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Volume 9 Chapter 4 Part 7

「Yes, though it’s supposed to be considerably rare.」

「As expected, Miria is great.」

「Yes, desu.」

Did 「Abnormal Status Resist Down」 helped out with this? Even so, I still praise Miria. It’s Miria that uses the Estoc of Petrifaction to fight, after all.

I use Durandal on the petrified Floor Boss. I slash it over and over. It’s become petrified, so the possibility of it counterattacking me is pretty much zero. It reminds me of the old times when I was practicing kendo with continuous swings. It’s the same as that. It’s kinda nostalgic in a really specific way.

The Floor Boss was killed by my continuous attacks. There might have been some critical hits here and there, but it’s hard to tell with no changes.

Rough Shrub turned into a cloud of green smoke and disappeared. Even if you are a Floor Boss, you’re just a sand bag if you are petrified.

After making Anti-paralysis Medicine, we continued on to the twenty-first floor.

「The monster native to the twenty-first floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth is the Kettle Mermaid.」

「The kettle mermaid? Let’s try fighting it once, and then we’ll go to the seventeenth floor. Roxanne, can you take us somewhere with Kettle Mermaids?」

「I understand. This way.」

We head out onto the twenty-first floor with Roxanne’s guidance. We’ve fought the Kettle Mermaid before, but this time we have critical hits and petrification so I don’t think we can judge its strength from our previous experience.

One fight will do for now. There’s always the chance of some unexpected danger, so it isn’t bad to try it once.

We fight it once, and then go to the seventeenth floor. It’s rather rare that something unexpected happens. We hunt Mabreams until we have two Whole Fish, and then we return
to Haruba’s Labyrinth.

After returning to Haruba’s Labyrinth, I test the effects of 「Abnormal Status Resist Down」.

The Boss was petrified, so did 「Abnormal Status Resist Down」contribute to that?

I’ll test it out using regular monsters.

Another monster is petrified, but the chance still seems quite low. The chance of petrification was already quite small, so I can’t make an exact estimate.

Boss battles are quite long, and there may be no result even if 「Abnormal Status Resist Down」 is used. Is it easier to use Bounty Hunter’s 「Ignore Life & Death」with 「Abnormal Status Resist Down」 active? That won’t be solved by just thinking about it.

The experiment also uses a lot of MP, so I stop it after a while. I will use 「Abnormal Status Resist Down」 against Bosses in the future.

We continued on exploring like normal until evening. We left the Labyrinth, and bought ingredients in Quratar.

「I’m planning on making something extra, so I’ll leave dinner to everyone else today. Vesta can help me as well.」

「Okay.」

First, I went to the liquor store. I bought some wine used for cooking from the liquor store.
It’s the first time I’ve bought wine.

「Sherry, is there a strong liquor distilled from a sweet fruit wine?」

「There is, it’s a liqueur.」

Liqueur? I’ve heard of it. Sherry recommends it, so I buy a small pot of it. Next is the green grocer. I buy lemons and ask Sherry something.

「Fruits that look like this, isn’t there a sweet one?」

「Gamu. It’s hard to get because it isn’t in season at the moment. It’s normally produced during the winter.」

There’s no chance in summer? It might be like a mandarin if it can be gotten during winter.

Oh. What is the season for lemon?

「This is produced during the summer?」

「Now it is, though it used to be only available in the winter.」

「There are actually two kinds. The regular one that can be bought from autumn to winter, and this smaller one produced in the north that can be gotten during summer.」

「They last a reasonably long time, and because both are farmed you can get them most of the year without interruption.」

「I see.」

Sherry didn’t seem to know, but the green grocer told us about it.

「There aren’t many fruits this season. What about the kyupiko? There will be more variety again soon.」

The green grocer points out the fruit that looks like a carrot.

The kyupiko. I’ll use the kyupiko for now, so I buy it and return home.

When we return to the house, I make some crepes.

One per person isn’t much, so I make two each. Ten in total. It’s tough, so Vesta tried to give me a hand cooking them as well.

Will you be able to do it next time?

I put the crepe in the frying pan with some sugar and liqueur, along with slices of the kyupiko.

The charcoal stove is prepared, and the frying pan is put over it.

「Umm. Is it the one made in the experiment the other day?」

「We’ll enjoy it after dinner.」

I replied with a smile to Roxanne.

「It was very delicious, and I liked it.」

There’s a chance of failing it, but it should be fine.

「Vesta, please fire it up.」

「Okay.」

During dinner, Vesta started the fire.

「Is it alright to use fire made by someone from the Dragonkin tribe for food?」

「It’s never sustained to warm the food right up, and I haven’t heard of it being harmful.」

「Can you ignite liquor?」

「Yes. I don’t think there is any problem if I blow fire on it for a bit.」

It seems to be alright. This will be good.

Near the end of dinner, we warm the crepes up.

Vesta watches me spoon something into the frying pan, then I pass the handle to her.

「Good. Vesta, can you add some fire to the frying pan?」

I asked when I had finished preparing.

Vesta breathed a little fire. The fire danced around the frying pan for a little.

The flames rolled around, then changed color from yellow to blue, and then disappeared.

It’s a flambe. I wanted to try doing it once.

「Oh? What happened?」

「Did you ignite the liquor?」

「Amazing, desu.」

「Is this alright?」

It seems I’ve stimulated everyone’s mind with childlike wonder.

The Queen of the desserts. Crepe suzette.

Watching a chef prepare this in a French restaurant stimulates everyone’s mind with childlike wonder. After I saw it on television when I was a child, I really wanted it.

「It’s alright.」

The crepe suzette is taken from the frying pan, and divided amongst everyone’s plates.

I prepared some brown sauce too. I made caramel while I was testing the alcohol on the fire. The kyupiko was a bit brown, but there shouldn’t be any problem if I think about pineapple in sweet & sour pork. Even though it looks like a carrot.

I moved it to the plates, distributing it in order. I put it in front of Roxanne, next to me.

「Thank you.」

「Everyone, enjoy it.」

「Okay.」

After distributing it to everyone, I cut the crepe with a knife and bring it to my mouth. It’s warm. It’s also smooth and soft, and it has a gentle texture. Not just the texture, but the taste of it is also quite wonderful. It’s delicious, and the slight bitterness of the caramel sauce was a nice addition to it.

「After all, crepe is meant to be eaten warm.」

「This is amazing. So this is a Crepe? I’ve never heard of it. As expected of Master.」

「I haven’t heard of it either. Such a soft and gentle taste.」

「Crepe, desu.」

Even though it isn’t fish, she seems to have tried to remember the name of it.

「This is amazing. To make something so delicious, it is simply incredible. To eat so many delicious things on a daily basis is wonderful.」

Vesta also stuffs her mouth with great wonder. She seems to have really taken a liking to it.

I’ll have them fully express how much they liked it shortly, since it will be Sex Maniac’s turn after dinner.

Even though there are four of them, with Sex Maniac it isn’t a big deal. With Sex Maniac, it will be alright. Maybe I should level up Sex Maniac after Swordsman next? No. There’s no big reason behind it. This is the only reason.

The 「Increased Vigor」 Skill from Sex Maniac is probably level dependent. I’m not having any problems with it on the current level, so there’s no problems with it. It would be nice to have two rounds against the four of them to see how far I can actually go.

Knowing your own limits is always a good thing, so that I could let the girls know about it in advance.

I should raise Sex Maniac’s level before I find out about it though.