Legend

The day after Min and Rodos were helped, Ray was walking alone throughout the city of Abu Ero.

… yes. Alone, yes.

Exactly the day before, there was an emergency, which meant that Seto was allowed to enter the city using guild master authority, but because Tillage seemed sorry that he couldn't let Griffon go free in the light.

Seto today enjoyed outside the city freely hunting monsters to fill his belly, or taking cheerful naps that were getting warmer.

But it's only for today.

Originally, Ray and Seto tried to go back to the city of Gilm saying they had nothing more to do than help Min and Rodos. But beyond the absence of Elk, who is also the Axe's greatest power, Min and Rodos alone decided it would be dangerous to return to the city of Gilm and go back together.

And those two needed to stay all over the city for one day today with explanations for things like hearing the circumstances while they were being held hostage and the raid on Rhodos, where Minn was cut off from being caught. For this reason, Ray, who broke it off today as a holiday, used to look around the city that he could barely see when he went by escort.

"Heh. These spears are good stuff."

"Right? It's a substitute for coming around from a blacksmith we have a deal with. It's not like a magic item, but it's superb as a pure weapon. It's just... I can't buy it from a kid. It's a commodity. It's worth the price."

"How much?

"... two pieces of gold."

That price is certainly quite high for weapons. However, it is immediately understandable that the spear in Ray's hand is of a quality equal to or greater than the price posted.

Hence.

"Two gold coins? Bought it."

He took the gold out of the mistering lightly and handed it to the owner, making it look like it had come out from under the robe.

"Whoa, dude!? Boy, what the hell... this gold coin, is it real?

The shopkeeper confirms to that gold coin, given as if he had no hesitation whatsoever, with an eye that sees for a moment whether it is real or fake. But from years of business experience, there is no doubt that the gold coin is nothing but real.

"Every time..."

"I made a expensive purchase, don't you think it's okay if you put on one of your daggers aside?

"Ah, oh. Okay. Here, take this."

The surprise of that gold coin was also told to put it on before it cooled down, especially the shopkeeper who handed two daggers intact without saying anything back, every sheath to Ray.

"Heh. This dagger is also of medium quality"

Ray is also surprised by the quality of the dagger he was given, while pretending to go straight into the nostalgia and store it in the mistering.

And with a satisfying grin, Ray leaves the weapons store behind. Later all that remained was the figure of the shopkeeper worried about whether what had just happened was a dream or not.

However, I was able to quickly find out that it was more real than having gold in my hand.

Leaving such a shopkeeper behind, Ray unexpectedly made a good purchase and resumed his stroll around the city in an upbeat mood...

"... what?

At the end of your gaze, find one stall and unwittingly stop and stare.

The stall is not unusual. Because there are other stalls that sell skewers and stews, and some of them sell udon, which was born in the city of Gilm. Although it was incomplete in terms of udon, it was also sold to the city of Subrusta.

But the food sold by the stalls now at the end of Ray's gaze was fundamentally different from those. In this world too, iron plates were set in the center of the stall, like those used to do barbecues, and meat and vegetables were stir-fried on sufficiently heated iron plates. Udon, which is boiled in a cookware in the corner of the stall and tightened with water, is put in there and sautéed together. The next moment the udon is put into the iron plate, it is sprinkled with something like demiglass sauce and sautéed up.

The last seasoning served was like demi-glazed sauce, not soy sauce, but that was definitely Ray's known baked udon. What surprised me at this time was that the baked udon Ray taught in the city of Gilm was salt dale, whereas something like demiglass sauce was used here.

"Welcome to. Boy, you want some?

A man in his late 20s and 30s calls out when he finds Ray approaching Fluffy.

Nodding at the word, he pays a slightly higher fee at the border of two copper coins to get to his stall seat. Then, less than a minute later, along with the baked udon served on the plate, the fork is served.

……

Remaining silent, wrap baked udon around a fork and transport it to your mouth......

"Delicious."

"Heh, right. The udon and grilled udon itself is an ingredient that was conceived in the city of Gilm, but I made this sauce myself. But the name of the dish is the same as the baked udon made from salt."

"Baked udon,"

Because it is quickly stir-fried over high heat, the texture of the stir-fried meat and vegetables is chewy, not as vegetables.

I guess it depends on people's taste around here, but as for Ray, he preferred it to be chewy, so praise doesn't have much to complain about.

The udon is well left because it is not too stir-fried after boiling and tightening with water, and this one is also chewy. It was well established as udon, even less than the udon noodles eaten in the city of Subrusta.

(Well, the unique sauce and the fact that it looks like demiglass sauce... can't help it? I was originally a soy saucer for baked udon, but I don't hate the sauce flavour.)

He was Ray eating baked udon whining in his heart, but the shopkeeper also cries out with a grin at his eating.

"What do you think, it's delicious? You've had quite a reputation lately, haven't you?

"Oh, delicious.... Is it just a plate that you can buy? I'd like to buy it for takeaway if I can."

"Uh... I'm sorry, kid. Unfortunately, I'm not thinking about taking it home. It's about the dishes. I'm not selling every dish in a stall."

"... then I'll prepare the dishes. How about putting the baked udon in it and selling it?

"Hmm? Hmm... Well, you do. If I can sell it this way, I can sell it. I don't have any problems at all. But I'm not giving you a dish discount or anything, okay?

"That's settled. Just give me a minute. I'll get you some dishes soon."

When I told the stall owner so, I went to the grocery store nearby and bought the dishes as soon as possible.

... Note that the dish was huge enough for a child to go in, not like a plate or bowl, because of course Ray had been after it from the beginning.

And holding that huge pot, I went back to where the stall was...

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. And that's gonna cost you a lot of money, right? Can you get it out to the boy? No, well, if that's all the money you can buy a big pot, I'm sure it'll be fine."

I take out one piece of gold coin to the shopkeeper who can't hide his surprise at the size of the pan Ray has, only if there is no problem.

"... boy, who the hell are you? Why do you have gold?

Ray silently puts out his guild card to such an inquiry by the store owner, who stunned himself even more with the gold coin he was given.

"It's Ray playing Rank C Adventurer in the city of Gilm. So this money is well earned, not backwards."

"I see.... but I'm sorry but I can't snort at your story"

"Why? I'm telling you, I'll pay for it."

To Ray, who twists his neck and asks, the shopkeeper exhales heavily and opens his teasing mouth.

"Ready? Baked udon is certainly delicious. I'll make it. That's natural. But delicious things don't stay delicious forever. There is something about the duration of the delicacy. If it gets cold and the noodles come out, the grilled udon in the corner will be ruined."

"Oh, I see. If you say so, this is the city of Abu Ero."

Ray nods that he finally understands the store owner's words.

If I tried to lay it on, I never thought I'd get stuck there because buying in a lot of food all the time is what I normally do in the city of Gilm.

"No problem. I'll feed you all the grilled udon while it's warm."

"So, even if I bought enough in a pot like that to eat in bulk, he said it would cool down on the way. Or something? You're telling me you're going to eat that pot from one end to the other?

While I'm talking to Ray, the shopkeeper gradually sees if the blood has risen on his head or not.

Ray doesn't pull a step, so in a way, it's not impossible either.

But Ray shakes his head small again and opens his mouth.

"I have an item box even if it looks like this"

As such, some dishes are removed from the mysteries, all the more evidence than the theory.

Stew with hot, large cuts of meat and vegetables, bread that is freshly baked and still leaves a crisp texture, skewers that are dripping gravy to the point where they are likely to believe it even if they say it has just been baked.

……

The owner could only watch the next few dishes coming out of a space where there was nothing.

Eventually, Ray turns his gaze toward the shopkeeper and opens his mouth before cooling down many of those removed dishes and back to mistering again.

"As you can see, the food can be kept warm.... What do you say? Baked udon, can you sell it?

"... you want to eat my dishes even using super fancy magic items in the item box?

"Oh. Sauce-flavored grilled udon...... brilliant. However, if I could, I might as well indulge in a few more types of vegetables to fry."

Ray tells me he's sorry there weren't any spring onions in the grilled udon he ate.

Onions may be more common as baked udon utensils, but Ray's... Because the spring onions were used in Reiji's house, they were more familiar with you.

"Vegetables, vegetables? Right, you might want to do some more research. All right, all right. He appreciated my cooking so much. He also wants to eat it until he uses the item box. As a cook, I have to live up to that. Wait, I'll make it right away!

The owner said so, cutting vegetables, cutting meat and boiling water to boil udon.

As Ray stares at the state of it...

"Is that Ray?

Suddenly I can speak up like that.

Looking back, there were four people there: Bilt, Beglif, Birke, Kara's Rank D Party and Ethereal Blade, who acted together last night.

"Oh, that's true. What happened yesterday today...... dude"

Beglif, carrying Paul Axe, tries to speak to Ray and realizes what's going on in the stall.

The owner was making a large quantity of grilled udon on an iron plate... just looking at it and getting heartburn.

"Hey, Ray. How many people the hell did you ask for?

"I mean, what is that giant pot? Maybe you're gonna put baked udon in that pan?

Birke asks, making sure to follow Beglif's words, and Ray nods.

"Oh, it's a grilled udon with a flavour I've never seen in the city of Gilm, where udon originates. It's commendable that you created your own sauce."

"... is that enough to say? I did think it was delicious when I ate it before, but it still didn't seem like something I admire that much."

"You can say the grilled udon here is excellent. Especially if you're smelling the burning smell of a uniquely formulated sauce, you're going to be able to eat as much.... Well, if all you know about grilled udon here, this is the standard... let me be honest, there's no better grilled udon than this one in the city of Gilm, where udon is real."

"Ha ha. Don't be so happy to say it, kid."

The shopkeeper grins as he wipes the sweat with a cloth that was nearby, stirring up tons of ingredients.

Throw in the boiled and stuffed udon there and add the sauce.

As soon as that happens, I smell the sauce burning all around me, stirring up my appetite just wondering if this is still the case.

Whatever the difference in smell if you try it on the ray, it smelled like it was reminiscent of the roasted noodles, takoyaki, and okonomiyaki that I ate at the summer festival when I was in Japan somewhere. However, when it comes to okonomiyaki, almost all of the ingredients were substitutes for cabbage.

Gokuri.

Unexpectedly sipping and watching the baked udon, the baked udon placed in the plate is given to you.

"Look. You don't have to look like you want so much, but eat this grilled udon without worrying because it's yours"

"Oh, oh."

He said he had just eaten one plate earlier, but Ray's belly is still not enough, give me more, and I'll just assert myself when I eat him up as much as I want.

Trying to lose that temptation, I stretched the fork I was given to the plate... and eventually four of the Ethereal Blades who were on the spot also had Ray luxury to eat baked udon again.

In this way, the street painting smells fragrant for a while, and even if no, it will stimulate the appetite of the passers-by passing nearby.