60 Episode 59 Fish and Herbs (2/2)

It was a lucky guess.

The price is not very expensive, 240 Tel per meal.

But it's not cheap.

So be it.

I placed my order, and after a while, the food came out.

It was a little slower than the restaurants in Eyn, but the restaurants in this world work fast.

The fish that came out was kind of tough.

It was a whole fish, about 40 centimeters in size, with stinging jaws and fins.

It's not a scorpionfish, but more like this: ......

There's something about this fish that gives me a sense of déjà vu.

I think it's a black bass.

It's probably a salted fish.

I wonder if it's good. ......

Well, since it is recommended, it must be good.

I cut a little piece of fish called ”elatana” and put it in my mouth.

...... It's just plain good, tasting like a high-class river fish.

It looks like ayu fish, though it is quite large.

Ayu with a lot of volume is the best.

Even at this price, it's worth the reputation.

I devoured all the meat in less than 10 minutes.

However, there was still some meat left on the bones and near the spines.

However, the tableware in this restaurant is a wooden knife-like thing and something that looks like a broken spoon.

Unlike chopsticks, they are not suitable for this kind of detailed work.

It was time to exercise the power of my jaws, which had been strengthened by my ...... status.

I'll try to chew the remaining meat off the bone.

...... It's very tasty.

The cracker-like texture and the taste of eratana are a perfect match.

If I'm not careful, it might be better than eating the meat alone.

As I ate, I noticed that the elatana was completely gone, leaving the backbone and head.

”Thank you for the meal, please pay the bill.

”Yes, that'll be 240 yen. 　Please come again. ...... Oh, where are the other bones?

The waiter asks me with a strange look on his face as he takes my money.

”Oh, it was so good that I ate the whole bone. 　Thank you for the food.

And with that, I leave the restaurant.

”Are you from ......?

I heard such a voice as I was leaving.

You're right.

Now that you're hungry, let's do some work.

Burning a field is not just a matter of lighting a fire here.

You have to blow up the island you're planning to plant on beforehand.

Farming has become very noisy.

While worrying about the future of slash-and-burn agriculture, we move to the island and dive bomb it.

The bombing, made more powerful by the defeat of the dragons, struck the entire island, blowing up the trees with a roar.

About a minute after the bombing, the island regained its tranquility.

Thanks to the disappearance of the trees, I found out that there is a lake on the island.

It might be useful for something.

I got closer and took a peek.

The water seems to have saved it from being bombed to some extent, but the water is muddy and there are fallen trees.

There are also a lot of remnants of zunana grass floating around.

There are no fish in sight, and it seems to be no more than a water source.

Better than nothing, I guess.

It seems that we need to let it burn for a few days, so we decide to collect the blown-up weeds and go home.

I'll take a good rest tomorrow, since I won't be able to rest for a while once the Brokens attack starts.

--Two days later.

I'm heading back to the island.

To burn the trees and secure the farmland, of course.

Mercia would take care of the rest once the demons were taken care of, so that's pretty much all I had to do.

In other words, all I have to do is to burn the island down to the ground where it was the day before yesterday.

That's what I thought, but what was waiting for me was a field of lush zunana grass.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

...... I blew it up the day before yesterday, didn't I?

I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that.

No, but I'm sure we recovered the wreckage, but what happened?

Well, whatever the reason, there aren't many places where you can collect zunana grass without trees.

I mowed it down with water magic, put it in the item box, and set it on fire.

The large barrage of fire magic swallowed the trees and turned the island into a sea of fire.

Okay, that's it. I'll come back tomorrow to check on it.

I'll have to ask Mercia about how to use the large amount of zunana grass.

We burned it today, so it won't be on the island anymore, but it's still a lot to collect.

That's what I thought as I left the island and came back the next day to check on it.

--The next day, I came to see what was going on, and what I saw was a lush, green field of Zunana grass.