v1c24 - Nina and I in high spirits at the Meat Festival, and Lydia and Ellie who are envious
“Meat!? Yay, meat!”
“Oh, Nina, do you understand it too? This happiness?”
“Yes! Meat, meat!”
Nina understood the joy of getting the rabbit meat, and while they were so excited…
“Well …… meat is fine, but that’s Assassin Rabbit’s meat, you know?”
Lydia gives me a puzzled look.
“Hm? What’s wrong with it? Is it actually poisoned?”
“No, it’s not poison, but we’re talking about a monster, you know?”
“It’s all right, it’s all right. Right, Ellie?”
I looked at Ellie and she nodded her head.
“He’s right. Adventurers usually eat it.”
“I-I see. Elves are not vegetarians and usually eat meat, but …… I have never eaten meat from a monster.”
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“The most important thing to remember is that you can’t eat it normally, so even if you’re human, you probably won’t eat it. But if Alex is there, we can eat it.”
At Ellie’s words, Lydia looked at me with a curious tilt of her head.
“Okay! Then, after Nina finishes mining to some extent, let’s go back to the cabin and have lunch. Lydia always cooks for me, so today, Ellie and I will cook. But even so, we’ll still have to ask you to provide fire and water.”
“That’s perfectly fine with me, but Mr. Alex himself …… T-Thank you very much.”
“I’ve never had Mister’s food before! I’m looking forward to it!”
I decided to serve a delicious rabbit dish.
I can’t make bread or pasta from flour, but I can at least process and cook a rabbit.
First, I quickly drain the blood out of the rabbit.
“…… Eh, Nina. What about mining?”
“Ah! Ehehe …… I forgot because of the meat. Wait a minute.”
Nina collects clay for a while, while Ellie kills scorpions that appear, and when black rabbits appear, I kill them.
Occasionally an iron scorpion would also appear, so we’d gather up a bunch of iron as well.
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“Mister. We got a lot of good quality clay, and a good amount of iron too!”
Nina’s face broke into a happy smile.
“Did you get enough iron to make a bath?”
“Hmm, I don’t think it’s possible to make that yet. But we can make something of it or leave it for the bath, I’ll leave it to you!”
“I see. Then we’ll discuss it again with everyone, but for now, let’s call it a day.”
“Yay, a meat party!”
A meat party is a bit of an exaggeration …… No, it’s the first time we’ve had meat in a few days.
As for my feelings, as Nina says, it’s a meat festival!
The first thing to do is to get Lydia to block the entrance to the underground cave, then quickly return to the front of the cabin and start cooking with the help of Ellie.
“Then I’ll cook the usual thing.”
“Yeah, please.”
“This feeling of not having to say everything to be understood …… I’m so jealous.”
While thinking that Lydia is jealous of such a weird thing, I did the essential work in order to eat the monster meat.
“[Purification]”
“Mr. Alex. What was that?”
“It’s holy magic that has a purification effect. With this, the bad stuff disappears from the monster’s meat and it becomes normal meat.”
“I didn’t know that there is such magic.”
“Yes, but on the other hand, in case there is no one who can use holy magic, it is better not to eat it.”
The rest is to cook the food in a normal way, so Nina’s eyes are shining with anticipation for the meat and Lydia’s eyes are looking with regret for some reason, I proceeded to cook with Ellie and …… it’s completed!
“Thanks for waiting! The stew is ready! …… Although, I was supposed to be thanking Lydia, I had her make a fire.”
“No, no, that’s totally fine! I’m happy just to be able to eat Mr. Alex’s home-cooked food that is filled with his feelings. However, this food that Ms. Ellie made is …… bread? It’s very hard, but I don’t think it’s a failure, right?”
“It’s not a failure! This is a long, thin, hard bread from the beginning. It is the traditional bread of the town of Frey, where Alex and I were born and raised!”
The bread Ellie was originally a bread longer than my arm, but because of the cooking utensils, it was about half the length of my arm.
The shape is a little different, but the aroma and texture are exactly what I expected, so I cut it into bite-sized pieces.
“Lidia. I want you to eat the cut bread with the stew. It’s hard on the outside but soft inside and goes well with the stew.”
“Like …… this? Mhm, It’s delicious!”
“I’m glad it suits Lydia’s palate.”
This is a dish I’ve made many times when we had to camp outside.
Although I am used to making them, I had never had anyone other than Ellie and the others eat them before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I’m glad that they were pleased for the time being.
“Mister, Nina too! Can Nina eat too?”
“Yes, you can eat a lot.”
“Mhm! …… it’s delicious! The meat is delicious, but so are the vegetables! Thank you, Mister!”
“No, I know you’re happy, you don’t have to hug me. Then I’ll eat too …… Yeah! Meat is delicious!”
Nina was so moved by the meat festival that she hugged me.
I know I made it myself, but it’s been a long time since I’ve had meat, and I’m really happy about it.
“…… I-If only I can show my emotions to that extent ……”
“…… honestly. I want to be honest about my feelings……”
I knew that women are light eaters, and because Lydia and Ellie’s hands stopped, so Nina and I ate a lot of it.