Chapter 28: 28
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Now then, let's begin the preparation for the curry festival tonight .
I asked Lua-san in the morning to reserve one of the squares .
Large pots are lined up on the ground .
The large pot is big enough to fit a man inside, and it has eight feet on the bottom . They're not for walking of course, but for creating about 10 centimeters gap when the pot is put on the ground .
During our stay at the duchy capital, I made a lot of these pots in the underground labyrinth, they were made to be heated with the [Flame Field] magic .
"You two, please help me peel the vegetables . "
"Yes . "
"Understood . "
"Liza, teach Nana how to do chamfering . "
"Yes, please leave it to me . "
I entrust Liza and Nana to peel the vegetables . I take out the chicken meat that I've left pickling since before the duchy capital out of the Item Box and pass it to Lulu .
I'd like to use chicken cutlets as the topping, but I guess the chicken meat isn't quite enough is it?
"Mia, is there anyone I can ask some chicken meat from?"
"Nn, Hiya . "
Her word is few, but Hiya-shi is most likely a hunter . After Mia beat her thin breasts doing "Leave it to me" gesture, she ran accompanied by Pochi and Tama on her flanks .
Are you guys going to catch Roc bird?
The shortage of personnel for the vegetable peeling is immediately supplemented .
The researcher of hero's dishes, Nea-san leads some adult woman elves who like to cook to help . I entrust several people that Nea-san's brought, and Lulu to do the work that would take some time to finish .
Nea-san and me are going to fry the onions .
Fry it carefully .
Slowly and carefully .
Slowly and carefully .
Nea-san is cooking while frequently looking here .
It's complete when the onions have turned yellowish-brown .
I have Lulu to change place with me and mass produce it together with Nea-san . It's written in the memo that this onions give slight sweet taste to the curry, so it's quite important . I make the onions that are big enough, and some carrots to be shaped like stars and crescent moons, I just need to arrange them afterward .
I feel lonesome stares looking here from the shade of a tree . It's Arisa and Aialize-san .
This is troubling .
Letting Arisa to cook is seriously a flag for failure . In case of Aialize-san, I can't help but imagine her tripping the pot and gets splattered by the inside of the pot .
I beckon them, here here .
Arisa and Aialize-san points their finger toward themselves while having "Me?" faces .
When I nod to that, they smile like in full bloom, and rush here hurriedly .
When I think of this time, it hurts my heart .
"Ehehehe~"
"I-is there anything I can do?"
I say, "Yes", and pass baskets with candies from the duchy capital inside to them . I push thin stick candies to the mouth of the two who have received the baskets with blank faces .
Arisa seems to have noticed my intention as she crush the candy in her mouth while looking reluctant . Aialize-san doesn't seem to quite understand, she's eating the candy with slightly red face . Her expression is a bit erotic .
"Please distribute the candies to the pixies so they don't disturb us . "
Ah, please don't put that "I've been betrayed!" face . With the basket hung on her arm, Arisa pulls the teary eyed Aialize-san to the square and gathers the pixies . I'm sorry Arisa . I'm leaving it to you to babysit the pixies and Aialize-san .
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The flame that's dancing wildly is heating the pots . When it has boiled, I relax the flame and remove the lye .
This work is really quite troublesome . I pass some ladles to Nana and Liza who were looking at it so interestedly . The two methodically scoop out the lye . Only the serious Liza and the hobbyist Nana can do such troublesome work so steadily . I'll reward the two later .
Halfway through it, some elf men who look like they're in military seemed to be attracted by Liza's serious expression, they began to take part removing the lye . You guys, why does the atmosphere becomes as if you're doing a serious match . . . . Since it feels like I've lost if I retort them, I leave them alone .
Now then, once the lye have been removed, and the vegetables have been cooked, I just need put the curry powder next .
I'll leave the state of the vegetables' to Nea-san .
I'm going to prepare the garnishes at once .
I prepare many fried food as the topping together with Lulu . Whale karages and cutlets, fried prawns, wild boar cutlets, and fried white fish meat . Halfway through, I appoint Lulu as the teacher to guide the elf women the way to help .
Now then, I'll prepare the deep-fried paprikas, and pumpkins for Mia .
I only preliminary arrange these, the frying is for later .
I fry the sweet potatoes that I've thinly sliced before . I put it in a small basket, and bring it to the place where Arisa is playing Sugoroku with the pixies .
"Arisa, I've come to bring more snack . "
"Uwah! It's potato chips! Is it alright? It's alright for me to eat it right?!"
"Share it with everyone . "
Potato chips was among the item that I forbade during the diet back then, so I rarely ever cooked it . I've also told Lulu not to make it, so it might have already been one month I guess . I have some carbonated water that I got during the oak ores gathering, I'll try to make soda if I have some chance later .
"Okay! Popo, Lili, line up the pixies in a line! I'll distribute the wonderful snack from the hero's country you know . "
"Aye aye sir, ain't it!"
"Oh you, Arisa, you're exaggerating . "
"But, it smells nice~"
Potato chips seem to be popular with the pixies too . I can hear relatively angry voice of Arisa from behind . Work hard, Arisa .
I prepare sweet drink for people who are bad with bitter ones while hearing such voice from behind me . I'm just putting some Ugi sugar into cooled cow milk . The drink outward appearance become like green tea because I put this sugar which has green tea color . After the pseudo green tea latte fill three large bottles, I cool it with magic . I need to operate the magic delicately since it must not freeze over, but it's not that difficult .
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I put curry powder into the pot little by little, and stir it while the powder is melting, but it's not getting thick . Was the original recipe wrong? I put some wheat flour in order to easily thicken it . This time I feel that the body is lacking . It finally feels right after I've thrown some butter .
Next, I need to lower the flame, and wait for the flavor to sip into the vegetables . I'll fry the topping one by one in the meantime .
"Prey~"
"A big catch nanodesu!"
"Praise me . "
Tama, Pochi, and Mia are running while being full of mud, so I stop them before they enter the square . Five elf men with nihilistic faces are following the three from behind . Although I said men, their outward appearances are that of junior high school students, so they look like nothing but some cheeky boys . Arisa would have drooled over them .
"Thank you for your hard work . "
I use life magic to clean the people who have come back from hunting .
Pochi and Mia smelled strange since they were caught by some plant-type monster, so I use deodorant magic on them . It seemed to be quite hard .
There is no time to pickle the chicken meat I've obtained, so I'm going to use it for the topping instead . There are pheasants, and ducks, they look really delicious . I'd like to make the duck into kamonabe with dashi or udon, but I'll just put it on top of steamed salad this time .
The elf men who have come back from the hunt camp on a temp table at the square for the banquet, and begin to have liquor and appetizers ahead . Pochi and Tama are cunningly eating the grilled chicken at the place where the elf men are . Don't overeat okay?
"Nn . "
Mia carries the potato chips basket near Arisa, and holds it out to me . Of course the inside is empty . Come to think of it, Mia and Arisa are often fighting over potato chips huh .
"It's dinner soon, so no . I promise that I'll make it as snacks tomorrow . "
"Promise . "
I join my little finger to Mia's little finger and do yubikiri . Aialize-san who's surrounded by the pixies seem to find yubikiri unusual as she's staring at it . Let's magnificently ignore it here .
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I distribute the completed curry rices . It feels like distribution center with all these people and camps .
I use the slightly long thin rice from Gururian city . It feels like rice from the specialty shop that I had eaten at before, so I'm imitating it .
"Huh? It's not yellow . "
"Yes, it's too much for beginner so I changed the color . Don't worry, I've made our share to be yellow . "
There are four kinds of red yellowish greeen bitter orange curry this time .
First, green curry with spinach-like vegetables . I made this one for people who like vegetables like Mia . It has normal spiciness .
Next is the red curry with quite a bit of pepper . I made it for people like the nihilistic men and Lua-san who likes something curious . Nea-san and Lulu who tasted it end up in tears, so its spiciness seems to be uncommon . I put a lot of wolf meat I have in stock .
The yellow one is keema curry . Of course I've arranged it in Japanese-style . I put the pickled chicken meat in this . It's quite hot, although not at the red curry degree . Its yellow color is close to the primary color one, so people who associate it with curry probably won't associate it with something disgusting .
The last one is orange curry . It's actually a normal curry . This color is made by coloring agent . Needless to say, the harmless one . They're something that I originally made to distinguish potion, arranged a bit . I've put cow meat that I got from the elves-san for this one . I've made two kind of flavors, the normal spicy one and the sweet one .
Maybe because there's no prejudice against it, the orange beef curry is popular among the women . I make it so people can freely choose the fried topping that I've mass produced .
As for the small palates, there are fresh salads, boiled cabbages, mashed potatoes, vegetables sticks, leeks, and etc . The soy-sauced pickles are limited so it's exclusive for my table . I'm currently making more myself, I'll share some when it's finished .
When everyone has spread through the place, the meal begins with [Itadakimasu] sign .
Ah, curry after a long time .
"Huh? The color of master's curry is strange nanodesu . "
"The color is originally like this you know . "
"The stars are hidden~?"
The stars-shaped carrots, and round-cut onions inside the curry seem to be popular . Now Pochi and Tama would probably eat it without avoiding it .
"It's hot, but delicious . "
"Declaring that the curry here is cute . "
Liza, you're free to put the topping and all . I think it's fine even if you pile the whale karage to the point that the curry can't be seen . She's chosen the keema curry . The chicken meat seem to be the decisive factor .
Nana is greatly delighted by the extremely hot red curry, and the rabbit-shaped cut of the apple-like fruit .
"Uu, it's delicious, but I can't eat it since it's too spicy . "
"Aaze, do your best . "
I've been admiring Aialize-san who's eating while drinking water with her mouth opening and closing with teary eyes, but I should help her soon .
"Aialize-sama, please try this . "
"It's not spicy! I can eat this one . "
"That's good to hear . "
I changed her curry with the sweet one . The staff is going to enjoy her curry later . There are also other people who seem to be bad with spicy curry, so I inform them about the sweet curry .
"If your mouth is still tingling, please use the drink here . It will subside the hotness a bit . "
"T, thank you . . . . Tasty . It's sweet and delicious . "
Since she still looked painful, I presented Aialize-san with the pseudo green tea latte I had made earlier . The way she's drinking it gulp by gulp by using both her hands is cute .
It's not like I'm charmed by that image, but the [Guilty] calls somehow come from Arisa, and Mia . I forgot to distribute it to everyone . I had planned to give it to everyone in the first place, but it seemed to be bad of me to give it to Aialize-san first . Why .
I put the remaining bottle of the pseudo green tea latte on the elves table since it's bad for us to monopolize it .
"Ah, bliss . It's as delicious as Coconi curry . "
"Arisa, hamburg curry nano desu!"
"Karauma~"
<TLN: Corruption of Kare=curry, Uma=yummy I guess?>
Nea-san seemed to have grilled the leftover meat into hamburg steak . That person really likes hamburg steak huh .
I look at the curry feast while nibbling the soy-sauced pickles .
I'm glad that it suits their tastes .
However, Mia . You don't know .
There are beefs in the curry you're eating . It's turned into fiber since I've simmered it in different pot, so she probably won't notice it . It shouldn't have the texture of meat either .
While having such strange narration in my head, I fondly look at Mia who's doing all her might to put the curry into her mouth .
The curry, and the topping that have been prepared for 500 people are all consumed . There are many derivate dishes that have been born this time, like Liza's [Whale Cutlets among Curry] .
There weren't any women who refuse the fruit jelly dessert even after they had eaten that much . No matter how they say that it's going to another stomach, it's bad for their healths, so I'll give them some digestive medicines later .
The curry festival is over like this .
The elves who couldn't participate seemed to voice their dissatisfactions, so it had been decided that we were going to have curry festival for a while . I didn't want to have curry everyday, so I gave the curry recipe to Nea-san who was fully motivated and pushed it to her .
I wanted to help Nea-san who had been dyed with the spices fragrances, but at that time, I was busy with another matter, so I couldn't spare some hand .
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