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This is Yukkuri demasu!
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correct. Please correct me if I was wrong.
Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor, Proofreader:
TheDefend
Chapter 62: Food Advisory
On the corner of the campsite that was dyed by the
sunset color, Marie was peeling a potato with a nervous expression.
Marie’s hand that was holding the knife was trembling
due to the nervousness, so the peeling work was slow and didn’t make any
progress at all.
In front of Marie, there was a table where several
vegetables were placed on top of it.
She would chop the vegetables into small pieces and
then cooked them with the ingredients that Kazura had prepared.
Beside the table was the makeshift cook stove made
from clay bricks that the army brought with them. A small bronze pot was placed
atop of it.
Inside the pot was a stew made from the vegetables prepared
by Kazura.
「You don’t need to be that nervous. Since it isn’t like you need to cook for
a feast. It will be fine to just cut the vegetables a bit, put them together
into the stew and boil it.」(Kazura)
Kazura, who watching her nearby, was unable to just
watch Marie’s excessive nervousness and so he called out to her.
「Y-yes! A-ah!?」(Marie)
Being called out by Kazura, Marie became even more
nervous so that she let the potato in her hand slipped and almost dropped it
down.
Since she also holding the knife in her hand with so much
strength, it wouldn’t be strange if sooner or later she would injure herself.
「I-I am terribly sorry. Normally, she can finish it faster, but……」(Havel)
Seeing that Marie was nervously worried stiff, Havel,
who was closely observing the cooking while holding his breath in anxiety, was
feeling uneasy with the situation and so he apologized to Kazura.
For Havel, since it had reached this point, it would
be unbearable if his proposal before was annulled by Kazura.
For Marie, she must show a good performance somehow, as
she wants to give a good impression to Kazura even for just a little bit.
「Hmm…… As expected, from what I’m seeing, are you feeling nervous?」(Kazura)
「N-n-n-not at all! B-b-by no means, this kind of things, never!」(Marie)
Although she was visibly nervous, Marie replied in
such words that made Kazura smiled wryly and lightly put his hand on Havel’s
shoulder, who was standing beside him.
「I will go and look around. Havel-san, I leave the rest to you.」(Kazura)
Kazura addressed Havel before starting to walk away.
While seeing Kazura’s back that gradually fading away,
Havel made a large sigh.
「Listen Marie, I beg of you…… Since Kazura-sama has been especially granting
this kind of opportunity……」(Havel)
「I am terribly sorry…… However, being watched by a great noble like
Kazura-sama is too much for me……」(Marie)
Perhaps because she was released from nervousness
because Kazura was being away, Marie, more or less, felt relieved and
apologized to Havel.
Even though she had chatted with Kazura inside the
carriage during the travel, for Marie, Kazura is a person with position far
higher than hers.
In addition, even being permitted to board the
carriage with Kazura is already a grand event, but this time she was being
appointed as Kazura’s personal cook.
To be able to keep her composure together in this
event was something beyond the ability of Marie’s heart.
「Umm, Kazura-sama is a great noble that even outrank Nelson-sama, right? To
become a personal cook for such great person, will someone like me will suit
the position? …… Furthermore, my cooking skill compared to everyone else in the
mansion is still not much……」(Marie)
「Marie.」(Havel)
Perhaps because she was worried about her cooking
ability, Marie complained in a soft voice, which make Havel sent a worried look
to her.
Havel looked over the surroundings and confirming
whether Kazura or Zirconia were nearby, then he spoke to Marie with a similarly
hushed voice.
「I know that you are feeling uneasy,
but this is the best chance for you to leave Leveson’s House. Even you don’t
want to always remain in that place, right?」
「That is…… Yes. However, this is deceiving Kazura-sama and Zirconia-sama……
Furthermore, there is also the promise between Havel-sama and Nor-sama……」
「Don’t say it like that. I am not particularly deceiving Kazura-sama or
Zirconia-sama nor telling a lie. If this goes well then Father might have no
choice but to surrender your ownership rights, then I can use this as an excuse
and then reneged that promise with Father. You don’t need to think too much,
just concentrate on the task before you. Even though this is the first time you
did this, please quickly make a dish that pleased Kazura-sama.」(Havel)
「……Yes.」(Marie)
Although Marie nodded, it seems that there are still
uneasiness lingering inside her heart, so she still had this clouded expression
on her face.
Even if this was a good chance for her to leave the House
of Leveson, she might be reluctant for that chance to be in this kind of way.
Some irritation appeared on Havel’s mind when he saw
Marie like this, but he couldn’t let this out.
Havel made a sigh and then informed Marie about the
promise that he previously exchanged with Kazura.
「By the way, the ingredients that Kazura-sama entrust to you must not be
eaten by anyone else. This is Kazura-sama’s strict order.」(Havel)
「Yes, certainly…… But, will it is alright if it’s to test the taste?」(Marie)
「If it’s tasting then it should be alright. Or rather, I think it will be impossible
to cook without performing a tasting.」(Havel)
「That’s true…… etto, let’s see the taste before putting the vegetable in……」(Marie)
Marie put the potato and the knife, that she hold, on
the table, before taking a small wooden bowl and moved to the pot.
Then he moved a small amount of the vegetable stew in
the pot to the small bowl and then took a sip from it.
「……Delicious.」(Marie)
When Marie begin tasting the vegetable stew, the taste,
that she never had before until now, made her widely opened her eyes in surprise.
The flavor that spread out inside her mouth was mild
but exquisite, the deliciousness made her forgotten her true aim of tasting it.
When her consciousness returns, she tried to think up
ways to reproduce the taste. But she had no idea what ingredients she needs to
use to reproduce the taste.
The vegetable stew that Marie was tasting right now
was a canned stew Kazura purchased on an expensive gift corner in a department
store.
It seems that it was produced under the supervision of
a famous hotel, so it’s an expensive item that cost 8000 yen for a set of 5 cans.
As expected from something costing that high, its
taste was also extremely superb.
「O-One more sip……」(Marie)
「H-hey, Marie. You are only tasting, right? You can’t overeat it, you know.」(Havel)
Havel hurriedly warned Marie who was trying to scoop the
stew from the pot to continue tasting it.
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When Marie was attempting her second testing, Kazura
was wandering around the campsite, while sightseeing the spectacles of the
servants working at the dinner preparations.
Then, he saw the scene of a servant scooping a dish to
taste its taste.
「Oh blimey, I completely forgot about tasting!」(Kazura)
He spontaneously stopped on the spot as his mind became greatly troubled.
✧✦✧✦
On the night of the next day.
The convoy, that entered Isteria late at night to
avoid public notice, silently and inconspicuously unloaded their cargo at the front
plaza of Nelson’s Estate.
Because the sun had already sunk completely, the plaza
was quite dark since it was only illuminated by the neighboring torches here
and there.
Even the downtown that they passed through to reach
the estate was no exception, the number of buildings that was illuminated with
lights could hardly be counted.
Inside such situation the soldiers energetically moved
around and together with the servants’ cooperation they unloaded the cargo
which piled up at the plaza.
Isaac and Havel were with the carriage that carried Kazura’s
personal items and kept a watchful eye that the items won’t be handled roughly.
Kazura was observing Zirconia and the scene of the
work, when Nelson appeared from the Estate.
The clock that Kazura brought had already pointed at 2’oclock,
but it seems that Nelson was still awake.
「Kazura-dono, you must be tired from the long journey. Did the transport progressed
as planned?」(Nelson)
「Yes, I am able to prepare all the promised goods . But there are also several
goods that are outside my promise.」(Kazura)
「Goods outside the promise?」(Nelson)
「Yes, since they are unusual goods, to be seen by many people is…… Also
since it’s quite the amount, please prepare a rather vast room at the first
floor. Please make it a room that faced the garden.」
The reason why Kazura asked for a room that faces the garden,
was for the expected usage of gasoline generator and the hydro generator.
Since he planned to install the generator at the
courtyard outside the room, if the room is on the second floor, then it might
need a long wiring and this is inconvenient.
Furthermore, so that he could use the next planned hydro
generator, it must be driven by customizing parts of water channels in the courtyard.
Since there were several irrigation and drainage water
channels flowing in the courtyard, he could divert these channels to create a
channel for the hydro generator.
「Also, although I had scheduled to start working from tomorrow, but tomorrow
morning…… I will have a brief rest, at the afternoon we will start the restoration
of the surrounding grain producing region. Have you prepared the needed manpower?」(Kazura)
Actually, he wanted to start working from the early
morning tomorrow but currently Kazura was totally exhausted.
He had dozed off in the carriage, but it was hard to be
sound asleep on a shaking carriage, as in when he repeatedly was awoken by the
jolt just when he started to doze off.
Due to the carriage’s wheel being a wooden one, there
was nothing like a shock absorber as a damping mechanism for the vibration, so
even threading a bump or small stone in the road would cause the whole carriage
to have a severe sway.
Marie, as always, was in motion sickness and never
release the handkerchief with the essential oil. Kazura himself also felt a bit
bad when he arrived at Isteria.
「I have made arrangements so that the people from the family that manage the
grain producing region will send their personnel at a moment’s notice. However,
I believe they will be mixed with slaves that the families own. Will this arrangement
be alright for you?」(Nelson)
「……Slaves, huh?」(Kazura)
Hearing the word slaves, Kazura made a small frown.
Previously he had heard from Valetta during their
conversations that there was a slavery system in this country, so he already
knew about its existence.
However, when he once again heard the word “slave”, he
couldn’t feel comfortable by this.
「Then, what about instead of the slaves we will use our soldiers? If we
exempting the reserve forces, we will mobilize the entire 600 members of the
First and the Second Corps of Nobles Guard.」(Nelson)
Nelson grasped that Kazura’s unfavorable reaction and
so he presented an alternative proposal.
For Nelson, slaves are everyday occurrence and
existences that closely related and indispensable to their daily lives.
However, Nelson also had considerable awareness that he
was treating a human being as a property.
In front of Greysior the God of Benevolence and
Harvest, he was hesitated to speak about the slaves’ existences, but if he used
them without saying anything, it would be worse or so he thought.
However, when he saw Kazura’s reaction to it, he
regretted mentioning about the slaves.
If Kazura ordered to emancipate all the slaves right
here right now, then even if this is Kazura’s order, Nelson couldn’t just
immediately agree on the spot.
If he did this, not only the economy will collapse,
but before the slaves’ emancipation could be put in effect, the nobles and
citizens on the province will be enraged and might cause a rebellion.
「……No need, there is no problem with the previous proposal. These soldiers
should have other duties, right?」(Kazura)
「These soldiers are the garrison army that is being responsible for the region’s
defense and patrolling outside the cities, but……」(Nelson)
「Then, let’s return these soldiers to their duties. The next duties will not be a task that can be
finished in one or two days. We also couldn’t always expect for these soldiers
to give help every time, don’t you agree?」(Kazura)
Kazura was unexpectedly made a pragmatic opinion, so
Nelson was astonished and at the same time feeling relieved.
It was because he had been thinking about what is the
best way to persuade Kazura if Kazura somehow ordered for slaves emancipation.
「I understand. In that case, tomorrow afternoon I will gather the manpower
excluding the people who manned the city walls. Since I want them to help with
the northern grain producing area that is in the worst situation first.」(Nelson)
「I don’t have any objection on this. Then, how about the parts production
that I instructed before?」(Kazura)
「We already have 30 units at our disposal. If the craftsmen become more
familiar with the production then their production efficiency might rise even
more.」(Nelson)
The parts that Kazura mentioned was the waterwheel
parts that he instructed before to Zirconia.
Although he was worried about how many pieces they
able to produce until he arrived at Isteria, it seems that they had produced
them in a number he hadn’t foreseen before.
「Oh, you had produced so many. With that high productivity, then I wouldn’t
need to worry about the future.」(Kazura)
Zirconia, who was watching the conversation next to
Kazura, was also felt relieved when she heard Kazura’s reply.
Perhaps during the times in Grisea Village, she was
also concerned whether or not the parts production was doing well.
「That’s good to hear. Since I handed somewhat large monetary compensation to
the craftsmen, of course, they would be working hard.」(Nelson)
「Indeed, one couldn’t help but to work hard if they obtain something…… Then,
for now, I want to take a rest……」(Kazura)
「Oh, certainly it is. I will quickly
prepare the room. Since I have prepared the bath, do you want to have one while
waiting for your room preparation to be finished?」(Nelson)
「I will accept your offer.」(Kazura)
The conversation ended at that moment, then led by
Nelson, Kazura walked towards the mansion.
「(…… Hmm, it seems that I had forgotten something.)」(Kazura)
He suddenly felt that he had forgotten something, so
Kazura was wracking his brain while walking towards the mansion.
However, even though he was trying to recall it, his head
was tired from exhaustion, and in the end, he given up on thinking about this
and headed to the bath.
Kazura walked away, leaving the pile of goods behind.
Inside that pile, there was a large cooler box, which
contained a large amount of frozen vegetables together with packed dry ice. However,
the dry ice was on their last breath and will finish their duties in just less
than one or two hours.
☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽
Kazura has been
learning from Satou. To conquer a loli girl, start from their stomach…
Lure them with delicious food.
Also, Marie will be a
‘Greysior blessed ones’… Perhaps her strength will become her or Havel’s ‘proof’
that Greysior (a.k.a. Kazura-sama) is setting his eyes on her…
Talking about the
food… NOOOO….. THE FOOD WILL BE SPOILED‼! Will Kazura need to eat canned food
for the rest of his stay?
Meanwhile, Lieze……
Will Kazura move from Valetta’s Route to Harem Ending?
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Surely in end up Harem route....
Nein! No! Won't happen! Valetta is the true girl dammit! Harem is fine usually but not in this case.
DeleteOTP for the win! Don't want to see that manipulative almost b*tch like ojou-sama or that useless loli go with Kazura. Hardworking Valetta is just best!
... Just in case, I'm sorry for the outburst, really, I'm repenting...
Deletethere are 2 main heroines, Valetta and the ojou-san. LN and WN have diff. endings with each of the girls as mentioned previously in NUF
Deletepoor kazura san who forgets the most important task ever...the food protection....
ReplyDeletebtw....havel doesn't fear that kazura might steal marie-san?
Nope, in fact, he was hoping for that to happen.
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ReplyDelete"Oh blimey". Your british is showing =p
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ReplyDeleteit's night so it's not that hot, and veggies don't spoil that fast. you at least need 3-4 days b4 they begin rot at most 2 wks, as long as they are not exposed to moisture and it's dry ice then there's gonna be minimal moisture.
ReplyDeleteBut this is a different world we don't know if the veggies will spoil faster or slower. Considering the food from that world doesn't provide nutrition it's possible that the veggies won't be able to survive the night in the unknown environment. Expecially since these are directly from Earth and weren't made in that world. There's a lot of stuff Kazura doesn't know and what he doesn't know we don't know either.
DeleteOh and dry ice doesn't melt it just smokes it's self out. It might be a warm night too.
DeleteFDA guidelines recommend keeping freezers at 0F (-18C) and discarding perishables after a power outage that exceed 40F (4.4C) for more than 2 hours. They estimate 48 hours for a fully stocked freezer to reach those temperatures. Dry ice, being -109f (78.5C), is 3.7 times colder and will take roughly that much longer for things cooled to that temerature to reach 40F.
DeleteA cooler will have inferior insulating properties compared to a freezer, and in general, its smaller size (and by extension its mass to surface area ratio) means that things warm up in a cooler much faster after the ice melts, or in this case, sublimates. Another point of contention is that evaporated dry ice is lost mass, melted ice is just water and has a high specific heat, meaning it warms slower than most things.
this is rather funny. But reality shows different numbers.
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ReplyDeleteHmm, pretty sure he didn't mean to seduce Marie with food... Next level tactics?
ReplyDeleteAlso, surely they won't mind if Kazura were to practice polygamy... So the question really is, who's #2? Tractor-chan, Miss Gold Digger or Loli~ Or even the darkhorse Isaac? :p
<3 thanks waiting next chapter
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, him forgetting the food is stupid. His biggest issue in this world that hes worried about is food. As well as that's the main focus of all these recent chapters.... Hope the series doesn't continue with this bad writing
ReplyDeleteFound chapter 1 of the manga adaption if anyone is interested in reading it in Russian. Can't find any info at the usual places about the manga, like myaninelist or bakaupdates, let alone the raw scans of it, which is quite disappointing. Hope some scanlation group picks it up.
ReplyDeletehttp://mangachan.me/manga/63312-takarakuji-de-40-oku-atattandakedo-isekai-ni-ijuu-suru.html
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ReplyDeleteA loli with herculean str OMG XD
ReplyDeletepadahal Kazura mikirin soal makanan itu udah habis beberapa chapter loh. tapi kok bisa lupa gitu aja yak?
ReplyDeleteapa karena terlalu banyak hal yg lagi doi pikirin atau...?