Curry Cooking
The curry-making team was secured.
Since the kitchen was getting a bit too crowded, we carried the ingredients outside.
Anny, Barry from the capital, Delco, and Kelly stayed in the kitchen to handle the rice.
Barry was a tall man with light blue hair tied back, who used to be the deputy head chef at a noble's mansion in the capital. Delco and Kelly were a pair of siblings with tanned skin—Delco, the older brother, had short, dark brown, curly hair, while Kelly, the younger sister, wore all of her hair up in a bun.
In charge of the curry were myself, Brother Noel, Brother Gene, Mr. Abe, Mr. Ken, the junior private guards, the maid team, and also Tani, Koa, Lou, and Dennis.
"Alright, the maids, Tani, Koa, Lou, and Dennis, please peel the vegetables…. Lou, are you listening?"
"Hm? Ah."
Lou responded vaguely, so I walked over to him.
“… Megan’s maid outfit is cute, isn’t it? But you’re staring too much.”
I whispered, and Lou’s face turned bright red.
“W-Wh-What? Who’s…?”
“Your face is totally red.”
“S-Shut up.”
I decided not to tease him any further and said,
“Here, peel this.”
I handed him a Tamaon and stepped away.
"Alright, then, brothers and private guard members, please cut the peeled vegetables."
"""“Got it.”"""
"Mr. Abe, Mr. Ken, please take care of the chicken… Do we have enough chicken?"
“Ah, we probably don’t have enough regular chicken, but we’ve got quite a bit of Luff bird meat.”
“Then let’s make Luff Curry. I want the skin on the Luff bird to get crispy when grilled. Oh, and don’t throw out the fat that comes out when grilling—collect it in this small pot.”
“Huh? What’s that for?”
Ken asked.
“Chicken fat is called schmaltz, and it's great for stir-frying vegetables. We’ll use it later.”
“Got it. Understood.”
In about one hour, the ingredients were all chopped, tossed into a large pot, and boiled. Once the vegetables were cooked through, we added the grilled Luff bird. Finally, we added the curry roux, and a delicious aroma began to waft around the area.
“Whoa~ smells amazing. Just the smell is making me hungry.”
“Whatever it is, I’ve never had it before, but I can already tell it’ll be good.”
Hehehe, both of my brothers are totally captivated by the curry.
But I get it. The smell of curry is just irresistible. And once you eat it, it’s totally addicting.
“Alright, let’s taste it.”
(YEAHHHH!!)
(SO GOOD!!)
(DELICIOUS!!)
As I thought, it’s a flavor loved by people of all ages.
“Awwww!! No fair!!”
The four in charge of rice came running from the kitchen.
“We came because it smelled so good, and you’re already tasting it… You should’ve called us!”
Anny pouted.
“Ah, sorry. Then, for the four of you, something special.”
I took rice I’d cooked earlier from storage, placed small servings on dishes, and poured curry over them.
“Um, why is rice and plates coming out of your storage, Young lady?”
Kelly asked with her head tilted in curiosity.
“Hm? Oh, so I can eat anytime.”
“Anytime?”
“Yeah. You never know what might happen.”
(So goood~~!!)
The mini curry rice was a hit. Delco and Kelly even licked their plates.
Even though they’ll get proper servings later…
“Young lady, I thought since it’s called curry, it would be spicy.”
Barry said.
So I pulled out some chili powder from storage.
“If you sprinkle this chili powder on it, it’ll be spicy. Since it’s everyone’s first time having curry, and I didn’t know if anyone liked it hot, I didn’t add it in.”
“Ah, I see. So you can just add it when you eat. I’ll try that later.”
Now all that was left was to wait for the group that went on the subjugation mission to return.
“Hmm, what should I do?”
“What’s troubling you, Missy?”
“Do you think just curry will be enough to fill everyone up?”
“Ahh, true. Should we make something extra?”
“In my past life, common curry toppings were tonkatsu, hamburger steak, karaage, fried vegetables, or cheese.”
“Sounds delicious.”
“What I can probably manage right now is tonkatsu. If we’re frying, maybe we should fry the vegetables too?”
“Then let’s get to it quickly. Pork okay?”
“Sure. Let’s fry nasu, peaman, and kabokin (pumpkin).”
We fried up tonkatsu and sliced vegetables, finishing up the toppings.
The sky was in that twilight magic hour, beautifully dyed in orange just before sunset.
Jacob had said he’d be back by evening… I wonder if something happened?
As I was spacing out, thinking about that, Brother Noel approached me.
“Jo, want to ride Snowy and fly up to take a look? It’s getting too late.”
“Yes. I was thinking the same.”
“Alright, let’s go. I already got Father’s permission.”
I climbed onto Snowy with Brother Noel and flew over the mansion.
Looking toward Crimson Woods, I saw a large group of people walking toward town.
“Ah, Brother Noel, there they are.”
“Yeah, good. At that distance, they’ll be here in about thirty minutes.”
“Hm? Brother Noel? Someone’s on a stretcher.”
“Huh!? You’re right. What happened?”
“Let’s go, Brother Noel. Snowy, please.”
(Okaaay.)
Brother Noel and I rushed on Snowy toward the returning group from the subjugation mission.
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