Katsu Curry

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/5/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Master said there were definitely more men, so honestly this is unexpected.
To tell the truth, either is fine with me. The only man I know is Master, and the only woman I know is the Great Spirit. …Wait, do spirits even have a gender…?
Anyway, both are unknown quantities to me, so I don’t really mind. She seems easy to talk to, and I’m glad about that.

“Rita-chan, you wanted curry rice, right. It’ll be done soon, so wait a bit.”
“Mm.”

Ah, she’s really making it. That’s purely nice.
I don’t know if Mami is good at cooking, but it should be better than Master’s. The ingredients are different to start with. Master even said the ingredients were too bad.
Mami leaves the room. Now, what should I do.

“Witch onee-chan!”
“Mm?”

Chii-chan was still in the room. She’s staring at me. I feel like her eyes are sparkling. Is this that thing they call a look of expectation.

“Can you use magic?”
“Mm. I can.”
“I wanna see!”
“Okay.”

What would be good. When I’m in the forest, even slightly dangerous magic isn’t a problem, but here that would obviously be dangerous.
Hmm…

“Wait a bit. I’ll construct some magic that isn’t dangerous.”
“Okaaay!”

‘She just said something amazing so casually’
‘Con-struct… construct? She’s making it now!?’
‘Can you even make it that easily?’

“Mm. I can.”

According to Master, magic is the image of a formula. You imagine the effect, construct the corresponding formula in your mind, and by drawing that formula, the magic takes effect.
How you draw the formula is up to the person. Some people use a method called chanting, putting the formula into words, and some write it directly on the ground or whatever. Master and I draw an invisible formula in the air with our own mana.

I think of an effect that isn’t dangerous but looks a little flashy, construct the formula, and transfer it. I tap the floor lightly with my staff, and lots of colorful bubbles start dancing through the room.
Soap bubbles, was it. When Master showed me, I wondered what the point was, but I thought they were pretty in their own way, so I tried copying it.

“Waaah! Amazing! Soap bubbles!”

Yeah. Looks like she’s happy. Chii-chan is chasing all the soap bubbles. Maybe it was good that I made them so they wouldn’t pop from a little tap; she’s smacking them and looking like she’s having fun.

‘Kids would like this’
‘Pretty, huh’
‘Huhh. So there’s magic that isn’t dangerous’

Apparently the original use of magic is for making daily life easier, so this should be the normal kind. Probably.

“Witch onee-chan, you’re amaziiing!”
“Mm…”

‘Rita-chan getting shy and bashful is cute’
‘The way her face is a little red is nice!’
‘Tere-tere Rita-chan’

“………… Can I cut the stream?”

‘We’re sorryyy!’
‘Please don’t, we’ll die!’

I don’t want you poking at that. It’s embarrassing.
While I was watching Chii-chan happily chase the soap bubbles, the door opened and Mami came in. In her hands, a mountain of curry rice.

“I was watching while I heated it, but this is amazing.”

Mami says that while looking at the soap bubbles. If we’re going to eat, they’ll get in the way.

“Chii-chan. I’m going to erase the soap bubbles. Okay?”
“Ehh… Okay…”

She looks a little disappointed, but she nods right away. Good kid.
When I erase the soap bubbles, Mami starts lining the curry rice up on the table. Three portions. One of them is a small plate. Chii-chan’s, then.
And that curry rice. On top of the rice was something I’d never seen.
Something brown that looked crispy.

“This is…?”
“Tonkatsu?”
“Tonkatsu…!”

Tonkatsu! The thing Master tried to make and gave up on! Meaning this is…!

“The legendary katsu curry…!”

‘Le lol gend lol ary lol’
‘The legendary lmao’
‘I spat out my tea lmao’

I can’t believe I get to eat katsu curry! What do I do, I’m so happy…!
I-is it okay? Can I really eat it?
When I look at Mami, she’s laughing like she finds it funny. Seeing that, I come back to my senses a little. Yeah. This might be a little embarrassing. But I’m really that happy.

“Go ahead, Rita-chan. Eat as much as you want.”
“Mm…!”

Hands together, Itadakimasu.
First, the tonkatsu. I put a bite-size piece of the cut tonkatsu in my mouth.

“It’s crispy… Completely different from fake tonkatsu…!”

‘What even is fake tonkatsu lol’
‘I can tell it’s probably Master’s failed attempt lol’
‘I kind of want to see that, actually lol’

There’s nothing interesting about seeing that. It was just meat with something soggy on it. I can’t believe the finished form of that is this good…!

“The meat is really tender too. Hmm… Weird meat.”

When I look at the meat, I don’t know, it’s not a thick cut. It’s like thin meat stacked together.

‘That’s mille-feuille katsu. Katsu made by stacking thin-sliced pork and frying it’
‘The good kind’
‘Not hard, but it’s pretty annoying to make, yeah’