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16, Conclusion and Motsunabe (Resolution Chapter)
(Author’s note: Update ⅘)
Let’s go back in time a little
I gather a lot of the necessary ingredients from the storehouse, and carried it into the kitchen
80 of it was entrusted to Gann-san Me? I have no strength…
“And, what are you planning with this
With this redients, how do you plan to use it all up?”
While Gann-san is carrying the ingredients, he asks me
“That’s true I had thought about this”
I was gathering up all the pots, which I could be called pots
“I said this earlier as well but, first we must weaken the power of the two factions
Carelessly expanding their conflicting power, in the end, can only be poisonous to that territory or country”
At any rate, it’s due to both factions both wanting authority and running wild
If we just leave them be, they would both indiscriminately covet each other’s assets, and that land will end up drying up
“Due to that, both of them need to spit out all the items they have stocked up
As a form of charity to the citizens”
“Will soo well?”
“If Gann-san has doubts about it then, perhaps it o well”
Since I don’t understand things like political trickery and schemes
“But, the best I can do is just cook
Using the redients, and donating it to the citizens”
“However…”
“If this was gold, silver or jewels then I couldn’t have done anything
However, it’s fortunate that the kind of assets hoarded aere ingredients”
Given that I have no aesthetic sense, it’s not like I could judge the jewels
“But, where there are ingredients, that’s where my battlefield lies
It’s ht from here on”
Yes, if the stage is cooking then, that is where I fight
Turning the ingredients in front ofis my role
“Besides, if this much was hoarded up, the people in the castle toould also be hungry right?
Let’sdelicious, like Paa~, with the things around here”
“…Understood
So, what should I do?”
“Then… please wash this”
I quickly handed the pig entrails to him
The moment he saw that, Gann-san was very surprised
How surprised? He literally jumped
“Isn’t, isn’t this organs! What about the meat!”
“Eh? We’ll use the ans Where I was froh”
“Are you stupid! Things like organs just stink!
Think this through!”
“That’s why if you don’t wash it… Ah, once you’ve washed it, please reans sans”
“Eh, gu, da, daht…”
Carrying the pots with a mountain full of entrails, Gann-san reluctantly started washi+ng
Although it’s troubling that he’s surprised by entrails… I s, even scorpions and geckos… They had h…
Now then, I’ll leave him to his business over there First, I have to make the stock
The concept this time is, a piquant Motsunabe
Using the spicy red choy, I’ hot pots
The nuht be considered idiotic I’ll be roughly using over a hundred huge, enormous pots
The cabbage, bean sprouts and chives have been secured as well
Given that this time I’ve prepared a substitute for bok choy, red choy, it should be reasonably delicious
Truth be told, I want an Asian flavoured stock base likebut, since there isn’t any here I’llelse There’s no soy sauce either I wonder if it’ll ith fish sauce? Just in case, but I’ll use spring onions to get rid of the smell just like last time…
(TL: enwikipediaorg/wiki/Gochujang)
Preparing the ingredients, there is so I have to make beforehand
Chicken broth
There is a huge difference whether this is in it or not
If possible I want to make it in a western style but, I shi+ft to japanese style since I can’t find any celery
Pre-cooking a whole bird I pour a large amount of water into the pot, heat it, and then put it in
It’s boiling well I take it out once the colour changed, this ti it up It’s OK once it’s been split into three
Taking those and slightly cooking those with the leftovers Cooking it fragrantly, giving it colour, replace the water in the pot, then add the bird, scallions and alcohol and boil theether
Re
“Oiiii… I washed them…”
“Ahh, thank you Are you tired?”
“It’s ans…”
“I’m sorry
Then, please put all of these vegetables into the pot”
“Hah!? Did you prepare all these vegetables all by yourself!?”
“I’ve been e portions for quite some time now after all, in our mercenary corp
You get used to this much”
We made food for close to a thousand soldier-san’s, with just five people
It’s not strange for otten better
“…And, it’s about time huh”
After boiling it for close to an hour, I filter it with a clean cloth, this time I add in kelp and boil it for a short while
With this the japanese Style Chicken Broth is complete
“Gann-san, have you finished?”
“Ahh, I’ve tossed the vegetables in, even though the pot looks like this”
“Please be careful about the amount of red choy
Since I don’t kno spicy it is, it’ll be bad if we put in too much”
“O-ohhh Understood”
Gann-san, I can hear you you know, gruht”
I took a glimpse but, uh, there’s a lot
There’s too much red choy so it’s completely red
“Gann-san, excuse me for a bit”
I take one of the red choy, holding one of the ends in my mouth
“Un… It’s not too spicy Sweet spicy? I guess”
It feels like the sweetness of a boiled bok choy and the slight spiciness of a capsicum
If it’s like this then it wouldn’t matter even if he puts in a lot
“The problee but…”
As an experiment, I put it in a pot which had been boiled and left alone, and heated it up
“…There’s quite a lot…”
It’s completely red
The colour changes ined This is… even if there isn’t much of a hot taste, the visuals appear to have wound up co out bad…
“Excuse htly decrease the amount of red choy”
“Is the spiciness alright I wonder?”
“The probleht”
“Who cares about so like colour?”
Ohhh, is that how you speak about cooking?
“Where I’m from, there were indeed shops where the dishes were completely red and spicy to draw in customers but… Well, it’s popular due to its spicy appearance, and its a taste
This is a hot pot dish which everyone can eat after all So if it looks bad, they ht not eat it”
“Is that so?”
“I’ll ask but, do you want to eat a dish that’s completely red?
So red that even the ingredients, the broth, even the rim of the bot is red I would want to decline”
“… That’s true”
“I’ll be teaching you from now on so, please remember this ok”
“O-oh! Understood!”
“Well, this time sort out the offal, and let’s add it to the pot”
Because if we don’t hurry, it’s easy for the various organs to go bad
In addition it had been placed in its entirety in that sort of place
“Please add some here”
“Oh… can we really eat it? Hearts and lungs and…”
“You’ll understand if you eat it”
This person, don’t be so reluctant…
By the way this tian meat
Putting it in boiling water then cooling it ater
It’s like the Chinese Style of boiled pork, Plain Boiled Pork
Using boiling water to kill the bacteria Killing it thoroughly
Then, putting the etables in the pot, I add the chicken broth and fish sauce, and simmer
Once it’s simmered, sprinkle chives around and it’s finished
“It’s…red huh”
The red choy brought out ht It’s really red
I sample it timidly
Un, it’s not that bad
The stink of the fish sauce is held down to a certain degree, and the spiciness of the red choy is just right
I see, so the taste becomes like this
As a test, I pick up a red choy and try it, I see, the spiciness of the faded red choys is light, and has a sweetness like that of bok choy
Perhaps, the spiciness was in the colour itself, so do doesn’t thatit lose colour, it’s no different from bok choy?
It doesn’t feel like its losing flavour at all
This is similar to Kimchi Motsunabe, ne
“Gann-san, try soether with the offal”
“Eh? No, just the vegetables”
“Well well, don’t be shy!”
Suddenly, I forcefully stuffed an entire organ meat into Gann-san’s mouth
“Huff, huff!
A, fu
…It’s good What’s this called? I had thought that there would be an organ stink but there isn’t
The spiciness is just right and the soup, dissolved with the flavours of the vegetables and bird is irresistible
The offal was good too It has a peculiar texture, and has a deliciousness unlike that of meat
It’s rubbery and firm
This is good”
“Right? You can’t ht?”
“Ahh So e why I haven’t eaten this earlier”
“It goes bad easy, and norht”
After all, Intestines go bad easy
It’ll go bad in one or teeks
Everyone as well, I recohly
“Is it alright to eat a bit more?”
“No Let’s finish everything”
I won’t allow you to eat it all for sa
While I was keeping an eye out so that Gann-san isn’t stealing food, I continue working
Since I’ve got the hang of the coresses quickly
However, because the chicken broth turned out better than I had thought, it see will also expand from now on
『Rather than the freedo!』
Hah! Did I hear that correctly!?
“Gann-san, did you say so?”
“Er, it wasn’t you who said it? So”
It wasn’t ination?!
As a result I advanced through work quickly, albeit slightly nervous
“Finished~!!”
A hundred large pots of Motsunabe is finished
Wow, I really can do it when I put my mind to it
“My arms… my feet… my back, they hurt…!!”
Although that’s what Gann-san thought next to me
(TL:隣のガーンさんは除いて考えてみたら、ですけど。)
“If you’re this disheartened then, you won’t be able to be a chef
Originally you’d have to start froredients”
“Cooking is tough”
“But it’s interesting”
I grinned nihilistically
“Gross”
It was a critical hit
Despite beco touches
Putting on the pot lid, it was the discussion concerning to which areas we should place these
It was then
I could hear a racket from far away
“? What’s that?”
“This is… unless!”
Gann-san’s co out into the corridors
And then, he returned after a little while, to tell me with a pale face
“Terrible! Ganglabe and the others came to attack!”
Ehh?
“What do you labe-san and everyone come?”
“Ahh, actually I heard that Gingus-salabe and the commanders”
“Really?!”
“Ahh, I didn’t hear the reason Sudden, without giving a reason, he sent them a letter I also heard after it had happened but, I never would’ve thought we’ll be attacked instead!”
No, somehow on the contrary it’s as expected
It seelabe-san would do
“And, the people in the castle are defending?”
“Ahh However not even one person has died Why? Why are they advancing without killing anyone?”
Gann-san was pondering but, I understood somewhat
Perhaps, aren’t they taking me into consideration?
To be honest, while I was in the mercenary corp, I haven’t seen a dead body
I understood that Ganglabe-san was trying his best so that I wouldn’t have to see a dead body
Well, even I’ve seen a corpse when I attended my relative’s funeral
But I’ve never seen a h
Thinking that if he shows me a corpse, I’ll become afraid
“Gann-san Can you predict where Ganglabe-san is heading?”
“Probably Gingus-saht now Ekress-sama should be there too
What are you planning?”
“Let’s end this mess
If they know that I’ht”
Since I don’t have even a single wound, nope
“Will it work out soo?”
“It’ll have to somehow
I have to do sory”
I place a lid on the last pot and faced Gann-san
“Let’s go Please guide me”
“Understood…
Since you seem determined I think it’s useless to even stop you
Except, do not leave ht happen”
“I understand”
We rush out into the corridor, and started to run towards Gingus-sama’s office
Along the way, there were injured people everywhere…
Not one of thest all the people ere finished with just a light wound, there were also people whose wounds have turned out to be quite severe
It was a scene that let ry everyone was
Even without killing, without inflicting severe wounds, it’s clear that they arethem receive punishment
It’s a little scary
“Shuri, this isn’t your fault”
That’s when Gann-san said as he runs in front of me
Without turning his face, without losing his breath
“All of this is our just desserts
The punish you should bother yourself with”
“Is that so…”
Even if you say that…
“Ahh, dao a different route!”
“Eh?”
After thinking deeply for a bit, Gann-san stopped
Looking in front of
It was the corridor but, it was blocked with a twisted path
Literally, 『Twisted』, desu It was as if the entire roo destruction
Couldn’t this be art instead?
“It’s them!
Most likely, so that the pursuers can’t follow them, they blocked the path!”
“Going so far, is this normal?”
“No! This is, for presentis a super difficult technique, it’s not so that’ll make its debut in this sort of place!
This is just how angry they are!”
Uwahhh…
“Am I, popular?”
Gann-san facepalmed
“Stop saying stupid shi+t and let’s go a different route!”
“A different route?”
“It’s a detour!
Let’s teo to the Feudal Lord’s office, and then go up the eency stairs in front of that!
shi+t, it truly is a detour!”
“Please wait a moment”
There was a word I couldn’t ignore
“Speaking of which, what are the chief vassals and Feudal Lord doing?”
“Ah? Well probably hiding in a roo?
Taking refuge or so”
Refuge…
“You said that Ganglabe-san and everyone was called by Gingus-saht?”
“Ahh, that’s right but…”
“Why did he call them?”
“Well, to hear about your scandal”
Here, Gann-san stopped
“Yes, rather than the ti unnatural, it could be said that he can only call them here
Soon Princess Tebis will coht be a sanction due to trade reconsiderations Using the fact that you were arrested unfairly
Before that, did he plan to capture the commanders and hand you to Newbyst?”
“Is there anyto that?”
“Almost none All the other side de the 『Trade reconsiderations』 ahead of ti if the other side does not make use of that card
Rather, if ere to suddenly to use that card then, 『With the degree that you have har political action?』 and 『Insult』as the excuse to sanction us
That sort of thing, there’s no way the Feudal Lord would”
Once again, Gann-san ed into an expression of anger
“I see, he’s being confined!
If a feudal lord’s son, regardless of if he’s the father, confines the feudal lord then, he can’t escape the death penalty!
He took the worst possible action!”
“Worst, is it?”
“Yes, he can’t escape death and by doing this, the citizens ht misunderstand it for a coup d’état, and the inside of the territory will be in chaos!
What to do…! Would it be better to release the Feudal Lord and the other’s first? Or is it better to stop Ganglabe?”
“I understand”
Since I finally understand the flow of the conversation, I gave a suggestion
“With the path you taught o the rest by intuition
Gann-san, please go release the Feudal Lord and them
If it’s now, you can still ht? “
“Are you stupid? There’s no way I can let you go by yourself”
“But, I alabe-san
The only one who can release the Feudal Lord is Gann-san
It’s the sa work”
“You…”
“Let’s stop it, Gann-san”
I say as I turn back to the path that I came
“Alright? This stupid fight”
I say nihilistically once again
“…Stupid
Understood I’ll accompany you until we reach the Feudal Lord’s room
After that is a straight path Don’t get lost”
Woot, nihility success!
Woops, this isn’t the time to play around
Even I can read the mood
Hurriedly turning back and running down the path that we had come from, suddenly there was someone in the corner of the corridor
A person hugging his knees to become smaller
Despite being a large man, he appears small
“Gann-san That, who is it?”
“Ha? Wait, isn’t it Adora!”
Gann-san stops with his eency brakes, and rushed over to the person named Adora
“Oi, are you alright Adora!?”
“Hn? … Ahh, Gann, huh It’s been a while I’ht”
“As if you’re alright! What exactly happened Were you assaulted by Ganglabe and the others?!”
“Ahh, that’s right…”
Adora-san says in a s of his frame
“At first, I thought it was easy…
We tried to arrest them when they first arrived in front of the castle, then our coet it, I don’t understand what ic was used at all…
At the entrance, with overwhel archery abilities, the twenty odd soldiers were all made powerless under just one person…
When I heard that from my contact, I ambushed them here as the final fortress…
Which is why I’m like this now…”
“What do you ht”
“THAT’S-RIGHT-I’M-NOT-EVEN-INJURED-NO-I’M-NOT-EVEN-HIS-OPPONENT-NO-I-CAN’T-EVEN-BE-HIS-ENEMY-NO!!!”
Suddenly Adora-san shouted
And then, held both shoulders and was shaking
Unable to focus his eyes, horribly frightened
“That is a ers, th couldn’t even cut a swords as if I was less than a bug… That’s not human…
Wh-what is it I wonder
This face which looks as if he saw some unidentified monster
“Gann-san Who is this?”
“Ahh One of my few acquaintances, Adora
He is famous as the best soldier in this castle
There is practically no person in this castle that can win against him”
“Someone like that, why is he like this?”
“Well your… it’s the act of Ganglabe and the others”
“Yes…”
Adora-san said see depressed
“The one I fought was, the ar…”
“Acha~…” (TL: “Uh oh” reminds me of sket dance)
Your luck is just too bad
That person, has chopped boulders with his sword before
“Isn’t this a!” he’ll also say as he smashes armours with his fists
He’s way too superhuman that I back away from him, he is
“Excuse me, Adora-san?”
“…Who are you”
“Ummm…”
It seelabe’s Mercenary Corp, desu’ here, it’ll get complicated
“I’m an acquaintance of Gann-san
About Cougar-san, he is an acquaintance or so…”
“Just leave me alone…”
Ah, this is bad
His heart’s been fractured
“Adora-san, is fighting the only thing you can do?”
“Ah?”
“Like I said, Adora-san, don’t you have so?”
“I don’t…”
“In that case, won’t you come with me?”
“Eh?!”
Next to me, Gann-san was super-duper surprised, I continue
“I was just looking for someone who can do some muscle work
Once this uard and be a cook with me?”
“Why do I have to do a poor man’s job like as a cook”
“Then, will you continue to be a soldier?
Can you continue fighting?”
It’s probably iht…
Adora-san too, shook his head lightly
“The battlefield, isn’t just a world of swords, bows and ic you know
Cooking is war as well”
“Wa…r?”
“Yes The one who makes and the one who eats These two battle without honour nor humanity
If they say it’s good, then the one made it wins, if they say it’s bad then the one who eats it wins (TL: Really?… )
Making a meal where you can’t even find scraps, one where your appetite is satisfied,the one who eats consent This is the battle of chefs
I found this battle to be my raison d’etre”
Nevertheless, the base of the fun coh
“How about it? If the current battlefield doesn’tfor a different battlefield”
“Different… battlefield”
“Everything in this world is a fight with soht is so you seek from outside or seek from inside yourself
I sought an internal fight
The tension of cooking, the ih that it’s beyond your iination
It’s because it’s a dish that you’ll be giving someone to eat You don’t want them to ever say that it tastes bad
The technique and courage I earned doing that are my treasure even now
Nowadays it has become a 『Weapon』 for the sake of my comrades”
Actually, when it was decided I was to cook atparty for the first ti myself to not want to fail
Mobilising all the cooking knowledge and technique I had accumulated, I made it desperately
The result, everyone was delighted
However, I couldn’t accept it
If that broth was thicker, if that
When I noticed, I continued finding flaws that only I could find
That is, ht
As a result, even now I can make it well and I also improved
“Adora-san If you wish for a different external battle then
If you feel like it, it’ll be nice if you will fight alongside me
I don’t ht away
Since we are in a rush too
Let’s go, Gann-san”
“O-ohh”
We ran again
However, I think I want to reflect on that conversation just now
So e!!!
What a off, what external, what internal!
I ended up saying those words because that was a speech I read in ait, it’s just s you don’t want to remember)
Returning all the way to the entrance, it has already become pandemonium there
The people ere injured fro roaning from the treatment’s pain
“Shuri, don’t think about it”
“Y-yes”
Yes, I can’t think about it
If I empathise too much, I think I’ll vomit
“Also… Shuri I stop here”
“Eh?”
Before I had realised, Gann-san came to a standstill
“Go straight from here, up the stairs, take a left, and the roous-sama’s office
Please Other than you, I have no one else to rely on
The fact they had stopped even Adora labe and the others
No one, but you”
“……”
Seeing Gann-san lowering his head, I nodded
“I understand I’ll stop them”
“…Apologies”
“Ah, also After you save the Feudal Lord, please bring hi”
“What?”
“They have to talk, don’t you agree Father and son”
Being confined because of a quarrel, that’s sad don’t you think?
“That’s why I leave it to you”
“…I don’t guarantee it”
“Even if you only put in the effort”
“Understood”
“Then, I’”
I ran
Down the corridor, up the stairs, earnestly doing nothing but following the given route
Fortunately I didn’t pass by anyone, I also didn’t erous eyes
What I thought along the hat I should say when I meet them
What is soood that someone like me, who is irrelevant to the disputes of nobles, should say?
The nuhts I’ve been in, was only an amount that I could count on one hand when I was a child
I got along ith my friends, my relationshi+p with my parents wasn’t bad either
If you put that another way, it hts
Maybe I’ve never had soht as an enemy
But, nevertheless I