Tanaka family, reincarnated.

"So, what's the end of it? Why is this happening?

Busy working behind Melsa and also against the wall, frustrated and Oliver asks.

I don't know what the hell Melsa demanded in return from the Emperor and General, but the imperial side was flashly surprised.

I want the Demon Stone.

As a kingdom, I will end up with this one word, but then I've been informed by the other that there are demonic stones, and the Empire should not surprise me in such a strange way.

And the imperial side seemed reluctant to what Melsa wanted for some reason.

"Rice... Rice... '

"Yes, it's rice."

The emperor and general look at each other and look difficult.

I thought you were definitely going to demand a demon stone.

In an empire destined to perish at any rate, the Demon Stone rotted the treasure, and it was not a rush to give it to the kingdom if the people could live without hunger by the last hour.

but rice.

Not to mention the staple foods of the Empire.

In this country, it is stockpiled more than any other ingredient for good.

[Enclosed rice] is still stored in storage, which is a food distress.

This is rice for the people.

Even with a lot of food support from the Kingdom, Count Stewart's family, that food is an unfamiliar ingredient for the royal people.

At least until the end of the day, I want to feed you rice.

If the Empire had really told the Kingdom about the food distress caused by poor weather, he would not have hesitated to give the rice in exchange for massive food supplies.

The next year or so, the weather will surely settle and the rice will be an environment where we can make it again.

To live, I can tolerate even if I can't eat rice for a few years.

But the empire will perish within a year.

Rice for reserves, the rice used to eating, should be the base of the few minds of the people.

'… food support ingredients are not familiar to the public. Some ingredients can be read on the inventory but I don't know, I can't imagine. Taking rice away from the people...... I don't want to'

The emperor, who thinks first of all of the people, tells him that he cannot answer Melsa's request.

"Instead, let me give you the Demon Stone. the quantity sought by the kingdom...... '

Still, [surrounded rice] alone, it is obvious that it will not last a year and I want food support.

The general finally told the public about the demon stone.

'... no, the Demon Stone is fine'

Melsa categorically declines the general's offer of readiness.

"In the kingdom, there are no wizards, so even if there were only demonic stones, it was just stone. You can't replace rice '

You don't need a demon stone?

'Yeah, my Stewart family is. The Demon Stone should negotiate with the Kingdom in the future. (i) Because even if the Counts have such a thing in their hands, it will only be more troublesome.'

'What is it, rice...?

It's rice, really.

Melsa didn't give in.

'If you say you are unfamiliar with the ingredients of the kingdom.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Then can I have some rice?

If negotiations are difficult to navigate, offer alternatives.

I won't give up on this one, but I'll give you some room to think about it.

I used what I learned in school a long time ago here, and Melsa wouldn't take a step back for rice.

'That's impossible. The kingdom and empire are entirely culturally different countries. The climate, the land, people, everything. Uncomfortably acceptable dishes with ingredients from countries that have never met before…'

'Now, let's make it. It would be a shame to consume that large quantity of flour only with soot and udon, even as a kingdom. Mr. Ume? Can you show us to the cooking area?

Melsa gets up softly.

"Huh?? Hey, Melsa? What? Huh? Where are you going? Hey?"

Oliver raises his voice in surprise at Melsa, who suddenly rises to a citation spoken in imperial language in the extension, trying to rise together, but his legs are paralyzed and he can't move.

"What? Paralyzed."

Oliver, who was sitting upright mimicking Melsa on the tatami floor, stuffs and suffers.

"It's This Way"

Oliver pursued with desperate and paralyzed legs as Ume guided Melsa down the stairs with Sulsulu.

And when we arrived at the cooking place, Melsa had been given white sleeved clothes by Ume.

Please use this because your kimono will get dirty.

'Well, you have cooking clothes! Don't hesitate to let me use it.'

When Melsa wears it without any hesitation, she begins to work busily.

The hot water was boiled and the ingredients of the support supplies carried one after the other, the vegetables that would have been put in for sunshine, processed meat, pasta and seasonings were arranged, and cut and boiled and began to lay down.

"So? What is it after all? Why is this happening?

frustration and Oliver asks as he also leans against the wall to rest his legs, which still jingle plainly.

"When I said I wanted the Empire staple food in return, I was told that I couldn't give the staple food because the ingredients in the kingdom are not something I'm used to eating. Then I said I would make something that fits the mouth of the Imperial with ingredients from the kingdom."

"Stop... snatching staple foods from food-distressed countries... ghosts?

I have no idea what you're thinking.

In the first place, I'm not even supposed to be used to eating the Empire's staple food. Is that what you want me to do?

Tan, tata tata tata tata.

The light knife tweezer of Melsa, who began cutting onions, does not seem like the former Duke's Lady, the wealthiest Countess of Stewart in the present kingdom.

Normal aristocratic daughters don't cook.

No, you shouldn't.

Oliver's known Melsa didn't cook either.

"In the first place, why can't you do something about the meal? That would be crazy, wouldn't it? What were they making me do when I went to my wife on such a fucking country border?

Abominable Leonardo Stewart's face floats behind his brain.

Quiet, if you come to your wife, you won't have to let her do anything about the rice, but a beautiful dress, beautiful jewelry, a high class night club for a tasty wine... something that I did to make you luxurious and trivial.

Why would Melsa have to cook for a servant?

That would be crazy, wouldn't it?

Melsa is not a good woman to let her work like this.

More, more, more importantly, if you come to me......

"Huh? Wow! Fire and water all with demon stones!?

'Yes. Every house in the Empire cooks with fire magic and water magic demon stones. At night, the lights will be lit with light magic magic stones, and the kimono will be washed in a box with water magic magic magic stones and dried with wind magic magic magic stones'

"Beh, that's convenient..."

If the cooking listened to the Empire in conversation with Ume, it was definitely a hi-tech nation more than the kingdom.

A lineup with all the appliances of previous life bribes everything with demonic stones that trap magic.

"Is there not one in the kingdom?

Ume asks with an unexpected face.

The kingdom thought there was some power beyond the feet of an empire in a power second only to an empire.

'You don't. Until about 30 years ago, I've heard stories used in noble mansions...'

I didn't think the Empire was rich enough in Demon Stone resources for anyone to use so far.

'Earlier, I said that there were no wizards in the kingdom, but the enclosed demonic stones of life magic are normally sold in the Empire. Unlike the magic of the kingdom, this magic stone can be used in the kingdom because you don't have to go there to apply it.'

'............... that's amazing................ Maybe I shouldn't have told you I don't need a demon stone...'

Empire where magic is already trapped Demon Stone sells......... How can there be food distress while having an advanced Demon Stone culture so far......

"We can still make it, right? Instead of rice, you just need to hope for magical magic stones. '

Kieran and Ume's eyes glow.

'Mm-hmm. Except for this. Rice is absolute. "

Melsa laughs bitterly as she frys the ingredients.

While impressed by the Imperial kitchen, which has stoves for low, medium and high heat and can even adjust the fire.

Less than an hour later, Melsa finishes cooking and again sits in front of the Emperor and General.

'... this is...'

"Holy crap..................................................."

A dish I've never seen is put down.

"I tried not to dare to make something that would fit the mouth of the imperial, something that could replace rice. I thought it would be perfect for the red township of the Empire. '

I suggest Nico and Melsa go ahead before it cools down.

"To, Your Majesty. Is this food?

"Dear Lord, isn't this the first time you've been poisoned so plainly?

Near the sides were also handed out small plates with about the amount of taste, but no one put chopsticks on them.

It was bright red.

The dish, which they made with ingredients from the kingdom, didn't smell strange or bad, but it was bright red.

All the other ingredients, though convincing that carrots were red, were dyed red and looked unlikely from the common sense dishes of the Empire.

"You didn't put poison in it, did you?

'During cooking, I kept an eye on it. It's also poisonous.'

I assure Melsa that Ume is not poisonous either.

"No... why is it bright red? I've never seen a whole red dish like this?

The general, who was a little floating when he could eat the handicrafts of the beauty, also smells anxiously at the shocking dishes that came out.

"? Red, I heard that exorcism means something in the Empire, so I thought it would be good luck. It's okay, because it's not poison or a valve pattern '

Come on, come on. Enjoy it. Melsa asks you to eat the devil's food.

'... Dear Sir, let's try this fuchsima first'

'... Dear Sir, let's try the cato too'

From the vicinity that was on the General's side, a voice of readiness rises.

The two that were next door, once they shook each other's hands firmly and inspired each other, then put the red in the small plate in front of them all at once in their mouths.

"!! Fugu!!

"!! Muggy, no!!

Both Fukshima and Kato open their eyes and chew in temper.

"Phew, fuxima!!! Cato!!! Don't push it!!!

Slightly to the outrage of loyalists, both the Emperor and the General look up and worried.

Attention was drawn to how the two chewed for a while, and at last they were so quiet with Sin that they could hear the sound of gokun and swallowing.

"..............................................................................................................................."

"...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

"'' Huh??

"Dear Lord, it tastes gentle against appearance"

'Your Majesty, it seems that even women and children prefer to eat this...?

Even though it's red, it's not hard.

Ultra-balanced with a hint of acidity and sweetness.

Excellent to eat with vegetables and meat.

"Ugh, tasty...?

'Tastes good!!!

I answer honestly to my tongue while both of the people I eat say they are incredible.

Seeing as the two trusted men among the seven beside the general say they are all delicious, the other fearful neighbors also put red dishes in their mouths.

"'Huh?? Ugh!' '

"'What? Good!' '

"'Huh?? Why? Is it good?

As one person, I had nothing to say that didn't fit my mouth.

The emperor and general also prepare themselves and eat the dishes made by Melsa.

"…………………………………………………………………………………………………………"

'.........................................................................................................'

I miss eating there for some reason for the first time.

The emperor asks Melsa, who laughs with satisfaction at the reaction of the imperial side.

"What is this... cooking?

Yes, this is what everyone loves......

"Spaghetti, it's a Neapolitan"

Melsa replied.