I prepared a big table in the hall of the house and took a seat .

「The first martial arts festival of the Big Tree Village, I would like to start the evaluation meeting . 」

One of the civil servant girls, who acts as the chairperson, declares .

Aside from the civil servant girls who belong to the festival executive committee, representatives of various races are sitting around the table .

There are also the oni maids who were the cooks and props men of the festival .

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「First of all… . for your work for the first martial arts tournament, thank you for your hard work . 」

Everyone responded .

「The festival can be called a success . However, there are still problems . Let’s reflect on those in order to improve the festival next year . 」

The meeting progresses steadily .

Because I know all of the arrangements beforehand, the problems I heard are things I already know of .

I have a feeling that it’s like reporting to those who don’t know of them yet .

「It was troublesome that we have not antic.i.p.ated the arrival of several guests . We should have thought of that . 」

Though all of them are relatives, it is still a matter of concern .

We failed to antic.i.p.ate that .

「The outsiders, the beastkins from Howling village and the lamias also joined . 」

Right .

Because we only know the ability of the citizens of the village, we don’t know where to a.s.sign them .

Since there are partic.i.p.ants that we have a little idea on how much ability they have, it probably added some element of liveliness .

By the way, hearing about not fully understanding one’s ability… .

「I would like to add two more people for that, revelry Bulga and black spear Stifano . 」

Dors group were the ones who informed me that .

「I already did . When I was still a child, those names can be heard from the fairy tale that my nursemaid use to tell me . 」

When one of the civil servant girls said so, the other civil servant girls agreed .

「Fairy tale?」

「Yes . It’s a famous fairy tale in the demon lord’s territory . It is a story about the archdevil Gucci who kidnapped the princess and fought with the armed forces of a great country . They are archdevil Gucci’s subordinates . 」

A name I heard before came up… .

「It’s a fairy tale series with many volumes . However, even though there are several versions of the book, it always ended when the archdevil Gucci is punished by a dragon . 」

Punished by a dragon .

There are occasions where fairy tales are stories based on facts .

Next time we meet, I’ll ask about it…

「Those two, do you think they are the same person who appeared on that fairy tale?」

「Same person? No way . 」

「What are your grounds for denying it?」

「My grounds? Because Bulgsan and Stifano-san are both good people . They are not the ones who’ll do cruel things like the Bulga and Stifano in the fairy tale . 」

「… . . certainly . They probably got their names from them . 」

「Yes . In addition, there are a lot of people who got their names from characters of stories . It is understandable given that they are feared and possesses strength . 」

「I see . 」

That’s right .

It’s true .

That’s is something that can be considered as the common way of thinking .

Why did I ever think that the characters of that fairy tale are those two?

…… .

It is probably because they are stronger than I had expected .

But they are doing the complete opposite of what the people they were named from have done .

Ah, and neither of them won so I guess they are not that strong?

After all, they only have the same name .

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「We got derailed . Back to the evaluation meeting… . how about the foods?」

To my question, one of the oni maids raises her hand .

「Everything was well received but they were not much different from what we usually serve . I wonder if the food were enough to give off a festive atmosphere . 」

Right .

I also thought of preparing food that will give off a festive feeling .

Speaking of festivals, what I really imagine is stalls .

Food that can be served on stalls… . . candy apple!

It is made by covering the apple with candy… .

It is just a normal sweet apple so cast aside the idea .

And if there’s no sour apple, it will be pointless .

I decided to raise a sour apple tree .

I also thought of strawberry candy but strawberry is sweet too .

It might be a good idea to harvest them before it gets sweet but I thought that it will still become sweet once it was dipped in sugar .

While the everyone is at lost, a beastgirl speaks .

「Won’t it be alright to serve normal candy?」

She’s exactly right .

Let’s just make candy .

We can use the fruits as fragrance and flavoring .

It is extremely popular .

It is regrettable but I already challenged making cotton candy .

TN: Start of a flashback .

Raw material for making cotton candy is sugar .

I know how to make it since I saw it on TV .

First is putting sugar on the can… .

Can?

Can?

…… .

……… . .

Then, as a prototype, I’ll use a bamboo cylinder .

First is making numerous holes on the side of the bamboo cylinder .

Next, put a wire on the top of the bamboo cylinder… . . I don’t have a wire .

Let’s use a thick thread from Zabuton as a subst.i.tute for a wire .

Then, tie the bamboo cylinder above using the thread… .

Above?

I can see the sky .

I’m sorry, spiderlings .

I’ll hang the thread to your web .

Thank you .

I put sugar on the suspended bamboo cylinder .

I lit a bonfire under the bamboo cylinder .

The sugar on the bamboo begins melting .

When the sugar begins to melt, it is time to spin the cylinder sing the thread .

The melted sugar moves to the side of the bamboo cylinder because of centrifugal force and jumps out of the holes .

As it jumps out of the hole, the sugar becomes filamentous and will turn into threads as it cools down with the help of ambient air .

With the use of a stick, collect everything!

However, as it is still being heated by bonfire from below, the sugar that jumped out was not cooled but hit the flame directly and burned .

Failure .

I had Loo cooperate with me and rechallenge it by using magic fire .

I went well somehow……

I finally understand the concept of the cotton candy making machine .

It’s just sugar strings scattering around .

It’s still noon but I decided to take a bath .

I abandoned the idea of making cotton candy .

At least we have a finished product . Loo took a bath with me too but she ate the cotton candy immediately after we finished making it .

「Great! I feel like I’m eating cloud!」

She loves it so let’s make a proper cotton candy machine after the festival .

After hearing about it from Loo, several people, Tier, Rasuti, Hakuren, and Frau, gathered before me .

I was again covered with sugar when I made cotton candy again for these ladies .

I really should make a proper cotton candy machine after this .

I also tried making various things… .

During the festival, we didn’t serve a new kind of candy .

Afterward, with the cooperation of the oni maids, I cooked several dishes for the festival but… .

It can be considered as an extension of our everyday food . There is no festive feeling .

It can be considered as an extension of our everyday food . There is no festive feeling .

If there is something like that, I should have cooked it .

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「Though I was able to make some dishes using the ingredients Michael-san sent, I have not thoroughly researched on how to season it so it is already a misstep . 」

Right .

Though it was not bad, it is a little roughly seasoned compared to our usual meal .

「Normally, when we speak about festivals, it means that we can eat delicious food and fill our stomach .  However, in this village, the everyday food is delicious and there’s a reasonable amount of them too… . 」

That’s right .

「We never considered the surroundings that’s why our preparations are insufficient . I was too much focused on sweets back then . 」

「That said, candy is delicious and the cotton candy is really superb though it was not served during the festival . Also, isn’t there the thing called crepe? I recall that it is fruits with cream that is wrapped with thin bread… . It was a shame that we were not able to prepare some for the festival . 」

「Ah, yes, thank you for your input . However, the people who have yet to taste it are staring so…」

「I’m sorry . We should have suggested foods to cook . I’m really sorry . 」

The oni maid tried to bow but I stopped her .

「We are exactly conducting an evaluation meeting because of things like that . Now, let’s think about countermeasures . 」

「Counter measures?」

「Ah, I mean what kind of food will give off a festive feeling?」

I asked that question to everyone .

「It should be a food that we don’t usually eat . 」

「Should it be large? Being large gives off a good impression . 」

「During New Year festival, we eat preserved food from previous year . 」

「During harvest festival, we cook using newly harvested crops . 」

「Is seafood a bad idea? I think grilling a h.e.l.lketch will be flashy and will certainly give a festive feeling . 」

h.e.l.lketch…ah, squid .

「Ah, then I think buburu gutsugutsu grill will give off a festive feeling . 」

Buburu gutsugutsu grill, grilling on top of a turban sh.e.l.l .

「Both are seasoned with soy sauce . I feel the magnitude of Florsan’s achievement again . 」

「Speaking of soy sauce, baked corn is good . Even if it is a normal dish, it is rarely served . 」

「It is also big . Though I can eat a whole bunch myself . 」

Various opinions come out .

「Though it is called a festival, I think the food should be easy to carry and easy to eat . Everyone took their food to their seat and continued to watch . 」

Indeed .

「The nearby eating s.p.a.ce was not used much . 」

That was regrettable but it was utilized during the second half since we arranged the food there .

「To summarize it…It should be big, easy to carry, easy to eat, and seasoned with soy sauce? 」

「I think there is no need to limit it to soy sauce . There are also other seasonings . 」

「However, their smell is not that attractive . 」

「I won’t deny that . 」

For the time being, all opinions were recorded on paper .

「I won’t deny that . 」

For the time being, all opinions were recorded on paper .

「Let’s wrap that out for today . Regarding the festival foods, I’ll think about it but it will be good if you think about it too . Even idea is good enough . Thank you for your hard work . 」

Now, I’ll bring them to the place where our next agenda lies .

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Now, problems regarding the progress of the martial arts tournament .

「When the contestant was called, s/he will not come out immediately . 」

「Waiting for the match to resume is boring . 」

「But I think it is necessary to give them time to recover . 」

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Things to be done if someone obtains victory unfairly .

「Maa, something must be done for it . 」

「Should we prepare a number of people for that?」

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Other various things .

It was a long evaluation meeting .

Maa, other things are even beyond what the committee can do .

However, we understand that if we can’t do anything about those next time, it might damage our reputation .

Maa, I don’t want to conduct another martial arts festival anymore… .

「I’m excited for next year . 」

「I’ll win next time!」

But the atmosphere forbids me to say that .

But I’m the village chief .

I’m in the position where I can decide that .

So I have to tell them firmly .

「Ma, maa, I don’t want you to be upset but next year, we’ll also decide what kind of festival we’ll conduct using lottery . It means that there is a possibility that it won’t be a martial arts tournament . 」

Un, I did my best .

I did my best .

「I see, then, does that mean that we’ll be making a martial arts society in order to have a martial arts tournament again?」

「So we’ll basically conduct a martial arts tournament and a new festival . 」

Everyone looked at me with eyes full of expectations .

……

「Le-let’s carefully consider it . 」

I did my best… . I really did .