“Sister, where are you going? “You can’t do it in the training hall?”
Leon, with blank eyes, followed behind me and asked.
Behind him, black hawks followed in two rows like kindergarten students.
Their eyes were also full of curiosity.
“Hmm. It’s rice cake that you can’t eat even in the training hall. “So, is this rice cake eaten with a different recipe this time?”
As I dragged them out of the training hall, where they were eating grilled lamb skewers and shouting about the way to gourmet food as usual, the black hawks seemed to be expecting me to give them new rice cakes.
Leon kept asking questions without even thinking about wiping away the dripping saliva.
“So this time, is it rice cake eaten as a dish with other seasonings?”
hmm. In Korea, many people eat rice cake as a cooking ingredient.
I listened to his question with one ear and just kept walking with a sad expression on my face. Our destination was a temporary warehouse built next to a rice field.
“Umm. What could there be? It is a dish made with rice cake. ah! “I feel like a great idea just crossed my mind.”
“… … .”
“A dish made by boiling rice cakes in red seasoning! How is it? “It looks sweet and spicy and very delicious!”
“… … !”
Leon, you bastard. How did you know about tteokbokki?
As soon as I stopped walking, Leon walked happily and stopped.
“Oh my. Sister, be careful. “I almost crushed you.”
Leon sighed, covering his broad shoulders with both hands.
“Ahh! Hey you bastard. “Can’t you get away from me?”
“Oh, my nose!”
“Why did you stop and make such a fuss!?”
Let’s pretend that the black hawks following us fell like dominoes because we stopped in surprise at the tteokbokki.
I quickly used my legs and started heading towards my destination again.
“It’s not like that. “Leon.”
“yes? “Isn’t that what it is?”
“I’m not saying eat it.”
“omg!”
Leon gently covered his mouth with his hand like a tragic heroine from a classic movie.
“Am I mistaken? “Sigh.”
I looked at him pitifully and said, “I’m so sad,” as he was getting ready to cry.
“Let me correct this. It’s okay to eat. but… … .”
“but?”
“I guess I’m not ready to eat yet…” … .”
“… … ??”
Two question marks appeared in Leon’s eyes, but he ignored them and turned around.
“I’ll just follow along for now.”
“yes!”
“Yesss!”
At Leon’s loud answer, the black hawks each cackled and followed suit.
‘Did you bring me here for no reason?’
If I hadn’t seen the serious looking black hawks I encountered during ‘The Day of Cracks’, I might still be treating them like trash.
However, they were quite capable and were quite helpful in farming work. I was actively asking for their help in matters related to farming.
‘no. ‘This is a bit much for me to do alone.’
Since the rice harvested at Viscount Evanroir had been much larger than expected, the work to be done from now on required a lot of labor.
“Now, everyone, please come inside.”
We entered the temporary warehouse with the black hawks.
“Oooh… … !”
“Sister, what is all this?”
As soon as the black hawks entered the warehouse, their eyes widened and they made a fuss. I saw that they were inside and pointed to the rice fields in front of me.
“This is called rice. “By shaking this well, we obtain rice seeds, and through a threshing process, we obtain rice, which is the ingredient for rice cake.”
“Oh oh!”
“From now on, we will be divided into a team that shakes the rice to obtain rice seeds and a team that selects the rice seeds.”
Before I knew it, the black hawks gathered in front of me had their eyes sparkling.
“It’s so amazing! “Are you saying those little guys are going to become that delicious rice cake?”
“yes.”
I roughly answered their questions with child-like excitement and divided them into two teams.
‘Originally, there’s no need to do this now, but you never know.’
There were two main tasks to be carried out today.
First, the task of selecting rice seeds.
Second, hair growth by planting selected rice seeds.
According to my plan, these two tasks could be carried out over a longer period of time.
However, since Elston could have found a way to speed up the growth of rice, preparations had to be made in advance.
‘It’s a schedule that’s okay to do in advance.’
Among the black hawks who were divided into two teams, a helper was assigned to each team that would shake off the rice to obtain rice seeds.
“Miss Celia!”
The white-haired old man, no, butler Carl boldly entered the warehouse and looked for me.
“Oh, are you here? “Here are these people.”
Then Carl nodded with a determined look on his face.
“A very strong slave… … Oh no. “They are very sturdy and wonderful knights.”
I don’t need to tell you that those people are the black hawks. If that happens, Carl might get startled and burst out all the crucian carp juice he was holding in his hand.
For Karl’s sake, I promised myself not to reveal the identity of the black hawk.
“Oh oh. “Are you telling me how to get rice seeds?”
“yes. “Learn well.”
Carl, seeing the black hawks’ sparkling eyes, smiled meaningfully. With carp juice on his lips that he couldn’t wipe off, he spoke darkly.
Hehehe.
“very good. great. “Then everyone, please pick up that rice and follow me!”
“Wow!”
It was a gloom that I had never seen before when I stayed up all night threshing with him. Carl seemed indescribably happy to have slaves, and he left the warehouse singing Lulu Lala.
Inside the suddenly empty warehouse, I looked at the remaining black hawks and pointed to a large bowl.
“Look here, there’s salt, right?”
True to my word, there was a lot of salt in it.
“Why is there salt? sister.”
Leon, who remained on the seed selection team, tilted his head.
I took the bowl and poured half of the salt into the large basin filled with water I had already brought.
“From now on, we will make salt water by dissolving salt in water. “You can check the appropriate concentration with this.”
I lifted the egg that was lying on one side.
“When this egg is placed in water, if it lies on its side, it is properly dissolved. Now, let’s each fill the basin in front of us with water.”
“Uh… … yes!”
Leon answered uncertainly, but I know. He may seem the least trustworthy, but even though he looks like this, he is the best at his job.
Just as I thought, Leon adjusted the salt water concentration much faster than the other black hawks.
“sister. “What should I do now?”
Next, we had to select the rice seeds to plant by putting them in water.
“Okay, then what happens next… … .”
When I explained how to select rice seeds, Leon understood right away.
Thanks to the black plum and the knife, the rice seed selection proceeded smoothly.
* * *
“Okay, that’s it for today!”
“Whoa… … .”
Thanks to the black hawks, the work was completed faster than expected.
After quickly finishing sorting the rice seeds and growing the hair, the outside was red with the color of the setting sun.
“Thank you all for your hard work. “Go in carefully.”
They all bowed their heads to me, hugging each other’s shoulders, with distressed faces.
I don’t know why, but I felt like I was seeing a camaraderie that I hadn’t seen before.
“This kind of hard work to even eat rice cake…” … .”
Leon passed by, holding an open notebook and muttering something. With the empty carp juice bag in my hand, I patted the exhausted knife and headed to my room.
“Well, I guess that’s it for me. “Mr. Celia.”
Cough!
After looking at Karl’s shaking hands with sadness, I let him go.
Even though the black hawks’ labor was used diligently, the sword seemed to have had a hard time.
For some reason, I feel a sense of guilt.
No matter how much Carl said he would help first, I have to let him rest from now on.
With that promise, I opened the door.
“Celia! I’m here?”
As soon as I opened the door, I heard Cedric’s voice.
When did you come? If I had known it was coming, I would have added it to this rice seed selection process. It’s a shame.
“Why, why are you looking at me like that?”
“What eyes?”
“The eyes of a well-fed predator looking wistfully at the prey that appears in front of it… … ?”
Did I have such murderous eyes?
Oh my.
“This guy is really joking.”
Cedric was startled and took a step back at the light gesture that flew to his shoulder. Thanks to this, my hands split the air.
“Now, wait a minute. Celia. Before that, what’s that on your shoulder?”
Is this guy trying to move on like this? I thought, but Cedric pointed to my shoulder fussily, as if there was something there.
