Chapter 600 –Everything in Moderation
Author: Eguchi Ren
Translated by Gumihou
Edited by Gumihou >_<
Gumihou: Added some details to make the narrative more interesting.
The High Elves and my slave employees have all gathered in the dining room.
On the long table were several large plates piled high with Mincemeat Cutlets.
All eyes were glued upon the piles and piles of freshly fried cutlets which, thanks to my time-stop [Item Box].
The children (and the twins) were almost vibrating with anticipation.
[1] Sui was already vibrating in place.
As for myself, I’m not sure whether it was being around fried food, having fried the food, or seeing the sheer number of beige crispy things in front of me, but I was feeling a little nauseous looking at the piles of fried food.
Although it was a special request from the High Elves, I wished that I had made something else instead. Either that or make something else other than just Mincemeat Cutlets.
Tonight’s banquet was more like a ‘get-to-know-each-other’ dinner party, so, I guess having party-style food like Mincemeat Cutlets is okay? [1] Oh, that’s right, there’s the cabbage slices and buns I had bought from [Net Super]. Let’s bring out the Worcestershire sauce and mayonnaise too, and fizzy drinks. Can’t have fried food without something cold and sweet to counter all that oil.
“Ahem, so, today’s dinner party is to welcome these Elf friends who came to our house. And, that’s it. That’s the end of the speeches, so let’s eat, drink and be happy. Cheers~!”
“CHEERS!!”
Gulping sounds were heard, followed by thumps of mugs hitting the table.
“Woah, that was amazing!” cried Luke.
“Cold beer is the best after all!” shouted Irvin.
“I can feel the beer flowing through my body~” said Bartel with a sigh.
“Is that cold ale?” asked one of the elves.
“Ou, it’s ale, but not like ale,” said Bartel knowledgeably. “You’ll know when you have some.”
“Woah, so it really is different.”
“It’s bitter but somehow refreshing, is it because it is cold?”
“It’s definitely different from the usual warm sweet ale.”
“The froth is different too.”
“I could grow to like this.”
“Yeah, it’s not bad.”
Looks like the bottles of ice-cold beer were popular among the High Elves too.
The other adults were already familiar with the deliciousness of beer and were enjoying themselves happily with plates of Mincemeat Cutlets.
As for the children [1a], everyone was paying serious attention to Lotte-chan as she said, “…and then, you put the meat on the greens and then the sauce, and then you close it with the other bread and… Nom!”
[1a] Sauce squirted from the side of the burger and the side of her mouth.
[1a] “Lotte!” Selia-chan said a little sternly as she rushed forward with a handkerchief. After that little incident, the children decided that it was too ‘risky’ to eat the Mincemeat Cutlets this way and decided to just have the cutlets on their own first.
[1a] “Mukouda-san did say that it’s good with this sauce,” said Selia-chan. “I’m going to eat mine without the sauce first.”
“I’ll have mine plain too!”
“Same here!”
In the end, while Lotte nibbled on her plate of cut-up burgers, the rest of the kids helped themselves to the Mincemeat Cutlets. Only Oliver added Worcestershire sauce to his Cutlet, though.
“Woah, that’s really juicy~”
When it looked like everyone else was occupied with their food, I took my first bite of the crispy, freshly fried Mincemeat Cutlet. After cutting out a small bite with my fork like a well-mannered person, [1] of course. I don’t plan to simply chomp into half of a whole Cutlet like the twins who were now huffing and puffing all over their place as the hot meat juice burned their tongues.
Crunch-
[2] [2a]
“This- what is this-?”
“Woah, it’s really long~!”
“Wait, why don’t I get one like that?”
“That’s cheese,” said Selia-chan knowledgeably. “Some of the cutlets have them.
“REALLY!!?”
“Woah, I want to try that too!”
Soon, there was a scuffle as the children and High Elves tried to employ different techniques to discover which one of the cutlets had cheese in them.
“Haha, have fun with that,” I said. I had mixed up some of the Cheese In versions with the plain ones by accident, but at least everyone seemed to enjoy it.
[2] [2a]
My next Cutlet had cheese in it, nice.
After taking a bite of the juicy, crispy Cutlet I had a swig of alcohol to wash it down. Then, I had another bite, and then a beer to wash it down-
[3] “Mukouda, is that the best way to enjoy the food?” Jurgen asked.
[3] “Hm?” I looked up to see six High Elves staring at me with very intense eyes.
[3] “You ate one bite of the food first, followed by a swig of beer. Then, you repeated it again.”
[3] “Oh, er, this? Haha… how should I explain it? Um, I think this is the best way to fully enjoy both the beer and the Cutlet. The Cutlet itself is delicious and juicy, but the strong taste and slight greasiness could get a bit much so a nice gulp of cold beer washes out the greasy feeling and refreshes your palate for the next bite of Cutlet~”
“Woah, that’s pretty deep,”
“Puhhhhh, that’s awesome!”
“Mukouda is right, this way, the impact of the cutlet is enhanced. The impact of the beer is enhanced too!”
“Woohoo! I can’t stop!”
“Ahh~~ I feel like I can eat this forever!”
“Wow, Wow! I want to live here for the rest of my life!”
Well, the adults are certainly enjoying themselves.
“Oi, seconds!”
“I as well, Master. Oh, another keg of beer too.”
“”Seconds on the regular Cutlets!””
“”Sui wants the one with white stuffy~””
“Yes, yes,” I said indulgently as I fulfilled their orders. After that, I showed the kids the best way to make the Mincemeat Cutlet Burgers. The next thing I knew, the buns soon disappeared as the adults started stacking up their own burgers.
When it looked like the eating had slowed down a bit, I took out my special menu tray.
“Ahem, just for today, I have prepared a Special Mincemeat Cutlet. Since I made it with really good quality meat, there’s only one for each person.”
I said as I handed out the special menu item.
“Oi, we only get one?!” Fer yelled.
“Ah, well, Fer gets three…”
“Master, I believe three is too few.”
“”That’s right!””
“”Aruji~~ a bit more~?”
“Hmm, that’s unfortunate. These are very limited…”
“Just make more!”
[4] “Or, I could just give you none-”
“No way!”
“Three is plenty, Master.”
“”Er, yeah, plenty!””
“”Aruji~ can Aruji make more later~?”
[4] “Oh my, Sui-tan~ of course I can make more later~”
I pretend not to hear the other three whisper ‘Good job, Sui’ as I continue to distribute the special menu Cutlets.
[5]
“Mukoda, what do you mean by good meat?” asked Jorgen as he studied the Cutlet on his plate. I had to admit, it looked like all the other Mincemeat Cutlets. Palm size, found, and covered in a golden brown crust.
“You’ll understand when you taste it, Jorgen,” I said with a smile.
Jorgen stabbed the cutlet with his fork and took a bite.
The other High Elves also did the same.
“This!”
“What!”
[6] The various exclamations all came bursting out like fireworks.
Well, well, as expected~
As for the rest… I beamed at my slaves, who were… shaking?
Why are they shaking?
Are they shaking with joy?
“It is really concerning when Mukouda-san of all people say that something is ‘good’,” said Tabitha.
“What my sister said,”
“Yeah,”
“Hey, aren’t you two the most impetuous ones? Why are you hesitating now?”
“Well, Mukouda-san is someone who treats Rock Birds, dungeon pork and beef like ordinary meat…” said Bartel.
“To call this ‘good quality meat’ and in such small portion…” Peter mumbled.
The regular adults were not saying anything, but their faces were all scrunched up as they huddled together with their own plates of special menu cutlet.
“Well, it’s fine. Like I said, it’s limited to one each. So please enjoy it,” I said in my most this-is-all-normal voice.
“… …”
“Here, I shall demonstrate first.”
Crunch-
“Uwaah~ It’s delicious! As expected, this meat is best served with minimal seasoning. The meat juice is so fragrant, it’s even more amazing than regular cutlets!”
Drool—
[1] “L-lotte will eat it now!”
[1] “W-wait-”
[1] Crunch-
[1] “Y-yummy! It’s sho yummishhhh~~!!!”
As expected of Green Dragon meat. [1] Thanks to Lotte’s wonderful demonstration, the twins were the first to cave and the next thing I knew, there was another explosion of ‘Delish!’, which, if you must know, is very gratifying to me.
“Fufufu, my decision to use coarsely ground meat turns out to be a good one. This cutlet has a more luxurious mouthfeel…”
“I’m probably going to regret asking this, but, may I know what kind of meat this is?” asked Tabitha.
“That, there’s no need for you to know-”
“This is the meat of a Green Dragon. It was a truly magnificent individual.”
“… …”
“Green Dragon?”
“Th-this-!”
[5a] For a moment, the dining room fell into chaos. I blame Verde for dropping this bomb on my unsuspecting employees.
[5a] “Brother Mukouda, is this really dragon meat?!” Lotte-chan shrieked.
“Th-that’s right, isn’t it delicious?” I said quickly.
“It’s sho, sho, sho yummish~~!!”
“I-I get the feeling that we’re eating a whole house,” Irvin muttered.
“A house? Not a mansion?” grumbled Luke.
“M-my stomach…” said Peter.
“There, there,” said Tabitha, “Stay strong.”
My other employees’ faces have gone a bit stiff, but everyone was eating. Surely this is a good thing? Moreover, it’s not like I was being too excessive about sharing some precious meat. It was only a single Mincemeat Cutlet. I saw one of them ate five in one go…
As for the Gluttonous Quartet.
“Make enough so that I can eat my fill.”
[4] Yeah, yeah, I’ll think about it.
[Gumihou: Since comedy seems to be the goal, adjust the chapter towards that]
[1] Added details
[1a] Have Lotte give instructions on how to construct the burgers
[2] Deleted kids A through E exclaiming delish! Delish!
[2a] Replaced it with a ‘cheese pull fun’ scene
[3] Instead of repetitiveness, put in an explanation for Japanese ‘proper way to eat and enjoy’ technique
Gumihou: I mentioned this before in one of the earlier chapters, but Japanese people generally frowned on ‘mixing food’. For example, you should not put your rice into the miso soup, you shouldn’t eat rice and gyoza together etc. It was a completely different concept of eating compared to the Korean’s mix n match method.
Mukouda has a unique way of eating where he takes a bite of a side dish, followed by a bit of rice, chews and swallows before taking a swig of beer. He would continue to eat this way until all the food was gone. Some believe that this is the best way to enjoy food. While it is not quite ‘taboo’ or fixed, it was considered ideal by a lot of Japanese.
[4] Switch out cowardly Mukouda with threatening Mukouda… who simps Sui
[5] Moved down the scene where Mukouda’s eating the special menu cutlet
[5a] Realised why the scene had been awkwardly shoved in the middle of nowhere. It was to make the slaves realise what they have before they eat it so that they could have a scene that goes ‘Alban, Teresa, Toni, and Aiya were also eating with no expression on their faces’
I think it was meant to be funny, so facilitate this goal.
[6] Deleted excessive ‘Delicious! Delicious!’
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This reminds me of another character from a certain anime that I’m sure all of us have seen. The old man [Pork Cuttlet] would approve of this chapter.
Thanks for the chapter! Awesome translation! May God bless you!
Thanks for the treat.
Hehe. I think the author is trying to make a new “trope” style for Mukouda
I do not what the author might call it, but I call it “Here we go again.” trope
So we have the following with Mukouda which it seems he won’t change.
“I do not have a partner trope even thought I can get anyone I want, what do I do?” trope 😉 – to me, he is richer than anyone including the King (from the earlier chapter with the gifts) but he being a Japanse salary man, has he not heard of concubine? lovers? side women? introduction? at least from my experience, these are normal in Japan so Mukouda could have been easily introduce, but the author keep Mukouda single.
“Feed me now, hungry, cooking” Trope – well, this one we understanding since in Japan, it is a way to get more promotion (comic commercial?) of real world items.
“Pikachu face ” trope – I think the idea is to show what Mukouda can get that was consider rare. to us (4th wall) there is no such thing as “rare” with Mukouda other than quantity 😉 (he DOES own FOUR magic swords, and FOUR powerhouse familiar 😉
Best treat slaves in the world xD
Thanks!
Fer you get me more now. Mukoda nope!
Thanks for the treat!!!!!
Wow…. Mukouda’s (family/Employee) might pass out from shock. They are trying to get use to rockbird which from the past it seems that some “may” have had the chance once or twice (for the families) and “maybe” a dozen for the ex-adventurers in their lifetime.
Now they get to eat those on a regular basis. Mukouda introduce high quality dungeon beef which send them to the next level.
Now GREEN dragon (which in my opinion, more RARE than red/earth dragon) which there is NO chance these people will ever eat (keep in mind I left out the High Elves since they ate them before hehe)
For me, it would be the same I had high grade Waygu beef (a friend bought it for me since I cannot afford it), it was awesome and super delish. I can still taste it in my mind, but I probably cannot afford it in the future so I can relate to the family/ex-adventure.
Yeah sure but this getting shocked everytime is kinda boring to read same with guild masters getting shocked everytime a preacious item dropped infront of them. And why the fuck he is constantly getting lectured by the guild people I mean I cant take it. But mukouda can. If it were me I would say something like “ shut the fuck up bitch quit complaining every time or I would sell my stuff someplace else”
You have to understand that what Mukouda is doing is breaking the balance of the world. As explained in previous chapters, the man power and logistical work needed to take down certain monsters is already pretty huge. For example, just taking down a metal lizard which is a ‘B’ rank monster takes considerable effort to beat by your average run of the mill adventurers.
Now here comes someone like Mukouda who casually hunts ‘A’ and ‘S’ rank monsters with minimal man power and logistics who can practically be anywhere in the world within hours or days. His hunts are filling the market with monster materials in which no one knows how to deal with from an economical or political stand point as the current system was not designed to handle someone like him as they are just barely managing it. However at least Mukouda is wise enough to keep some of his treasures an absolute secret like his online shopping skill, the holy stamp, the philosopher stone, and Sui’s elixir creation ability as any one of those can cause a war to break out.
Thus the Guilds lectures as they don’t want to create an international incident that can’t be contained.
I do like that train of thought. I think Mukouda is more of he does not want to deal with the headache, but on the same token, he is no accepting that he is a powerhouse (himself included)
for a person who is a “scardy cat” and HAVE experience in perfect defense (earlier chapter where minotaur, orcs and troll) where monster literally try to hit him and does zero damage. He still worries. If he worries so much, he should ask Fer to teach him barrier spell for his own peaec of mind 😉
Heck, Mukouda has God of All Creation (GAC) as his buddy, I am sure he can ask him to find someone to teach him (if Mukouda does not want the skill outright) or something similar. The GAC did try to send him some love when he met Feodora as a “reward” but Mukouda flub that 😉
Yes I am aware of all of that. Its just the way the world created frusrates me a little. If humans are so far down in the food chain that even simplest monsters eorrh a lot than how in the hell they can built these kingdoms. A basic monster horde would touple kingdoms. Its just monster loot beşng precious is not balanced enough. Even a middle tier monster loot is enough to empty the vault of the guilt. Is the money flow in the market iso low that they cant even handle a tousand gold? Thats just absurd to me. What I understand feom all I read is mukouda single handedly raising the level of humans bu providing materials that is so far high in the food chain. From what I read I can also agree that keeping most of the stuff himself is a good idea because otherwise he can broke this fragile economy so easily. I would just by land and slaves( man power) to built my own kingdom with all that money.
I made so many typos. New phone sorry. Still not used to the iphone keybord
It must be. the world is very poor from all the orphanages and the source of money “seems” to come from dungeons. I do wonder who “print” the money or only use coins from dungeons (that would be interesting since each dungeon is their own living entity)
From what we have read so far, I believe many live day to day from eating orc (normal) or some easy monsters like sheep (mutton?) or wild chicken? (took from meat dungeon)
higher level meat are rare since those monsters are harder to kill and some are harder to find. People just eeking by day by day (remember the “most powerful” fighting one Gigant Minotaur was “hard” but could fight upto one on one was the best they can do)
Fer and company can decimate Gigant Minotaur and not even blinking, so taking down harder stuff are easy so the guild is having a hard time putting money together unless they plan ahead (like Brixt)
But you are right that the guild master for karaline should pretty much start putting money together once Mukouda “checks in” cause something is going to be big 😉 but it is a trader town vs dungeon town so maybe money is still hard to come by (again, this is just from what we read so far)
It’s mentioned that people in this world very rarely die from sickness (most diseases can be cured by the alchemists & priests) but there still aren’t many people around. The citys seem to be rather small and Leonhardt, one of the richest and biggest countrys, only seems to have 4 somewhat bigger citys. Distances between citys seem to be huge. Even on Fel, Mukouda needed 6 weeks just to cross the Orthros/Griffin forrest before he met Lambert. Also Carelina would have been destroyed by wyverns, Avering by the dungeon insects and that smaller town by a Tyrant Python. I would say humans have a hard time in this world. They can be thankful our Murder-Manic-Pet-Party eats all the dangerous monsters, like an immune system.
This author is easily in the category of repeating the same kinds of events ad naseum – probably because they suck at writing (think about all the overly repetitive lines the TLer has had to remove) and make no effort to change that.
Maybe the author is comparing the adventurers’ guild to a typical Japanese company: guild masters would be upper management, MC would be supervisor/section head, and his familiars are the working grunts. Orders trickle down from up high but MC as supervisor isn’t doing his job.
On the other hand, it’s easier for guild masters to talk down to MC because they wouldn’t dare do so to the overpowered familiars. From what we’ve seen in the sporadic, minimal actions taken to rein in the unruly mutt and sometimes lizard, the MC is not completely powerless. But he’s a lil bitch so fat chance of him actually setting any meaningful and permanent boundaries.
Though Wilhem should have realized by now that MC is mentally handicapped/deficient and is incapable of learning, so MC will continue doing the same things considered problematic for him.
Yea. I agree. For me, (my own petpeeve), Mukouda complains a lot of things but still does it (or at least it was written that way) and I agree that MC probably is mentally bonkers when it comes to these things. Does he really need to “sell” everything he finds? yes, it is taking up “space” but that “space is unlimited” so does it matter? He has more money than he can shake MANY sticks at and richer than anyone on the continent, so might as well keep stuff to himself or sell in moderation with exception of butchering.
Well, now he has his own team, MC can dial back on the “tropes” from this.