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I changed from the white uniform before I dirtied it and moved with Austin-sama to the dining hall to have dinner with the Stantval family .
There, we met Lilika-sama again, but Lilika-sama who was surprised to see us raised her voice and ended up ignoring Austin-sama’s presence . I also became friends with her older brother——Reinhardt, who was the same age as me and we enjoyed the meal thoroughly .
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The next day, while resting in our room after having breakfast, a guide came to inform us that Austin-sama has called us over to get experimenting with the freeze-dry soup .“Good morning . Have you slept well?”
He guided us to the Stanval house’s kitchen, where Austin-sama was waiting with a smile on his face .
“Yes, we had a good rest . ”
“”Slept a lot~””
“Still, is it fine for you to be in the kitchen, Austin-sama? Wouldn’t it be better to carry the finished soup to the lounge?”
“This way is much more convenient . Like this, you can prepare lunch while checking on us if we are not missing any key points . ”
“Ehh!?”It seems that he was serious yesterday about the curry~
Rather, I didn’t think he would make plans so properly . Besides, even if I had to cook lunch, I wouldn’t have a problem if the kitchen wasn’t available .
“Err… how much should I make?”
“You can use all the ingredients there, you can make lots . You don’t have to bother with bread or salad, so you can focus on making the curry . ”
Taking a glance where Austin-sama was pointing at, there was a pile of onions, potatoes, carrots, and Orc meat . Of course, the curry powder sold by the Fiji Company wasn’t missing .
“You really are prepared . ”
“I’m asking you to do something that isn’t your job . This much is only given . ”
“By the way, do you mind if I make something personal on the occasion?”
“Sure, I don’t mind . ”
I checked whether I could make something I personally wanted on the occasion and got a kind permission from Austin-sama .
“Thank you very much . Then, I will get right into work . ”
“Yes, please go ahead . ”
I moved to the place with the pile of ingredients right away .
“”What kind of curry?””
“A normal curry using Orc meat . Can you help me?”
“”Yea!””
First, I chopped up the veggies and meat and placed them in a large saucepan, after stir-frying them for a little, I poured in some water and simmered until cooked . Actually, using soup stock would be better, but since we are making a good amount this time, I will put up with using water .
“”Onii~chan, this?””
“Yup, that’s scum . Please do your best to remove as much as possible . ”
“”Yess~””
After asking Allen and Elena to skim the scum from the curry, I checked on Austin-sama’s group, but the freeze-drying of the life magic-using knights seemed to be going well, so they were now focused on mass-producing the soup . They are apparently preparing samples to take with them to the negotiations with Creta .
“”No more scum~””
“Thank you both . This will definitely come out delicious now . ”
“”Really?””
I added roux from curry powder and flour I prepared in a separate pot to the saucepan the children cleaned of scum .
Oh, how about I add chocolate as a secret ingredient?
“All that’s left is to mix and simmer it until it’s done . ”
“”Can’t wait~””
There was enough time, so I decided to cook it normally without using the Aging magic, and moved to work on the personal project next .
“”Next is~?””
“Next I will make a few soups and turn them into instant soups . ”
“Instant soups?”
“That’s right . ”
Freeze-dry soup, as the name suggests, is a soup that undergone Freeze and Dry magic process, so to make the manufacturing process unclear, we have decided to call it instant soup .
The instant soup has already been taken in charge by the royal family, so I am unable to sell it . However, there’s no problem in making some for personal use, moreover, there won’t be any problems to gift them to other people, as long as the quantity is not too large .
Therefore, I will make two or three kinds of soups, freeze-dry them and deliver some to Rudolph-san who is leaving tomorrow . The rest will be used as emergency rations for the kids .
“What kind of soup would be good?”
“Err, you see~ Allen likes miso soup!”
“Elena likes tori soup, you know!”
Miso soup and tomato soup, huh .
“That sounds nice . Why don’t we make curry soup too . ”
“”Yeah, sounds nice!””
I had the kids help me with a miso soup with plenty of ena grass (spinach) and shii (shiitake) mushrooms . A tori (tomato) soup with lots of cabbage and bacon . And a curry soup with lots of sausages and onions . We made these three kids of soups .
By the time we were done with the soups, the curry I cooked for lunch was also done .
“Takumi, you made some delicious-looking soups~”
“Austin-sama, are you guys done?”
“Yes, we finished safely . Since you made three kinds, they are most likely not for lunch, right? Are you also making instant soups?”
“Yes, that’s right . I was just about to freeze them . ”
“They look tasty . ”
“… Would you like a taste?”
“Thank you so much . ”
When I offered the overly curious Austin-sama a taste, his expression brightened .
Even though he just has to ask if he wants a taste~
“Then, let’s get to freeze them…”
“Leave it to Allen~”
“Leave it to Elena~”
“Eh!? Ehhh!?”
Simultaneously with their declaration, Allen and Elena used magic to make the soups float in the air one by one .
The spectacle of floating liquid was quite stunning .
“”Onii~chan, ice!””
“… Oh, right!——Freeze . ”
I was dumbfounded so the children had to urge me to freeze the floating soup .
The frozen soup tumbled down into the pot . Since the soups were floating above the pot, we finished with barely any soup dripping on the ground .
“”Onii~chan, next step~””
“Yep, indeed . ——Dry . ”
Next, I dried the piles of frozen soups in the pots .
Like this, the operation is complete! The three kinds of soups ended up getting mixed together, but we just have to separate them later~
“That’s some ridiculous method you have here…”
“Hahaha~ that was just an accident, an accident . ”
It was really an accident . It’s pathetic, but I got completely led by Allen and Elena…
“We are done here as well, how about we have lunch now?”
“”Lunch~!””
“Indeed . The kitchen has been filled with that fragrance for a while now and everyone is getting restless . ”
“”Quickly, quickly~””
Certainly, the knights making the instant soup were stealing glances at us once in a while, but the children seem to be the most restless here .
