338. Deer hunting (2)
“Anyway, how about your lunch box? Does it fit your mouth?”
There was a new dish on the tea table today.
An authentic Flemish pork pie that was previously recommended by Sir Claudia. I remember eating it quite deliciously at the time, so I packed it.
‘Did I say it’s best served with cheese?’
Seongjin, who had prepared the side menu himself, was a little nervous and waited for Seonghwang’s reaction.
Today is the first time I prepared food other than salmon. If you eat the same thing every day, even if you love salmon, wouldn’t you get bored quickly?
‘If I succeed in feeding him a lunchbox today, from now on I’ll be visiting other restaurants in the Hwangdo Island whenever I have time, other than the salmon lunchbox!’
Fortunately, Seonghwang slowly emptied the pie plate. He didn’t seem to like bear meat very much, but surprisingly, he liked the moist and juicy pork in the pie.
Okay, this sounds good! Let’s remember this.
‘But is it okay to only eat restaurant food every day? I don’t think it’s very good for your health. I feel like I’m encouraging this guy’s picky eating habits even more… … .’
For a moment, this feeling of skepticism washed over me.
‘Well, it’s better than not eating anything at all. Moreover, he has great divine power, so nutrient imbalance is not a big problem.’
Then wouldn’t it be best to just eat delicious food?
First, let’s change the habit of choking at the dinner table! And later, you can slowly change to a healthy diet.
Seongjin thought peacefully and sipped his warm Melbourne drink.
“… “Is there a reason you chose the Earl of Bathurst’s hunting party?”
Rattling.
As I was silent for a moment and waiting for the meal to finish, Seonghwang put down his silverware and quietly asked a question.
“Um, why? well.”
If you think about it, there was no particular reason. It’s just that the letter Max brought me particularly caught my eye.
It was clear that Max, who especially liked shiny things, was attracted to the invitation card with the gold-leaf deer engraved on it.
“The resident engineers said that. The southwestern part of the ecliptic, where the County of Bathurst is located, has dense forests and is said to be quite rich in game. “They say there are a lot of deer and roe deer, and sometimes bears and wild boars also appear.”
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to catch a variety of animals? You can also taste a variety of meats.
If you’re lucky, you’ll also get bear meat, which the demon lord likes. The ones brought from Sigismund’s Territory have long since run out.
“If you do that, you’ll have to leave the ecliptic for a few days.”
“Yes, I think that will probably happen.”
“okay.”
Hunting gatherings take place over several days at the host’s territory. That’s why they say they pitch tents and stay near hunting grounds.
Seongjin was looking forward to it. You can come to another world and feel the camping sensibility that is not even in Palja!
‘When I was on Earth, I thought about wasting my time and effort on such annoying things.’
The position now is completely different from then. I’m a prince, right?
Edith or the resident knights would probably do all the miscellaneous work, like setting up the tent or cooking.
‘All I have to do is hang out with Max, enjoy my free time, and meditate whenever I have free time!’
The Milo boss’s investigation has been completed, so there’s nothing too urgent now. At this point, let me give Max and the resident knights a change of heart.
Is the only remaining worry about my father’s meals? I have to take care of the packed lunch, but if we go out to the countryside, this guy will have to starve for a few days.
‘First of all, Director Katrina decided to bring us a salmon lunch box.’
In fact, she was too grandiose to ask for such a small task. But for some reason, she had a feeling that it wouldn’t be possible to do anything other than the leader.
So, when I went to ask for a lunch box to be delivered, Francis’ reaction was very intense.
-Our leader is the leader of Saint Aurelion, one of the most powerful knights in the Holy Empire! Even though it is for His Majesty the Holy Emperor, why should he personally do the work that his servants do? I’d rather go!
But Seongjin flatly refused. A lunch box brought by this foul-tempered lieutenant.
-What are you going to do if your father behaves? stop.
-what? Sir, what does that mean now? yes?
However, Katrina was very happy when she heard the request.
-It is my greatest honor to entrust such an important task to me, sir!
-… No, Captain?
Look. The leader definitely said he would do it, right?
Seongjin excitedly laughed at the adjutant, whose expression was crumpled, and arrived at the main palace in triumph.
“Mores.”
“Yes, father.”
Seonghwang’s face looked somewhat dark, so Seongjin straightened his posture and listened to what he said.
“No matter what anyone says, you are the next Oracle. So, even if you think you made your decision inadvertently, keep in mind that there is always a special reason for that choice.”
… Why choose?
“Do you understand? From now on, you must be careful and careful in everything you do.”
“… … .”
Seongjin could now easily recognize a faint feeling of worry on his cold face.
Well, considering all the accidents I’ve done so far, it’s not unreasonable.
“Haha, don’t worry. It’s not far away, it’s near the imperial capital. “I’m going to take Lord Masaine and a lot of the resident knights.”
“… … .”
“I’m going to leave everything to the resident drivers and just play. Really!”
Seongjin tried to reassure him.
I wouldn’t be able to ride a horse anyway because of Max, so would I be able to hunt properly? We had no choice but to treat it as a picnic and spend the whole day inside the camp.
“Could something happen in the camp? The jinx [the curse of social gatherings] has already disappeared.”
It was right then. An unusually bright silver light flashed in Seonghwang’s eyes!
However, before Seongjin could properly recognize the appearance, Seonghwang quickly lowered his head and avoided looking down.
“… … ?”
Now that I think about it, when I talk to this guy, I often find him looking blankly at his teacup with his eyes down.
‘Until now, I thought it was just a habit… … .’
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Didn’t it look like he was dodging something in a hurry just now? It was when Seongjin tilted her head.
“Bute Mores.”
“yes?”
“Have you ever eaten something you hunted yourself?”
hmm?
“no? “I think this is your first time hunting properly?”
There wasn’t much of a chance. By the time I worked as a hunter on Earth, the ecosystem had already been devastated thanks to monsters.
Well, I don’t know what it would have been like during the Mores era.
“I’ve never eaten deer or wild boar before, so I’m looking forward to it. “The chefs will make a decent meal, right?”
“… … .”
Seonghwang then opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something more, but then slowly shook his head.
“No, it’s nothing. “It would be good to experience something firsthand.”
“… … ?”
* * *
“It’s quite a hassle.”
Leonard grumbles again.
He had been following Romain aimlessly since earlier, holding a bottle of alcohol in his hand.
“Didn’t I tell you that it would take a long time so you don’t have to follow me?”
Romain, who responded like that, sighed softly.
He was now wandering around the foot of the mountain, busily putting something on the ground from time to time. It started at noon, and now it is almost sunset.
“What does all that do?”
“As I have said many times, we are in the process of engraving the circuit of the normal world in an appropriate location.”
“The normal world? “What was that?”
“I’ve already explained that several times, but… … .”
Romaine was currently trying to figure out how to drive Princess Amelia into a dead end.
If things go well and he can sneak her into the portal, he will be able to try [Charm] on her himself.
“If I look at the things you do, there are a lot of them that are very useless. “The hard work you did to plant things for people before turned out to be useless in the end, right?”
Leonard, who was chatting comfortably, took a drink from the bottle. At this point, Romain can’t help but feel the limits of her patience.
“Why am I doing these troublesome things? “If Leo had just gone ahead with the original plan, there wouldn’t have been a need for such troublesome work.”
Didn’t he shout so loudly that he would capture the princess’s heart?
-Amelia, in order to make your love with me come true, please click [Accept]. my love.
If everything had worked out as planned, everything would have ended with just one word.
But despite his obvious beatings, Leonard was not discouraged in the slightest.
“I tried, Romain. If the princess doesn’t give me her heart until the end, it’s definitely not because I lack charm. “It’s just that her tastes are a little strange.”
“… … .”
It’s my fault for trying to fight this man.
Romaine closed his mouth as he felt his blood pressure rising in his body.
“But what have you been looking for so much? “Can’t I just draw that circuit anywhere?”
After Romain finished his work, he looked around through the bushes again, and Leonard stuck his head in next to him and asked.
“I’m looking for signs of cracks, Leo.”
“crack?”
“Yes, it is.”
Slurp. Sreuk.
Romain, who was wading through the tall grass with one hand, found something and pointed to a spot on the ground. The dirt floor is particularly dark red compared to other places.
“Look at this.”
“Are you saying that’s the trace?”
“That’s right.”
Romain nodded, his eyes shining quietly beneath his half-mask.
“It is a sign that the Delcross dimension was almost torn into pieces after being caught up in the Ionian disaster many years ago. “It’s the perfect place to blow up an imperfect circuit.”
* * *
Let’s catch a lot of game and fill the palace refrigerator!
That was what he was thinking, but it was his dedicated maid, Edith, who immediately dashed Seongjin’s dreams.
“Killing and eating wild boars? Sir, that is a very unreasonable thing to say, isn’t it?”
She always showed a fierce attitude, but today, for some reason, she reacted bluntly.
“Why not?”
“You have no idea how bad wild boar meat smells. Especially in this season, if you kill a female pig, it doesn’t smell very good.”
“… ok?”
Seongjin blinked his eyes.
I heard clearly from my senior, right? It is said that once, while standing guard, they caught a wild boar that came to eat Jjampap, and a meat party was held in the unit that day. He said it was very delicious.
But despite such rebuttal, Edith was adamant.
“If anyone has ever eaten it, it must have been in the winter.”
… Was it like that?
“Maybe it was just a young sow?”
“I didn’t hear if it was male or female. Come to think of it, I think they said there wasn’t enough meat because it was small… … .”
what. Does it taste that bad?
As I looked at him with doubt, Masain silently nodded his head next to me.
‘Oh, it’s ruined. I shouted to my father that I would catch a wild boar.’
Of course, it seems like the guy just ate it without even asking.
-No, it’s nothing. It would be nice to experience something first-hand.
I guess that was the story. Since Seongjin seemed so expectant, it seems he couldn’t bear to tell her the truth.
I was very disappointed, but Edith shook her head.
“You can cook it with strong alcohol and spices, but that doesn’t make it delicious. “If you live in a rural area where there is very little to eat, is there any reason to eat such a thing in the capital where food is plentiful?”
That’s right.
Because the capital is overflowing with delicious restaurants.
“But Edith, you know your prey quite well, don’t you?”
“Well, before I came to the Imperial Capital, I also hunted often. “I lived deep in the mountains.”
“okay?”
“It’s not a very good memory. Hunting is a lot of work. “From dismantling to disposal, it’s a very cumbersome task.”
“… … .”
This explains why an Auror user like Edith became a dedicated maid instead of a squire. Edith, you really hate working.
Of course, this is not the correct attitude a dedicated maid should have.
“Lowering. “Deer and rabbits are quite edible if you cook them well.”
When Seongjin looked very disappointed, Lord Masaine added something insinuatingly.
“Uh, okay. Thank you, Lord Martha.”
Okay, we can’t back down like this!
I’ll have to tell all the resident knights to only target deer!
fantasy,
