"So, my skills aren't bad, are they!" Sam puffed out his chest, his face beaming with obvious delight.
Eric gave a thumbs-up, praising him sincerely: "Especially excellent! Sam truly has a gift for cooking!"
Sam became even more smug: "By the way, the fish and shrimp you brought back, did you trade for them with the Ox-Head tribe? They're really fresh, not losing out to anything newly caught from the river. It's just those bizarrely shaped magical beasts, they look too ugly, I didn't know how to handle them, so I didn't dare touch them."
Eric chuckled silently; Sam was definitely talking about the octopuses. He replied:
"I heard the Ox-Head tribe traded them from the sea beastmen. We traded for a few for everyone to try. This seafood was flash-frozen right after being caught, that's why it kept such a fresh taste."
