Sword Art Online's

chapter 38's

On the first floor below “See Morning” Star View on the 94th floor of the Cathedral, there is a kitchen, although not as large as the kitchen on the 10th floor, the condition is quite good and comfortable.

When Asuna opened her two large doors, the sweet aroma of honey and melted cheese immediately greeted her, until it made Ronye's stomach rumble.

This kitchen floor is made of marble with a white sky, many high cabinets on three sides of the wall, look sparkling with a lot of food ingredients, bottles, and other materials, on the other side of the wall there are boards with various cooking utensils and large burning stoves, as well as a large wooden table in the middle of the dining room which is also large.

When the four of them entered the kitchen, a slender person behind the table raised his head.

She is a young woman who wears a white chef shirt without the slightest stain, and a round hat over her short hair.Or exactly, she looks ‘very young’.He was sitting in his chair and was slicing with his big kitchen knife, standing up and looking at Ronye and the others.

“Asuna-sama, I have baked it in the oven to keep it warm. Salad and bread will be ready soon.”

“Thank you, Hana, I'm sorry I'm late.”

He stepped towards the hot oven on the kitchen wall.It was a cooking device, with the help of embers under it with a box made of stone and brick until the heat is equal, he said, called ‘tenpi’ in Human World, to distinguish another ‘tenpi’ which means solus light, then more commonly called ‘oven’ in common sacred language.

And of course, the salad and bread also came from a common sacred language, so this time Tieze did not need to write it down in the notebook.

(e/n: Asuna and Kirito have indeed introduced various new languages from the real world to the Underworld residents with the designation ‘sacred word’, one of which is ‘oven’)

After putting on her thick oven mitt, she opened the oven door and pulled a large baking sheet with a lid on top. That baking sheet smells like cheese.

Talking about what is cooked, a baking sheet is a simple container used to cook any ingredient with flour dough and then baked, but it has never been heard of someone cooking by inserting a baking sheet into the oven

the oven is used only for baking bread.

Looking happy, Asuna brought the baking sheet to the table and slowly opened the lid.

“Wow, what...what..it...?”.

Tieze asked exclaiming, Ronye also straightened his neck.And who appeared on the baking sheet with a hint of smoke, was white and thin…

“Huhu, this is ‘coating roast paper’”

Asuna said calling it proudly, Ronye and Tieze were wide-eyed as she said.

‘eeeehh??’

“A-what…? Paper? Real paper? White hemp paper..?”

The Vice-Prime Swordsman nodded confidently at the suspicious question.

“I got it some time burning during the drying process of the plants in the Cathedral, I tried deh.”

“But, if it's baked in the oven, won't the paper burn right?but why isn't this ?”

“Indeed it will burn if only plain paper, I have not tried it with parchment, it is too valuable to use cooking, but with white hemp paper which has a high ability, maybe can.”

He said while releasing the layer of white hemp paper with his finger.Heard the sound of ‘krek-krek’ but not damaged.Despite being exposed to high temperatures in the oven, The paper life seemed to remain intact.

While removing her oven mitt, Asuna continued.

“The dish of the Human World from Underworld is simple, but has been recorded in a strict manner.Although it is roasted or boiled, it is, ‘food’ will not be a wasteful ‘hidun’ heated at a certain time or more.If the heat is not enough, it will add to its status…or so ‘half-ripe’ or ‘less-ripe’ and your stomach will hurt if you eat it, otherwise if you heat it too long, it will be ‘gosong’ and will be hard and bitter.”

“I-iya..”

“One problem is the taste of the dish that will be very tasty when it changes from ‘cooked’ to ripe, right? If it is cooked for too long, the aroma will disappear, the dish becomes hard and the taste is lost too.And in terms of boiling, the aroma will disappear,there is a way to perfect the taste by constantly changing the heat of the fire from high to low while adding spices and ingredients, but it takes a lot of time.”

“I-iya..”

While nodding, Ronye recalled the strange and mysterious taste of the ‘rebusan Obsidia’ he had eaten in the capital city of Obsidia back then, he immediately asked.

“...but what does it have to do with using paper in cooking?”

“First, I want to try to show it when the ingredients are ripe, but Hana stopped me...”.

When Asuna turned her eyes, the white-capped woman nearby said without changing her expression.

“It is a trap for beginners and experts from the past to the present.It is not impossible with the ability of any chef to show taste at the perfect moment in hundreds of years.It was once, when,once there was someone with unrivalled skill, a chef who was called a genius and was only born once in a hundred years was invited to the castle and cooked for the emperor Norlangarth In his appetizer and soup were very tasty, very good, but in his main dish, that is a large red horn cow steak that was directly lifted from the grill a moment sooner than the actual time.When the emperor ate it, he suffered from a stomachache and with the power of his nobility,he cut off the chef's hand.”

As Ronye and Tieze stood speechless, Asuna tried to obliterate the shadow of sadness and said.

“...So I decided to give up looking at the time of baking and let it go.But when I asked Hana if there was a way to be able to withstand the aroma even though it was cooked all day,and he told me that if you put it in the baking pan and close it and bake it in the oven, it would be a different”

“Heeh...I have also learned a lot about the dish, but have never heard of such a recipe.You are really a great chef choice of Supreme Goddess yes.”.

When Tieze showed his admiration, the woman called Hana moved her shoulders.

“That's just the past well, you need a high-priority device that won't get damaged

although heated in the oven.And the toaster at the Cathedral is not perfect, rather than just out, the water accumulated in the bowl of meat and dishes will be half juicy and taste so juicy.”

“So first I tried by wrapping it traditionally, I wrapped the dough and then put it in a bowl and roasted it.However the taste and aroma is lost from the material, still it tastes bad.So, to preserve the aroma of the wrapped food so as not to disappear, I

consider the way by using something that can withstand the heat, and I got this white hemp paper.”

“Heeh...so that's why it's called ‘Baked Paper Layer?’”

Ronye muttered as he looked at the contents of the container.

“So, it's time to open the package right?”

It was the voice of the Prime Swordsman who had been silent since then with an unkempt tone. Well actually he was holding back hunger, but it seemed that the limit had arrived.Asuna chuckled and immediately opened the scorched paper with her clasped finger.

“Actually today is the first day to try it, so if it fails, you can only eat salad and bread for lunch, sorry ya?”

The cry came not only from Kirito, but also from Tieze.Of course Ronye also felt so.

While watching Asuna's hand, she begged the earth goddess Terraria.The paper was opened from side to side, open from left to right, Ronye felt a scent filling the room.

The main ingredients are white fish pieces, mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, with melted cheese on top.It can be understood from the first sight that the heat is very precise, but not like in a grill container, but not like in a grill, it doesn't look burnt. It looks like the smell is still holding.

“Seeing good right?”

Asuna said Hana's words.

“Yes, let's enjoy it while it's hot, Kirito-kun, help me take 5 dishes.”