Translator: Reflet
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“So yeah, Ruri is just great at cutting things . ”
“Well, she has cut down her share of people after all . ”
“Not just with cutting though . There are plenty of other strange aspects about her . ”
“Oh? Such as?”
“Such as? Hmm…”
Taiyou tilted his head, thinking about it for a moment .
“See that stove over there? There’s a really small hole in it . ”
“Ahh . ”
Youran made a slight grimace .
“A hole in the stove?”
Sakura stood up from her seat, looking over at the stove that Taiyou had pointed out .
“I do see it . Looks like someone made the hole with an icepick . What exactly is this?”
“Another time when she tried to cook fish, she stabbed the bamboo skewer right through it . ”
“…Oh dear . ”
“She told me that was always the way she cooked fish . ”
“Essentially what we would call a bonfire outdoors . Still, can you really open a hole with bamboo skewers?”
“And she also said that meat tastes better when cooked on an open fire, rather than on an iron plate . ”
“And she also cooked that on a skewer?”
“No, she made it hover and cook . ”
“Hover?”
Sakura tilted her head . She clearly wasn’t sure what he meant .
“As in float . ”
“Did she dangle it down with a string?”
“No . You’re familiar with beanbags, right? Up, down, left, right—-or rather, 360 degrees in all directions produces a crazy amount of speed, and when she did that it solidified atop the flames and cooked . ”
For a moment, Sakura made a blank expression . Ruri’s actions were so bizarre that it took her time to comprehend what Taiyou had said .
“She always does such interesting things . ”
“Indeed, it’s fun to just watch . Although I do find myself tiring from commenting over and over again on the absurdity of it all . ”
“Are the others skilled at cooking?”
“The triplets are for sure . They make anything in an orthodox manner . Plus they learned a lot from Aoba and Mio-san, and Aoba and Akiha have long been making treats and cakes together, so the sweets side of things is super savory . Now, when we get to Kohaku-san, man oh man…”
“Oh? Is she one of those archetypical ‘bad at cooking’ types?”
“No, she can be fairly good at cooking when she wants to . It’s just, when it comes to Chinese food…Soy sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, she uses all of those and sure, it’s good, but feels a bit overwhelming on the taste buds . ”
“Well that’s unexpected . ”
“Apparently her cooking just became that way after living alone for many years . As of recently, she’s been learning various things from the triplets, increasing her repertoire . ”
“But if that’s the case, that leaves one person who can’t cook . ”
As Sakura said that, Youran, who was standing next to them, twitched . When Taiyou looked in her direction, she was pursing her lips, making a very displeased expression .
Of all of Taiyou’s wives, Youran was the worst at cooking . But this was perfectly reasonable, given her origins .
Juuni Island: The village with the highest population in Japan that currently had a million residents . She was both the chief and Shingetsu no Kami, holding the majority of the power . The fact that she was a chief who held autonomy effectively made her the king of a small nation .
So why would someone as high-up as that cook her own food?
If she had not fallen into Taiyou’s possession, she would likely have never experienced something like that for her whole life . Youran, who had always thought it well and good to move about on her own, had never actually tried to cook up until now .
“N-No, I’m able to at least cook now that I’ve learned a lot . ”
“Oho, really now?”
“Hmph . Just you wait . ”
Youran got up, walking to the kitchen . With Taiyou and Sakura observing her, she thoroughly washed a room temperature potato, wrapped it in plastic, put it into the microwave and pressed the switch .
She seemed to be quite adept, and Taiyou secretly expected good things to come from such a fine preparation . After a bit, she took the potato out of the microwave and put it on a plate, removing the wrapping . Adding a cross-shaped notch, she inserted butter into it .
“All done . ”
“Wha–? It wasn’t the initial preparation, but the whole process!?”
“Buttered potato? Never thought I’d see that coming . ”
“Here you go, Master . ”
Using the chopsticks that Youran had handed to him, he stuffed his mouth full of buttered potato .
“How is it?”
“It’s great . ”
Taiyou nodded . No complaints when it came to the taste .
“It’s great, but…what do you think about this?”
“Huh? About what?”
“I need to tell you right now that if you perfect this it could be the same as Kohaku-san’s . Heck, go farther and you might even make this into a chemistry seasoning . ”
“I mean, as long as it’s tasty I could care less . ”
“Well yeah, I mean, it’s tasty all right . ”
“My objective is to escape being the archetypical ‘sucks at cooking’ character . So if I can do stuff like this then I’m content . ”
“Seriously?”
“Not like I can win at cooking in comparison to everyone else . What do you think would happen if I tried to get serious?”
“…You probably wouldn’t be able to deviate from the recipe . ”
“Bingo . ”
Youran grinned while saying that, but her eyes appeared to be just a little vexed .
“I tried many things, but I couldn’t make a proper presentation . It’s no different right now . Wash the the potato for 20 seconds, cut a wrapping into a square shape and put it around the potato, four minutes in the microwave on the root crop mode, cut a notch in the potato about halfway through, cut off a portion of butter equivalent to the length of the pinky’s second joint and then put it in the potato . That’s all . ”
“Well aren’t you an astute one . ”
“But I can’t do anything more complicated than that . ”
“Quite the difference between your work mode, Shingetsu-sama . Why, while you are working normally you are so flexible and resourceful…”
“I know, I’m surprised too, kay . I thought I’d make something of it and tried it out, but it just never amounted to anything . ”
“Not that the people who taught you were merely bad at teaching you?”
“Five people of various backgrounds have taught me so far . ”
“How about I teach you, then?”
“You, teach me?”
“I do know you more than any stranger would, even if they did teach you . Perhaps I can make something of you . ”
“I see . ”
“Besides, now that we’re at it, wouldn’t it be best to teach you how to make a proper presentation?”
“Well, sure, but…”
“Huh? You think she should be able to present first?”
Taiyou asked with a puzzled face .
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