Baby Snake God Medusha (3)
Despite Medusha’s grumbling, the atmosphere of the banquet was still light.
Even if I think about it as objectively as possible, I just got insulted.
The chefs participating in this cooking contest are all professionals who have worked for more than 10 years.
Since the meat was undercooked on such a topic, of course, I should get a bit of swearing.
It’s absurd to say that he didn’t know the name of the head chef…
Perhaps he made an absurd mistake in his desire to submit as soon as possible.
It is calculated that high scores can be obtained by serving dishes when the judges’ stomachs are empty.
Medusha looked displeased that her tongue was being ignored, and waited for her next turn with her eyes wide open.
Was it because of observing the situation in the banquet hall?
The second dish arrived quite a while later.
The servant who brought the plate briefly introduces the dish.
“This dish is…”
“Sturgeon roe in crab meat, is it an egg?”
An appetizer dish made with expensive ingredients generously.
Medusha, who took a peek with her eyes and matched all the ingredients, took a breath and frowned.
“The sauce is a mess. Did you really think coconut milk would suit you? Disqualified!”
“Eh…”
Elena, who had taken a bite and smiled next to her, showed a puzzled expression.
As a member of the royal family, she has a knack for gourmet food, but that kind of reaction… It seems that Medusa is being too strict about her evaluation.
I approached Medusha very carefully and asked.
“Medusha. It’s a request, so be a little more generous…”
“Things with a reputation as chefs only serve poor dishes, what do you mean? Next menu!”
followed by the third.
Rare tenderloin steak that Medusha usually enjoyed.
When I cut it with the knife that came with the plate, it cuts like a slicing on its own… The grilling seen from the cut side is also impeccable.
However, Medusha takes another bite and is disqualified.
“It’s just that kind of steak. Disqualification!”
“Oh no, not like that…”
“Would you like to taste the stone stare?”
When the impatient chef ran into the banquet hall to protest, Medusha terrified her eyes.
She shouted, holding her fork like a spear, as if everyone were to hear it.
“Give me something to eat!”
“That guy is the greatest. What happened?”
“You were fine until this morning.”
“I think it’s because of the northern trip…”
Medusha continues to be disqualified even while we have an emergency meeting.
Steno and Duke of Beltern did not stop her, but rather watched her with an interesting expression.
Of course, it is difficult to blame them… It is of course the role of the Summoner to solve the misunderstanding of the Summoner.
I checked the composition of the menus that came out so far and thought about why Medusa was angry.
‘Except for the first dish, there were no major technical problems. There are a lot of things I usually eat well, but why… Oh, no way?’
A flash of light flashes in my mind for a moment.
I approached Steno without anyone knowing, and quietly asked for a favor.
Surprisingly, she readily accepts my request.
“Huh? Can I borrow it for a while? All right.”
“thank you.”
After borrowing something easily, he pretends to go to the bathroom again and moves to the restaurant.
The place, full of disqualified chefs, had already turned into a portrait house atmosphere.
I borrowed cookware for a while, putting aside the cooks who seemed to have a lot to say.
“Eh, Count Elcloud?”
“Please help me for a second. Medusha is in a situation where she can’t judge normally, so don’t worry too much…”
Then, when they activated the artifact borrowed from Steno, their eyes widened.
In fact, it was my first time trying it myself, so I was quite curious.
While we were diligently preparing for a trump card, Medusha’s annoyance had already reached its peak.
My experience is similar to when Russell first attacked the academy.
I hurriedly finished the dish before she completely exploded.
“Come on, take it!”
“All right.”
The servant in charge of the service accepted the plate with an expression that seemed to be advancing into the middle of the battlefield.
Returning to the banquet hall with him, Medusha terrified her eyes and expressed her doubts.
“I’ve already come out as many as the number of cooks… Is there anyone who is late? Well, okay. Taste the garbage nine times or ten times, so it’s there.”
“…”
Medusha’s eyes widened as the trembling servant managed to put down the plate.
The previous dishes have been very colorful… This one is very simple to cook and decorate.
Scallops laid out straight on a white plate.
All that was done was a small cobblestone and minimal decoration.
“This…”
“Is the scallops grilled with juniper? It’s delicious.”
Elena, who easily recognized the identity of the dish, took the contents of the clams to her mouth.
Medusha also imitates her with a shaky expression… After a while, the corners of her lips curve happily.
I sighed in relief when I was sure I got it right.
“What, why is it so satisfying to cook such an insignificant dish…”
“Master. How did you do it? Did you put any medicine in it?”
“Persia, you really… see you later.”
I made a small vow to get revenge, and I told the truth.
“The cause of Medusha’s anger is homesickness.”
“homesick?”
“Yeah. It’s been a while since we’ve been to Beltern. The food in the capital is very different from that in the south because it’s close to the sea.”
If I remember correctly, the last time we visited the Duchy of Beltern was at Dredric’s birth banquet.
At that time, right after the hunting season… In other words, just before the final exams of the second semester of the first year.
Medusha had not been able to return to her hometown for six months.
However, the food culture of the South, which can be said to be his hometown, is quite different from that of the capital.
The southern way of cooking is to make the most of the taste of fresh seafood.
However, it is difficult to find fresh ingredients in the capital.
First of all, the sea from which seafood is produced is far away, and even if it is transported by train, the freshness deteriorates in the process.
Therefore, seafood is eliminated early.
Fortunately, there are plenty of farms that produce high-quality meat near the capital, but…
Fortresses are mostly used for aging meat.
In order to cover the freshness of the ingredients, the cuisine of the capital has developed in the direction of enhancing the taste of the sauce.
Besides, they use a lot of butter and oil.
Medusha also enjoyed eating these dishes at first, but…
He was already tired of not being able to return to his hometown for a long time.
It is probably because I thought that I would be able to taste the food of my hometown implicitly.
The dish I prepared was the exact opposite.
To emphasize the freshness of the scallops, even salt and pepper were not sprinkled.
It’s all just baked with juniper wood.
This is a method that cooks only use when they have great confidence in their ingredients.
“Well, that’s right, it’s too fresh to eat in the capital. Where did you get this…”
The problem was to get scallops fresh enough to satisfy Medusha.
Of course, transportation by freight train is out of the question.
Even if refrigerated, the freshness deteriorates.
It’s not because the chefs in the capital are stupid, so they’re using too much sauce and butter.
Here, it is impossible to obtain a material equivalent to that of the southern part, unless even an ultra-long-distance transmission gate is used.
So I used a gate for ultra-long-distance transmission.
Of course, it was not installed in the royal palace, but borrowed from Steno.
An artifact each of the three snake god sisters has.
It was previously used by Medusha to summon Euryale at the Spirit Stone Mine in Collingwood.
“Hey, you used that to get scallops?”
Artifacts like this are not a joke, but the cost of running them once…
Steno was surprisingly willing to lend it.
When I returned the necklace-shaped artifact, the Duke of Beltern, who was next to him, widened his eyes.
The cost of driving those artifacts is so high that even the work of the world cannot be taken lightly!
Instead, the performance was as clear as it could be.
“Come on, honey… did you lend it to me?”
“Yeah. Medusha wants to eat.”
Steno nodded calmly and stroked his sleeping son.
From the looks of it, the maintenance cost of the summons over there doesn’t seem like a joke.
but. Because she’s Medusha’s older sister, if I add it, it will add up, but it won’t be less.
Medusha, who understood all the circumstances, smiled broadly as she regained her vitality.
He drank all the seawater that was left in the shells, and then jumped up and hugged me.
“This is why I have no choice but to love the Summoner.”
“Thanks to Mr. Steno and Mr. Euryale for their help.”
I credited Steno, who lent the artifact, and Euryale, who caught the scallops myself.
It was very respectful for his younger brother to take off his feet right away and help out if he wanted to.
As she was barely enduring the strength of Medusha, who was moved by emotion, the chefs of the restaurant started a counterattack of conversion.
This time, dishes made in a southern way rather than in the capital appear one after another.
Due to the freshness of the ingredients, it was difficult to expect the same level of perfection as before, but what a big deal.
After all, this is what Medusha wanted.
The guy completely released his mood and started the re-examination with an unparalleled score.
Eventually, after a fair and reasonable judgement was over, the chefs returned to the banquet hall and exchanged awards to greet them.
I didn’t do anything wrong, but let’s start with an apology.
If you want to continue cooking in the restaurant of the Beltern Chamber of Commerce, you have no choice but to do it.
“Medusha-sama. A little while ago, we made a very big example…”
“Don’t worry about it. I was just annoyed for nothing.”
“No, because it’s the chef’s job to cater to customers’ preferences.”
After finishing with a warm atmosphere thanks to the power of power, proceed to the next event.
Sang-ju Sang, who had been thinking about dying in the corner of the banquet hall, stole the sweat from his forehead.
“Sah, I lived…”
“Sister. I’ll go in a little early today.”
“Yeah. I’m glad you seem to be doing well.”
I was suitable for the event while listening to strange conversations behind my back, but I was able to return to the villa only after the sun went down.
Because I had suffered so much the day before, on Sunday, I slept as if dead all day.
After wasting the weekend happily, he goes back to school on the worst day of the week.
Due to last week’s incident, Medusha and other summoned beasts have learned to fight strangely.
“Master. I want to eat ice cream because of that perfume bottle!”
“You never ate ice cream in your hometown…”
“Beep! Beep!”
“Letty. You can’t do that either.”
When I arrived at the classroom suffering from up and down, left and right, I saw Ersa, not the professor of summoning theory I usually see.
When I find her, I am startled, and Ersa opens her eyes as if to sit down quickly.
Summoning therapy that she is in charge of is a lecture for seniors in 3rd grade or higher, so why is she already in the church?
If it was a special lecture, it should have been announced in advance.
So that my thoughts like that are insignificant.
Ersa told everyone as soon as it was time for lecture.
“Today is a special lecture. I’m not already teaching Summoning Healing, so don’t worry…”
“Hey, we didn’t hear anything.”
“That’s because it’s sex education.”
Elfriede, who had been raising questions with difficulty, sank at Ersa’s response.
Now that I see it, it was a subject that could not be publicly announced.
However, apart from the blushing of some students, it was a necessary special lecture.
They are from noble families, of course, but they must have educated them… Because there are quite a few commoners in our academy.
“As you all know, graduating from this academy is considered to be at least semi-noble. However, if you get excited and tease X with X, you can become a real X…”
Because it is a subject, his words and actions are more outspoken than usual.
Of course, apart from that, the print that Ersa gave out was quite healthy.
It seems to teach you basic genetics first.
I turned over the print, sweating profusely at the class attitude of the summoners, which was far superior to usual.