89 – The food is not good.
***
late night.
I was camping in the ruined castle of Jocasta.
I felt something was lacking to go back with just one Jocasta, and I had no intention of returning home yet.
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Jocasta was sitting in front of a campfire and searching for new prey.
“Who, in your judgment, is likely to be an immediate threat to me?”
“Anyone who could be a threat to you… ”
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Jocasta answered meekly with a disgusted expression.
“This is Mrs. Herte. He gave birth to two sons when he was close to the demon king Insulei, and is a demon who builds a castle underground and lives in an underground palace. When the meeting of demons was held to eliminate you, she was the second most active after Barbasus.”
“A monster living in the ground this time… OK, decided. Starting tomorrow, we head to the area where Mrs. Herte or something lives. Do you know the way?”
As we were talking, two people approached us.
It was Keira and Natalie.
Each of them, awkwardly clad in aprons, stood with their dishes steaming hot.
“Floor! I brought you a meal!”
“Brother, eat.”
“Why are you bringing it?”
“That’s because we are caterers.”
“I made it myself for my brother.”
Keira held out a plate of food.
It was a stew with small chunks of meat.
Maru instantly remembered what that dish was.
It was a dish he often cooked for Kiera when he was young.
At the time, it was made by catching mice that roamed in the slums.
Kiera doesn’t know how to cook, but she probably made it from memory.
“Floor! Look at mine!”
Natalie’s dish was roast pork with fried potatoes and mushrooms.
No matter how the hell it was grilled, it had a lot of burnt parts, so it had a poor appetite.
“Are there any dishes made by anyone other than yours?”
“Tonight, we were the cooks! I only made these two!”
It’s either stew or grill…
Looking around, the knights were eating in agony.
“Give me.”
Natalie took it first.
I wanted to throw it away from the visual.
I picked up the meat and took a bite.
hard.
“Ugh… ”
It was hard to chew and had a burnt taste.
I can’t eat.
‘It’s fucking tasteless.’
put it down
I couldn’t say anything harsh, so I said moderately.
“I can’t eat.”
“That, is it? It tastes awful?”
Natalie scratched her head with a dead face.
Then he accepted Keira’s plate.
I ate the broth with a spoon.
‘Oh, fuck.’
Cursing came out of nowhere.
It tasted like hell.
But he also told Kiera in a gentle way.
“salty. After eating this, the water is already running out, but the soldiers will only look for water.”
“Is it too salty?”
“It’s too salty to eat.”
Instead of looking apologetic, Kiera poured the contents of the plate into the fire.
Then he said calmly.
“Wait for me to make it again.”
“Wait a minute.”
Maru stood up.
“Are there any ingredients left? And food has a huge impact on morale. I’d rather just make it myself.”
The knights who worked hard today should go to bed early, but I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep well after eating this kind of food.
If you look around, no one has emptied their plates.
Most of the people who forcibly shove it in or put the plate down after tasting it.
Only then will it be difficult to carry out the schedule normally tomorrow.
Urgent action was needed.
Shall I show off my cooking skills for the first time in a while?
“Lucy come on.”
“me?”
“uh.”
“Did you call me? Happy… !”
He called Lucy, who was helping Luciella with chores nearby, and used it as a cooking assistant.
Among Keira and Lucy Natalie, Lucy had the best taste.
She had a lot of experience in cooking because she wore a maid’s uniform and lived as a maid for a long time.
Anyway, I quickly finished cooking with Lucy.
Maru even took charge of the food distribution.
“Get in line to sleep!”
“Wow! Prince Highness! The smell kills!”
“Kya! I want to try it quickly!”
“Oh oh! gulp! My mouth is watering!”
Since we had to feed a lot of people with few ingredients, we deliberately cooked soup.
He made meat soup with potatoes and pork using his skills from his career as a porter, and the drivers liked it.
The response has been tremendous.
Even the sword goddess Hergantia was excited.
“I think the happiest time while living with humans is when we eat. And today, it feels even more special because it is the food prepared by Maru.”
“Eat and eat.”
“Perhaps.”
At the end of the meal, Kiera stood in front of the floor holding a plate.
She looked up and smiled softly.
“I remember the old days.”
“Did I serve you?”
“yes… ”
“It was a nightmare for me.”
When Maru spoke coldly, Kiera was a little taken aback.
“I didn’t know it was a difficult memory. I just thought it was a good memory… ”
Lucy, who was wearing a cooking cap from the side, intervened.
“Only you will be fine. You ate the floor to your heart’s content back then. Don’t you remember how I made you take off your shoes and stockings, and at least made you wash your toes thoroughly with water in a bucket? As a boyfriend, I thought you were enslaving me.”
“Lucy. stop it.”
After pushing Lucy aside, Maru scooped up the soup with a ladle and put it on Keira’s plate.
“bon appetit.”
He also gave me a lot of ingredients to give me another rice cake.
It was an expression of his own intention that there was no remnant left for Kiera and that he had no feelings whatsoever.
So I forgot everything, so you live well as you say.
“Huh!”
However, Kiera put down the plate she was holding and ran away crying.
Maru looked at it for a while, then took a ladle and spread the soup to the next person.
‘Is it really sad or is it on purpose?’
Although he has lost affection for Kiera, he still has the heart to watch over him as an older brother.
It wasn’t just plain dumb to see him like that.
Emotional agitation ensues.
Lucy was watching him with a frown.
‘Did I just intervene? What are you worried about? Every time I see Maru’s face, it feels like my heart melts. I’m so into it.’
Lucy took a deep breath.
And he smiled brightly at Maru, who seemed to have a lot of worries.
“bruise. Woof woof.”
“what. Why are you barking again?”
“Isn’t it fun? bruise!”
“It’s not fun.”
“Is not it cute? bruise! bruise!”
“Stop it. Do the dishes quickly. Not enough plates.”
“Floor!”
Natalie was approaching.
She twisted her body and blushed.
“It’s delicious, can I have another bowl?”
She put two bowls on her plate.
After dinner, the knights went to bed with satisfied faces on their faces.
On the other hand, Maru couldn’t sleep because of Audrey’s thoughts, so he took a walk around.
I was lost in thought, walking, when suddenly someone appeared.
“Huh, I had a good time today.”
He was a small old man, slimmer than a dwarf.
Wearing a large wizard’s cocked hat, he flipped a coin and handed it to Maru.
“It’s a reward for enjoying it. take it.”
Maru looked down at the coin in his hand.
It was a gold coin that emitted a brilliant light.
An old-looking gold coin that seems to have no country currently in use.
It was clearly an ancient gold coin that looked expensive.
“Who are you?”
“I’m just an old woman who can only wait and see, so it won’t be useful to find out. Just think that there are people like this.”
“Did you watch us?”
“I enjoyed watching it very much. Looking forward to your next move.”
The old man walked with a cane into the darkness.
“Don’t worry, I’m not suspicious. Watching the warriors perform is my only pleasure. I am very satisfied with what I watched today, so I just came to pay for it.”
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What are you doing?
“If you’re going to keep an eye on it, please tell me your name at least.”
“Just know that I am one of the Transcendentalists.”
Smoke rose and the old man disappeared without a trace.
It felt like a reclusive master with great skills.
no.
If you are a transcendentalist, you are a hermit master.
If that’s the case, I’m talking about a grandfather who was once a hero…
“Looks like you’ve accomplished everything you want to accomplish and are leisurely playing around.”
Maru thought nothing of it.
After bouncing the gold coin, he grabbed it in the air and moved on.
***
Basilite Kingdom.
A bedroom in the palace.
Galatea opened her eyes.
“Did you cough?”
The maid’s voice was heard.
Galatea lifted herself up from the bed and looked around the room.
Ten maids were bowing and bowing their heads.
“… What about Alexandro?”
“His Highness the Crown Prince has gone on an expedition to subdue demons with Venzaris.”
“Did you say it took a long time?”
“It has been a month since you left. It is difficult to know the detailed schedule from my location, so I think I need to find out.”
“… … ”
Galatea thought for a moment and looked up.
“If you ask the princess, you will know. Let’s wash first. My body seems to smell like glue.”
She was attended to in the bath and changed into new clothes.
I felt refreshed.
“The water here is good because there is no lime.”
He smiled brightly and ordered Audrey to be called.
After a while, the lady-in-waiting returned and said,
“They say they are going to the construction site.”
“Why is the princess at the construction site?”
“Recently, the princess received a revelation from God and said that she was building a temple.”
“It’s a revelation from God, I hope you don’t go crazy with religion.”
Galatea left the palace in a carriage and headed for Audrit.
Eventually, we arrived in a forest with a nice view.
“Dust is blowing. Hmm.”
Galatea got out of the chariot and looked around.
Materials piled up here and there were visible, and the sound of hammering resonated incessantly.
“Looks like that bitch.”
At his feet, he saw a noble maiden.
Although she was wearing a plain dress, her natural blood could not be faked.
I approached her as she gave orders to the workers and called her name.
“Princess Audrey.”
“yes?”
The princess looked back.
“Who… OMG!”
Audrit recognized Galatea and clapped her hands.
“I heard you were sick, but are you feeling well? congratulations!”
Galatea laughed.
“Can we talk for a minute? Alexandro, no, I want to hear your thoughts on Maru.”