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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!

The keywords time: SAUCE! and REFUGEES.

Also, any similarity with European Refugee

Crisis is just a coincidence. I think.

Demon Lord’s Territory: 魔王領. All this time I translate it as魔王 + 領. But then, it hit me, why don’t I translate it as: 魔 + 王領 = Demon Lordom, Demon Kingdom, Demon

Lordland, Demondom (okay, this is silly), Demon Reich (I kinda like this, Reich

vs Alliance of Empire + United Kingdom). Got better idea? I like the Reich, though?

This chapter makes me hungry. Thanks for the donation fro the kind reader SM, your donation will be used to buy Takoyaki batter so my imouto can cook me some takoyaki with imitation-crab meat (she like to cook j.a.panese and Korean cuisine)... Just kidding.

DISCLAIMER: There is no

guarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I was

wrong.

Author:

Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

Editor:

So-Chintzy

Enlightenment Arc

Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Cities D

The next place that we went to

was the 『Kikkorou Brewery』, located nearby the training center (its logo was the

kanji for wolf – 狼 – in the middle of a hexagon)[1].

It was managed by Tomoe-chan’s kin, the Mythical Wolf Tribe, and mainly

produced shouyu, miso and sake. In this place, we met with someone who I know. When

we entered the premise, there was a fat person who wore short sleeved clothes

even though it would soon be the cold season.

「Hm? Poncho?」(Souma)

「Oh,

Your Majesty! I bid you good day, yes![2]」(Poncho)

When he noticed us, Poncho made a

bow and lowered his head. He only made one bow, so he might have gotten used to

this. Since in the past, he would bow numerous times.

「Poncho,

what are you doing in this place?」(Souma)

「That’s

right! Please hear it, Your Majesty!」(Poncho)

「Too

close, too close! What’s got into you?」(Souma)

「At

last… At last it has been completed! What Your Majesty had wished for, that

“sauce”!」(P)

When he said this, Poncho took

out a bottle filled with black liquid and showed it to me. The “sauce” that I

wished for? …… Ah!

「Is

it true? Has ‘that’ been completed!?」(Souma)

「Please

have a taste, yes.」(Poncho)

「Here

goes!」(Souma)

 I dropped several drops of the black liquid into

the back of my hand and I tried to lick it. The flavor of vegetables and

fruits. The scent of spices that filled my nose. The unmistakable taste of that

sauce. And yet, unlike the usual Worcester sauce[3],

the sourness and sweetness were stronger, furthermore the taste was deeper. There

was no doubt. This sauce is no doubt, the “Fritter-Food Sauce”[4]

that is good for yakisoba and its kin.

「The

taste of the sauce…… is boyish.」[5](Souma)

「What

are you saying? It doesn’t make any sense.」(Liscia)

When the appalled Liscia told me

so, I came back to my senses.

「Err,

when I thought about the fact that the sauce had been completed after a long

period of trial and error, I was emotionally moved.」(Souma)

「I-is

it really that amazing?」(Liscia)

「If

we have this then we can make yakisoba, okonomiyaki, monjayaki, takoyaki, and sobames.h.i.+.[6]

Of course, this sauce is also good for deep-fried foods.」(Souma)

「I

don’t recognize most of the foods that you mentioned just now…..」(Liscia)

「I

will make it next time. Even if there are leftovers, Aisha will surely eat them

all.」(Souma)

But you know, the fritter-food

sauce had finally been completed. It had been so long. This world already had a

Worcester-like sauce, but there was no sauce like this that is good for

yakisoba. I thought that perhaps somehow I could make it and ened up going

through many trials and errors. Even so, since I didn’t have any knowledge

about sauce-making, I couldn’t reproduce the taste (in the end, rather than a

yakisoba-bread, I made a Napolitan-bread[7]).

I gave up half-way through the development, but it seems that Poncho had continued

the research……

「But,

you have reproduced it so well. Poncho, you should have never tasted it before, right?」(Souma)

「Your

Majesty’ words, 『Thicker than the common(Worcester) sauce, with a sweet and sour taste』 , and like yakisoba, there was a dish where the sauce is

mixed with the noodles, the Naporitan. This became the hint.」(Poncho)

「The

Naporitan?」(Souma)

「Yes,

it does, yes. That Naporitan uses the tomato sauce, “Ketchup”, that Your

Majesty had developed before. Since that tomato sauce is really good for the

noodles, perhaps it was also used as the sauce for the noodle dish called

yakisoba, or so I had thought, yes.」(P)

「……

AAH!」(Souma)

I see! So, the sourness and the sweetness

of that sauce is from tomato sauce! That means, the Fritter-food Sauce is a

thickened Worcester sauce with Ketchup added to it!

「Then,

to bring the taste out from the mixture of the sauce and the tomato sauce, I

added a small amount of shouyu and mirin that was produced in Kikkorou brewery.

So… how was it?」(Poncho)

While he hesitated in his words,

I put my hands on Poncho’s shoulders.

「Poncho……

Well done.」(Souma)

「Wh-!

Y-you honor me, Your Majesty, yes!」(Poncho)

「Then,

can you ma.s.s produce this sauce?」(Souma)

「Kikkorou

Brewery can commence on it.」(Poncho)

Then it’s good. With this, a new

page will be added to the kingdom’s cuisine. While I was excitedly having this

sauce discourse with Poncho, the other members, especially the girls, gave me a

wry smile in dismay.

「Even

though Souma isn’t that gluttonous, but sometimes, he strangely fusses over it.

I wonder why he is behaving like this.」(Liscia)

「Man

is such a creature, Princess.[8]

In things incomprehensible to females, they pointlessly invest their enthusiasm

and disregard any anguish caused by it. Such queer creatures they are.」(Hilde)

「It

seems you have first-hand experience. Are there any acquaintances of Hilde-dono

who behave like that?」(Carla)

「Don’t

ask too much, dragonewt jou-chan. Would you like that mouth to be sewn shut?」(Hilde)

「Uu……

Yes, Ma’am. I didn’t ask anything.」(Carla)

…… What they were doing over

there, I wonder……

　◇　◇　◇

After we parted from Poncho, we had

a meeting with the Elder of the Mythical Wolf Tribe at the Factory Chief’s

office. We sat face to face in an arrangement just like what we had in Ginger’s

office. The Elder had white hair, a long white beard, and a thick mustache

that gave him an appearance like a Maltese dog.[9]

Well, the inside was an old man, though. Then, when the Elder took his seat, he

made a deep bow.

「For

the honorable King to shelter us, the Mythical Wolf tribe, to construct this Kikkourou

Brewery, and to confer to us various aids, we are eternally grateful. As the

representative of our tribe, let me express our utmost grat.i.tude.」(Elder)

「That

is fine. Tomoe-chan also has greatly helped us. Furthermore, it is a fortunate happenstance

that you people know how to cultivate rice and how to produce shouyu, miso,

mirin and sake. So it is possible for me to eat delicious food.」(Souma)

「Those

words of grat.i.tude are too much for us. And thus, my King, on what errand is your

visit for today?」(Elder)

「Ah……

the matter with the “outside”, I think that it will soon be time to settle it.」(Souma)

「By “Outside”……

Do you mean the refugee camp?」(Elder)

When the Elder asked, I gave a

silent nod. I believed I had resolved the list of the problems that this

country had when I was summoned to this world, to some degree. The food

shortage was resolved, the country was united. The foreign enemies were

repelled, and as for the Demon Lord Territory, we had made an arrangement to

deal with them by establis.h.i.+ng a secret alliance with the Empire, then the last

problem that I had been left with was this refugee problem.

Outside the Capital City Parnam’s

ramparts, there were settlements of the refugees from the north that were fleeing

from the Demon Lord Territory’s appearance. Although they were called settlements,

it was only a gathering of tents or huts. Among those various races of the

refugees who were gathered at that place, only the Mythical Wolf Tribe, due to

the leverage of the special skill that they had, was able to elevate themselves

out from that place. However, it was just a mere several percent compared to the

total number of refugees. There were many refugees that still lived in that

refugee camp.

For the time being, they received

aid for minimal amounts of food and other necessities, even during the times of

trouble. However, this couldn’t continue for long. There was the matter of

sanitation, and if they received aid for too long, then this might give birth

to friction amongst the citizens. If it was possible, I want them to choose their

own way of life as this country citizens and be self-reliant, just like what

the Mythical Wolf Tribe had done…… but it seems that this will be difficult. Their

desire is 『To return to my home country』. If

they become this country’s citizens, then it’s the same as abandoning the

return to their home country.

Considering that their wish was to

return to their home country one day when the Demon Lord Territory’s had been driven

away, this was something that they wouldn’t possibly accept. I had dispatched

my subordinates numerous times to the refugee camp and tried to persuade them,

but they all failed to reach any agreements. 『I

want to return to my home country』, 『Until then, I want to stay in this place』, since

it was clear what they had in mind, we didn’t argue that much with them.

…… However, there were no much

time left.

「Soon

it will be winter. With those crude tents or huts, the frail people like the

children or elderly might freeze to death. Before that happens, I intend to personally

urge them to come through with a decision.」(Souma)

「Your

Majesty……」(Elder)

「For

this reason, first I want to send the Elder as my envoy to the refugee camp. Then,

convey that I will visit. With this, there will be less chance of chaos.」(Souma)

「…… As

you wish.」(Elder)

Then, the Elder stood up and

knelt on the floor.

「We,

the Mythical Wolf tribe, had already been rescued by Your Majesty’s hand. If it

is possible…… Please also rescue our other brethren.」(Elder)

The Elder said this as he bowed

his head down low, but I scratched my head.

「…… I

will try as much as I can.」(Souma)

「Isn’t

this is where you should be saying, 『Leave it to me』?」(Liscia)

Liscia might say this, but that

will just be an empty promise.

「I

will try to persuade them, but…… The ones who will decide in the end, is not

me. They will be the one who decide their own futures. If they follow this decision,

then I must decide on how to deal with them.」(Souma)

「Souma……」(Liscia)

What I wish for…… is for them to

make their decisions, not by seeing the 『Ideal』, but the 『Reality』……

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