IBTVLD

Chapter 2

It was already an hour later than usual when I arrived at the orphanage.

As I turned back unnoticed and took a deep breath.

Fortunately, the director and Lily's outdoor shoes were not there yet.

"Oh, that's a relief."

Then I carefully closed the door and went into the kitchen without making a single sound of footsteps.

'It's time for the kids to play, so no one would think that I was late.'

From the basket I placed the vegetables on the table, took the meat out and put it in cold water.

In this generation without refrigerators, magic stones play a similar role, and there would be no such luxury goods in an orphanage.

Before, when I cooked for the first time in the orphanage, the meat went bad and I got scolded.

As a result, I wasn't allowed to eat dinner since the director said I ruined an expensive piece of meat, so I was kicked out and had to spend the night outside.

I'm so upset and sad.

I went up and cried, but I couldn't even complain because I was an orphan and no parents would defend or comfort me in the end.

I'll get out of here as soon as I become an adult.

"...Heh, I'll have to cook some stew."

There was meat, but it was in a limited supply, so making a stew was the only option.

Fortunately, I have experience, so cooking wasn't too difficult.

Due to the nature of this fantasy world, I didn't even think about food going bad being a child in an orphanage with a poor standard cooking facility.

First, I washed the vegetables I had gathered. After cutting all the onions, I also cut the meat into small pieces.

'Because the director told me to cut it into as small pieces as possible.'

The orphanage has more than ten children, so I had to cut the meat to at least twenty pieces so all of us could eat.

After putting all the ingredients in, as I saw the smoke from simmering, it looked mouth-watering.

"Meat in two weeks!!"

The stew, which was red from some leftover tomatoes, smelled amazing.

'Please, no one should have seen me late!'

It was unfair to have to pay attention to this kind of thing, but I refused to listen to the director's glare and his cracking voice.

Then, it became noisy outside the kitchen.

"Director, you're here!"

"Wow! New clothes!"

As I hurried out to the door, I saw the director and Lily in their brand new clothes.

"Was the dinner ready?"

"...Yes, I'm almost done."

Fortunately, he didn't question me for being late. After all, I already finished preparing dinner.

"Who's the visitor tomorrow?"

"The director said he was a great person. I'm looking forward to it!"

The children teased each other with brooms and mops in their hands.

It was because the director told us to wipe the floor and make it shiny enough because an important person was coming tomorrow.