42 . Episode 40: Key Information and Trout Cuisine

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After we leave Princess Marie, I, Esther and the others come to the Kshatriya, an inn near the Elias Tower.

I sat down on a chair and ordered tea for several people. Estelle and Alan sit down, but Miu doesn't feel comfortable standing there, Ren tells them, so Miu sits down too.

'I managed to get away from Mr. Lindow!

'Yeah. The sight of us like this would have given away our identity. Thanks for telling me, Mew.

You're welcome.

Miu Miu picks up her skirt and curtsies a little. I finish blowing on Princess Marie's dirty face and then I hear an electronic sound. I'd like to check it out just in case.

You've learned a new skill, Spell Recovery, with the Create Magic Creation skill.

Using the Spell Recovery skill, you've removed the target's curse.

If you look at the Spell Recovery's effect, you can now get close to the target and lift a powerful curse or death countdown. The description says.

(Death countdown? (That's a state I've never heard of.)

(Master. Perhaps it's meant to lift the curse that put a time limit on it.)

Liara told me. 'Well, if there's some kind of time-limited curse on my body, I'll use it once and try it out.

'Esther. When did you go from a dress to your usual clothes!

Then I heard a surprise from Alan. I looked at Esther and saw that she had changed from her dress to her clothes.

'When did this happen, Esther? From your dress to your regular clothes?

Ms. Estelle had changed from her dress to a round table outfit. She was back to her usual clothes. As I recall, Randy told me that Esther-san also has the skill of . I didn't see her take her clothes out of the storage and change into them.

''Hmmm...Changing clothes early is a lady's ritual, Prince Alan.

You can stop pretending now, Esther. And, Ren, I'm sorry to be the one to shut up. It's just like Gustave said, we're royalty. It's the truth.

'No, please don't apologize! Gustav was surprised, and I thought that maybe I was too, thinly veiled. Estelle and Alan's behavior was a little closer to Princess Marie's!

Estelle's dress and that tone of voice and behavior. And Mr. Alan's princely attire, which he was now wearing, suited him. It was too natural for the play.

'Did Mew know you two were royalty?

Yes, I was in the Dragon City of Raghu, attending a royal ceremony. I saw Master Esther and Master Allan once. Lady Esther, Queen of the Dragon Kingdom. And Prince Alan of the Divine Dragon Kingdom. Although they are both dragons, Master Alan is a dragon that lives in the Southern Continent.

'We traveled with Alan to hide our identities and learn about the life of the people and general knowledge of the world.

'But suddenly Esther was like, "I want to be an adventurer! He began to say. Thwarting one powerful demon or conspiracy plan after another, the human race. Labyrinth dungeons, conquering uncharted lands in the sky, and haha...

Alan sighed deeply. At first it was just to observe the lives of the city's citizens, but somehow the two of them had become adventurers. Now, Esther explained, they had become high-profile adventurers.

'You're having a hard time with a lot of things. Mr. Alan,'

You, too, Serena of Gilmour's, take a firm grip on the reins.

Yes!

Hey! Alan! I am!

Wait! Here's some cold water, compliments of the house. I've got the bones out.

When the waiter arrived, it was a dish of cold water on the table and grilled fish with vegetables steamed between them.

'Um, why?'

I asked the woman at the store, and she said, "Nishishi! He laughs.

You were the ones who protected this town from the demons, weren't you? Thanks to that, this store and everyone I know was saved from injury alone! This is for that.

Well, thank you. Thank you.

Well, I'm starving, too, thank you.

"Good eating! I'm happy for you!

Estelle and Alan eat a steaming fish. But it was not a typical speed of eating. And in the minutes that passed, the steaming fish on the plate disappeared.

'Feast!'

Hello?

A dragon eats with gusto. But it makes me hungry to watch, Master Ren.

I'm certainly hungry after seeing Esther and Alan eat earlier.

Liara peeked out of her bag and let me know from nearby that Serena and the others had arrived. I used the communication stone to contact them before they came here.

''Mew! Ren! They're here!

'Looks like you guys did something fancy again, I wish I could have joined in!

When Serena and Touya entered, Ayame and Croella, Rem and Randy came from behind me as well.

'Mistress Cele told me that I knew it was you, Ren...I heard that you protected the princess of the deep sea from a certain scheming villain!

'I looked into it, in case you were wondering. After that, a man named Gustav was taken by the gendarmerie, and in his interrogation, we got a raggedy story from him about the misuse of the markers up to now and the connection between the slavers Unsa and Poseidon. So the royal capital will be busy for a while.

Chloe explains. 'I thought it was Poseidon who ordered the attack on the city this time, but that means the real culprit was Gustav.

'Thanks Chloe. For looking into it.

You're welcome. Did you eat your candy? Let me know what you think of the snacks me and Ayame made.

It was. I'll go save the princess before I eat the cookies after that, and I'll eat them after I forgot about them and tell her what I thought of them.

I'll tell you what I think later, and then you can do me a favor, Touya.

What?

You must sell the key to the reward of Alice's love.

I tell Touya. The purpose of this demon's attack on me, Alice's Key, is not something I became convinced of.

For some reason, Alice was manipulating Unsa and Poseidon about the Key, and Gustav, who is here in town, also tried to get the Key back from the deep sea monster and Poseidon, and failed.

I'm not certain now. But I'd like to see something about the Key, anything that might help me find the gate to the Key.

All right, I'll tell you all about the key, but this time you owe me a favor, and it'll be on the house.

'Hey, hey! Just tell me how easy it is to say it. You guys are going after the 'key' to get your wishes granted too, aren't you?

'No one believes in fairy tales, so there's no competition for the key. If you tell Ren, he'll be more than happy to get the treasure!

Randy is dumbfounded when Touya happily tells Randy, "Oh dear". Then Lem flutters.

'Rem! I'm hungry!

You ate a lot of demons today, didn't you?

Serena asks Rem and he says that this time the demons have eaten a lot of food and leveled up, which leaves a lot of storage free for Rem.

That's right. Let's leave it at that for today and make dinner.

'Touya, we'll talk about the 'key' information again tomorrow, and I'll make dinner now, but I wonder if Touya and Randy's guild will join us.

'Yes! Rio and a revitalized Alice will be delighted.

That's good, because it's been a long time since I've sat down with Mistress Cele and her friends.

Randy will be there too. Alan thinks about it for a moment.

'I guess I'll have to find a place to stay then.

As Alan said this, the female clerk from earlier approached him.

If you're looking for a place to stay, you can stay at my inn. It's five floors up and there are plenty of rooms available.

You did it, Ren! Let's stay here today and your sister said it's free!

'Yes. Right, then, clerk, I'll be staying here today.

'Oh! Take your time!

Serena also wants to stay here, and I'll take your word for it, and we'll stay at the inn here today.

After that, Guild-Azuma and Randy and the others stayed at the inn here. Touya, Rio, Alice and Prati came to the inn.

'I'm glad Alice is feeling better!

'Thank you, Serena, for taking care of Rio and the others until they came home.

Serena was a little embarrassed when she thanked me.

We decided to rent the kitchen and me, Miu and Prathi decided to make dinner.

'Rio, there's still some potato peels left.

It's true... that's it!

Master Toya, Master Rio, you are very good at peeling.

Miu speaks to them and Touya and Rio are peeling potatoes. There was a lot of potatoes to use in the salad, but thanks to the two of them peeling them, they are almost done.

A pirate cooks on the sea as well," he says. They get better at peeling, and that's just the way it is.

When I was still a pirate, I used to peel vegetables every day with Toya and my friends. When I was still a pirate, I used to peel vegetables every day with Toya and my friends, so I'm happy to be back in the old days.

'It's something you need to do on the sea, and it comes naturally to you, to live.

Miu Miu listens to Rio's words and agrees. I take off the head and scales of a platinum trout, which is used in fish dishes, and pull out the fish's innards as I listen to Rio and the others talk about their pirate days.

Removing the middle bone. Made in production. On top of the "aluminum foil" we put, in turn, butter, onions, platinum trout, salt and pepper, and mushrooms. Add a little alcohol and a piece of butter.

On another sheet of foil, I put cheese and potatoes that Rio and his friends had peeled for me.

I rolled the fish up tightly in the foil and put it in the oven in the kitchen to bake it for a few minutes before it was done.

"Miss Ren, the platineum trout meuniere and salad are done.

I just made some foil-roasted platinum trout.

Salad's ready. Wow! It smells so good.

Prathi was curious about the food that Mew and Ren had.