(Wn) Chapter 113 (1/2)

113 The Lunar Banquet

Silence filled the kitchen as we got ready to cook

First up on our list of things to prepare was spices

Not all the spices we had on hand would actually serve to improve the flavour of our curry bread, so we had to sort the to use aside It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that our choice of spices could either anthe spices with as much care as humanly pos—

— Or not I’d planned on proceeding with caution, but Urushi+ totally chucked that out theby sniffing at our ingredients Normally, that alone wasn’t much of a cause for concern, but it caused a chain reaction by sending a few spices flying towards Fran, who in turn sneezed and then caused o all over the place

『Alright, how about you guys go do soet all the spices prepped?』

「Nn」

「Whimper…」

I’d honestly wanted to use a doppelganger so I could check the taste and s process, but I ended up dropping the idea altogether I couldn’t , so it’d be better to keep the skill off cooldown just in case we happened to run into soency

I asked Fran to focus on prepping the other ingredients It'd not only prevent any additional incidents, but also help a lot in the long run, as I wouldn't have to deal with nearly as much prep work myself later

「Will prep well」

「Woof?」

『H for you to do Sorry Urushi+』

「Whimper whimper…」

『Yeah, I know you want to help, but it is what it is』

「Woof oof!」

『I know, I can see that, but I’』

「Bark!」

『It’s not ato help either』

Urushi+ sees as if to demonstrate that he could use his front paws in s were clearly shaking though, so it evidently wasn’t what you’d normally call the best idea

That said, seeing hi to do

Let’s see… he’sonly his mouth and front paws The former wasthat wouldn’t suffer fro it in his mouth all the time

『Oh, I kno about helping me make the butter?』

「Woof?」

『One sec』

I grabbed a barrel out of the die Inside was freshly squeezed milk, obtained frolomerate The plan was to use it in order to create butter which would then be used for the chicken broth we needed to flavour the spiciest variation I was originally planning to just use of space/tis that Urushi+ could actually do, so ht as well leave it up to him instead

To begin, I had him return to his usual size

『Hey Urushi+, open wide』

「Bark」

『Catch』

「Woof?」

『Make sure you don’t bite down, alright? The barrel’s made out of wood, so it’ll probably break if you do 』

「Woof」

『Alright, you don’t actually need to do anything super co it as hard as you can and not stop till I tell you to』

「W-Woof…?」

『Hey, you’re the one who said you wanted to help, so get to work already』

「W-Woof!」

Urushi+ obediently started to reproduce the ever so well known pheno in response to my commands All he had to do was keep that up for an hour, and we’d have butter! Though, he’d also probably be a bit more than just a bit dizzy, but hey, whatever He asked for it

And with that, both Fran and Urushi+ had so on the spices

Ti had almost seemed have blindsided us

Urushi+ was, as one would expect, no longer able to stand on his feet He’d been wobbling about in one of the room’s corners ever since he completed his task

『You guys want to take a break and go check out the Lunar Banquet?』

「Nn Will visit food stalls」

『That’s not really what Iwe o see what it's all about』

「Nn Lots of delicious food」

『Well, that works too I guess』

The city had already shi+fted gears into festival mode The streets were lined with stalls, and filled to the brim with people

『Things sure did get lively around here』

「Nn Nom nom」

『Wait a second, you’re eating already!?』

「Nn Grilled Squid」[1]

「Crunch crunch」

『Man, and now Urushi+’s even got hi a little too quick about this? It hasn’t even been a ot outside, you know?』

And wait, wasn’t Urushi+ totally about to collapse because of how dizzy he was just a second ago?

「Heard the call of tasty food」

「Woof」

I guess stuff like that doesn'tlike that

Fran oing back and forth between the two sides She visited every stall she pleased, and didn't let anything stop her food-filled advance

It didn’t take long for us start to hear the sound ofjapanese style festivalout of Europe, but seemed to have a bit of an African-ish flavour mixed into it as well

We startedtowards the sound’s source, and eventually found a fivea performance by the roadside Their instru back on Earth That is, theuse of violin and pipe-like objects to create their melodies

Enjoying ourselves once again caused tiht by, and before we knew it, the sun had vanished below the horizon

Dusk was promptly followed by a loud cheer from the festival's participants

『Oh? Looks like so』

「Over there Really big」

『Looks like a float Wait, is there someone on top of it?』

「Priestess」

『Huh, now that you ive off that whole sacred type of vibe』

Appraising her informed me that she was an oracle Wait, so can she really hear the Gods’ voices? If so, then I guess they really do exist, or at least they do in this world anyways

We wanted to follow the float because they were apparently going to perform a dance for the sake of so the sa a bitstuck because of all the human traffic, and at this rate, it looked like we'd probably end up ether

『Let’s get ourselves a birds eye viee don’t have to deal with this anymore』