Chop chop chop chop chop.
“Toria-chan, you’re really skilled with a knife.”
“Is that so? Thank you very much. My mother taught me everything I needed to know about attendant skills.”
Toria-chan’s knife skill is excellent—she sliced through meat and vegetables one after another with smooth precision. With Ao absent, she had become an unexpectedly valuable asset. Thanks to her help, all the preparation work for the staff meals was completed in no time. We stored the cut ingredients in an item box for theft prevention, finishing all preparations perfectly.
The imitation tandoori chicken was placed inside a cold-storage magic device and set aside where it wouldn’t be seen from the stall. It still needed time for the flavors to properly soak in. So for now, Toria-chan and I decided to go check on the wedding-related preparations out of curiosity.
“…Wow, it really looks like a goddess. What a magnificent wooden statue.”
What Ao had been working on after being called from the stall was a wooden statue of a goddess for the temporary altar—carved from a single thick tree trunk using wind magic.
Toria-chan looked completely entranced by the lifelike sculpture.
But thinking about it… me, Shiro, and Ao had actually met a real goddess before.
“This is the most impressive goddess statue I’ve ever seen. It would be a waste to only use it for the harvest festival.”
“Then let’s donate it to the town church. With a wooden statue this magnificent, I’m sure the clergy will be delighted.”
“It’s so pretty!”
Ao’s goddess statue received overwhelming praise from both the former Margrave and Emilia-sama. Kent-chan also raised his hands with a bright smile, clearly delighted.
“Could someone go to the church? We need to get permission right away.”
“Emilia-sama, I’ll go.”
“Thank you.”
A cat-beastman craftsman pounded his chest and dashed off.
With a statue like this, the church would surely be pleased.
Meanwhile, Ao—clearly not satisfied yet—continued adding finer carvings, steadily improving the statue’s detail further and further. At this rate, it might become one of the main highlights of the entire harvest festival.
“Looks like Sue and the others are still in their meetings. Then we should start grilling the meat soon.”
“Yes. I will assist you.”
I returned to the stall and began preparing lunch together with Toria-chan.
Mmm… the delicious smell was already starting to spread through the plaza.
“Today, let’s make okonomiyaki. We already have yakisoba, but this time we’ll go heavy on the cabbage and try topping it with yakisoba sauce as well.”
I decided to try another flour-based dish. With ingredients this good, even a small amount of effort turns into something delicious—that’s the best part.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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