Legend
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The conversation with Bruit was exciting, but it was getting dim, so we ended up breaking up in that park.
A nobleman who is not aristocratic and is also interested in magic items, a nobleman who is very rare from Ray's point of view and is capable of treating Ray friendlily.
Only such an opponent asked me where Ray was staying too and told me about the inn.
Conversely, Bluitt didn't ask about where Ray was staying... probably because he already knew that.
The information that Ray has been invited as a guest by the Duke of Kelevel family has already spread among the nobles.
So I guess I didn't even have to bother to ask.
Either way, the sun was already completely down when I came back to the Duke of Kelp house because I was talking to Bruit more than I expected.
It's only winter now, but the sun goes down early.
It was Seto who was sorry to leave with Ray, but he managed to grow up when he said he would see him again tomorrow and that Miranda would bring him some delicious food.
... The loneliness of Seto soon subsided because the yellow who slept in the stables woke up when Seto returned.
When you go back to your room, it won't be long before dinner.
"Ray, he was looking around at Anesis, but how'd it go?
During the meal, Liberté asks Ray.
For those in the position of Duke of Kelevel, I still wonder what others thought of the place they had raised: Anesis.
Not to mention that Ray is not surprisingly confrontational just because he is involved in all sorts of things regarding Gilm's construction additions as well.
"Right. I knew it was just the second city in the kingdom of Mireana, and I thought there were a lot of people."
Stop drinking soup and answer that, Ray.
I guess I expected Liberté to answer that too. I nod without showing any particular surprise and encourage ahead of the story.
"There were a lot of other shops just because of the size of the city. Oh, and I thought it was awesome that the garbage hadn't fallen much."
"Mm-hmm. Some aspects of that are employment measures. Besides, I hope it's winter now, but in summer, if there's garbage, there's a lot of problems."
I didn't say it clearly because I'm eating, but I guess that stinks and I'm reluctant to have flies.
Other than that, I guess it's a landscape issue or something.
"Other than Anesis, I'd like to do the same if I could."
Phew.
Arcadia squeaks along with an atmosphere that just seems a little unfortunate.
… while the skin is very glossy because of the recent activation of the night life here.
"I know what my mother wants to do, but there are many people in the village who are finally... Really, isn't it hard to have the manpower, like Anesis?
"Right. I wish there were a few more people, but that's not going to happen."
Whimpering, Arcadia carries the salad to her mouth.
In this winter season, preparing raw vegetables will require considerable financial and power.
Because we have something close to a greenhouse where we can grow vegetables even in winter by alchemy, this is how salads come out for dinner.
This is one of the conditions that Georgima was given when he was hired by the Duke of Kelevel.
It was an interesting project for the cook Georgima to be able to eat delicious vegetables because of the winter season.
Nevertheless, in order to be able to eat delicious vegetables in winter, that is why vegetable variety improvement is also essential.
Over the past few years I had hired someone familiar with agriculture and was trying to do something about it.
(Compared to your first meal, it's a lot easier.)
On the first day, from Liberté and Arcadia, Ray was under intense pressure, but now he was able to eat normally.
That would be right that the two of them were no longer pressuring Ray, rather than because Ray was used to the pressure.
Thanks to this, Ray is also able to enjoy dishes made purely by Georgima.
Nevertheless, what was prepared for dinner today is not a dish such as being able to taste the full course with a single piece of meat prepared on the first day.
Ordinary - only for the residence of the Duke of Kelevel - dishes.
The first day of cooking was still the day Ray first came, so I guess Georgima made it in the mood too.
That would have been the biggest reason to make Ray say it was delicious in cooking and tell me about ramen.
(Oh, could this dish also be the fruit of Ramen's research?... Given Georgima's character, you can't say enough not to)
Of course, there is not necessarily a dish that spreads to the table in front of you as the end of a dish made of ramen research.
But even in that case, it would almost certainly be getting a decent hand in cooking.
If you actually eat the food in front of you like this, it's delicious enough, so that was enough for Ray.
"So, Ray said he taught Georgima a dish called Ramen... are you glad?
"Huh? Oh, yes. Because it's a dish I thought I'd like to try too. Ningro, if you can make Georgima, you're welcome."
Ray, who was thinking about ramen, is inadvertently asked about it and hastily returns the words.
"Special dishes can only be eaten there. If that contributes to the development of Anesis, there is nothing to be said from me. No, Ning Ro, in this case, you can say thank you."
The word that came out of Liberté's mouth is never a mistake.
In fact, the development brought about by culinary specialties is significant.
Most importantly, Ray is only imagining Japan.
In Elgin, where the transportation system is less developed than in Japan, and travel cannot be called safe by bandits or monsters, cooking does not have as strong an impact as Ray thinks.
If the dish is delicious, the people who ate it will spread it, so it won't be completely pointless.
In fact, the gilm has become known among traders and adventurers as the birthplace of udon, and its udon spreads along the flow of man, using the gilm as its starting point.
Seafood okonomiyaki spreads even in Port Emosion, as is evident from Ray's eating at this mansion.
"Perhaps so. However, the ramen I taught you this time is a pretty difficult dish. Many require special condiments and ingredients, but unfortunately I'm not familiar with them."
"I'm listening. It was necessary to season with beans or some strange liquid. It will be difficult, but I'm letting you look for it for once. There's more to it than what Ray saw in his book, because there's a chance that he'll still have that seasoning somewhere, and even if it isn't, he might still have the knowledge."
"Uh... yes. Right."
No way, he can talk about Ramen's qualities, and that's what Ray says and duly deludes him.
Like miso, soy sauce and kanju, I don't even know if the condiments and ingredients you need to make ramen really exist in this Elgin.
Beans are more than normal. Probably ok though...... that's close to a half-hope observation.
Particularly problematic is the water.
If it is miso or soy sauce, I know that it is made using soybeans, even if I don't know exactly how to make it.
But even though I know that ginseng is liquid by its name, I have no idea what or how to make it.
"However, without its seasonings and ingredients, I don't think it would be ramen, but a subspecies of udon that I taught in the gilm…"
"Right. But it's about Georgima. It will probably be a struggle, but eventually it will be done with ramen"
"I hope so."
Huh, I thought I should have even told you about pasta instead of ramen...... raw hate and Ray doesn't know how to make more pasta than ramen noodles.
The only pasta Ray has ever eaten is the dried pasta he sells in the supermarket.
I know there is a raw pasta for once, but Ray has never eaten it.
That's why I don't know how to make more noodles than ramen if I suck.
(If it's soba, I know it somewhat.... I don't even know if soba is in this world)
I used to grow soba at Ray's relatives' house, and I helped harvest it.
I've heard about 10% soba noodles again, so perhaps soba noodles would have been possible with soba flour and water.
That would make it extra easy to understand than to use a material that rays like kanshui have no idea about.
(Is that it? I figured I'd better teach soba from the beginning... No, I don't seem to be in the habit of eating soba in the first place. Can't you look from the soba nuts, given the current season)
Udon stock and soba stock may be technically different from many other things, but when Ray was in Japan, he had the same stock... I ate both udon and soba with soy sauce stock made from chicken, so I didn't feel any particular problem.
Most importantly, even if that means eating a different noodle than udon in the end, it may be difficult to describe it as a different dish than the same stock that determines the flavour.
If you're Japanese, it's not strange to say yes to another dish, but Hate and this is the kingdom of Mireana in Elgin, not Japan.
"Anyway, I wanted to try the ramen too."
Ray's words are genuine.
I came to this world called Elgin and ate various dishes.
In particular, the meat of monsters tastes better when magic affects them enough to increase their rank.
Oak meat is as delicious as branded meat I've eaten several times when I was in Japan.
Such meat-based dishes are delicious... but they still make me want to eat the dishes I ate when I was in Japan.
I wish I had rice, but I haven't been able to do anything like find rice so far with raw hate.
"You're the dish that makes Ray want to eat that much. You made me want to try it, too."
Did Arcadia also attract interest in Ray's words, or make him eat them?
A gaze to be described as glossy was directed at her husband, who was coughing up small on such a gaze.
"Ah...... but ramen, if I may say so, is the food of the common people, so it may not suit the mouth of the aristocrats"
"Oh, you know so much about it even though you only know it in books."
"Because the book also said it was the food of the common people"
Ray was surprised by Arcadia's words only for a moment, but he manages to hide that upset.
"Really?
"Yes, in fact, so is udon, but ramen is also a dish to sip and eat noodles, so I was wondering if it would be particularly suitable for aristocrats"
To sip is to say that there is not much culture in this world, not too much globally.
No, naturally it is known that there is a way of eating to sip, but for the most part it is assumed to behave badly.
If it was a guild, it was mostly ordinary people eating udon, and at first I was confused by the act of sipping, but still quickly got used to it.
However, it seems in many ways unpleasant that the nobility… it is also the clan of the Duke of Kelp, who leads the nobility, who does such an act.
"Sip... that's..."
Even for Arcadia, the act of sipping was unexpected, with a surprising look on his face.
But the look on that face is only surprising.
There are no colors like disgust or repentance.
(With that said, you were talking about looking around the Duke of Kelp territory. Is that why?)
Did Ray not hate the act of sipping more than he expected because he had more opportunities to deal with the average person?
"With that said, the maid told me you met Bruit of Count Exolis's house in the city?
That's how Elaine changes the subject, because the atmosphere has turned into something subtle.
Ray rides it and nods back.
"Oh. He was so casual that I didn't think he was the next owner of the Count's house. It's just... you're quite an arm."
At least, from Ray's point of view, I was able to determine that I clearly had a higher strength than Leo Dannis.
Leodanis, a knight with daily training, and Bruit, who probably devotes most of his time to his work as a nobleman, although he trains in combat, more than in his position as the next Lord of the Counts.
Even so, if you actually fight it, Ray can tell that Bruit will obviously win.
I guess the difference in talent is huge by the tragic.
With that in mind, Ray moved on.