Eguchi Ren: This update is two days late (sweat). I have ntioned this before, but if my update is late, just assu that I am busy and ignore it.
The next day, I woke up at the usual ti.
The first thing I noticed was…
“Hey, where’s Grandpa Gon? Don’t tell …”
“We’ll probably find him belly up in the middle of the garden again,” said Fer with an unconcerned yawn. “Take a look.”
“Ah, well… I told him to practice moderation…” [1]
[2] It was true, Grandpa Gon was snoring loudly in the middle of a pile of empty bottles and crates. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that this dragon had a propensity for empty bottles and crates instead of the usual gold and treasures.
“”Tsk, that dragon can’t control his drinking,””
“”Grandpa sleep in garden~?””
“I wonder if he wants breakfast?” I muttered to myself as I looked out the window… wait, is that a shoe? And, did soone leave their trousers… ah… After blinking a couple of tis, I finally understood what I was seeing. There was a Dwarf draped over a tree root, with his bottom facing us. Now that I had noticed one, it was impossible not to notice other bearded little n littering my garden. So still hugging a whisky bottle or three.
“How shaful.”
“”Indeed.””
“”Dead~? Eat~?””
“No, no, no! Ah, Sui must be hungry. Co on, I’ll make breakfast for you.”
I quickly grabbed Sui and practically sprinted downstairs. After leaving her in the dining room, I made my way to the kitchen.
Although I had prepared a lot of at for yesterday’s party, the Gluttonous Quartet plus the High Elves and our guests have nearly decimated everything. A quick rummage through the [Item Box] revealed that I only have one bag of marinated Dungeon Beef left.
“What should I do with this… Hmm, I have all this rice… why not make so Grilled Beef Fried Rice?”
It was quite easy to make this Fried Rice. However, since it had to be super at-heavy, I shall have to make so adjustnts. Let’s see, first, let’s get so garlic sprouts and a tray of eggs. Fried rice just isn’t the sa without lots of eggs.
Once I have collected all the ingredients, cut the beef into cubes and set aside. Slice the garlic sprouts into inch-long pieces and set those aside as well. Since the at had already been seasoned, I just had to lightly stir-fry it.
Normally, I’d fry the scrambled eggs first, pushing them aside before adding more oil and frying up the beef and garlic sprouts before adding in the rice. To make it extra fragrant, just add the standard Yakiniku Sauce or Grilled Beef Sauce as a final touch and it’s done.
[3] However, since I would be making loads, the first step would be to fry lots and lots of the eggs first and set them aside. Next, stir-fry the beef and garlic sprouts until the beef has changed colour. Add the rice and stir in a splash of the Yakiniku Sauce for that extra flavour. By adding in the eggs last, the golden yellow of the scrambled eggs contrasted nicely against the delicious browned at.
To be honest, although the ‘Grilled Beef Fried Rice’ looked more like ‘Grilled Beef Fried with a Bit of Rice’, it was extrely well received by the Gluttonous Three.
For anyone interested, Fer did not complain about the garlic sprouts. I guess the dish was at-heavy enough for him to enjoy.
Feeling a little smug, I had a small bowl of fried rice that was cooked with a little less at than the rest.
After a break from the super heavy breakfast, we set out to the garden.
Ti to wake the dragon.
“Phun, what a pitiful sight.”
Fer’s voice was dripping with sarcasm.
Well, I don’t bla him. Up close, the devastation was even more obvious.
“”Whee~~!!””
[1] And, just like before, Sui was bouncing on top of Grandpa Gon’s exposed belly.
A little Sli bouncing on the belly of a fainted Dragon… surrounded by inebriated Dwarves was a… very surreal sight to say the least.
Guoo guooo~
Gwaa~ snort! Gwaa~
Gurururu…
What was even more surreal was the chorus of snores that surrounded us.
“Oi, you guys can’t sleep here,” I said faintly. I’m not sure which is the worst breach of etiquette. Waking up my guests while they were sleeping in the garden, or leaving them to sleep out here in the open like this.
Just because you guys could really drink, nobody asked you to drink this much…
While I was still in a daze, wondering what to do, a voice called out-
“So this is where you all are! I thought you would have been back by now.”
I recognised that cheerful strident voice.
“Anika-san?”
“Good morning~ Mukouda-san~ what a wonderful day, isn’t it? I had a lot of fun yesterday, thank you for throwing us that party. Although, I must say, so of us had a little too much fun, eh?”
Anika-san snorted as she aid a kick at one of the nearby little bodies.
The Dwarf in question snorted, rolled over and continued snoring.
“We have work to do boys, ti to wake up!”
Was it cowardly of to want to scuttle away from this tiny woman? Yes, yes it was. Am I running away nevertheless? Watch .
Anika-san had walked up to one particular dwarf hugging an empty whisky bottle. It took a little while to recognise him as Bruno-san.
“Tsk, I told you to make sure the boys drink in moderation since we have work today… but look what happened?!”
Then, she kicked him in the head.
I flinched
“Wake up! Ti to work!”
“Hmm… that hurts.”
I was… astounded. Despite being kicked in the head, all Bruno-san did was grunt a little and sat up. Was this a regular occurrence or sothing?
One by one, Anika-san proceeded to wake the Dwarves by kicking or smacking them awake.
“Ti for work! Ti for work! Ti for work!”
“Ughh…”
“I need a break…”
“Hey, chief. Can I get the day off?”
“Ooof, yeah, I think we better take the day off…” muttered Bruno-san.
I was about to agree because looking at so of the Dwarves’ green faces was making feel sick when a voice said threateningly, “A day off? After a night of drinking and partying? What are we? A bunch of no-good hooligans? Huh? Want a day off? Sure, why not? If you do that, you can forget about having even a drop of the drink for a month.”
Suddenly, all of the Dwarves sat up.
“Ou! It’s morning!”
“What a gorgeous morning for work!”
“I love work!”
“Work is the best!”
This sudden about-face is…
“Ou! It’s Mukouda!”
“Thank you for yesterday’s party!”
“It was an aweso part!”
“One for the books!”
“That’s enough! Get to work!” Anika-san barked.
Instead of being intimidated, the Dwarves bid a final farewell before rushing off, probably to a construction site sowhere…
“Madam Anika,” I said. “You’re really impressive.”
“Heh, got to have a strong hand to control those boys,” said Anika-san dismissively. “Anyhow, ti for to leave. See you around, and say goodbye to Mister Dragon for , eh?”
“Sure,” I said as I waved her farewell.
That’s right, even with all the commotion and Anika-san kicking and punching her fellow Dwarves awake, Grandpa Gon was still sleeping blissfully. I should also point out that all this while, Sui had been bouncing on his exposed belly… [1]
“”Dora-chan~ this is fun~ join ~””
“”Haahh… no thanks, I don’t want to have anything to do with that disgrace of a dragon.”” [1]
“”Hmm~?””
“Ahem, Sui-tan, why don’t we go inside? Let’s have so dessert and maybe so snacks…”
“”Yay~!!””
Sui happily bounced into my arms. Together, the three of us left the still-snoring Grandpa Gon in the middle of the garden.
Haahhh… I did tell you to take it easy on the liquor, didn’t I?
[Gumihou: Redid so scenes to make the chapter more interesting]
[1] Deleted a whole bunch of ‘Eh, where’s GG?’ and ‘haha GG went belly up again~’ because the joke’s no longer funny after the first 2 tis.
[2] I thought it would be hilarious to have the description here first instead of letting the reader wade through [1] and a cooking/eating scene.
[3] Added my own twist to the dish
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