Chapter 269: Event status and cooking oil<hr>
    The next day, Kaito and his friends were fidgeting at school. Today was thest day of the preliminary round. After school, they were anxious to see if their ranking would drop.
    It''s a tough time for people who are doing the event.
    In case you were wondering, the current rankings seem to be fluctuating a lot. Kaito, who will be watching tomorrow, tells me who is attracting attention.
    "First of all, it''s a single match, but as Seigo expected, ninja are ferocious. In particr, the dark job ninja is in the lead"
    A dark job ninja...that sounds strong. Or rather, with a dark job you can participate normally.
    "Single battles are a crushing of dark job yers and anti-dark job yers. The normal upations are also filled with genuinely strong people"
    "Does that mean they''re all going to be tough?"
    "Yeah. I can''t do single matches, so I''m aiming for tag teams. In tag teams, it''s tougher for dark job yers to participate, so that''s what I''m aiming for"
    I see. Oh?
    "If it''s too tough for the dark jobs, does that mean there are dark job yers who can participate?"
    "Yes. Don''t you know...a dark summoner. He''s out tag-teaming with a summoned beast he stole. If you''reing to see the event, you better not let Lily and the others see it, okay? It''s a huge bashing storm on the summoner and beastmaster bulletin board because it''s so bad"
    I don''t know if it''s that bad...I''m sure Lily and the others will want to see it, but I''d rather not take them.
    "I''m sorry...you had to tell me"
    "No problem. I''m a guy who loves beautiful NPCs! Well, if you want to thank me, make me a cheat sheet"
    That sucks. But I don''t have a choice.
    "Okay. I''ll give you the legendary secret tool"
    "Oh! Seriously!?"
    I give Kaito a pencil with numbers written on it.
    "That''s a pencil dice! I already have one, so I don''t need it!"
    I didn''t expect anyone to rely on this. I happened to see it in a stationery store and bought it on impulse...
    "It''s brand new?"
    "I know it when I see it! You should at least peel off the price!"
    Oh dear. I''m in trouble with the extravagant Kaito.
    After school, I bought some ingredients and logged in.
    Today, I''m going to do some things with the vegetables we harvested yesterday. The first thing I did was to list summon at the Beastmasters Guild. The target was an imp. I set a medium magic stone.
    "List Summon!"
    ......No response from the magic circle. I knew it would fail. Huu...well, it''s a good thing I''m not in a hurry.
    I went to the farming guild and bought some special tools.
    I bought a pulping machine, a squeezer, a distilling barrel, an oil press and a fermentation barrel.
    There was also a brewing barrel, but I couldn''t afford it. I bought the fermentation barrel because I was curious if it would make a difference to my cooking skill. If there is no difference, I won''t be buying any more.
    Then, let''s start with the sugar cane.
    First, I set the sugar cane in the squeezer. Lily insisted on doing it, so she turned the handle.
    Then the juice that will be used to make sugares out.
    "Takuto! This is amazing! Let me try some more!"
    As Lily squeezed the juice, impurities were removed using a filtration system, just like when sugar was made. Then the raw sugar solution is made, but there is still some juice left over that has lost its sweetness. ording to the grandmother''s book, the waste msses is called Ito-mitsu, but I had to use this one, which I had thrown away without paying attentionst time. Of course I''m going to make sugar out of it.
    I''ll use my fermentation skill on this waste msses.
    "Fermentation!"
    It doesn''t work, but I heard that if you put this in a distition barrel, you can make bioethanol. It''ll take three days to make it. I guess I''ll just have to be patient.
    After that, I set Lily''srge amount of sugarcane lees into the pulp machine. When the button is pressed, a white nt fiber is produced. I appraise it.
    <b><i>Bagasse Pulp: Rarity 4 Material Item Quality D-</i></b>
    <b><i>Pulp made from sugar cane strained lees. It is used as a material for paper.</i></b>
    As the description says, it can be used to make paper. Speaking of paper, it''s the material for the grimoire that Nebiros used. I hadn''t expected it to be made from sugar cane strained lees.
    ording to the inte, it can be made from pine trees. I''ll try making it when I''m free from Despena. I''m going to make a lot of this and store it.
    I''ve heard that you can also make rum, but I''m underage and can''t drink or make alcohol under the game rules. I guess this will have to do. The only things I''m allowed to use for cooking are sake, wine and mirin, but only for cooking. Of course, you can''t drink them.
    Well, I''ll leave the drinking to Ruin-san and the others.
    Next was the oilseed rape. I put the rapeseed into the oil press and squeezed it manually. Here''s what I got.
    <b>Rapeseed Oil: Rarity 4 Cooking Quality D-</b>
    <b>Cooking oil squeezed from rapeseed. It has a unique vor and is used in a variety of dishes from stir-fries to fried foods.</b>
    The first cooking oil was born! This means that the range of cuisine has been expanded at once.
    Now all I have to do is use it in cooking as rape blossoms.
    Finally, corn.
    This too will be used in the same way as sugar cane to make bioethanol. I''m looking forward to seeing the difference. And using the same powdering method as for sugar cane, I was able to produce this.
    <b>Corn Feed: Rarity 4 Cooking Quality D-</b>
    <b>Corn is powdered and made into feed. More popr than regr feed.</b>
    I was expecting a little bit of corn soup, but it''s still not very sweet.
    I gave the corn feed to Liqueur and others and it worked great. I was afraid of the stares of the other horses, but I hope they get some from their masters.
    The other thing about corn is the alcohol. It''s famous for beer and whiskey. I''ll leave this to Ruin-san and the others.
    Now, I''m testing thefort of rapeseed oil as soon as possible. I made a vegetable stir-fry using Wapiti''s venison and cabbage that Yuuna-san gave me.
    <b>Stir-fried Vegetables with Carrots and Cabbage: Rarity 3 Cooking Quality D+</b>
    <b>Effect: 40% fullness recovery, 2 hours magic power increase (medium)</b>
    <b>A dish of carrots and cabbage stir-fried in rapeseed oil and seasoned with salt.</b>
    <b>Wapiti''s Grilled Meat: Rarity 5 Cooking Quality D+</b>
    <b>Effect: 50% fullness recovery, 2 hours strength up rge)</b>
    <b>A dish of Wapiti venison grilled in rapeseed oil and seasoned with fish sauce.</b>
    There seems to be no change in rarity or effect, but the quality seems to have increased. As I tasted the food, I noticed that the food cooked very differently without the oil. I can''t believe that stir-fried vegetables seasoned with salt tastes so good and when I think back to the beginning, I feel like I''ve finallye this far.
    The other vegetables I''m interested in are rice, wheat and soybeans. I don''t have any quests for them at the moment, but I''m sure they''re more than just sugar cane.
    After that, judging from the time, I leave Lieblich to Lily and the others and I meet Ghoul while I''m working with Sabik and Puyosuke to purify the outskirts of Freetia.
    Other yers and NPCs were also doing purification work, so it seems that the Ghouls appeared because of the distance from Freetia. If it came, there''s nothing I can do about it. Let''s get rid of the indignation that we can''t do in our daily battles!
    At the same time, I''ll summon new forces to raise their levels. It''s Sephone and Astel.
    "Huhahaha! My name is Sephone! I am the demon king Sephone!"
    She''s getting excited, isn''t she? Well, it''s her first battle, so I guess it can''t be helped.
    "By the way, my Lord. It''s not nighttime, so I''m worried?"
    Well, if I''m going to use Sephone, I''m going to use her at night.
    "It will be fine. The enemy is there"
    When Sephone saw the enemy, she froze.
    "You''re not asking me to suck the blood out of that thing, are you?"
    Apparently, she didn''t want to suck the blood of anything. I''m not sure I''d want to bite a ghoul.
    "This is also a test to be a demon king. Good luck"
    "Ugu...a test to be a demon king...b, but this time I don''t have to do anything about it!"
    Well, as a matter of fact, Sabik and Puyosuke should be enough to deal with the Ghouls. So, I''ll let Sabik and Puyosuke go wild. Astel also supported with her magic attack. Seeing this, Sephone also got motivated.
    "I''ll help you since you''re struggling. Come on! My servant! Shadow Summoning!"
    A mysterious creature with a round body and bat wings appeared from Sephone''s shadow. It''s not like Nowa''s shadow summoning.
    "Go! My servant!"
    The mysterious creature bites the ghoul and disappears. Eh? It didn''t look like it was attacked or anything.
    "Umm! Well done!"
    The fact that she looks satisfied means that it''s a specification.
    "Maybe not, but does it disappear after one attack?"
    "Yes, but?"
    ...What''s the point of summoning it?
    "Nu! You have just mocked my servant! For the record, he was the servant I needed to see the outside world!"
    "Hmm? Does that mean you can share your vision with that guy"
    "Indeed. By the way, it can''t do sound and it can''t move freely"
    I see. I''ve always wondered how she got the information about Princess Sylphy and how she saw her, but I guess she used this. But she can''t move it at will?
    "Didn''t you just move it earlier?"
    "I onlymanded the servant. After that, it moves on its own"
    Is that simr to Little Nowa? That''s why. It was a coincidence that she learned about Princess Sylphy...well, I don''t think that''s the case.
    "Try using Nightmare for the time being"
    "Leave it to me!"
    When Sephone uses nightmare, one of the ghouls falls asleep. Then it starts to suffer and its vitality decreases. After a while, the ghoul wakes up. So this is nightmare. I guess it''s a magic that gives you nightmares. Unfortunately, it doesn''t seem to have the firepower to defeat the Ghouls.
    Well, I didn''t ask her to suck blood here. I wouldn''t want to be in Sephone''s shoes.
    I noticed when I was looking at the Ghouls that came out one after another that they didn''t seem to step into the purified areas. This means that if we attack them from the purified area, we can kill them safely.
    While I was observing the battle, I suddenly felt a mysterious wind. It seems that Gluttony has arrived. I''ve thought of a n this time, so it won''t go as well asst time. I''ll summon Mir.
    "Mir! Drop Gluttony into the pit"
    "Understood!"
    "Sabik, Puyosuke! Withdraw! Pull back!"
    The n is to retreat safely since we can''t fight now.
    On my orders, Sabik retrieves Puyosuke and returns. We start to run away, but we get sucked in. It''s still a hell of a fight, but we''re not getting sucked in this time!
    Suddenly the wind stops sucking us in. It looks like Mir did a good job. If it falls into a pit, it won''t be able to inhale us on the distant ground.
    The only thing left to do was to run to Freetia.
    "...I don''t think that''s very cool, do you?"
    "Tell me that kind of thing after you''ve been sucked in by Gluttony. It''s a horrifying experience to say the least"
    "U, Umm. This is the kind of fight you need!"
    I''m d she understands. I wish I could do it in style, but this is how it has to be. We managed to escape to Freetia, but as a result of using Mir and Sephone, Lily and the others found out that we were fighting.
    Moreover, they said that the store was in trouble after Mir and Sephone left. That was a bad thing to do. I''m a little sorry.
    After I finished my production work, I logged out to study for my test.<hr>
    <b><i>Name Ion Dragonewt Envelope Lv13</i></b>
    Vitality 63
    Magic Power 106
    Strength 60
    Defense 33
    Agility 138
    Dexterity 109
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Dual Wield Lv27
    Spear Lv4
    Throwing Maneuver Lv8
    Flight Lv9
    Swimming Action Lv12
    Ice de Lv14
    Rengeki Lv5
    Water Magic Lv16
    Blue Wave Motion Lv3
    Dragon Technique Lv8
    Dragonification Lv7
    Sea Dragon Blessing Lv5
    Cooking Lv12Lv15<hr>
    <b><i>Name Setia High Elf Lv12</i></b>
    Vitality 53
    Magic Power 143
    Strength 47
    Defense 36
    Agility 39
    Dexterity 143
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Staff Lv14
    Magic Bow Lv19
    Eagle Eye Lv9
    Shooting Lv11
    Woodworking Lv17
    Collecting Lv24Lv28
    Dose Lv12
    Engraving Lv5
    Jewel Magic Lv2
    Lapidary Lv2
    Wind Magic Lv7
    Fire Magic Lv17
    Water Magic Lv24
    Earth Magic Lv13
    Dark Magic Lv1
    Sacred Magic Lv6
    Lightning Magic Lv3
    Explosion Magic Lv2
    Wood Magic Lv16
    Ice Magic Lv5
    Tree Magic Lv9
    High Elven Knowledge Lv22
    Spirit Summoning Lv7
    Cooking Lv12Lv15<hr>
    <b><i>Name Koihi Shrine Beast Lv10</i></b>
    Vitality 77
    Magic Power 95
    Strength 95
    Defense 48
    Agility 109
    Dexterity 75
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Katana Lv18
    Dual Wield Lv1
    Wind de Lv4
    me Magic Lv11
    Evil me Lv12
    Holy Fire Lv21
    Sign Detection Lv21
    Danger Premonition Lv20
    Spirit Power Lv2
    Illusion Lv2
    Shinto Magic Lv5
    Lookout Lv6
    Swift Lv7
    Sorcery Lv2
    Blood Awakening Lv6
    Cooking Lv12Lv15
    Invocation Lv1
    Beastification Lv2<hr>
    <b><i>Name Wako Shrine Beast Lv7</i></b>
    Vitality 78
    Magic Power 108
    Strength 48
    Defense 40
    Agility 100
    Dexterity 102
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Fan Lv10
    Dance Lv10
    Throwing Maneuver Lv10
    Evil me Lv10
    Holy Fire Lv13
    Sign Detection Lv13
    Danger Detection Lv13
    Seal Magic Lv12
    Illusion Lv10
    me Magic Lv6
    Shinto Magic Lv16
    Sorcery Lv10
    Sewing Lv14
    Leatherworking Lv12
    Cooking Lv17Lv19
    Blood Awakening Lv5
    Invocation Lv1
    Beastification Lv2<hr>
    <b><i>Name Sephone Vampire Lv1Lv6</i></b>
    Vitality 1820
    Magic Power 2025
    Strength 1415
    Defense 1012
    Agility 1012
    Dexterity 2025
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Bloodsucking Lv10
    Night Vision Lv10Lv12
    Shadow Hiding Lv10
    Shadow Summoning Lv10
    Stealth Lv10
    Darkness Magic Lv1Lv2
    Night Immortality Lv10<hr>
    <b><i>Name Sabik Yurlungur Lv3</i></b>
    Vitality 79
    Magic Power 44
    Strength 58
    Defense 42
    Agility 64
    Dexterity 48
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Bite Lv21
    Coiling Lv14
    Mow Down Lv3Lv7
    Iron Wall Lv3
    Deadly Poison Lv19
    Heat Detection Lv13
    Underwater Action Lv1
    Lightning Magic Lv3Lv5
    Water Magic Lv3Lv5
    Earth Movement Lv4
    Praying for Rain Lv8
    Water Breath Lv3Lv5
    Resurrection Lv2<hr>
    <b><i>Name Loco Moco Happiness Sheep Lv8</i></b>
    Vitality 104
    Magic Power 69
    Strength 11
    Defense 89
    Agility 48
    Dexterity 40
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Flight Lv6
    Ramming Lv3
    Danger Detection Lv11
    Run Away Lv3
    Hair Growth Lv14Lv15
    Milking Lv14Lv15
    Cold Resistance Lv1
    Happiness Lv8
    Blessing Lv8
    Protection Lv4
    Light Magic Lv3
    Heavenly Blessing Lv10<hr>
    <b><i>Name Aranea Tsuchigumo Lv7</i></b>
    Vitality 46
    Magic Power 55
    Strength 52
    Defense 28
    Agility 34
    Dexterity 86
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Bite Lv6
    Fighting Lv1
    Adhesive Thread Lv18Lv19
    Soft Thread Lv13Lv14
    Steel Thread Lv25Lv26
    Trap Setting Lv20
    Thread Detection Lv6
    Poison Breath Lv3
    Earth Hiding Lv3
    Throwing Lv4
    Earth Magic Lv1
    Curse Lv1
    Sorcery Lv1<hr>
    <b><i>Name Puyosuke Clean Slime Lv3</i></b>
    Vitality 70
    Magic Power 0
    Strength 0
    Defense 91
    Agility 36
    Dexterity 42
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Predator Lv21Lv24
    Defense Lv10
    Physical Disable Lv12Lv15
    Transformation Lv24Lv25
    Impact Absorption Lv11
    Splitting Lv13
    Regeneration Lv19
    Provocation Lv3Lv5
    Corrosion Lv3Lv5
    Underwater Action Lv9
    Extreme Cold Body Lv19Lv20
    Purification Lv15Lv17
    Water Attribute No Effect Lv1
    Fire Attribute No Effect Lv3<hr>
    <b><i>Name Airy torog Lv8</i></b>
    Vitality 84
    Magic Power 50
    Strength 52
    Defense 32
    Agility 65
    Dexterity 45
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Horn Strike Lv18
    Climbing Lv4
    Danger Detection Lv14
    Leap Lv10
    Gale Lv15
    Wood Magic Lv3
    Light Magic Lv12
    Milking Lv11Lv12
    Protection Lv5
    Blessing Lv6
    Resurrection Lv1
    Berserkerification Lv2<hr>
    <b><i>Name Astel Fairy Lv1Lv3</i></b>
    Vitality 2022
    Magic Power 3539
    Strength 15
    Defense 20
    Agility 3034
    Dexterity 2226
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Flight Lv1Lv3
    Lyre Lv1
    Dancing Lv1
    Fascination Scales Lv1
    Wind Magic Lv1Lv3
    Wood Magic Lv1Lv3
    Illusion Lv1