Chapter 1619 – [(Relatively) Daily Life]

There is a lot of noise and time passes quickly.

It has now become somewhat accepted in society that we are evil spirits and wakamo shrine maidens. Still, there is still a lot of interest, but it means that it is not as crowded as before with people crowding in front of the house and going to work.

Well, there are still people waiting in front of the house, but not many. What should I say… A lull? It was roughly like that.

Anyway, thanks to this, we were able to regain some peace in our house. As it gets quieter, Eden prepares something and makes a plan.

“What are you going to do?”

“In-depth version of Youngja’s cooking. I’m going to try to see if it’s possible to cook things that take time like ripening and fermentation.”

“Oh, that.”

Although we got some clues when Ardolphina came before, it looks like Eden is going to start researching in earnest. In the first place, English cuisine itself was born through such research.

And as such, Mary also participated in the war. It’s not for nothing that his name was included in the English-language cooking thesis with me, as he is the most knowledgeable wizard in this field.

“It’s the long-term storage of English cuisine… I’m quite interested in this.”

“Sister, so how should I start with the basic principles?”

“First, spirit cooking is made by the spirit that gathers from the emotions that arise while cooking, so you have to make it cohesive over a long period of time. In fact, it won’t be much different from the process of making a pseudo-soul, so it will be difficult.”

“It’s a pseudo-spirit. Are you saying that we should conduct research at the same level as Delta Castle’s main computer, which similarly uses artificial spirits?”

“That’s roughly the case.”

“It must be so fucking hard.”

“I don’t understand this, so please explain!!!!!”

“It means that you have to research almost at the level of creating a soul. The level of difficulty may be a little lower, but whatever.”

“Is that so?”

First, I decided to try making an ordinary dish into an English dish. Then, measure the time to see if you can last for a long time.

Of course, I’m the one who does it. Eden is the name of Youngja’s cuisine, and even if Eden’s Youngja cuisine is more delicious than mine, what we need now is quantity rather than quality. So, I put all my will into making English cuisine with great concentration.

Common English dishes are also included for comparison. Then, I roughly measured the time and checked how long it lasted.

“Hmm, there isn’t much of a difference in effectiveness between something I just made and something I made with concentration. The one I just made took about 30 minutes at most, and the one I made with concentration took about an hour at most?”

“It’s plenty of time to eat, but not enough to ripen or ferment.”

“That’s right.”

No matter how delicious or long-lasting a menu is, it does not take an hour to eat just one menu item. Even if you include cooking time and things like that.

It’s long enough to just eat it, but it’s too short to make it for a long period of time. Usually, such maturation takes place from a few days at the shortest to a year at the longest.

So, what should I do to store it for a long time? The current method is not working, so I had to find another method.

However, this is not a story that starts completely from scratch. Previously, Ardolphina and Aregish taught us how to store the spirit itself for a long period of time. However, if you want to apply it to cooking itself, you need to do a lot of research.

“Generally, the ginja in dishes made with ginja is combined to some extent, but it is highly volatile. In short, it is single-shot.”

“You mean it’s temporarily cohesive through the chef’s emotions?”

“It is said that the spirit body must be combined to a similar level, if not to the soul itself, through the spirit character. How can that be achieved?…”

“Hmm…”

Even so, Eden and Mary, two smart people, put their minds to it and came up with at least one good method. Although I don’t know if it’s the right answer or not, it’s at least a method worth trying.

“Dad, Dad, how about that? How to make star candy.”

“Star candy?”

“I once saw it on a documentary or something. Star candy is made by adding small seed-like sugar granules or something like that, pouring in sugar water, and stirring for a week or two. Of course, the stirring is done by machine, but isn’t the method itself worth learning?”

“Hoo, let’s make something that can serve as the basis and then periodically focus on Youngja and make it into Youngja cuisine?”

“They say the spirit evaporates, but that doesn’t mean it disappears completely. If you keep doing it, there will be results.”

“That makes sense. No matter how much it evaporates, the spirit character won’t disappear that easily. I’ll have to adjust the interval separately, but should I start with a one-day interval and stick to it?”

First, I decided to make English cuisine based on fairy tears. Mary was in charge of measuring the spirit, and we decided to focus on the alcohol that was aged once a day and make it into a spirit dish.

Well, thanks to that, Eden and I had to collect the fruits and crush them to squeeze out the juice as part of the process needed to make Youngja’s food, but that’s not really important.

But in Eden, would there be anyone who would want to drink something like the alcohol I made by stepping on it?…

“If there’s anything left, I’ll drink it all.”

“Don’t worry, I’m there too.”

“Ah, we also have alter egos, so we don’t have to worry about being left behind.”

[It might smell a little green, but that’s not a bad thing.]

“Why am I taking it out!!!!”

“I will drink while measuring, so am I the final winner?”

“What, why is the alcohol I made so popular?”

It’s not something made from scratch, it’s made from scratch and then aged. Why?!

Anyway, putting that aside, it continues to age. It took about a month because I couldn’t use Eden’s time acceleration, but at least the effect was visible around 3 weeks.

This is because, like a core or nucleus, fairy tears have a soul of their own. No, should I call this a soul or something… In any case, it was clear that something like a crystal made of cohesive spirit was created.

“I wonder if we should call this a soul. It’s not a soul, but I guess it’s okay to say no.”

“That’s right. The density itself is much lower than that of the soul, but it can maintain its characteristics to some extent. Ah, but have you tried this? The last time I ate it was during the last test.”

“I didn’t think it would be better to just keep watching since the effects were starting to come out, so I didn’t drink it after taking the form of Youngja.”

“I’m looking forward to drinking it.”

What is important in making English cuisine is the imagery that goes into it. Even the same dish can be changed in countless ways depending on the image you put into it.

First, since it was just a demonstration, I thought of the scenery of the Garden of Eden and included images when making these fairy tears. However, Eden and I are making it together, so I don’t know what kind of effect it will have.

Since most English dishes are made by one person concentrating… It is difficult to get two people who can cook English dishes together in the first place, and for two people to cook one dish, they have to work well together.

If a couple has different personalities, they often end up getting divorced because of that, so what’s the point of cooking? At least this is possible because Eden and I are father and daughter and have similar personalities.

Normally, it would be difficult unless it matches my personality quite well. Won’t even marry couples have problems?

“It’s slowly getting closer to ripening, but I’m not sure if it’ll turn out well.”

[First of all, the liquor itself is well-cooked.]

“Really?”

[I’m glad we made it together with Eden. If you were alone, you wouldn’t have succeeded in the first place.]

Creating fairy tears required Lu-Veana level natural affinity. But I didn’t have that, so I covered it by making it with Eden, who has that much power.

I couldn’t have made it alone. I can’t help it because this is a separate factor from my cooking skills.

Anyway, the fairy tears themselves were completed. In addition, there are fairy tears that have matured enough to be used as English cuisine.

The quantity is not that much more than what is normally made. At most, a little over twenty bottles, which is a small number compared to the amount usually served. At best, I can drink it at my house.

Still, it’s completed, so it’s just the beginning. Expectations were high as it was the first English dish made through a long-term aging process.

“Okay then, shall we have a drink with the whole family? To be honest, I shared this in a bottle and the smell was no joke.”

“I got scolded because I wanted to drink too!!!!”

“Wasn’t Youngja’s original cuisine different from the smell?”

“That’s true, but… What can I say? I’m fascinated by the smell? It was the kind of smell that made me understand why that saying exists. Anyway, should I open the bottle?”

I opened a bottle of fairy tears made with English cuisine in a gathering with the whole family. As the cork falls out with a pop, the scent begins to spread quickly.

As Zion said, food made from original English cuisine has a unique smell right from the beginning. But this stimulated us like something beyond that level.

It’s not just something that whet your appetite. I only smelled it, but it seemed like a faint sight of the Garden of Eden was passing by along with the strong sweet smell. Oh, this isn’t just a metaphor, it’s a literal meaning. It really reminds me of the familiar landscape of the Garden of Eden.

The other family members must have felt that, too, and they were quite excited. Lulu, who was impatient in front of food, raised the glass first and begged for a drink.

“Wow!!!! That sounds delicious!!! Pour me a drink quickly!!! Pour me a drink!!!!”

“Yeah, yeah. It’s not a lot, but there’s enough to drink it all, so don’t worry.”

Even if it’s about 20 bottles, it’s enough for my family to drink one bottle each. Of course, if you drink it, the next time it comes out will be in a month at the earliest, but don’t worry about that.

As we pour fairy tears into each glass, each person enjoys the drink differently. Some smell it more closely, some check the color of the alcohol, and some shake it lightly to make the scent stronger and then drink it right away.

Watching that, I secretly pour myself a glass and take a drink. On the outside, they seem like ordinary fairy tears… No, maybe they’re a bit thick. Even though it is fairy tears that have just finished maturing, it has a deep flavor that suggests it has matured quite a bit.

Did you have a deeper influence on Youngja’s cooking because it’s not a regular dish, but a drink that is influenced by your will? Anyway, I enjoyed the clean, refreshing, rich sweetness unique to fairy tears.

But that’s not what’s important; it’s the taste of English cuisine. The crystals are more crystallized than typical English dishes, so vivid that they feel like the difference between water and jelly. As they pass down your throat, they illuminate the panorama of the Garden of Eden.

It was a basic effect that could be felt by eating English cuisine, but the level was extraordinary. It’s much clearer, much more realistic, and unfolds much longer.

It even seemed like I could feel some of the sense of touch. What I drank was definitely cold fairy tears, but it felt like the warm weather of the Garden of Eden. Thanks to this, my heart also feels warm.

“Wow…”

It was originally a delicious drink, but now I can only admire it. When you close your eyes, you can experience an indirect experience as if you were in the Garden of Eden, and the taste is so deep that you can understand the word savor itself.

The tasting continued all night as we drank light snacks that did not spoil the taste of the alcohol. Even after opening the bottle for several hours, the evaporation phenomenon characteristic of Youngja’s cooking did not occur, so I was able to enjoy it for a long time.

The tasting session was able to end only as dawn approached. Even so, each of them expressed regret as if there was still some lingering feeling.

“Can’t I drink the rest?”

“I’m going to stick this on someone’s nose. This time, I made a small amount for testing purposes, so next time I make it, I’ll make a lot.”

After drinking during the tasting, there were only a few bottles left. Since we don’t have enough to drink, I think we should just send it to our friends as a gift.

First, let’s take care of Phantom and our acquaintances over there… Who else should we send?

“My dad too!!!!”

“King Bloodier? Well, it’s not my favorite, but I might like it.”

They say that Youngja’s food is delicious, but Bloodiers find negative human emotions more delicious, so even if it’s delicious, it’s probably not their taste. Still, I have been indebted to Morian, the goddess of the other world, so I have to let her go.

But I don’t think I’ve eaten all of it yet. They say they’ll give you news when they finish, but there hasn’t been any news for over half a year… Well, no news is good news, so that’s what they say in times like this. It would be nice if you sliced ​​the goddess like raw ham and sent it to me to eat as an accompaniment.

[Can you give me a bottle to send to my master?]

“… No, to the absolute being of nature? Isn’t that like going to an original soup restaurant and eating churai soup that I made myself?”

[I think the owner will like this too. That’s why I’m sending it to you.]

I feel a bit of rejection, but it’s not rejection because I don’t like it, it’s rejection because I’m embarrassed. However, the fairy tears themselves could not have been created without Kether, and since the Absolute of Nature is the original, it would have been better if they were sent as if they were paying royalties.

First, the remaining few bottles are wrapped and sent to dimensional distribution. Lulu seemed to like the fairy tears she made this time, to the point where she even sucked her finger as if it whetted her appetite while watching the gift wrapping.

“I want to drink again…”

“Hang in there for a month. I’ll make more next time.”

“Can’t it be shorter with time acceleration?”

“This is my first time making it, but looking at it, it seems like I shouldn’t use things like time acceleration. I think it takes pure time because the process of condensing and releasing the spirit has to be repeated.”

Since ordinary English cuisine is made on the spot, it only takes a few hours to cook at most, so you can use time acceleration, but fairy tears take a month to ripen, and even if you use time acceleration, it takes a week.

It’s actually difficult because neither I nor Eden can spend a week stuck to those fairy tears. So, there is no choice but to age it in a barrel for a month.

Fortunately, it is possible to cast it in large quantities. If it weren’t for that, I would have continued to be harassed by the women in my house.

Anyway, I wrapped it as a gift and sent it to my acquaintances along with a separate message. It may take some time since it is an interdimensional distribution, but it won’t take more than two days in this time.

And as I expected, about two days later, I received a call from Phantom. Judging by the fact that I received a call right away, it looks like I tried it as soon as I received it.

-Hey, I enjoyed the drink. That was very delicious.

“Pretty good, huh?”

-It seems like they have developed a long-term aging method for English cuisine? It was made by Eden, right?

“Mary and I were there to help, but it was Eden who came up with the idea.”

-Then, organize it and submit a thesis. Let’s try making it at home too.

“I guess you liked it quite a bit?”

-Everything is good, but the biggest drawback is the lack of quantity. Whose nose are you putting with a bottle? It’s hard to even give my family a drink.

“I made it for testing purposes, so I didn’t make a few bottles from the beginning. Next time I make it, I’ll make a lot, so I’ll send you a few bottles when that time comes.”

-Okay, then if I make this one too, I’ll send it to you, so let’s share it.

As they are both chefs and gourmets, they also seem to like the fairy tears that Eden made. Well, it’s made so that there are no likes or dislikes, so even if it’s not your taste, it’s a drink that no one can say is bad.

Next, a call came from King Bloodier. As soon as they received it, they appeared on the screen drinking and communicating, eating snacks such as thinly sliced ​​raw ham along with the fairy tears we sent.

-As you can see, I am drinking the alcohol you sent me well. It’s a good drink.

“How come the snacks next to it stand out?”

-If you eat it with the snacks given by the person who sent it, it goes strangely well together. It is the raw ham of the goddess from before.

“You’re still alive?”

-It’s slowly coming to an end. Now, every time I see it, instead of asking for my life or making a deal, I’m asking for it to be killed. If only the head remains, I’m thinking about boiling it or grilling it.

Well, that went really well. So, who told us to throw away our Eden because we couldn’t touch it?

At the very least, if they had gone to the Grandeur, asked for consent, and even provided compensation, the treatment wouldn’t have fallen to that low. In the end, it is self-employed.

“You can just wrap the head in something like foil and bake it in the oven.”

-The chef is an acquaintance, so I get help in this regard. When you have time, will you come and cook for me?

“It’s nice to be able to watch that bitch’s last days, but I have an aversion to cooking something that looks like a person when it’s not mine.”

Not cooking human flesh or anything like that is one of my human good things. If you want, you can cook monkey bones, but that’s because monkeys are animals, and even if Goddess Morian is a bitch, she falls into the human category, so it’s beyond my standards.

Well, I would like to do something for Lulu, but since I am cutting up my own body and cooking it, the only one who is harmed is me. Moreover, it was worth it because Lulu saved a few civilizations by eating only me instead of eating other people.

-But even though it was a good drink, it wasn’t my taste. What should I say, it’s too light and sweet? Next time I send it, please make it heavy and have a bitter taste.

“There are a lot of orders. It doesn’t go well with the drink itself. I’ll have to do some research, but I’ll send it to you when I make it.”

-Of course, I’m not asking you to do it for free. I’ll send you something good on Lulu’s side.

“I hope it’s not just weird.”

-I’m sure you’ll like it.

Many people contacted me with words of thanks or additional orders, and I responded to them all… Meanwhile, the Absolute of Nature delivered news separately on the side of Keter.

[The owner is coming this weekend.]

“What?”

[My master is coming.]

“I didn’t ask because I didn’t know!!!!”

The Absolute?! Absolute Why?! Oh, my!!!!!!