121 – First day of hands-on learning
After arriving at their destination by train, the group stood in front of the station under Akiko-sensei’s guidance.
“Everyone had a hard time riding the train! I’m going to stop by the dorm first, but I’ll call attendance first!”
Sensei Akiko called attendance in turn and checked her number.
“Go to the beach…… It’s been a while.”
Standing around Hyunjin, Amelia muttered to herself.
Most of the students already had their hearts set on the soybean fields.
Must be more focused on the beach than Akiko-sensei said.
“Come on! Since the attendance check is over, I’m going to unpack my luggage first at the accommodation and then stop by the Maritime Art Museum after a quick meal!”
The schedule for the first day started like that.
***
For lunch, we had a simple meal at the restaurant reserved by the academy, and we were worried that we wouldn’t be able to use the ingredients we brought in our carriers, but our worries were solved unexpectedly and simply.
The goal of seaside learning was to cook and eat simple food, so it seemed that they decided to rent a nearby kitchen for dinner on the first day instead of providing it at the hot spring.
Sensei Akiko gave me a word about this in advance.
‘Maritime Museum…… ‘
I don’t know what I’m doing. It must be a space that exhibits works of art or relics related to the sea, which are only named after them.
“Then, from now on, I will have time to enjoy it at the Maritime Art Museum. Make sure we meet again at the front door after an hour!”
At Akiko Sensei’s words, Hyunjin thought calmly and acted with her fellow members.
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Not long after, when I was moving with her party, Sojuro suddenly stopped.
“Oh, this is for sure!”
When Sojuro entered the art museum, she opened her mouth in an excited tone.
“Did anything interesting come out, Kiba?”
When Hyunjin asked, Sojuro said with her eyes twinkling.
“Look at this! Whopping…… It’s a musket from the 18th century! It is a very old item!”
“Are you well versed in other things besides Japanese history…? … “
Sojuro rolled her eyes and said in a tone that made her faint.
“Kkeuh, there is no time…… What an item from the days of the British Empire!”
“It must be a fake.”
“No! Are you saying the headmaster is wrong? Take a look, Kim! Starting with this well-made steel wire, to great patterns! Why doesn’t Genga know!”
This bastard wasn’t just a vice. Jinseong was a vice.
“I don’t know.”
“Sorry…… Is there really no one to discuss this beauty!! Wow!”
When Hyunjin tried to stop Sojuro from screaming, Yasuu, who was in the same group, stepped forward and said,
“But the pattern is a bit familiar to say that. I wonder if you saw something wrong, Kiba-kun.”
“Yasu-dono, you seem to be feeling something too…… However, there is nothing that can deviate from the aesthetic sense of the main building!”
Suddenly, Sojuro and Yasuu started to play against each other needlessly.
‘By the way, is it tonight? … ‘
Rent a cook at the outdoor training ground for dinner.
There’s no way the household items I’ve prepared won’t be used.
Thinking that to himself, Hyunjin decided to enjoy the works on display at the museum.
***
After watching the art gallery, I briefly wrote a personal report while observing fishermen and sea creatures, and it was evening.
The time everyone has been looking forward to.
Students who were confident enough to roll up their sleeves in cooking would have done so, but Joe who was not was in a situation where he would only taste despair.
The fortunate thing was that Hyunjin’s Joe and Amelia’s Joe each had a manpower who could cook.
The outdoor cooking area that he arrived at was a place familiar to Hyunjin’s eyes.
‘Ah.’
A very familiar landscape.
A sense of déjà vu when Hyunjin first arrived at Amelia’s mansion.
‘Isn’t that the place you saw in the anime?’
It was also the place where the heroines’ cooking contests would take place.
‘Well, this wouldn’t be bad.’
Thinking that way, Hyunjin started taking out the household items he had been carrying in his suitcase one by one.
“Oh! This is Kim Gong’s dish?”
“I haven’t even started yet, so don’t make a fuss…… “
Fortunately, Akiko-sensei said that additional materials could be airlifted locally, so Hyunjin added the ones that could be obtained if possible.
Hyunjin’s materials were quite abundant. Red pepper paste, soybean paste, and everything else.
The only thing lacking was meat, so I got some meat from a butcher shop.
“Okay then, let’s get started.”
The first thing that can be called standard is stir-fried pork.
Hyunjin thought so and cut the ingredients into large chunks.
He showed off the skills he had shown to Ed once again in front of everyone.
“Oh, that’s amazing…… !”
“Wow, Kim! What kind of training have you been training for?!”
“I think I saw this in a cartoon.”
Except for Ryunosuke, everyone else was appreciating Hyunjin’s material handling skills while screaming.
‘Okay, since I showed my cool.’
Hyunjin, who quickly finished preparing the ingredients, quickly made the sauce and mixed it with the meat.
It’s better to marinate the meat in some sauce before starting the stir-fry, but Hyunjin quickly started cooking, thinking that it couldn’t be helped because of the situation.
“By the way, you’ve been keeping the lights on for quite some time? Is this okay?”
From the side, Sojuro helped out with a word.
Even though it didn’t take long to prepare the ingredients, he seemed worried after seeing the hot wok.
“Everyone has ideas, so sit still and wait.”
Hyunjin responded moderately.
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Seeing how they cook so many times, the party at the table seemed to be at a loss for words.
Unlike Amelia’s time, Hyunjin-jo’s party was worried because the red and brown dishes stood out more.
I wonder if it’s okay to eat it.
“Now, there are a lot of things prepared, so don’t be shy and eat them.”
“Well then, shall we try just one bite…… “
The first to summon up courage were Sojuro and Yasuu.
The first thing they chose was stir-fried pork.
The spicy sauce that went into stir-fried pork is spicy. Sojuro and Yasuu gulped down their saliva and took a bite of the stir-fried pork with chopsticks.
“Mae, spicy! It’s spicy! …… No, but wait a minute. Delicious…… ?”
“Amazing. It hurts so much, but the chopsticks won’t stop! What kind of change have you made, Gong Kim!”
After saying that, as Sojuro and Yasuu started to eat the stir-fried pork, Motoyasu seemed to be interested and ate the stir-fried pork prepared by Hyunjin with his chopsticks.
“Wow!”
“Ryunosuke-dono, you should try it too!”
“Ah, I’m not good at eating spicy food…… “
“It will be fine! It tastes great!”
While saying that, Sojuro gulped down the water.
The guys who ate the pork stir-fry made by Hyunjin were clearly complaining of pain in their tongues, but they were talking about pleasure.
With his face flushed.
“Yeah, then I have a bite…… !”
Ryuunosuke carefully took Hyunjin’s stir-fried beef and ate it. He wasn’t overacting, but he was stamping his feet.
“That’s great, Kim! So delicious!”
“I’m glad you heard it’s delicious. Oh, take your time and enjoy yourself.”
Hyunjin put the dishes he made little by little.
“Huh? What are you going to do with that?”
Ryunosuke, who was eagerly eating pork stir-fry, asked Hyunjin.
“Ah, since I made it, I’m going to bring some to the teacher and give some to Amelia or Hana-chan.”
“I see.”
For some reason, his expression looked a bit dark.
‘Hmm.’
I thought about sending Ryunosuke instead, but decided to stop.
Anyway, Hyunjin’s food is Korean.
I don’t think you’ll be liked if you bring it normally.
Hyunjin took out several plates of food and went to the place where Akiko-sensei was first and handed them over.
“Kim-kun, what is this?”
“Ah. Korean food. I made it myself, but I wanted Himekawa-sensei to try it too.”
“Oh, that’s right! I will eat well. Thank you!”
Hyunjin greeted lightly and then headed to where Amelia was.
There, Ohana was eating the food she had worked hard to prepare.
“Hyunjin? What are you doing here?”
Amelia was the first to react when she saw Hyunjin.
“This is a dish I made…… I want everyone to eat together.”
In addition to stir-fried pork, what Hyunjin brought was soybean paste stew, fish cakes, meat cakes, and cucumber pickles.
“Did Jin-chan make it?”
Ohana looked at the dish Hyunjin had brought with a surprised expression.
“I made it, but I want to share it.”
“Ah, then we’ll share a little too.”
Ohana was in a hurry to find something to use on her plate. She started looking around.
“It’s okay, I want you to try it and tell me what you think.”
“Me! Nana! I want to eat!”
Kanade jumped up and down with a very happy expression as she opened her mouth.
Amelia’s group had Kanade, Ohana, and two other female students.
Chihiro was a different group.
Kanade fights in court, Amelia fights in land. Ohana started tasting her soybean paste stew.
“Fish! It’s a fish! Tempura?”
“Ummm…… Is the meat minced and fried this way? If you say fried, it’s very soft.”
“This is miso soup, right? It’s not? Something tastes a little different…… It has a deep taste.”
The three each tasted Hyunjin’s food and made happy faces.
“Eojeon, Yukjeon, and Soybean Paste Stew are Korean dishes. Doenjang stew is similar to miso soup, so you should be familiar with it. That, I’m not tempura.”
“Aha…… “
“Before! It was food called before. Delicious…… “
When Ohana tried the cucumber sauce next to her, she looked surprised and said to Hyunjin.
“Jin-chan, it turned out that you were really good at cooking.”
“Ahahahaha…… I tend to know how to do a little bit.”
“It’s a bit out of level, isn’t it? I think it would be very delicious even if I sold it!”
Embarrassed by Ohana’s praise, Hyunjin turned to her and said.
“Well, if you finish, just return the plate.”
“Okay, Jin-chan. Thank you!”
“Ehehehe.”
“Well then, see you later.”
After being sent off by the three heroines, Hyunjin returned to his original position.
Perhaps because he was praised, Hyunjin himself was unaware that he was making an expression of joy with his eyebrows twitching.