The first platoon, Alpha, arrive at the Lafoes City and the construction of the second wall has started along with the evacuation of the citizen. The wall is created by using various magic for faster construction but materials for the walls are still need to be gathered so manual labour occupied many soldier and men adventurers
Hiroko, Shino, Crocus are on manual labor gathering materials for the walls by digging from the nearby hill.
Crocus stop for a while to get a breather and said "Why? are we digging this by hand again? I mean we can just use our magic right?"
Shino also stop to get a breather and replied, "We need to conserve our magic, so we are using as little magic as possible, Stamina is much faster to be regain than magic after all"
Hiroko then follow along and said, "but Shino-san, this is my first time to see you without your long coat, you have quite a build huh?"
Shino laugh and said, "First, we just met 4 days ago, and second, Being an adventurer will build your body like this whether you like it or not"
Then a guys shouted at them, "Oi! Keep working we have no time to spare!"
The Three agreed and continue to work shovelling the dirt that will be used to turn into brick
*CLANG CLANG CLANG*
The bell rang and it signal the favorite time of every worker, Lunch Time…
Murakami, Sarah and Natalia was assigned to cook along with a few girl adventurer and soldiers, they brought the food for lunch and Shino is the first one to line up with a bowl in hand
"Natalia-san? Why are you here? Aren't you part of the civilian that supposed to evacuate?" Shino asked
"Well, I want to help at the very least so I help with the cooking, we made a lot so help yourself" Natalia replied
A scoop of what supposed to be Vegetable Stew was put at Shino's bowl and Shino tasted it and said, "This is just boiled vegetable, what the?"
Sarah hit Shino's head with the cradle and said, "Don't be picky we are short on ingredients"
Shino scratch his head and look at the rest of the line and sigh and said, "We need energy at this time of day so…. I guess it won't hurt"
Shino stop the line and said, "MY MEN, ARE YOU TIRED OF THIS VEGETABLE SOUP THAT WAS JUST BOILED?!?!"
All the workers that are tired look to each other and rally up simultaneously shouting, "YEAH!!!"
Shino smile and proudly said, "KUKUKU, WELL THEN I HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU"
All was looking at Shino and Sarah came close and just hit Shino again in his head
"Oi! Don't start a revolt because of food" Sarah said
Shino after taking a hit then said, "Well I do have a solution though"
Shino goes to the cauldron of vegetable soup and with everyone watching him closely
"Guild master, Where are the rest of the food, please get them here" Shino kindly ask
The rest of the men help the girls to get the cauldron and place it near Shino
"Ehem… Everyone… Welcome to Shino's Cooking tutorial Part two" Shino said with a jolly voice
Everyone tilt their heads in confusion but Shino kept going other wise
"Today, we are going to improve our vegetable soup, can anyone tell me what the problem is?" Shino asked
Crocus raised his hand and Shino pointed at him and said, "It is just a plain boiled vegetable"
With an enthusiastic voice Shino replied, "Correct, 100 point to you Crocus-san, now to fix this we just need a few ingredient"
Shino one by one pulled out the ingredient in his ˹Storage box˼, "Onion, Garlic, Coconut Cream, salt, pepper, and meat of a long horn boar"
"Okay now I'll do this step by step" Shino said
Shino pulled his personal knife from the ˹Storage Box˼ then added, "First, This vegetable soup has the right amount of water so we can just heat it for now, while we chopped this Onion and garlic, I recommend to mince it for better taste"
Shino snap his finger and flame start from the bottom of the Cauldrons and Shino started Chopping the Onion and Garlic mincing it with an extreme speed
"Now, that is done let's do the same thing to our boar meat" Shino said
Shino mince the meat at high speed and everyone was amazed
"Now that we got our ingredient minced, let sauté our onion and garlic real quick before adding it to our boiling vegetable soup" Shino said
The guys are watching Shino cook while some girls are taking down notes to this cooking tutorial
"After Sautéing our onion and garlic let's throw it in the cauldron and mix it before adding the meat" Shino said
Shino added the sautéed onion and garlic to the cauldron and mix it for a while the added the meat next
"Now that's done lets add our Coconut cream, how to get this ingredient you say? well it is easy, grate a coconut and mince it, then get a warm cup of water and mix it inside a cloth, and just press it hardly to a cup and voila, you have coconut cream" Shino explained
Shino pour the coconut cream and the water consistency became much more mushy overtime, and the smell of it caught everyone's attention and can't wait to taste it
"Hold on to your horses people we are still not done" Shino said with a smile
"To made it taste better, we are going to add pepper and salt" Shino added
Shino put the pepper and salt to the mix, a few minute later the food is ready
"And where done, this is called 'Ginataang Gulay', a dish I really like" Shino said
Sarah, Murakami, and Natalia are first to taste it and the one to judge, upon one sip of the soup, the three girls suddenly stop and suspense is in the air.
A moment later they started gobbling the food down within second and like the taste very much
"Wh-what is this, is this the soup we cook earlier? This is so good" Murakami said
"Second, give me second or I'll freaking kill you Shino!" Sarah said as her desire for more of this food
While Natalia is speechless and still eating his Ginataang Gulay
The other follow on and tasted this dish Shino cooked and for them the taste was extra ordinary and unbelievable, Godly as some say
A cult was form serving Shino and bowing to him saying, "Saint-sama please grant us more of this food"
"YAH!! Stop that don't start a religion because of food" Shino said angrily while laughing
The cauldron was emptied within second and everyone has their share
Sarah approach Shino and said, "Well, that is something Shino, who knows you actually can cook"
Shino laugh and said, "Well, I live alone for a few years after…. All…"
Shino felt a blade poking him from behind and said, "Guild master? Is your sword…?"
Shino slowly look at Sarah and with a Yandere look, her sword is poking at Shino's back like holding him hostage
"G-g-guild ma-ma-master?" Shino nervously ask
With a Yandere look, Sarah said, "Cook more Shino, I am still hungry…."
"B-b-but I thought we don't have enough ingredients?" Shino asked
Sarah came closer and with her Yandere eyes, she said, "COOK….MORE….SHINO"
Completely scared at Sarah, Shino raised his hand and said, "Yes ma'am"
The lunch time extended for more than an hour and Shino got released from her Hungry Guild Master after she was full and before Shino went back to work again
Shino stop and sit in front of Sarah and said, "Guild Master… No, Sarah-san, I'll make you an extremely delicious desert after this battle"
Sarah look at Shino and said, "Okay? Tell me what you want and I'll think about it"
Shino gets a small bowl and pour a milk in it, then sugar, and a vanilla extract that Shino personally made, using ice magic Shino mixed them and slowly froze it and it became Ice cream, a desert that is not known to this world, and let Sarah took a taste
Sarah was delighted by the sweetness of the desert and want more but Shino ate the rest after Sarah took a scoop
With a smug face Sarah said, "Tell me what you want Shino! In exchange I want a week supply of that thing you just made"
Shino smile and said, "I need 600 gallons of Holy water, I know it is a lot but it is a fair trade, right Sarah-san?"
With a secret trade between Sarah and Shino, a deal was form for a weeks' worth of Ice cream