502 - - Episode 500: Rice Terror? No, Cooking Terror?

After a long time, we headed to the kingdom of Rosofia, said hello to Mr. Victor, and decided to look around the excavation site of the ruins. Belle and the others went hunting and gathering in the forest, while the apprentices went to help at the excavation site at Marco's request. It is nice to see everyone acting independently, but it is a little sad to be left behind.

I ask Mr. Becker to take care of Gina and the others, and I go with Sylphy and Moon to look around the excavation site.

The excavation is not an archaeological excavation like in Japan, but a treasure hunt, so the site is very lively.

At the moment, they are concentrating on excavating buildings on the surface of the earth, not on those lying deep underground, but that's to be expected. Rich people's houses are basically big.

"It's so disgusting!"

(...... yeah)

Sylphy has said what I couldn't say.

Well, I can't blame her for thinking so. Anyone would feel the same way when they see these muscular men working naked in the woods. I also wonder if they're safe from insect bites or not.

Although other than those who are engaged in excavation work, there are men wearing proper equipment who are on guard around the area, but the impact of the half-naked, muscular, and sweaty men is so great that they are forced to jump into our sight, which is very troublesome.

(I kind of feel like I'm going to get blind, don't you?)

I feel like my vision is being damaged even though I am not being attacked. Maybe my body is deciding that it doesn't want to see what's in front of me even if it means losing my eyesight.

As I think about this nonsense, my eyes are enveloped in a warm light.

(...... thanks moon)

I told you that my eyes were going to get worse, so you restored them. Yes, I'm very happy to hear that.

But it's hard to say that my vision is so clear now thanks to the recovery of my eyes from a little bit of eye fatigue.

I can't say this for Moon who is waiting to be praised while pulling himself together.

(......)

I thank Moon as if nothing had happened, and stroke him around without being noticed by others.

Moon's soft and smooth body is different from Rain's shiny and smooth body or Tamamo's soft and fluffy body.

Oh!""""""

While I was absorbed in Moon's touch, there was a stir in the corner of the excavation site.

"Did you find some treasure?"

"Hmm. "Not a treasure."

Sylphy replies to my unintentional muttering to herself.

Hmm. The noise was in a positive tone, and from her mood, it doesn't seem to be a bad event. But it doesn't mean that we have found a treasure.

In light of the above, ...... I see, I understand. As a master, I will have to watch over him carefully here.

When I went to the place where there was a commotion, I found the scene as I expected.

Marco, with a crisp face, thrusts his hands out in front of him and pretends to chant something in a whisper. Uri stands in front of him with all four feet on the ground and a heroic expression on his face.

A lump of earth that seems to be moving by itself, though it is not as big as Nomos or Tulu.

Mr. Viktor's men are looking at Marco with admiration, and it seems that Marco's spirit art is highly regarded.

But I'm a little disappointed that they can't see Uri.

Uribo's cuteness oozes out from the heroic expression on his face as he tries his best. If everyone could see him like this, the goods would surely sell like hotcakes.

...... Well, basically, all the kids in the house are adorable, so if any of them could see him, the goods would sell like hotcakes.

"Yuta-dono, it's been a while. Marco, your spirit technique is also wonderful. We can't handle the soil so easily.

As I was inwardly boasting about how cute Belle and the others were, Ahim-san, who was wearing proper equipment, came up to me with a smile.

I was a little relieved that he wasn't half-naked.

Mr. Achim, it's been a while. The art of earthly spirits is very strong in this kind of situation.

If you can communicate with spirits properly, you need at least one earth spiritist for each site.

Next to the Farmer Warriors plan, the Civil Engineering Warriors plan might be a good idea.

"It seems so. I was surprised to know that there is such a way to use the spiritual art, which you showed us before for combat. By the way, I don't see Miss Sara?"

"Oh, Sarah is having tea with Mr. Viktor.

Tea with the Commander? I see.

Mr. Achim, who heard about Sara, nodded his head repeatedly with a kind smile. He is probably smiling at the thought of their rugged leader and his sister having a cup of tea.

They have survived the loss of their lands by cooperating with each other, so they get along well.

"So how is life on the dig?"

Mr. Viktor and Mr. Becker seem to be enjoying themselves surprisingly, but I'm a little concerned about what the others are thinking.

"Oh, it's fun. Well, I sometimes wonder what my profession is these days."

Mr. Achim replies with a wry smile. I don't think my life is bad, but it's not what I thought it would be, is it?

I guess adventurers do a lot of manual labor when they start out, but since they are ex-knights, they may have skipped that part of the process, and may not associate civil engineering work with adventurers' work.

I can't say I'm a great adventurer because I skipped those events too, but repairing the castle walls is a typical adventurer's job.

"...... If it's fun, why not?"

However, I can't say anything about temples, so I responded vaguely with a half smile, and Mr. Achim nodded with a wry smile.

I can't say anything about the temples, however, so I responded vaguely and Mr. Achim nodded bitterly. ......As the atmosphere became somewhat delicate, I said that I would continue the tour of the ruins and we parted ways.

I would have liked to see more of Marco's activities and Gina and Kikka, but the situation would not have lasted if I had left it like that, so I guess I had no choice.

"Tai-ryo!" "Kyu-kyu!" "Ganbatte!" "Koo!" "Nikudaze!"

As I was strolling in the forest with Sylphy and Moon, without any particular treasure to be discovered, I saw Belle and her friends with smiles on their faces.

They seemed to be in large numbers.

They reported on their hunt as they fluttered around the area. They seemed to have had a lot of fun.

We might have been happier if we had stayed with the Belles instead of going on an excavation tour.

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More!"

The day after the excavation tour, I'm spinning the wheel with all my might, cheered on by the belles. Roughbirds roasted whole: .......

Yesterday, though we didn't have enough food, Mr. Viktor and the others threw a banquet for us.

I decided to respond to their kindness by really trying my hand at roasting a whole rafbird, an idea that occurred to me yesterday.

But now I am thinking that it might have been a little bit of a failure.

The apparatus for roasting a ruffbird, which is based on the one for roasting a wild boar, was completed without any problem, thanks to Tulu's hard work.

Thanks to Gina's help, the preparation of the roughbirds was also completed without any problems.

The huge size of the roughbirds required a large amount of ingredients to be stuffed into their bellies, but this was no problem for me, as I had a magic bag with me.

Rough Bird's stomach was stuffed with a lot of rice and mushrooms that Bell and the others had gathered in large quantities yesterday.

Roughbard's meat roasted slowly over charcoal would be delicious, and the rice would surely taste good after soaking up the juices from Roughbard's meat and the flavor of the mushrooms. I was looking forward to the finished dish.

......It was going well up to this point.

But now it's hard to look at them.

Of course we can't cook indoors since we are roasting a huge rough bird.

We need a place with enough space because we are afraid of fire since we are in the forest, but near the base, there are many people coming and going, and it interferes with our daily work such as washing clothes.

As a result, I have been giving a direct meal to hungry workers who are in the middle of manual labor.

The violent smell of meat wafting from the grill. The visual violence of a huge roasted rough bird that gradually gets a nice brown color.

I tell them that I will treat them at night, but it must be hard to have such a thing roasted in front of you while you are doing manual labor.

I am now roasting a whole loughbird under the bloodthirsty stares of swarthy men.

I'm hoping that some demons will attack and take the roasted roughbirds away from me, but I've asked Sylphy to keep the demons away from me, so I don't have much hope.

So I have to keep roasting until night under their eyes even though it's not even noon yet. Will my spirit be able to endure until it's completed?

**

"I'm burnt!"

Flare, who has observed the whole roast from various angles, tells us the words we have been waiting for.

"It's done!"

I would have liked to interject some humor that the inhabitants of this world would not understand, such as "it was well done," but there was no time to do so, so I immediately announced the completion of the dish as soon as Flare said that it was done.

"Wow! Finally!"

"d*mn it, you made me wait!"

"Hurry up and feed me!"

A barrage of verbal abuse. But it's understandable.

Since we were going to roast a whole rough bird, we decided to start eating dinner as soon as it was done. And now it is past eight o'clock at night.

I also started to roast the whole bird in the morning, thinking of its huge body, but it ended up being this late at night.

All through the workday, the workers are being shown the process of roasting a whole loughbird, and they are still waiting for it to be ready to eat after work.

If I hadn't been Sara's benefactor, there might have been a riot.

So, without any lingering memories of my hard work, I quickly cut up the meat into large pieces and served them with the mushroom rice inside.

"All right, I've finished distributing it to everyone. Now, please thank Yuta-dono!

After the food has been served, Mr. Viktor gives the order to start eating quickly. At the same time, the members of the group devour the meat without a word. .......

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Roughbirds were roasted whole, the skin was crispy, the meat was juicy, and the rice was flavorful and delicious.

Next time I have a chance to cook it, I will cook it slowly in a place where no one is around.