Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi-Chapter 582: Grilled Dragon Turtle

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Chapter 582: Grilled Dragon Turtle

Eguchi Ren: Sorry for the late upload (sweats)

Gumihou: Sorry everyone, I may only post two chapters per week from now on, at least until the busy season is over. I have several other things that need to be done before certain deadlinesโ€ฆ T_T

โ€œโ€ฆIโ€™m boredโ€ฆโ€

โ€œUmu, so bored.โ€

โ€œโ€Boringโ€ฆโ€

โ€œโ€Sui is bored~~โ€โ€

It had been five days since I had left the Dragon Turtle at the Adventurerโ€™s Guild. It wasnโ€™t long before Fer, Grandpa Gon, Dora-chan and Sui became tired of hanging around with nothing to do.

โ€œWhy donโ€™t you take a nap?โ€ I said suggested half-heartedly.

Fer snorted. โ€œIโ€™m bored,โ€ he repeated.

Grandpa Gon said, โ€œI have slept for about 200 years. I could stay awake for the next 100 years.โ€

[1] Thatโ€ฆ was actually mind-boggling. I canโ€™t imagine being awake for more than three days in a row, let alone 100 yearsโ€ฆ Will I die if I try to stay awake for more than a week? I heard that people could die from lack of sleepโ€ฆ

Sui and Dora-chan were saying something like โ€˜Naps are boringโ€™ and โ€˜Donโ€™t wanna sleep anymore!โ€™ [1] and more significantly โ€˜Where is the Dragon Turtle meat?โ€™

In short, everyone had had enough free time and wanted some action if they did not get to eat Dragon Turtle. Itโ€™s not like I could just distract them with dragon meat every time, right?

However, there was nothing much I could do about the Dragon Turtle that had been sent for dismantling. Itโ€™s all in the hands of the Guild now.

Every day, the first thing they ask after breakfast is โ€˜Where is the Dragon Turtle meat?โ€™, โ€˜Can we eat Dragon Turtle meat today?โ€™

Haahhโ€ฆ

I could only calm them down by telling them that Johan-san was not back yet, but I think we were close to the limit of the Gluttonous Quartetโ€™s patience.

Frankly, I was a little surprised they lasted this long.

Fer had been saying โ€˜We canโ€™t eat the Dragon Turtle, so letโ€™s go and huntโ€™ from day three onwardsโ€ฆ

I was running out of excuses when a messenger came from the Adventurersโ€™ Guild telling me that the dismantling had been completed. Great, I was this close to barging in and telling Willem-san to just hack off a limb for usโ€ฆ

Message received, I hurried over to the Adventurerโ€™s Guild with my hungry familiars.

โ€œW-we managed to complete the dismantling,โ€ said an exhausted-looking man.

I recognised him as Johan-sanโ€™s helper. I think heโ€™s on some sort of apprenticeship? Anyway, he was the number person two in the demolition department.

โ€œThis was his first time taking something as huge as a Dragon Turtle apart. Moreover, it is a new type of creature, so you canโ€™t fault him for being slow. Especially since he did not have Johan-san around for advice,โ€ said Willem-san pointedly.

Haha, sorry.

Still, I donโ€™t mind being dissed like this, especially since I really need this meat to prevent my familiars from dragging me off for another trauma-inducing hunt.

โ€œNo, no, youโ€™ve really helped me, haha.โ€

โ€œThe work may not be very neat, so please forgive me,โ€ said the apprentice.

โ€œItโ€™s fine, itโ€™s fine, you must have been surprised when the Guild Master suddenly gave you this big job, right? Iโ€™m sure you did your best. In fact, I think itโ€™s great that you managed to complete such a big job in five days without proper guidance. It may not be pretty, but we can still eat it!โ€ I said cheerfully.

Thatโ€™s right, the most important point was that I have Dragon Turtle meat in my hands now~ With a final wave goodbye, I left the Guild with meat and the partially dismantled Dragon Turtle. Things like shell pieces, skin and fangs as well as other valuable materials would be processed by Johan-san once heโ€™s back. For now, Willem-san insists that I take everything back with me and to not return until Johan-san is back in Carelina.

[1] โ€œWait! Donโ€™t do that! Come back and report to the Guild if youโ€™re travelling on that dragon of yours!โ€ Willem-san shouted suddenly.

[1] โ€œHaha, I had been wondering about thatโ€ฆโ€

In fact, I hope to not travel anywhere on GG Airways as long as possible. Trust me.

โ€œโ€Master, I look forward to dinner.โ€

โ€œUmu, dinner should be excellent tonight,โ€

โ€œโ€œIโ€™m going to stuff myself when we get back!โ€โ€

โ€œโ€Yay~ Dragonny~~ Turtleee~~โ€โ€

Looks like everyoneโ€™s eager, eh?

โ€œHmm, how should I cook thisโ€ฆโ€ I must do the standard taste testing before deciding on a menu.

I was immediately shuttled off to the kitchen with everyoneโ€™s great expectations for tonightโ€™s dinner. Well, first, letโ€™s take a closer look at the meat. The flesh was white, closer to fish than red mammal meat.

After making a test taste batch, I picked up the piece of meat with my chopsticks hummed thoughtfully to myself, โ€œCome to think of it, the Dragon Turtle looks like of like a creature from earthโ€ฆ yes, it looks a lot like an Alligator Snapping Turtle. [2] My friend had one as a pet and it was pretty vicious, I remembered thinking that it looked kind of like Godzillaโ€ฆ when viewed from a certain angleโ€ฆ

Arrghh, now Iโ€™m going to think of this as Godzilla meat, um, itโ€™s fine, itโ€™s fine, Fer and Grandpa Gon said that itโ€™s delicious, so, yeah.

โ€œHup!โ€

I threw the piece of meat into my mouth and forced myself to chew slowly. It hadโ€ฆ a certain amount of chewiness that was definitely not fish-like, with a surprisingly elegant umami.

How should I describe it?

It has the chewiness of a soft-shelled turtle and the elegant umami ofโ€ฆ puffer fish? It definitely doesnโ€™t have the scummy feel of a badly cooked soft-shelled turtleโ€ฆ

Soโ€ฆ

โ€œIt would probably be delicious as a hotpot, but arenโ€™t we having too many hotpots these days? Ugh, if it isnโ€™t hotpot itโ€™s karaage. I want to make something different with this. Hmmโ€ฆโ€

Thatโ€™s right. Thereโ€™s that!

Back in my Salaryman Era, I had grilled pufferfish with one of our more eccentric customers. I was surprised to find out that people actually eat pufferfish grilled.

โ€œLetโ€™s see, the sauce should be something like thisโ€ฆโ€ I pulled out garlic, soy sauce, some sakรฉ as well as some large plastic bags. โ€œI remember the garlic flavour being pretty mild, so letโ€™s not go overboard with it.โ€

I turned to look at the Dragon Turtle meat glistening on the cutting board. It lookedโ€ฆ really delicious now. Thatโ€™s right, how often do I get to eat pufferfish- I mean, Dragon Turtle?

After cutting the meat into appropriate sizes, I sprinkled a little sakรฉ over it, letting it rest as I prepared the marinade. There was no strong odour from the meat, but a little sakรฉ goes a long way in making something delicious~

The marinade was just a simple soy sauce and grated garlic (not too much), which I combined with the sakรฉ covered fish- Dragon Turtle meat before putting them into the Ziploc bags. After filling up two large bags, I thought it would be nice to have a different flavour profile and bought Salt Koji [3]. Garlic is nice, but it could get a little intense. An elegant salty flavour from natural seasoning like Salt Koji would further enhance the flavour of the Dragon Turtle meat.

Of course, we canโ€™t just use Salt Koji alone, I made the Salt Koji marinade with plenty of Salt Koji as well as a little grated garlic and grated ginger for a more balanced flavour.

โ€œRight,โ€ I said as I patted the Ziploc bags of meat, โ€œIโ€™m going to start the fire now, so you guys just chill out here, okay?โ€

Naturally, to charcoal grill something, itโ€™s time for my BBQ stove to shine! This time, I take my time setting up the fire with a fire starter. [1] Fer often got impatient at this point and asked โ€˜Why donโ€™t you just use a Fireball?โ€™

Itโ€™s because I donโ€™t want to damage my stove for one thing. For another, there was no point getting the fire started too soon since the fish- I mean, Dragon Turtle meat needed some time to marinade. In fact, by the time the fire was just right and the net all set up, it was still a little too soon, but from the heads poking up from behind bushes, I donโ€™t think I could drag this out any longer.

โ€œYou are grilling it?โ€

โ€œGrilledโ€ฆ I wonder how it will turn outโ€ฆโ€

โ€œโ€Ou, itโ€™s going to be super fragrant, right? Right?โ€โ€

โ€œโ€Sui wants to eat it quickly~~โ€โ€

โ€œHold on, Iโ€™m going to fetch the meat now, so watch the fire, okay?โ€

I donโ€™t actually need anyone to watch the fire, but it would give them something to do if I say that. Anyway, I quickly collected the Ziploc bags of meat and returned.

โ€œRight, letโ€™s start grilling!โ€

โ€œYay!!โ€

Since fish meat sometimes sticks onto the grill or falls through the grate, I took extra precautions and placed a net over the grill. As soon as the first piece of meat touched the net, a nice sizzling sound filled the air. The scent of garlic wafted to my nose and I nearly drooled.

[1] A quick glance to the left showed me that the Gluttonous Quartet was already drooling and was staring at the single piece of sizzling meat with shiny eyes. I quickly lined up the Dragon Turtle meat onto the net. Garlic marinade ones on the left and Salt Koji on the right.

Luckily, before too many โ€˜Is it done yetโ€™, I managed to flip every single piece of meat at least once and was soon filling up bowls with the first batch of the Grilled Dragon Turtle meat.

โ€œRight, itโ€™s done now. Careful, itโ€™s hot. [4]โ€

[4]

โ€œUmu, not bad.โ€

โ€œIt is very fragrant. Master, may I have some alcohol with it?โ€

โ€œโ€Itโ€™s my first time trying Dragon Turtle! Itโ€™s super delish!!โ€

โ€œโ€Mister Turtle is yummy~โ€โ€

Ah, so Sui has decided that the Dragon Turtle is more turtle than dragon? As for Grandpa Gonโ€™s request, I totally understand why he would want a beer. The smell alone was making me craving for a cold one.

So, I generously emptied two bottles of beer into a deep bowl and handed it to Grandpa Gon.

โ€œDrink in moderation.โ€

Then, I also got myself some Grilled Dragon Turtle as well as a bottle of beer on the side.

โ€œWoah, this is good! Both are pretty good in their own way. Oh, thatโ€™s right, I should get that too.โ€

โ€˜Thatโ€™ being a box of good spicy seasoning. Just a tiny pinch will do. The original Grilled Dragon Turtle was already delicious on its own, but adding just a touch of spiciness really-

โ€œHey, whatโ€™s that red powder? Also, I want seconds,โ€

โ€œFer! Your face is a little too close! Canโ€™t you smell it? Itโ€™s spicy powder, it will make the meat spicy.โ€

โ€œSpicy? I donโ€™t mind spiciness. Make my seconds spicy.โ€

โ€œI wish to try the spicy one as well, Master.โ€

โ€œโ€Here too!โ€โ€

โ€œโ€Sui donโ€™t want spicyโ€ฆ painโ€ฆโ€โ€

Thatโ€™s right, the word for spicy and pain is the same in Japanese, haha. Well, I got the seconds ready, making sure that Suiโ€™s portion is pain free.

[Gumihou: I worked at a fugu restaurant before! Itโ€™s this shop https://www.kichisei.com/ Iโ€ฆ washed dishes thereโ€ฆ I was scolded a lot too. Haha]

[1] Add details

[2] There was very little segue into โ€˜snapping turtleโ€™ so I put in a bit more detail. Especially since I deleted some โ€˜oh wow, Iโ€™m getting used to this place arenโ€™t I?โ€™

[3] Salt Koji โ€“ natural seasoning that could be used to enhance the umami of a dish

[4] Deleted: Be careful, it has small bones in it. f(r)eenovelkiss

Gumihou: Bones? Inโ€ฆ turtle meat? Moreover, small bones in turtle meat??! Dude, youโ€™re not eating salmon or bass which may have floating pin bones in it, so, please nope.

Video on how to remove pin bones โ€“ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0AuP1A9F2U

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