Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes Vol. 3 by Yuki Suzuki

Author:Yuki Suzuki [Suzuki, Yuki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2024-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

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We were on the move. Even as I kept a watchful eye on the surroundings from astride my horse, I passed the time making small talk with the Harting family. Well, I called it “small talk,” but they would clamp up if I didn’t say something first. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a wealth of topics to whip out at times like this. I suppose this was one of the unfortunate side effects of having devoted my life to preparing for the future attack on the capital.

“Oh, I see. So you know a thing or two about herbs, huh?”

“I do. Our inn got a lot of acclaim for its food,” said Anna.

Despite everything that had unfolded, her pride in her cooking was still very much evident. That reminded me that she had somehow managed to retrieve a bunch of cooking utensils and ingredients from the scorched ruins of the building.

In the medieval world, herbs had a broader influence than you might expect. Charlemagne was known to have ordered his attendants to raise seventy-three types of herbs in his imperial garden, and the list had been carefully preserved all the way to the twenty-first century. Some herbs on the list had descriptions like “effective against a witch’s hex.” Although this world’s herbs weren’t exactly the same, they were undeniably significant in their own right.

“Sounds like you’ve got some skills,” I commented. “If you start a restaurant in the capital, I’ll be sure to stop by.”

“Please do,” Lily answered happily.

As I pulled the reins on my horse, I let myself daydream a little about this hypothetical restaurant. If they did end up opening one, I’d love to take Drechsler and the others to “the place Mazel’s family runs.”

But that would probably have to wait until after the Demon Lord was done and dealt with. But wait, wouldn’t Mazel be moving way up in the world by then?

“Lord Zehrfeld, are there any foods you don’t care for?”

“None in particular.”

My efforts at striking up conversations here and there had clearly borne fruit, seeing as our interactions had lost much of their stiffness. But still, I found it a bit hard to make conversation with the commoners of this world—especially the female ones. I honestly felt grateful when she came up with something first.

“You can’t afford to be a picky eater on the battlefield, so now I can eat pretty much anything. Of course, I’ll always appreciate good food.”

“So do even noblemen eat bland or boring food?”

“Well… It depends.”

The bias—or, I guess, subjective viewpoint—that noblemen automatically ate better food than everyone else appeared to exist in this world as well. People were half-right about it, I suppose. It was a fact that noblemen had plenty of opportunity to feast on delicious food.

What I didn’t say out loud (because this was not the place for it) was that war rations were filled with horror stories, like soup flavored solely with bugs. I had no idea about its nutritional value, but as far as the taste went, you were way better off just having boiled water.

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