Housekeeping Mage from Another World: Making Your Adventures Feel Like Home! Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 6] by You Fuguruma

Author:You Fuguruma
Language: eng
Format: epub

I never want to see that look on his face ever again...

Nils had told her that the effects of the hallucinogenic poison still lingered, and he had been right—even upon arriving at camp, a shroud of depression hung over Alec. Nils had told her he’d keep an eye on him, so Shiori had taken a bath, during which time Alec had perhaps confided in Nils. If Alec was indeed feeling better now, it was a testament to Nils’s abilities, and it made her smile to see him chatting easily with the others.

“Alec, how do you feel?” she asked.

“Refreshed, now that I’ve sweated the worst of it away. Thanks.”

“That’s great...”

Whatever the reason, she was simply happy that he was back. He put a hand to her shoulder apologetically, then turned to Linus, who was still busy with prep.

“Linus, the bath is free.”

“I’ll jump in just as soon as I’m done with prep here.”

The fish, slightly rose-colored, had been neatly gutted and dressed. Linus sprinkled them with some salt, pepper, and herbs, then put them on a clean sheet of cotton.

“I’ll just let them sit here and dry while I take my bath,” Linus said.

“Amazing work,” said Alec, impressed by how deft Linus was with his hands.

“Back in my village, we made preserved foods like this all the time. Everyone got into it before the winter hit and we were all stuck indoors.”

“But doesn’t making smoked foods take a long time? I heard that even just the prep can take a couple of days.”

“Well, if you’re after something you want to preserve for a long time, it does take a while. And the flavor is completely different. But if you’re going to eat them relatively soon, there are easier methods. That said, the quicker methods don’t keep very long, so they’re best eaten without much delay.”

“Ah, is that so?”

“Yep. You also have to be careful—if what you’re smoking has too much water in it, you end up with something really sour. You need to make sure what you’re working with is properly dry, so it helps to start with something that doesn’t have too much moisture to begin with. Fortunately, even though the Tris perch contains a lot of water, it’s okay. I learned through research that when you smoke it, you get this wonderfully delicious taste that just melts in your mouth.”

Shiori was drying Alec’s hair and listening to Linus speak when Nils peeked over his shoulder.

“Er... Research?” asked Nils.

The word seemed to have piqued his interest. Shiori noticed water dripping from his hair, and decided she’d dry it for him once she finished with Alec. At the same time, she filed away Linus’s recipe and made a mental note to put it in her journal later.

“When you live in the mountains, you don’t have much to do over winter. You hunt, you make handicrafts to sell at the market, and outside of that, you eat. Everyone at my village got really into the idea of researching and developing the tastiest preserved foods.

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