Chapter 155 – The Orc Champion’S Meat Dish
“Is Ninya coming too?”
“Yep! I’m Rent’s familiar… Rent is my master… and Rent is my lover, right?”
“Yes.”
“So, I thought I’d also say hello to your future mother and father… How about it?”
Certainly, Ninya is my familiar and lover.
I understand why Ninya wants to meet my mother and father.
But…
Then, Noah hugged me tightly from the front.
“Hehehe, then can I come too, Rent? It’s not fair if only Ninya gets to meet Rent’s parents.”
And Elsie hugged the other arm that Ninya was holding.
“M-Me too! I want to go too!”
The soft sensation of three chests enveloped me from both hands and my solar plexus.
This is the height of happiness.
“Okay, let’s all go together. But…”
“But?”
“First, when we introduce ourselves, let’s introduce ourselves as fellow party members.”
It’s not that I want to hide our relationship or anything.
I have no shame in taking responsibility for my relationships with the three of them… no, now including Tina and Miranda.
However…
“Why?”
Noah tilted her head and asked.
“Well… if a son who left his hometown to become an adventurer comes back in less than a month with three lovers… wouldn’t that be incredibly complicated for his parents…?”
I can imagine it.
The image of my mother getting angry, saying, “You said you were going to earn money, but you just went and got yourself women,” when she finds out the truth from the first meeting.
And if there are two more people to take responsibility for in Flodan, not just the three who came with me, she might faint.
“Ah…”
“That’s… certainly true.”
Noah and Elsie seem to have understood what I meant, thankfully.
“Then let’s do this! When we first meet, we’ll appear to be just good friends who are in the same party. Of course, we won’t hide the fact that we like Rent.
Then, Rent’s parents… our future mother and father, will think that Rent is popular and will end up with one of us, right?
Then later, when they find out that he’s dating all three of us… wouldn’t that be a bit more manageable? Since they knew from the beginning that we liked Rent, the shock will be less.”
Ninya came up with a brilliant idea.
“Y-Yes, let’s do that!”
With that plan, we should be able to avoid the worst-case scenario.
“Hehehe, Rent’s parents~ What are they like? Are both your mom and dad as big as Rent?”
“My parents are…”
As I was about to answer, Kevin came back into the lounge.
“Sorry to keep you waiting! I’ll start cooking right away!”
Kevin headed to the kitchen with the Orc Champion’s meat chunks.
According to Kevin, the best way to eat Orc Champion meat is as a steak.
However, it takes about three hours to prepare, due to the various seasonings and processes to maximize the flavor.
If you prepare in advance, you can cut the time in half, but since the ingredients came in suddenly like now, it takes time.
After that, we chatted in the lounge until Kevin finished cooking the Orc Champion’s meat.
We mainly talked about my hometown.
I first talked about my parents’ personalities and appearances.
I said that my father is big like me, but has a kind personality.
“Rent seems to have inherited his father’s personality.”
I was happy to hear Elsie say that with a bright smile.
On the other hand, I said that my mother is thrifty and easygoing.
Besides that, I also talked about the first time I caught a goblin when I was young, and how I played the Demon King and Hero game with my peers in the village.
When I said that I was mainly the Demon King, Elsie seemed a little dissatisfied.
“Rent is… a hero…”
“Hehehe, it’s probably because Rent is the biggest and strongest. You shouldn’t worry too much about that, Elsie.”
“Ah, I know…”
And Ninya was surprised when I said that I wasn’t very popular with the girls.
“Oh my, really? I thought Rent would have been super popular since he was young?”
“I thought the same thing, Ninya. But they said he was just a muscle pig because he was so big.”
“Hmm~ Usually, in a rural village, isn’t a man with a strong body popular?”
“Maybe it’s because I was too big?”
At this age, I’m as big as my father.
It’s understandable that the girls my age would find me disgusting.
“Even Lenny was surprised when she first heard that I was 20 years old.”
“Oh my, that happened… Huh? 20 years old?”
Ninya tilted her head.
“Rent, are you 20 years old this year? Just became an adult?”
“Yes.”
“Rent is the same age as me, Elsie, and Tina.”
“Come to think of it, I’ve never told Ninya my age directly.”
“Lenny must have been surprised.”
Do I look that old?
“How old did you think I was, Ninya?”
“28.”
“…Do I look that old?”
I feel a little depressed.
Ninya panicked and quickly said to me.
“Ah! It’s not that you look old or anything! It’s just that Rent is so mature and has such a dignified physique that I thought so! In the first place, I’d like it even more if Rent was younger! …Rent, can you call me Ninya ‘Onee-san’ once?”
“Ninya Onee-san?”
Ninya shuddered and blushed.
And she licked her lips.
“…♡ This is pretty good? Hehehe, should we try an ‘Onee-san’ play next time…?”
I’m all for it.
“By the way, how old are you, Ninya?”
Noah asked Ninya.
“Me? I’m 28 years old. For your information, Lenny is also the same age as me.”
I also found out Lenny’s age along with Ninya’s.
“Hee, I see. When did you become an adventurer, Ninya?”
“From the age of 20, like Noah and the others. I became E-rank in about 10 days, and D-rank after a month and a half. After that, I became C-rank after 2 years… and B-rank 3 years ago.”
“It took you 5 years to become B-rank?”
“Yeah. I was also solo. To become A-rank, you really need talent and luck. But if you only consider my skills, I’m confident that I’m about A-rank.”
“Then why is your maximum reached floor 13, Ninya?”
“Well, that’s because of the distance. Unless it’s Rent’s muscle carriage, you have to prepare thoroughly to go to the next floor and get to the stairs to the next floor, right?
I managed to get to the 12th floor somehow, but on the 13th floor, it took some time to deal with the Wolf Fangs that attacked along the way… and above all, I also have my work at the brothel, and for the past few years, I haven’t really had the desire to go to the next floor.”
“Why is that?”
“I was a little tired of the repetitive adventurer life. But since it was better to work as an adventurer, I felt like I was doing it reluctantly…”
Ninya looked at me and smiled brightly.
“Now, I’m really enjoying being with Rent, Noah, and Elsie! So, I’m full of motivation to go to the 14th floor, the 15th floor, and the next floors with everyone!”
“Hehehe, then Elsie and I will get stronger quickly and go to the next floor that Ninya hasn’t seen together!”
“Yes! Ninya! Please take care of us in the future!”
“Of course! I’ll teach you all my know-how and guide you to the next floor at high speed!”
Elsie, Noah, and Ninya were smiling at each other happily.
It was a very nice sight.
“I’ll also work hard so that Elsie and Noah can rank up quickly. And when we go to the 14th floor and beyond, I’ll help Ninya rank up quickly too.”
“Hehehe, thank you. When we get to the 14th floor, I’ll rely on Rent a lot too♡”
I decided to start the full-scale rank-up leveling bus from the 14th floor onwards.
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Time passed quickly as we talked about my hometown.
“It’s done!”
It was time for Kevin to finish the food.
It was supposed to take three hours, but only about two and a half hours had passed.
Besides Kevin, several servers brought the Orc Champion steaks and tableware on trays.
I put the food and tableware into my inventory and thanked Kevin.
“Thank you, Kevin.”
“No, it’s us who should be thanking you! It was a pleasure to handle Orc Champion meat after a long time! And thanks to the meat that Rent provided, our restaurant’s reputation will surely spread to other nobles! Then, please enjoy it!”
After receiving Kevin’s greetings, we left the restaurant.
Since there was still some time before Miranda and Tina’s mealtime, we decided to stop by the Adventurer’s Guild warehouse.
“Kelban.”
“Hmm? Oh, Rent!”
When we opened the door to the warehouse, Kelban was alone inside, dismantling an orc with a dismantling knife.
“Are the others not here?”
“Ah, everyone has finished their work and gone home. But what brings you here?”
“I wanted to give this to Kelban.”
I took out the Orc Champion steak from my inventory.
“Oh, this is! Is this perhaps an Orc Champion steak!”
“Yes. I wanted to share it with Kelban.”
“Oh, oh, oh! Thank you, Rent! I’ll enjoy it!”
Kelban took a plate and cutlery and placed them on a low table in one corner of the warehouse.
“I was getting hungry from dismantling, so thank you!”
“No, it’s because Kelban dismantled it that we were able to make this steak. Ah, Kelban, I have a favor to ask.”
“Huh? What is it! Tell me anything!”
I took out two Orc Champion steaks from my inventory.
“Please put these two steaks in your inventory and give them to Lenny and the Guild Master.”
If possible, I would like to give them to them myself, but I don’t know when Ninya and the Guild Master have dinner.
But if I give it to them right now because I want to give it to them myself, the timing might not be right, and they might end up eating a cold steak.
It’s the Orc Champion’s meat dish that’s rumored to be delicious.
I wanted them to eat it in the most delicious state possible.
Kelban nodded vigorously.
“I understand! I’ll definitely deliver it to Lenny and the Guild Master!”
“Yes, please take care of it, Kelban.”
We entrusted Lenny and the Guild Master’s Orc Champion steaks to Kelban and returned to the Fox’s Rest.
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And when we returned to the Fox’s Rest, Tina and Miranda greeted us at the same time.
“Welcome back, everyone!”
“Welcome back!”
Both of them had very expectant looks in their eyes.
It was the first time I had seen Miranda with such sparkling eyes.
It’s cute.
Before other adventurers came and things got busy, we decided to eat quickly.
We put two tables together and took out the Orc Champion steaks and tableware from the inventory and arranged them.
The Orc Champion steaks, which had been kept in the inventory, were still steaming and smelled delicious.
“Wow…!”
“It looks really delicious.”
I felt it when it first came out and when I gave it to Kelban, but the Orc Champion steak really looked appetizing.
We all sat down at the table, picked up our forks and knives, and simultaneously cut into the Orc Champion steak and put it in our mouths.
The moment we all ate the Orc steak together.
Gooooooool!
The Orc Champion’s steak was so delicious that I had the illusion of hearing the Orc Champion’s roar in my head.
What should I say?
If I were a judge in a cooking manga or anime, I would first spin around in the air with the table, and my clothes would be torn to shreds in an instant, and I would imitate the Orc Champion, it was that delicious.
The juices that flowed out with each chew filled my mouth and showed the true value of the Orc meat.
The texture of the meat was also exquisite, not too tough and not too soft.
I could understand why gourmets were so obsessed with this meat.
“It’s delicious!”
Noah was the first to exclaim in admiration.
Following Noah, everyone exclaimed in admiration one after another.
“It’s really delicious!”
“So this is Orc Champion meat… it’s delicious…”
“Mom, I’ve never had anything this delicious before!”
“Mom feels the same way.”
Everyone was unanimously very satisfied.
I immediately cut the next piece of meat and put it in my mouth.
The more I tasted it in my mouth, the more the rich aroma of the meat spread, but the aroma was not unpleasant, but rather contributed to making it even more delicious.
Orc Champion Steak.
Once you eat it, it’s a dish that makes you want to eat more and more.
It was the best taste, like a drug in the culinary world.
