Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 600

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From Suspect to Publicly Named Suspect

 Casually looking around - excluding the middle-aged chef - there are a lot of other chefs who have come to help with the preliminary preparation for the ingredients. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「My suggestion has resulted in placing a burden on Alfried-sama. Please forgive me. If it is alright with you, please feel free to order us as much as you like」

「That will help」

 Receiving the middle-aged chef's words, I decided to frankly use the Misfid house chefs’ help.

 Now that the event has grown to this extent, we have to make sure the Deep Fried Skewers party is a success. Our priority now is to properly complete the meal.

 I ask the middle-aged chef to continue with the preliminary preparation of the potatoes, and the other chefs to prepare the pork, beef, chicken meat, and seafood.

 The Misfid house’s chefs start to work efficiently. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「How are you over there?」

 Being released from the hell-like preliminary preparation, I check on Mina and Ra-chan’s situation.

「There are too many ingredients we can’t keep up with skewering everything!」

 Not only Loretta, but the chefs of the Misfid house continue to cut the ingredients, which significantly increased the speed of supplied ingredients to be skewered, causing the skewer team to struggle to keep up

 The cut ingredients are piling up around the two of them.

「Al, I’m tired. And I’m bored with this」

 An hour has already passed since they started skewering ingredients.

 You will get tired if you stand the whole time working on something, and it gets boring when you continue to skewer ingredients the whole time.

「Well then, let’s skewer them while sitting」

 I pulled a chair from the corner of the kitchen and sat down with Ra-chan.

「But, we can’t do that while sitting, you know?」

「It’s fine. We have Psychic after all」

 I casted Psychic while sitting on the chair.

 I controlled the cut ingredients and skewers and went to skewer the ingredients in the air.

「Look, you can skewer them even while sitting down if you use Psychic」

「Oohー! I’m going to do it too!」

 It seems like Ra-chan was completely impressed by the Psychic-skewering.

 Once Ra-chan sat on the same chair as me, she cast Psychic with sparkling eyes.

 Fixing the round, cut eggplant in place in the air, she slowly controlled the skewer to skewer it at the same time.

「I did it!」

「Nice! Just like that!」

 That’s enough capability if you can skewer things while sitting and resting. 1 

 That being said, that capability has only gone from one back to two. At this rate, there’s no way we will not be able to make it in time.

「I will skewer a lot more」

 I make all the vegetables such as eggplants, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, lotus roots, potatoes, and carrots float in the air and thrusted the skewers I controlled with Psychic.

「Waaaー! Al, amazing!」

 Seeing me controlling the skewers at the same time, Ra-chan’s eyes sparkle as she claps.

「Ra-chan can become a top skewering master if you put in the effort」

「I can also become a top skewering master!」

 And thus, Ra-chan devoted herself to skewering the ingredients with Psychic so she could become a top skewering master.  Ra-chan can only make 2 skewers work at the same time with her current ability, but it will be faster by many times than by doing it manually, so I think you could say that the work pace has increased now. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Is it all right to cut the meat like this?」

「……please cut them a little smaller overall」

 The best thing about deep-fried skewers is being able to enjoy many small, round ingredients, so it’s best to cut them into smaller pieces. It will be hard for them to get cooked on the inside if you cut them into large pieces, and you will end up overcooking them.

「Understood!」

「Also, could you cut along the bone of the chicken drumette with scissors」

「So we separate the bone from the meat?」

「No, make sure it doesn’t get completely separate」

 I take one drumette and make a cut at a right angle to the bone.

 I use both hands to bend the joint and expose the two bones, then I pinch the slightly protruding bones with my fingers and pull straight down from above. Using my fingertips, I separate the meat from the bone along the bone.

 Once the bones are completely taken out, I hold the chicken wing with my right hand and turn the thinner bone around to remove it. All that’s left is to cut off the pointed tip of the chicken wing and shape the meat into the shape of a tuli,p and it’s done. link

「Like this! You can bite it without having to worry about the bone if you cut it like this. And you don’t have to skewer the meat since the bone itself will act as the skewer」

「I see, I never thought of it that way! This is really insightful!」

 Umm no, the ones who were amazing were those chefs who came up with this in my previous life, I’m not amazing. But I can’t use that as an excuse to receive their compliment, so I just had to accept it in silence.

 Leaving the preparation of the ingredients and skewering to other people, I prepare to make batter.

 There are all sorts of mixtures in regard to the batter, but this time is only a simple mix of milk with wheat flour. Just carefully coat this with breadcrumbs, that is enough.

 As for the sauce, I don’t have time to make it from scratch so I use Space magic to secretly take out something I already made before.

 This is not something that can be made in a day, after all.

「Alfried-sama, all the ingredients have been skewered!」

 Just when I was transferring the sauce I took out into another container, Loretta reported.

 There were skewered ingredients lined up on the table before I knew it.

「Ooh, what a sight to see a lot of ingredients lined up like this」

 The meat is also cut into small pieces, and the chicken wings are neatly shaped into tulips.

 As expected from chefs of the Misfid house. They are skilled. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Shall we fry them right away?」

 The middle-aged chef suggests.

「I’d love to do that, but it will get cold once the party starts if we fry it now, right?」

「That’s right……」

 I guess he knows what I’m worried about. The middle-aged chef makes a difficult expression on his face.

 Deep-fried skewers are most delicious precisely because they are piping hot.

 I don’t think everyone will be happy if what came out were cold, deep-fried skewers.

「How about having the party in a buffet style,e and we start frying them as soon as it starts?」

「A buffet-style party!? No, but that will allow us to serve the deep-fried skewers at the most delicious time!」

 The middle-aged chef came to his senses and bolted out of the kitchen right away.

 He’s probably asking Schugel’s permission.

「Alfried-sama! I have received permission from Schugel-sama!」

「Thank you」

 Now all that’s left is to fry them once the party starts.

 I decided to leave the details of things such as the venue preparation and cutlery to the Misfid house’s servants and retreated to my room.

●

 Just as I was about to return to my room, and passed through the entrance hall, it was just at the same time as Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan returned.

 Elna-kaasan - holding Nord-tousan’s arm - looks to be in a really good mood.

 They probably had a lot of fun going on a date with just two of them.

「We are back, Al」

「Welcome back. Did you have fun sightseeing in the royal capital after a long time?」

「Yes, I was able to spend a relaxing time with Nord thanks to you」

「We also bought matching pillows thanks to the introduction to Sleepers」

「That’s good to hear」

 From the looks of it, the two of them seems to still don’t know that the tasting party has changed to a buffet party. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Have you done the preparation for treating Schugel-sama to the deep-fried skewers?」

「It’s done. We just have to fry them once it’s time」

「That’s good then」

 At any rate, they both will be called by Schugel later. I can just tell them at that time. It’s just a trivial matter of knowing things a little later or now.

「……Al, are you hiding something?」

 Just as I was about to cut our conversation short with some casual remark, Elna-kaasan asked me that.

「Eh? What are you talking about now, all of a sudden?」

 My expression didn’t show anything despite being flustered inside by the sudden cutting question, I asked her, acting as if I was really surprised.

「Eh! Is Al hiding something?」

「Yes, this kid is definitely hiding something!」

「Al, would you tell us if there is something you are hiding? It must be something that relates to us, right?」

「Say, the two of you should have more faith in your son, you know?」

 The moment Elna-kaasan said her doubts, Nord-tousan - who had a calm expression -  suddenly looked at me as if he was looking at a suspect of a crime.

 ……is there no trust between these two with their son?

「You are right. No matter how suspicious Elna is, you should have put a little more trust in Al」

 Nord-tousan looked sorry as he apologized when I showed him a look of hurt.

 As expected from Nord-tousan. It’s easy to appeal to parental love to him.

 After that, the two of them will end up receiving an explanation from Schugel if I casually retreat to my room.

 If they received an explanation firsthand from Schugel, they would not be able to openly scold me while staying in the Misfid house.

「Alfried-sama! There is going to be a buffet party after this but the Misfid house’s servants would like to discuss about the serving――」

 Just as I was gloating over the two of them in my mind, Mina - who knows everything - came over from the kitchen and called out to me.

「Darn it!」

 I started to throw everything out of the window and escaped, but still ended up being caught by Nord-tousan so quickly. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 It’s cheating to be able to quickly catch up to me despite moving later.

「Al, what does that ‘buffet party’ mean? Would you care to explain it to us properly?」

「Ye, yesh」

 The look in Nord-tousan’s eyes is no longer someone looking at a suspect, but has changed to looking at a publicly named suspect.

●

「You were just going to treat Schugel-sama to a deep-fried skewer, I wonder how it became like this?」

 After explaining the circumstances, Elna-kaasan muttered as if she were shocked.

「But, there’s something we can not do anything about.  The other party is a Duke after all」

「Right right. That’s why it’s not my fault」

 Ra-chan and Gideon - and the members of the Misfid house - were showing interest when I was about to leave the mansion, and when we were shopping I ran into Alicia and before I knew it, she ended up joining the tasting event.

 Just when we returned to the mansion, Schugel and Alicia suggested that we might as well turn it into a party and ask me about it.

 This time it is clear that the two Duke houses were making an unreasonable demand.

 There’s no way the second son of a rural Baron could refuse them.

「Even so, that is because Al made too many promises without consideration」

「That’s right. People will end up thinking that you will go along with any unreasonable request if you ask for magic tools as compensation.」

 Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan immediately scolded me when I dismissed it as my fault.

「……I’m sorry. I thought it would be convenient if our mansion had lighting magic tools…」

 When I told them my honest thoughts, Nord-tousan looked startled and crouched down to meet my eyes.

「That is my fault. Because I still have my frugal mindset, I ended up making Al worry unnecessarily. With our current Slowlett house’s finances, we can fully equip our mansion with lighting magic tools. So, Al does not need to worry about that, okay?」

「Really? Then we will fully equip the mansion with lighting magic tools?」

「Yes, that is no problem」

「Hey hey, did you hear that!? Nord-tousan said he’s going to fully equip the mansion with lighting magic tools!」

「Yes! This Mina certainly heard it!」

「Me too」

 Looking back to ask them, Mina and Sara nodded. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Regarding how dark the Slowlett mansion at night, the maids - Mina and Sara - were particularly troubled by it.

 Although we hadn’t had any particular discussions, the two of them immediately understood my intention and nodded. This is the bond between the master and his servants.

「……Al, I feel like we were having a good conversation just now though……」

「About the fact that the Slowlett house will be fully equipped with lighting magic tools, right? That’s a very good conversation」

「…………」

「I’m just kidding. I know what Nord-tousan is trying to say」

 So I said, while smiling wryly, seeing Nord-tousan looking so dejected.

「Right. This kid will do what he wants, but he absolutely won’t do anything he doesn’t want, so there is no need to worry」

「Elna-kaasan, please phrase it better like I’m a kid with a strong will instead」

「Ara, smooth words make smooth ways」

「Maybe I was worrying too much. Really, I am no match for Al」

 Just when I was protesting towards Elna-kaasan’s choice of words, Nord-tousan cheerfully laughed at our interaction.

「Nord-sama, Elna-sama, Schugel-sama said he would like to discuss and is now waiting in the drawing room」

 And as if waiting for our conversation to finish, a servant of the Misfid house calls out to them.

「Please tell him we will be there shortly」

「Understood」

 The Misfid house’s servant politely bowed and immediately withdrew.

「And so we will go meet with Schugel-sama」

「Un, see you」

 After sending off Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan, I went up the stairs to rest before the final preparation.

「……Mina-senpai? Don’t you need to have a discussion with Alfried-sama about the serving method?」

「Ah!」

 Mina had been grinning broadly, but then her expression changed, and she chased after me when Sara pointed that out.

 ……how unfortunate, looks like I couldn’t take it easy until the buffet party started. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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Tl Note :

1. Can also mean fighting power

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