episode_0599

About two years had passed since the second child, Kenneth, was born, and the Blackwood family had become somewhat stable.

When I had some free time during the day, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.

‘Ah, I want kimchi fried rice.’

It was such a trivial thought, to the point of being insignificant. The trigger itself.

But when I actually thought about eating it, it wouldn’t leave my mind. It’s been over 15 years since I last recalled my memories from my past life, which means that the last time I ate kimchi fried rice was around that time.

‘Come to think of it, I really wanted to eat it when I was pregnant with Kenneth too.’

Just like Iris, I had severe morning sickness during my pregnancy. Of course, I don’t eat just any food because I’m upset, so I just ate seaweed soup to make up for the lack of Korean food.

The first time, I didn’t have time to worry about things like morning sickness, so I felt like I just got over it, but when I was pregnant with my second, the thing I definitely wanted to eat the most was kimchi fried rice.

‘The problem is that there is almost no way to get kimchi in this world.’

It’s not like it doesn’t exist at all. If you use the warrior’s ‘recipe’, you can probably make cabbage kimchi in no time.

However, the warrior’s daily life has been too busy to make such a request. It’s almost embarrassing to just whine and ask him to make some kimchi.

Besides, it’s strange that Ethan’s wife, Inna, is sending secret letters to the princess’s husband (future) Inyongsa. If it’s made to look like they’re having a secret affair, both families will probably be turned upside down.

As the saying goes, “A thirsty person should dig a well,” if you want to eat kimchi, you have to make it yourself.

‘It’s probably impossible.’

I know the process itself, but the problem was the lack of ingredients. In this world, the essential ingredients for kimchi are hardly distributed.

Most representatively, there is no red pepper powder in this world.

And there is no anchovy sauce, plum extract, or water parsley, and green onions and glutinous rice are not common ingredients either.

In this worldview, there are often examples of imports from the commonly mentioned ‘country in the East’, but unfortunately, the world of ‘Luminor Academy’ ends at one continent.

Well, there might really be an oriental country on the other side of the world, but it’s not like I can pioneer a new continent just to get some pepper powder. I’m not Columbus.

You can substitute parsley stems for the water parsley, but anyway, if you drag the green onions and water parsley and deliver them by cart, they will probably get eaten on the way back.

You will have to import the seeds and sow them yourself. In any case, the fact remains that it will take a long time for various reasons.

‘But since anchovies are common, can’t we substitute them for anchovies instead of anchovies? It’s a little expensive, but I think I can replace the plum extract with honey, and I think I can import the dried seafood if I ask Lee Ji-tan, and the shrimp sauce can be made with freshwater shrimp…’

… When I think about it one by one like this, I feel like I might get a grasp of something.

If I can somehow get some red pepper powder, I think I can make it with the ingredients I have here.

I’ll have to ask next time I go to Ridge. If they handle seeds too.

As I was thinking about that and trying to shake off the distracting thoughts that briefly crossed my mind and turn my gaze back to my work, I saw a familiar carriage approaching my mansion outside the window.

‘I’ve seen it so many times now that it doesn’t even feel surprising.’

Because it’s a carriage that we see several times a month. Whether it’s a carriage that comes to the Auguste Trading Company branch within the territory, or just a carriage that Lizzie uses to come to our mansion personally.

Since there wasn’t a procession of carriages loaded with luggage like when we went to the branch office, I guess I’ll have to prepare to welcome guests for the first time in a while.

… I would like to ask if I can also use the pepper seeds for sowing.

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“Damn it… Huh? What, what kind of seed is it?”

“Pepper seeds. Have you ever heard of them or handled them, Miss Lizzy?”

“What, what, what are you talking about, Release! I, I’ve never heard of such a manly thing, and I, I wouldn’t have handled such a thing in the first place!!”

“… … Yes?”

It’s been a while since he came here, what nonsense is he talking about?

I just asked if I could get some pepper seeds, but Miss Auguste suddenly turned red and turned her head away.

And it was Ethan who carefully whispered in my ear and explained the meaning of ‘pepper’.

“Release, ‘gochu’ is a word that refers to a man’s genitals. Don’t you know that?”

“… … Ah.”

… Ah, crazy.

I didn’t really mean to say that.

Yeah, if you think about it, if the concept of a pepper plant itself didn’t exist, then it would naturally be left with only that meaning.

I became a woman who openly made dirty remarks because I thought it was so obvious in my head.

… Honestly, rather than saying it’s my fault, I think it’s more correct to doubt the word system of this world.

“Ho, are you talking about male sex slaves…? We, we don’t do illegal transactions like that?!”

“Ah, ah, no!! That’s not what I meant!!”

Lizzy speaks with a blush on her face as if she’s in disbelief, and Ethan looks at me with an anxious expression.

In order to prevent my reputation from falling further into the abyss, I explained it indirectly, and only after several minutes of explanation did the two people finally understand what I meant.

“A long, red, spicy fruit?”

“… Yes, that’s it. It’s a vegetable that is usually called hot pepper… .”

“Pepper isn’t supposed to be spicy, is it, Release?”

“So it’s a little different from the spicy taste of pepper… Phew, okay. Anyway, since you said you don’t know, I’ll just skip it… .”

Even if I explained the ingredients that Lizzy didn’t know about, there was no way she would be able to get them.

If I had known that my reputation would be tarnished like this, I should have just not mentioned it in the first place.

“If you’re looking for a spicy red vegetable, wouldn’t just paprika be enough?”

“… Ah.”

“Why all of a sudden, such an imaginary vegetable… Oh, no, I don’t know if you’re talking about some strange vegetable I’ve never heard of, but if it’s paprika seeds, we can get them for you. ”

“… Then, can I get some paprika powder too?”

“That’s possible too. If you want to use it as a spice, the powder form is definitely more convenient. If we can bring it to you, that’s also more convenient. ”

“… … .”

… Even if you’re really stupid, there’s a limit. Why didn’t I think of paprika powder?

Actually, the fact that there was no spice containing capsaicin in the entire continent was nonsense in the first place. From the beginning, I should have just asked if there were any spicy seasonings or vegetables.

“Release, if you’re not satisfied or anything these days, tonight I’ll be more… .”

“… That’s absolutely not the case, so don’t worry.”

If I do it any harder than I am doing now, I might have to wake up in the afternoon the next day.

Before Ethan could doubt the man’s confidence because of unnecessary words, he changed the subject to something else.

“Let’s talk about that later. What brings you here today, Miss Lizzy?”

“You don’t have to have a reason to come see a friend, right?… Well, apart from that, I have a different reason today.”

With those words, Lizzy takes out a letter from her dress pocket and delivers it.

The letter contained the imperial seal and Seraphine’s signature, so it was not difficult to deduce that this was the letter she had sent.

“This is a letter from the princess.”

“Did Miss Lizzy bring it to you?”

“I had to stop by the palace while I was visiting the Imperial City, and the princess told me that. I was planning to go back to Blackwood to see my brother and sister-in-law and then go back to Auguste.”

“Do you know what it says?”

“There are some parts that I’m worried about, but I won’t say it out loud. It’s probably not serious. ”

Lizzy looks at me and Edan with a relaxed expression, as if she is guessing the contents of the letter.

Considering that it wasn’t particularly urgent, I thought it wasn’t something particularly serious like she said, and checked the contents of the letter from the princess.

“Dear Miss Lilith, and Prince Edan.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the two of you who have always devoted yourself to the peace and prosperity of the palace, and I invite you to this most important day in my life.

On the second Friday of the eighth month, I, Seraphine Rosalind Valtoria, will be wedded to the warrior, Lord Bolton.

This wedding is not a simple ceremony, but a symbol of hope and harmony for all of the Empire… .

… Now that I think about it, it’s about time.

More than two years have already passed since the subjugation of the Demon King, and by now, things should have stabilized to some extent within the imperial family.

Seraphine’s path to imperial power had been quite smooth since the Second Prince was eliminated from the race for succession last year on the pretext of her rash contact with Ethan.

There was a point where there was almost an armed conflict with the 1st princess, but that part ended in vain as many families including ours supported Seraphine, and the 3rd prince’s side had the least supporters to begin with, so they were pushed aside until the end with only a little weight.

We recently finished crowning Seraphine as crown prince, so now it’s time to take care of the small, piling up tasks. Including the wedding of herself and the warrior.

“… In order to make this a more meaningful and special day than ever before, this wedding will be held in the form of a ‘mask wedding.’ All guests will wear magic masks and receive blessings for us in equality that transcends the boundaries of status and class… .”

… By the way, is it another masked ball? The masked ball held at the palace ten years ago wasn’t a very good memory.

Well, the main story has already ended, so even if something big happens, how big can it be?