

Okay, here we go again. I leave for just a few hours, and she's learned to put on a grand performance.

"Are you not satisfied?"

"No."

"I'll teach you a trick that will surely make you full."

I spread a hemp cloth on the ground and placed the cooked meat on top.

"Wife, watch carefully. Tear it into small pieces, like this."

"You see, piece by piece, the smaller, the better, got it?"

"Take it slow, now we have more than ten pieces of meat. We can make even more if we tear it into even smaller pieces... hmm..."

"Look, isn't this perfect? So many small pieces of meat. It will definitely make you full."

My wife looked at the pile of shredded meat, the size of a fingernail, and then looked up at me.

...

"Husband, do you think I'm stupid?"

"Are you teasing me?"

"Eating too much makes me bored, so you're amusing yourself with your wife?"

My wife pointed at the pile of shredded meat and questioned me.

"With it shredded like this, how can I eat it?"

"You said you couldn't get full..."

"Will this make me full?"

"Wife, I've realized you're quite clever."

"Nonsense," she scoffed, throwing pieces of meat at me. I couldn't help but laugh. Ever since we aired out all our grievances, we had no reservations. She would say whatever she wanted in front of me, and I did the same. More conversations, more communication, a deeper understanding of each other. This is what I wanted.

We were content with the current situation, so content that we almost forgot the kingdom was about to wage war against us.

Yes, the kingdom was going to war...

"Wife, do you know that war is about to break out?" I asked.

"Yeah, I know..."

"Any thoughts?"

"Shouldn't this be something you should think about?" she replied.

"No, I want to hear your opinion as my wife, your thoughts on the upcoming war."

"Do you know about the war that happened long ago?" She changed the subject, her expression turning snake-like across the flames.

"I know, the foolish humans challenging you monsters with swords and spears."

"That's because the kingdom couldn't defeat us."

"But now, the kingdom will defeat the monsters, defeat the people of Night Fall Town..."

"In the future, perhaps after we're dead, the kingdom will say that foolish monsters challenged them with swords and spears."

"So, in order to avoid us lying in the dirt and hearing the kingdom say that, what do you think we should do?"

The sound of insects was drowned out by a rustling noise. Her tail looked so powerful and deadly, especially the S-shaped part at the end, reminiscent of some kind of sinister blade.

"Husband, do you know how snakes hunt?"

"They remain quiet in the moments leading up to the attack, completely and utterly silent, and then..."

"Like this."

A small snake flew out of her hair and wrapped itself tightly around my neck. It was cold, yet it carried the message of death. She hadn't shown me this kind of magic for a while.

"To kill the opponent in the shortest amount of time, right?"

"Most of the time, yes."

"But I'm not a snake."

"Then use your mouth, aren't you skilled at talking?"

"Oh, but besides talking, my mouth... should also make you feel very comfortable~"

"Weren't we discussing the war? Now you want to satisfy a hungry Medusa?"

My goodness, I love this woman more than sharks love blood.

"Do you want to try capturing me to fill your stomach?"

Being pinned down by Medusa, and then dragged while lying on the ground, the tent by the campfire seemed to be the perfect place for "feeding."

"Mmm~ the smell of the prey is so enticing."

She snuffed my scent while praising it. Talking with my wife reminded me of negotiations. If I could have a negotiation with General Polkin, maybe we could avoid the war. I believed that the conflict between the technological and magical factions in the kingdom was very serious, and since the kingdom had many interests in the southern plains, we had a lot of bargaining chips as well.

But right now, I was too lazy to consider negotiations. Let's just enjoy the moment. It had been over three hundred days, and we had finally regained our senses. Let this pair of ill-fated lovebirds live a few more days.