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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!
The keywords time: SAUCE! and REFUGEES.
Also, any similarity with European RefugeeCrisis is just a coincidence. I think.
Demon Lord’s Territory: 魔王領. All this time I translate it as魔王 + 領. But then, it hit me, why don’t I translate it as: 魔 + 王領 = Demon Lordom, Demon Kingdom, DemonLordland, Demondom (okay, this is silly), Demon Reich (I kinda like this, Reichvs Alliance of Empire + United Kingdom). Got better idea? I like the Reich, though?
This chapter makes me hungry. Thanks for the donation fro the kind reader SM, your donation will be used to buy Takoyaki batter so my imouto can cook me some takoyaki with imitation-crab meat (she like to cook j.a.panese and Korean cuisine)... Just kidding.
DISCLAIMER: There is noguarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I waswrong.
Author:
Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor:
So-Chintzy
Enlightenment Arc
Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Cities D
The next place that we went towas the 『Kikkorou Brewery』, located nearby the training center (its logo was thekanji for wolf – 狼 – in the middle of a hexagon)[1].It was managed by Tomoe-chan’s kin, the Mythical Wolf Tribe, and mainlyproduced shouyu, miso and sake. In this place, we met with someone who I know. Whenwe entered the premise, there was a fat person who wore short sleeved clotheseven though it would soon be the cold season.
「Hm? Poncho?」(Souma)
「Oh,Your Majesty! I bid you good day, yes![2]」(Poncho)
When he noticed us, Poncho made abow and lowered his head. He only made one bow, so he might have gotten used tothis. Since in the past, he would bow numerous times.
「Poncho,what are you doing in this place?」(Souma)
「That’sright! Please hear it, Your Majesty!」(Poncho)
「Tooclose, too close! What’s got into you?」(Souma)
「Atlast… At last it has been completed! What Your Majesty had wished for, that“sauce”!」(P)
When he said this, Poncho tookout a bottle filled with black liquid and showed it to me. The “sauce” that Iwished for? …… Ah!
「Isit true? Has ‘that’ been completed!?」(Souma)
「Pleasehave a taste, yes.」(Poncho)
「Heregoes!」(Souma)
I dropped several drops of the black liquid intothe back of my hand and I tried to lick it. The flavor of vegetables andfruits. The scent of spices that filled my nose. The unmistakable taste of thatsauce. And yet, unlike the usual Worcester sauce[3],the sourness and sweetness were stronger, furthermore the taste was deeper. Therewas no doubt. This sauce is no doubt, the “Fritter-Food Sauce”[4]that is good for yakisoba and its kin.
「Thetaste of the sauce…… is boyish.」[5](Souma)
「Whatare you saying? It doesn’t make any sense.」(Liscia)
When the appalled Liscia told meso, I came back to my senses.
「Err,when I thought about the fact that the sauce had been completed after a longperiod of trial and error, I was emotionally moved.」(Souma)
「I-isit really that amazing?」(Liscia)
「Ifwe have this then we can make yakisoba, okonomiyaki, monjayaki, takoyaki, and sobameshi.[6]Of course, this sauce is also good for deep-fried foods.」(Souma)
「Idon’t recognize most of the foods that you mentioned just now…..」(Liscia)
「Iwill make it next time. Even if there are leftovers, Aisha will surely eat themall.」(Souma)
But you know, the fritter-foodsauce had finally been completed. It had been so long. This world already had aWorcester-like sauce, but there was no sauce like this that is good foryakisoba. I thought that perhaps somehow I could make it and ened up goingthrough many trials and errors. Even so, since I didn’t have any knowledgeabout sauce-making, I couldn’t reproduce the taste (in the end, rather than ayakisoba-bread, I made a Napolitan-bread[7]).I gave up half-way through the development, but it seems that Poncho had continuedthe research……
「But,you have reproduced it so well. Poncho, you should have never tasted it before, right?」(Souma)
「YourMajesty’ words, 『Thicker than the common(Worcester) sauce, with a sweet and sour taste』 , and like yakisoba, there was a dish where the sauce ismixed with the noodles, the Naporitan. This became the hint.」(Poncho)
「TheNaporitan?」(Souma)
「Yes,it does, yes. That Naporitan uses the tomato sauce, “Ketchup”, that YourMajesty had developed before. Since that tomato sauce is really good for thenoodles, perhaps it was also used as the sauce for the noodle dish calledyakisoba, or so I had thought, yes.」(P)
「……AAH!」(Souma)
I see! So, the sourness and the sweetnessof that sauce is from tomato sauce! That means, the Fritter-food Sauce is athickened Worcester sauce with Ketchup added to it!
「Then,to bring the taste out from the mixture of the sauce and the tomato sauce, Iadded a small amount of shouyu and mirin that was produced in Kikkorou brewery.So… how was it?」(Poncho)
While he hesitated in his words,I put my hands on Poncho’s shoulders.
「Poncho……Well done.」(Souma)
「Wh-!Y-you honor me, Your Majesty, yes!」(Poncho)
「Then,can you ma.s.s produce this sauce?」(Souma)
「KikkorouBrewery can commence on it.」(Poncho)
Then it’s good. With this, a newpage will be added to the kingdom’s cuisine. While I was excitedly having thissauce discourse with Poncho, the other members, especially the girls, gave me awry smile in dismay.
「Eventhough Souma isn’t that gluttonous, but sometimes, he strangely fusses over it.I wonder why he is behaving like this.」(Liscia)
「Manis such a creature, Princess.[8]In things incomprehensible to females, they pointlessly invest their enthusiasmand disregard any anguish caused by it. Such queer creatures they are.」(Hilde)
「Itseems you have first-hand experience. Are there any acquaintances of Hilde-donowho behave like that?」(Carla)
「Don’task too much, dragonewt jou-chan. Would you like that mouth to be sewn shut?」(Hilde)
「Uu……Yes, Ma’am. I didn’t ask anything.」(Carla)
…… What they were doing overthere, I wonder……
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After we parted from Poncho, we hada meeting with the Elder of the Mythical Wolf Tribe at the Factory Chief’soffice. We sat face to face in an arrangement just like what we had in Ginger’soffice. The Elder had white hair, a long white beard, and a thick mustachethat gave him an appearance like a Maltese dog.[9]Well, the inside was an old man, though. Then, when the Elder took his seat, hemade a deep bow.
「Forthe honorable King to shelter us, the Mythical Wolf tribe, to construct this KikkourouBrewery, and to confer to us various aids, we are eternally grateful. As therepresentative of our tribe, let me express our utmost grat.i.tude.」(Elder)
「Thatis fine. Tomoe-chan also has greatly helped us. Furthermore, it is a fortunate happenstancethat you people know how to cultivate rice and how to produce shouyu, miso,mirin and sake. So it is possible for me to eat delicious food.」(Souma)
「Thosewords of grat.i.tude are too much for us. And thus, my King, on what errand is yourvisit for today?」(Elder)
「Ah……the matter with the “outside”, I think that it will soon be time to settle it.」(Souma)
「By “Outside”……Do you mean the refugee camp?」(Elder)
When the Elder asked, I gave asilent nod. I believed I had resolved the list of the problems that thiscountry had when I was summoned to this world, to some degree. The foodshortage was resolved, the country was united. The foreign enemies wererepelled, and as for the Demon Lord Territory, we had made an arrangement todeal with them by establishing a secret alliance with the Empire, then the lastproblem that I had been left with was this refugee problem.
Outside the Capital City Parnam’sramparts, there were settlements of the refugees from the north that were fleeingfrom the Demon Lord Territory’s appearance. Although they were called settlements,it was only a gathering of tents or huts. Among those various races of therefugees who were gathered at that place, only the Mythical Wolf Tribe, due tothe leverage of the special skill that they had, was able to elevate themselvesout from that place. However, it was just a mere several percent compared to thetotal number of refugees. There were many refugees that still lived in thatrefugee camp.
For the time being, they receivedaid for minimal amounts of food and other necessities, even during the times oftrouble. However, this couldn’t continue for long. There was the matter ofsanitation, and if they received aid for too long, then this might give birthto friction amongst the citizens. If it was possible, I want them to choose theirown way of life as this country citizens and be self-reliant, just like whatthe Mythical Wolf Tribe had done…… but it seems that this will be difficult. Theirdesire is 『To return to my home country』. Ifthey become this country’s citizens, then it’s the same as abandoning thereturn to their home country.
Considering that their wish was toreturn to their home country one day when the Demon Lord Territory’s had been drivenaway, this was something that they wouldn’t possibly accept. I had dispatchedmy subordinates numerous times to the refugee camp and tried to persuade them,but they all failed to reach any agreements. 『Iwant to return to my home country』, 『Until then, I want to stay in this place』, sinceit was clear what they had in mind, we didn’t argue that much with them.
…… However, there were no muchtime left.
「Soonit will be winter. With those crude tents or huts, the frail people like thechildren or elderly might freeze to death. Before that happens, I intend to personallyurge them to come through with a decision.」(Souma)
「YourMajesty……」(Elder)
「Forthis reason, first I want to send the Elder as my envoy to the refugee camp. Then,convey that I will visit. With this, there will be less chance of chaos.」(Souma)
「…… Asyou wish.」(Elder)
Then, the Elder stood up andknelt on the floor.
「We,the Mythical Wolf tribe, had already been rescued by Your Majesty’s hand. If itis possible…… Please also rescue our other brethren.」(Elder)
The Elder said this as he bowedhis head down low, but I scratched my head.
「…… Iwill try as much as I can.」(Souma)
「Isn’tthis is where you should be saying, 『Leave it to me』?」(Liscia)
Liscia might say this, but thatwill just be an empty promise.
「Iwill try to persuade them, but…… The ones who will decide in the end, is notme. They will be the one who decide their own futures. If they follow this decision,then I must decide on how to deal with them.」(Souma)
「Souma……」(Liscia)
What I wish for…… is for them tomake their decisions, not by seeing the 『Ideal』, but the 『Reality』……
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