Chapter 391: Mock Youlinji [9]

Translated by Zzonkedd

Edited by Gumihou

As the sun went down, I could see the city at the end of the road.

From what I have found out earlier

Thats probably Hirschfield. Were just in time, lets go in.

Mu? Were going in?

Of course, I want to sleep on a bed, [7] I said firmly.

If we stop here, well be late for the dungeon!! [7] Dora-chan cried.

Dora is right, we should keep moving.

[8] Tch, looks like Ill have to convince these two somehow.

No, no, we cant skip this city. Didnt we promise the Adventurers Guild that well stop by each major city to check on their requests? Its only polite. Plus, I wanted to rest, but lets not bring that up just yet.

Muuu

Mmmm.

[8] Moreover, we can take our time and have a good meal. We can also get ourselves a nice big bath [5] too, I said coaxingly.

A good meal? How good? asked Fer suspiciously.

[8] Ill make something you never had before~

Hmm

[6] Well, thats Fer half convinced.

Dora-chan, dont you feel uncomfortable? Dont you want to soak away the dust and cramps in your body in a nice hot bath?

Kuhfine!

It had better be something I never had before.

[8] Fufufu, I had them.

Please read this at dot com ~

I plopped myself in the huge clawfoot chair in the living room. Woah, its cushy~

I raised my arms and stretched backwards, arching my back.

Phew~ I can finally sleep in a bed tonight~

[5a] As usual, I rented a house from the Merchants Guild. For the sake of a huge bath, we ended up renting a 12LDK mansion, which was totally too big for us, but thanks to my familiars, I can splurge on things like this casually~

Aruji~~ Food~~?

Ah.

You promised something I never had before,

Well, I guess Im hungry too,

Cant you guys just let me rest for a moment?

[5] Oi!

Yes, yes, Fer-san. Im getting up.

[8] While I did promise Fer that I would make him something new. That doesnt mean I have to make it from scratch.

Lets see, what do I have here? [5]

[8] Well, I still have a lot of karaage left. While Im sure everyone still likes fried chicken, we had been having a lot of fried food recently.

Hmm

Alright, lets make Youlinji, or, in this case, Mock Youlinji. [5b]

I heaved myself out of the chair and headed for the kitchen. Woah, its super luxurious, too bad Im only making Youlinji sauce today.

[10] To make the sauce, I would need grated white onions, garlic, and ginger as well as soy sauce, vinegar, water, sesame oil and honey. Well, since Im super lazy today, I bought tubed grated garlic and ginger. The recipe usually uses sugar, but I happened to have some honey at hand, so lets use that instead.

A taste test later, hmm, could use a little more vinegar. [5]

Right, once the sauce was properly balanced, I set it in a pot to simmer, allowing the ingredients to meld together and thicken a little.

Meanwhile, I cut up some lettuce into 1cm wide pieces and soak them in cold water. This would crisp up the vegetables, [6] which was a nice kitchen hack I learned from my previous restaurant job.

Once the vegetables were soaked and drained, I arranged them on wide plates. The key to serving leftovers is presentation. Fufufu, the bright orange Youlinji would look very nice against a crisp green background.

Just before serving, I tossed the still warm Karaage (taken from my very convenient time stop [Item Box]) in the Youlinji sauce and tumbled them onto the bed of lettuce.

I had made a large pot of sauce, knowing my familiars appet.i.te. I have a sneaking feeling they would be eating more than usual today.

Dinner is done!

[8] Hm? Isnt this just fried bird meat? [8]

Its Karaage with a very refres.h.i.+ng sauce. Completely different, give it a try.

Fer visibly wrinkled his nose at the sight of the lettuce, but chomped a large mouthful. It was followed by a lot more chomps.

Fried bird is good, but fried bird in this sauce is delicious! [3] Dora-chans paws were all sticky from holding the pieces of sauce-covered Karaage.

Sui likes the tingly taste~~ [5]

Seconds!

[6] Of course, I said, a little smugly as I tossed more Karaage in the sauce. My lips may or may not be sticky from the Mock Youlinji too.

My familiars could really eat, but regardless of how delicious the Mock Youlinji was, it only made me crave rice! Rice is justice!

After dinner was dessert time. Fer and Dora-chan had their usual favourites while Sui chose to have chocolate cake this time. I was too stuffed for sweets and had a cup of tea instead.

Lets go to the Adventurers Guild after breakfast, I said, sure that its safe for me to talk now that my familiars were nice and full.

Mu? For a mission? [5]

Why cant we just go to the dungeon Dora-chan pouted.

Well, its part of our duty. Who knows, we might pick up something interesting for you to fight.

I guess [5]

Sui will defeat them all!!

Ah~ Sui-tan is the best~

After dinner was over and the plates put away, it was time for our bath. I had paid for this stupidly large mansion for its bath, so lets make full use of it.

Im not going, lay out my futon for me, commanded Fer.

Yes, yes, you dont know what youre missing, thats what, I teased.

Humph,

After laying out the futon for Fer in the master bedroom, I headed to the bath with Sui and Dora-chan. [5] [5]

Aahhh, the perks of being rich

Lets soak away the travel fatigue together~

[Gumihou: aaannndd Mukouda just lost his OOCness in this chapter. This is the reason why I cut off bits of his hyaaa!! and kyaa!! moments. Because its just not sustainable. Le idiot moments were the deviation, author-san probably ran out of ideas and just powered through the chapters until this moment]

[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs

[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs

[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue

[4] Structural Change: Change pa.s.sive sentence to dialogue

[5] Delete Repet.i.tive or Pointless Information starting to delete pointless scenes now

[a] Summarize the renting process.

[b] Reduce the meandering thought process that resulted in Mock Youlinji.

[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose

[7] Add Dialogue Tag

[8] Creative Licence Taken Mukouda, as a white-collar worker and master of these familiars, should be good in the art of coaxing toddlers. Added the something new element to explain later actions.

[9] Youlinji or yourinji is represented by the kanji

Technically, this means it could be p.r.o.nounced as either yourinji or youlinji since the j.a.panese language doesnt distinguish between r and l. I opted for Youlinji since it produces. .h.i.ts for the actual recipe, whereas yourinji gets me nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGkD-4me0yQ

Recipe by actual j.a.panese, its BG is d.a.m.ned noisy though

[10] Just, readjust the cooking method so that it makes sense.