Chapter 55

Chapter 55 – Revenge

This happened a few days after arriving at the town of Shirin .

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「Excuse me」

「Ou, welcome」

「I heard you sell white wheat here, do you have it?」

「White wheat? We have it」

Right . White wheat! Today, I have come to purchase rice .

White wheat is not popular, so people who know of it and stores that sell it are few, so I had troubles finding it . I visited a store from a store and finally found it .

I got onigiri and boiled rice from Syl, but it wasn’t that much . I’m glad I could find it before running out .

I don’t dislike bread, but as expected, as a Japanese, I want to regularly eat rice .

「What Niisan, you keep cattle?」

「No . That’s not the case, but can I purchase it?」

「Ou . That’s no problem . I will bring it, wait a moment」

As expected, it appears that White wheat does not have any other use than feeding the domestic animals . Therefore, rather than saying that I’m going to “eat it” and being looked at with strange eyes, it’s better to deceive somehow .

The shopkeeper brought a jute bag with White wheat from inside the store . From the looks of it, it’s about five kg .

「Is this alright?」

When I confirm the bag contents, it’s indeed a rice!

Neatly polished white grains of rice are inside the bag . I imagined it would have rice husks, or it would not be unpolished, but it’s unexpectedly in a good bearing .

「I would like a little more, but do you have more?」

「I don’t mind . How much would you like?」

「…… How much are you selling?」

If it can be bought, I want to secure rather a lot .

Because there’s no quality improvement, I think that the taste will be less than that of Japan’s rice, but it’s better than life without rice .

Even if it’s not good to eat as white rice, depending on the seasonings, risotto or Chinese fried rice should be no problem .

「We have currently four bags in the store altogether . There’s no problem selling all of it . We would have to stock up for more which would take time」

Four bags…… around twenty kg, huh .

「If there’s no problem selling them, I will purchase all four bags」

「Ooh, I alright . I will carry them out」

I buy out all White wheat from the store and leave the store chuckling to myself .

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「Now then, since there’s no rice cooker, it’s the pot . Can I do it well, I wonder……」

I started preparing outside the city to try making rice with White wheat .

――Piron♪

N?

Before I even tried to start to cook the rice, I heard an electrical sound inside my head .

「It’s Syl, isn’t it? ……《Open》」

When I opened the menu screen, a new item has appeared on the item list .

「Ooh, this is!」

Rice cooker! A rice cooker that uses fire magic stone instead of electrical outlets has been delivered to me . Usage is the same as the electrical one, insert rice and water and switch on! It appears to automatically stop when the rice is done .

It seems that it can’t retain the warmth because it’s just a tool to cook, but this is still wonderful .

Gratitude to Syl! Thank you!!

After immediately taking it out of《Infinite Storage》and using it, the rice was done in ten minutes . It’s faster than fast cooking! Very wonderful!

「Hot…… ngu」

I tried eating the cooked rice right away .

Ah, it tastes normal . It won’t be a problem using it like white rice .

「Allen, Elena . Ahh~」

Allen and Elena were fixedly jii~… staring at me, so when I presented the spoon with rice in front of them, the two pakan opened their mouths . They look like little chicks wanting to get fed .

When I put the rice in each’s mouth, the two mogumogu savor the taste .

「How is it?」

「「…… Delish~」」

「I see . I’m glad」

Allen and Elena smile slightly .

I think that I’m really glad that rice suits the two’s tastes . I would prepare something different for them if they didn’t like it, but as expected, I would be a little sad if they didn’t like rice .

Now then, shall I make the remaining rice into easy to eat onigiri?

However, there’s no nori . Moreover, I’m worried that the salt won’t hold it together, so I’d like to at least use as a garnish… garnish, huh…… because I have not obtained ingredients for seafood yet, I don’t have salmon or cod…… for the same reason okaka, kombu, and seaweed can’t be cooked .

Tuna-mayo…… I don’t have tuna . Rather, how do you prepare tuna? Soak the tuna fillet in oil and heat at a low temperature? Let’s try after getting my hands on tuna .

Tenmusu? Again…… . shrimps are also ingredients from the sea……

Thinking like this, there are many ingredients of the sea used with rice, aren’t there~

Other than sea…… umeboshi? I do have plum-like fruit, but it’s no umeboshi .

Leaf mustard? I have something resembling which it could be made from, but I’m bad at it so it’s rejected .

I need to prepare chicken while cooking rice . It’s not possible this time, but the ingredients are likely to gather, so let’s try next time .

Muu~ What else is thereee? I unexpectedly can’t remember…… .

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In the end, I had no choice, but to preserve the rice in the《Infinite Storage》that day .

Therefore, with the ingredients I have bought at the harbor’s morning market, I will take my revenge!

What I’m preparing is a grilled salmon-like fish .

The rest is seasoned with minced kombu and soy sauce . I finely chopped the katsuobushi in order to prepare okaka .

I have also prepared a nori-looking seaweed . First, I washed the seaweed well, finely chopped it, stretched it thin and flat, removed the moisture with water magic, and dried it using life magic’s《Dry》 .

The texture was a little rough, but it turned out to be a proper nori . You can do it if you try!

Now then, let’s cook the rice . I prepared the ingredients and nori . Ah, also the salt . I splurged a little and bought the best salt .

Now then, all that’s left is to shape it!

「Yosh, it’s done!」

After shaping a large amount of onigiri, I made a soup using the Sand Crab’s legs .

「Everyone~ The meal is done~」

「「Mea~l」」

『Kyan』『Na~』『Pii』『Garu』

To my call, the children were playing slightly further away, rushed back all at once .

Because I don’t know when Vivian-san will wake up, I had Joule and Feat turn into their small forms and gave up on Bolt’s and Vector’s situation .

I’m thinking of deceiving by saying that I contracted them when they were weakened or when they were small .

「…… Zzz…… N? Meal!?」

While thinking so, Vivian-san has awakened .

「Meal . Where is the meal~?」

Somehow… although beauty, she feels like a woman with a plenty of unfortunates……