455 # 455 Tasting and actual meal.








Hmm! It's good too! The pudgy texture followed by the flavor of the meat oozing out, that's great!
'Yes! Not many sausages are as good as this one! Girl, you know what to do!
Hey, little girl, have some of this! It's cheeky and delicious!
'Then feel free to......... Whoa! These peaches are fresh and delicious too, that they are! This is going to be addictive...!

 What the hell.
 What we saw when we came down the escalator was Yae surrounded by a bunch of tasting ladies in the basement food section.
 Or, more precisely, a circle of customers formed around it. Those people pointed to what Yae was eating and put it in her shopping basket from the food section. Eh, what is this? Yae is helping with sales promotion?

Looks delicious...... Why is Yae so well received?
No, I don't think I'm being hospitable, but...

 Which is more like being used?
 Yae is over-action. If they show you how good they look, you'll want to eat them yourself. She must be a good guest panda for the tasting ladies.
 Yae is not too picky about taste. She has very few likes and dislikes and will happily eat just about anything. I think there are only two categories of food for her: "delicious" and "very delicious".
 It's not that she's a tastemaker by any means. To her credit, I'll give her that much assurance. It's just that she's as over-reactive as a TV personality.
 I'm sorry, aunties, but we can't stay like this forever. We turned our attention to Yae, who had become like a baby bird being fed by her parents.

'Ah! Yae Sis, there you are!
Oh, manna...

 Despite deliberately calling out to her childishly and deliberately, Hilda quickly blocks Yae's mouth as she tries to reply, 'Master. Nice.

''Isn't it no good! The mothers are looking for you. Hurry up and slurp.''

 I pretend to be as normal a kid as possible with a way of speaking that makes me itchy to speak. I watched an anime before where a high school student turns into a child, and this is what it felt like.... It's definitely damaging in a sober way. It's embarrassing and kind of empty.

'Mom? No, your mother was in Yisheng...

 Yae, who doesn't sense my feelings like that, is poked by Hilda with her elbow. That's where she finally seems to have guessed 'oh'.

"Oh, oh. That's right. Well then, let's go back, shall we?
What's up, little girl? You going away?
Sorry. I have some business to attend to.

 Yae apologized with a troubled smile to the aunties.
 We tried to leave the place, but we were defeated by the ladies who asked us to buy some of the items we sampled while we were there, and they threw us into the shopping cart.
 No, I had to buy some food anyway, so it doesn't matter. I have to look for Lou, too, so I don't have to waste my time with the old lady.

No, the food here is very good and very unusual, that it is.
I'm glad you like it. But we have to find Lou before we can do the shopping.

 Let's see.......this way.
 As I followed the display on my phone, eventually I saw a corner where pots and pans were lined up. Is it the cookware section? I'm convinced.
 I found my daughter-in-law in a corner of the corner with a serious look in her eyes, scrutinizing a square frying pan in a strange way.

"Lou,
..........
Lou.
'What? Ha! Ah, Fuyu-sama. I'm sorry, I couldn't help but think about it...

 Lou took his eyes off the frying pan and finally turned to me. What is there to think about so much? It's a seemingly normal frying pan. It's just square in shape.

'No. I wondered why the shape was so different. Everything else is mostly round...
Yeah. Maybe it's not to make a clean egg roll, maybe.

 I'm pretty sure I heard that professional cooks have a special frying pan for frying eggs. I heard that they never cook eggs in other pans because the smell is transferred when they cook other dishes. Well, I didn't know there were not so many square frying pans in other countries.

It's a frying pan for frying eggs. It's amazing. Well.....
I'll get you one but I'll get you two, including Claire, the head cook. He'll be delighted.
'Yes! There's no doubt about it!

 Lou grabs a square frying pan and smiles at me. Claire is Lou's culinary master. She's taught him many things from the ground up, and we've developed a relationship that transcends our status as teachers and students. I'm sure she would appreciate a gift from her apprentice.
 When I turned around to put the frying pan in Hilda's shopping basket, I saw her and Yae pick up a knife in a transparent case that was hanging on a hook in the sales area and stare at it with eyes like Lou's earlier.

''It's not very well constructed, that it is........ The blade is going to chip off soon, that it is.''
'Yes, I do. And I don't think there's any soul put into this one. Even a single knife cannot be sharpened if the maker does not put his heart into it.

 No, that's not factory made.... I'm sure there's a difference between press-formed and forged by a craftsman, but I've heard that technology has improved a lot lately. I don't think that knife is working.

Well, we're all here now. Well? What are you going to make for dinner?
There it is!

 At Leanne's question, Lou bara-la-la-la spread the card in her hand. What's that?
 If you look closely, you'll see a picture of the dish on the front and its ingredients and instructions on the back.

'I found it at the entrance here. I was told I could have it for free, so I didn't hesitate to take it. I was amazed at the amount of ingredients, the cooking instructions, and the precautions to follow!

 Ah, the free recipe cards. But I've gotten a bunch of free recipe cards again.

"All of them look so delicious..... My arms are going to ring!

 Oh. Lou is on fire. I've been giving Lou recipes from this world through my phone, but of course, the ingredients were from that world. I'm sorry to say it, but it was like making a fake product. Since I could make it using genuine ingredients from here, I may have been too excited to blame them.
 But you're not going to make all of that, are you?

I'm going to cook, sir.

 When I mentioned the question, I got a neat answer. No, princess? You won't be able to eat it all if you make that much, though. Do you think you'll be able to make it over several days?

Yae's here.
I see.

 I can't give anything back to you, if you say so.
 For now, we all creep around the food department in the basement. Lou tells me what ingredients he wants and I lead him to it.
 I've never been here before, but it's convenient to know where the food is because in Japan, these sections are usually arranged in the same way.
 Vegetables, meat and fish are in the outskirts of the store, so it's convenient to know where they are. And bento lunchboxes, too.
 There were a few detours as Sue bought this and that in the candy section again, and Linse and Sakura put various ice creams in the ice cream section one after the other, but we were able to buy all of the foodstuffs that Lou wanted. The rice was a bit heavy. Also you guys buy too much dessert.
 Oh yes, when I was paying the bill, the amount of money displayed took my breath away.
 I've become quite rich in the other world, but it seems that I still have some sense of finances here....
 I wonder if this much is normal for nine people? It's not easy being a Japanese mom with a big family........
 On the other hand, if there are nine of us, we can buy all this stuff and still have it all to share. We left the basement with many large plastic bags stuffed with foodstuffs panned out.
 Seeing that there are no people in the corner of the bike parking lot, I sneakily open [Storage] from my phone while having everyone surround me like a barricade, just in case.
 If I store all the products I bought, I can leave empty-handed. Magic really is handy, isn't it?
 So there was an option of going to the unpopular area and taking the 【Gate】 back from there, but we decided to ride our bicycles as normal. Everyone wanted to see more of this world, so it was perfect.
 On the way back, we found a small boutique and bought more of everyone's clothes and trinkets, and as we made our way back to my grandpa's house, we stopped off and found that it was already getting close to dusk.

'Well! Let's do it! Miss Linse, Sue, please help me!
'Oh, yeah. I get it.
It's all right!

 Lou picked up the momentum and headed for the kitchen. Linse and Sue followed him. They appointed two of them as assistants because the others would not be assistants.
 Yumina and Hilda are royalty, so they don't do much cooking by themselves. Yae specializes in eating (although she should be able to make a few things) and Leanne and Sakura are not interested. Else is a skilled cook who can turn everything she makes into a very spicy dish.
 Linse can cook to begin with, and Soo seems to have learned some of it from bride training and such.
 Yae also made sandwiches and the like, so it shouldn't be impossible for her to make them at all, but perhaps the reason Roux didn't pick her is because she was afraid of picking up on them.

'Fuyao-sama! Please bring out the food!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

 I call the food from [storage] to the kitchen table. Grandpa lived alone, but cooking was his hobby and he had a lot of guests, so the fridge was large.
 Even though I'm going to eat today, I'm going to prioritize putting in the ingredients that seem to be damaged. Even so, I left the ingredients that I couldn't fit in on the table. It's vegetables and such, I don't think they'll hurt that quickly. Besides, as the food gets cooked, it will free up space in the fridge.
 While we waited for the food to cook, we did nothing but watch TV.
 Everyone asks me questions about everything on the screen, and I'm a machine for answering them.
 As the delicious smells of food wafted from the kitchen, everyone who had been watching the TV became distracted and asked fewer and fewer questions. Leanne was the only one who asked me a few questions.

'It's done!'

 Everyone hurriedly moved around the room at the sound of Linse's voice. There was a large table in my grandfather's dining room for many people to eat at. It still seated four people on either side, for a total of eight people, but if you bring chairs from the other room, you can manage to seat ten people.

''Wow, that's amazing!''
This is a big deal, that it is.

 Upon entering the dining room, the table was crammed with a variety of dishes.
 Sautéed salmon with tartar sauce, salad with bok choy and apples, swordfish in lemon sauce, potatoes and Chinese cabbage in cream, paella with scallion and chicken thighs, feathered dumplings, a platter of yakisoba, and a host of other small things.
 How could you make this much........ I mean, it's amazing how well Lou is already using the microwave and grill and all that. I just taught him a few things.

'Come on, please take a seat!

 We each took our seats as Lou, smiling with satisfaction, hurried us to take our seats. There were plates, chopsticks and forks in front of everyone.

Well, let's have it.
I'll take it!

 All of the food that Lou and the others cooked for me was delicious. Unfortunately, just like at the family restaurant, I couldn't eat that much as my stomach had grown smaller.
 I think the taste is different if you use the ingredients here. Or is it simply because I feel nostalgic, and so it tastes better? Or is it just because I feel nostalgic?
 After we finished eating our dinner, Lindsay and the others brought a variety of ice creams from the freezer. Not only that, but cakes, puddings, jellies, and Japanese sweets were also included. .........Are you going to eat again?
 I'm worried that the wives will get fat on this honeymoon. If it's called "happy weight gain", I'd welcome it. Well, I don't care if everyone's body shape changes.
 .........or rather, if you're a member of the God family, won't those things change as well......? 
 While thinking about this in the corner of my mind, I crunch down on the ice cream that Linse and the others bought. .........It's delicious. It's been a long time since I've had this ice cream. I miss the ice cream wrapped in Gyuhi. I used to love it.

"What are you going to do tomorrow, that you are?

 Yae asks me while munching on an unidentified number of buns.

It's not a good idea to stay in the daytime even if we are going to stand at the dream pillow for my father and the others. There's no point in staying indoors until night, so let's go somewhere else to play.

 It's our honeymoon, and I want to make memories with everyone.

In that case, Fuyao-san, I would like to take a train.
Good! Sister Yumina, I agree with you!

 Trains, huh? Well, it's not so crowded around here if it's not morning and evening, and if I let him have his phone properly this time, I'll be fine.
 Just getting on the train is no fun. I'm still thinking of going somewhere, but where should we go?
 I take out my phone and check out the train line. I also didn't understand the weapons of heroes and such when they were shown to me on the other side of the world.
 Theaters....but I'm always watching movies on my phone's projector. There's a certain intensity and atmosphere that you can only experience in a movie theater, though.
 I think the amusement park is too far away. I think I'd like to go to a zoo or an aquarium. It doesn't take an hour to get there by train.

The zoo...is it a place where you can see a lot of animals?

 Yumina asks while tilting her head slightly. In the world over there, not just animals, but also demonic beasts usually roam around, so I haven't seen much of a zoo. There are botanical gardens and rose gardens inside the royal palace, though.

''There are all kinds of animals? A zebra is also a zebra?
No, I'm not sure there are any zebras...

 Sue is excited, but aren't zebras an animal that's in Africa or something?
 So I looked it up on that zoo's website and it was normal. Grant's zebra. It seems to be a common zebra in domestic zoos. I didn't know that.

It seems to be there.
Oh!

 Lions, tigers, kangaroos, camels, bears, chimpanzees, gorillas, hippopotamuses, elephants...there are a lot of them, aren't there?

What do they do for food?
I think it's safe to eat in the park.

 I answer with a wry smile to Sakura, who asks me while eating her cheesecake. You're already worried about tomorrow's meal.
 I guess he wanted to make a bento box, although Lou seemed a little disappointed. As expected, even Grandpa doesn't have ten bento boxes (maybe he had a heavy box), and there are too many people to put them in [storage] and serve them over there. There's no way I'm going to sneak off to the bathroom to bring out the food and bring it over.
 Else stops eating her pudding and asks me a question.

''There are no magical beasts over here, right? A normal animal? Isn't it dangerous?
They're all in cages or watching from a safe place, so it's okay.
If he attacks you, it's okay to hit him, right?
'No! I hope it's not going to be too much trouble. Well, well, if it's really dangerous, I don't blame you...

 I don't think it's possible, but if a tiger or lion or something like that runs away and attacks visitors to the park, I don't blame them. However, if it's a sheep or a goat or a red panda, I hope they keep it in captivity.
 The girl in front of me is much stronger than all the animals in the zoo....... I think I can beat a gorilla or an elephant without [Boost]........

''Didn't you feel rude just now?''
'Yeah? Nothing!
Yeah. Well, that's okay. Lindsay, I was the one who saw it first!
The sooner we get there, the better.

 Twin sisters fighting over a cream-filled shortcake. How many of those have you guys made? Don't everyone get octogenarian when it comes to dessert........

'I have a feeling I'm being rude, that I'm being rude...'
Ma'am, don't worry about it, you can eat your fill.
"? Of course, feel free.

 Yae reaches for the sponge cake while tilting her head.
 Hmm......... There are many times when my thoughts are somehow lost to my wives after I get married. Is this a telepathic thing that is being built up? It's like a telepathic conversation with Amber and her friends.
 Maybe it's just that everyone's intuition has become more acute after becoming a family member. Either way, let's be careful.