Chapter 55
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……