Chapter 10 Part 2: Renatus and the convenient magic bag.

Translator: Michiko

“…It’s nothing. What shall we cook for dinner?”

“For now, let’s simmer everything and make the base. Won’t it be okay if we change the seasoning every time?

“Let’s do that.”

When stored in the magic bag, the prepared food will not go bad.

There are also containers that work similarly to what would be called Tupperware in my previous life. They are made of glass or ceramic, and the lid is infused with spatial magic so that it becomes airtight when closed.

“I will prepare the meat while we are at it. We may not be able to afford it in the depths. If we kill two killer rabbits, that should be enough meat for the duration of the exercise.”

As he spoke, Bradley reached into the loot bag and pulled out a killer rabbit. Then he grabbed the knife and seemed ready to slaughter it.

Killer Rabbit is about three times the size of the rabbits from my previous world and has a ferocious personality.

Although it varies, about three kilograms of meat can be obtained. The taste is mild and fatty. The meat is soft and delicious, so much so that I wonder if it’s safe to eat it in the wild.

“I suppose the advantage of a duo is that we don’t have to use as many ingredients.”

Renatus also takes out the harvest as he speaks.

The rules for meals change with each joint exercise. This time, the participants were allowed to bring their own cooking utensils and seasonings, and the ingredients were procured locally.

While Bradley killed monsters, Renatus gathered wild plants, roots, and mushrooms.

The students of the magic department learn a lot about edible wild plants. After all, a mage who makes potions must know medicinal and poisonous herbs by heart. As an extension of this knowledge, they also have a knowledge of the taste of the herbs whether it is delicious or not.

This type of knowledge is being tested in this exercise.

Of course, the students of the knight department are also being tested on their knowledge of dissecting monsters.

Even something as simple as a meal can be a ‘real-life experience’.

(It seems like it would be hard to find food in the depths of the Demon Forest. I’m glad we were able to gather a lot of it today.)

Renatus takes an apron from the magic bag and puts it on over his black robe with a serious look on his face.

It’s a frilly white apron with ribbons on the pockets.

It was a gift from his foster father in support of the joint exercise, and it was designed to his liking. It is not Renatus’ taste at all, but thinking of his kind foster father, he has no choice but to wear it.

“…That’s a really cute apron.”

Bradley looks at me with his mouth open.

Renatus’s mouth turns upside down.

“I know it doesn’t suit me.”

“…No.”

Bradley stops there and goes back to work.

Perhaps he had no words for the embarrassing situation of a man wearing frilly clothes.

If Bradley wore frilly clothes, Renatus would not know what to say to him either, so he understood how he felt.

This joint exercise is not only a ‘real life experience’ but also serves the purpose of thinning out the monsters.

There is a dimensional rift in the deepest part of the Demon Forest. Monsters are constantly being born from there, and if left unchecked, their numbers will increase.

Once every hundred years, the rift widens, and when it does a large number of monsters naturally emerge. A torrent of monsters overflows and runs amok. This great catastrophe is called the Stampede.

In the original novel “The Heroic Legend of the Wolf King,” Bradley’s first tribulation is the “harbinger” of the stampede that suddenly occurs during the joint exercise.

When the dimensional rift opened, he encountered a powerful demon that was not supposed to appear. Unable to deal with it, Bradley let the mage he was paired with die.

Mark was a rare person with precious magical patterns engraved all over his body.

That’s why Bradley is criticized by those around him.

“I wish the slum kid had died instead.”

It was Mark who died in the original novel, but now his partner is Renatus.

Renatus intends to turn the tables on this powerful monster and will never let Bradley be subjected to such cruel insults.

(Well, I am sure it will be okay. If it’s the monster from the original novel, I alone can handle it somehow.)

Renatus sniffs while chopping the shiitake mushrooms.

ーBut Renatus, with his eyes on the great enemy, neglected his footing.

The restorative power has indeed brought the shadow of death to Renatus.

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