Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 522

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Checking Spices

 When I could no longer see Alicia’s carriage anymore, I teleported and went down to the front of the store. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 I look around the inside of the shop again from outside again and after making sure that there are no acquaintances inside, I enter the store. 

「Welcome」

 The storekeeper, a broad-shouldered man - seemingly a Lazurian - greets me with a smile on his face.

 His skin is not that dark so he’s probably a half, like Eric and Luna-san.

 In the back, the employees of the store - who seem to be half too - are busy moving around the place.

 Alicia was buying in large quantities earlier, so they are probably preparing to deliver her items in a hurry.

 There are a lot of bottles of spices on the shelf being packed into a box so I look around first.

「Our apologies, customer-sama. The items on the shelves over there have all been purchased by another customer so we are currently sold out of spices」

「No problem. I’m just here to see what kind of spices you have」

「Is that so. Then, please take your time」

 The storekeeper looked relieved when he told me that.

 I’m not here to buy anything today, I’m just here to check what kind of spices they sell.

 I start to check the spices lined up on the shelves one by one.

「Oh, there’s also cumin, turmeric, and coriander」

 When I looked around the store, I saw the three necessary spices for making curry neatly placed on the shelves.

 What. If they have those over there then I should have properly checked it last time I was here.

 When I tried looking at the price while having such thoughts, I saw that they were priced at 30 gold coins for one bottle.

 I was about to reflexively shout 「Expensive!」, but then I somehow managed to endure it.

 A bottle bigger than this one only cost 5 copper coins in Rassha’s shop.

 While the bottle here is much smaller and contains only a small amount of spices, to think it will cost this much across countries.

 Oh well, they said that the price increases greatly after it crosses over the desert so I guess it’s no wonder the price will increase this much after crossing the desert and a country.

 It cost one white gold/platinum coin for a bottle of cumin. It’s expensive as it is a rare spice.

 Rather, the wealth of the Ringrande house is enormous as they can go purchase the items on these shelves as if it were normal shopping. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Is there anything you would like to buy?」

「No, it seems like everything has been sold so I will visit again」

「It may take some time but it is possible to procure them….」

「It’s okay, I’m not in that much of a hurry」

Since I can even Teleport to Jaisal whenever I want, there’s no need to buy them at a high price in the country.

 For now, I just wanted some proof that I can get the ingredients in the royal capital.

 Achieving my purpose of coming here, I told the storekeeper some suitable reason and left the store, then I returned to My Home using Teleport.

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「See? I don’t have a woman, right? I was just playing around with Al」

「Nunununununu」

 The next day after I was taught the curry recipe from Bagdad.

 As soon as I entered My Home, Roomba said that while pointing his finger at me and Gates making a bored face.

「What, what is it? What are you talking about?」

 It’s not strange for Gates to visit My Home.

 I mean, he often drops by to hang out with Roomba.

 And besides, they sometimes use this place as a convenient base of activity when thinning out the monster population in the forest. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 What I’m more curious about now is the content of their conversation earlier.

 Roomba was saying something about ‘a woman’ so I’m extremely interested in it.

「Gates has been suspicious of me since I’ve been coming home so eagerly these days. He thinks I have a woman」

「I mean, Roomba was always having his meal at the restaurant but then he started to suddenly go home, you know? And he says that he had pre-made food waiting at the home. It’s natural to suspect that there’s the shadow of a woman in his life, right?」

 I see, so it seems like Gates was suspicious of Roomba’s awfully indifferent behavior recently.

 It’s true that you will naturally become suspicious when your usually sociable friend suddenly returns home at mealtime.

 Even I will be confident to say that I would also become suspicious if Roomba were to see Roomba coming home so promptly.

「That’s how it was. He’s just simply helping me make a new dish, you know?」

「That’s right」

「Whaat. You should tell me that sooner」

 Hearing my answer, Gates sighs and hangs his head in resignation.

「Al told me that the dish he was making was secret after all. Would it be better to tell Gates instead?」

「It will be troublesome if it gets found out since my family is a bunch of gluttons. But, it’s fine not to keep it a secret anymore. I can now make a delicious curry after all. Though strictly speaking, I was taught by someone about the correct way of making it」

 That’s because I didn’t want to be seen strangely consuming a lot of rare spices so I made it a secret.

 But, now that I’ve learned the method to make a delicious curry from Bagdad, I’ve acquired the method and there’s no need to keep it a secret anymore. I also have excuses prepared.

 Eleonora-neesan and the others are already suspicious of me, so it’s probably only a matter of time before they find out.

「Ooh, really! Then let me eat this so-called delicious curry!」

「Hm, I’m also curious about this dish that Al made. I also want to eat it」

 Hearing what I said, Roomba and Gates’s faces lit up. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Sure. I’m going to make it now, wait a bit」

 That was my intention from the start, so I let them have a taste and move to the kitchen.

「Hey, Roomba. What kind of food does Al make?」

「It’s something called ‘curry’, it’s so fragrant and delicious when you eat it with rice」

 With the innocent conversation from the uncles as the BGM, I take out the necessary ingredients from the fridge and subspace. 

 Light the magic stove, pour some oil into the pan, and add a teaspoon of mustard seed, cassia, cardamom, and cumin to stir-fry.

「Oooh!? I can already smell something good, you know? It’s faster than usual!」

 Maybe it’s because he has been watching me cooking from nearby that Roomba commented in surprise.

 That’s because I added the spices later in my previous cooking.

「Un, that’s cause I’ve tried changing the cooking method」

 Stir-frying the whole spice and properly mix the oil while replying simply.

 After that was done, I added garlic and ginger and stir-fried them, adding water so it wouldn’t get burnt.

 After that, I add finely chopped green chili and lightly fry them, and then add the chopped onion and carrot.

 I’ve reviewed the recipe I got from Bagdad and added a slightly different process.

 By doing this, it adds more depth and spiciness to the flavor.

「What a nice smell」

「Right?」

 Gates and Roomba were entranced by the smell wafting from the kitchen.

 It’s already releasing such a violent smell at this stage so curry is indeed a sinful thing.

 After frying them until the onion has become light brown, I add cumin, turmeric, and coriander, and then I continue to add ingredients like tomato sauce and chicken meat and mix them.

「What is this violent smell!? It makes me go hungry!」

「This is the smell of curry! But, today is several times better than usual!」

 The smell of a real curry starts to fill the air and the uncles waiting at the table are starting to become noisy. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 As expected, the smell of curry after the tempering process makes it somewhat different.

 It smells like an authentic Indian restaurant.

 I open the window a bit to ventilate so the room is not filled with the smell of curry too much.

 And while the roux is simmering, I prepare an earthenware pot and cook the rice.

 If you’re making a delicious curry, then you will definitely eat a large amount of rice to go along with it.

 I know that fact so I decided to put the earthenware pot on the magic stove and start cooking rice.

 And this time I properly add salt.

 It’s a simple process when you think about it, isn’t it? When you think about it calmly, it is natural that the dish’s flavor will be weak if you only add spices to it.

I’m embarrassed that I didn’t realize it myself

 Although there are various methods added based on the tempering and the recipe, at the very least I would be able to make a delicious curry if only I knew this before.

 If it’s the chef Bartolo, he would immediately know that it is lacking salt with his long years of experience and knowledge.

 Although, I couldn’t simply rely on Bartolo this time so it can’t be helped.

 I tried tasting it and it has already become a curry dish, and a delicious one at that. I would still be happy even if it was served like this.

「But, it’s still not enough」

 I made quite a lot since Gates is here so it seemed like it’s still lacking salt.

 So I adjust the flavor by adding other spices little by little.

 We are not used to the spices like Lazurians so I add a little lassi to make it milder.

「Un, something like this I guess」

 I taste it one more time to make sure I’m satisfied with the flavor.

 It hasn’t been stewed enough but it already tastes good.

 Just as I was feeling happy at the flavor, Roomba and Gates were already next to me before I knew it.

 Their eyes are bloodshot and their faces are scary. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Al, can we eat it now?」

「Not yet. It will take a little longer, just wait patiently」

「What kind of torture is this to be able to do nothing but wait in front of such a violently delicious smell……」

 Chasing the excited uncles away, I continued to simmer the curry while cooking the rice. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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