This is why I will never translate a series with excessive cooking... even just an odd chapter here and there is too much for me. I am not a master sushi chef, I do not understand all that sushi cutting terminology!11 Miduchi's bad accent at the {Common Language} is hard to translate as well.
We've returned to one of the small rooms on the side of the teleport room at the surface.
"Ah~ I want to take a shower. I can't get the smell of the blood out from my hair."
Ralpha said like she was already sick of it. After finishing our exploration of the 6th floor when we returned to the 5th floor Giberuti had already finished packing our stuff so we decided to put priority on returning right away and taking a shower at the inn.
"Me too~ Al-san, we returned one day early this time but are we still doing a four day holiday?"
Gwine continued to say as well. Why do you always tilt your head a bit when you say things like that? It's quite sly.
"Yeah, there's four days off starting tomorrow. The next time is starting from September 3."
"Where are we going tonight?"
Toris asked.
"I want to eat meat~"
Bel is speaking on a whim. Even though she's a rabbit she eats meat. Though it doesn't particularly matter, I want to eat fish.
After leaving the dungeon and I felt Miduchi nearby. One week ago, just before we entered the dungeon I couldn't tell anything but that she was quite a distance away but the moment we left into the entrance plaza I could feel her. Her distance is roughly 1 Km. The direction Southwest. It seems to be "Boil Manor". I wonder if she's already in the inn? A smile naturally appears on my face. I wonder if I made her wait? But it was really perfect timing.
"Then, shall we go. Ah, Giberuti, go ahead first to "Dorureon" and reserve some seats for us."
Since we go to "Dorureon" once a month even my slave Giberuti can reserve seats for us with no problem. Well we are the {Slaughterers} who saved the second son of the owner after all. We split into three groups. Angela and Zulu were given the luggage Giberuti was carrying, Giberuti who is going ahead to the restaurant. And then us six.
Along the way when we were about to arrive at the fish dealer, Ralpha and Gwine wanted to take a shower so Zenom their guardian went along with them ahead of us. Toris and I started looking for a good peiram from the fish lined up in the store front. Since Bel obviously won't separate from Toris while we're on the surface she's here as well. There were only two peiram at the fish dealer. There's no room picking. Since I normally only buy one of them regardless of what I just said without picking I ended up buying both it seems that Toris and Bel found it strange.
"N, today is special. When we arrive at the restaurant I'll have them cut right away. If it's "engawa" then Bel you'll eat it too right?"
Since it's this sort of occasion. I paid the master of the fish market 10,000 Z (1 silver coin) for the two fish and then held on to a string that went through their gills. Even on Orth Peiram is an ultra high-class fish. I'm sure there's many among the commoners that will never taste them. They're normally eaten as a meuniere. Even if you look at all of Orth probably the only ones eating them in sashimi would be reincarnated people I guess?
"I'll hold them for you."
"She hasn't taken a room.."
"How dirty.."
"She must not have had enough mana to fix it right?"
"I won."
"Even Ral is at best a B right?"
"If it's color then even I.."
It seems that Ralpha and Gwines grumblings entered Bel's ears.
"I'm in the same room as Toris as well!"
and she said that and then looked at me before smiling. No, I intend to have Miduchi take a different room? Though since there's no open rooms on the same floor she'll be on a different floor.
Out of the six person table and the four person table, I sat at the six person one.
Well I'll forgive that rude attitude for at least today.
Zulu, Toris, and Bel sat down in front of me and then on my left Miduchi and Zenom sat down.
"Then, once again I'll introduce her. This is Midu~ritto.Chizumagurol. Her position is..probably the same as me reinforcements. For the time being, since we originally were supposed to be in the dungeon until tomorrow, I intend to do some training tomorrow morning but it probably won't be any different. Also, her way of speaking is strange but forgive her on that. She's from the countryside."
I said that and introduced Miduchi and this time Miduchi stood up and greeted everyone.
"All peoples, I'm Midu~ritto.Chizumagurol. Please call this one Miduchi."
and said that before lowering her head.
"Pu..Did you hear that? She said, all peoples."
I sigh once and took the peiram from Toris,
"I'll go get this prepared. Sashimi is fine right?"
and said that before standing up.
"Ah? Is that "flounder"? If that's the case then it's just right. Would it be alright to make one of them "Meuniere"?"
and Miduchi said. Does she not know the {Common Language} for "flounder" and "Meuniere"?
"Eh? Well it's fine. But why?"
"If it's a "flounder meuniere" then I can prepare the sauce."
Hmph. Well, I guess it's fine. Since it's something like a welcoming party for Miduchi after all.
After going to the kitchen since it's the same as usual, I borrowed a knife from the head chef and started cutting the two peiram into sashimi pieces. While Miduchi was quietly watching she said, "Is it okay if I take the head and middle bone?" so I gave it to her. It seems she's started to moisten it with steam right away and making stock from it. I cut out eight "engawa" worth from the two fish and cut them into bite sizes, and make them 1/4th the size while carefully adding some garnish for looks.
"I'm going to take the guts from one of them as well."
and before I could say anything she quickly took the guts of one them and started steaming and straining those as well. Aa~ even though gut sashimi of flounder is delicious...However, so she's making a meuniere using a sauce made from using the guts as a stock huh? Isn't that normal?
Miduchi quickly cut one fishes portion into an adequate four pieces and started adding salt, seasonings, and a bit of wheat flour. She lined some oil along the frying pan and started frying the meuniere. After it started sizzling and she finished frying one she placed it on a place and then split the oil from the flounder into a separate frying pan. There she added the stock she got from the first bit of guts and added a bit of wine and vodka. It seems she's going to boil down the sauce in the small frying pan.
At this point the head chef and I who was half way done making sashimi were watching Miduchi with interest. While she was boiling down the sauce in the small frying pan, she poured down a bit more of the light oil from the large frying pan returned the meuniere from the plate before frying it again. It should be fine if I don't watch over for a bit. She took a small 15 cm higher and 10 cm diameter bottle out of her waist pouch and I can tell something like a small stone is inside of them. She took the cork off of it and then took one white-ish looking rock out and the head chef raised his voice in surprise. You know what that is, old man?
With a familiar method she sliced the rock into fine pieces. It seems it's not a rock. A potato?
"O..One whole. An entire single white sarenruji!?"
The eyes of the head chef are spinning as he whispers. I don't know what this white sarenruji is but it seems it's valuable. Miduchi completely finished finely cutting up the white sarenruji and started adding it to the small frying pan with the sauce, she then added something like a paste and then started focusing on the large frying pan. An extremely enticing smell started to float through the kitchen.
Ha..This isn't the time to be charmed. I need to make sure to make mine as well. I cut the flounder into sashimi and put it on a large plate, in the center there's a small hill of engawa pile on top of each other. After this if I just add a bit of rock salt to a small plate to go with it and it's done.
Miduchi is serving the meuniere on a plate and putting the sauce from the small frying pan on top of it. It seems she's done as well.
"U..Umm, would it be alright for me to have the remaining sauce in that frying pan?"
The head chef called out to Miduchi. Hey now, your name as the top restaurant in Baldukk "Dorureon" will cry. Let's stop with the poor people antics. In the first place, it's the cooking of an amateur. While my face is turning into a frown Miduchi smiled and, "if you're fine with something like this then, please do." Really, I can't keep up with this~
I carry along the plates of food with me. It seems everyone is waiting and hungry.
"Ei~ sorry for the wait. The meuniere is coming soon as well. It seems pretty tasty looking."
When I put the large plate on the table and turned around it was just as Miduchi came out with a plate on each hand and behind her the boy was coming along out of the kitchen as well.
"Fumo~~!!"
I heard the yell of the head chef.