Legend

"Sorry, I seem to have kept you waiting"

A middle-aged man, Hasta's father and at the same time the cook of this dining room full pavilion, bows his head as he says so.

"It seems Hasta has put a lot of work into this one, but let me thank you. I'm Dishot."

Ray quickly observes the man standing in front of him, holding the hand offered.

I'm only in my early 40s at my age, but I think it's because I cook in the cafeteria cooking area every day. The arm muscles were very developed and seemed more suited for combat than adventurers of about rank H. There is something to be said both in the hand you are holding and in the cooking dako, which makes you see that you are the cook at the root.

Because it had passed the busiest time of the day, there was an oligarchy but somewhere calm look on its face, and Ray had the impression that what he saw and felt about the man was' craftsmen rather than cooks'.

The current time is around midnight. If it is a tavern, it is still time for the evening to come, but since this full pavilion is a dining room, there are no guests anymore. DiShott himself, along with Enedra and other employees, did the laundry and was already in a state where today's work was done. Note that Alca, Hasta's sister, has already been taken by Enedra to sleep in her room.

"It's Ray. Okay, quick, but shall we get down to business? I was able to secure more than enough of the Gamelion meat that Hasta asked me to. One of the usual sizes and one of the rare species. Especially considering that rare species boast a size of more than 8m, you won't have any trouble with the amount of meat first......"

"… more than 8 m, or"

I guess I figured out what Ray was trying to say. A slightly frowning dishoot.

"I have a cabin to dismantle the monster Hasta will get for me, but it's still critical there"

"Oh, but I'm done draining blood, so I can really just figure it out"

In that word of Hasta, Dishot floats somewhere relieved.

Next to it, Enedra was having tea with a grin.

"Well, it's not like I can do something about dismantling it today. It will be fine after tomorrow. Unfortunately, I'm not that good at dismantling, so I'll leave you to Hasta."

"It's okay, I'll take care of it. I've been doing this ever since I was little, so I'm good at dismantling monsters."

"I'll help, too, so we'll figure it out when it comes to demolition."

Dishot nods too...... Ray pinches his mouth there.

"But Hasta asked me to come up with a cooking idea. So if you can, I want DiShott to focus on you."

"... cooking ideas?

Surprisingly, Dishot turns his gaze to Ray. But that won't be impossible either. Anyway, Ray's appearance only looks about 15. Make it a good adult, Dishot, and Ray is only a child. Do kids like that know about cooking? Even if you don't put it in words, that's what the expression says.

"I've been learning magic from my master. I'm reading various books there. Some of those recipes were already lost."

"Look, Dad. Didn't you hear about Zeno, the skewer, taking Ray's advice and getting more sales?

Hasta told me, I guess I remembered the face of an acquaintance. Nod small.

"With that said, you said that. Well, you..."

If the acquaintance, who nodded small and actually took advice from the boy in front of him, is increasing sales, he enters into a talking position.

As he watches, Ray opens his mouth as he sums up his thoughts by drinking the tea in the cup.

"What I teach is a dish called 'udon'.... No, it's a dish, or an ingredient to say so."

"Udon? I don't remember hearing that. What kind of ingredients, exactly?

My own deafening ingredients that are cooks. Ray turns his gaze toward the kitchen to DiShott's question, which inspired his curiosity about it.

"Right. First of all, when you're serving bread here, you naturally have flour, don't you?

"Ah? Oh. That, of course. I'll use it for cooking, of course."

"Then bring me that flour."

"Okay. I'll bring it right away."

Saying so, Fu Ray thinks inside looking at Dishot's back heading into the kitchen.

(I do think there were several types of flour such as strong powder or medium powder...... was it the same powder that made bread and udon? Well, if you can't give it a try, you'll have to throw it round to the main post)

Thinking that way, Dishot returns to the dining room with the flour in the paper bag in his hand.

"Look, this is the flour we use. That said, I don't know if it's the quality you want because I only buy bread from the bakery."

"You're not making bread?

"... is something awkward?

Hasta asks Ray's whining unexpectedly, but Ray shakes his head small.

"No, according to the book I read, I used flour to make bread. Well, flour is flour, and you'll have no problem with it."

"... I hope so"

"Like I said, all I know is knowledge. It's not like I've actually made that ingredient before, so all I can teach you is how to make that ingredient that I already know in a book. And I wonder how you were eating that ingredient. I want you to listen to me on that premise."

"Does that mean I have to do the fine-tuning kind?

"Right. I expect an arm as a cook. Well, it's how it's made. The ingredients are very simple. Flour, salt, water. That's all."

"... Huh? Is that all?

Enedra, who was listening next to Dishot, squeaks unexpectedly at that ingredient, which is too simple to say.

I haven't put it in words, but that's the same with Hasta and Dishot again.

"Oh. The method of making it is to dissolve salt in water and then mix it in flour and practice. Then..."

That's what I say, and Ray explains how to make udon as much as I can remember.

At first it was some half-hearted ditshot at the low amount of ingredients used, but I'm whining about bumps and something even as I snorted small about whether I decided I could go while I was listening.

"... so cut elongated and boil in hot water. It's boiling time that needs attention at this time. Depends on how thick you cut the dough..."

Look around you as you explain, your own hands. Point your gaze at your nails, to be precise.

"About a third of the nails were approximate thickness, which I think was about 10 minutes. When it comes to boiling, study the solidity that I think is bad but just right for me."

"There was no amount of flour, water, or salt in the instructions on how to make it, but to what extent exactly?

"Uh... about half that paper bag of flour, about a grab of salt lightly. Is it about a glass of water? I'm sorry, but I need you to adjust while you actually cook around it."

"I see."

"So, the boiled udon is washed thoroughly in cold water, and the marinade is removed, and if you want to warm it up and eat it, warm it up once in hot water, and if you want to eat it in cold conditions, leave it there..."

Ray looking out of the dining room with Chirali.

The season is already close to winter, and it is decided that there will not be as many food lovers eating cold udon this time of year.

(Well, I can't possibly do more than not have soy sauce or something)

"When it comes to warming up and eating, what exactly?

"Right. For example, the vegetable soup you fed me today. You think I'll eat in that one. You should put a little thick seasoned meat on it as a topping.... I guess that's the gamelion meat we took today. There may be other things to eat tangled up in a thick stew or something"

I put it in my mouth like that as I let it pass curry udon in the back of my brain, and it was a sincere pity Ray that there was no curry in this world.

"Well, you. You think you can do that?"

"... Honestly, I don't know. I don't know... As far as I can tell, it's not as conservative as bread, but I think it's likely as cooking. It would be worth a try."

DiShot returning that to his wife, Enedra, but there is an uncontrollable curiosity and excitement in her face.

I guess I'm still really attracted to things like unknown dishes and ingredients as a cook.

And Ray opens his mouth to further incite such Dishot's curiosity.

"There are other cooking methods called baked udon."

"Baked udon?"

"Oh. Same until you take a little hard-boiled udon marinate in cold water, but from there fry with vegetables and meat. The flavoring... I used a condiment called soy sauce when it was my book... you know?

Ask with slight expectations.

Or maybe there's more soy sauce than there was Takum Szunose at one gate of Zepile like Ray from modern Japan. That was the question I mouthed with my thoughts, but reality is not so sweet and I shake my neck sideways lightly.

"No, you've never seen or heard of condiments like that. I don't think there are any in this city of Guild at all. If it's possible, there might be one around Wang Capital."

"Right. Unfortunately, I can't help it. Then it tastes like baked udon..."

I shrug so much, I can think of a fu.

(I have a salt-baked noodle, can I have a salt-baked udon? Well, salt-baked buckwheat salt dale has a lot of seasonings besides salt, I guess)

"Salt, right?"

"You want salt?

"Oh. Except it's not normal salt. You're salty with salt mixed with all sorts of other seasonings.... This is also the knowledge I learned in the book, but there is something called grilled noodles in a dish that is close to grilled udon. It seems that the type of baked noodles has to be called salted noodles."

"Salt, huh?... Ok. Let's consider it. Then hurry up and get the udon now..."

That's what I said, Enedra grabs DiShott's clothes and stops him trying to get up.

"You, overstuffing the roots is not a good idea. Besides, if we start making udon now, it'll be midnight, right? Then maybe we should make it by the end of the day and have a taste for everyone.... Can Ray help you taste it too?

"Me too? No, I don't mind..."

Ray turns his gaze to Hasta, who is silently watching how the story goes.

Hasta opens her mouth like some trouble figuring out what that gaze means.

"Uh, I'm sorry, Mom. I like the taste of the new dishes, but I'd also like to do some dismantling of the gamelion."

"With that said, you did. Um, but you can even dismantle the meat with one hasta, right?

"No, I can if you tell me to. That's exactly what I'm talking about alone."

"But without Mr. Ray on Udon, you don't even know if it's a success in the first place, do you?

"... ha, I can't help it. Well, then, Mr. Ray, I'll ask your father first thing tomorrow. When you're done, can you come and help me?

I guess I had to back off as a friendly hasta when I was told that much about my mother. He tells Ray with his sigh.

Watching such a hasta, nodding Ray.

Honestly, to a noodle dish you've never eaten in this world if you try to lay it, the demolition of Gamelion, a limited-time monster. I honestly felt that I only had to gain from choosing which one, so I didn't mind either.

"Okay. So what time should I be here tomorrow?

"Since the morning peak is over and it's time to noon...... I'd prefer about 9am. I'll finish it by noon, so it won't be a problem."

"You should keep your breakfast light, because there's something about tasting."

"Right, let me do that."

Nodding small, it is time to take a seat to return to the inn.

"Well, then it's time to go back to the inn for tomorrow.... Hasta, you've been moving all day, and you're tired, aren't you?

Anyway, I left the city of Gilm in the early morning and traveled to the meadow where Gamelion appeared while fighting, even though I said I was a miscellaneous fish opponent, and was pushed to a critical place by myself fighting Gamelion, after which I did not fight but encountered the rare species of Gamelion. He protected Ray from other monsters while he was draining the blood of the rare species he defeated, and then hurried back to the city of Gilm.

No matter how confident the adventurer is in his health, this just makes him tired.

"Haha. Maybe that's true. But I'm not feeling weird or tired."

"That's because my body is nervous. You know it yourself."

He's older than Ray, and he's been an adventurer even longer. Do you know as much about your health as you do, Hasta, who smiles like that somewhere awkward?

As he watched, Ray greeted the three gently and followed the full pavilion.