Hakai no Miko

Episode 14: A treat

The Ethereal Horses were bewildered when they saw what Tateus had put out as hospitality.

"How are you? This is a treat prepared for you by your concubine. Don't hesitate."

Even strangely, the corny, laughing teeth tell him to snub the Ethereal Horses.

"This is the treat...?

Shemr shrugged half-way as she stared at the plate put out in front of her.

That should be it too. On the plate, it's just a name for cooking, it's just a line of fish. They all seemed to have just caught fish, moving their mouths and their twigs. If you look only at freshness, let's call it fresh fish.

But that's no consolation. Zoan and the others stood upside down with all their hair as if they were all scared.

"Oh? Are you dissatisfied with the treat the concubine prepared?

Tateus asked, knowing also that the Shemls were bewildered.

It was prepared by the queen of Marman, who is about to seek friendship, saying a treat. I can't even put my ass on that, and the Shemls couldn't say anything because I roared all the time.

"Your Majesty. In those on land, don't they even know how to eat fish?

Accompanying the queen who teases the Ethereal Horses, the princess who was present mouths empty.

"I see. That would make sense, too"

Tateus responding to the princess in a stinking act takes one fish from the top of the plate.

"Now let the concubine himself judge you."

The teeth are a familiar hand, instantly judging the fish with only fingers and nails without the use of blades. He removed his guts and bones, and gave them to the Ethereal Horse via a slave who had kept the fish nearby, which had also been ripped off and had become his only.

"Come on, don't hesitate to eat"

Even though it is a meal prepared by the Queen for welcome. Besides, it was judged by the Queen to make it easier for herself to eat. If you refuse to do this, Marman, you're going to insult everything.

The Ethereal Horse speaks to Marco behind him as Marmen watched with Niyaniya and people's bad grin.

"Marco! Give me that!

…… Oh, hey!

For a moment, Marco becomes a Kyotong face, but immediately reads the intentions of the Ethereal Horse and rushes to take out a pot small enough to ride in the palm of his hand from his nostrils (two places) and give it to the Ethereal Horse.

The Ethereal Horse who received it often turned his gaze everywhere to look for something, but caught his eye on a small seashell that had been placed as a decoration over a basin between his eyes.

"Would you allow me to use this?

To the Ethereal Horse, who showed the shell and pot and took the understanding, Tateus admitted that he didn't know what it was, but had no reason to say no, and was interested in what he was going to do again. Then, the Ethereal Horse replaces the shell with a small plate and drips black liquid from the kettle there.

Then I put the fish body I got from the queen properly on that black liquid and mouthed it.

"Oh......!

A small groan leaks from the mouth of the Ethereal Horse.

"So, soma!

Shemr shouts a sad cry. Gallum, Zug and Dvarin also sit back prepared not to quit fighting here.

"Yum!"

But it was the voice of joy, not agony, that jumped out of the mouth of the Ethereal Horse.

"This is the first fish I've ever eaten, but it's delicious with fat on it! Or is it because of the different freshness?

In the surprise of everyone looking straight into their eyes, the Ethereal Horse herself hands the fish to judge with her bare hands. But I don't know if it's because of grace or originally clumsy, but it still doesn't work.

Merman's princess, who thought that was a lousy play about fish not being eaten without judgment, raises her voice as to what such a hand would make sense.

"I will judge you."

Not long after, judging the fish, Marman's princess offered it to the pale horse with a nickel, but a poisonous smile.

"Come on, eat"

But when the Ethereal Horse receives it with a grin, "Thank you," he turns on a bit of black liquid again and then pouts it into his mouth.

"Uh-huh. Elastic teeth, and this is delicious."

Instead of being forced, everyone was flashed by the pale horse, who even began to appreciate the flavor with a melting smile.

This is awesome!

That's what I thought, Tateus, hands out.

"Keep that one!

After a while, the slaves came on a large board, putting something on it. The Zoans tremble with amazement and disgust at how much they could see a plate on the floor immersed in water and put on top of it.

"Hey, what's that monster?!"

There's no point in Shemr shouting like a scream.

There he was, exactly a monster. No hairs, no scales, muddy skin. A baggy body as if it were a gut. Furthermore, eight legs are stretched from there like spiders. Besides, his legs are as gnawy and stupid as mites.

Shemurs. A nightmarish creature that Zoan has never seen before.

It was bamboo.

"Which. Let the concubine cut you off so you can eat yourself"

With a satisfying grin on the way Shemr and the others waved their fears, the teeth, when they held the blade, smashed the octopus into pieces and served it on a shellfish plate, offering it to the pale horse.

"Is this guy still alive?!"

On the dish offered, Shemr screams at the octopus, which is still in motion with the gnaw even if it is slashed.

Even the audacious galam and zoog swallowed a frivolous scream, but full of refinement, and couldn't contain their bodies trying to retreat behind them.

"Come on, don't hesitate to eat"

Exactly the dish that I confidently offered that I wouldn't be able to eat this, but when the Ethereal Horse grabbed the leg of the octopus without hesitation, I put black liquid on it and mouthed it puckedly.

"Wow. I'm gonna want wasabi."

I can't wait to see the tight teeth on the feet of the octopus. It is therefore regrettable that there is no wasabi here.

"Wow, wasabi...?

The Ethereal Horse nods "Yes" to the Tateus, who asks half-wittedly.

"It's a spice I use when eating seafood and other things in my hometown. Especially the one that goes with the chopped octopus is called tacois."

The Ethereal Horse, who had picked another foot of the octopus and put it in his mouth, finally realized that Shemr and the others had not put any hands on the fish. Swallow the rice cake in your mouth and then ask in wonder.

"Don't you eat, Shemr? Delicious."

It is Shemr, who would not even resign to cut off his own neck and drop it if ordered by the Ethereal Horse. But all this time, she was just pointlessly opening and closing her mouth, too.

Then, all of a sudden, Tateus laughed.

Now before the Ethereal Horse flaunts, Teteus continues to laugh even as he hides his licence with his elegant hands. Having finished laughing, Tateus had even made tears come to his eyes about how strange it was.

"This is here. My concubine lost."

To the sudden declaration of defeat, Tateus asks what exactly rounds his eyes with the Ethereal Horse.

"You were told Lord Soma. Where are you from? Is it on the island or along the sea?

"Uh... a lot farther than here, but, well, it's an island country"

The Ethereal Horse clouds his words wondering how to explain Japan to the people of this world. But that seemed enough for the teeth.

"I see. So you couldn't resist the concubines' meal either"

Tateus continues with a slight self-derision on his lips.

"If you're on land, the reaction of those with you is normal."

When the Ethereal Horses said so saw the Shemurs, they all looked at each other as if the bats were evil or distracted from their eyes.

Besides, the Ethereal Horse finally comes to mind.

"Maybe raw fish didn't work?

In response to the question of the Ethereal Horse, everyone is silently restrained from answering "You answer". In the end, Shemr, who cannot ignore his own "you under the umbilical" question, answers on behalf of everyone.

"Oh. I wonder if you're going to eat fish raw."

To Shemr's answer, the Ethereal Horse was convinced. Indeed, when I was in modern Japan, sashimi and sashimi (sushi) were also accepted in the Japanese food boom abroad, but I hear that some foreigners were previously resistant to eating fish raw.

That's not all. When I first met Marco, he was thrilled to hear about the other dishes, but didn't he just disapprove of the sashimi and sashimi stories eating raw fish?

It goes without saying about the others because even that meaty Marco eats fish raw is unacceptable.

But then it is like rejecting half of what was put out as a treat because of it. The Ethereal Horse wonders if it has spoiled the mood of the Mermans.

However, Tateus had a grin full of favors rather than grumpiness.

"Like I said earlier, that's normal. The concubines are well aware of that."

Thereupon the teeth erupted once again small.

"That's it, but when you do, you say 'yummy' and you eat it painfully......!

Couscous laughs at the princesses and Olga, who are all tattoos.

Somewhat embarrassed, the pale horse makes his face bright red and shrinks his body. Such an appearance of a pale horse invites even more laughter from the mermans.

"Someone. Bring new dishes to your guests!

Tateus, desperately biting to death a laugh, struck his hand and commanded.

"By the way, Lord Soma. What is that black liquid?

Asked by Tateus, the Ethereal Horse drops his eyes on a small plate of shells he had in his hand.

"Eh...... This is soy sauce."

"Soyu, too, go away?

"It's a condiment made from fermented soybeans."

Aoima strongly recommended the manufacture of mitu with soybeans to the pioneering village of the plains. That's how the soybean mites started to be made, but many are still shallow that day and the technology fails to brew awkwardly, corrupting them, or other germs breeding them.

Among the mittens that seemed to be such failures, there was a mitteness that had a lot of moisture in the ingredients used, or rather a lot of water and air.

When the Ethereal Horse squeezed in the cloth, which I thought would be eaten if I squeezed the water, what a fragrant dark brown liquid was obtained. When I licked this out of interest, to my surprise, it tasted very close to soy sauce.

So Aoima called it "soy sauce" and used it as a substitute for soy sauce.

However, I did not know Ethereal Horse, who only knew authentic soy sauce made as soy sauce in wooden barrels, but it was "Occasional Soy Sauce" - that is, what I definitely called soy sauce - which collected supernatant liquids that exited during the process of brewing miso.

"Wow. It looks similar to fish soy sauce (ginger), but it tastes fresher than it is unconventional. And whatever you say, it doesn't stink."

The soy sauce offered by the Ethereal Horse was put on the tip of his pinky finger, and one licked teeth impressed.

In this world too, there are flavourings made by fermenting fish called fish soy sauce. But the fish soy sauce in this world, which is not made of refined technology like modern times, and also of the cluttered materials available at that time, has a very raw odor and a unique habit in flavor, which I could not really like about the Ethereal Horse.

For such an Ethereal Horse, this Occasion Soy Sauce was now an essential condiment for the Ethereal Horse meal alongside the soy mitu.

So far, however, that amount is small only for those that can be slightly squeezed out of the water and gas mitu that I have been able to accidentally do. It was only valuable for Ethereal Horses to enjoy personally.

How thirsty the Ethereal Horse was for this stuffed soy sauce is set in the record at the time, which is only marginal:

"When the craftsmen who brew soybean mittens gave their mittened juice, Soma Xaki, the son of destruction, said, 'This is a fake,' and was very pleased. And when I rewarded the craftsmen, I told them to make sure I gave them the same thing again."

Many historical researchers interpreted this as "the Son of Destruction greatly prefers falsehood" and used it as a basis for raising the dishonesty of Soma Xaki, but it is an error. As written here, "fake" means soy sauce, which Aoima calls "soy sauce."

All those important hoarding soy sauces or even the princesses of Marman show interest and start licking them on their fingers, imitating the Ethereal Horse and eating them on fish.

As the Ethereal Horse watched harshly for such a reluctant use, new dishes were brought in there. Besides, this time it was cooked by shaking salt, not raw fish, into skewers, boiled in a pan, or fried in oil.

This is cheered up by the meaty zoogs and doverines.

"Come on, don't hesitate to eat"

Yes, Tateus tells me no. No, Zoog eagles the vegetable-fried fish, making a burst of noise from his head and turning it round.

"Hey, Zoog. It's rude."

This is not Zoan's land. Garam, who just seemed to see Zoog's rough way of eating, poked him with his elbow and cautioned. But, Zoog, say it with a peeved face.

"This guy is fantastic, Galam. Good to the scales."

Gallum agreed with that. The scales of fish, vegan fried in hot oil and upside down like sawdust, crumble in the mouth with crisp teeth. Also, if you chew yourself up, the sweetness of the fish will soak up, mixing it with the good taste of oil and melting your tongue.

The soup in the pan is also exceptional. It is a dish that merely simmers various fish, shellfish, crab, etc., but the flavors that are soaked from each ingredient are blended together, and it is an unspeakable delicacy.

For the Zoans, who live in the Sorbiant plains, where there are no great lakes or great rivers, the cuisine with plenty of these sea delights was just a treat.

"But..."

Still, Gallum tried to make Zoog laugh.

If it's true, I don't hesitate to hit the food myself. However, it is still the head of the Great Patriarch representing Zoan of the Plains. That doesn't make me resentful all the time, but I can't blame my compatriots for scratching shame in front of other races. Nothing, I'm never sexually angry at this guy for eating guts next to me being shy.

That's what I thought. Tateus calls out when Gallum opens his mouth to Zoog.

"It's good, brave beast. The concubine is worth the hospitality if she eats it so deliciously."

And when Zoog says with his eyes, "See, you've seen it," Gallum throws himself a small fish fried in oil together and into his mouth, chewing it to pieces. The face was so sinister that I thought it might be chewing up a hundred bitters rather than chewing up a small fish.

And the teeth, with their hands on their mouths, make an elegant laugh.

"Concubines For Marman, behaving in a dish that uses fire means the greatest welcome. Don't hesitate to eat, Lord Soma."

Tateus recommends cooking to the Ethereal Horse, who does not want to change hands on the dish after hitting earlier.

Besides, when the Ethereal Horse gave an anxious look, he looked up at the teeth and said.

"Uh... Could it be that we haven't been welcomed before?

The Ethereal Horse warms up to Shemr, who sighs heavily next door after all he has just said.

Tateus, who laughed bitterly at those two appearances, told him in a bitter tone that his lips would be dampened with wine filled with a cup of seashells like right angle shells in his hand.

"You can no longer hide things like that. - Let's find out why the concubine tried to push him back."