Cooking with Wild Game: Volume 31 (eBook)

EDA (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-3460-1 (ISBN)

Infos

With the arrival of the observers and the soldiers they brought with them, things have been hectic in Genos. Unrest has filled the town, and even the people at places like The Kimyuus's Tail have been suffering from their presence. Asuta was called in for questioning, along with many of his comrades, and no matter how hard they assert their innocence, the nobles from the capital just don't seem to want to listen.
Even having made it through that initial interrogation, though, their ordeal isn't over yet. The soldiers cause a huge commotion when they force their way into the forest's edge, angering all who live there, in what may be an intentional ploy by the observers. And that may not even end up being their worst transgression. Will the nobles of Genos and the people of the forest's edge be able to survive this trial, or will the observers prove too cruel and stubborn to win over in the end?
See all this and more in the exciting thirty-first volume of Cooking with Wild Game!

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“Yes, but if you were to eat the same amount of this as you would eat when having ordinary pancakes, I feel like it would make you sick. And it’s not just the sweetness but the density too,” Toor Deen said, half of her slice of chocolate cake still sitting on her plate. It had only taken her a single bit to reach that conclusion. “Of course, I can’t say that for certain without actually eating that much, but still... What do you think, Asuta?”

“Yeah, I agree. In my home country, we treated this as a heavy sweet, not something you’d eat a lot of, like pancakes. But even with that in mind, I think it would be ideal to make it less sweet.”

“I see. The gigi leaves wouldn’t make it too bitter then, would they?”

“Naturally, we’ll need to carefully adjust things to make sure that doesn’t happen. What do you think about changing the amount of milk fat we add, as well as the sugar?”

“That sounds good. And you said that normally you would add sugar to the fuwano as well, didn’t you?”

“Yeah, that’s how it’s made back in my country, because we use bitter chocolate instead of sweet.”

“It’s possible that the nature of the sweetness may change even if you use the same amount of sugar, depending on if you add it to the chocolate or the fuwano. Why don’t we try making the chocolate sauce more bitter and then add sugar to the fuwano instead?” Toor Deen said, her expression growing even more intense. She was always serious when it came to cooking, and her focus was always at its strongest when she was working on desserts. And as her bond with Odifia had grown deeper, that had become ever more strikingly apparent.

The desire to give Odifia delicious treats is really igniting her passion, I thought, shooting Toor Deen a smile. “All right, I think we’re ready to get started on our next experiment. Toor Deen, could I ask you to decide what we should do with the sugar?”

“Okay. Let’s start by halving the amount of sugar in the chocolate sauce. Then we’ll add that same amount to the fuwano, then half, and finally none, and see how it affects the flavor.”

“Got it. Then let’s start with the gigi leaves and—” I started to say, only for a loud voice full of tension to interrupt me.

“Asuta!”

Turning to look, I saw Raielfam Sudra standing in the entrance to the kitchen.

“Soldiers from the capital are approaching the Ruu settlement! Around fifty of them!”

“What?!” Mia Lea Ruu said. There was an intense gleam in her eyes as she turned toward Reina Ruu. “I’m going to go ask them what’s going on. All of you, stay here. We don’t have any fires going at the moment, so Lala, you and Kota come inside as well.”

“Got it,” Lala Ruu replied, stepping inside with Kota Ruu in her arms. “Asuta, stay with us. Their objective may be to abduct you,” she said to me as Mia Lea Ruu was rushing out of the kitchen.

“R-Right. But what are soldiers from the capital doing here?” I asked. And then I remembered what Sanjura had said.

The thousand lion commander Luido had to have sent orders to Doug and his men to do this.

But there’s no way they could know that I’m here at the Ruu settlement. So are they actually targeting the Ruu clan?

Feeling uneasy about how little we knew, I ran over to the Sudra clan head. “Raielfam Sudra, I’ve spoken with the leaders of the soldiers before. Wouldn’t it be better if I were out there talking to them with Mia Lea Ruu?”

The hunter looked down at the ground, hesitating for a moment, and then he replied, “Yes. It’ll be difficult for us to take action without knowing what they’re after. And if it comes down to it, we can always flee into the forest to lose them. But listen, don’t leave my side no matter what, all right?”

“Understood,” I said with a nod, and we hurried out of the kitchen too.

There was already a great deal of noise coming from the plaza.

3

Cheem Sudra and another young hunter were waiting outside of the kitchen. Since the older one had left with the other women to escort them home, these three Sudra hunters were all we had with us at the moment. With an intense glare in his eyes, Raielfam Sudra looked at the two of them.

“We are going to exchange words with the soldiers. Cheem, ready your bow and watch from the shadows. But no matter what, do not fire an arrow until they draw their blades.”

“Understood, clan head.”

With a deadly serious look, Cheem Sudra took hold of the bow that was looped over his shoulder. And then, with Raielfam Sudra and the other hunter on either side of me, I walked out into the plaza.

Once we had walked around the side of the main house, the plaza was only a few meters away, and we were able to see the soldiers quite clearly. There were around ten of them gathered in front of the main house, all clad in armor and equipped with swords. Mia Lea Ruu and Bartha were standing in front of them with crossed arms.

The real issue, though, was what the other soldiers were doing behind those ten. A significantly larger number of them were over by the branch houses, actively forcing their way into them.

There were dozens of totos in the plaza, which the soldiers must have ridden here. And as we’d been told, there seemed to be around fifty of them for fifty soldiers.

“What in the world is this about? I didn’t hear so much as a single word about us receiving this many guests,” Mia Lea Ruu called out boldly.

One of the soldiers facing her had a fine tassel on top of his helmet. “We came here to investigate how you people of the forest’s edge live. We mean you no harm, so simply return to your houses and behave yourselves.”

“What do you mean, investigate? If you want to visit someone’s house, you have to show the proper decorum, don’t you?” Mia Lea Ruu said, pointing at a nearby branch house. “Look, right there. Your men are trying to shove their way into a house when the people living there are trying to stop them. At the forest’s edge, our customs state that entering a home without permission is punishable by having a toe cut off.”

“That’s your custom, not the law of the kingdom.”

At that point, the Sudra hunters and I had come up beside Mia Lea Ruu.

“Doug, that’s you, isn’t it? What in the world are you doing?!” I asked.

“Asuta of the Fa clan? Why are you here?” Despite the visor hiding his face, that was undoubtedly the hundred lion commander Doug.

“I was giving cooking lessons to the members of the Ruu clan. Now why did you and your men come here?” I said, feeling my heart starting to beat faster.

“We’re here to look into the lifestyle of the people of the forest’s edge. We don’t intend any harm.”

“Hmph. And what exactly are you investigating that requires you to shove your way into our homes without even taking off your shoes?” Mia Lea Ruu said, sounding completely undaunted by the situation. She was standing tall and proud, glaring at Doug without restraint. “The leading clan head Donda Ruu placed me in charge for when he’s away, and I can’t permit such lawless acts.”

Next to her, Bartha had a more intense expression on her face than I had ever seen from her, and her hand was already on the sword at her hip.

Doug’s gaze shifted over to the two spirited women. He didn’t look concerned—from what I’d been told, he was apparently much more skilled than Bartha. “If you have complaints, then bring them to our superior. We’re just carrying out the mission we’ve been given.”

“Hold on. Where is this superior of yours? Tell me his name.”

“The one who gave the order was the thousand lion commander, Sir Luido. He’s in the castle town waiting for our report.”

Doug then signaled to his remaining soldiers, and they started moving closer to the main house.

“I said wait!” Mia Lea Ruu shouted, the forcefulness of her voice making the intruders halt. “The Ruu clan elder is currently resting in this house. I cannot allow a dangerous group such as yourselves to approach her.”

“How many times must I tell you that we don’t mean any harm?”

“If you want me to believe that, then don’t you think you should show some restraint?” Her gaze still fixed on Doug and his men, Mia Lea Ruu stepped back until her back was up against the door to her home. “Until I am satisfied with your reassurances, I cannot allow you to pass. Either bring your superior here, or wait for our clan head to return.”

Doug stood firmly in place, glaring at Mia Lea Ruu.

I turned toward the Sudra clan head, clenching my fists. “Raielfam Sudra, with the way things are going...”

“Yes, I know.”

Raielfam Sudra grabbed my wrist and fearlessly walked over to stand next to Mia Lea Ruu, the other hunter following behind us.

“Soldier of the capital, I will not permit you to lay a hand on the wife of the leading clan head. If you don’t wish for bloodshed, then leave this place,” he said.

“If you intend to get in our way, then we’ll have no choice but to draw our blades.”

“You wish to lose your lives in a place like this?” Raielfam Sudra asked, sounding confused.

Behind his visor, Doug...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Cooking with Wild Game
• Illustrationen: Kochimo
• Übersetzer: Gwendolyn Warner
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: business • cooking • Hunting • Isekai • Light Novel • Romance • Slice of Life
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-3460-5 / 1718334605
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-3460-1 / 9781718334601