We talked while enjoying the steaming hot spring.
"Um…, Akira? Come to think of it, you don't seem to be Japanese. Why do you live in Japan?"
At Fiore's words, I paused for a moment but thought about it briefly.
"Hmm…, why indeed?"
"Eh, eh?"
Fiore made a foolish sound at the unexpected answer, and everyone stared at me intently.
"Hmm…, is a reason necessary? It's no different from just being in the Holy Grail War and staying here to settle down…."
"Is that so?"
Fiore was looking at me with a flustered expression.
"Um, what Korean food is there?"
"There are parts similar to Japan and parts that aren't, but when it comes to Korean food, only rice soup and gomtang come to mind. Sorry."
"No, it's okay. If you don't know, there's nothing we can do."
"That aside, I was curious about something. I'd like to know how Tiamat ended up incarnating."
"Aaaa? When I opened my eyes, Akira was there, and I was already incarnated."
At Tiamat's words, everyone started looking at me.
"Honestly, I don't know either. Tiamat has been there since I opened my eyes too."
"Hmm… It's a bit strange that you don't know either, but it doesn't seem to be a secret…."
"Clearly, there should be a reason for being incarnated, but there isn't…. That's strange."
Chiron looked at Tiamat, shook his head side to side, and continued.
"I don't know the reason, but anyway, it's not harming the world. It might be good to leave it as a mystery."
"Mikon, well, that kind of thing doesn't matter. As long as I have Master♥, that's enough! Thump thump!"
"Chirp, there are about 10 minutes left until the meal is ready!"
"Oh my, it seems it's almost time to get out of the hot spring."
Everyone seemed to be preparing to get out of the hot spring and began to relax their bodies in the water.
"Fiore, what do you plan to do now? Do you plan to be active as a mage?"
"Hmm… Well, there doesn't seem to be a need to become the head, but anyway, it seems like it wouldn't be bad to just enjoy things as they are."
"Is that so? Then, shall we have a hand-to-hand fight later?"
"Ugh, that's a bit…. I have no talent for fighting."
"You should be able to fight like Tohsaka Rin. Mages these days are skilled in close combat."
Then, Fiore shouted with a serious expression.
"That's only an extremely rare few mages! Most focus on magecraft! Those who hone martial arts are mostly just Enforcers!"
"……. Is that so? Bazett was good at it too."
"……. Aren't they a warrior race…."
Well, with an Ulster-like appearance and physique, is that the natural result?
"Well, it can't be helped. Training starts tomorrow."
"You weren't listening to me, were you!?"
"I heard. But it's training! I'll turn your rehabilitation into Spartan training!"
"No~~~~~~!!!!"
And so, Fiore fainted.
Fiore fell into the water, regained consciousness, lifted her head, spat out the water that got in her mouth, and spoke.
"Gurgle, haa… Did I fall asleep for a moment? I feel like I had a nightmare for some reason."
Chiron just shook his head side to side.
And I decided to remain silent.
Seeing that, the others also just smiled bitterly and remained silent.
Afterwards, with about 5 minutes of spare time left, we went outside, dried our bodies with towels, changed clothes, and began to sit at the table one by one. We couldn't help but drool while looking at the meal.
We could see various foods like bibimbap, jeongol, kimchi pancakes, konjac japchae, namul, kimchi, seaweed, fried tofu, etc.
"Chirp, I made Korean food, referring to the country on the left."
For some reason, I was seeing Korean-style food after a long time.
"You worked hard, Benienma."
"Chirp, it's nothing."
I tried mixing the bibimbap and eating it.
The saltiness of the gochujang was neutralized by the various vegetables, creating an addictive taste.
On top of that, there was a fried egg.
This was wiping away the greasiness with its saltiness.
And I ate the kimchi pancake with its savory taste along with rice.
Next, I tried the konjac japchae, namul, kimchi, seaweed, fried tofu, etc., one by one, evaluating the taste.
"It's delicious."
As expected, the cooking of Chef Benienma-sensei was the best.
In contrast, in Tamamo's case, there was not a single phenomenon where the food's taste turned into trash due to too many spices.
"Ahem ahem, why are you looking at me?"
"There is a reason, but I won't say it."
"Ugh… I feel like something is hitting a sore spot."
"That's probably your conscience, I think."
"Kuh…."
So, Tamamo's mental life became zero and she fell silent. Afterwards, Fiore spoke.
"The taste is good, right? But the fact that it's all carbs…."
"Worried about gaining weight?"
"No! Hmph, why are you thinking about belly fat first?"
"Well, a woman's enemy is belly fat…. Or, let's move on."
"Realistically, it's not a wrong statement… but those gluttons over there don't gain weight at all to begin with."
"One more bowl, please."
"I'll have one more bowl too!!!"
Artoria and Mordred, who resembles her, were seen trying to clear the table.
Chiron was eating quietly, and Li Shuwen was also eating quietly.
Medea could be seen eating while glancing at Artoria's chest and being cautious.
"Where's Lancelot?"
"I sent that Habashin Berserker outside."
When Mordred answered proudly, I agreed with that statement and drew a conclusion.
I could create an evaluation standard like Artoria > Gawain = Mordred > Lancelot.
"Benienma, can you make naengmyeon too?"
"Chirp? Hmm…. Then, can I take one fox with me?"
"Eeeeeh??? Why me?"
"Well, the 'ice' in naengmyeon shouldn't be missing. So, wouldn't a fox who can use ice be the most suitable?"
"For that reason, work hard."
"Wait a minute! A curse is a curse! A curse!!! Why do you talk about curses like you're talking about eating rice!!!!!!"
"Then, Medea is going too."
At my words, Medea's face turned pale.
"Do I not get any days off?"
"I didn't drag you into the Holy Grail War."
"Ahahahaha………."
Medea lost her mind and left somewhere with Benienma and Tamamo.
So we enjoyed our meal deliciously, and then dessert arrived.
"Cool naengmyeon!"
Then, Fiore hiccupped.
"Hic…. Is everyone going to eat more? I'm full now…. Ugh… I want to eat more."
Then, Chiron approached and handed over a pill, saying.
"It's a digestive medicine I made. Would you like to take it?"
"Your preparedness is amazing."
"Well, I had already predicted it."
"Chiron, you've become somewhat annoying."
"Fuhuhu, it's just your imagination."
Has the teacher's hobby become tormenting his student?
Or was he just laughing at being called highly prepared? Only he knew.
"Slurp."
As the naengmyeon went down my throat, the cool chill cooled my insides.
"Ugh, my head feels numb."
It seems I ate the ice all at once.
"Oh~ this is pretty tasty?"
"Indeed…. It seems easy and simple."
"Chirp, you think cooking is easy? Do you really think that?"
Under Benienma's murderous gaze, Artoria looked flustered and broke out in a cold sweat.
She clearly swallowed cool naengmyeon. Why is she sweating?
"No. It just seemed that way on the surface……."
"Come to cooking class later."
Under Benienma's sharp gaze, Artoria hung her head low.
"Yes……."
It felt like a premonition that this would lead to Artoria's tragedy.
'Hmm, but was Artoria good at cooking?'
As far as I know, the theory of (a knight / king) why would you cook? made me think she probably couldn't cook, so I wasn't confident.
If she made charcoal, she would get scolded a lot by Benienma, but, well, if Artoria said that, responsibility follows.
"Chirp, I will only teach you naengmyeon cooking until you perfect it! Be prepared! If you make charcoal, I'll cut out that tongue!"
"I… I understand."
Charcoal…. If that's possible, it would be amazing in its own way.
You just need to boil water for the noodles. The broth, well… would it become charcoal?
So, after we finished eating the naengmyeon.
""Thank you for the meal.""
"Thank you for the meal."
"Phew…, thank you for the meal."
"It was a good meal."
"It was delicious!"
"I ate deliciously. May I treat you to Greek food later?"
"Mikon, thank you for the meal."
So we finished the meal, and I answered Chiron's question.
"Greek food. I did want to try it once. Isn't it mostly bread?"
"That's true, but not necessarily."
"Hmm…, up to you. Treat me next time."
"Fuhuhu, please look forward to it."
"Greek food… I'm looking forward to that. But I just remembered. What happened to Assassin in the Holy Grail War? The Grail wasn't maintained, so he probably returned…."
Huh? I had completely forgotten about dealing with that later.
"Hmm… unfortunately, I forgot."
"Is that something the person who messed up the Holy Grail War should say? What if you forget the most dangerous Servant!"
"Well, Jack the Ripper is a dangerous being."
"……. Jack the Ripper? The London serial killer…. Isn't that leaving a too dangerous Servant unattended?"
"To be precise, I remember Jack the Ripper was an aggregation of the souls of unborn children he had killed."
"What kind of…. Ah?"
Fiore nodded with an expression that seemed to understand something.
"Honestly, Jack the Ripper has many twisted points. He's recorded in the Throne to the point where we can't tell if it's an overinterpretation, hypothesis, a real person, or a fake. And now, Jack is the murderous spirit of a young girl born from prostitute murders."
"Then what should we do?"
"I don't really know either, but we don't even know the location, so what can we do? It's something to think about later."
"It's too irresponsible, but it's the right thing to say, so I can't argue."
"Simply, it doesn't seem like he will return."
"Yes…."
So everyone nodded with serious expressions, but not long after. As if wiping away their worries, they returned to the mansion.
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