Legend

"... hmm? Why are we stopping here?

Ray groans as he completes Bicone's crusade request and returns to the city of Gilm, feeling the carriage's speed inadvertently slowing down.

If you look out the window, the speed of the scenery flowing was slowing, and it was obvious that the carriage was about to stop.

But Marca, sitting across from Ray, opens her mouth with her arms full of what she deserves.

"It's already past noon. If so, shall we make up our minds? It's lunchtime."

"... oh, I see"

Somehow convinced, then leaning his neck again.

In the first place, if you were going to eat lunch, you could have eaten it where you fought a bunch of bicorns. I don't have a clock that can measure the exact time, but it's still true that it was already close to noon then.

Alternatively, it was possible that other monsters would strike by smelling the smell of bicorn blood, but they didn't have to worry about being attacked by anything other than a monster with strength in their power if Seto, the griffon, didn't hide the signs, or a retarded monster who couldn't feel the difference in power again.

But Ray's such doubts are resolved by the words of Koan, who opened his mouth with a small grin.

"If you're an adventurer, it's not so uncommon to eat where there's a slight smell of blood. The same would apply to Mr Residence, an Alliance official. As far as that thing goes, it's probably because you're a former adventurer. But expecting it from a nobleman is cruel. Even I don't want my daughter to eat in such a place."

"Is it possible to think about it normally?"

Or around Dusker, who is also the lord of the city of Gilm, it's not weird to dine in such a place with the adventurers normally. While I think of it that way, I immediately convince myself of the faces of the three nobles who are acting together this time.

(Marca doesn't seem to care much about that area. You wouldn't think I'd bother to move the place because you'd be the type to hate the hassle of making it an orchid. So the question is Arnicht?... but if that's really a vegan personality)

We've had several conversations before, but each time Arnicht treats test participants, including Ray, with a great tone and attitude. But from Ray's eyes, it really didn't look like the same kind of aristocracy that I've been involved with more than once.

And above all, Seto is not alert or averse to Arnicht. That was decisive.

"Look, we're going down. They'll be waiting for their concubines."

Ray, who was taken by Marca and got out of the carriage, confirms that there are three people near the residence: Roble, Shty and Ones.

"Well, it's fine here, so please go. I'll take care of the lady."

"Mmm, Koan, don't treat your concubine too much like a child"

"That said, the young lady is still young."

"... young, you look like you said. Well, that's fine, so Ray should go over there."

I guess Marca urged me to do that and waited for Ray to come when I moved to near the residence. Open your nodding mouth small.

"Well. I think we're each asking in the carriage, but it's lunch now. I want you to cook meals for everyone, including me."

"... what?

Should I say yes, Robre leaks a loose voice between the words of the Residence.

Next to that, Shty had a difficult face and thought of something, but eventually he opens his mouth toward the residence.

"That, does it also have to do with the rank-up exam when it comes to lunch?

"I don't mind you thinking so. As you all know, if you become Rank B, you may act with the nobility. I wish the nobles had a cook with them at that time, but not necessarily. It would taste a lot worse if the adventurers we were with couldn't even make one of their meals, right?

"No, no, no. Then you can eat preserved meats like dried meat and hard-baked bread."

Roble just tells me he's sorry to spoil it that far, but the Residence shakes his neck small and sideways.

"The aristocrats are not used to such preserved foods. That's what I might get sick of not being fit for my body and not being eaten. You should be able to serve more or less prepared dishes to prevent that. To the extent that we should be able to do this."

That being said, there's no way we can get out of hand for the Rays any more than we heard this was part of the exam.

"For once, there's a ton of food in my item box, but you can't use that?

"Whatever the exam is just for you, it's for everyone in this room. Only the ingredients in the luggage you brought and the meat of the bicone will be available for this test."

"When I can't use the item box, the other guys' luggage is in my item box, too?

"We'll allow you to use it. I was able to bring it to the carriage originally. Any other questions?

Rey, who was dismissed for serving the dish as it was in the item box, raises his hand and opens his mouth.

"I understand that serving the dish itself is a rejection. So, as far as condiments are concerned?

"... right, isn't it strange to have some because regular adventurers don't take places either if they're seasoned? I don't mind, I'll allow anything but food and ingredients. Anyone else have any questions?

No one opens their mouths to the words of the Residence.

Roble had his head in mind that he didn't think even cooking would have anything to do with the rank-up exam, and Shty bothered his head with what he would quickly make if he didn't make an extraction on this occasion as being able to cook once and for all, and Ones still doesn't look like he's going to change his expression without saying anything.

"All right, then go get ready. However, the maximum time to cook shall be one hour."

The Residence tells him so and returns to Marca and the others.

Shty, who dropped it off, calls out to Ray as soon as possible.

"Ray, it's quick and bad, but what's with the seasoning?

"There are quite a few basic things and herbs, including salt, pepper and sugar. Some sauces are used in skewers and stuff like that."

"Is there anything else I can use for cooking? Prohibited are the dishes and the ingredients, right?

"Right..."

I worry for a few seconds and look at the list of mysteries unfolding behind my brain...... eventually I find something and smile.

"How about this or something?

Whimpering, what I took out was a dagger that contained multiple blue gems in an embedded sheath.

"Dagger? Now you can get one of the bicorns out... Oh, yeah, sorry, but can you get one of the bicorns out first? I don't have much time, so I have to go first. Please dismantle Roble, Ones and Bicorn. With regard to materials…"

"Well, once I get the most bicorns, let's just say I serve the bicorns I use to cook."

"Thanks. So keep it properly peeled off when it comes to bicorn material as well. Treat the skin and magic stones properly."

"Oh, okay. Leave it to me."

……

Roble nodded motivated by Shty's words, and Ones nodded similarly silently.

The two pull the body of the bicone that Ray took out of the mistering and head a little further away to start dismantling it quickly.

"I'm sorry I blocked the story. So, what is this dagger?

"It's a magic item called a running water dagger. It's a magic item that has the effect of putting out water... see, drink it"

Ray activates a running water dagger and hands it to Shty by pouring water into a cup of wood removed from the mystering.

Received it, slightly suspicious but containing one, two bites and water in the mouth…

"Huh!? This is... delicious. It's delicious, this water."

"No ingredients are allowed, but the use of magic items is not prohibited. Why don't you use this water to make soup or something?

"Right.... Right."

Shty shrugged and repeated the same words eventually shook his neck to the side.

"I certainly don't have a hand in not using this water. However, given that this water tastes too good to be a bit unusual, I guess the ingredients are more overwhelmingly defeated even for soup. Well, I think we should usually serve it as drinking water."

"Really? Well, if Shty says so, who seems to have better cooking skills than me, then that sounds better."

"When it comes to soup, make it using regular drinking water. Bicorn meat and... vegetables are the problem. I've brought some dry stuff. Ray, will you get my stuff out?

Hear what Shty has to say and take two bags out of the mistering.

Shty receiving it and taking the bag out of it.

There are a couple of dried mushrooms in the bag, and it looks like they're going to use it to make soup.

Other things like salted or dried vegetables and meat, or nuts, shti think about cooking.

Side by side, Ray gathers the dead trees nearby and uses magic to start a fire before heading toward Roble and Ones, who are dismantling the bicorn.

"What do you say?

"You'll see. We're almost done."

Roble returns to Ray's voice without any hesitation.

I guess it's because I saw the sight of my lover, Shty, getting along with Ray - from a Roble perspective - consulting on the lunch menu.

But Ray, dull about that hand, does not realize what caused Roble to be grumpy, and turns his gaze to the bicorn, which is being dismantled with a small shake of his head.

The skin has already been stripped, and the gut kind has already been removed, and the demon stone has also been removed with the heart.

I would say that we are already in the stage of cutting meat, and the handiwork of proceeding with the dismantling so far in less than 10 minutes is remarkable.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Next to those rays, Seto had some bicorn raw meat divided from the oz to taste as he rattled his throat.

Don't eat too much, Seto.

Although Ray would say the same, there is no particular way to stop it and make Seto like it.

"Roble, bring the meat! We don't have time for this, so let's start cooking with a simple dish!

"Okay, I'll take it right away!

Hear the voice of Shty, who was getting ready for soup in front of Ray's cooked incineration, glance at Ray with an adept look on his face, and travel in charge of consolidating bicorn thigh meat.

"... what?

But Ray, who did not understand the meaning of Roble's actions, dropped Roble off with a puzzled expression.

……

Next to such a ray, the oz, who was cutting the hard, inedible shank meat part in a short cooking, comes to the ray with a gaze.

"What's up?

"Can I do this meat to Seto?

Ray nodding at the voice of Ones I haven't heard in a long time.

When he sees it, Ones gives him a shank of meat to Seto with a slight grin on his mouth, even with an oligarchy look on his face.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!

This one is raw, but cut the ceto couch lightly, even with some stiff meat.

The shank meat, chopped one after the other with couché, for one bicorn and four legs, instantly subsided in Seto's stomach.

And after about 30 minutes...... the food is finally done.

"I've cooked, so it's lunchtime!

One Ray and one Seto and one, as called by such a voice. And Ones, who was trying to feed Seto, turns to the shti he's calling.

With regard to bicorn meat, which is broken up and not used for cooking, it has already been stored inside Ray's mysteries, except for the area Roble came to pick it up several times and the portion Seto ate. Of course, the same applies to stripped materials such as demonic stones and skins.

"... well, that's unexpectedly luxurious. According to what I've heard from Koan before, the meal I'm asking for will take precedence over its preservativeness, such as dried meat and hard-baked bread."

Marca gives an impressive voice to the dishes served.

"Right. This time there was a monster named Bycorn, and thanks to some groceries I had bought before I left the city"

Reach for a bicorn skewer as Corn tells Marka to explain.

"But I wonder if it would be minor to ask us, the noblemen, to sit on the ground and eat. Besides, cooking is extremely elegant compared to being served at home."

"Well, don't say that. We cooked outside the city in the first place, so you can't help it, can you? And considering you don't have to worry about annoying manners or anything like that, you're welcome as far as I'm concerned."

That's what Arnicht, with a slight frown, tells him as he reaches for the soup, and Orchide smiles happily and reaches for the skewer grill that he doesn't have to worry about the annoying maneuvers.

The dishes made by Shty's hands were three: baked bicorn skewers and soups made with bicorn meat, dried vegetables and edible wild grass growing on the meadows, all of which were baked and hardened breads that, given their preservativeness, could not be helped.

However, even bicorn meat is used for skewering in various areas such as roast, thigh, rose meat and fin meat, and seasonings are also made from vanilla and multiple sauces that Ray had besides salt and pepper to keep him from getting bored. The meat would have been better if it had matured, but it was enjoyed in various parts of the meat, or in a wide variety of flavors.

And above all...

"Yummy! What is this water?!? I've never had so much delicious water in my life!?

Arnicht drinks a glass of water and screams so.

Yes, the water Ray created with his running water dagger.

This is the water created by Ray's immense magic, a dagger of running water that has the characteristic of changing the delicacy of the water. Rather than just water, the water already tastes so good that it's not strange to think of it as one dish.

That's more than you can beat dishes like skewers and soup.

Thus, we enjoyed the dishes made by Shutty and the water made by Ray - although Shutty was shocked to be told that the water was better than the dishes made by hand - and were able to finish lunch safely.