The Strongest Knights ~The strongest one is not the leader, but seems to be the cook~ Chapter 7

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I’m on a roll. And question- Why do all these Knight Orders not know about any food at all&h.e.l.lip; Are there no chefs in this world to create recipes at all? HAHA

Chapter 7

On the next day, we started walking towards the northern plains again.

We walked while we ate lunch since we wanted to advance as far as possible before sunset.

I knew that so I prepared sandwiches yesterday night.

「Woah! This is good. Especially good to eat while walking.」

「Yes, and inside is yesterday’s tonkatsu with some egg and vegetables.」

From now on comes the fight. We need to get our nutrition.

「Yeah! You’re eating something real delicious looking. Give me some!」

Other Kis.h.i.+dan’s members came.

「No wa-y! Why would I share such delicious food! ..Hey! You! Don’t bite it, HEYY!」

It’s peaceful today too-

「That really does look yummy. Hmm, won’t you make it for our Order too? Of course if you make food for us, you can use our ingredients as you please. How about it?」,

asked an Order member behind me.

「Well, if Kio says it’s fine, we don’t really mind.」

Leader said it’s okay! And I saw rice in those guys’ luggage!

There’s no reason to refuse!

「If you let me use your ingredients, I’ll gladly do it!」

「Yeah! You’ll cook for us? Thank you, I’m Bolt (ボルト) from the Nalthon (ナルソン) Kis.h.i.+dan. Nice to meet you!」

「Yes! I’m Kio. Pleased to meet you.」

I’ll be making rice this evening. Looking forward to it-

「Okay! We’ll stop here today! Tomorrow, we’ll reach the northern plains! Everyone, please prepare yourselves. 」

Alright! Let’s cook! I’ve already decided what to make.

First, cut up green onions, j.a.panese leek, and Orc King meat.

Dice the Orc King meat into small chunks.

Add oil to the frying pan on high heat.

Lower the heat, saute the green onions and Orc King meat until cooked.

After adding scrambled eggs and rice, stir fry on high heat.

When the eggs have a good color, add salt and pepper.

Add the chopped j.a.panese leek while stirring until it’s sprinkled through and add soy sauce so that it will not go directly in the rice.

「It’s done!」

People may be asking 「Why fried rice?」. Actually, fried rice is Kio’s specialty and his favorite dish. As a child, when his parents were not home, he often made fried rice.

「Hm? I’ve never seen this kind of food.」,

Nalthon Order’s leader exclaimed.

「This is called fried rice. It’s my favorite.」

「Hmm, is this smell soy sauce? It’s fragrant.」

「Oh you know it? I also like this smell.」

「Let’s see&h.e.l.lip; one bite」

「Ahh! Please don’t. Everyone eats meals together.」

I stopped the food s.n.a.t.c.hing Bolt-san.

「Hm, I see. Well, you’re the one who made the food. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.」

Somehow, he understood.

The fried rice was distributed to everyone.

「Um, today I made something called fried rice. It’s my favorite dish. 」

「Now, let’s say thank you for our ingredients&h.e.l.lip; itadakimasu.」

「「Itadakimasu!!」」

「Woah~! The rice is fluffy!」

「There’s a faint fragrance of soy sauce, I can’t get enough of it!」

「Mm, what is this. It’s delicious, too delicious!」

「You guys get to eat such good food everyday~, I’m so jealous!」

「How about it, chef? Can Nalthon Kis.h.i.+dan get in on this?」

「「No way!!」」

「I- It was a joke. So stop pointing your knife over here! Uwah-!」

Everyone pa.s.sed time eating and got friendly. Good, good.

After, I cleaned up and went to sleep after it got dark.

Rustle Rustle

Who is that? To come at such a late time&h.e.l.lip;

I saw a person’s shadow pa.s.s as I woke up.

「Uu, Uu, Sob, Sob」

It seems like someone’s crying.

「U- Um-, are you okay?」

「Eh&h.e.l.lip; oh, it’s you, Kio-san.」

「Ah, Roy-kun (ロイ) right? 」

Roy-kun returned to the Kingdom just on time. He’s a newcomer to the Order.

「Did you have a scary dream or something?」

「No, this is my first war. Just thinking that I could die is keeping me from sleeping at night.」

「I see.」

「Squeak, squeak-!」

「What is it, Nezumi-kun?」

「Squeak-, Squeak-」

He used his fore paws to point to the luggage.

「Is there something in my luggage?」

「Squeak-」

He nodded his head with a yes, yes.

When I opened up the luggage, Nezumi-kun went inside and tapped something.

「This is&h.e.l.lip; a lemon, isn’t it? Are you going to make something with it?」

「Oh, I see. Do we have any honey?」

「We had honey so I made hot lemon*. 」*TL: You can see some recipes in j.a.panese (Google Translate if interested) if you google ホットレモン. It’s usually hot water, lemon juice, and honey. Sometimes added with ginger, orange peel, orange juice, etc. Very refres.h.i.+ng and full of vitamin C.

「Roy-kun, thanks for waiting. Try drinking this.」

「Ah, thank you very much.」

Gulp, gulp.

「Ah, it’s sweet and tasty. It’s also a bit spicy.」

「The sweet is from the honey. The spicy is from a little ginger I added, to warm you up.」

「Um, I’m really grateful.」

「No problem.」

「And everyone’s afraid like you. Leader, the Vice Captains, Sara-san, and of course I are all afraid. But everyone has something to protect, so they are trying their best. Even you have something you want to protect right?」

「&h.e.l.lip;Yes, I have family. My younger sister was only just born. I want to protect my family.」

「Then it will be fine. Let’s win this fight and return to your family. There is nothing to worry about, since we are the Lint Bloom Kis.h.i.+dan who can silence crying children! If worse comes to worse, the Leaders will save us, and of course, me too.」

「Yes, thank you so much. For spending time with me. Well, it’s late so I’m going to sleep.」

「Okay, good night~」

Roy-kun returned to his own tent.

On the next morning, when I asked Roy-kun if he was able to sleep well, he replied,

「I slept super well!」

He was very energetic so I felt happy. In his face, I saw that he had made some kind of resolution.