Chapter 391 (1/2)

Magi Craft Meister 385

The Sea is Vast

“Father, the arrangements for lunch is done.”

Reiko informed the group while they were relaxing on the beach, looking at the sea.

It was a few minutes past 1 PM. That is after taking the time difference between Kaina village and Hourai island into consideration.

Sheets were laid out on the beach for them to sit, with the baskets just beside them. Even a tarp was set up.

A tarp is a cloth used to block the sunlight. It’s usually set up using simple props and the tension of a rope.

It was already June and, as Hourai island was located in the Northern Tropic, the sun was blazing down on them from above.

“Ooh, now this is comfortable.”

As the tarp can block off sunlight very well, it was refreshing underneath it. Sun shades are quite important here as the temperature is higher near the coast.

“Everyone, there are many different items so please feel free to choose whatever you like.”

Reiko said, opening the lid of the basket.

“Oohh…”

Sandwiches, smoked meat, boiled egg, pelshika and citran, each of these were put into different baskets.

And inside the last one was…

“Onigiri?”

Onigiri, seasoned with salt and wrapped with edible seaweed.

“Jin, what’s this?”

Reinhart asked with a curious expression, looking at it.

“Ahh, that’s called ‘Onigiri’. It’s made with cooked rice and wrapped with ‘laver’, a kind of seaweed.”

Saying that, Jin was the first to take a bite into the onigiri. Reiko, who had been observing from the side, poured him tea from the thermos flask.

One bite. These onigiri which are seasoned with Hourai island’s seaweed salt are tasty by themselves.

“Hmm, tasty!”

Saki was the second to try it after seeing Jin happily stuff his cheek with onigiri. She took a bite and said,

“Oh–this really is tasty. It’s simple but has a profound flavor.”

Hearing that, Elsa, Reinhardt and Berthie also tried it.

It’s black on the outside because of the seaweed but pure white on the inside.

“Jin-nii, this is tasty. The scent is also nice.”

“Ohh, it truly is! This is… awn… no, rice!”

“Jin-sama, unlike its appearance, the texture and taste is quite something.”

It seemed the 3 of them truly liked it. Jin was happy that they liked the taste of seaweed.

“Thank you. It’s the taste of my homeland… Reiko, it was Laojun who did this, right?”

Jin asked with a grin. Laojun’s surprises are somewhat bittersweet since they remind him of his homeland.

“Yes, father.”

“I see, as I thought. It’s delicious.”

Jin gulped down his fourth piece.

“These are also delicious.”

Berthie said while having a sandwich.

“These boiled eggs are so good, even though it’s just normal boiled eggs with salt. This salt is not our usual salt, is it?”

Reinhardt tried out the boiled egg and was surprised by its good flavor.

“Which one, which one? ……Hmm, Jin, this isn’t some normal salt, is it?”

Saki also supported Reinhardts claims. They are quite sharp.

“Yeah. That’s seaweed salt and can be harvested around this area.”

Jin answered, pointing at the Tatsumi bay.

“You make it by burning the seaweed gathered from here, then dissolving the ashes in water and desiccating the clear top layer of the liquid.”

“Hmmm, if you do that, does that mean there’s something mixed in here that’s in the seaweed?”

“Exactly. It’s salt with the umami that’s in the seaweed.”

Although the taste gets dull if it’s used inappropriately, it seems it goes quite well with boiled eggs.

“By the way, the salt used on the smoked meat is also harvested from this sea.”

“It’s such a clean sea, after all.”

As Saki said so while looking at the sea, Aqua suddenly emerged from it. Number 33.

“Uwaah!”

Saki was so surprised that she toppled over on the sheet. The others were also considerably surprised but not as much as her.