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Volume 9 Chapter 235

The Spirit Sisters’ Cooking

Hello. It’s Mai.
I am a spirit who governs fire magic.
I had formed a summoning contract with the human Haruto-sama and manifested in the human world. Now, I have become his wife.
My sister, Mei, who is a water spirit, has also become Haruto-sama’s wife alongside me.
In the spirit realm, we don’t have family names, but by marrying Haruto-sama, I acquired a family name.
I really like that name, so please let me use it as well.
Once again, I am Mai Elnor. Nice to meet you.
Now, in the Elnor household, all of Haruto-sama’s wives take turns doing the housework every day.
Me and Mei always handle the housework together. Let me introduce you to our daily tasks.
Today, Mei and I are in charge of cooking.
In the Elnor household, we have to prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner for Haruto-sama, me and Mei, the thirteen wives, and our divine beast, Shiro-sama, totaling fourteen people. Sometimes, the Wind Spirit King, Sylph-sama, also comes to visit, so it’s fifteen people at most.
Yesterday’s task was shopping. In the Elnor household, along with essential items, we buy ingredients to cook for the next day. The ones on cooking duty the next day are also in charge of shopping.
By the way, Tina-san provides the money to purchase the ingredients. She gives us plenty of pocket money, but we spirits don’t have much material desire.
So, we mostly save the pocket money we receive from Tina-san. I hope someday Mei, Haruto-sama, and I can go on a trip together.
But if we go, Tina-san might come along too. If Tina-san goes, then Yoko-san and Refa-san might also—
Hehehe. It seems like, in the end, the whole family will end up going.
It will be our usual family trip, but I love going on family trips with everyone, so when I have saved up enough pocket money, I want to suggest a trip.
It’s a strange story to go on a trip with the pocket money I received from Tina-san.
Just how does Tina-san earn so much money anyway?
「Mai? What’s wrong? You seem lost in thought」
I was worrying too much, and Mei got concerned.
「Sorry, it’s nothing. Let’s start cooking」
「Okay!」
Together with Mei, we start cooking using the ingredients we bought yesterday. For today’s breakfast, we grilled fish, cooked rice, and made miso soup. Grilled fish and miso soup are dishes that Haruto-sama likes.
The rice is also from Haruto-sama’s favorite island nation in the Far East, Fonost. Although Haruto-sama is a reincarnated person from another world, the rice from his original world and Fonosto seem to be similar, and that’s why he likes it.
Although Glendale where Haruto-sama’s mansion is located and Fonost are very long distant apart, Mei and I are spirits. By returning to the spirit realm once, we can freely appear anywhere in the human world.
However, we can’t teleport like Haruto-sama, taking someone with us. Since it’s something we’ve been able to do since birth, we don’t even know how we go back and forth between the human world and the spirit realm.
Anyway, the important thing is that we can prepare Haruto-sama’s favorite rice. This is quite an achievement because Glendale and Fonosto are very far apart.
Normally, it’s not possible.
Yes, normally.
In the Elnor household, there are several people who can go to Fonosto and back in just one shopping trip. It seems that Yoko-san, Hakua-san, and Citri-san can move at super high speeds, and they sometimes go shopping to countries even farther than Fonosto.
Our ability to go shopping far away doesn’t become a big advantage within the Elnor household. So here, it’s a matter of taste and appearance!
Honestly, Yoko-san and the others’ cooking is……
Well, how should I put it? Their appearance is just not good.
Since Tina-san gives us proper guidance, it’s not bad. But sometimes the meat is burnt, or the vegetables are unevenly cut.
I am a fire spirit.
Amongst the spirits, I am a high-ranking entity.
Thanks to receiving a large amount of magical power from Haruto-sama, I now pride myself as being nearly on par with the Fire Spirit King, Ifrit-sama.
… …I apologize.
I got carried away.
Claiming to be equal to a spirit king is an exaggeration.
But I am indeed an impressive fire spirit, ranking just below Ifrit-sama. And Ifrit-sama is not a spirit who is constantly manifested.
In other words, when it comes to handling fire, I can be considered the greatest fire mage in this world. Burning food is out of the question for me. Even when deliberately trying to add a sear, I can adjust it to the perfect degree.
Today’s grilled fish is also perfect.
The rice has cooked beautifully as well.
By the way, the water used to cook the rice is the spiritual water provided by Mei. Of course, it’s also used for the miso soup.
This spiritual water is an extremely rare type that, when consumed—- can cure any ailment and extend the lifespan of a healthy individual by one year. Mei, like me, has received a vast amount of magical power from Haruto-sama, elevating her to the level of a spirit king.
She can now generate a few liters of this water per week. That is the spiritual water. It looks, tastes, and smells like ordinary water. So there’s absolutely no way anyone would suspect that we are secretly extending the lifespan of our entire family.
We spirits do not have lifespans.
If Haruto-sama lives normally, he will likely die within a hundred years. In a thousand years, Tina-san and Refa-san will also be gone. In ten thousand years, even Yoko-san and Hakua-san……
That would be too lonely!!
As all members of the Elnor family have received divine protection from the Creator God, perhaps our lifespans are somewhat extended. Even so, lifespans are finite.
That’s why Mei and I extend everyone’s lifespan through meals.