Chapter 4

Sky salmon is a monster …

Shortly after I got retorted, Pamela held Sky Salmon and returned to “Estrona.”

When I went to the kitchen to find out what she was doing, she brought out the kitchen knife.

“Are you really eating it?”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. Zelett can look silently.”

Even if I was told to look at it.

Do you have any experience of dismantling monsters in the first place?

The kitchen knife you have doesn’t fly.

I take a little distance from Pamela.

Then Prim popped out of the kitchen.

It seems that this idiot disciple was full and slumped on the table and slept twice while her master was fighting.

There was a clear mark on the cheek.

“Pamela wants to eat sky salmon. It’s a monster. Do you think you can eat it?”

Next to me shrugging my shoulders, Prim moves her nose.

“But, It smells very delicious.”

what? ??

While I was talking to Prim, Pamela began her work.

First she began by peeling all the scales of the monster.

It has hard, pumice-light scales, and it is believed that Sky Salmon can change direction and gain buoyancy by opening and closing them.

The number of scales like a large puzzle piece is much smaller than that of a fish, and it is surprisingly easy to peel off. When everything was cut off, a pale purple body was revealed.

“The freshness looks good. It’s natural because it was just caught.”

Pamela is really enjoying cooking.

What is in front of me is a vicious monster that can easily bite off Pamela’s slender arms.

After removing the scales, the rest is like a fish. From the perspective of Pamela, who has been exercising her skills at the inn for many years, there would be no such thing as dropping a fish.

In a blink of an eye, the sky salmon is cut into fillets.

She then started grilling the fillet with a net.

Immediately, the fragrant smell tickles the nose. By baking, the color changes and it changes to a slightly red pink color.

It was greasy and spilled from the net, making a snapping noise.

“I’m done”

Grilled sky salmon fillet.

She put the plate on the table.

“Gokuri …”

Involuntarily I gulped.

On the table is the sky salmon that has just been subdued.

It gives off a fragrant scent, Juuruu my stomach was making a hungry noise.

The slightly light red flesh is shining with fat waving.

I’m not a big fan of it.

I don’t care about food so much that I can use dried meat every day. I am the type of person who eats anything that can be eaten.

My index finger was reacting sensitively.

It’s the fillet of sky salmon right in front of me.

“Can you really eat it?”

“Well, think you were deceived and try it.”

Pamela laughs like a cat.

When I was thinking about it,  Prim had already eaten it.

I should have eaten breakfast earlier, but it seems that it has already been finished.

In addition, Rir joined in and presented the sky salmon that had fallen on the side of the road to Pamela just as a “refill”. It seems that it was very good.

I’m the only one who hasn’t eaten …

It’s not because I was cornered separately.

I had plenty of options not to eat, but my chopsticks started to move.

Like salmon fillets, I loosen the light red meat with chopsticks.

It was beautifully cooked on the inside, and white steam rose.

“Mamayo”

I throw it into my mouth vigorously.

I was surprised at the first bite.

Plump and surprisingly soft.

I thought it would be more dry, but that wasn’t the case.

It may be due to the fact that Pamela sprinkled a small amount of sake before baking, but it is still much softer than ordinary salmon.

When chewed, the crispiness unravels like a crack, and the flavor fills the mouth.

The fat on the body wasn’t too thick, and it seemed to permeate into my body.

What surprised me was the difference in saltiness.

Unlike ordinary salmon, it has no unpleasant taste and is directly salty.

“This is the taste of rock salt.”

Sky salmon are often found on shallow riversides during the day except during the spawning season. There are various theories, but it seems that they could not dive into the sea due to the influence of buoyancy because they asked for a light body to fly.

There are quite a few scholars who say that they are on the riverside because they miss the sea, and that is why they lick rock salt.

“I’m really familiar with it, Zelet”

“It’s my style to look at monsters from corner to corner. It doesn’t matter if it’s a D-Rank monster or not.”

“I’m impressed, I’m impressed, but I didn’t know that you could eat monsters.”

It would be so.

It has long been said that monster food is contaminated.

In fact, the monsters I ate when I was a kid were unpleasant and not edible.

But this sky salmon is different. It’s excellent.

Aroma, texture, and taste. It has an elegant taste that even high-class salmon cannot produce.

Is it a culture shock?

I couldn’t put my chopsticks down for a while.

“By the way, Zelet. Have you decided on a job? You see, how was the security company I introduced?”

“That’s no good”

I interrupted Pamela who changed the topic and waved.

“I asked in an interview if an S-ranked monster could be repelled when it approached the escort target. Then, I think they answered.”

Oh, and I exhale.

I had an exaggerated expression so that Pamela could understand the disappointment at that time.

“It’s our job to keep the escort target away from such a dangerous place. … From the end, it seems that they don’t intend to deal with S-rank monsters. Hooray”

――It’s a lie.

Actually, the security company was supposed to decide my reemployment.

If it’s a security job, you can make use of the skills you’ve cultivated so far, and the probability of facing an S-class monster is not zero.

However, just before the conclusion of the contract, the other party contacted me to decline.

He didn’t tell me the exact reason, but it made me feel that there was some pressure.

Perhaps the Hunter Guild or the patrons above it put some pressure on it.

Security companies and hunter guilds have a fairly close relationship.

The former may ask the latter for cooperation, and the latter may ask for job placement.

Surprisingly, the two guilds are in a relationship of being dependent.

I didn’t feel like telling Pamela who introduced me to the job, so I decided to lie.

“I searched for it using my personal connections. “

The inn “Estrona” is a famous inn among people in the industry.

From here, people of various occupations grew up.

Therefore, the personal connections that have been passed down continuously are still alive, and it is Pamela who is taking over them now.

“Well, I thought it would be like that. Then, Zelet. You —“

Are you not interested in cooking guilds?