Chapter 132 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 133

Ch 133 Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi

Story 133: Mouth-Watering Beef Stew

It was Werner-san and Ramon-san, Franca, Rita and Vincent, the members of the C-ranked Adventurer party ‘Iron Will’ who had taken good care of me when I first came to this world . I never thought that I would meet them again and here they were, in Doran’s dungeon?

“Everyone, it’s been a long time . ” I said, pleased to see them again .

“It’s been a long time, Mukouda-san . It’s amazing that we should meet again here of all places . ” I shook hands with Iron Will’s leader, Werner-san . As he explained it, after they left me in Fariel they set off to journey to Doran . It took a long time with many carriage journeys and they only arrived in the city the day before yesterday, beginning their dungeon exploration the day after .

“Is that so?” I gestured to Fer . “We are heading for the coastal city of Berleean . We only stopped off in Doran because Fer insisted we do so, to explore the dungeon here . ” The members of Iron Will nodded in understanding . They had spent some time with Fer and me in the past, they could sympathise with what I went through dealing with him . It was nice to be with people who knew what a hard life I led coping with the demanding Fenrir monster .

“So Mukouda-san, you’ve acquired another follower since we last met?” Werner-san said, studying Dora-chan closely . “A Dragon indeed, a baby Dragon?” Well anyone seeing Dora-chan for the first time would think he was a baby Dragon . Of course I had made a submission contract with both Dora-chan and Sui-chan since we had last met so I had two individuals to introduce .

“This Dragon is actually an adult, fully grown, it’s a rare kind of Dragon called a Pixie Dragon . It’s my contracted monster, I named it Dora-chan . ”

“You named it what . . . ” Werner-san blurted .

“Splutter” Hey! Vincent, don’t laugh when you hear the name I chose for Dora-chan . And you too, Werner-san, if you please .

Rita and Franca both said politely “Pleased to meet you, Dora-chan . ” Ramon stayed admirably silent despite his red face and shaking shoulders . I continued the introductions regardless .

“And this is my Slime, Sui . ” Sui-chan had crawled out of her bag to look around so I lifted her up to introduce her to the Iron Will party . Seeing the expressions on their faces I added, “Yes she’s a Slime but she’s a special type and very strong . ”

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“Having Fer alone as your contracted monster was amazing, Mukouda-san . ” Werner-san said, examining Dora-chan and Sui-chan closely . “Contracting with two more formidable monsters such as these is a remarkable achievement . I am impressed . ” Werner-san’s praise rather embarrassed me . But I had things to do, the Gluttonous Trio were hungry and wanting to be fed . That’s why they had contracted with me after all, the other two as well as Fer .

“Hey, where’s dinner?” Fer demanded .

“I’m hungry . ” Dora-chan added .

“Aruji, I’m hungry too-” Sui-chan said .

Oh, I’m sorry I’m sorry . “I’ll get dinner for you, Fer, Sui, Dora-chan . Just give me a moment . ” Well, what should I serve them? The beef stew would be nice, I decided, along with the local black bread I had bought earlier in town . It’s a bit firm but it should go well with something like beef stew . I took out the stockpot of hot beef stew from my Item Box and dished out generous servings to the Gluttonous Trio .

“I’ve eaten this food before . ” Fer mumbled, his muzzle deep in the gravy . “The meat is softly simmered, it melts in the mouth . Umu, delicious . ” Thank you, Fer, I appreciate hearing you like it .

“Oh, this food is delicious again . Really, all the food you make is delicious . ” It looked like Dora-chan was enjoying the beef stew too, the way his scaly nose was ringed with gravy .

“This is because the meat is soft and tastes good, too-” Sui-chan’s seal of satisfaction completed the Trio’s approval of my cooking . Wonderful! But a cold feeling along my spine caused me to shiver . What was it-

“”” Gulp “””

Looking around, I found the eyes of the Iron Will party were nailed to the pot of beef stew . Vincent and Rita had drool running down their chins . Rita, you’re a girl, you shouldn’t be drooling like that, it’s not seemly . I sighed, it couldn’t be helped, I’d feed them for old time’s sake .

“Ah, do you want to eat some too?” I asked somewhat redundantly . The members of Iron Will nodded their heads vigorously . I got out more deep wooden bowls and a loaf of black bread and dished out more of the beef stew for them .

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“Ha-, I can finally eat Mukouda-san’s food again . It’s the best . ” Vincent-san said, digging his spoon into the stew .

“Vincent cried when Mukouda-san left us back in Fariel,” Rita added, her own spoon poised over her bowl, “but I agree, Mukouda-san’s food was delicious . ”

“Hold on there, Rita,” Vincent interrupted . “It was you that cried when he left, not me . But yes,” he said, dipping his spoon into his bowl once again, “it was delicious . ”

“Oh, maybe you’re right . ” she admitted, eyes shining . “And it is still really delicious . ”

So while Vincent and Rita were talking to each other . . . .

“Oh, it’s delicious . ” Franca agreed . “The vegetables are also boiled so softly . . . After all is said and done the way this meat melts in my mouth leaves me speechless . ”

“Oh, it’s really delicious . Eating this bread with the stew is just the perfect thing . ” Werner-san bit off a chunk of gravy-soaked bread and chewed it ecstatically .

“This deep taste with its rich flavour . . . I can’t believe that such delicious food can be eaten in a dungeon . ” Ramon wiped away a tear . “Mukouda-san, you can truly work miracles . ”

Iron Will were filling their mouths with beef stew, mumbling between spoonfuls about how good it tasted . Yeah, it was great that everyone liked it – but I hadn’t had any myself yet . That was easily fixed though, once I had my own bowl in front of me . The first mouthful, yep as they said it’s really delicious . The Bloody Horn Bull meat was thoroughly simmered, so soft that it could be broken with a spoon . The soft boiled meat crumbled into flakes when I put in my mouth .

I soaked a piece of the black bread in beef stew and bit into it . The demi-glace sauce in the gravy and the chewy black bread, sheer bliss . Delicious . I took another spoonful . . .

“””Seconds”””