Hero Of Harmony

Chapter 102: Yuki The Oni

Entering the kitchen, I took off all my armor pieces and stored them in my space pouch, leaving me with my slime body suit, before hesitantly grabbing my apron and wearing it, which caused me to both sigh and smile. Shaking my head as I tried to clear my mind, I opened all the kitchen cabinets, trying to locate where everything was, though most of the cabinets were empty: no spices, nor herbs, no sauces, nothing. Other than a few plates and utensils, there was nothing I could use to enhance the flavor of my dish; sighing, I closed the cabinets and went to the pantry, which was filled with food; actually, it was just rice.

'Rice, rice, rice, oh, and some more rice.' Thought Alexander blankly as he looked through the pantry, hoping to find something other than rice, though to no avail.

Opening the fridge, similar to the pantry, there was only one type of food present, and that was meat; from the looks of things, there were different types of meat, but that was about it.

'Well, at least it's not more rice.' Thought Alexander with a sigh as he rubbed his head in frustration before grabbing a few pounds of various meat.

Knowing Yuki eats quite a lot of food, I made sure not to skimp out, grabbing four pounds of food while also getting about eight cups of rice from the pantry. Finding the cooking tools, I grabbed a pan and a pot; filling the pot with water at the sink, I placed it on the stove and poured the eight cups of rice into it before turning on the fire.

While the rice was cooking, I opened the packages of meat, which were poorly packed, by the way, and since there was no chopping board or knife, I just used the counter and summoned Trina, reducing her size with [Shrink], causing her to look like merely a big knife.

'Why? Why is it always me, Master?' Asked Trina in defeat as she lay sprawled on the ocean while looking at the sky.

'Sorry, I'll make sure to switch between you and Zartha, Trina.' Replied Alexander with an apologetic smile as he looked at Trina, who he was using to chop up chicken.

'I'm a Mythical sword forged by a Godsmith; even if it's you, Master, I refuse to be treated with such disrespect and used as an everyday knife.' Remarked Zartha coldly with a frown as she looked up at the clear sunny sky while sitting down in a chair made of water.

'Eh, well, I've already done it plenty of times with Trina; it's only right if I interchange you two every now and then. I apologize beforehand, Zartha.' Replied Alexander with a wry smile, his response causing Zartha to squint her eyes as she continued to justify herself, though Alexander had long since stopped listening.

While Zartha continued to plead her case, I used her beautiful voice as a radio as I chopped the meat; once done chopping the meat into small bite-sized chunks, I placed the pan on the stove beside the pot and poured the meat chunks onto it; before suddenly hitting myself in the face.

"Nearly forgot to add cooking oil; how does Yuki not have any cooking oil? After this, I'm spending the remainder of the day at the market; I need to get a lot of things if I want to cook properly." Muttered Alexander as he reached inside his space pouch, grabbing a small bottle of cooking oil before pouring it into the pan, which was filled with meat chunks.

'Good thing I always keep a little bit on me, though just this won't be enough to spice up the food; this is probably going to be the blandest dish ever.' Thought Alexander with a sigh as he shook his head before using Trina as a spatula, stirring the pan.

Since I had absolutely no ingredients at my disposal, there wasn't much I needed to do, and other than occasionally stirring the pan to ensure every chunk of meat got thoroughly cooked, I was pretty much just standing there doing nothing while waiting.

After a few minutes had passed, I heard several loud thumps above me, which was just Yuki walking through the house, something I just realized probably wasn't that comfortable given the size of the interior. I was nowhere near Yuki's massive size, but even I felt a little claustrophobic at times; same with Master's tree house, though this place was a little bit better.