Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

The man's journey was not a flat one.

A number of difficulties strike him.

As the man tried to go west, something stood in the middle of the road.

I don't know, the man approaches me wondering.

Then the man was surprised.

I was there because I had red eyes, I was a monster.

says the monster.

"If you want to go through here, leave what's most important to you"

The man was a little troubled by the monster's words, but when he took the knife out of his nostalgia, he gave it to the monster.

"What, this?

"I'm a cook. You have to have a knife to cook. So the most important thing is this."

The monster distorts his odd face to the man's answer, says:

"This stuff, where I got it, means nothing. Give it back. You can go your own way."

The man nodded at the words and hurried ahead.

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"A knife. Well, yeah, I can't cook without it."

When I snorted, Lorraine said,

"I would make something if I chopped the vegetables and stir-fried them. The man made it through."

and points out the unexpected cunning of a man.

Well, sure you do.

But then it also makes me feel like the monster's head is a little short...

It's a fairy tale and I think it's something like that.

Alize continues.

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When a man is on the road, on the way, the road will be interrupted.

From there on, the view of the wilderness continued in the eyes of the man.

There are demons out there and they are very dangerous so we shouldn't move on.

Before I traveled, I remembered that's what the villagers who taught me the way said.

But a man has a purpose.

It's in the west, we have to look for new recipes.

There is no other way.

The man cemented his resolve and walked out.

How long has it been going on in the wilderness?

In the man's eyes, I saw something in front of him.

I wonder what it is.

When the man approached him wondering, there stood a woman in white clothes, not resembling the wilderness.

The woman tells the man.

"You can still go back from here. Go straight over there and you will be able to return to your hometown. But if you keep going, you might lose your life."

I don't see why a woman knows that.

However, a man has a purpose.

To the west, the purpose is to say I'm going looking for a new recipe.

Even if your life is in danger, you can't just not move on.

A man tells a woman.

"I still head west. That's what I've decided."

and.

The woman looks sorry for the answer and asks.

"Why? There shouldn't be anything more important than life. What are you going west for?

"To the west, because I have a new recipe. I'm a cook. With this hand, I want to make a lot of people smile. And to do that, you don't even spare your life."

To the man's words, the woman looked a little pondered and then waved gently.

Then, in the wilderness where there was nothing, suddenly, the kitchen appeared.

Surprising man later, the woman says.

"If that's all you have to say, treat me to your dish. If you can't, you can't go through."

The man didn't know why the woman mentioned that, but as a cook, he couldn't refuse to tell me to have a treat.

Besides, I hadn't touched a long, solid kitchen on a long journey.

Instead I went about cooking in a delightful way, and before the woman, I still put a number of plates on the table that suddenly appeared and said:

"Enjoy, please."

The woman nodded at it and began to eat.

At first it was slow, but gradually the speed increased, and at the end of the day it flattened all the dishes with a pelt.

A woman tells a man to look satisfied.

"I see you are indeed a cook. If you cross west, you'll be able to make something better. I'll give you protection."

When I said that and waved my arm, the man's body glowed perfectly.

Then I felt like my body was very lighter, and this seemed like I could cross to the west too.

The woman goes on.

"Let's make an offering too..."

That said, when the woman closed her eyes, at some point, the woman was divided into four parts.

One to a woman with a dark grin.

One to a woman with a gentle smile.

One to a young smiling girl.

One to a woman with a smile that attracts people.

The women say at the same time.

"Give this girl to you. I wish you every success on your journey."

That said, I left a girl with a young smile and the other three disappeared somewhere.

The girl,

"Best regards"

And I bowed my head, so the man did the same.

Then, a strange journey for two began.

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"I always thought, where did the other three go?

I ask Lorraine.

Whatever the traveler may be, this part of the muscle doesn't change that much.

But the other three won't come out after this episode at all.

So it was strange.

Lorraine is

"Because fairy tales are all kinds of metaphors... I guess, but it's supposed to be that this woman gave me something in good faith? I made that look like this, or something. I guess the other three represent the essence of a person. Only one woman is malicious, isn't she? Isn't there a place where there is darkness in the hearts of those who do something in good faith? Well, there are a lot of explanatory notes for Travelers Heading West... I'm not an expert, so if you want to know more, read that."

For once, he gave me a thought, but at the end of the day, it was Lorraine who threw a teaspoon.

I don't think it's a slightly twisted interpretation, but, well, I'm talking about whether it feels that way.

Then, Alize went on to talk.

Subsequent developments lead travelers to the west as they also meet and talk to a number of people, survive leakages and trials.

The man who gets the recipe makes the recipe even better with that talent, little by little the name becomes known, and many cooks come together under the man.

A man who is honored by the king for his accomplishments acquires territory and makes a country.

And as the king of cooking, you live happily ever after...

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

and Alize's voice was heard with the sound of closing the book.

Apparently, he's finished reading everything.

But I wonder.

"... is that it?

Lorraine then said,

"Ah. The Traveler to the West will be over making a country. There's a lot of messing around, but it ends the same."

"... right"

Even as I snorted, I thought that was me.

Anyway, if it's what I used to hear, then the country will be destroyed.

For example, suppose the cook is a traveler......

A man who has excelled in cooking can be seen with hatred from other countries because he has called cooks from all countries and has made a culinary country.

And other countries with men's kingdoms, envious of the power of cooking, attack to get it in their hands.

The man didn't want to fight, but he has no choice but to respond.

As a result, a man's country is devastated, as are other nations.

The dream of a man who tried to make many people happy in cooking never goes away, the man despairs, leaves the country, disappears somewhere.

It became a country by the power of men.

The country, where the man disappeared, became even more exhausted in the struggle for power, and disappeared into the waves of history.

Now we're talking about an old country whose name we don't even know anymore.

And this is how it ends.

"... is that the creation of our parents?

For what has been a tragic ending for me for a long time, but is it realistic when it comes to reality?

No......

"Did I say something?

That's what Lorraine's been asking.

"No, it's nothing. Let's go to Alize."

So we stood up and walked out toward Alize.