“Hello there, can I help you?”
“Ah, it’s the old man, I an… Hi, big brother!”
The one speaking was the leader boy, I think his na was Lewis, of the orphanage party.
“Well, what is it?” I said. A little curt since I do not appreciate being called ‘old man’ accidentally or not.
“See, we have a request.”
“A request?”
“Yeah, you see when we got back to the orphanage yesterday with the wooden ‘bats’ you made for us, well, so of the others made a big fuss about it and wanted one…”
“And… you told them you got those bats from ?” I said, raising an eyebrow.
“Sorry, big brother. I’ve told them again and again not to cause trouble for you but they just refuse to listen,” said Lewis with an apologetic look on his face.
… This brat, I’m sure there had to be more to the story, but I can’t fault him for trying to do his best for his friends. Level 1 of the at dungeon might be relatively safe, but it was still a dungeon after all.
“Fine, I understand. But how did you know where to find ?”
“Oh, it doesn’t take much. There’s a rumour around town about an S Rank Tar showing up suddenly. I an, I had no idea that my big brother is such a famous guy! You don’t look like an S Ranker at all!”
Oi, you don’t have to add that last bit.
I sighed, “I see, no, wait. You know what? Just co in first. I don’t want you guys leaning on my fence like this. I can’t enjoy my food properly.”
“Aweso~! You heard him! My big brother says we can go in! By the way, sothing slls really good in here. Right, everyone?”
At Lewis’ prompting, the youths all nodded. They turned their shining eyes at . Wait, I think the shine was from their drool…
“Yes, yes, I understand. Well, co in first,” the mont I opened the door, the youths stampeded in and made a beeline for the barbecue stove.
I guess it’s a sign of their restraint for not leaping at the barbecue grill…
Not that there was anything to leap at since all the offal on the grill had been eaten up. It was actually ti to put the next round of offal onto the net.
While I’m willing to share food, the orphans’ glittering eyes reminded of hungry beasts. I really don’t think I have enough food… Moreover, offal takes a lot of effort to prepare…
Hmm?
Ohohoho.
A great idea just occurred to !
“Ahem, would you like so at?”
All the boys and girls nodded furiously at .
“I can let you have so, however…”
A cheer interrupted and the kids charged at the empty barbecue stove again. Wait, there’s nothing on it… ah, they found the basins of raw intestines…
“Hey, hey, wait a second!” I had to block them with my body. “Hold up, there are conditions.”
“What is it, big brother? Can’t you tell us after you feed us?” Lewis grumbled.
I gestured at the empty grill, “What exactly are you going to eat here?”
“Awww…”
“Anyway, I’m not feeding you for free. You of all people should know the worth of dungeon at. However, I am willing to let you eat if you help out with sothing, how’s that sound?”
“…what’s the condition?” Lewis folded his arms, he sounded wary but his eyes kept moving towards the grill.
How cute, it’s good to see him trying hard not to be lured by good food and protect his friends.
“It’s nothing too difficult,” I said, showing them the basin of offal. “These are large and small intestines of Dungeon Cows and Pigs.”
“What, eww, wait. Are you sure that’s what we’ve been slling?”
“Fufufu, I’m sure you’re sceptical,” I said. “I will be grilling these for my familiars and you can decide whether you want to eat once they’re done. However, once you eat them…”
Gulp.
“Uh, so, what do you want us to do?”
“You will help clean and process offal at for ,” I said mildly. “Well? Sounds like a good deal?”
“Erm, sure,” Lewis looked at his companions. “We’re okay doing so cleaning job, right?”
“Yeah!!”
“Nice,” I said. “Hold on, I’m going to place the at on the grill first.”
Under the kids’ watchful eyes, I covered the barbecue grill with pieces of offal before opening up my [Item Box]. While the at was sizzling away, I took out sets of plates and forks. There were 21 kids here, so 21 sets were taken out and handed to Lewis to pass to his friends.
“Right, it’s going to take so ti…”
“Oi! Don’t forget we’re eating too!” Fer suddenly spoke up.
“Woah, the giant wolf just talked!”
“Amazing! I’ve never seen a talking wolf!”
“It’s my first ti too!”
The orphans were more excited than afraid to encounter a talking wolf. I guess they probably did not know that Fer was a Legendary Beast Fenrir.
They were also interested in Dora-chan and Sui.
Even so, once the at was done grilling…
“Ti to eat~” I called.
Suddenly, the kids abandoned Fer, Sui and Dora-chan to surround the barbecue grill. My familiars were stunned to be thrown aside for food.
Ahaha.
“Alright, everyone. Form a line,” I called. “It’s hot, so it could be dangerous. Form a line, people.”
“You heard big brother,” said Lewis. “Form a line as we do at the orphanage.”
With so reluctance, the kids ford a line. I placed different parts of grilled offal ats on their plates along with a generous helping of rice and sauce for the 21 kids before serving Fer and the others.
“Muu, to think those brats would abandon us for food,” muttered Fer as he chomped at his plate of rice and offal.
Fer… you’re the last person with the right to complain. Who was the one who beca the familiar of a Level 1 weakling for the sake of food?
anwhile, the children were busy chewing on their portion of offal and rice.
“The texture is a bit weird, but it tastes good!”
“It’s really fragrant too~”
“I used to think that those soft flabby things we get are bad stuff, but they’re really good!”
“I still think it’s a bit weird…”
“I’m fine as long as it’s at~”
From how fast the at and rice were disappearing, I could tell there won’t be enough offal to go around. Therefore, after putting more offal onto the grill, I took out regular Dungeon Pork and Beef and began to prepare them to feed today’s unexpected guests.
For the beef, I plan to just grill them as large steaks over a strong fire with salt and pepper before placing the steaks under foil paper to rest. As for the excellent pork, I decided to give it a little extra attention.
Let’s try making the special Korean style BBQ Pork Belly. Incisions were pre-cut into long strips of pork belly for more even cooking. This will allow to cook both pork and beef on the sa fire without worries of undercooking or overcooking anything.
The sauce for the pork belly was my favourite yakiniku sauce with a bit of spicy kimchi juice.
Sure enough, the beef steaks charred quickly over the hot charcoal and then placed under foil paper to cook in its residual heat. The pork belly was done quickly too and all I had to do next was follow the pre-cut incisions to separate the at into bite-size pieces. After cutting up the pork, I sliced the steaks and drizzled steak sauce over the beef.
“Right, everyone co up with your plates!”
This ti, I served the regular Dungeon Pork and Beef with bread and shredded cabbage. Higher species dungeon at would be too luxurious for the orphans, so regular Dungeon Pork and Beef would do.
Even so, the children gobbled up the at as though there was no tomorrow.
Goodness, please have so restraint…
~
“Phew~ That was incredible~” Lewis rubbed his tummy with a satisfied look on his face.
“I’m so full~”
“This is the first ti I get to eat as much at as I like, it’s paradise~”
“That was really delicious.”
“Haahhh~~”
I have 21 children sprawled around the garden, all patting their bulging stomachs with satisfaction.
“Ahem, after a short break, be sure to help out as you’ve promised!”
““ ““ ““ Ehhh!!!”” ”” ””
The children stared up at , dismay on their faces.
“What ‘ehhh’? We have a deal, didn’t we? You’ve already eaten your fill so it’s only fair to repay with your labour.”
“Well, it can’t be helped,” Lewis rolled to his feet. “A deal is a deal.”
“I guess he’s right.”
“It can’t be helped…”
“I get to eat all the at I want, so it’s only fair…”
Fuhahahaha!
I have the manpower needed to help process the offal.
Ti to work, kiddos!
[Gumihou: Lol, it’s actually good for the kids too since they will learn how to process these ‘bad at’ and improve their diet.]
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