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Kontract's House Chef
After returning from the walk with Fuku, I decided to head to the kitchen. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I’m going to make a jam with the collected forest strawberries.
Although he headed to the kitchen with high spirits, this was my first time coming to the mansion’s kitchen.
I was just a little kid until now, so my parents told me to stay away from there.
But, now that I’m three years old I can do all sorts of things so it’s fine to take a quick visit, right?
I nervously peek inside the kitchen from the kitchen’s door.
In the middle is a shining and clean kitchen table with several sinks and magic tools that look like a stove installed.
The cupboard with doors with them stored plates and dishes while the kitchen shelves were lined with jars filled with various spices.
There seem to be traces of food being prepared on the kitchen table but the figure of the chef can’t be found.
The pot is simmering, but is it fine to leave it alone like that?
「Oi, I don’t know who you are but you’re in the way! I can’t get through, so move it!」
When I was searching for the chef while feeling worried about the pot, there was a voice suddenly calling me from behind.
Looking back, there was a woman holding some boxes in both of her arms.
Fuku and I hurriedly move out of the doorway to the side.
「S, sorry」
「Really, it must be Aletta who just stood around absent-mindedly right? You’re probably just here for a meal again today, aren’t you?」
The woman placed the boxes on the table and then she froze after looking in my direction.
It’s a slender woman with blonde hair tied at the back. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
She is wearing the white chef’s uniform so she’s probably our mansion’s chef.
「C, could you be, Arc-sama?」
「That’s right」
Although we don’t know each other, there is only me alone who has silver-colored hair in this mansion.
When I nodded at her, the chef quickly lowered her head as her face turned pale.
「M, my apologies! I was certain you were Aletta before, please forgive my rudeness!」
「No, please don’t worry about it. It’s the truth I was blocking the entrance to the kitchen after all. Rather than that, can you tell me oneechan’s name?」
「It’s Lila (リラ)! I’m the chef of Kontract house–I mean I am the chef!」
「As you may have known, I’m Arc. And this is my familiar, Fuku」
「Wan!」
Fuku cheerfully barked as if saying 「Nice to meet you!」 when I introduced ourselves.
「Is Lila-san the only chef in the mansion?」
「When it’s preparation Aletta and the others–I mean, all the maids help–I mean contribute in helping preparing food」
「「..................」」
I understand it just from our short conversation. This oneesan is not good at talking formally.
It seems like it is difficult for her to talk formally as her true self is slipping out here and there.
「......there’s no need to force yourself to use formal language you know?」
「Really? You’re not going to tell Papa later?」
「No way I’d do that」
「Haー, I was so worried y’know! Like, I never thought Arc-sama would be in this kind of place!」
When I told her that it was fine not to use formal language, Lila loosened her collar and sat down on a chair.
She looks very relaxed now. I knew it, it seems like this kind of rough feeling is more of her style.
「Hey, can I see the kitchen?」
「Arc-sama can go, but......」
Lila looks at Fuku with a complicated expression on her face.
「Fuku is a good boy and he won’t be naughty you know? But, I’ll abide by the rule to prohibit familiar’s entry if it’s based on hygiene」
When I said that, Lila stood up from her chair and approached Fuku.
She stopped one way in front of Fuku and crossed her arms as he looked down at Fuku.
Lila has slightly smaller irises and a larger sclera so her gaze looks a little intimidating.
I wonder if this is what they called ‘Sanpaku eyes’?
It might felt like you’re being glared at by being stared at, but Fuku remained unperturbed as he looked up at her with her round and cute eyes.
「…………hmnーm」
Letting out an impressed voice, Lila sat down in a Yankee position and reached out to Fuku’s head.
After gently caressing Fuku’s head and ears, she grabbed and lightly pulled Fuku chubby’s cheeks.
Fuku - who loves being petted - didn’t get angry or bark even when his cheeks got stretched and just stuck out his tongue and panting happily.
「He certainly looks like a good boy. Fuku can also come inside as long as he doesn’t touch the kitchen utensils without permission」
「Thank you!」
Apparently, Lila was making sure that Fuku was safe to enter. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
With the permission received, we were allowed to enter the kitchen.
Fuku is immensely curious about the room with all sorts of smells from foodstuff and spices. He sniffs around with his nose, picking up information from the inside of the kitchen. But Lila and I have told him not to touch anything so he didn’t recklessly touch anything.
「I’ve thought about it since I saw it from the entrance, but it’s quite spacious, isn’t it? Are all the kitchens in the noble’s mansion like this?」
「No, the Kontract house is special. Particularly because besides cooking for Arc-sama and everyone, we also have to prepare food for the familiars」
「Ahー, so that’s why it’s so spacious!」
I understand why it’s so spacious now since it is to prepare food for various familiars and not just for humans.
「By the way, how do you prepare the meal for the familiars?」
「Right. Chloe-sama’s familiar loves frozen fruits and nuts. So we freeze them in the freezer like this」
Lila opened a huge refrigerator nearby.
There were a lot of cases of fruits and nuts - whether whole or cut pieces - inside being frozen.
I’ve heard there are magic tools to freeze and store foodstuff in this world, but they look similar to the refrigerator from my previous life. It seems that what human thinks about remains the same, no matter how the world changes.
「Runoa-sama’s familiar eat fruits and nuts, but they basically eat meat. We change the type of meat depending on their condition and mood that day」
「Aren’t there less meat compared to fruits and nuts?」
「A lot of meat is stored in the cold room in the basement. It’s far and cold, please don’t ask me to bring you there」
To begin with, I didn’t even know we had a basement in our mansion.
「By the way, what do you think about Fuku’s food?」
「That’s a bit of a problem. It’s a monster I’ve never seen it and even Ziruol-sama and Runoa-sama say they don’t know about him. In the first place, once we figure out what types of food it eats, I think we can try giving it food that seems to match the preferences of closely related species like lynx or kobold」
Seeing Lila crossing her arms and thinking deeply with a serious expression like that made me feel happy.
「What are you smiling at?」
「No, I mean, I’m glad Lila is our chef」
「Did I show you something amazing about me?」
「You’re keeping things and kitchen utensils neat and tidy, and the foodstuffs are stored very carefully. The kitchen is clean and the shelves and other installations seem to be designed with a lot of attention to hygiene, right?」
「......you understand that?」
「Otherwise you won’t store the dishware in a cupboard with doors, right?」
The reason why the dishwares are stored in cupboards high up is because she paid attention to the fact that dust might fly up and stick to them. There are also separate sinks to wash the dishes and ingredients. This is the type of arrangement that would not be possible unless the one responsible for cooking is taking hygiene into consideration.
「......you, are you really three years old?」
「I’m three, you know」
Lila looks at me with suspicion, but no matter how you see it my body is that of a three-year-old kid.
Well, if you add the age of the person inside this kid, then it’s 27 but it’s impossible to tell her that
「I can safely entrust Fuku’s meal if it’s Lila」
「W, well, it’s not a bad feeling being told something like that」
Lila openly averts her eyes. She might be shyer than expected.
I like her attitude of not cutting corners in preparing food, not only for humans but also for familiars.
As expected from the chef employed by the Kontract house. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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