CH 534.2

It’s finally completed!?

With that said, I assigned each of us a role.

Suzaku-sama and I were in charge of shredding the cabbage.

We worked together in earnest to shred the cabbage.

The grated yam was done by Mashiro and Sei.

They had a hard time because of the stickiness, but they grated it well.

Thin slices of Orc belly were done by Kurogane and Byako-sama.

“Alright, let’s get to grilling!”

After mixing the ingredients together and placing Uncle Galvano’s special iron plate on a small portable magic stove, all that was left to do was to grill it over a slightly low flame with a thin layer of oil.

I thought about baking it in a frying pan, but I thought it would be better to grill it in a large pan and cut it into pieces, and I also thought it would be more fun to bake it while everyone was enjoying it.

“First, pour in the batter and…”

Put in a thick drop so as not to spread it out.

Using my special spatulas, I rounded out the perimeter of the okonomiyaki and placed a thin slice of Orc belly on top and grilled it slowly.

There is another type of okonomiyaki where the batter is made into a thin crêpe and topped with cabbage, tenkasu, and pork belly, but I don’t think I could pull that one off.

Even at my best, I’m just a little kid, after all.

I have a feeling that I would get bathed in hot cabbage.

I decided to go with the safe and secure mixed type.

“… That should be it?”

After checking the doneness of the okonomiyaki by flipping the edges, I held my spatula in both hands for the main event of okonomiyaki, the flipping.

“W, wait a moment!”

“Eh?”

“Pl, please let me do this! I’m good at this one thing!”

Mariel-chan raised her hand in the air and asked to be left in charge of the flipping.

“O… okay, that’s fine with me…”

When I handed the spatulas to the vigorous Mariel-chan, with a serious look on her face, she inserted the spatulas into both sides of the okonomiyaki.

Mariel-chan, you always say you are not good at cooking, so I’m wondering if this will end up well…

As Sei and I gulped and watched, Mariel-chan moved the spatulas, checked by feel that the okonomiyaki was off the griddle, and with a brilliant flip, flipped the okonomiyaki over. Everyone was like, “Ohh~” and Mariel-chan held up the spatulas and posed with a smug smile on her face.

“I’m surprised. You are really good at this.”

As I was impressed, Mariel-chan said shyly, “I used to do this a lot at my parents’ house…”

As I praised her for her great skills, Mashiro and Kurogane competitive spirits were raised as they mumbled, “I’ll do it next!” between themselves.