My Refrigerator Turned Into A Dungeon

Chapter 419

Chapter 419Carp

In the evening, after enjoying the hot spring at the former dungeon site, we returned to Serai-san's family home. Just as we were catching our breath, Nina-san and the others came back too.

"We're home~! Here, look at this!"

"We caught it ourselves~!"

Masa-kun and Yuki-kun, who got out of the light van, opened the rear door and brought over a black carp from the cargo area, placed in a clear plastic bag.

"Whoa, that's amazing. It's quite impressive, isn't it!"

""Hehe~!""

When I showed a slightly exaggerated reaction of surprise, they looked at each other and grinned proudly. Fufufu, with such cute faces, of all things. It's hard to believe these two, together, were the ones who said they were going to "kill you!"

Then, Nina-san, who came up behind them, opened her mouth with a wry smile.

"We're hooome. So, uh, sorry to ask, but could you prepare this carp for us? We've never handled a fish this big before either.""I see, alright then. Well, I'll have to cook it deliciously!"

"Fufu, I wonder how it will taste!"

"Yeah, this is our first time eating carp, right!"

I see. Then leave it to the Wandering Chef, Miracle Chef E!

…

And so, the splendid black carp was transferred from the wellside to a large tub, and I headed to the kitchen to get a cutting board and knife. It's over 80 cm, quite a size, and well-fed.

(Now then, how should I prepare it…)

I believe carp is a fish with many small bones.

Also, since it's a river fish, it probably has that distinctive river fish smell. In that case, rather than grilling it, it might be better to stew it with aromatic vegetables to get rid of the smell. Ah, making it into a miso-based soup, 'koikoku', would be good too.

Fufufu, so it's the twins' first KOI. Short for first carp. Speaking of which, there was that line… 'Holding my breath for a second, "You're fresh, but…" stewed fish.', wasn't there?

Thinking such things, I returned to the well with the knife and cutting board, to find the old man standing with his arms crossed, peering into the tub.

"…This is a rather fine carp. Shall we keep it at our place?"

"Ah~, it is a splendid carp. Then let's move it to the pond right away."

The black carp, which was just about to become carp on the cutting board, was admired by the old man and thus escaped its crisis. What a lucky guy. Hmm, you have other friends here too, so it's good for you to live a long life here, loved by the old man. ŗÁＮоᛒƐś

So, with the plans suddenly changed like that, I explained the situation to Nina-san and asked her to smooth things over with the twins.

"Masa, Yuki, that's amazing! To be approved by an old man who knows his carp! The carp you two caught must have been a really good one!"

""Wow, really!? Hehehe…""

But even the somewhat hard-to-please twin brothers are like this in the hands of their beloved onee-chan.

Well, for those two, more than the carp itself, what's important is how their beloved sister sees them. If their sister praises them and says they're amazing, that's enough to satisfy them.

"…Tch, what? So no carp tonight?"

"I was kind of looking forward to it since it would have been my first time too…"

However, the ones looking a bit dissatisfied with this are the JKs, who had heard dinner tonight would be carp.

Well, it's not like carp is something kids would find especially tasty, right? Besides, I let Shark off the hook since she couldn't find a suitable striped snake, so don't get greedy.

"But I kinda wanted to try eating carp too, you know."

"Come on, Yuki, it's fine. We can catch carp again."

"Hmm~, well then, you two, what would you like to eat tonight instead of carp?"

"Umm… then, kushikatsu! That boar meat was delicious!"

"Ah, Masa, that's not fair! I was just thinking I wanted kushikatsu too now!"

"Is that so? Well then, tonight I'll make lots of kushikatsu that Masa and Yuki love~"

""Yeah! Thank you, onee-chan!""

And then Nina-san's gaze, now bearing the full weight of her little brothers' expectations, flowed smoothly over to me…

(Yeah… well, somehow, I knew this was coming)

But, the current me is the Wandering Chef, Miracle Chef E! I shall accept that order! By the way, if someone suddenly said something like "Cuisine!", you'd normally think "Huh, what did you say?", right?