Retired Hunter, Become Haenam - Chapter 112



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Retired Hunter, Becoming Haenam Episode 112

May-June Bass

-I caught a lot today too!

– Captain, it seems like your speed has gotten faster. If we keep going like this, we’ll probably catch all the fish in the sea!

“Haha… Thank you. Let’s get ready to eat.”

-Okay!

When I arrived at the deserted island, I put down my net full of sea bass on the sandy beach.

The fishing was over in an instant.

‘It’s definitely easier because I use telekinesis.’

Skill book obtained from Peshatri.

The skill called ‘telekinesis’ that I gained through him was quite useful.

Bringing a distant object without moving it using a remote control…

You might think of it as just a minor ability.

The advantage of the awakening ability is that it ‘consumes less magic power.’

That means I can use the skill called telekinesis on a daily basis with almost no magical power consumption.

In the old days, when using the Cheonrajimang, you would use magical power.

Now that he moves solely with telekinesis, his magical power consumption is much lower.

In addition to the Heavenly Net, telekinesis is used in all activities that require magical power, so magical power efficiency has increased.

If I ever meet Peshatriya, I must express my gratitude.

‘By the way, I want to try something special today.’

Always eating raw fish, steamed food, stewed food, grilled food, and fried food are all good.

Today I’m going to try making a fancy dish that I found on the Internet.

It is a dish that is moderately difficult and doesn’t require many ingredients.

-Dudududu

“Huh? What does this mean?”

-We don’t know either.

-Isn’t this an enemy attack?

As I was thinking about this, I heard a rumbling sound like an earthquake from far away.

When the ding-dings are wandering around.

The sound was getting closer.

At that moment, the tension was building, and the ground began to bulge slightly and a small creature popped out.

-Park Dal-gu!

“Earthred. How have you been?”

―I’m doing so well that I wonder if it’s okay to live like this! Haha.

“Really? Then that’s good.”

The identity of the ground shaking is none other than Earthred.

The face of the guy who appeared by digging the ground like a mole was brighter than usual.

It must be thanks to living freely in the spirit world of the elves.

“I think garlic, onion, radish, and green onion should be enough. May I ask?”

-Just leave it to me!

-You came and went quickly. … Chuaaat?!

-No! I’ll get it.

Quagwagwa!

Earthread digging into the ground at an invisible speed.

Suddenly, the dingdings covered in sand and dirt looked shabby.

The dingdings were staring at each other blankly.

It took about three seconds for me to figure out what was happening.

―Wheww!! What the heck is this!

-He’s already gone. What a scolding for a naughty mole!

-I agree. I guess there’s no way you’d let me off easy just because I’m your teacher!

The ding-dings got along well with each other.

The Dingdings run wildly after Earthred.

The guys who were always busy fighting each other whenever they went to get materials started to unite in front of the common enemy.

Of course, that running speed was far behind Earthred’s.

“… Whatever. It’s better than fighting.”

Left alone, I headed towards Doldo-ma.

In the subspace, I catch a sea bass flapping its wings and immediately knock it out by hitting its head.

Remove the head and clean the intestines.

‘The sea bass is bigger than I thought.’

Most of the sea bass caught today were around 1m long.

Considering that tuna that is over 1m long are usually called ‘large tuna’.

The size of the sea bass was certainly large enough to warrant the word ‘large’.

‘Let’s cut up at least one fish.’

Sea bass is often eaten raw, and it tastes good.

Sea bass, one of the representative white-fleshed fish, along with flounder and cod.

In particular, the back and belly meat are famous for their delicious taste.

Remove the scales, head, intestines, and skin in that order and fillet them.

The yield itself wasn’t much, but the size was so large that it was enough for everyone to eat.

When I cut the back and belly meat separately, the difference in color was clear.

The back meat had black veins scattered here and there throughout the meat, and the blood vessels were also dark brown, so the overall color was dark.

If I had to compare, it feels similar to sea bass sashimi?

On the other hand, the belly was white like the belly of a swordfish, and it looked oily and delicious because it had a white skin film attached to it.

When I divided it in half and placed it on a large plate, the difference in color was clear.

‘I’ve prepared the sea bass sashimi, so next is… … .’

He took out a small sea bass.

The dishes I’m going to cook from now on are foreign dishes that I’ve never tried even when I was living alone.

‘I saw it on TV and really wanted to eat it… fish tangsuyuk.’

Fish tangsuyuk.

The process of making it is similar to that of making sweet and sour pork at Chinese restaurants, but the difference is that it uses fish instead of pork.

But I’m going to take it a step further and make a fancy fish stew like you see on TV.

First, prepare a 50cm sea bass and remove the scales and entrails.

After that, he puts a knife in the fish.

When making steamed food, cut it roughly like this, but there is an important point to note here.

‘You have to cut the sheath deep enough to split the flesh. You’re deliberately splitting the flesh.’

After cutting deeply at a 45 degree angle so that it touches the bone.

Sharpen the blade and cut the flesh apart.

After putting the knife in all parts like this, lift it by grabbing the tail… .

The dangling fish meat creates a Christmas tree-like appearance.

Not to be fooled around with food, this part is the heart of today’s dish.

After that, use the frying powder you brought from home to make a batter and spread it all over the sea bass.

Spread the fish meat wide open and coat every nook and cranny with the batter.

Pour oil into a multi-purpose pan and turn on the heat.

While waiting for the temperature to reach the right temperature for frying, place the rice in the meantime.

Because I think fish soup would taste good when eaten with rice.

When you drop the dough into the oil, it should sink to the middle of the oil and then rise to the surface.

Now you are ready to add the fish.

I carefully lowered the sea bass into the oil, holding the tail.

Cheeeeek—!!

As soon as the head part went in, it started to cook with a delicious sound.

Normally, I would just put the whole fish in the oil… .

Without letting go of the hand holding the tail, I took out the ladle after touching the oil only up to the head.

Another point here.

‘Scoop up some oil with a ladle and pour it on the tail.’

I used a ladle to scoop up the boiling oil and pour it over the fish.

The oil ran down the fish, cooking the entire flesh evenly.

It was a little hot, but bearable.

Because I saw this performance on TV and wanted to make fish soup.

“Well, is this enough?”

I poured it in with a ladle about 10 times and then let it go.

The dangling flesh became completely fixed and would not close.

I swallowed my saliva as I looked down at the golden brown fried food.

A cool breeze blew through my hair.

The familiar wind of magic.

You came today too.

“Miss Charlotte!”

“Park Dal-gu. Nice to meet you.”

“Hehe, nice to meet you.”

“Mr. Edward, it’s been a while.”

“I couldn’t come because my ungrateful sister locked me up. I missed your cooking so much in the prison cell.”

“haha…….”

Charlotte and Edward appeared.

It was good timing because the food was almost ready.

Once the fish is fully cooked, take it out for a moment to drain the oil.

I took out another pot and filled it with water.

It would be nice to have at least one soup dish.

‘There’s even a saying that sea bass soup is the best in May and June.’

I brought the one whose head had been removed for trimming in order to cut the fish.

Because there is some flesh attached to the head, it is good for boiling in soup.

Cut into appropriate quarters, place in a pot and boil.

Even though I don’t know how to make sea bass soup, I know how to make geography, so today I’m planning on making sea bass geography stew.

First of all, to do geography, you need a radish… .

Just then, I saw some ding-dings coming from afar.

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– Captain! We’re here.

―There are some cute people out there.

-Huh…? Elf?

The DingDings appeared, all carrying large radishes on their heads.

Earthred was also holding a leek in each hand.

Edward looked at Earthred with interest.

“Huh, is that a mid-level spirit?”

“My name is Earthred. I rescued him from the dwarves and brought him here.”

Charlotte’s eyes lit up at the word dwarf.

“Park Dal-gu, have you made contact with a dwarf?”

“By any chance… … Would it be possible to bring a mid-level spirit?”

“No, that doesn’t matter at all. Are you hurt, Bak Dal-gu? Dwarves are a vicious and incompetent people.”

“Uh, yes. It’s okay. … Miss Charlotte?”

Charlotte overreacts to the dwarf’s story.

She searched my body carefully with her eyes.

Why are you doing this?

“Park Dal-gu, you must understand. My nephew hates dwarves.”

“… Anyone who experiences something like that would start to hate it.”

“What happened?”

“Dwarves are a dirty and filthy race.”

Charlotte gritted her teeth.

When I was wondering why this was happening, Edward started talking.

“After we learned that the spirit realm was connected to other worlds, we contacted the dwarves through the spirit realm. And we sent Charlotte as their envoy.”

Charlotte’s anecdote was as follows.

Charlotte went to the dwarf world as a representative of the delegation.

The humiliation and humiliation she suffered there was beyond imagination.

―You look so awkward that you don’t even look like you can hold a hammer properly.

―Fruits? Vegetables? Hahaha! You brought me these as gifts.

-Where did the meat and beer go?

– It’s peace. Peace is something that happens between equals.

-Get out now, you damn fools!

The world we live in is different, and of course the culture is different.

But they did not respect the elven culture.

Since then, the reconciliation has been broken off and relations have returned to complete hostility.

“That happened.”

“That’s right. It’s no wonder you hate dwarves, after being cursed at in front of their faces.”

“You’d better stop talking about hairy dwarves. It spoils the flavor of the meal.”

“Haha, that’s good. Since the ding-dings are here too.”

A giant radish the size of a thigh brought by the ding-dings.

Radish is essential for making Jiritang.

I placed it on a cutting board and started chopping the radish.

‘I’m more used to slicing vegetables than cutting them into strips.’

In clear soups, it is common to add radish cut into large pieces.

In Jeju Island, it is common to go in with a sliced ​​vegetable.

There was a time when the radish was cut into strips and put in like that when preparing swordfish.

‘Come to think of it, I wonder if Harin is doing well. I haven’t seen her much since then.’

Boiling swordfish stew was a way to repay Im Ha-rin for saving me at the fish market.

You could tell just by looking at him that he was extremely tired.

I’ve only seen him once or twice since then because he’s so busy.

As I was cutting with my sword, wondering if she was doing well, Charlotte’s eyes sparkled next to me.

“Your swordsmanship is always amazing to see.”

“Is that so? Thank you.”

“Haha, even I, who have lived for a long time, think your cooking skills are truly excellent. Especially when it comes to cooking that pleases the eater.”

I feel embarrassed by Charlotte and Edward’s compliments.

After quickly finishing cutting the vegetables, I threw the radish into the boiling sea bass broth.

Now boil until the radish becomes translucent, season with soy sauce or salt, and you’re done.

“Okay, so now that the national road is almost ready, shall we eat?”

-I’ve been waiting for you!

-It looks delicious!

―Park Dal-gu, I always look forward to your cooking just from the smell.

“Heh heh heh.”

“Oh, I want to eat it soon.”

Everyone’s eyes turned to the plate of sashimi I was holding.

I put the bowl down on the floor with a smile.

The meal was about to begin.

Charlotte and Edward are busy moving their chopsticks,

When the ding-dings start to stick their noses into the plate.

I also picked up my chopsticks and took a piece of raw sea bass.

‘I guess I should eat the back meat first.’

The back was a slightly grayish brown color, almost like a tawny color.

It was definitely not a color that would make you feel bad or reduce your appetite.

Just thinking about sea bass sashimi makes my mouth water even more.

I slowly put the sea bass fillet into my mouth.

‘This is a sea bass.’

The sea bass I’ve eaten so far has been more like a plain white fish.

I ate the 1m long giant sea bass caught in the sea of ​​another world as sashimi.

The difference was clearly felt.

At the same time, you can strongly feel the sweetness unique to white fish.

It was a taste that made me feel good as the rich, savory flavor spread as I chewed it.

Although it wasn’t as good as tuna, the meat was quite soft and went down my throat quickly after chewing it.

‘It has a chewier texture than tuna, and is more tender than flounder… It is truly a taste of the middle way.’

It was an evaluation of the sea bass fillet.

Some may criticize it as having a taste that is neither here nor there.

I would like to praise it for its middle-of-the-road flavor that you can’t find anywhere else, including halibut and tuna.

Because it was a comfortable taste that even those with a strong taste for raw fish could enjoy with ease.

‘Then next is belly fat.’

The belly fat had several cuts because the white membrane could be tough.

First of all, its milky white appearance whetted my appetite.

The fat was so bad that it soaked the knife when cutting the fish.

I wonder what it tastes like.

I had high hopes for my belly fat.

I picked up the belly of the sea bass with chopsticks.