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In the early afternoon, a biseinen(beautiful young man) appeared before me.

Good afternoon to you. I am the Chief of General Staff at the Evil God Army, Dryas Bo Malferand. It is my humble pleasure and honour to finally come face to face with you, Tilea-sama.

With that, the biseinen elf bowed low to me.

Aahh, so youre the strategist that Timu mentioned. I wondered what you might be like. I came up with a lot of ideas, but you actually were an elf, werent you.

Tilea-sama, I may look like an elf, but I am a proper demon.

Aahh, so thats how it is.

Im shocked. To think that even the elven race had chuunibyou patients. Aah, but could it be that he was ostracised because of it and they expelled him from the village, or could it be that he left on his own? Elves have this image of being exclusive isolationists who dont get along well with humans. But to think that one would actually come here to play with humans

He must have found it really hard to stay in his village. He cant have fit in. I have to be kind to him instead.

Well, everybody has their own circumstances. Lets get along, okay?

Yes, Tilea-sama. I live for your sake, and I die for your sake.

Mn? Arent you part of Timus Praetorian Guard?

Camilla-sama gave birth to me, but in the end, the reason for my existence is to serve you, Tilea-sama.

Oh ho? Is that the setting this time? For my sake, huh~

Well, it certainly doesnt feel bad, but

I stared right at his hot guy face.

And guess what! He stared right back with a refreshing, hot guy smile!

Geh-, whats with this refreshing look! Honestly, this is why hot guys are It cant be that he thinks he can capture me?

Just to let you know, Im a guy so youre out of the question. Honestly, riajuu should just explowhoawhoa, whoa, Tilea, why are you dragging out these grudges from your old life? Dryas-kun is a poor kid who was driven out of his village. Not only that, hes been good to Timu and the others. Hes a friend. You have to treat him well.

Ehh~ Well, yeah, lets definitely get along. By the way, I heard from Timu that youre a wise general type, but is that true?

Indeed. As a Staff Officer, I have been provided with knowledge of all things in creation.

Dryas-kun spoke in his silky hot guy voice.

But really?

In the end, hes just a chuunibyou. Empirically speaking, theres a huge possibility that hes an idiot

But well, its pretty much a rule that elves are knowledgeable. Lets test him a little.

Youre quite confident. Then, lets have you answer a little quiz.

As you wish, Tilea-sama.

First question, dun dundun dun The red and delicious fruit, the bomigranide. What period is it most ripe and delicious?

Heh. This something you wouldnt know unless youre a cook. Impossible for laymen to answer. If you really know everything, then lets hear the answer.

The First Month in Primebarela. If you go further down south, then perhaps the Third Month in Inverno would be fine too.

C-, Correct.

Oi, oi, thats a perfect answer. The crapper cooks might not even know! We might have picked up a real treasure

Second question then, dudun dun The barcret that blooms in midsummer can be used as an ingredient. However, which parts of it?

The secondary leaves, I do believe. However, if you isolate it from the air, and then boil it together with joyoh fluid at 90 degrees or over, the poison is mostly removed from the leaves, and all of them can then be eaten. But well, poison doesnt mean much to us demons

C-, Correct. Or rather, you could remove the poison like that? I never knew.

Yes. Not only that, but you can also boil it together with onicus leaves. However, this method may affect the taste, and thus I do not recommend it.

H-, Hes capable.

Im not sure even if a first-rate chef could give such perfect answers

Mumu, I cant lose. Now that its come to this, lets go with even harder questions.

Then the third question

After that, I brought up any possible cooking questions I could think of. And Dryas promptly and accurately answered every one of them. Not only that, occasionally he even gave answers that covered a cooks blind spots, so I really had to take my hat off to him.

Haha, whats with this professor, this walking encyclopaedia? Im starting to think of him as a cook already. Hmm~ I want to ask questions in other fields too, but I have no clue on anything outside of cooking.

Huhu, how is Dryas, Oneesama? He is my greatest creation. I would be very happy if you found him suitable, but

Ooh, Timu came along with perfect timing. Ill have Timu ask him questions about magic.

Timu, Dryas is great. Hes just like a wise general.

It brings me great joy to hear that you are pleased, Oneesama.

Dryas-kun has been amazing. Ive been asking him all these cooking questions, and he got every one of them right. Could it be that hes a cook?

Oneesama, Dryas is a perfect strategist, versed not only in cooking, but all things in creation.

I-, I see. Then, Timu, you ask him something too. Like a hard question about magic, okay?

When I created Dryas as my kin, I included all of my knowledge. He can perfectly answer any question I could ask.

Hmmm. If youre that confident, then just ask him something.

I understand, Oneesama.

Timu turned to Dryas-kun.

Dryas. The aveross uses the first key of darkness magic. Tell me how to construct it. However, you are not to use dipuletion or anshuichon.

Milady. First, you invoke the darkness in the favatar. Thereafter, you offer the the schutel-babineh waves. When you do, the heat of the jaofvai must be

Yep I have noooo idea what youre talking about. But I get the feeling that what theyre talking about is definitely difficult stuff. Timu really is a genius at magic. She sounded incredibly familiar with the content, like a lecturer at the Academy. And Dryas was answering each question smoothly.

As expected of an elf. Hes showing me the knowledge that the guardians of the forest have. Yeah. Rather than a cook, he really is like a walking encyclopaedia. You could even call him the Prince of Miscellaneous Knowledge.

You two, sorry for butting in while you seem to be hitting the climax, but stop!

Yes.

Timu, Dryas-kuns answers were correct, werent they.

Yes. One hundred, no, one hundred and twenty marks. He answered with regards to the next step I would take. I was truly satisfied by his responses.

I see. Youre good, Dryas-kun. Ill acknowledge you. From now on, please take care of us as my Zifang.

Oneesama, what is this ji-fahng?

Aah, well, in my old life there was this really amazing strategist by the name of Zifang.

So that is how it was. It is the acme of honour that you think me as such. I, Dryas, shall give my all to support you in your conquest.

I-, I see. Well, try your best.

Aahh, just like I thought, he really is a chuunibyou. Even though he was born with such a good head

Aahhh! Its such a waste!

I was filled with prayers for him to be quickly cured of that disease.

After that, we got Dryas-kun settled in, like getting him to meet with the other members of the Evil God Army, or guiding him around the secret base.

Hm, its already this late. I sure am hungry. Should I make something? Yeah, Ill make something, and we can have a welcoming party for Dryas-kun too.

You guys must be hungry. Ill go make some food.

W-, We could never have you do such a thing. I will order a subordinate, said Or.

Oi, if its not me, the cook, then who else can prepare food? Arent you just a bunch of chuunibyou!

Or, will that be alright? Can any of you cook? Im a little anxious, but

O-, Of course. Please leave it to us.

Or flew out of the room. Will this really be okay? I cant imagine that these guys could cook a decent meal.

But well~ Since theyre so fired up, maybe I shouldnt pour cold water over them. They just gained a new friend. Its not strange to think that they want to do something for him.

Cant be helped. Guess Ill give them some face.

I waited for them to finish making dinner.

After a while

We have kept you waiting.

They brought in a feast.

Mn, smells good. Not bad!

They made sure to have an appetiser, some soup, and a main.

Now then, whats the meat dish for today?

Ohh~? Its roasted whole beacock! These are some good ingredients. From what I can see, theyre all pretty good.

Yep, yep, every one of these dishes is first class.

Yep, yep, ye-!? H-, Hang on a minute. Theyre too first class!

The ingredients for the meat, the seafood, the soup; theyre all super high class.

Or, just how much money did you spendwha-, oi, oi, youre kidding, right! This is balott, you know. To so casually use something that you can only get every ten, no, a hundred years from each one is

The dishes were made from such high class ingredients that it was almost a waste to eat it all. But they were already cooked, so there was nothing to do except eat. In a daze, I brought some food to my mouth.

A shock ran through me. The more I chewed, the more the aromatic fragrances of the spices and ingredients mixed and spread through my mouth.

T-, This With normal seasonings, youd never get this flavour. This refined taste and richness that youd never get even after ten, no, a hundred years of cooking.

O-, Oh my god. A-, Are these guys all idiots?

I put down what I was about to eat, and immediately put down my chopsticks.

Whats with this food!

T-, Tilea-sama?

This is why I didnt want beginners making the food! You think I can eat this?

U-Umm, if you have some dissatisfaction with this, I can

EEI! Bring me the manag-, I mean, the person who made this!

Y-, Yes.

Or hurriedly called for the cook.

I-, I have arrived at your summons. I am Jigma, the one in charge of the cooking.

Y-, You. You used gem salt in the broth for this, didnt you.

T-, That was called gem salt? I simply used the salt that Ortissio-sama purchased, but

O-, Oh hohh~? I-, I see. Ignorance really is terrifying. You know, gem salt is a naturally occurring salt that takes thousands of years to appear. And for you to have From what I tasted, you must have used a lot, didnt you.

Yes, I did but Was there something wrong with that?

Something wrong? You

W-Was there some problem?

Its hopeless. I can tell that he really doesnt have a clue. Just tonights meal would easily exceed the annual income of a normal family.

And also, as meals they were good, but the cooking was bad. Even though the ingredients were the absolute best, the cooking was nowhere close.

Also, the way you used roasting, smoking, grilling and steaming was completely random. Do you have any experience cooking?

No, none at all. I am a soldier.

O-, Oh my goodness

These ultra-high class ingredients that any cook would die for was wasted unsparingly by a beginner?

Or, your money sense is just horrific. As expected of a kid from a great nobles family.

Or, what were you thinking?

You mean to say?

You know, since you refused me and said you were going to make the food, I thought that you would have somebody who could cook. I cant say that he doesnt know anything at all, but this was still sacrilege towards the ingredients, you know? It was unforgivable.

Tilea-samas anger is most justified. Why did you use such cheap ingredients!

You used scraps and waste to prepare a meal that Oneesama was going to eat. Ortissio, I trust you understand?

M-, My deepest apologies. I used the highest class ingredients I had on hand, but-

AND I AM TELLING YOU THAT THAT IS NEGLIGENCE! In the Demon Capital, even a dog would not eat this refuse!

They misunderstood, and then began to happily bicker. Haha, honestly, theres really no hope for these guys.

DAHHHHHH! Enough! Enough, okay? I really *am going to have to do the cooking myself.

However For somebody like you to do such a thing is

However, schmauever! This is an order! I will be doing the cooking. I cant leave things to beginners like you.

I glared them into silence.

Mn, if I leave it to you lot, its going to turn into something insane. Speaking of which, I left the ingredient shopping for Berum Capital Branch to Or as well, didnt I.

T-, This is bad. Did that damned Or buy only crazy stuff? Huhu, for some reason I get the feeling that were about to go bankrupt

Zhang Liang (c. 3rd century BC 186 BC), courtesy name Zifang, was a strategist and statesman in the early Western Han dynasty. He is also known as one of the Three Heroes of the early Han dynasty (), along with Han Xin and Xiao He.

Xun Yu (163212), courtesy name Wenruo, was a strategist and statesman who served as an advisor to the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Xun Yu was a native of Yingchuan (; present-day Xuchang, Henan), and was born in a family of government officials. Xun Yu proved to be a talented youth, and was evaluated by the scholar He Yong as someone capable of assisting kings ().

Cao Cao recognized Xun Yus talent and he exclaimed, Here comes my Zifang! when Xun Yu arrived, and he appointed Xun as an army commandant.