Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Someday, in the Smiling Kitchen - Short Story (1)

 

Rutile: Murr-san, before we start cooking, here’s an apron and a hat for you.

Murr: Wow, this is serious business!

Rutile: If we’re going to hold a cooking class, I thought we should start by getting into the proper attire.

Rutile: Thank you for inviting me today, Murr-san.

Murr: Sure thing! I heard Nero was starting a cooking class, and it sounded fun, so I decided to copy the idea!

Murr: I invited you, Rutile, because I thought you’d probably be good at cooking!

Rutile: I’m honored to hear that! At home, I’ve been cooking meals for Mitile, so I’m fairly confident in my skills.

Rutile: Well then, shall we get started?

Murr: With Professor Rutile!

Rutile: And Murr-san!

Rutile & Murr: Cooking class~!

Murr: Da-da-da-dum!

Rutile: Oh my, what a lovely melody!

Murr: The previous Kenja-sama used to sing it sometimes while cooking! So, Professor Rutile, what are we making today?

Rutile: We’re making Lorito de Pollo, a classic dish from the southern country.

Murr: Sounds great! But I also want to eat paella!

Rutile: Paella, you say?

Murr: Yeah, it’s a celebratory dish from the port towns in the western country. I even brought some wine to pair with the paella!

Rutile: Oh, that sounds wonderful! But, uh, we only prepared chicken and vegetables...

Murr: No problem! We’ll make chicken paella instead.

Rutile: Ah, I see. In that case, why don’t we divide up the ingredients?

Murr: Let’s do that! First, we’ll cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces, but...

Murr: ...

Rutile: Murr-san, is something wrong?

Murr: What do you think counts as “bite-sized”?

Rutile: Hmm, I’d say pieces small enough to eat in one bite would be just the right size.

Murr: But doesn’t that depend on the person? Like, if it were Mithra, they might be able to eat a whole chicken in one bite!

Rutile: I think even they couldn’t fit an entire chicken in their mouth...

Rutile: But Leno-san also has a big mouth. Since Mitile’s is only about half of Leno-san’s, larger pieces might be hard for him to eat.

Murr: Then let’s use Rutile as the standard! We’ll call it the Rutile Standard!

Rutile: That sounds reasonable! All right, Murr-san, you handle the chicken, and I’ll cut the vegetables.

Murr: No need for that!

Rutile: Huh?

Murr: I’ve already cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces, and while I was at it, I prepped all the other ingredients too.

Rutile: What?! When did you do that?!

Murr: It’s one of those common occurrences in cooking class, you know.

Rutile: I-Is that so...?

Murr: Now we’ll toss all of this into the magical frying pan, and...

Murr: It’s done in no time!

Rutile: What a delicious aroma~. This is definitely going to pair well with some wine!

Murr: Absolutely! Let’s open the wine right away.

Rutile: Oh, the bottle’s empty...?

Murr: 《Eanul Rambul!》!

Rutile: Whoa! Wine is pouring out of the bottle nonstop from the mouth!?

Murr: It’s a magical wine bottle! It keeps pouring wine until you say “Stop!”

Rutile: Wow, that’s amazing!

Rutile & Murr: To delicious paella and endless wine...

Rutile & Murr: Cheers!

 

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