Chapter 7 (1/2)

Omelette Rice

A warm marshland spread out south of the Eastern Continent In that place, there lived monsters called lizardmen Their appearance was halfway between a lizard and a human with a very robust body, and they have the characteristic of being able to wrap theic The lizardmen have used the swamp as their domain since ancient tiiant lizards, crocodiles, birds, and fish living there as their nourishment

And finally, one of the lizard in that swaanpo was, for the sake of going on a special day that ca his body that was dirty after hunting

He washed his body with the pure waters of the washi+ng area that was h thetheir handmade stone axes and stone spears, the lizard down prey before they could sense that soe a down a large crocodile Using the spring water co area, he cleaned his body

As the anpo, as if to see if his body was clean and to ware body to the sun and took in the sun’s rays

What the sun shone on was a body that was one head taller than normal lizardmen ell-trained muscles Able to repel a blow froreen scales with a touch of blue and scars here and there It had been eight years since he had hatched out froanpo, whose body was in the e and youthfulness akin to all lizardmen, was a man of valor who had faced many perils and survived, and to him, these scars were an important symbol of that

After cleaning his body with spring water, he wiped down his body with a toeaved frorown under the water When he looked and saw that his scales reflected light and slightly glistened, he was satisfied and went to go armor himself His armor, which was just washed and dried, was ht down by the tribesmen that he himself had led He put on the simply made arrade hu his favorite spear that was fixed with polished black rock Long before Gaganpo was even born into this world, there was an oath that in the cathouse’s next world, weapons and fighting were prohibited

“This should do it”

Looking at the reflection casted off from the surface of the water as the ripples died down, he cleared his throat and nodded The preparations for going to the cathouse’s other world were taken care of The time was suitable, around the tile breath, and like the animal called a horse that humans often used, he quickly ran to the cathouse’s door located in the community’s plaza

At the plaza, there was the elder and head of the coanpo’s and tattoo’s covering her whole body to show that she was a believer of the deep blue God of water, and the lizardanpo’s arrival as if it could be at any second When the tribe’s hero caround and let out the sound of welcoanpo headed to the very center of the plaza

“Elder I have finished preparing”

“Umu Then set forth, hero”

The fe life of twenty years when coanpo’s life, gravely nodded and urged Gaganpo

“Gaganpo! Bring these the silver rocks, copper rocks, and plates with you!”

While the children ere about one year of age looked at hianpo a back filled with round flat silver and copper rocks, which they received fro outside of the hly e wooden plates

“Umu Thank you”

Taking those, it was finally tianpo to head to the other world He stood at the altar, which was decorated with beautiful stones and flowers that were painstakingly gathered from the wetlands, where the black door would appear

He had heard that the black door first appeared before the elder was even born Suddenly, the black door materialized where the altar was today

At that tie into that door that led who knohere was the hero of the blue-tailed tribe, Gerupa, as said to be the strongest He went over to the other side, had the ht back the wonderful food of the other world

After that, the black door showed itself once every seven days, and once a year, the coest estback the other world’s food

“Well then, I’ll be heading off”

While taking the hopeful eyes of the feanpo opened the door While hearing the sound of ringing, Gaganpo passed through the door and entered the cathouse’s other world

“Welcome”

“Mu Here”

The other world’s lord… nodding at the owner’s word, Gaganpo returned the greeting With the other world’s e would be translated into the hue Thanks to that, Gaganpo could talk with the owner even easier than the hu on his side

“Oo”

While he lowered his hips into a chair with a fluanpo handed the wooden plates to the owner and spoke these words like always The hero who first came to this area heard fro of the word ‘order’ which carried thethat you wanted the other world’s food After that, Gaganpo and the other lizarde for the silver and copper rocks

“Understood Please wait for a moment”

Sure enough, the owner nodded, took the wooden plate, and headed to the back of the restaurant

After that, while waiting for the food, Gaganpo moved only his eyes as he looked at the interior of the restaurant Since it was just about lunchtime, there were many people inside of the restaurant such as elves with pointed ears, dwarves with their short height and hair growing out from their chins, and finally hu in chairs

They were the sa through a door and fellow residents of the sa to the human merchant tribes that the lizardmen traded stones and hides with, outside of the anpo lived in, there was apparently a wide, orld spreading out there To Gaganpo who knew nothing but the ine

But, as he passed through that door, Gaganpo understood the spectacle that door didn’t only appear before his people They also were eating the other world’s food as if it was truly the ht be all over the place, but their goal was the sahts that could spill any plates

“Thank you for waiting As for your oo back”

“Mu Leave it to you”

And then, Gaganpo had finally come face to face with the other world’s food A vivid red line was drawn over the wonderful yellow dish Co called ‘os causing the sound of gulping to ring out in Gaganpo’s throat, and Gaganpo excitedly took the sparkling bright spoon into his hand

“Itadakimasu”

Letting the out a word fro that was passed down in the other world, he lifted up his spoon Easily cutting into the eggs that were so soft that it seeht sink upon itself, and fro Inside of the dish were tiny grains whichthat had a trace of red to it With that, there were ereen beans which made a vivid contrast Salted bird’s etables that were impossible to harvest in the wetlands All of that was finely redient which was then wrapped up by yellow eggs

This was the other world’s cooking

While he felt that, Gaganpo brought the spoon which was small to him as a lizardredients that have become one mass

“Mu”

Thirty years ago when the when the chosen hero of the village passed through the door, the same delicious flavor froanpo’swas of course the fried eggs Just how exactly it was made to be this as unknown, but it had an exquisite softness that the lizards they used It had the flavor ofa firht sweetness to it And what raised the flavor of the soft, light eggs was the sour red thing covering it The coave birth to a splendid flavor Just the red substance and the eggs alone would be a treat to behold