I donât know what they teach at adventurerâs school, but Kirika-chan and Kurtz-kun arenât going to one, so that means they wonât get the chance to learn things like basic math and whatnot⌠Okay, Iâll teach them if I can. Theyâll need to be able to do basic calculations once the amount of losing potions goes up to hundreds of bottles. They also need to know how to calculate how much we can sell based on the price of one bottle, and moreâŚ
Right now, a potion was equal to one loaf of bread. We donât know how much the losing potions are worth though⌠I have to teach them how to add, subtract, and multiply so they donât get ripped off by other people.
Division, though⌠Um, itâs okay. Iâll teach it to them if they donât hate doing calculations. I hate it, especially when you get a remainder after dividing.
ăLetâs see⌠If I were to compare Kirikaâs cooking to Yuuriâs cooking, I got about one-tenth of the same buff values from Kirikaâs.ă
Eh?
ăOne-tenth? In that case, if we eat Kirikaâs food, we should get +1⌠I want to check right now, but itâs already getting late.ă
ăThe food I made gave more buff values?ă
Even though I was surprised, everybody else didnât react like me.
ăWell, at least we know that we can expect some sort of effect even if somebody other than Yuuri makes the food. This is incredible.ă
ăWe need to continue studying the effects, so we know whether itâs a difference in the level of perfection, or the skill level between makers, or whether itâs a natural gifted abilityâŚă
So thatâs what they mean?
They already have several theories on why the effects were different.
That reminds me, Rofas-san had said that Bryce-kunâs magic was amazing. Itâs appropriate to assume that the ability to use powers like magic was different depending on the individual.
ăIn that case, why donât we get everybody to make yaki-onigiri? Then we can test out the effects of each personâs tomorrow morning.ă
Everybody else nodded at Bryce-kunâs suggestion.
ăEh?ă
They want to eat yaki-onigiri tomorrow morning too?
Um, I was planning to serve bread for tomorrowâs breakfastâŚ
Well, itâs okay. I can use the bread for the bento instead.
Itâs best to experiment when all of us are here.
ăSigh, this tastes so good. Itâs the first time I ate something sweet and sour like this.ă
Ahh, I see. Since sugar is expensive, they donât get to eat many dishes that taste sweet.
Rofas-san hastily stood up from his seat, and began scooping out a lot of the sweet-sour sauce onto his plate.
I rose up without thinking.
If he wants seconds, I couldâve refilled his plate if he just asked me, but, wait. I felt bad for making him have to stand up during the meal.
I felt my hands get a bit sweaty in that moment.
My husband, whenever he got seated at the dinner table, wouldnât get up until he finished his meal. If he needed anything, whether itâd be soy sauce, mayonnaise, seconds, or tea, I had to get it for him before he asked, because according to him, thatâs a housewifeâs job.
Once, because I was feeding the child who I was taking care of at the time, I didnât notice that my husbandâs bowl was empty.
ăLooks like we shouldnât have any children ourselves for the time being. Youâll neglect all of the housework just to take care of them.ă
I remember how cold-hearted he sounded.
No, I canât just automatically do things for others, because things are done differently here.
An independent adventurer should not do more than what is asked of themâŚ
We are all adventurers. Everybody has to do equal amounts of work.
ăKirika wants second too!ă
ăWait, me too, me too! Rofas-san, youâre eating too much!ă
The two of them scrambled to get to the pot.
Ah, the situation was getting dangerous.
ăPlease line up and take turns. Also, if anybody wants seconds, please tell me!ă
Okay. Itâs not like I was trying to do everything for them. I just found it dangerous for them to fight over for seconds. Itâs for their sake.
ăHere you go, Kirika-chan. Next is Kurtz-kun. Rofas-san, you donât get anymore. You ate so much already.ă
*shock*.
Wait, no.
Rofas-san was so disappointed, I could hear it just by looking at his face.
Eh? Was he really that disappointed?
ăBryce-kun, would you like some more?ă
I asked Bryce-kun. He brought his plate to me.
ăThank you very much. Iâll have some more. Yuuri-san, your food is really delicious. I can eat them forever.ă
Bryce-kun smiled at me.
ăThank you.ă
I ended up face first in a pond just to grab the lotus roots too.
âŚNow that I think about it, how should I dig them out from now on?
Just like potatoes, lotus roots canât be kept for long⌠If Iâm correct, the longest they can be kept for would be about two weeks after theyâre bought.
Wait, but thatâs only if theyâre wrapped with plastic wrap and kept in the fridge tooâŚ
Since we donât have a fridge here, I guess they can only be kept for a couple of days. That means I have to gather them every time I want to make something with themâŚ
Even dried lotus roots canât be kept for a long period of time, rightâŚ