Vol 1 Chapter 5 (2/2)
「That sort of thing would be bad」
「Because it is good, because it is good,I want Lucie to eat my dish.」
The experiences of living a self-sufficient life by shutting oneself up the mountains, there are a lot of them.
When it is a fantasy world, without having a permanent base, it became naturally acquired because of how often I repeatedly camped out.
「Baking it, because it takes plenty of time, shall we eat the liver in the meantime？ I wanted serve Lucie this so I worked hard.」
「For me？ Because it is delicious？」
「Even though it is, Lucie does not have enough vitamins. It is still in its light stages now, but if left alone, it will be life threatening.」
「Don’t scare me. What are vitamins？」
「It is nourishment that can be obtained from eating fruits and fresh meat. I must take action before it is too late in winter because intake will be particularly difficult.」
The Elf Village has little food, due to food directed to adults in the prime of their life by priority, Lucie does not get a full meal.
The beautiful hair and skin have already been hurt, I cannot permit it.
After the body strengthening spell formula was performed and an examination on contact, showed signs of mild vitamin deficiency.
「Syril sure knows everything.」
「Even I the son of the former mayor, had received some education.」
I deceive with some vague words and return it to the processing of the liver.
There are a few tricks to processing the liver of a deer.
A deer does not have a gallbladder, so the bile is stored in the liver. This bile is bitter with a yellowish green, is bad for the body. It is necessary to remove this.
I cut into the liver to make thin round slices with a knife. There is a cavity like the core of an apple in the center of the liver, I discard the bile that has acc.u.mulated there, it is washed away with the water I put in the water bottle. At the same time the blood letting was also completed.
And, the structure hardly touches the bile, the top half of the liver to Lucie’s serving dish, there is a little bitterness below so I put that part on the plate for me to eat.
As a precaution, I manipulate the atmospheric pressure with wind magic, by making the surroundings of the liver a high atmospheric pressure from a low pressure in an instant, the parasites and microbes are destroyed.
Resistance is strong when brought up in the mountains, although it is strong against viruses and bacteria, I will see h.e.l.l if measures for the parasites are neglected.
「After that, it is complete with the remaining wild herbs as garnish」
I was gathering it. I affixed the Shepard’s purse [nazuna] and lily-horseradish [yuri wasabi] of the raw edible wild plants, and handed them to Lucie. The mountain herbs has vitamins, and it has good complement in terms of taste. [TLN: I may use different ways to translate a word, it gets boring hearing the same word. They are pretty much the same thing anyways.]
I quickly sprinkle it with salt to finish. I wish I had vinegar but it seems to be a luxury.
「Sliced deer liver served with wild edible herbs. Other than the Village mayor, it is a feast only the hunter can eat. Try to eat it」
「un, even though it looks wonderful, it is a bit scary」
Holding the liver and eating it in a state of fear.
Lucie chewed twice, then three times, and then a big smile and her eyes s.h.i.+ned while chewing.
「Delicious！ It is sweet and crunchy, it is not at all smelly like at first.」
「I am glad to see you pleased. I shall have some too」
Unlike the one I gave to Lucie, because the lower half was soaked in bile there is an acrid taste, but it is still good enough.
The true nature of the sweetness of the meat is the glycogen, the liver of deer stores four times more glycogen than beef liver. [TLN: I have not had deer liver, plus I only ever ate liver that was fully cooked. Some Food does actually taste better raw or rare. Like beef or fish. I can’t eat cooked fish anymore, it has to be sus.h.i.+ now. Polar bear liver will kill you with a vitamin overdose.]
This factor is said to make deer liver the most delicious in the world. [TLN: Don’t tempt me.]
But, as soon as it becomes its excited state, glycogen is converted into a subst.i.tute for sugar throughout the body for movement. Because the taste of the deer declines unless it is killed instantly and thus I paid prudent attention to hunting to fell it all at once.
It felt heartwarming to see Lucie eat Liver sas.h.i.+mi. Although cooking is also delicious, above all, the body lacking in vitamins will demand it.
A person’s body, it makes the nourishment that is insufficient in oneself the most delicious above all.
It has been nonexistent to be able to do something for her until now, I always make her worry, I have been such an inconvenience, I was make her take care of me.
Thus I would like to return the favor to her even if just a little.
「Look, by now the heart and edible wild plants that were baking should be completed soon.」
Lucie, called out by my voice, has a blus.h.i.+ng face.
I would be a little embarra.s.sed to be seen with a figure wolfing down on food.
「For a moment, I forgot myself.」
「Lucie occasionally in that extent would be just right. Only because she is always minding her surroundings.」
「Uuh, Syril how gentle……However, Syril has changed. It feels like that suddenly growing up. Even though I thought of Syril like a younger brother that needed a lot of looking after.」
「That is because I could no longer stay a child. I cannot rely on Lucie forever. I have decided that I will protect Lucie from now on」
「The things mentioned in the carriage, are you serious？」
「Of course, I would not change a thing of what I said. Save the village, defeat the Empire, and after that, live happily with Lucie.」
The purpose of that power now.
Knowledge and experience that come flooding into my head, it is a whisper being made.
「Hey, What if？ What would you do if I say I wanted to run away with two people？」
「If that is the real intention of Lucie, that would be much easier, and I would do so without hesitation. Though I like the village, but Lucie is much more important.」
The true intention is unmistakable. I am trying to save the village incidentally while I protect Lucie.
「I with Syril……uun, Because I want to do my best too, Together let’s protect the village.」
「Sure. Let’s fight with one’s full power.」
Lucie is not a fool, but really sweet.
The danger in the village is understood. But, after understanding it, becoming happy with just two people would not be acceptable. It is a girl who would choose to work in order to be together with everyone.
「But hey, I want you to promise there will be only one.」
Lucie says so as she sticks out her hand.
The movement of this world’s pinkie swear.
I matched the palms together and intertwined the fingers.
「Do not let me regret it, in the case, if Syril overdoes it and dies, I will regret having not run away together for the rest of my life. So that is why, don’t die. You must absolutely survive no matter what.」
I can’t help myself, only I can not die with Lucie’s words that were said.
「That promise is not possible as it is. Only one thing, let me revise it. We have to survive with the both of us together no matter what. Let’s swear it if it is good.」
「Yes, I understand. I will correct it. Let’s live together no matter what happens」
「Under the guiding blessings of the World Tree, I swear.」
Separating the finger tips which were entwined when the speaking has finished at the end, then pressing the thumbs together.
In the elf village, break a promise that was brought up in the name of the World Tree that no longer exists, it would be the ultimate disgrace.
「Hey, Syril, the answer to the noon proposal, can I give it now？」
「No good. Because I want to hear it properly after it is all over.」
「Selfish.」
「I am originally selfish. I want to hold on to the lingering feeling」
「Is that so, then until I say it do not die.」
After that, the deer heart and wild vegetables were roasted, then I ate the cranberries growing in the wild that were on the mountain as dessert. The cranberry is deadly strong in acidity, Only tasting just a little sweet, but it was a valuable vitamin source, so I endured it and swallowed while twisting my face with two people.
When the meal ended, I wiped the body with a cloth wetted with water and went to bed holding hand with the two of us.
Even though by the side of a man, Lucie raises the breathing of a sleeping person in peace.
I guess that is how much I am trusted. I am not able to take away my hand yet. However, sometime probably……I fell asleep while thinking about it.
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