Legend

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Walking down Gilm's boulevard, Seto rattles his throat at at the fragrant scent that drifts.

Ray also gets intrigued by that scent that stimulates his appetite and heads to the stalls of the source of the scent.

Because the sauce smells like burning, so naturally, those around them gathered in the stalls with its scent.

"There you are, with gamellion meat, grilled udon! For a limited time, you can only eat now!

A stall owner says it's going to be an autumn evening soon in winter, but he's sweating and dropping in.

With such imitation, nevertheless, the man's arms were still frying udon, meat and vegetables on an iron plate without stopping.

As a city of Udon origin, Gilm has become quite famous.

There were other dishes, such as meat and pizza, which were also made and sold with Gamelion meat.

"Baked udon.... It's not a major dish."

It was a grunting ray, but most of the udons actually sold in the gilm are more udon eaten in soup.

Not major, of course, does not mean that there is no other dish called baked udon at all.

The number is small, but the dish baked udon has long been quite well known.

"Two silver coins including the price of plates and forks! Instead, if you return the dishes after you finish eating, I'll give you back the price for that!

"Wouldn't that be a little expensive!? Couldn't it be cheaper?"

A passing man who asked about the price...... perhaps a man returning from the construction site of the additional construction leaks his dissatisfaction with the price of two pieces of silver coins.

In fact, from the experience Ray has lived in this world so far, one piece of silver coin feels like a thousand yen in Japanese yen.

Of course, there's no easier way to compare prices than in another world called Elgin, and Ray is from the northeastern countryside in the first place.

Prices are said to be high in places like Tokyo and in the localities of Ray, prices vary.

With that in mind, it's just a sensory thing… Still, it was only natural to think it was expensive to have two thousand yen a cup of baked udon to eat in the street.

Most importantly, this is the Gilm of the Border.

Those who are coming for additional construction hesitate to issue two silver coins...

"Oh, then give me one."

Next to a middle-aged man who moaned about being expensive, a mid twenties woman orders from a stall owner.

The woman's body is wrapped in armor like a combination of leather armor and metal armor, with a sheath of long swords on her hips, and stands out like an adventurer to see.

And even from Ray's eyes, he has quite an arm.

At least a few steps above Markis and the others, Ray expected to be as inferior or slightly inferior to Flon.

The man who was complaining to the stall owner turns a sharp glance at the adventurer of the woman who put out two light silver coins next to him.

Whatever the kind of fancy dining room you are, you didn't expect me to give you this light amount of two pieces of silver in a stall.

If this is some country village, the man's surprise would be natural.

But this is Gilm.

If you're a good adventurer, that's how much money you can make.

"Aye. Just give me a minute."

With that said, the shopkeeper serves baked udon on a plate.

It has plenty of meat and vegetables, and the udon noodles you are frying are also adjusted to be worthy of frying properly.

And most importantly, it is the sauce used to season this baked udon that determines it.

This is a substitute for simmering plenty of meat and vegetables and vanilla for a long time and the utensils have melted.

Seasoning to be called even with deep flavors and a roasted udon liver that can then enjoy a light flavor.

In fact, the effect was obvious because the smell of this sauce burning brings Ray, Seto, and various others to the stall in this way.

And when the first one buys it, the other customers buy it one after the other.

Naturally, Ray also bought himself and Seto's share and started eating a little further away from the street crowd.

Sometimes returning plates and forks will bring some back, and many people are eating near the stall so that they can return dishes as soon as they are finished eating.

Naturally, if Ray or Seto were eating in such a place, the other guests would notice...

"Oh, Seto's eating baked udon too!

"Huh? Seto? Oh, you're really here."

"Oh, you didn't realize Seto existed? Apparently, your love for Seto is at that level."

"Grunt!"

"Well, when did you realize that!

"Me? I knew it from the beginning, didn't I?

"It's a lie! You just noticed Seto because he came after you!

Some of them had such conversations by Seto enthusiasts, but Ray and Seto eat baked udon without looking particularly concerned.

(I thought the grilled udon tasted good in soy sauce.... but this grilled udon is not the same as I had before, it doesn't taste like sauce or soy sauce, it feels like a third flavor)

A baked udon worth two pieces of silver coins was actually enough to entertain Ray's tongue.

Especially the gamelion meat.

They're only selling there, and they're cooked to highlight the deliciousness of Gamellion's meat.

For Ray...... and also for Seto, that grilled udon tasted satisfactory enough.

The only dissatisfaction is that because of the large number of guests gathered in the stall, it seems impossible to make a change?

"Mr. Ray, would you mind lowering Seto's share of the dishes, too?

After eating the baked udon and looking satisfied...... that's what I can call Ray and Seto, who seemed a little short while I was there.

Looking at the voices, there's a woman in her mid-twenties or so.

With that said, Ray remembers that there was a woman who worked a lot near the store owner.

Naturally, it was difficult to be alone in this busy situation, and it was natural to have other employees.

"Hmm? Oh, okay. Grilled udon, it was delicious. It was a dish where Gamelion's meat was utilized."

The woman was surprised for a moment by the words that came out of Ray's mouth and smiled happily at the next moment.

"Really? I think he'd be happy to hear that."

"No, given this prosperity, I think you know they think it's delicious, no matter what I don't say."

"No. It's a big deal that Ray told me it was delicious."

"... to me?

I don't know what the woman is talking about, and Ray tilts his neck.

Nothing, Ray doesn't think his taste is that sharp.

Of course, unlike when I was in Japan, I became the current flesh, and my five senses are sharper.

However, even if it is sharper in terms of taste among the five senses, it does not mean that it is being used.

Only Ray, who was originally a country high school student, would naturally not eat so lavish dishes.

Most of all, a city with many sophisticated dishes was also in a very luxurious position in the sense that it was able to fully indulge in freshly picked seasonal ingredients.

Also, even after coming to a world called Elgin, he mostly eats food in places like cafeterias and stalls.

... Well, staying in a luxury inn was quite a bit, and the food served in such a dining room was often no less than a luxury restaurant.

Either way, why is my compliment so pleasing that I should never be called a gastronomer? And I doubt it.

Of course, as a cook, I didn't know guests would be happy to eat their dishes deliciously.

"Uh... you see. For those of you who do the stalls, Ray and the others are customers… no, they are customers that I can say are saviors. And look, it was Ray who spread the udon."

I knew what Ray was trying to say to the woman.

In fact, Ray is a huge shopper at one time for people like stalls, cafeterias, liquors, bakeries, and stores selling ingredients in Gilm.

No, you can say that women are more than clientele, as they say.

Normally when it comes to buying large quantities, that would be enough for a family or a group of friends to eat.

But in Ray's case, it's not uncommon to buy all the dishes in the store.

... Most importantly, buying so much food would put a lot of strain on those who cook.

Just because I have mysteries, I can always eat freshly made dishes Ray... and because I have high strength as an adventurer, I don't even have trouble paying for my actions.

All the other dishes that Ray has spread in the gilm, starting with udon, are delicious and have become specialties.

For those in the restaurant, it was natural that the presence of Ray seemed like a savior.

And what I'm selling in this stall is baked udon.

Ray is the one who spread the udon, which is generally not that spread, but it was a natural story if you try to make it someone who works in a restaurant.

I mean, it was such a delightful event for a woman that she complimented Ray on eating baked udon like that.

But Ray scratches his head like he's having a little trouble with such a woman's words of gratitude.

"I was the one who taught DiShott the udon, but all I taught him was that he had this kind of dish and taught him how to make it roughly, and it was DiShott's credit for spreading it so far,"

That's what Ray said, but DiShott always says when spreading the word about udon that this is the dish Ray taught me.

As a result, it was natural that Ray was often perceived as the one who spread the udon.

"Still, because we had udon, this is how it thrives. … but the money isn't that big."

Two pieces of silver coins, obviously priced high enough to eat in the stalls, but with Gamelion meat… that would obviously also require the appropriate cost to purchase the meat of the upper meat, and other ingredients are not chosen as cheap and delicious as they can be, but naturally the corresponding cost was necessary.

Let me be honest with you, it was the honest feelings of women and shopkeepers cooking in stalls who wanted to make it three silver coins.

However, three pieces of silver coins were judged to be somewhat too expensive, so the profit was modest for now and two pieces of silver coins.

"Well, some guys will say it's too expensive to get their hands on, so is it tougher to raise the price even more than this"

Even if you can't get your hands on it, of course, if it's about two pieces of silver, you can give it away if you can't do it a little bit.

But when it came to whether or not it was worth offering that price for a meal, it was certain that some people could not tolerate it.

In the first place, a lot of people are coming to Guild to basically make money.

Beyond that, it would be inconceivable to use two pieces of silver coins in one meal first.

Even for adventurers, there are many who work to save money over the winter this season, so it's a season with a tight purse string even in the course of the year.

Most importantly, this year, thanks to additional construction, even if we don't have enough money over the winter, we don't have to go outside the city to do things like crusade monsters.

Because there are many other tasks that need to be done, even if the construction itself does not proceed.

In that sense, this year… and next year, or until around that next winter, there is no need to go outside the guild knowing the danger even if you are in trouble with gold in winter.

... although some of them will try to get out of the guild to make more money.

Because hunting monsters outside is harder to work in than building additions that actually work in a safe place, with snow influences and monster ferocity characteristic of winter, but you can definitely make money.

"It will.... and then I'll be excused around here. We have to collect dishes from other customers."

That said, the woman collects the plates and forks that Ray and Seto were using - although Seto is not using the forks - and when she gives Ray four pieces of copper coin, she heads to the place where the other customers are.

(Four copper coins... I mean, actually, one silver coin and eight copper coins are the price of this baked udon? I know it suits the taste well enough, but it might be a little hard to do it at this price again in the future)

That's what Ray thought when he saw the woman retrieving the dishes from the guests and the guests still lined up in the stalls.