Chapter 39 (2/2)
While it’s being heated up, let’s make some macaroni salad.
I cut some vegetables appropriately and mixed it in a bowl.
At that moment, since the bread had finished baking, I move the bread from the simple oven into a basket. Looking at hot and steamy bread, my face unintentionally turns into a grin.
While I boiled an egg inside the kiln with hot water, the soup had completed.
A simple vegetable and consommé soup. The garnishes are potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbages.
consommé soup with a little extra yummies
I adequately crushed the boiled egg and threw it into the macaroni salad. I poured some improvised mayonnaise and mixed it, with that, it’s completed.
After arranging the completed dishes on the table, I called out the Prince.
The Prince cheerfully sits down.
It feels like I’m looking at him shaking and wagging his tail.
Meanwhile, I fill some cups with chilled milk, then I also sit down on my seat after the preparations had been completed.
「These seem delicious. There’s a lot of dishes I’ve never seen before. What kind of dishes are these?」
Like a child, he gazes at the dishes with glittering eyes.
While wryly smiling at his childishness, I explain the dishes.
「Firstly, this is a dish called peperoncino. Do you know about pasta? I believe it’s a dish from a southern country. I also added garlic, bacon and chilli peppers for flavour. Although slightly spicy, it’s delicious. Over here is also similarly a type of pasta called macaroni, which was used to make a salad. It’s been mixed with mayonnaise. Do you remember it? Mayonnaise. The sauce which was used on the dish I first served. Then the consommé soup. This is an ordinary dish ne. The garnishes are potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbages. And then the bread. I also made this bread. Now, let’s we eat before it cools down.」
While nodding at each and every one of my words, he hurriedly started the pre-meal prayer after my final words.
「We thank G.o.d and the Land for their blessings」「itadakimasu」
「Delicious! Although it’s a little hot, it makes me want to eat more.
It seems I’ll be able to eat this even when the weather’s hot!」
The Prince ate a mouthful of peperoncino, then started gulping it down.
「Please calm down. Since there are still other dishes. Even if you don’t rush, the dishes aren’t going to run away you know.」
After my words, he exchanges the peperoncino with the soup, while saying「delicious」again, he starts on the salad.
Eating like a schoolchild that’s gone without lunch, I started on my own portion while feeling happy as I myself made it.
By the way, the Prince has two portions while I have one. Probably because of my size, I couldn’t eat that much from the beginning.
Several days worth of portions, was what I thought of making so I used up almost all the pasta.
「What’s this? Is this bread? It’s whiter, softer and fluffier than the ones I’ve eaten so far… It’s my first time having such a bread…」
Putting the natural yeast bread in his mouth, he halted like he was deeply moved.
「Please put it in the soup and try eating it. The soup soaks into the bread and it’ll have a different taste you know.」
As I advised, he tears a piece off the bread, dips it in the soup and puts it in his mouth.
It’s true… It’s my first time having such a delicious bread… Sakura is a genius at cooking!」
「This sort of bread is normal in my country. I only made it by imitating that.」
As expected, it’s embarra.s.sing when I’m openly praised
It can’t be helped that my cheeks have turned slightly red.
The dinner full of smiles continues on peacefully.
Although I made a somewhat large dinner, most of it has disappeared into the Prince’s stomach.
Just in case, I serve the Prince, who’s a guest, some tea after the meal, and clean up the emptied tableware.
When I went to the living room after finis.h.i.+ng the was.h.i.+ng, the Prince rushed out these words.
「Sakura, about the celebrations for your moving. Isn’t there anything you want? You should discover something after living here, there’s something lacking right? Try saying anything.」
Something lacking, huh. Even if you suddenly say that…
Ah, that’s right.
「Now that you mention it, I think it would be nice if there was an oven ne.」
「When you say oven, is it the magic tool which bakes that bread?」
「Yes, that oven. If there was an oven, I’ll be able to bake cookies, and also pies ne. However, since it’s difficult to deal with a firewood oven, and because of the cost of a magic tool oven, it’s quite troublesome ne.」
Right, the size of a firewood oven is large, the temperature control also seems difficult for an amateur. Compared with a magic tool oven, although the size is small and it’s easy to control, the price also makes up for it. Even the cheapest ones are something like 1 gold coin. The one I desire costs 3 gold coins.
Although I can buy it… My current money I possess is less than 9 gold coins Since there’s the payment for my armor, 8 gold coins will be deducted from that. Since there are no guarantees after this, unless it’s an absolute necessary, it would be better for me to refrain from purchasing expensive goods.
It’s different if there’s a cheap intermediary though…
「fumu, an oven huh… Well, I don’t have any knowledge on those. Although I can’t promise anything, I’ll try ask about it and see what they come up with.」5
eh?
「Nonono, something that expensive, I won’t accept it even if it’s a congratulatory gift! Just your feelings are fine!」
On the contrary, I’ll deeply appreciate it!
「Don’t worry about it. It’s not like it’s been decided yet. Also, if you had an oven, you’d be able to make even more variates of dishes than you can currently right? If that happens, it means the dishes I can eat will increase.」
The Prince says those things while laughing.
Eh? He’s planning on coming over to eat again? Does the Prince actually have that much free time?
While thinking of such things, the Prince walked pa.s.sed me and moved towards the kitchen.
「Sakura, I’m borrowing a gla.s.s. Wow, what’s with these stools? Aren’t they in the way?」
When I looked over, he seemed to have almost tripped over the long line of stools lined up around the kitchen.
「Without those, would I be able to reach with my height? Could you please not set them aside? I’d be in trouble without those.」
Perhaps it may be a nuisance for large people, but with my rounded up 140cm, without it, in the average sized kitchen in this world, my head won’t even stick out even if I stand on my tiptoes. A large person won’t understand that!
While shouting in my mind, the Prince returns with two gla.s.ses.
n? Two?
He takes out from out of nowhere, as expected, wine. Furthermore, it looks expensive.
「That, what do you intend to do with two gla.s.ses?」
The Prince dodges my eyes which I’m glaring at him with, and answers with a light tone.
「Speaking of celebrations, there has to be alcohol, is what I’ve said before right? Just a sip is enough so keep me company.」
Just a sip, while saying those words, he fills up more than half a gla.s.s and leaves it in front of me.
「Really, did you already forget what happened three days ago?」
「I didn’t forget. This is a good alcohol you know? Try it.」
Saying so, I tilt my gla.s.s.
Well, even though I don’t know about alcohol, I can understand this is an expensive alcohol but…
「Well then, only a sip…」
Tilting my gla.s.s, I drank the seemingly expensive wine.
From my first time drinking it, there was a scarce sweetness, on the other hand, it wasn’t bitter either.
‘So this is expensive alcohol’, was the only kind of impression I had.
When I swallowed it, a sweet fragrance of grapes escaped from my nose, the fragrance of alcohol came afterwards.
This, might be quite a strong alcohol…?
When I looked over at the Prince, he was happily watching me drink.
「I drank a sip but…. What should I do about the rest?」
「Don’t worry. I’ll drink it.」
The Prince gulps down his own gla.s.s in one go, and reaches out his hand for my gla.s.s.
「Wait! Drinking something that someone has drank from, please stop it!」
Isn’t that an indirect…!
Nonono, even if it’s not that, a Prince doing such a thing!6
「What are you saying? Sakura isn’t drinking the rest right? Since it’s such a good alcohol, would you do such a wasteful thing and throw it away?」
「Then shouldn’t you have poured just enough for a sip at the beginning!?」
「A portion just for a sip, the appearance wouldn’t be pleasant right?」
Well, certainly, something like only pouring a bit to fill the bottom of the gla.s.s, it wouldn’t even look tasty.
「It’s not about the appearance ne. How do I say it… Aa, mou! I’ll be drinking this myself, so please drink from your own gla.s.s, Prince!」
In one go, I gulped down the remaining wine.
「Ah, wait!」
The Prince said something, but I ignore it.
tan, I place the gla.s.s on the table and look at the Prince.
「With that, there’s no… problem…… ne…」
With a violent shake, my vision warps.
Huh? How did this happen…?
At that point, my consciousness had cut off.
Notes
1. 古代文字もすでに見えるかどうか、と言う程度の薄さです。
2. 素肌の上につけるならショースという、タイツ？オーバーニーソックスのような物を穿いた上につければいいと、教えてもらいました。
3. 一応、黒で両方を何点か購入しておきます。
4. オーブンがないので、竈に底の深い、大きめのフライパンをかけて、その中に鉄板を少し浮かせて敷き疑似的なオーブンにします。
5. 「ふむ、オーブンか…。そうだな、心当たりがないでもない。約束はできんが聞いてみるだけ聞いてみよう」
6. いやいやいや、そうじゃなくても仮にも王子がそんなこと！
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