Legend

Ray looked wide open at the food in front of him.

Ara led me to the room, and I was talking a little bit, but when Ray said I was a little hungry, Ara headed to the kitchen, and eventually it was the dish that was spreading in front of me.

... it was round, hot and aromatic smelling all around.

A fragrance that stimulates appetite as much as you can imagine the flavour of the seafood it serves.

The difficulty for Ray was that it was the source that resembled the demiglass sauce that hung it?

It is also a little unfortunate that there are no toppings such as bonito or blue noodles.

I think... Still, it looks easy to predict that it tastes better than enough.

"Why do you have seafood okonomiyaki here..."

Ray looks at the seafood okonomiyaki that exists in front of him and squeaks in surprise and dew.

You must have been surprised.

Seeing how Ray is like that, Ara smiles funny.

Ray is rarely surprised, so in that sense, I guess Ara would have seen something pretty rare.

Looks like Ray used to talk about seafood okonomiyaki in some kind of applause like that or something like that...? and question.

"Sometimes this dish, spread in emotion, can be the only staple food, and once it's ready, it can easily make an accumulated number, which is now quite famous"

"So, what brings you to the Duke of Kelp, the dish spread with emotion?

The territory of the Duke of Kelp and Emosion is quite a distance away.

Among the kingdoms of Mireana, it is not such an easy distance to go.

That's why Ray wondered if seafood okonomiyaki came out here.

"The cook of this mansion is greedy when it comes to the pursuit of flavor. In the first place, I decided to be hired by the Duke of Kelp because I was able to cook enough food with his financial means and connections to obtain scarce ingredients. He has a lot of respect for Lord Ray."

"Me? Why again?"

"Naturally, only this seafood okonomiyaki, ginger udon, meaty meat and pizza. If you think about one dish after another that you never thought possible before, naturally. Better than that, go ahead. It's a corner dish, and let's eat it before it cools."

Even before Ara says so, the same seafood okonomiyaki as Ray is prepared.

Ningro, I guess that's why Ara thinks you want to eat it before it cools down.

Ray understood that too, but since it's a freshly made dish around the corner, he can also understand Ara's words about wanting to eat it before it cools down.

Nodding at the words, gripping the knife and fork.

(With that said, eating okonomiyaki with a knife and fork is... well, it's usually chopsticks, but there's no chopsticks in the kingdom of Mireana. The feature I was doing on TV... was it cote? Maybe you should make that one)

I was slightly uncomfortable that way, but like when I cut the steak apart, I cut the seafood okonomiyaki with a knife and carried it to my mouth.

The first thing that spread was the taste of the refreshing sauce.

From my previous experience, I've been thinking about a darker flavour… I'm surprised at the unexpected flavour, while savoring the seafood okonomiyaki in my mouth well.

Shellfish of good elasticity without too much fire, how it was cooked into a putrid shrimp texture and a vegetable with a texture similar to a well-toothed cabbage, and a white fish that can be dissolved in the mouth.

The flavor that spreads throughout the mouth entertains Ray's tongue as one.

"Delicious..."

I guess that seafood okonomiyaki flavor felt delicious enough for Ara as well.

With a voice containing surprises, Ara shrugs.

Naturally, Ara also knew that the cook who cooked this dish had good skills.

Still, eating it in person like this still takes my mind off its flavor.

"Yeah, it's pretty different than I made it, but you're still good enough"

"Huh? Isn't that what Lord Ray thought?

"I didn't think about it, I only made it... well, okay. Yeah, it's just that the details are different from each other, and it's not much different."

That's what Ray said, but in fact, the seafood okonomiyaki in front of you is more complete than the seafood okonomiyaki that Ray used to make in Emosion.

Most importantly, the seafood okonomiyaki made by Ray was made with the knowledge that the amateur of the dish in question made or knew when he was in Japan, so it's not surprising to feel that there are various missing parts for the incumbent cook.

Also, it's a must for okonomiyaki like bonito, mayonnaise, and blue rice noodles… but it's also significant that there were no other ingredients or seasonings that definitely felt delicious if any.

But only Ray knows that such ingredients and seasonings are missing, so the cooks who found out about seafood okonomiyaki at Emosion had their own improvements.

Already a few years after Ray informed me about the seafood okonomiyaki...... naturally that improvement made the seafood okonomiyaki taste better than what Ray taught me.

And the skilled cook employed by the Duke of Kelp would have improved it even further...... it would have been amazing tasting for Ray as well.

"The cook who made this dish later would like to meet Lord Ray, would you mind?

Savoring seafood okonomiyaki, Ara inadvertently asks Ray that.

When Ray saw Ara in the words, Ara's plate was already empty.

I guess I just finished eating seafood okonomiyaki and asked Ray about it.

But that's what they said. Ray is a little confused.

"No, you can meet me to see nothing, but there's no particular dish I can teach you because I see you, is there? Well, there's something I seem to remember, but that's just somehow."

"I was wondering if you'd mind."

"... well, if Ara says so, I don't mind"

For some time to come, Ray will be taken care of at this Duke of Kelp residence.

If so, it doesn't matter to Ray at all, as much as meeting someone who cooks meanwhile.

If you cook delicious food by meeting yourself, that's as much as I'd like to see you from Ray.

"Really? Okay, I'll tell you later. Well... my passion for cooking is pretty strong, but I can be rude, so I need you to treat me with a wide heart..."

Seeing how Arla is doing, which is a little hard to say, Ray somehow anticipates that personality as well.

For those who have excelled at one thing… or are becoming extremes, Ray has somehow understood that everything else gets cluttered up.

"I don't mind that much. It would be easier than dealing with the wrong nobleman."

"haha"

All Ara can do is laugh and delude just to imagine who Ray's misguided aristocracy is, no more.

That was Ara's attitude, but Ray tastes and eats seafood okonomiyaki without saying anything more.

After enough of that, Ray's plate was also empty by the time it was stunning.

When the maid Ara called clears the plate and leaves the room, Ara next makes tea for Ray.

Ara's tea brewing arm is so good that even Elaine is an apprentice.

While tasting that tea, Ray chats with Ara.

"So, what about Elaine?

"Now, you know, I just got back to Anesis, so I was wondering if I was busy with a lot of things"

"... isn't Ara that busy? You're the leader of Elaine's Knights of Escorts, aren't you?

To Ray's words, Arla slipped her gaze softly.

Ray can somehow understand what the act means.

Nevertheless, he decides that it wouldn't be funny for Arla to say it, and Ray stops pursuing it any further.

(I guess Ara has plenty of work to do, too, because all of them have returned to the Duke of Kelp territory. You can let me get away with it now or so)

That's what I think, when I'm talking about changing the subject to something else... the door to the room is knocked unexpectedly.

To the sound of a knock, Ara, who was drinking tea, stiffens her body for a moment.

Maybe that's what I thought you came to call yourself on about the Knights' work.

Ara has solidified, so I reply that Ray can go inside for now.

To Ray's words like that, Ara turns a slightly resentful gaze... but eventually, the next moment, she opened the door and came inside the room wasn't someone she wanted Ara not to come to...

A man of about one hundred and eighty cm tall, with a disappointing physique.

Are you in your forties?

But there was a strong curiosity in those eyes, which made the man look somewhat younger than his real age.

"... who?

Naturally Ray doesn't look like such a man, maybe he's from the Knights of Elaine's escort? and gaze at Ara.

Arla was pointed at Ray with such a gaze, but it's half the joy and confusion that's on that face.

"Lord Georgima, what the hell..."

"Well, that's settled. Because I wanted to see someone called Ray the Rumor. Hey, are you Ray? Have you ever thought about all kinds of dishes?

"Uh... I see"

With that word alone, Ray understood what a person named Georgima was in front of him.

I mean, I was wondering if she was the cook at the Duke of Keller's mansion that Arla was talking about earlier.

"Yeah? What's going on? You thought about cooking, didn't you? You're so small. As much as you want me to tell you how to cook."

"Uh... yeah. Is that Georgima? You must be the cook at the Duke of Keller's mansion, right?

"Yes."

To Ray's words, Georgima tells him with a confident look.

I guess that's all I have strong confidence in my arms as a cook.

"Well, I seem to know, but I'll tell you for once. I'm Ray. So, in terms of cooking... I don't know if Georgima knew, but I was raised by a wizard in the back of the mountain when I was little. The dish I spread was the guy I remember reading in the book at the time, not the one I thought about."

Ray makes the usual excuse with the meaning of restraining Georgima.

In fact, Ray is not that familiar with cooking, so he can't answer even if he shakes the subject of detailed cooking.

Flambe? The guy who burns alcohol with wine or something, right? Only to such an extent is Ray familiar with cooking.

No, even if I just know the name of the cooking method Ning Lo Flambe, I'd say it's superior to Ray.

Ray managed to mislead Georgima that way...

"Kahaha. Never mind. Even if it's just knowledge, that's why you've spread so many dishes. It is only praiseworthy of its merits that it will not be discredited."

Ray sighs at the way he laughs luxuriously.

Most of all, the sigh was not directed against an unhappy opponent, although it was somewhat favorable.

"In the meantime, I like to eat delicious dishes, but I'm not familiar with cooking techniques. If that's okay with you, I'll listen to you, but what do we do?

"That's not a problem. No, Ning Ro, I wanted to hear more about you now."

Ray turns his gaze to Ara, wondering what's wrong with Georgima, who brings his eyes to his curiosity.

Ara, who is gazed at, speaks a little reluctantly against Georgima.

"Lord Georgima, are you ready for dinner today? Today we were talking about throwing a brief party with the return of Elaine and the welcome of Lord Ray."

"Ah? If you're that way, you're almost ready. That's why I'm here, too."

"Uh... is that right? Needless to say, to Lord Georgima,"

It's not uncommon to hang everything on a dish and in some cases mix with adventurers to hunt monsters that serve as ingredients.

Now it is only thanks to the financial power of the Duke of Kelevel that we no longer imitate such, but still have a strong obsession with cooking.

"Oops. There's nothing like me getting out of hand with cooking!

Fu and Ray are pranky about Georgima, who says it out in a confident way.

"Right. Well, if there's a dish at today's party that I can eat from the bottom of my heart and call delicious, I'll just teach you one dish I remember.... but all I know is how to make it. The detailed way of making it requires Georgima to make a trial and error. Udon and all that kind of cooked like it is now. Can you do that?"

To Ray's words, who told him so, Georgima pointed her gaze sharply at Ray... and nodded with a fierce grin.