D-Genesis: Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 11] by KONO Tsuranori

Author:KONO Tsuranori
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, fantasy, comedy, slice of life, military, science fiction, dungeons, Dungeons, Adult Protagonists, Status Screens, Modern Day Japan, Multiple POVs
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

Yoyogi Dungeon, Eighth Floor

We went back up topside from the wheat patch, met with Sayama—who had completed his preparations—then headed back down, eventually arriving on the eighth floor.

“Here. It’s just a pork skewer, so don’t expect too much.”

I’d asked before we headed down whether anyone had dietary restrictions for allergic or religious reasons, just in case. No one had raised any issues, so we’d stopped at the meat-skewer stand for a snack. If you were sightseeing in Yoyogi Dungeon, this was one spot you couldn’t pass up.

Though, to tell the truth, I’d become suspicious recently that the skewer stand was actually run by the JSDF as part of its communications network. Was that just my overactive imagination? I found it hard to believe it could really turn a profit without being some sort of front for another organization.

“A little overcooked,” Nathan commented.

“I mean...it is just a hunk of pork,” Silkie responded. The two of them tore chunks off the skewers with some difficulty, masticating exaggeratedly. “That said, Mr. Argyle, aren’t you Jewish?”

Nathan laughed.

“I have some faith, but I’m not really much for the whole organized religion thing. You could put my practiced faith down as ‘secular.’ I won’t say no to a pork skewer.”

According to Nathan, some argued the Jewish pork taboo stemmed from cultural biases directed against Egyptian agrarians back when the Hebrew people were still nomadic, on the basis of assumed cleanliness.

He continued on extolling the virtues of pork’s balance of amino acids, it being rich in vitamin B1, and other features that led to him not caring at all for the taboo.

“So I’m not exactly kosher,” he concluded.

I turned to Miyoshi.

“Did we screw up?” I asked in Japanese. I’d asked about food restrictions, but it was still on the host to be aware of guests’ dietary needs.

“Kei, I’ve got a Jewish acquaintance whose favorite food is Chef Igarashi’s boudin noir at Le Manoir d’Hastings in Ginza.”

“What?! But that’s doubly sinful!” I protested.

Boudin noir was sausage made from pork blood and fat, often served with sautéed apples or applesauce. Neither blood nor pork was kosher. Then again, Japan had all kinds of Buddhist sects... No, wait, is that even the same?

“I guess Judaism just has as many lax practitioners as Hinduism,” I observed. I was thinking of Asha’s papa, a Hindu on paper but with lax dietary practices.

All these major religions had so many different sects and levels of practice that it was hard for an outsider to keep track.

“This...isn’t orc meat, right?” Sayama asked with some concern.

Ah, you probably would think that at first. I’d expected the same thing.

“Orc meat fetches too much of a profit. There’s more money to be had selling it topside. Plus, a lot of explorers who get drops just eat it on the spot,” I explained.

“Hm.” He gave the skewer a nibble. “Now that you mention it, this is just an ordinary pork skewer, huh?”

“Emphasis on ordinary.” I grinned.

The group must have been running on first-timer’s adrenaline, because there wasn’t a tired face among us, even though we’d already trudged through seven levels.

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