CH 39

"Rolando's (Roland) Another World Cooking"

Translated by Dawn

“Now, let’s get started! Rolando, aka Roland, will be present. It’s cooking time!”

It was a bit comical to be declaring to no one in particular, but to put it simply, it was a tasting session to see how Wild Dashboa meat tasted.

I had eaten the meat of Dashboas, Forest Wolves, and other monsters of this world, and they were all delicious. That was why I wanted to taste the Wild Dashboa meat myself before selling it off to the guild.

“The frying pan I had the blacksmith make for me for this occasion is about to catch fire!”

Some time ago, I thought it was tasteless to just skewer and roast them – in fact, they were delicious – so I went to a blacksmith to have a frying pan made especially for me.

The blacksmith looked at me as a child and was a bit skeptical at first, but that was me, an ex-salaried worker. I offered him a bottle of sake as a souvenir, and we became friends. I guess that was what they call “drinking communication”?

I also had a variety of cutting boards and knives necessary for cooking, and now I have all the tools I need for cooking.

“All that is missing is a steamer, a net for grilling, and a pressure cooker.”

Aside from the pressure cooker, I would like to have a steamer and a net in the future.

I decided to leave that in the corner for now as an issue for the future and started cooking the Wild Dashboa meat.

Speaking a little bit about monster meat in this world, there exists a very natural kind of magical power in this world.

Although it was not fully understood yet, it was said that the existence of this magical power was related to the delicious taste of monster meat.

One of them being the monster-hunting method that I often use.

According to a relative of mine who was a hunter in a previous life, when deer and wild boar were killed, their brains would bleed and the meat would taste bad when it was dismantled.

So I had heard that the best hunters usually hunt by aiming at the neck, which was the vital point so as not to let the prey go wild, and kill it with a single blow.

In that sense, the Aqua strategy that I often use causes the prey to suffocate and the monster to run rampant, so according to common sense on earth, the dismantled meat should be unpalatable.

However, in this world, there exists something that did not exist on Earth called magical power, and according to the common sense of hunters in this world, the more magical power a monster had, the better the meat tasted, and the system was designed so that the magical power circulating in the body did not keep the blood in the brain and other organs.

I remember Bold telling me with a smug look on his face when I asked him about dismantling, that this function continues for a while after death, and that while the function continues, it was possible to secure fresh and tasty meat by draining the blood.

As an aside, Nicole, who was with me at the time, commented, “Don’t talk about it with a smug look on your face, you old, fat, and bald man.”

Anyway, this world is a fantasy……for better or worse, and it’s a different world, which means that the common sense of the earth is not always applicable. Do you understand ……? You there with your big head!?

With a mysterious sermon in my head that I didn’t know to whom I was addressing, I started preparing the meat first.

Preparing the meat wasn’t that difficult; I cut out a steak-sized piece of Wild Dashboa meat and pounded it with the back of a knife.

Then, before grilling the meat, I made cuts into the entire meat string to prevent the meat from shrinking when it was cooked.

This way, the meat would not be warped and would be nicely cooked and tenderized.

I made a simple cooking stove and built a fire using sticks that I found lying around as firewood. The lard from the Wild Dashboa was blended into the hot frying pan, and the meat was put into the pan at the right time.

When the meat was browned on one side, turn it over and cook it for a few more minutes.

To cook the inside of the meat, move the pan away from the heat, adjust the position of the pan so that the heat becomes low, and cook the meat slowly.

When the meat was cooked, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

“Thank you for all the food in this world…itadakimasu” 

Muttering a phrase from a popular gourmet manga, I bit into the newly finished Wild Dashboa steak. +

As soon as I bit into the meat, I felt a moderate resistance as I chewed through the meat, and the juices hidden inside the meat filled my mouth. Although seasoned simply with salt and pepper, the meat’s delicious taste and flavor could be fully felt, and the umami component enveloped the tongue.

A moment later, after having enjoyed the tenderness of the meat more than enough while savoring the flavor of the meat with each bite, I swallowed it and put it in my stomach.

“Delicious, really delicious!”

I had no idea whether it was because the steak was one of the most delicious ways to eat meat, or whether some other indeterminate factor was involved, but at any rate, an inexpressible deliciousness took over my entire body.

I was feeling a general deliciousness, a general joy, general happiness, and such unexplainable positive emotions running through my body.

……Although I used a few complicated expressions, to put it simply, the food was ” extremely delicious”.

I continued to eat the meat with all my might, and before I knew it, half of the meat block (5 kilograms per piece) had disappeared into my stomach.

Rubbing my swollen belly, I laid back on my back and looked at the sky, chewing on the joy of living.

“Another world is the best…….”

In my previous life, I had worked for a decent company and earned a decent income. Even so, I had rarely encountered such delicious food that appealed to my core like this Wild Dashboa.

It was not clear whether the civilization of the previous generation was too advanced or whether they took it for granted, but one thing I could say was that the fact that there was such delicious food in the world forced me to be grateful to the beings who created such delicious food.

“Now, let’s clean up and go home.”

I spent the rest of the day feeling happy that I had eaten something so delicious and returned to the town with a sense of satisfaction.

When I returned to town, the gatekeeper, who I knew well, asked me, “Did something good happen?” I simply replied, “Well, yeah,” and turned quickly to the Adventurers’ Guild.

After hunting the Wild Dashboa, I had been taking it easy, but I returned earlier than usual, around 3:00 p.m

Therefore, most of the adventurers were out of the Adventurers’ Guild, but there were still a few who were taking a day off from work here and there, so there were more than a few people in the guild.

Nicole was just at the reception desk, so I went toward her, and when she saw me, she opened her mouth as if in a panic.

“Oh, Rolando-san! You are safe, huh? Thank God.”

“What are you talking about?”

I heard from Mirian-senpai. I heard you went hunting for Wild Dashboa! No matter how accustomed Rolando-san is to hunting dashboards, it’s too dangerous.”

“Well, I’m sorry to make you worry.”

I genuinely felt bad that I had caused her to worry, and I apologize for my honesty. When I bow my head, Nicole’s face broke into tears as if it was inevitable. Yeah, that smile is something I want to protect.

“But I’m really glad that Rolando-san didn’t have to fight with Wild Dashboa. If anything had happened, we would have lost a promising adventurer.”

“Hm? If it’s a Wild Dashboa, I’ve hunted it properly.”

“……Yes? What did you just say?”

“I’ve hunted Wild Dashboa, and I’ve eaten the meat. It was the best meat I’ve ever tasted.”

“…”

After that, I was taken to a reception room dedicated to private transactions. ……Well, I didn’t want to stand out too much, which was fine with me, but I couldn’t understand why they got mad at me for no reason.