The Other World Dining Hall (WN)

The training in the courtyard of a small mansion set outside the capital, which is the daily routine of Alphonse, a former general of the Principality, had become incandescent yesterday thanks to the 'guests' who were specially invited to hear that he was in the capital.

As if it were a rain of arrows, he asks for a crack in the punch, twisting a spear that protrudes constantly.

Said to be one of the premier martial artists in the Principality, and even now that he is old, Alphonse, a powerful man who can overwhelm the Knights of Kingsguard regiment, now regarded as the most powerful active knight in the Principality, sees an old man, like a young man, in front of him with a spear.

From time to time, the stick imitating a spear that plundered his arms and legs was home to some foolishly forged, first-rate moves and youthful power, although he had no other distinguished talent. If it was a real fight, not a mock match like this one, you would have given me one of your arms to do and put on a bet feather. And it would still have been five-fifths.

(I see, it's a pain in the ass. To call old a martial artist who doesn't know...)

I recall words saying that the spear user in front of me is being preached among mercenaries and adventurers to the way he looked when Alphonse was still a knight apprentice and to the horrible skill glimpses of more than that time.

Watch out for long-heared warriors. Don't let the looks fool you.

Warriors with extraordinary swords and bow moves rarely appear on adventurers and mercenaries of elves and half-elves who live longer than humans and never get younger and older.

They build up their workouts and hone their moves during that long lifespan. If you are human, you will already be old by the time your moves are fully polished, losing the power and speed of your younger days. But in the case of elves and half-elves without them, they may grow up to be terrible warriors who combine skill and youth power at the end of their training and battlefield work. Nearly a hundred years old, the 'former general' of the half-elf in front of him was of that kind.

(But here we just lay low on the ground, etc., against my hold!

Alphonse instead burns his fighting spirit to his body, which gradually becomes tired and dull, and to a man who hasn't even felt slightly tired since the simulation game began. I survived and fought through twenty years on that island with myself. I don't want to keep congratulating you and admitting to losing.

The other party must have seen Alphonse, who hasn't given up anything so far, and understood his intentions.

Move from a position where Alphonse returns a counter-attack to one that unleashes a deadly blow. And...

"... that's a draw"

"Yeah. This would be a draw."

They laughed as they slammed their weapons down each other's throats.

After sweating at each other and getting dressed, the two decided to talk slowly.

"But the boulder was the empire's proud 'shield', and I felt a wonderful workout."

Alphonse says with a laugh to the man in front of him in a robust but not gorgeous garment.

The man in front of you...... Elmer was once a warring general honored alongside the Empire's 'sword' and the feared Demon King Altina.

Elmer, who was formerly a gatekeeper guarding the imperial mother Ardelheid's mansion, was heavily used by the younger emperor Wilheim because of his coming history, a man who has long been told his name as a symbol of the Empire's martial arts with an unflashy but solid soldier and a spear move forged through over time.

"Nah, I've only been working out since I quit my position as a general."

"Yes, I was quite surprised by that… Sir would still have enough generals."

Alphonse listens back just a little strange to such a slightly painful Elmer grin.

From what I've seen, Elmer can't even feel the fading dust. He can fully serve as a general in both his head and his moves.

That was why it was a question.

"... it's the law of the empire. His Majesty enacted me when he decided to lead the army of the Empire. The General and the Minister cannot hold that office for more than fifty years. After fifty years, he told me to give up my position quietly."

Elmer replies with a bitter smile to Alphonse's miserable words.

That is a law that doesn't make much sense to the human counterpart. Any human being, in fifty years or so, is old, and usually retires before that.

But there are exceptions. That is the half elf like the elmer in front of you. If they put themselves in that position, the whole season would last more than a hundred years, which would mean that they would quit their jobs. Maintain pure strength, but therefore.

"... oh, I see. to prevent the return of the ancient kingdom,"

Alphonse nodded convincingly at Elmer's words. Alphonse didn't know the Empire had such a law, but he knew immediately what the intention was.

In any case, the Principality is a country born of a half elf wielded by the ancient kingdom that became king but perished for. You will soon find out what law was laid down for fear.

… all the more so if you recall the surprise when you looked at it to report your return and at the same time there was a regular figure you saw in the "Different World Dining Room" right next to the current Duke King, who was not yet an adult when you looked at him before he reached that island.

"Yeah. That's why I'm not an empire general right now, I'm a rootless grass. I told my sons to think they were dead."

Elmer seems to be somewhere proud to say so with the face that he blamed it. Its face had no attachment or obsession with status, and it looked like it was enjoying its present state of affairs somewhere.

"Was it...... then can I celebrate Lord Elmer's doorstep and let him treat me tomorrow?

On that face Alphonse honestly wanted to celebrate Elmer. The Day of the Doyo will be upon you.

As the chillin 'chillin' and bell sounded, Elmer looked strangely over to where Alphonse had brought him.

"This is another... strange place"

Elmer, who has seen various places as the general of the Empire, but did not know there was such a place.

In the morning, after breakfast, I went on a long ride on horseback with Alphonse, and before noon it was an abandoned village with nothing around.

But there was a fine black door with a painting of a cat, and when I went around it, I went out to the "Different World Dining Room", which I had heard from Alphonse.

"Welcome. This way, please."

That's how I look over, maybe it's the service of this store, and the Devil's daughter guides them both.

"Um, I'll take care of you. Yeah, and bring me the menu. I've decided what to ask for, so one book is fine."

Alphonse, on the other hand, is used to it and sits with Elmer as he asks him to bring a menu to the service he entered a while ago.

… Curry rice is a special dish of sorts, so I didn't think it would be a good idea to force Elmer, the first guest to come.

"I've already decided on the menu to ask for, so please take your time choosing"

That's all I'm saying, Alphonse sits loosely and waits still to get out of Elmer's way.

(Well, what shall we... oh, you have plenty of imperial cuisine too)

Elmer turns a book loosely, oddly enough, with the name of the dish and a brief description, and decides what to ask for.

Nature and eyes go by the many imperial dishes to which I am accustomed… from my infancy until that day when I missed traveling to the Underworld, a number of dishes made from the fruits of Danshak brought home by my beloved Majesty.

"I've made up my mind. Let's make this an assortment of croquets."

Among them, I decide to ask for this, especially when I see that the dishes His Majesty loved are done with today's daily routine.

"Really? Supply, order."

"Ha ha. Please wait a moment."

Alphonse answers his call, and the daughter of his servant, who looks out of the western continent, approaches him.

"I ask for a large assortment of curry rice...... and what about Master Elmer?

"Oh yes. I need a croquette."

"Yes. Then a large assortment of curry rice and a croquette, right? Uh, can croquettes have bread and soup?

"Yes, I'll take care of it."

Listening to the two orders, the payroll writes something on the board with a familiar hand, then smiles and tells them both.

"Now, please wait a moment"

Drop off the service going to the kitchen where it would be in the back to tell the cooking order.

"But is it croquette"

Doing so, Alphonse says, soothing his expression.

Those eyes contained colors that saw something I missed somewhere.

"Yeah. I used to eat until I left the empire. I didn't think the other world would have the same dishes."

Elmer answers, even though he can't speculate on the meaning of such Alphonse eyes.

Danshak's fruit, for Elmer, is now the food of the late lord itchy, memorable.

"I really didn't think it would happen when His Majesty, on a long ride, told me to raise them because I was lucky enough to get them."

That time is an unforgettable memory for Elmer, who was still a general.

One day, His Majesty the Emperor himself brought back a mysterious crop. That was the fruit of Danshak.

With the soil on, it was placed in a bag as clear as the water of a dubious clear spring, and after His Majesty had only boiled and fed one and shown it, he ordered the court gardener to try to grow this first, and His Majesty was also astonished that it was a sturdy crop from time to time when all the fruits of Danshak planted under various conditions, such as sunshine and bad, drainage and fattening and thinning of the land, had beautifully borne fruit in order to find out what place they would grow.

That is how the fruits of Danshak, which began to be raised throughout the empire on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, quickly became an important crop to feed the ever-increasing mouth of the imperial subjects, dyeing vast swamps of wilderness green.

To Elmer, who has watched over it, the fruit of Danshak and the dishes with it were still as memorable as the battlefield that ran through with His Majesty, who was a beautiful young man in the shadow of his mother.

"… I do hear that that is amazing even in the Principality"

Alphonse, on the other hand, also heard after coming back here that the fruit of Danshak, which is indispensable for curry rice, is even said to be the trump card of the Empire.

Although it is difficult for the land to lose weight because it eats more energy to live in the land, a delicious, belly-filled crop that can be fruitful even in wasteland like the one where wheat does not grow is an unparalleled strength in an empire, a country with many wilderness that is not suitable for growing wheat, cut in battle on the battlefield.

"Thank you for waiting. It is a large serving of curry rice and a daily croquette fixing meal. Today's croquette set meals are curry croquettes in this triangle, meat potato croquettes in the square, and then regular potato croquettes in the oval. Except for the potato croquette, I'd prefer not to hang that blue bottle of black."

And when we're talking about that, the food is brought in.

Before Alphonse, dishes that are somehow white and hung with brown ones. And I guess what was placed in front of Elmer is Elmer's ordered croquette.

(Hmm, this is inside...... but is this croquette)

Elmer tilts his neck just a little when he sees a ready, still hot, cross-world croquette.

Three lumps, sitting on a plate with light yellow soup, seemingly soft bread and small fruits of bright red on a pale green vegetable.

That's probably croquette...... Elmer's know, it looks a little different than an imperial-style croquette fried in oil with a cloth of flour dissolved in water, but this looks delicious now.

(Anyway, shall I have it?)

But the fragrance that drifts must have been fried with fresh oil. Fragrant fragrance without the oil odor of old oil. It gives me an appetite to be making just a little noise with the carpet. Elmer grabs his fork and knife and starts eating.

For now, when you push a knife into a croquette with the name Nikjaga croquette, your clothes rip and cut along with the crunchy feel.

Its cross section is stained with a slightly darker brown color, with bright orange curuts, fine meat shards, thick mushrooms and more visible by the way.

Cut it into bites and carry it to your mouth.

(Oh, this is delicious)

The croquette carried to his mouth could be played with a knife cut and left with a pleasant toothfeel, the same feeling he felt when stabbing him with a fork.

From behind its clothes, the fruit of Danshak, the contents of the croquette, collapses and overflows.

Danshak fruit has a unique flavour that I have never tasted before, whether this or Elmer, who lives for a reasonable amount of time. That was salty and just a little sweet. The gravy overflowing from the shards of meat and the sweetness of the boiled oranier have a sweetness that is not found in the fruit, of a small cut of cult, and it is even more edible in black mushrooms, where those juices have been thoroughly sucked.

That, while eating sweet flavored croquettes, also reaches for leafy vegetables.

Fresh leafy vegetables cut in my mouth. Its refreshing flavour eliminated the flavour of croquette, making it an excellent mouthwash.

(Yeah. Looks like you can expect something else from this)

While convinced by the texture of the light clothes and the flavor of the contents that are soft and then well dyed, the refreshing place now decides to eat a curry croquette in the form of a triangle.

Cut it apart in the same way and carry it to your mouth.

(Oh, this is... it's a little hard)

The next croquette I ate was a little spicy. Thank you. They mix a lot of spices, and complicated spices come.

The ingredients are green beans and still shards of meat, chopped oraniers. I can see them in the yellow stained Danshak fruit.

(I didn't know precious spices were made this way...)

Even in empires with only one harbour-like port, spices are even more expensive than other countries. With plenty of it, croquettes are a substitute that has never been seen in an empire that often cautions against the luxurious luxury of quality rigidity.

(But this is also delicious)

But that's not just a dish that uses spices for dark clouds. It has a fragrant aroma and makes you feel the spiciness that makes you want water, but it is not as spicy as it makes you feel. It is a spiciness that increases your appetite and makes you want to eat more.

And reach for the bread as you indulge in its spiciness. Carry fluffy and soft bread into your mouth, hidden under dark brown skin. This soft, sweet flavored bread is comfortable with spicy croquette flavors.

(... Well, at the end)

That's how I finished eating up to two, reaching for the last one.

oval shaped, potato croquette...... the closest croquette to Elmer's known croquette.

(Yeah. Again)

First, he puts nothing on, takes a bite and Elmer breaks his face.

The two variants croquettes so far have been delicious too, but when it comes to croquettes, Elmer again thinks that it would still be a simple croquette with danshak fruit.

A simple croquette of crushed danshak fruit and a simple ingredient called a shard of meat on the oranier, seasoned only with salt and a hint of pepper.

However, it is also a fine treat when combined with high quality ingredients filled with freshly fried heat and flavor in fresh oil.

(Well, the vinegar... was this blue bottle)

I just took a bite, and now I take the blue bottle that my servant was saying earlier. In the Empire it is normal to eat croquettes with a little sprinkling of vinegar.

If you hang too much, it's ruined, but if it's a small amount, tighten the flavor.

(... oh, this is much black...)

So he tilted and looked, and Elmer tilted his neck to the overflowing black vinegar. It wasn't what I expected.

Unexpectedly dip the fork in black vinegar hung on the croquette and try to smear it.

(... ho! This is also......)

Elmer raised one eyebrow in surprise at its deep taste. The acidity of vinegar adds a variety of ingredients and spice flavors to the complex flavor.

That went well with the croquette, which belonged to the simple flavoring, and it tasted like something else.

(I see... I also know His Majesty preferred it)

Tasting it, Elmer remembers one thing, the words His Majesty the Emperor was saying.

Memories of His Majesty the Emperor deciding to leave when His Highness Ardelheid was born, and building a detached house, his final residence.

I laughed and said why I had built a detached house in such a countryside, it was to leave the imperial capital not to be recalled to the political arena again after I had given my son his status.

- There's something over there that you can't even get with the power of our country... one day, I'll take you too, when you quit the general and become just Elmer.

I didn't know what it was about then, and His Majesty traveled to the Underworld without that promise being fulfilled, but now I do.

A restaurant with different worlds of cuisine, similar to imperial cuisine.

That must not be a coincidence.

He was quickly convinced that such Elmer's thoughts were not a mistake...... ringing the bell with Chillinchlin to leave a shadow of his distant first love, with the appearance of a beautiful girl with the same name as that person.

On the way home from the store, Elmer talked to Alphonse a lot. Things that have been and will be.

"Well, are you going to cross the continent?"

"Yes."

In it, Elmer tells you what he has decided.

"As general of the Empire, the Eastern Continent has seen it beforehand, so I thought I'd go see it now even on the Western Continent."

- I want to watch the princess on behalf of His Majesty, who will be married to another country.

That you have such thoughts, while hiding them.