Alright, Let’s Make Fish Soup with Ojisan
“Gordon, you here?”
“Young Master Kaito.”
Ahaha, what’s with you, Gordon?
That nasal voice… you don’t have to pinch your nose anymore.
“Gordon, it’s fine. The smell’s gotten lighter!”
“Oh? Oh my~ oh my, how strange. It doesn’t smell anymore. If anything, it might even smell… good (desu, masu).”
Hey, you slipped back into that stiff desu-masu speech again.
How long are you going to stay nervous like that? Seriously, that makes me laugh.
Hey, hey~ Appraisal Eye, again?
“Gordon’s Gordon: recent standing deficiency. Emergency situation, emergency situation!” What the heck is that supposed to mean?
I don’t know anything about that, okay?
And also, since when did he start sounding like an oneesan with all that “oh my, oh my, oh my”?
“Alright, Gordon. We’re finally using the miso. Can you help prepare the ingredients?”
“Yes, young master. What shall we prepare first?”
Let’s go with meat. Pork.
And also that thing… Nadansousou.
I still haven’t found anything that works as proper soup stock, so we’ll take the broth from the meat.
“Could you bring pork? And also Nadansousou?”
“Huh? That stuff? You can’t eat that. Actually… we don’t have it anymore.”
What?! That’s bad. That’s really bad.
“What do you mean? It was in the vegetable storage.”
“Ah~ yeah, that’s gone now. It probably rotted. It got all mushy, so I threw it away. Yep.”
“N-no way… Without Nadansousou, we can’t make it.
Call that merchant right away! The one who sold it before! Sebas, we need to get more Nadansousou immediately!”
“Yes, Young Master Kaito. You called for me?”
Of course he was already here.
“Can you urgently summon the merchant who sold Nadansousou?”
“Yes, young master.”
“While we wait for the merchant, go get ojisan.”
“Get Ojisan? What do you mean? He’s right here, isn’t he?”
Marle, that’s a human.
Sure, Gordon is an old guy… but that’s not what I mean.
“No, not that. I mean the fish, ojisan.”
“I’ll go get it. Young master and Marle-sama, please wait here.”
“Thanks. Alright, let’s get started. Put the ojisan on the cutting board.”
“Yep.”
…………… Hm? …………… Wait?
“Gordon, aren’t you going to cook?”
“Huh? I thought you were the one cooking, young master?”
“Huh? I’m not cooking. I only know the method. So Gordon, you make it.”
“Understood. Then let’s begin.”
“First, clean the fish and cut it so the head and body are separated.”
As expected of Gordon. He is the head chef, his hands moved quickly.
“Fill a pot with water and put it over the fire. Once it boils, put the whole fish in and let it simmer for thirty minutes.”
“Young master, shouldn’t we remove the head and bones?”
“Nope. Leave it just like that.”
“Also slice the pork thinly, and cut it about this long.”
I showed about five centimeters with my fingers.
“Oh~ and that goes in a different pot, okay? We’re making it separately. Fill another pot with water and bring it to a boil.”
Alright, today we’re making two kinds!
Fish head soup and pork miso soup.
Ahh, I can’t wait.
Ahhh… the ojisan fish is already giving off a nice smell.
Not an “old man smell”… more like a gorgeous aroma?
… Just kidding.
What do you think about this chapter?
