Translator: Sunnyshies
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Chapter 83 : Celebrating a Birthday (2)
In the evening, Leonardo returned. He had been out with Bruno yesterday, and today he went to escort Bruno, who had business in a nearby village.
“I’m home.”
“Welcome home. Did Bruno’s errands go well?”
“Yes, everything went well. It seems he had a business meeting to discuss the store’s products, and we even encountered some small demons along the way.”
Amalia went to the front door and received Leonardo’s jacket. At first Leonardo was reluctant to ask Amalia to carry it for him because it was very dirty, but Amalia wanted to help him as much as possible, and became persistent. Now, he was really a little embarrassed to hand his jacket and luggage to Amalia.
Walking down the hallway, Leonardo seemed to have noticed the smell of food wafting from the kitchen. He sniffed it and turned his eyes.
“Is this…the source of the smell?”
“Yes. You said you want me to make my favorite dish, so I went to extra effort to make it.”
“I’m looking forward to it. I’ll go change right away.”
After seeing Leonardo off to the dressing room and placing his luggage in the corner of the living room, Amalia ran back to the kitchen.
“Yugo, how’s the pot coming along?”
“It’s simmering. And I made some tea.”
“Good boy. Thank you.”
Amalia kissed Yugo’s cheek as he reported with a puffed up chest, and after checking that the stew in the pot is simmering nicely, she looked at the ingredients for the tea spread out on the table.
Since there’s an event today, they’re going to try Amalia’s favorite flavors. So she decided to prepare base fruits such as sweet purine fruits, lush fifi, and gwan, which provides sweet and sour taste and bright color, and there’s also a small amount of herb called frangeline, which has a cool and refreshing aroma.
Frangeline is originally from a foreign country, but is now a common herb in Leandra because it is very easy to grow. It is said that its name is also loved as a female name in foreign countries.
The leaves of frangeline are unusually white in color for an herb, and even in a healthy state, they look wilted. Since they remain white when boiled or steamed, they do not change the color of the ingredients when added to tea or other drinks, which is why they have been given the floral language of being in harmony with others and cooperating well with them.
In the country of origin of the frangeline, there is a tradition of offering it to a vassal when he swears allegiance to his lord.
The frangeline was shredded by Yugo by hand and placed in wooden bowls. The fruits have already been prepared by Amalia and are ready to be made into tea as soon as Leonardo gets home.
Leaving Yugo to watch the stew, Amalaia moved on to the tea brewing process. She puts all the chopped fruits in the pot, then poured hot water in, and let it steep. After waiting until the hourglass is half full, she opened the left and assed the frangeline.It is said that if the tea is fruit-based, it is best to add it during the steeping process, because the smell of frangeline increases if it is steeped too long.
While it steamed, she placed the pinelli, cut into comb-shaped pieces, on top of the salad and poured the sweet, milky stew onto each plate. Yugo carried the dishes into the living room and carefully took the large salad bowl with him.
“I’m back…wow, that looks delicious!”
“I did my best…just made tea, let’s have dinner.”
With all the grains of the hourglass having fallen, all the fruit and herbs in the pot were lifted and the contents were poured into the cup. The sweet, tangy fruit was laced with the fresh aroma of frangeline.
According to Yugo, frangeline has an earth attribute, and in addition to its magic attribute enhancing effect, it also has the power to improve the effects of other plants. He said that if you eat it with salad, you can get more nutrients from vegetables than usual.
As they each took their seats, Amalia smiled at Leonardo.
“So, I know it’s a few days early, but…Happy twenty-fourth birthday, Leonardo!”
“Happy twenty-fourth birthday to you, Leonardo. Live another three hundred years.”
‘Thank you, Amalia-san. Yugo too…three hundred years is a bit tough, but I’ll live as long as I can. Thank you.”
Leonardo laughed shyly and squinted at the food on the table.
“Stew, salad, chicken teriyaki…all of Amalia’s favorite things.”
“Yes, I have chosen a few of my favorites. I chose some of my favorites that Leonardo and Yugo would enjoy eating.”
“I’m glad to hear that. Then, let’s eat them gratefully.”
After saying a pre-dinner prayer, they each picked up a piece of cutlery.
The chicken, which had been baked in the oven with sauce, had a crispy skin, and when you put a knife to it, juices overflowed from the inside.
The chicken, which had been baked in the oven with sauce, had a crispy skin, and when you put a knife to it, juices overflowed from the inside. The chicken teriyaki, which was eaten only once a year at the monastery, is one of Amalia’s favorite dishes.
‘…Leonardo said he wanted to see me eat dinner happily.’
She looked up as she ate the deliciously grilled chicken. Then, bumped into Leonardo, who was sitting across from her, and was smiling happily at her.
“It’s delicious. This stew has white beeri in it. Even the skin is melt-in-your-mouth.”
“Isn’t it? Beeri is bitter, hard, and has a harsh color, but white beeri can be boiled with its skin, so it is rich in nutrients, and its white color makes it perfect for white stew.”
Beeri is a reddish-purple vegetable, and white beeri is a similar kind, but sweet, tender, and white, literally referring to white beeri. The white beeri also has a bitter taste when left as it is, but if you cook it slowly, it becomes sweeter and the skin is edible, so you can take in all the nutrients from the skin as well.
Nutritionally, both are similar, but because of its sweetness and versatility, white beeri was more popular than regular beeri and was often grown in the vicinity of Polk.
Chicken teriyaki steak, a salad of spring greens, and a stew full of milk. Leonardo, who drank a lovely red tea, complimented her on the nice frangeline aroma.
‘After all, the three of us sitting around the dinner table like this makes me happy.’
Leonardo and Amalia talked about work and Eva, and if Yugo’s mouth was stained, she would wipe it with a napkin. This made the food, which originally consisted only of her favorite dishes, taste even better.
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Botanical Dictionary (13)
Frangeline (フランリーヌ- /Furanrīnu/) – A mint-like herb. It is an exotic plant with white leaves.
Botanical Dictionary (14)
Beeri (ビーリ- /Bīri/) – A plant that looks like a giant radish. It is reddish-purple and bitter no matter how you cook it.
Botanical Dictionary (15)
White Beeri (白ビーリ- /Shiro bīri/) – a plant like a turnip. It is a white beery and can be sweet if cooked in the right way.
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