Chapter 229. Situation in each country (6)
Preparations are proceeding smoothly.
The situation seemed to be going as I had imagined.
So, what more can I do now?
Is there anything else I can do?
Obviously there will be
After thinking over and over again, I finally made up my mind.
okay. There is only that.
“…let it begin.”
I murmured sadly, taking a deep breath and clearing my mind.
I quietly went ahead and laid out several knives that I had sharpened beforehand and checked them one by one.
He nodded his head in satisfaction after confirming that it shone so sharply that it was inferior to its brightness.
It’s good. The trim is perfect.
Putting down the knife, I now pull it out.
An enchanted storage box.
When you open it, cool air flows from the inside of the box, which had been maintaining a cool temperature just before.
And enshrined in it are several fish that exude a wonderful luster.
I grabbed the fish tail first, picked it up, and checked it thoroughly.
Freshness that makes you feel like you’re going to catch your breath again right away.
Preservation magic can’t be underestimated either.
Just peeling off the scales will take quite a bit of effort.
To that extent, the quality of the fish was considerable.
“Hmm, good quality.”
Calmly and rigorously assessing the quality of the fish with a glance, I placed it on the cutting board.
“It is a good fish. It will be worth eating.”
What to do with this nice guy
After all, it’s dangerous to eat sashimi raw, so hold off on that.
First of all, the breed is different, but at a glance, it looks similar to Spanish mackerel, so shall we lightly bake it?
I think it would be nice to leave the head or bones and brew the broth separately.
Behind me, who spreads his happy imagination even with just one fish.
There was a girl who looked at me with cold eyes.
“….Hey? Arel? What are you doing? Why did you call me into the kitchen?
Why are you holding the fish?”
She continues to ask questions and is a princess of the Merman Empire and a hostage sold cheaply.
Heodang Hogu Spiritual Sage Penada.
“What is it? What do you think I am doing now?”
“I can only see him holding a strange fish and laughing very suspiciously?”
That’s an honest expression.
“I’m so suspicious, what’s suspicious? Are you just trying to cook normally?”
Do not blaspheme the sacred act of cooking, you spoiled girl.
Unlike other times, when I showed a stern attitude, Pena couldn’t be more dumbfounded, so now she looked at something pitiful.
“Yes, Allel. I came just a moment ago because you had something important to do.”
“Yes, I have important work to do.”
It was me who ordered Pena to come, so I remember it properly.
“Is that the only thing that matters?”
Pena devastatedly pointed to the fish on the cutting board.
Is that just it?
Uh huh! Dare to be rude to fish.
Even if it looks like this, it is definitely a valuable body that is traded at the highest price in the port.
In addition, we have spent all kinds of money to bring you pampered goods so that the quality is never compromised in transportation.
The shipping cost was more than the cost of the fish.
It’s a body that was treated more favorably than Pena you.
When I preached about never forgetting piety, Pena made a puzzled expression.
It seems that he was quite resentful that he was treated lower than fish.
…Well, the common-sense human reaction would be something like this.
Dia is the only one who matches my rhythm.
If it was Chit Dia, I would have at least pretended to pray reverently on the spot.
But now, as she is busy, she cries and has to compromise with pena to eat mustard.
“Since it’s an important matter, I thought you called to discuss the future.”
“It didn’t work out because it didn’t meet my expectations. The reason I called you right now was that I was just bored, so I asked you to taste the food.”
Anyway, other people are preparing hard for the small things.
Do you and Pena have anything else to do now? there is no
Then, the fish I ordered last time today arrived.
Even if it’s not, the dishes I ate quite delicious the last time I was treated there, so I was waiting for when they would arrive.
“Wouldn’t it only make the food taste worse if I waited impatiently anyway? Then wouldn’t it be most comfortable to wait slowly while eating something delicious?”
this is my creed
Even if there is a war tomorrow, let’s start with delicious food today.
Then what about tomorrow?
Let’s finish the war and go eat delicious rice.
Even if you’re busy, don’t neglect eating.
“No matter how important your worries are, there is delicious food right in front of you, but if you endure it, you will lose. Not to mention cancer.”
Looking at Pena’s eyes, it seems that it will take quite a while for her to understand my theory.
“Anyway, that’s how it turned out, so have a taste.”
Eating alone would only make you feel worse.
Coincidentally, it seems that Pena is also free, so I called to try cooking.
In the end, she seems to have given up on arguing, so she relaxed her shoulders and sat down on the chair.
“…By the way, Arell, are you doing it? Chef?”
“What do you think this kitchen knife looks like?”
“decoration?”
“no it’s not?”
Even if it looks like this, it’s a trumpet that I’ve been grooming exclusively for me.
If you put your mind to it, even iron armor can open the gun.
A craftsman doesn’t choose a tool?
under! you’re welcome!
The more artisans, the more they choose tools.
When I laid out all kinds of rare metals enough to make several famous swords, and asked Aken to make me a kitchen knife.
That guy’s astonished face still seems to be shimmering on the edge of this kitchen knife.
“Cooking…. If you want to eat, you can ask the chef, right?”
“no. It’s still too early for him to get this fish.”
But I flatly refused.
Of course, the skill of the chef who works in my castle is second to none even in Ernesia Kingdom.
However, that is the result of my growing while handing down the recipe.
Until he came to our castle, he was just a kid peeling potatoes in a corner of the royal kitchen.
I, who excavated him, say.
He’s not ready yet!
“Fish is a really unfamiliar ingredient in Ernesia Kingdom. I gave him the recipe for dinner as well, but he’s probably pretty messed up by now. and.”
“and?”
“I don’t compromise on eating.”
With the spirit of an artisan, he never entrusts it to others easily.
That’s why I want to cook for myself.
“…Arel, do you know how to cook?”
“At least he’ll do better than you?”
When I said this with a provocative smile, Pena seemed to have a little bit of pride, but she got angry.
“Did I learn something in the imperial palace too?”
“Yes, it must be basic knowledge.”
It’s obvious even without looking at the skills of the princess who doesn’t know the world.
Even if it looks like this, I am a man who has been holding a kitchen knife through countless lives with the determination to eat only delicious food.
I have a different career than you, you immature child.
Pena seemed to be overwhelmed, as if she sensed something out of the ordinary in my more confident attitude than at other times.
“And basically, most of the recipes here are provided by me?”
“Really?”
“If you don’t believe me, grab someone and ask.”
I was even more surprised to hear that, as Pena had really praised the food here.
“…I can’t believe it.”
“What can I say? Okay, that’s what I meant anyway, so I’ll show you.”
I grinned and grabbed the cleaver and started to clean the fish.
“Look forward to it.”
The first thing to do was to lightly coat the flesh of the fish with flour and butter and bake it.
It’s a good quality fish, so you don’t need to do anything special.
However, other than that, the sauce to accompany is specially made to suit my taste.
This has been devised from before.
He paid more attention to fish than to prepare for war.
“Then let’s bake it.”
Oil the pan and bake.
The oil exuded from the fish, the heated oil, and the butter scent harmonize to spread the fragrance.
“It is a good fish!”
When you smell the scent, you are amazed.
At the same time, in the pot next to it, broth is being boiled with the bones and heads left over for making the soup.
This one also has a strong scent thanks to the special spices.
Behind my back as I devote myself to cooking, Pena is at a loss for words at some point.
I was quite surprised by the fact that I was taking it seriously, unexpectedly, and that the dish actually smelled good and was prepared.
Did you think it was a joke?
After a while.
When the dishes were finished, I set my own and Pena’s portion on the table, and sat down in a chair.
“how is it?”
“…I thought it was a joke.”
I guess he didn’t really believe that I could cook.
“Can’t you eat fish?”
“No, you can eat it. In the past, even in the Empire, I ate fish donated by the provinces.”
Ah, did the Empire have a sea in its territory, unlike ours?
Sheesh, that’s a bit embarrassing.
For now, it is not a good idea to leave the food in front of you and let it cool while talking.
As if we had agreed in advance, we moved the food into our mouths at the same time.
“…It’s delicious.”
Pena opened her eyes wide and murmured.
“The fish I ate in the past had a strange smell… and was very dry. This one is different… I think I could eat anything like this.”
This was the evaluation of Her Highness, the princess of the empire.
I’d be grateful to hear that review.
Well, it’s a dish that has become quite good even if I taste it by my standards.
Soup is good enough to eat.
It seemed to suit everyone else besides me.
Now that this has happened, shall we try selling fish within the kingdom of Ernesia?
I thought about it for a while, but gave up.
Doesn’t sound like much of a benefit. and annoying
I decided to erase the accidents in the business and focus on rice.
A small amount of oil permeated into the fish flesh really feels like it penetrates well into the stomach.
Meat is good, but sometimes seafood is okay too.
If it tastes like this, I can believe it.
I made up my mind to buy some extra food.
“Unfortunately, it seems that the enslavement of the people of the Merman Empire is going smoothly.”
After the meal, I taught Pena some personal facts.
It was not the goal to simply feed them rice.
I also had the idea of calming down with a meal and then having a conversation like this.
It’s not a very pleasant story, so it’s better for yourself to tell it like this.
Lately, his lungs have been feeling uncomfortable.
Something has been feeling sluggish all these days.
I thought I had to forcefully feed him something proper to make him feel better.
“There was no difference between what you said and what I recognized.”
“It looks serious…
Her complexion is dark.
“Rather, it’s worse than you know.”
According to information obtained through other routes, it is said that a situation has occurred in which people fleeing to avoid being enslaved have crossed the border.
However, the empire is still brutally catching the empire’s people who fled while ignoring the fact.
Of course, Pena’s face after hearing this explanation was no joke.
Her face looks as if she has heard that the world will end tomorrow.
That’s right.
After all, it is true that an empire will collapse if a treaty is established with the Holy State and a large number of slaves are traded.
The long history of the empire comes to an end in her brother’s generation.
how miserable you would feel
“are you okay? Shall we take a break and talk about it later?”
“….no. are you okay.”
Will Pena’s eyes return to her will again? Try again.”
She gives strict orders and personally crushes all newcomers who attack her with a sword with a single wooden stick.
For reference, the kids who are falling out in real time are not new recruits.
Each is a senior soldier commanding a platoon.
Recently, as the territory has grown and functioned as a city, it has become difficult for the people around me to command all the soldiers like Asha and Seina before.
