Touka: Hmm... what should I do...
Touka: Ah, this seems fresh and nice! ...But, how do you cook tougan again...
Touka: Do you just eat it like sweets? Or do you bake it? #Tougan seems to be some sort of a watermelon#
Sheren: Just what are you talking about? It's best to simmer tougan...
Touka: Oh? Ah, Sheren-san! #The whole event is about food again#
Sheren: You never pay attention to your surrounding when you focus on something.
Touka: ?
Sheren: Just talking to myself... So, why would Shoku king come to a fruit market all by herself?
Sheren: It might be peaceful, but isn't it a bit careless for you, Shoku king, to be walking outside alone?
Touka: Eh? But same applies to Sheren-san. #Except for she can fight back... not that it stops arrows...#
Sheren: Ahaha, you and I are on whole different strength levels... especially when it comes to killing someone without hesitation.
Sheren: Anyway, can you answer my question? #Also, Sheren is not a king anymore, Renfa is#
Touka: Ah, umm... I just thought I should try cooking. #Then she needed to come with Shion instead#
Sheren: Cooking? Why all of sudden?
Touka: Master is eating outside a lot lately, so I thought I should give him some homemade cooking...
Sheren: Aha... so you want to seduce Kazuto with your home cooking. #Harem of almost 50 girls, king of the country... and noone feeds him...#
Touka: Ah, n, no! That's not it! #Actually, what are Yue and Ei doing? Ah, right, paperwork...#
Sheren: Yes, yes. You say that, but that won't fool the eye of this Sheren-oneesan.
Touka: Au...
Sheren: And I understand how you feel, Touka... there's plenty of powerful rivals around Kazuto.
Touka: Yeah... #THEN DON'T BACKSTAB HIM!#
Sheren: So that's why you're trying to seduce Kazuto by cooking. #Like, this goal seriously contradicts that "Rin murder" event#
Touka: N, not to that point! At least... I don't think so... #Then again, given Moeshouden logic, that event "never happened"#
Touka: And I'm not exactly good at cooking... #Most events should be seen as some sort of IF scenarios#
Sheren: Hmm...
Touka: But I'll at least put all my feelings into that dish!
Sheren: I see. Then, all that's left is to get better at cooking. #And not be Aisha, Reiha or Shunran#
Touka: That's the difficult part... #Touka looks like she can be a decent cook at least#
Sheren: Is that so? I believe it's easy, you know? #Someone's about to be stabbed by Karin...#
Touka: Eh?
Sheren: After all, there's plenty of top grade chefs in this capital.
Touka: Top grade chefs... you say? Umm. #Karin, Ruru, Shion, Nagi, Sei, Shuuran... Sai, Toshi and Renfa?#
Sheren: Ruru, Shuuran and even Karin! If you ask them to train you, Touka, I'm sure you'll become a top grade chef yourself!
Touka: T, train?! #Or, best option, ask Kazuto himself or train with him#
Sheren: Yes. If you're doing it anyway, might as well make an ultimate dish and surprise Kazuto.
Touka: Ultimate?! ...I'd even settle for supreme...
Sheren: Those are not so different. Anyway, let's go, Touka! #I still think Ashe's "together with Kazuto" is a better option#
Touka: Ah?! Awawawawa, Sheren-san, don't pull!
Sheren: And there you have it... How about you help Touka out?
Karin: I should teach Touka? I don't feel too motivated to... #Shuri and Hinari would be fine too#
Sheren: Oh, why?
Karin: No real reason. #Kazuto again?#
Sheren: Hmmmmm.
Karin: What? #Tsundere#
Sheren: Nothing... I was just wondering if you couldn't bear Touka captivating Kazuto.
Karin: I, I'm not thinking that!
Sheren: Then, why don't you teach her? #Good that unlike Gi route, someone can stand up to Karin#
Karin: Kuh...
Touka: U, umm, Karin-san. You don't need to force yourself to.
Karin: If I refuse after Sheren said all that, it'll damage my reputation... fine. I'll teach you.
Touka: Eh? Really?!
Karin: However!
Touka: Hiyaa?!
Karin: Since we're doing this, our goal is the ultimate dish! Got it, Touka?!
Touka: Yes!
Sheren: Fufu, as expected of Karin! Overlord of the continent!
Karin: ...Kuh, this damned entertainment-seeker!
Sheren: Say all you want. Entertainment is justice!
Karin: I'll have my revenge someday, so prepare yourself...
Sheren: Anytime you want.
Karin: ...Ruru! Prepare the kitchen!
Ruru: Ah, okay!
Sheren: And, prepare some booze, Ruru-chan.
Ruru: Eh?! B, booze?
Sheren: Right, right. A really fun show is about to begin, so I will need booze to watch it with.
Ruru: I, I see... What should I do, Karin-sama?
Karin: Sure, prepare it... best booze we have with plenty of lethal poison that will instantly knock her out!
Sheren: What a cruel joke. Ruru-chan, please bring the best booze, but without any poison in it.
Ruru: Sigh...
Karin: Well then, Sou Moutoku's cooking lesson is starting now. Are you ready, Touka?
Touka: Yes! I'll be in your care, Sensei! #Oh, this is getting fun#
Karin: That's the spirit! Well then, let's prepare the ingredients first. Ruru.
Ruru: Yes! Those are our today's ingredients!
Touka: Ooh! Look at this amount!
Ruru: We've gathered the best ingredients from all around the country. First of all, the meat is high-quality one from Shouhan!
Karin: Shouhan beef is fed with grass mixed with raochuu, so the meat is soft and marbled. It's a best meat, good for both boiling and roasting.
Touka: I see. Shouhan beef, Shouhan beef... [memo, memo]. #Why are you using high-grade ingredients to teach cooking?#
Karin: ...Did you learn that word from Shunran?
Touka: Eh?
Karin: I'm talking about memo.
Touka: Ah, umm... I've learned about it from Shuri-chan...
Karin: From Shuri? What's going on here...
Sheren: The source of that trend is Shunran. But, she keeps failing at taking a memo... and, strategists realized memo's potential and implemented its use.
Karin: I see...
Touka: After starting to write things down in memos, I don't forget things as often anymore.
Karin: Then, make sure to write down things I teach you today.
Touka: Yes.
Ruru: Well then, let's resume presenting the ingredients! The vegetables were all cultivated in Kyosho and only sprayed with organic pesticides. #There were more details, but there's too many words I don't know#
Touka: Ooh! That kinda sounds awesome.
Ruru: Poultry and pork are all of highest grade as well! Please cook something tasty for the sake of those wonderful ingredients.
Touka: ...?! I, I'll try... #What a waste of ingredients, to use them in novice training#
Karin: Well, let's start out lecture. First, the basis of cooking! #...Fire? Or salt?#
Ruru: Broth and fried rice! #Frying eggs uses none of those#
Touka: Okay!
Ruru: We'll make the poultry broth and use silkie to make it! #Can someone please start an uprising?#
Touka: Silkie! The legendary silkie that is said to make you immortal! #I've watched Chuuka Ichiban, I know how valuable that thing is#
Ruru: Right! That silkie! It won't make you immortal, but it'll result in a good broth!
Touka: Okay! Silkie-makes-a-good-broth... I wrote it down! #Even rulers should only use that stuff for banquets#
Ruru: Okay, let's move on then!
Ruru: After seasoning silkie with salt from Santou, you take silkie egg and make an egg broth!
Touka: Egg broth! Sounds delicious!
Karin: It doesn't just sound delicious, you're making it, you know? ...Did you memorize the process?
Touka: Perfectly!
Karin: Then, let's start the next lesson.
Touka: Yes!
Karin: We've prepared the finest grade ingredients, but when it comes to the most important part of fried rice... what do you think it is?
Touka: The skill of its cook!
Karin: Not quite...
Touka: Eh?!
Karin: The most important part of cooking fried rice is fire!
Touka: Fire? But, how do you adjust that...
Karin: Normally, you need to adjust the amount of firewood... but we have a powerful ally. I'm talking about this!
Karin: Mao-style Thermal Power Booster, Konron!
Touka: Konron?!
Sheren: Now that's some weird item... what's that?
Karin: It's constantly sending a specific amount of wind to the fire, making adjusting flames simple. Kazuto explained the basic principle behind it and Mao made it, apparently.
Sheren: Heeh... #So Kazuto teaches some useful things too...#
Karin: With this, no matter how strong the flames are, you can easily maintain them.
Touka: That's awesome! That's awesome, Karin-san! #Also not something you give to a novice. She won't learn this way#
Karin: But of course. Okay, let's start preparations... Touka, are you ready?
Touka: Yes, Sensei!
Karin: A good reply... okay, take your spot!
Touka: Okay!
Karin: First of all, broth, since it takes time!
Karin: Put the pot with poultry broth on Konron and start the fire! Be careful, since you can ruin a broth if the fire is too strong!
Touka: Okay!
Karin: You can adjust the flames by turning the knob on Konron... look, it's boiling! Turn the knob right away to weaken the flames!
Touka: Awawa, y, yes!
Karin: Keep watch of the flames, while you prepare fried rice meanwhile. A skilled woman would use that boiling time to prepare it quickly! Okay, take the knife.
Touka: Okay! ...Wow, this knife looks really sharp...
Karin: It's a knife sharpened by the best sharpener of Gi, he's also the one that sharpens weapons for Shunran and the rest. It can easily cut your finger to the bone, so be careful with it.
Touka: Ugh...
Karin: Don't hold it so fearfully! Know that cowardice at times like this tend to backfire. Hold it confidently! Straighten your back!
Touka: Okay!
Karin: Straighten your back, but you don't have to stick out your chest!
Touka: Eh, I'm not exactly sticking it out.
Karin: Eh? Ah, I, I see... #What was that about not caring about the size?#
Sheren: Pff! Ahahahaha. That was good! You're the best, Karin.
Karin: Kuh... you drunkard, stop laughing! #Nice to see this side of Karin#
Sheren: Hihihi! This is hilarious! Kuhuhu, ahahaha.
Karin: Tsk... ignore the drunkard, ignore her!
Sheren: Oh, no. Don't ignore me.
Karin: Shut up! If you don't want to get beheaded, shut up and drink your booze silently there, you drunkard!
Sheren: Yes, yes, I know... puhu!
Karin: Y, you laughed again...!
Touka: Wow...
Ruru: Wha, Touka-sama! Stop watching in daze! The boiling water is about to pour out, you know?!
Touka: Hiya?! O, oh no, I need to lower the flame!
Karin: Right. You need a wide field of vision to cook. You can't achieve the best result if you focus on just one thing. Cooking rules apply to strategy and government too.
Touka: Okay!
Karin: Good... drunkard over there, remember that well too.
Sheren: Ah, I don't need to. Meirin and the rest will take care of it for me.
Karin: What a slobbish king... #She retired though...#
Sheren: A perfect king won't let their subordinates grow. #She's right. That's Karin's biggest problem#
Karin: Oh. Is that a criticism against me? #Yes. Train people and stop expecting perfection from them#
Sheren: I wonder? #Go and Shoku have better officers than Gi#
Karin: Fufufu... #Yeah, Fuu is the only genius strategist in Gi#
Sheren: Fufufu...
Ruru: (Ugh... this tension is the air... it's tough...) #Look at Ruru. She's nice, but not an outstanding officer#
Touka: Done! Karin-san, I've finished preparing the ingredients! Next! What should I do next?
Karin: Is broth ready?
Touka: Yes! And I made sure to extinguish the flames too.
Karin: Good. Then, take the broth pot down from Konron and heat up the stir-frying pot instead.
Touka: Eh? Heat up... I just need to put it on top of Konron?
Karin: That's right... didn't I say it? Flames are the lifeline of fried rice. Heat up the pot to the point that drops of water would instantly evaporate.
Touka: Heat up... umm, here we go...!
Sheren: Huge! Hey, Touka... can you even shake that giant pot?
Touka: It's okay! It's a bit heavy, but no big deal!
Sheren: But you're going to be shaking it with one hand, you know? Will you be okay?
Touka: Yes! I'll do my best! #Touka would probably make any reasonable teacher happy#
Karin: Well, it's lighter than her family's heirloom, so she should be okay...
Sheren: I wonder about that...
Karin: Do I know? I just made an assumption... We won't know unless she tries, so let her try.
Sheren: Well, that's true... Touka, just make sure you don't get burns. #Now that's nice of her. I like this trio's relationship#
Touka: Yes!
Touka: Ah... I've heated up the pot! #Unlike the usual blind loyalty, they're just friends#
Karin: Good. Then, put plenty of oil next and then add ingredients. #Oh yeah, right, Chinese cooking involves a lot of oil#
Touka: Okay!
Karin: Ah, hey! Don't put it all together, start with the root vegetables, since they are hard to fry.
Touka: Okay!
Karin: Don't stop the pot! Keep shaking it so the ingredients get evenly fried!
Touka: Okay!
Karin: When root vegetables change color, it's a sign they're getting the heat. Add meat and shrimps next and stir-fry them.
Touka: Got it! Eei! Eei! Eei!
Karin: How is it, are the ingredients getting heated? #Also, this is a nice bgm. And a very rare one#
Touka: Umm... Ruru-chan, how does it seem?
Ruru: Right. Almost there... ingredients' color and transparency... rely on things like that to find out.
Touka: Yeah! I'll try!
Touka: Eei! Eei! Eei!
Touka: Ah, whew... Eei! Eei!
Karin: So? Touka, do you think they're fried enough yet?
Touka: Umm... yeah! I believe it's okay!
Karin: Good. And now add the rice!
Touka: Okay!
Karin: You can use cold rice and mix it with eggs beforehand.
Touka: Eeh?! Please say those things sooner!
Ruru: It's okay! Because I prepared it already!
Touka: Whew, Ruru-chan, thank you...
Karin: You can thank her later! It's battle against the time now!
Touka: Y, yes!
Karin: Add the rice mixed with eggs!
Touka: Adding!
Karin: And now shake the pot! Shake it! Shake it! #I know what else you can shake to seduce Kazuto#
Touka: Shaking! Shaking! Shaking! #It seems Touka is actually pretty strong#
Karin: Shake it! Shake it! Shake it! #She does know how to use a sword too, after all#
Touka: Shaking! Shaking! Sha... ah! The rice is pattering! #She's using a heavy wok and still has stamina to talk normally#
Karin: Okay! Check its condition by looking at the rice color! If it's getting transparent, it's getting properly cooked!
Touka: Ah, it's transparent! Amazing! Rice is properly getting transparent!
Karin: It's done then! Serve it to the plate right away!
Ruru: Plates are ready here! Touka-sama, over here!
Touka: Yeah! Eeei!
Touka: I... it's done. #But she failed. Though it's Karin's mistake#
Karin: Next! Prepare the broth!
Touka: Hii?! Right! Broth!
Ruru: It's over here!
Touka: Add the melted egg, pour the broth... it's done!
Sheren: Oh! Broth and fried rice smell nice... almost like in one of those cooking stalls.
Karin: Hmm... well, I'll give appearance a passing score at least. #Karin and Ruru look adorable in this CG#
Touka: I'm so glad. #Yup. You've proved you're not Aisha#
Ruru: T, Touka-sama, it's too early to get satisfied yet.
Touka: Au, right. Taste is what matters the most in cooking... hmm... I wonder. Did it turn out tasty?
Karin: This fried rice and broth were made with exceptional ingredients under instructions of me and Ruru... of course it'll taste good.
Touka: I hope so... Sheren-san!
Sheren: Puh?! W, what?
Touka: Please try tasting it!
Sheren: ............Eeh. #Sheren knows what usually happens here#
Karin: Hey. At least cooperate this much, after turning us into a spectacle for your drinking.
Sheren: .................No.
Karin: ...I see... Ruru, call Meirin, Sai and Renfa. #Sai?#
Sheren: I, I hate people that don't understand jokes!
Karin: If you don't want those three scolding you, cooperate... well, try tasting it.
Sheren: Ugh... this is giving me a cold sweat, you know?
Touka: I, it's okay! I'm sure it's delicious! It won't make you collapse, your stomach hurt or you sleepwalk and assault men in the town at night!
Sheren: Hey... don't say something this scary when I'm about to eat.
Karin: Stop buying time and eat already.
Sheren: Bah... fine...
Sheren: Nom...
Touka: Uu... I'm nervous...
Karin: So? Quite good, right?
Sheren: ...Ugh!
Touka: Eeh?! Was it not tasty after all?! Did it hurt your stomach?! Is it making you blow bubbles?! Is it making you want to dance naked?!
Sheren: ...Ugh!
Karin: Fufu, isn't she just pretending as always, trying to scare us?
Ruru: Right. At times like this "ugh" usually means "ugh, so delicious!". #So they're aware of that cliche event... but...#
Touka: Is that so? I'm glad! So it was delicious after all!
Sheren: Ueeeee!!
Three: Eeeeh?!
Sheren: Tastes... bad! I can't feel the taste, what's going on?
Touka: No way... #It's okay, it's not your fault#
Karin: That's impossible... nom...
Ruru: Nom...
Karin: ...
Ruru: ...
Karin: Ugh...
Ruru: It has no taste...
Touka: Uu... so I have no talent for cooking after all... #A lot of "bad cook" characters give up after one fail#
Ruru: ...Ah! We forgot to add salt! #You did add it to the broth though#
Karin: I see. So that's the cause. #But yeah, localize the problem and fix it#
Touka: Aaaah! And here I thought it went well!
Sheren: Come to think of it, someone never gave instructions to add salt... #Yup, someone was too busy complaining about a drunkard#
Karin: ...?!
Karin: Y... you should realize it now, Touka! #Sore loser...#
Touka: Eh?
Karin: The key part of cooking! It's salt! Seasoning! To teach you of its importance, I didn't tell you to add salt on purpose!
Touka: I, is that so?! #At least Touka feels better now#
Sheren: Now that was a stretch... #But it worked. Smooth excuse#
Karin: Shut up! ...Touka!
Touka: Yes!
Karin: Engrave this result into your memory, and let's make it again, from the scratch! I'll turn you into the first grade fried rice expert today!
Touka: Y, yeah! I'll do my best!
Karin: That's the spirit! Ruru, make preparations! #But yeah, giving up after one failed attempt is just stupid#
Ruru: O, okay!
Karin: Do you understand, Touka? You have to become the King of Fried Rice!
Touka: Yes! I will become the Fried Rice King! #Is that a One Piece parody? Or just Jump?#
Karin: Then, let's start with the basic procedures!
Touka: Yes!
Sheren: Fufu... well, do your best, maidens.
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