Chapter 844: Memories of Swan Race and Culinary Culture Corps’ Accomplishments

Chapter 844: Memories of Swan Race and Culinary Culture Corps’ Accomplishments

It is already fall.

Looking back, it feels like summer ended with the swan race but we did a solid summer harvest and have planted fall crops.

As for the swan race in Village Five......

Events have been held smoothly without any trouble.

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That’s an exaggeration, isn’t it?

It is true that there were no big troubles but there were a number of small ones.

Crowding due to the unexpected popularity of the swan race.

Swans fighting against each other just before the race was to start making all the swans stop from running.

Adventurers, who were not familiar with Village Five, targeted the shells of the pond turtles who were managing the ponds.

Regarding that issue, the residents of Village Five had subdued them before the spiderlings, who were guarding the pond area, managed to move.

The spiderlings said it was amazing with excitement.

By the way, adventurers often carry weapons.

I don’t want the residents of Village Five to do something dangerous like that.

And of course, the spiderlings too.

Those dangerous people should be left to the security forces.

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Right right.

There was also a deficit due to a miscalculation of multipliers.

It was a simple miscalculation, or rather one big number that should have been tallied was overlooked.

It was discovered at the last minute, just before the race, and they wondered whether to correct it or not but decided to leave it as it was because they thought that the value of trust weighs more than making a big change in the multiplier just before the race.

The race officials had hoped that the swan with safe multiplier would win but at times like this, the swan that they did not want to win won the race as expected.

We ended up in red.

The angel, who made the calculation mistake, looked pale but I thought it was a good learning experience for everyone.

As long as it passes through a person’s hand, human error is inevitable.

Thus, I did not punish her severely, but I didn’t punish her lightly too since I wanted her to feel guilty.

No snacks for 10 days.

I hope you will do your best to prevent the occurrence of the same thing in the future.

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Although I’ve listed a lot of troubles, there are some good things to talk about.

First and foremost, we are making a good amount of money.

There was a deficit due to a miscalculation but there was enough surplus to make up for it.

We also now have enough wild ducks and ducks to hold wild duck races and duck races.

So now, there are not ten races at a time but twelve to thirteen races.

Next, the area around the road connecting to Village Five and the shrine has developed greatly.

Food stalls have become full fledged stores and the number of houses has increased.

There were a few houses that looked like they were waiting for an earthquake but the Village Five council have issued guidelines to correct the problems so there are no problems.

Also, the number of people who can read has slightly increased in Village Five.

This is due to the effect of opening a class to teach letters near the pond where the swan race is held.

The classes were funded by the Village Five council.

The classes were held on a daily basis and students did not have to attend every day.

The students can choose to attend when they want to learn.

I wondered if guests of the swan race were attending but I was told that the small children accompanying adults who were enjoying the swan race were being left in the class.

I wish they would let the children see the swans.CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m

However, I guess they don’t want them to get too absorbed in the race.

Also, there’s a new employee.

A swan caretaker.

He’s also helping the house in swan races.

We’re also keeping an eye on everyone to make sure there won’t be some kind of cheating and as of now, there hasn’t been any cheating related problem.

This isn’t about trust or reliability but deterrence by keeping a watchful eye.

At the place where the presentation was to take place, there was a line of food stalls.

They were stalls serving local cuisine from various regions.

I see.

The best kind of presentation.

It is easy to know where the seasoning or cooking utensils are.

The members of the culinary culture corps also did their best to reproduce the local flavors.

By the way, me and Youko aside, the residents of Village Five who are interested in cooking are here too.

Of course, there are a lot of chefs among them but the majority are just normal residents who want to enjoy nostalgic dishes.

Most of the residents of Village Five are immigrants from various places.

Their reasons for immigrating differ but some may have left their hometown without wanting to.

Those who have left their hometowns have been trying to recreate the taste of their hometowns in Village Five but some of the dishes cannot be reproduced or are half baked because the seasonings and cooking utensils are not available in Village Five.

However, the members of the culinary culture corps have procured seasonings and cooking utensils that are not available in Village Five and the dishes have been reproduced.

Moreover, the cost of the dishes was exceptionally low.

There was no reason for them not to come.

「This taste, yeah, this is it......」

「I thought I would never taste it again......」

「Ugh, this is the dish my mother used to cook for me......」

In front of each stall were a number of weeping people.

The scene made me glad I had invested in the culinary culture corps.

「By the way, village chief.」

What’s wrong, Youko?

「Please try this.」

Youko offers me a dish from a nearby food stall.

Stir fried......no, it’s grilled.

It is made with ingredients I don’t know so I can’t predict what it will taste like.

There is no point in holding back so I took a bite.

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I look at Youko.

Youko nodded slowly.

It doesn’t taste good.

No, honestly speaking, it tastes bad.

The texture isn’t good either.

Youko checked with the members of the culinary culture corps and they are sure that it’s supposed to be like this.

Some residents are crying upon eating it.

I guess this is the right nostalgic taste.

I tasted dishes from other stalls one after another but I didn’t taste anything good.

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So, I asked the crying people.

These food stalls that serve food from everywhere, if we were to open business and sell them at normal prices, would they come and buy?

「Hahaha, no thanks.」

「At that time, I thought it was the most delicious thing I’d ever tasted.」

「If you can add soy sauce. Yeah, soy sauce.」

「I think miso would make this better.」

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Ah, let’s just be thankful that we got new seasonings and unusual cooking utensils.

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Oni Maids: It’s a cooking presentation so it’s should be our time to shine...

Village Chief: T-tomorrow, I’ll take you there tomorrow.