"The ingredients are coming in on their own feet, no, the guests are coming in on their own feet, haha, everyone, take a seat."
The humans sat huddled together at a long table, their shoulders hunched. The demons who had brought them into the dining room surrounded the table and giggled. Their large shadows darkened the table.
"Yes, here's the menu. Choose as much as you want."
"We'll pay you the money, since you probably don't have any demon currency."
"Don't worry, do whatever you want."
"Oh, really? The menu is written in demonic language, so I can't read it. The signature dish here is..."
The demon spat out food names in an unknown language. The humans, unable to understand a word, simply swallowed dryly.
At that moment, Anna calmly opened her mouth.
“Please give me all of that.”
All eyes were on Anna. The hostess, intrigued by her boldness, fiddled with a kitchen knife and asked.
"Really? That's a spell I like, haha."
"Since we've come all the way to the Demon Realm, we should try as much Demon Realm food as possible. Besides, the Demon brothers and sisters here are even paying for it! So, while we have the chance, let's enjoy it to the fullest."
"Hehe, you foolish human being who would go crazy if it were free. If I tricked you into a contract and cooked your soul, it would be perfect. Eunhoho, anyway, I'll cook it for you right now."
"Are you cooking for me?"
"No, of course I have to cook food~."
The hostess entered the kitchen, humming an eerie tune. A moment later, a putrid smell began to waft from the kitchen.
Soon, the hostess and the chef come out with food. Contrary to the terrible smell they had smelled earlier, there were quite a few foods on the table.
When everyone was watching in front of the food, Anna first picked up the meat, cut it, and put it in her mouth.
Filth. As Anna savored the food, the hostess gave her a relentless gaze, as if she were aiming for prey.
"What do you think? Human kid."
"Well, it's better than I thought."
"More than I thought? It sounds like you thought there would be tasteless food. Hoho."
The hostess's eyes began to run mad. Surprised by her stiff eyelight, one person fainted and fell under the table.
"Ugh."
A roar echoed throughout the restaurant. A demon who was watching dragged him, lifted him up, and sat him down in a chair.
Anna continued calmly.
"It's not a big deal. I just thought that humans and demons would have different tastes."
"Really? What is the taste of humans?"
"You ask even though you know so well."
"Oh, what do you mean by that?"
The hostess tilted her head and curled the corners of her eyes. Her smile, which exaggerated her sharp teeth, was creepy and bizarre.
"I heard that demons came and went in the human world a lot. So I thought you had encountered a lot of human food."
"There are only a few demons who have entered and exited the human world. Not everyone is like that."
"I see. But is this meat a monster meat? The texture is soft."
"That's right. It's made from salamander meat. By the way, the salamander of the demon world is bigger than yours! And it's so disgusting!"
Woowook- The woman sitting next to Anna covered her mouth and vomited. Anna was the only human who ate food calmly on the spot.
Anna tasted all the food and analyzed it carefully.
"Well, the taste of each ingredient is wonderful. However, the compatibility of the ingredients is not very good. I think it would be even more delicious if you sprinkled the sauce on that salad on this meat."
"What do you know that you're putting seasoning on my food? Hoho."
The hostess stretched out her long fingers and poked Anna's shoulder. Anna shook her shoulders as if she was annoyed.
"I know a little bit about this. Can I take a look at some ingredients in the kitchen? I want to try my hand at the recipe."
"Oh, you're such a crazy person! Love it! Come in! Oh, the rest of the guests are eating comfortably! Hoho~"
Anna was dragged to the kitchen, holding her arm in the hostess's large hand. In the eyes of the people who remained at the table, Anna only looked like she was being kidnapped as an ingredient. Because she fearlessly evaluated the witch's food. Humans who did not want to be an ingredient gritted their teeth and started eating.
Then Anna went to the kitchen and looked at the ingredients. Ignoring the terrifying chef's gaze.
"Well, it's cleaner than I thought."
No matter how demonic she was, she seemed to strictly observe hygiene. Thanks to that, the food was in good condition. Anna doesn't know what kind of meat it is or what the identity of that grass eater is, but it looks fresh anyway.
"Is that meat salamander meat?"
"That's right."
"Can I try some of that meat? I want to taste all the spices too."
"Do whatever you want! Hoho."
It seemed like something would happen if she didn't get the right results, but Anna didn't mind. Isn't it strange that you are scared now that you have brought a witch who is even more terrifying than her?
Anna started cooking by combining various things. She mixed purple spice powder and black seasoning, applied it to the monster meat, and put it in the oven, and it smelled pretty good.
"It's done. Try it."
Anna served a freshly grilled lizard monster dish. The hostess and the chef rushed in like a pack of demons who had found their prey.
"Oh ho! Let's try it somewhere!"
"Evaluate whether it tastes better than you. Hoho."
"Hmm... Are you really okay?"
"Why haven't you thought of eating like this before?"
Surprisingly, the taste was so good that the monsters' expressions became ambiguous. They're happy to eat something delicious, but they're sad that they can't pick that fierce human kid.
Offensia, who followed her into the kitchen, sliced the meat and tasted it and grinned.
"Hey, little one. You made something better than I thought."
"Hey, there's something I want to ask."
"What is it?"
"Why hasn't food developed in the demon world? The history of the demon world is also quite long."
"That said. We haven't had to fill our stomachs with food all this time. We could live just by breathing the air of the demon world. Thanks to Kona, the air was flooded with evil magic. And..."
Offensia lowered her posture and whispered to Anna.
"In fact, filling your stomach with food was something that only the lowest class could do if they didn't have the power to absorb magic with air. Just like those chefs. That's why they haven't developed at all."
"But now that the air in the demon world has become clearer, there are more demons who cannot live on air alone. That's why they started researching cooking belatedly."
"That's right. But there are many problems. As you've tried before, it's dirty and tasteless."
Anna nodded, savoring the spicy taste left in her mouth.
"The Ingredients are good, so it would be much better to follow half of the way humans cook, but why haven't you done that yet?"
"How do we know how humans cook?"
"I heard that high-ranking witches enjoyed human food. Doesn't that mean some chefs know how to cook human food?"
"Oh, that's right. But they don't exist anymore."
"Why?
"Those idiots sided with Kona during the Demon World War, thinking they would be the only ones who could survive. But then they couldn't please Kona, and most of them died."
"That's right."
Recalling that time, Offensia tugged at the tongue.
"Even if they were alive, it wouldn't have helped much. They only know how to eat human food. Human food cannot fill the stomachs of demons. You have to use ingredients that only come from the demon world."
"Does the fact that they were able to make human food mean that they can also obtain human food in the demon world?"
"No. I used the ingredients stolen by low-level witches who went to the human world."
Anna thought for a moment.
'My goal is to let the human world know that the demon world is safe. Only then will humans believe that Miss Mori, who was a resident of the demon world, is good.'
However, the current demon world has eaten up the appearance of being kind to humans. Look at the people in the hall right now. In fear, they forcefully push food down their throats. Those demons who are surrounded by rattling prey and have a taste for it have no answer either.
'No matter how you look at it, it looks like you don't know when it will hit the back of your head.'
Then there was a need for a sure way to control them. Anna grinned when she thought of a suitable way.
"Offencia. You want to fill your stomach with delicious food, right?"
"Of course. All demons are like that. How sad it is to eat only delicious human soup and then try to fill your stomach with something like this... Oh, I'm sorry."
"Then I'll pass on the cooking methods of humans to the demon world. In return, can the demon world help me?"
The corners of Offensia's mouth twitched. How dare humans fearlessly offer a contract to demons?
She wants to play with her little one because she feels like it, but that child is a maid who takes care of her sister, Mori. If she touches Mori's heart for no reason, she won't be able to die perfectly.
Suppressing her instincts, Offensia asked with an eerie smile.
"How can the demon world help you?"
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