CH 6

Hello, we're currently taking a detour on our way to our inn.

Well you see? I would like nothing more than lying down now, but you know?

I'm so peckish I don't think I could sleep before I fill my stomach, so here we are looking for food.

They're pricey.

Two sets of this sandwich is 1000 en.

This salted grilled fish is 1500 apiece, eeeh?

The ready made food offered here all either cost as much as a night stay at an inn, some even more.

Aren't they too pricey?

"I-it's expensive... Do you usually buy them?"

"Not every day. I do when I really feel like eating something tasty. I usually buy the ingredient and just grill them with salt."

Grill with salt.

Is that how most adventurers eat?

<<Just as how Production Job humans cannot procure Combat Skills, Combat Job humans are unable to acquire Production Skills (with exceptions). As such, food made by chefs with Cooking Skills are a luxury to Combat Job humans, adding much to their value. Those without cooking skills who can randomly cut up ingredient and grill it without turning it into a charcoal are seen as skilled.>>

Another weird rule... Though well, otherwise people with Combat Jobs would have too much advantage I suppose.

Without Combat Jobs, there's no one to protect people from monsters, but without Production Jobs, those combatants don't get to eat good food, wear good clothes or have good quality of life in general. Hence they work together in life.

...It may look like the norm to people of this world, but as an earthling, this much emphasizes on specifications just seems unnatural. It's very cool that you won't worry about living so long as you don't play hooky though.

I super feel like an away team without Skill or Job though! Dangit.

"No choice then, I'm gonna make some myself. Guess I'll buy some produce and seasoning."

"Produce store is over there. Salt, sauce and the like are next to it."

Produce store huh. Stuff like meat, vegetable are here.

【Rush Pig's Meat】

<<Meat of a pig Magic Beast. Very nutritious and tasty. Extremely popular ingredient.>>

【Rock Onion】

<<A vegetable with similar nutrient, texture and flavor to earth's onion. The rind can be cracked like an egg, the inside is like a peeled onion.>>

I'm buying the pork-like meat of a magic beast and onion... it's onion right? its outside is hard like rock though... anyway, onion thingy and poultry egg-like thingy.

Foodstuff in this world sure look a lot like earth ones. That does make it easier for me to eat them though.

The way they've been made to be otherworldly feel kinda forced though. Hmm.

As for the essential staple food, it's

【Arorice】

<<Grain similar to earth rice. Boils nicely.>>

It's here, rice is here. And not the watery one for gruel.