Elna-kaasan says while smiling after hearing Mina tell us our meal today. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I see, so itâs onigiri. Itâs the classic type of food the same as a sandwich that you can eat on the go.
ăSo you immediately taught the chef of Sylfordâs house how to make rice, ehă
ăYes, I was asked how to use the rice so I taught them and suggested making it into the menu for lunchă
Come to think of it, we also brought some rice as souvenirs for the Sylford family.
ăI mean, Mina remembered how to cook riceă
ăThatâs obvious! Rice can go well with hamburgers like bread you know! So Iâll be sure to memorize this!ă
Mina enthusiastically says while tightly clenching her fist when I say that.
I see, so she didnât just go into the kitchen for a long time to keep up appearances and aim for the dish Bartolo made, huh? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
While Iâm feeling a little admiration toward Mina, Eric - who sit beside me - slightly pulls my sleeve.
ăOi, Alfried, what is this âriceâ?ă
ă....Iâm also curious about what that isă
Taking advantage of Ericâs question, Luna-san - who is behind Eleonora-neesan - also asked.
I guess Eleonora-neesan - who is between them - is not planning to answer, sheâs staring at the basket without any particular reaction.
ăItâs one of the staple food eaten in Kagura. Itâs small white grains with a sweet taste, and goes well with rice and fishă
ăSo itâs sweet!?ă
ăNo, itâs not the sugar-like sweet, I guess it has an umami taste with sort of sashimi-like sweetnessă
ăăâŠâŠI, I seeăă
Eric and Luna-san nod with subtle expressions on their faces when I give them a simple additional explanation.
Those two definitely didnât get it. Oh well, itâs faster for people to try to see food in actuality rather than explaining them with words. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăThen, I will open ită
After Mina cheerfully say that, she continues to open the basket in the middle.
It was tightly packed with neatly shaped triangular onigiris inside. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăHmm, they are white and neat. How do you eat these?ă
ăItâs the same with sandwiches, you can just grab them with your hand and eat themă
ăThatâs right!ă
If you only listen to the spoken lines before, then it would seem like a young woman ignorant of the ways of the world trying to eat commonerâs street stalls food.
However, everyone will be the same if they have a dish from a foreign country in front of them.
ăHou, so this is the rice Nord-dono was talking about? Now then, letâs quickly have a taste, shall weă
Egar-san grabs an onigiri with his big hand and brings it to his mouth without hesitation.
ăOoh! The more I chew the more the sweetness comes out!ă
Egar-san expressed his impression of the onigiri after eating it.
ăHm? Whatâs this? There is something inside?ă
ăYeah, onigiri is commonly eaten together with side dishes, so we put the side dishes insideă
ăI see, this is like a sandwich. Now what is the inside of this onigiri, I wonderă
Egar-san takes a bite of the onigiri in a somewhat excited manner.
ăNnuohh? What, it has a similar flavor to yesterdayâs soy sauce!ă
ăYes, the chef thought it was going to go well with soy sauce, so it looks like he tried to make a soy sauce-based sauce and mix it with the grilled fishă
When Egar-san yelled in doubt, Mina - who was standing by - explain.
What the, itâs definitely going to be delicious isnât it? Onigiri with grilled fish and soy sauce-based tare sauce, thatâs an absolutely dangerous combination! www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăIndeed, this will certainly go well with rice! I also agree to put the fillings inside!ă
Seeing Egar-san happily savoring the onigiri, Natasha-san, Luna-san, and Eric also reach out for the onigiris.
ăMina-san, are all the fillings the same?ă
ăNo, some of them have different types of fillings. The three onigiris Egar-san took in a row have the same ingredientsă
ăDoes they have vegetables inside?ă
ăThere are no vegetable fillingsă
Naturally, there are no vegetable fillings in onigiri. Aside from something like makizushi.
ăThatâs good thenă
Maybe he thought there is nothing to be afraid of if there are no vegetable fillings in the onigiri, so Eric casually grab a nearby onigiri.
ăâŠâŠwhat about meat?ă
ăThere are some, I think they were around this place in the basket!ă
After Mina points that out, Luna-san and Eleonora-neesan quickly stretch their hands and secured the meat onigiris.
What an easy-to-understand action. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăThen, I will try this one!ă
ăI will also take this oneă
Natasha-san and Luna-san grabbed the onigiris without asking Mina about their fillings.
And then, they take a small bite at them just like that as though pecking at the onigiri.
ăAhh, indeed! I also understand what Al-kun said about this being sweet!ă
Natasha-san says while nodding *kokurikokuri*.
Mm-hmm, rather than being delicious, the word âsweetâ will come out first when you eat rice.
Even though I have eaten many types of rice in my previous life, Kagura rice still has the very best taste.
ăI wonder what is the filling in my onigiri? Itâs nice knowing what is inside, but not knowing them is also exciting, isnât ită
ăRight. There are occasionally times even back in our mansion when there are unexpected fillings inside the onigiris which surprises meă
ăEeh! Then what kind of side dish did you have that time?ă
ăThere were sausages or cheeseă 1
ăI never ate it before, but that sounds like they will go well togetheră
ăBoth of them are good, but I prefer the one with cheese betteră
ăI will also ask the chef to try various types! ......ah, but we will not be able to see what is the filling so if we add vegetables inside....ă
ăThatâs right. I think you can mix vegetables with meat for the fillingsă
The conversation between Natasha-san and Elna-kaasan makes a sudden change from a peaceful one into a suspicious one.
Apparently, they are thinking of trying to do something about Ericâs dislike of vegetables more than expected.
ăMu, this one is a grilled Doss tuna? The umami of the Doss tuna and the saltiness goes really well togetheră
On the other side, the kid who doesnât eat vegetables was savoring the onigiri without noticing that.
This might be the last time he can eat onigiri with his hand, free from care like this. Later on, Iâm sure he will be nervous as he chooses the onigiri and eats them using a fork and a knife.
And the next time we meet, heâs going to say something like he canât eat onigiri without a knife or a fork.
Oh well, letâs leave that kind of matter aside and eat.
The soy sauce-based sauce is nice and all but Iâm sweating right now so I want the saltiness of Doss Tuna.
I pick up an onigiri at the same line as the one Eric picked and bite into it.
Immediately after, the grains of rice gradually melted inside my mouth and the slice of Doss Tuna - the fillings - slowly came out. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
The sweetness oozes out each time I chew on them and blend splendidly with the salty umami from the Doss Tuna.
Aah, I guess itâs because Iâve been sweating a lot, the saltiness tastes particularly good.
It feels like the sweat that contains salt in them are immediately replenished after flowing out of my body.
ăâŠâŠthis onigiri-thing, goes very well with meată
ăRight?ă
Perhaps Luna-san and Eleonora-neesan took a liking to the meat onigiri, they ate the onigiris with gusto.
If I leave it as they are then weâre going to run out of meat-filling onigiri later, so Iâll also take one meat-filling onigiri and put it on my plate to ensure I got one.
Then, I immediately try eating it after I finish with the Doss Tuna onigiri.
HmăŒm, the salty-sweet sauced beef is out of this world.
The salty grilled fish is good, but this kind of taste of salty-sweet meat with rice like a gyudon is also wonderful.
(Gyuudon / Beef and Rice)
ăUn, I still prefer fish after allă
ăMe too!ă
Nord-tousan and Sylvio-niisan were intensely decreasing the number of onigiris with grilled fish mixed with soy sauce-based sauce while Iâm eating two onigiris like that. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
That side also has the crisis of being wiped out, so I take some and put it on my plate in a hurry.
When I notice it, the contents of the basket that has the white color of onigiris inside had already become empty baskets, and there were also some onigiris that had disappeared without me being able to eat them.
âŠâŠfuuh, itâs nice to have your favorite ingredients mixed in, but I wish you eat them a little more equally.
Author Note :
The onigiris were passed around! Next will be magic training! Thatâs for sure!