Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer

Chapter 22

Guiding

"Haah~ that was funny."

"You three laughed too much! Gee~ even though the three of you can't cook either~~~"

Iris-san protested vehemently the three laughing people.

"We are better than you."

"Yep, yep. We can make something edible at the very least."

"It has no taste, though! There's not that much difference between us!"

"It's a wide difference, ya know! Don't lump us together!"

"That's right. I don't know how you make a soup that's supposed to be clear, into a bubbling, pitch-black mess."

"That's not normal, right? Why don't you accept it already?"

"Kuu~~~"

However, her protesting was defeated by the words from Zack-san and Gilm-san.

Still... I have heard that the food Iris-san makes could be considered poison, but making a clear soup into a bubbling, pitch-black mess? It... doesn't look like coal tar, does it? I mean, they said it's bubbly. That sounds abnormal, doesn't it? It makes me very curious~

I have made a soup of dubious purple color before, but it was normally edible. Therefore, judging by color isn't very reliable, but making something that's supposed to be clear into pitch-black certainly arouses my curiosity.

"... Rudolph-san, Zack-san, Gilm-san, have you tried eating that soup?"

"... The moment it touched the spoon, the soup started smoking and changed color, ya know? There's no way it was edible, right?"

It was apparently even more incredible thing than I imagined.

I would like to Appraise it to see whether what Iris-san made was even considered a soup, but I stopped myself.

"That reminds me, I have not asked you about this yet. Have you come to this town to complete a request, Takumi?"

As Rudolph-san remembered, he asked the reason we came to Kelm.

"Err... if you call it a request, then it can be considered one, I think? I was asked for herbs within the mines."

"Searching for~"

"Herbs~"

"Hoh~ is that so?"

"Yes. Are you guys on a request too?"

"No, we came for weapons maintenance. This town is the best in the country for that kind of stuff."

So Rudolph-san and his group came to repair their weapons, huh. As I thought, this town is strong in the smithing department.

"Of course, there's plenty of stuff other than weapons, like pots. Shall I buy you some?"

Is this... Rudolph-san teasing me? Or perhaps does he want me to cook for him?

"We have~"

"A pot, you know~?"

"Oh? You guys have a pot on you too?"

"Allen doesn't."

"Elena doesn't."

""Onii~chan does~""

"Is that so..."

Hearing the children's words, Rudolph-san became a bit worried.

"Takumi, if you intend to keep traveling with the kids in the future, it would be better to rethink their baggage. You can't be simply thinking that you will always be by their side. You have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario at all times. Even if the pot is not for cooking, you need something to boil hot water in to wash yourself. Even someone like me who can't cook is carrying a pot. Your life can be tied by a simple pot. It would be a problem if the baggage got too bulky, but... it won't be a problem with those pouches the kids have, right?"