National-Treasure Grade

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/27/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Night. The sun’s gone down so I think it’s about time for dinner, but Mireille is just reading and reading. Sitting in a living-room chair, silently.

“Mireille, it’s about night.”
“…………”
“Amazing concentration. No reaction.”

‘Because she heard about the barrier, maybe?’
‘She knows there’s no danger’
‘Even so her wariness is too low’
‘Just like Rita-chan’

I can’t deny it. When I concentrate on reading I get absorbed forever too. There was even a time I concentrated on reading while streaming and read for a whole day.
That time, more than feeling I’d done something bad to the viewers, I was chilled that there were viewers who kept watching nothing but me reading for a whole day.
So I get this of Mireille’s too. I even feel a kinship. But I’m starting to get hungry.
And so, sorry, but I quickly pulled the book away.

“Ah…”

Don’t make a sad sound. It makes me feel really sorry.

‘Eh…’
‘That was a really lewd voice’
‘You people lmao’
‘Rita-chan, don’t say stupid stuff in comments she can hear’

Are they all perverts?
When I stare at Mireille, she comes back to herself right away and clears her throat. It’s too late in various ways, though.

“Pardon me, Rita. Did you need something.”
“Need or not, it’s mealtime. Dinner.”
“Eh!?”

Wah, that surprised me. Mireille stands up with force and runs toward the door outside like she’s panicking. I don’t think she’d go outside the barrier, but I’ll go with her.
Once outside the house, Mireille murmurs in a daze.

“It’s pitch dark…”

Mm…? Ah, she’s right. The sun seems to have already set. There’s moonlight so it isn’t pitch black, but compared to inside the house it’s night and day. No streetlights, so of course.
Come to think of it, I still haven’t seen Japan’s night. Apparently it’s really bright. Master said it sparkles no matter where you are. Next time I go see Mami, maybe I’ll stay until night.
While I was thinking that, Mireille turned and bowed.

“I’m terribly sorry, Rita.”
“Eh. W-what for…?”
“On top of being put up, I even read your books, so I thought I would at least prepare dinner. I will prepare it now, so just a little time…”
“Ah, it’s fine. I already prepared it.”
“Eh.”
“I already prepared it so it’s fine.”

When I say it again for her, Mireille drops to her knees in shock. Is it something to take that hard.

“I truly… apologize for everything…”
“Mm. It’s fine. Thanks for telling me about Master.”

If I hadn’t asked Mireille, I think I would have kept searching forever. Forever and ever.
So I’ll put her up at my house and show her books and make dinner too.

“By the way the food is my prize stash.”
“The Guardian’s prize stash? That I very much look forward to.”
“Mm. You won’t lose by expecting it.”

I have no cooking talent to speak of, but this time it’s something anyone can make. Japan is amazing. Very amazing.
What I take from the Item Box back inside the house is what they call retort food in Japan. When I told Mami I wanted to eat curry in my world too, she gave it to me.
But I somehow felt it would be a waste and hadn’t eaten it. I mean, wonderful food where you can eat curry whenever you want? Yes, in other words this is.

“National-treasure-grade food.”
“National-treasure-grade, you say…!?”

‘National-treasure-grade lmao’
‘National treasure (retort)’
‘Retort national treasure lol’
‘Cheap national treasure lol’

No no, the viewers say that, but I really think it’s an amazing thing. Being able to eat delicious food just by heating it is really amazing. Super amazing.

‘That’s true’
‘It’s common over here, but it was definitely a wonderful invention’

I want this world to become able to make it too. Or rather, before that I want them to pursue how good food tastes.
I set a pot on the table, put in water, and bring it to a boil in a flash. No fire needed. I heat the water itself. Times like this you have to use magic.
I drop the retort food into that water. Two packs of rice and two retort curries. It takes a little time, but after that you just wait. Super easy.

“Um… What is this…?”
“Retort.”
“Retoruto…?”
“Hmm… Something that lasts a very long time, a base for making food easily. Secret from other people, okay.”
“I don’t really understand, but it sounds amazing.”

‘It actually is amazing’
‘I don’t know how many times retort curry has saved me’
‘Cheap, fast, and good. Truly a complete food’

Yeah yeah. I mostly agree.
Once it’s heated enough, I put it out on a fairly large plate. Rice in, pushed to one side, curry on the other. Add a spoon.

“Sorry to wait. Curry rice.”
“Karee raisu, is it…”
“Mm. Go ahead.”

I take out my own portion and start eating right away. Yeah. Inferior to the curry Mami makes for me, of course, but it’s still curry rice. Delicious.
Mireille still seemed wary, but after the first timid bite she was really fast. As expected of curry rice.
Mireille and I both finished in no time.

“It was very delicious… Is this perhaps a cuisine passed down only to Guardians?”
“Eh? Ah, no, um…”
“It is a dish I have never seen or heard of elsewhere, so that must be it…”
“…………”

All right. I can’t explain, so let’s go with that.