The old man took a mask without any hesitation, but there was an unexpected person. It was this mask that appeared from under the fox mask.
"What is that?"
Toshizo protests a bit sloppy.
"I would take off my mask"
"Are you Jun Ikkyu? Tonchi?"
"Cool, yes. Tonchi. But don't be impatient. I'll definitely take this mask someday. And that's not a far away future."
“…………”
Is it because he thinks that silence might be the time to change his sword? Has a mysterious look. Hopefully, I didn't want to be hostile with the old man, but I'm sure I'm destined to be hostile, despite my disapproval.
He concluded in his heart and suggested to the old man.
"What is Hyottoko Sai?"
"What is it"
"I got hungry after taking a bath. Why don't you go hunting together?"
"Okay, there's a lake in the upper part of the labyrinth. Let's find something to eat there."
The old man changed his clothes, saying so. When we followed it, we went to the top with three of us.
"Speaking of an underground lake, I remember the dungeon where Kotaro Kouma was sleeping."
"I do not know that I am unfortunate, because I was left alone at that time."
"Yes, there were only Eve and Jeanne."
"That's right. Every time I push my absence."
The lake can be seen when Toshizo is complaining.
"It's a huge lake. That's a subterranean lake."
"Yes, there are many creatures."
"That's right, you're there."
The happy voice of the old man resounded, and he seems to have found something.
"It's like a seal being over there"
"A seal is a sea beast in a lake north of that?"
"Yes. Hinomoto has a lot in Ezo."
When the old man laughs, he starts running at the speed of the moment. The old man approaching the seal does not hesitate and sticks his sword at the child seal.
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh"
A child seal crying and dying. It's a bit cruel, but that's all. When giving up on nature's providence, Toshizo leaks this impression.
"Isn't it better to have a parent seal at least?"
The old man laughs at that question.
"That's not the case. Seals are limited, but when hunting you should aim for children. Do you know why?"
"Is it easier for children to hunt?"
No, an old man shaking his head. I will answer instead of age three.
"That's because if you hunt your parents, you will eventually die, and your children will not be able to feed themselves. So if you hunt, you should hunt your children. No food is needed for both animals."
"It's really a demon king. That's right."
However, the old man continues while recognizing the seal with a dagger.
"There are circumstances in which child seals are better. No creatures are terrible."
"So that's it"
I and Toshizo smiled at the same time, and began preparing food. I set fire and Toshizo pours water into the pot. A cooking competition for men only has begun.
My maid, Eve, is a travel destination or a dungeon, and he cooks very good food. He always carried expensive spices and carried three types of rock salt alone. In a nutshell, he was a culinary genius.
On the other hand, I was not good at cooking. When I was cooking, I ended up reading a book and scorching the dishes. Before meeting Eve, she was not a gourmet because she wanted to eat and eat.
Toshizo Hijikata was similar. No, it ’s worse than me. He was a man of the era when men were not allowed to enter the kitchen. He should have never cooked before cooking.
Because of that, they all had to rely on Hyottoko Saiden for all their seal food.
The old man cooks silently without mocking us. A seal is seen over the shoulder of an old man who is recognizing.
"The seal meat is black."
"Yes, is it similar to whale meat?"
"Maybe. I've never eaten."
It seems that it is over. He also seems to eat the liver and lungs.
"The liver and lungs are full of vitamins."
The old man explains.
By the way, it was divided into meat and offal like this, but the only way to cook it was to boil it with herbs. The old man removes the grass from his bosom and places it in the pot. Next, put in the meat. The internal organs seem to be the last.
"It's a simple dish of just boiled with herbs and salt, but the smell disappears with herbs. And it's good enough because it comes out of the seal meat."
Certainly, it smells like a fishy odor, but it also smells good. It had a unique smell of Motu.
Simmer for about 30 minutes and it's boiled, so it's good for each.
Put plenty of offal and meat in each. The lonely man lacks vegetables, but the old man tells him that vegetables are not needed in his cooking.
"I can live healthy without eating vegetables"
An old man with a healthy body was compelling. When the three put their mouths on the pot at the same time, they leak their impressions at the same time.
"Umami" "Umumme" "Umu"
Although his tone and expression are different, he seems to be always satisfied with the taste of the seal.
"A seal is so delicious. It's somewhere between whale and beast meat."
"Yes, it smells a bit, but it's good to subtract it."
"Nostalgic taste"
If you praise the taste of each seal, you want a substitute.
Although they were child seals, they were so large that there were plenty of alternatives. He did something poor for the child seal, but he should eat it all to reward his soul.
After that, the old man took out the sake, saying that there was something special from his bosom, and Toshizo whistled with "Hyu".
"I guess you should save it for drinking directly, without using it as cooking sake, grandfather."
"I'm a man who doesn't use liquor for disinfection even if he's wounded on the battlefield. Liquor exists to drink."
When the old man declares, he speaks directly to the bottle of sake. Don't do the elegant thing of pouring around. Three drink directly from their mouths.
There was no elegant lady here, and no one criticized him.
After that, the three of them talk about the pot while chatting. With some alcohol in them, the three started talking as if they were old friends. He exchanged alcohol without hesitation, like a friend from decades.
Only me, the demon king of the plot, went down in a matter of hours. Because sake is not so strong. The old man and Toshizo had been drinking together until morning, even after I slept.