After seeing Eugenie off, I thought deeply for a while.
If I’m going to make it anyway, I want to cook something that will surprise and make everyone happy!
“Father, is there something you’re worried about?”
“Mmm. I’m thinking about the menu I’ll prepare and how to make it delicious.”
“Oh~ that’s great! Please think about it until you get steam out of your head!”
With the expectation of eating delicious food, Char is quite delighted.
“Until steam comes out of my head huh…. I think I can boil octopus, but then that’s not very impressive.”
Marinated octopus and celery look delicious, but I wonder if Lulu ever caught octopus in the nearby waters. Lulu never brought me any after all.
“If you have any problems, you can talk to your teacher!”
Honesty is sometimes the best solution.
I also think Nowald-sensei may be able to impart some good advice for this. We went to visit him right away.
When we arrived at the alchemy hut, Nowald-sensei was in the middle of writing.
“I’m taking notes on the vegetation of Gandalcia Island.”
“That’s perfect then! Sensei, is there anything unique here that can be eaten?”
“Are you looking for edible plants and animals?”
“Yes, something that is delicious as well.”
I explained the situation to Sensei.
“Hmm, looking for ingredients huh. That sounds like a pretty interesting story.”
“Anyways, that’s about it. I prefer to make something that everyone has never tried before.”
Nowald-sensei crossed his arms and was deep in thought, then he suddenly clapped his hand.
“Sea urchins!”
“Sensei, when you say sea urchins, are you talking about those spiky balls?”
“Yes. Sea urchins are originally a general term for echinoderms, but yesterday, I found an edible purple sea urchin on the beach. It is probably endemic to this island. I think it is fine to call it Gandalcia’s sea urchin.”
Can we catch sea urchins here?
Sea urchin is a delicious food, but they never make it onto the dinner table in this region. This is probably because its shape resembles a monster called Thorn Rock. Thorn Rock is a terrifying monster that lurks in dungeons and explodes, sending spikes flying.
That’s maybe why Lulu did not catch those sea urchins either. I don’t think the people here even know that it can be eaten.
But I know!
Sea urchins are very tasty.
“Sea urchins are delicious. I think they will like it too.”
“From the way you speak, Cedie has eaten one, haven’t you?”
“Well……”
I’ve eaten it, but it’s from the memory in my previous life. It was when I went to Shakotan for a trip….
Uh-, Shakotan? Where was it again?
Sigh. No good. I can’t remember it clearly. Well, let’s put my memory problem aside for now.
If I put the sea urchin out as it is, will Eugenie and Lulu hate it?
Then, how about abalone and sea urchin pasta?
Abalone is another Gandalcian specialty. The abalone I ate the other day had a rich flavor and was very tasty.
“Thank you very much, Sensei. I think I can cook a good meal thanks to you. I will invite you to lunch in three days, so please come.”
“Thank you, I’m looking forward to it. Oh right, Cedie, when it comes to sea urchins, males taste much better.”
“Really?!”
“The only edible part of sea urchin is the inside part, right? Actually, it is their gonads. Orange colored ones are the testicles for males and the yellow ones are ovaries for females. The orange ones have a milder taste with less bitterness.”
“Wow, Sensei even knows about that huh.”
“Sometimes you run out of money when you’re wandering around the world, and that’s when you make do with what you have.”
I guess that’s when he picked up sea urchins on the beach and ate it……
The residents in this world don’t eat sea urchins, so there must be a lot lying around.
After leaving the alchemy hut, we visited the fisherman’s hut. Lulu returned from fishing a while ago and should have already rested. Fishermen have early mornings, so they are often taking a nap at this time of the day.
When I called out her name, Lulu got up while scratching her head.
“I’m sorry, I was sleeping.”
“It’s okay. I thought it was about time you wake up…… You have to get ready for the evening fishing, right?”
There was still time for sunset, but the afternoon was well over. There are many things for fishermen to do, such as inspecting boats and mending torn nets. I guessed that she should be up by now.
“Yes. Well, what do you want from me?”
“Does Lulu know about sea urchins?”
“Yeah. It’s those spiky ones on the shore or something. They’re a bit dangerous because if you’re not careful, you’ll step on them. Well, they don’t attack like the thorn rocks though.”
“There are sea urchins in Gandalcia too, right?”
“There is. The deeper it is, the bigger they are.”
That looks promising. Not only this dish, but also the ambition of one day getting rice and eating a large bowl of sea urchin crosses my mind.
“What are you going to do with sea urchins anyway? Are you going to use them as alchemy materials?”
It seems that it is impossible to imagine that it will become a food ingredient.
“No, no, it is for eating.”
“Ah? Would you eat something like that!?”
“Yes, it’s delicious.”
“I mean, it has spikes.”
Nowald-sensei’s words that the edible part are the gonads came back to me.
If I told her that we can eat their testicles and ovaries, would Lulu be surprised?
Erm, I think I’ll keep it to myself for now.
“Yes. We can eat the insides of those ball spikes.”
“Hmmm…… have you ever eaten one Cedie?”
“Of course, it’s my favorite.”
It’s in my past life, though.
“Oh~, you eat sea urchins in noble mansions huh. I didn’t know that it could be eaten.”
“I’d like to make a dish with sea urchins for lunch in three days. And abalone, too.”
“Okay. I’ll be sure to catch them for Cedie, who I’m indebted to. When should I deliver the ingredients? Three days later? Or do you want it today?”
I want to practice before I treat everyone. After all, the recipe I saw in the video is just a vague memory.
“If you can, I’d like to have some today, but will it be okay?”
“No problem. I’ll go for a dive now.”
This made Char very excited.
“Are you going to dive into the sea!?”
“Yes. Do you want to do it too?”
“I want to do it!”
Char looks like a five-year-old child, but inside she’s a yellow dragon, so I don’t worry about her going for a swim in a deep sea.
Also, there’s a sense of anticipation that Char will do something.
“Then I’ll ask Char to do it too.”
“Leave it to me, Father!”
Char shook her body and changed into a yellow swimsuit with frills.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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I have to say that I really like how what might normally be “isekai knowledge” is not just coming from the protagonist, and that his own memories of Earth seem fragmented or lost enough that it allows this world to shine, to where its the traveling alchemist who told him about the sea urchins.
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