Chapter 13 – A Hot Night With the Widow Nadia (2)
It was from the moment that Kalt started cooking with Maybelle on her journey as a warrior party.
In her previous life, she had hardly ever cooked, and even in her current life, she only helped her parents and Maybelle’s couple who took her in with their meals.
But as she inevitably followed Maybelle on her journey, Kalt thought.
I’m sick of chewing beef jerky over and over again.
I want to eat a proper meal.
Maybelle, this bitch has no intention of cooking in the first place.
Even if you do, you can’t expect decent food.
In that case, I’d rather make it myself.
Kalt acted right away.
When I was still traveling with Maybelle.
When Maybelle was still a problem child at the sloth party level and had a lot of free time.
Kalt studied cooking.
Following the mindset of living a good life, I gained knowledge and tips on cooking from village housewives or inn or restaurant owners who I became friends with by helping them with small, but here and there, things in each village.
In addition, Kalt’s cooking skills improved by adding vague remaining cooking knowledge from his past life, which he had seen and heard about even though he could not make it.
Of course, there were some tricks in the process.
Following Maybelle, who is in the middle of nowhere and is always busy, is bound to cause stress.
It wasn’t easy for Kalt to maintain a consistent interest in cooking during such a stressful trip.
That’s why Kalt hypnotized himself.
The content never tires of learning how to cook.
Cooking becomes fun.
Thanks to the hypnosis I applied myself, the process of learning how to cook actually relieved the stress I experienced while traveling with Maybelle.
Because cooking itself is fun, my skills have improved.
And that mastered cooking skill.
Kalt was now trying to use it as a means to have a hot night with the widow.
“Mr. Kalt, do you know how to cook?”
Kalt said with a soft smile to Nadia, who looked surprised.
“Anyway, I don’t want to keep buying beef jerky or bread from the village and eating it. So I learned how to cook. I can make enough snacks.”
Kalt stood up.
“Can I borrow your kitchen?”
“Yes, of course.”
‘Ah.’
Although she did not explicitly say that she would drink with him, Nadia realized that by allowing her to use the kitchen, she had accepted that she would drink with Kalt.
But Nadia didn’t take it seriously.
‘Because Mr. Kalt seems trustworthy. Besides, would someone like Mr. Kalt be interested in a lady like me?’
The middle-aged people in the village sometimes pay attention to Nadia’s body.
However, she never flirts directly.
As she continued to live in such an environment, it was difficult for Nadia to believe that young Kalt was interested in a woman like her.
Although she was happy to hear that she was a lady, she thought it would be a formality.
“Nadia, do you mind if it’s oily?”
Nadia is also a woman.
She might not like eating fatty food with alcohol in the evening.
In her past life, when Kalt was dealing with women, she often heard women avoid fatty foods in the evening.
Of course, she later found out that although she only said so on the outside, she used to act contradictory most of the time, such as loving chicken and beer for dinner or eating malatang once a day.
How many women are actually sincerely careful?
Even though most women ultimately prefer fatty foods, Kalt didn’t forget to ask out of courtesy.
Sometimes asking for the other person’s opinion and acting without asking can have a big impact on interpersonal relationships.
This was especially true when I had to try to please Nadia as much as possible, like today.
“Yes, it’s okay. What do you want to cook?”
“It’s a kind of fried food.”
“Oh, I only have a little bit of oil right now…”
“Don’t worry. I can just use the ingredients I brought. But I can’t see Runia.”
“Lunia said she would be staying at her friend’s house today.”
A handsome adventurer came to her inn.
She looks really crazy, and her body is amazing
The voice is also soft and low-pitched, so it’s crazy.
Runia, who wanted to show off to her friend for the night, decided to stay at her friend’s house.
“Then I just need to make two servings.”
Kalt first went to his room, took out a bag for storing cooking utensils and ingredients from his bag, and headed to the kitchen.
The pockets that Kalt has.
This is an object enchanted with preservation and space magic.
In Kalt’s previous life, it was an item commonly classified as inventory.
The official name is Subspace Preservation Pouch.
Imprinting space magic and preservation magic at the same time requires a very high level of technology, so Kalt had no choice but to invest a considerable amount of money when he purchased this pouch.
Not even most warrior parties or adventurers would purchase the subspace preservation pouch at its insane price.
Of course, it was well worth the investment.
The ingredients inside always remain fresh, so there was no risk of cooking with spoiled ingredients during the trip.
Additionally, cooking utensils do not get damaged during rough travel.
However, there is a limit to the capacity, so the only way Calt could put in was cooking utensils and ingredients.
Of course, food ingredients play a large part.
Maybelle’s party suggested putting equipment inside it to reduce the fatigue of movement, but Kalt flatly refused.
When it comes to equipment to consider, the only things to consider are weapons.
When meeting an enemy while moving, you may be attacked while you take out a weapon from your pocket.
In the first place, Kalt shouted, asking if it made sense for him to have difficulty moving around while carrying the weapon he was using.
After taking out the cooking utensils from the kitchen, Kalt took out the ingredients for today’s dish.
Pre-marinated pork, eggs, starch, and oil.
And a special sauce containing vegetables and mushrooms.
The dish that Kalt prepared for Nadia was sweet and sour pork.
Even if I cooked while traveling, I couldn’t leisurely go through the entire process from start to finish on the spot.
So it takes too much time to make.
I can’t tell how much Maybelle, as well as Ianna and Marti, will whine while making it.
Therefore, when Kalt had free time, he completed most of the cumbersome or time-consuming work in the village, and put the prepared ingredients separately in his inventory pocket.
All chefs and housewives said this while learning how to cook.
Cooking can be done quickly if you prepare in advance.
In fact, all Kalt did in the kitchen was mixed the marinated meat in an appropriate ratio, coat it in batter, fry it in oil, and reheat the cooled sauce.
‘Wow, the smell. This is why I bought the inventory.’
The smell of meat that has been marinated just right is coated in batter with fresh eggs and then fried.
Kalt expressed his gratitude every day toward the inventory bag, which saves him from having to worry about calculating the expiration date of ingredients or worrying about what if the ingredients in the bag go bad.
When traveling in a slightly humid and hot area, how painful it is to feel despair when food that would normally last for three more days starts to smell bad after just one day.
After taking out the fried sweet and sour pork and putting it on a plate, I poured the sauce on a separate plate and brought it to the table.
“It’s here.”
“Oh my, what kind of dish is this?”
“It’s called sweet and sour pork. Try dipping this fried meat in this sauce. Or.”
Kalt took out another empty plate and placed it on the table.
“You can put the meat on this plate, pour the sauce, and eat it.”
Bumuk and djukmuk.
It is a method that can be enjoyed both ways.
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Nadia was able to experience a very happy feeling for the first time in a long time.
The unfamiliar dish Kalt cooked was much more delicious than expected.
Unique texture that is crunchy yet not hard.
The taste of the juice and sweet sauce soaked in the fried meat made me drink alcohol.
But what made me feel the happiest was the conversation with Kalt.
Kalt is responding to her in a soft deep voice and listening to her story.
The handsome Kalt gets excited just by listening to his story.
Above all, Nadia had no one she could comfortably talk to while drinking.
Due to the nature of my job as an innkeeper, I am mostly at the inn.
Although she may listen to drunken adventurers or villagers talk about their drunkenness, she rarely tells stories comfortably when she is drunk.
However, as her parents, I was reluctant to drink and talk with her daughter, Runia.
“Isn’t there something so special about Runia? In fact, she doesn’t have a father, so she must be lonely. She must have things she wants to do more. She helps out at the inn like this…”
“She is a proud daughter.”
“Yes, that’s right. Runia is my treasure.”
“Nadia, who raised her daughter alone, is also a truly respectable person.”
“Oh, Mr. Kalt too. Aren’t you being too flattering?”
“Aburano, I truly think so. On the contrary, I think Nadia can live for herself a little more.”
“Everything for Runia is for me.”
It felt good talking to Kalt.
Every time she agrees, she affirms herself and praises herself for thinking of her daughter.
She thought it was natural to try hard for her daughter.
But perhaps because of the alcohol, those compliments sounded even more pleasant.
When I ate all the sweet and sour pork made by Kalt and got quite drunk,
Kalt spread her hands towards Nadia.
“Nadia, she should be more honest with herself.”
For a moment, Nadia’s eyes became blurry.
“Sol… Jik…”
“Yes. Is there anything that makes you uncomfortable on a regular basis? For example…”
The corners of Kalt’s mouth drew an arc.
“I mean in the sexual aspect.”