I Decided to Start Cooking Since I Found Out the Losing Potion was Soy Sauce
Chapter 67: Contracts 「I see, you want to come back to eat Yuuri-neechan"s cooking.」
「Really? It"s not because you"re worried about whether I can do things properly, right?」
Rofas-san then tapped both my shoulders.
「Actually, I"m more relieved knowing that you"re here for them, Yuuri. Kurtz, Kirika, and Bryce too, they"ve been enjoying their time here ever since you came. They"re no longer just focused with grinding levels just to become an adventurer, so that"s good. I think it started happening after you came.」
Rofas-san said. Bryce-kun nodded strongly in agreement.
「That"s right. Yuuri-san"s food is delicious, yes, but even if she wasn"t making food for us, I think that Kurtz, Kirika, and I feel happier than before knowing that she"s here with us.」
Kirikchan clung onto my right arm.
「Mhm. Kirika really likes Yuuri-oneechan! You"re so nice, and you smell good!」
Eh? I smell good…?
That"s, well, I haven"t exactly taken any baths, and I fell into a pond when I tried to grab lotus roots. Also, there"s the amount of meat I"ve been cooking… I probably smell like a lot of different things…
I lifted up my left arm and sniffed it… Uu, I don"t know what kind of smell this is supposed to be.
「If Kirika says so, it must be true. Bad humans stink, right?」
「Yes, that"s right.」
Ehh?! A, a bath! I want to take one, I don"t want to stink!
T-that"s right, I can use a fire magic stone and water magic stone to make hot water, just like when we did it for the boar skin!
I can buy both with potions, right? Then all I need is…
「【Contract: I want a bathtub – Trade for a makunouchi bento 】.」(*1)
「【Contract complete】.」
As soon as I asked, Rofas-san accepted the contract immediately.
「By the way, what"s a bathtub?」
Huh?
「Um, is it okay for you to agree to the contract despite not knowing what I was asking for?」
「Of course. I get a bento if I accept it, right? What"s a makunouchi bento? Do bento boxes have variations? I"m excited now.」
Um, a bathtub is… not a small hand tub but like a big one you can enter, I guess?
Except I don"t think a single bento is equivalent to something like that though…
After I explained to Rofas-san what a bathtub was, he said,「Ah, so something like a big wine barrel? I can get that for you right away.」I hoped that he wasn"t planning to make one for me.
「No fair! Kirika wants to eat a makunouchi bento too!」
「Kirikchan, you"re going to be making the food together with me and Kurtz-kun, right? Of course, those who make it get to eat it too.」
I spread my arms out widely to give teary-eyed Kirikchan and also Kurtz-kun a big hug.
Ahh, the children have a nice smell, although they stink of sweat a bit.
We should all take a bath together once the bathtub is here. We can wash off all that sweat.
Ah, Bryce-kun looked sad.
「【Contract: Use bestowal magic so that the bathtub will always be filled with hot water at 42 degrees. Trade for a makunouchi bento】. 」
「【Contract Complete】.」
Bryce-kun replied quickly.
「I"ll use my magic for you anytime, Yuuri-san. You don"t have to make a contract for it…」
「Thank you, Bryce-kun. I"d be happy to make you bento whenever you"d like too, but… Dungeon rules would make that difficult, right?」
I really want to spoil the children lots, but I mustn"t…
「That"s true.」
Bryce-kun flashed me a pretty smile.
「I really do lose my cool whenever I talk to you, Yuuri-san.」
Ahh, geez! It"s because Bryce-kun looks like a child! I was tempted to spoil him like a child!
When he shows me an expression like that, it makes me want to grab onto him and pat his head, telling him what a good boy he is…
「Yuuri, you"re such a good girl. You wanted Bryce to have a makunouchi bento, right? That"s why you purposely made a contract to do so.」
Rofas-san patted my head, swirling his hand over and over.
Au, d-dammit! He understands that feeling too! The one where you want to spoil children!
Rofas-san is the same type of person as me, one who likes to spoil children because they"re so cute!
The type to cry when the children grows up!
Wait, I"m not even close to being the age to be tossed up into the air! Stop it!!
Geez, Rofas-san, hurry up and leave already!
It feels like I"ll spew out blood!
That"s right, blood, not flames. It feels like I"ll spit out blood.
…The three of us said farewell to Rofas-san and Bryce-kun, and saw them off until they were out of sight.
「Okay, let"s do our best to collect potions!」
Kurtz-kun was the first to move.
「Mhm, Kirika will do her best. Kirika will do her best to level up too!」
Next, Kirikchan spoke.
「That"s right, let"s do our best! Let"s collect a lot of potions and surprise Rofas-san the next time he comes by!」
(*1) Makunouchi bento (幕の内弁当): A bento box with white rice and various side dishes. Maku no uchi means “between a play”, as the bento were served to actors and behind-the-stage workers during plays back in the Edo period, and later to the audience as well.