With all the preparations for the journey complete, we decided to depart for the Northern Margravate three days later.
Today, as a gesture of thanks, I decided to cook various dishes for everyone. I combined the hamburgers I made in the Southern Margravate with the curry from the Eastern Margravate to make everyone’s favorite: hamburger curry. I also prepared extra curry roux so people could adjust the spiciness to their liking. Since there were many children, the base curry was made mild and sweet.
“““The meat’s delicious too!”””
Shiro and the others, who loved the sweeter curry, were happily eating the hamburgers together with it. Fran and Horn also loved curry, so they requested that I make it often.
“I’ll make mine a little spicier.”
“Hmm, I’ll eat mine as it is.”
Sue preferred medium-spicy curry, so she added some spicy paste as she ate. Meanwhile, Fina-san was still sticking to the mild curry. Perhaps it was still too early for her to try the medium spice. The adults mostly chose medium spice for their curry.
Amidst this, a challenger appeared.
“Hmmm, I wonder if I can make it a little spicier?”
“Silvia-san, your curry has turned completely red… is that okay?”
“Yes, this level of spiciness is totally fine for me.”
Silvia-san’s curry had a huge amount of spicy paste added, giving it an unusually intense color. Yet she ate it calmly, without even breaking a sweat.
Curious, I tried a bite of Silvia-san’s curry.
“Haahhh! Spicy, spicy, so spiiicy!”
Goodness! Silvia-san’s curry is insanely spicy. Even after hastily drinking water and casting a healing spell over my lips, the sting still lingers.
“R-Really that spicy? Us dwarves are totally fine with spicy foods, so we didn’t notice at all,”
“T-this is a weapon disguised as curry! It’s so spicy that even a healing spell can’t completely soothe the sting,”
“Hmmm… really? munch …yep, totally fine for me.”
I really want to believe that Silvia-san’s claim is true—that it’s a trait of the dwarves. Otherwise, there’s no way anyone could eat curry this spicy.
And just then, someone quietly started taking a bite of Silvia-san’s curry.
“Ahhhhhh! S-spiiicy!”
“Spicy… it hurts!”
“Whoa, Shiro and Fran, what are you two doing?! Here, drink some water and I’ll cast a healing spell!”
““Aaaahhh!””
Shiro and Fran writhed on the floor after eating Silvia-san’s outrageously spicy curry. Even after I gave them water and cast a healing spell, their lips were still burning fiercely.
“This… this is death curry…”
Horn muttered as she watched Shiro and Fran writhing on the floor.
And so, an unspoken rule was born: other races must never eat the curry of Silvia-san or the dwarves.No, seriously, Silvia-san’s curry is absolutely off-limits.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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