"So, what is it after all? Why is this happening?

Against the wall behind busy Mersa, frustrated and Oliver asks.

Mersa demanded something in return from the Emperor and the General, and I don't know what he wanted, but the Imperial side was surprised.

I want magic stones.

As for the kingdom, I will finish this sentence, but I have been told by the other side that there are magic stones, and the Empire should not be surprised.

And for some reason, the Imperial side seemed reluctant to what Mersa wanted.

Rice...... Rice..... "

Yes, it's rice.

The Emperor and the General look at each other and look at each other in difficult faces.

I thought you'd demand a magic stone.

In the imperial kingdom, which was destined to perish, magic stones were rotten treasures, and if the people could live without starvation by the end, it would not have been obvious to give them to the Kingdom.

But rice.

The staple food of the imperial kingdom.

In this country, more than any ingredient is stockpiled for business.

Even now that food is in distress, [enclosed rice] is stored in the warehouse.

This is rice for the people.

Even with a lot of food support from the kingdom, the Earl of Stewart, that food is an unfamiliar ingredient for the Emperor's people.

At the very least, I want you to eat rice until the end.

If the Emperor had really told the Kingdom about the food shortage caused by bad weather, he would not have hesitated to give the rice in exchange for a large quantity of food supplies.

The weather will certainly settle in the following year or year, and rice will also be an environment where you can make it.

I can endure that I won't be able to eat rice for years in order to live.

But the empire will perish within a year.

The rice stockpile, the rice that you are accustomed to eating, should be the base of few hearts and minds of the people.

"... food aid ingredients are not something people are used to eating. There are some ingredients in the catalogue that I can read, but I don't know, I can't imagine. I don't want to take rice from the people..."

First of all, the emperor, who thinks of the people, tells Mersa that he can't respond to her request.

Instead, I'll give you the Magic Stone. The amount sought by the kingdom..... "

Still, it is clear that [enclosed rice] alone will not last for a year, and I want food support.

The general finally told the public about the Magic Stone.

...... No, I don't need magic stones.

Mersa turns down the general's offer of readiness.

There are no wizards in the kingdom, so even if there were only magic stones, it would be just stones. I can't replace rice. "

You don't need magic stones?

"Yes, my Stewart family. Please negotiate with the Kingdom in the future. If the First Earl had such a thing, it would only be more troublesome."

"Is it really rice...?

It's rice anyway.

Melsa didn't give up.

If you say the ingredients of the kingdom are unfamiliar with eating...... then let me make a dish that suits the tastes of the imperial people using the ingredients I brought. Can I have some rice then?

If it is difficult to negotiate, present an alternative solution.

We will not give up our purpose, but we will give them room to think.

Mersa takes advantage of what she learned in school a long time ago, and Mersa doesn't take a step for the rice.

That's impossible. The kingdom and the empire are completely different cultures. The climate, the land, the people, everything. The ingredients of a country that has never interacted with each other before are uncomfortable and unacceptable... "

From now on, let's make it. It would be a shame for the Kingdom to consume such a large amount of flour just as a cousin or udon. Ume? Could you show me to the kitchen?

Melsa stood up.

"Huh?? Hey, Melsa? What are you talking about? Where are you going? Hey?"

Oliver raised his voice in surprise to Mersa, who suddenly stood up in imperial language, trying to stand up together, but his feet were numb and he couldn't move.

"What? This one? It's numb."

Oliver, who was sitting on the tatami mat floor imitating Mersa, was agonized.

Here we are.

As Ume guided Mersa down the stairs, Oliver followed her desperately numb feet.

Then he arrived at the kitchen, where Mersa was given a white sleeved dress by Ume.

Your kimono will get dirty, so please use this.

Well, you have cooking clothes! Don't hesitate to use it.

When Mersa wears it without hesitation, she begins to work busily.

We boiled the water and began to line up the ingredients for the support supplies that were brought in one after the other, the vegetables that would last for a long time, processed meat, pasta and seasonings, and cut and boiled them.

"So? What is it after all? Why is this happening?

Oliver asks frustration and frustration as he leans against the wall to rest his palatable feet.

"In return, I was told that I wanted a staple food for the Empire and that I could not give it because the ingredients of the Kingdom are not familiar to eat. Then I said," I will make the ingredients of the kingdom that suit the mouth of the Emperor. "

"You... stealing staple foods from a country in need... a demon?

I have no idea what you're thinking.

In the first place, aren't you familiar with the imperial staple food, the kingdom?

Tan, snap snap snap snap.

Mersa's lightweight knife, which began to cut onions, does not seem to be the former Duchess' daughter, the wealthiest Countess in the kingdom, Countess Stewart.

Normally noble daughters don't cook.

No, you shouldn't.

Melsa, whom Oliver knew, never cooked.

"In the first place, how can you cook? Isn't that funny? What the hell were you doing in that fucking countryside?

The damn face of Leonardo Stewart comes to mind.

Be quiet, if you come to your daughter-in-law's place, you won't have to feed her. Beautiful dresses, beautiful jewels, delicious wines, high-class evening parties... luxurious trivia.

Why does Mersa have to do the servant's job of cooking?

Isn't that funny?

Melsa is not such a good worker.

If you come to me more and more carefully...

Huh? Wow! Fire and water are all magic stones!?

"Yes, every house in the Empire is cooked with magic stones with fire and water magic. At night, the lights are lit with magic stones of light, the kimono is put in a box containing magic stones of water, washed with water stream, and dried with magic stones of wind."

Very convenient......

When I heard the Empire talk in conversation with Ume, it was definitely a high-tech country than the kingdom.

The lineup of appliances from the previous life is covered with magic stones that contain magic.

Don't you have a kingdom?

Ume asks with an unexpected face.

The kingdom thought that it was the second most powerful nation after the empire and that it had no power beyond its feet.

"I don't know. I've heard stories about it being used in a noble mansion until about 30 years ago..."

I didn't think the Empire had enough Magic Stone resources to be used by anyone.

Earlier, I told you that there are no magicians in the Kingdom, but magic stones trapped in the magic of life are sold normally in the Empire. Unlike boundary magic, you can use this magic stone in the kingdom without having to go there. "

"... that's amazing.... maybe I shouldn't have said I don't need magic stones..."

Empire where magic stones are already trapped... How can food distress happen with this advanced magic stone culture?

We can still make it. Instead of rice, you just need magic stones. "

Kiran and Ume's eyes shine.

Mm-hmm. And that's not it. Rice is absolute. "

Melsa smiles bitterly as she stirs up the ingredients.

Inspired by the imperial kitchen, which has stoves for low, medium, and high temperatures and can even adjust the heat.

In less than an hour, Mersa finished cooking and sat down again before the Emperor and General.

...... this is...

Oh my God............

I've never seen a dish before.

I dared to make an alternative to rice that suited the imperial people's mouth. I thought it would be perfect for the red townscape of the Empire. "

Nico and Melsa are advised to stay cool.

"Hehe, Your Majesty. Is this food?

"Master, isn't this the first time you've been poisoned so easily?

There were also small plates nearby that contained about the amount of taste, but nobody put chopsticks on them.

It was bright red.

It seems that the dish made from the ingredients of the kingdom is not a strange and bad smell, but in addition, it is warm but bright red.

It was convincing that the carrots were red, but all the other ingredients were dyed red, which was impossible to imagine from the empire's common sense cuisine.

I didn't put any poison in it.

I was watching while cooking. The taste of poison is also over.

Melsa's words assure me that sea urchins are not poison.

"No... why is it bright red? I've never seen a whole red dish like this?

The general, who was a little floated when she was able to eat the beautiful cooking, sniffed anxiously at the shocking food that came out.

? I heard that red has the meaning of amulet in the empire, so I wondered if it was good luck. It's okay, it's not poison or valves. "

Now, eat up and Mersa asks you to eat the devil's food.

"... Master, let's eat this fukushima first."

"... Master, let's try some katow."

A voice of readiness arose from the proximity on the General's side.

The two people next to each other shook each other firmly once, inspired, and then put the red thing in the small plate in front of them into their mouth at once.

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Both Fukushima and Katou open their eyes and chew in a mood.

"Fu, Fukushima!!! Katou!!! Don't push me!!!

Both the emperor and the general raised their hips and looked worried at the loyalist's rampage.

Attention was drawn to how the two chewed for a while, and the sound of swallowing finally sounded faint and quiet.

".................................... Fu, Fumai"

"... I'm delicious and delicious...!

"" What???

Master, it's a gentle taste against the appearance.

"Your Majesty, do you think women and children would like to eat this...?

It is red, but it is not painful.

A super balance of mellow acidity and sweetness.

It contains vegetables and meat and is excellent for eating.

"Ugh, delicious...?

Delicious!!!

Both of them answered honestly to their tongues, saying they couldn't believe it.

Seeing two trustworthy members of the general's crowd say they are delicious, the other intimates who are afraid also put red food into their mouths.

What?? Uhh!

"'What? Yummy!

What?? What's so good about it?

No one said it didn't suit my mouth.

The Emperor and the General are also prepared to eat Melsa's cooking.

..................................................................................................................................................................................

"............................................................ Ah, that's good..."

I miss eating it for the first time somehow.

The Emperor asks Mersa, who laughs satisfactorily at the imperial side's reaction.

What is this... dish?

Yes, everyone loves this...

Spaghetti, it's Naples Tan.

Mersa replied.