Book 9: Chapter 12
Hello there, Im Mai.
Im a Spirit that controls fire attribute magic.
Halt-sama, a human, and I are bound by a contract, and its thanks to him that I can manifest here in the Human Realm. Im also his wife now.
Mei, my water spirit sister, is also Halts wife along with me.
Spirits dont have surnames, but because were married to Halt-sama, I also have my own surname now.
And I love this name.
Thats why, please allow me to introduce myself once again.
Hello, Im Mai Ernol.
Please treat me well.
Well, in the Ernol family, all of Halts wives took turns in doing the household chores.
Im always with Mei whenever we do our chores. Let me tell you about our daily work.
Mai and Mei are assigned on meal duty for today.
We have to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for 14 people and one beast, and thats the entire Ernol family Halt-sama, his thirteen wives including Mai and me, Divine Beast Shiro-sama. Sylph-sama, the Wind Spirit King, alsoes here to y every now and then, so most of the time wed cook for 15 people.
Yesterdays chore duty was to go shopping. We shop for daily essentials, necessities and ingredients for the meals for the next day. Thus, the people assigned to cook were also the ones assigned to shop groceries the day before their kitchen duty.
By the way, Tina gives us the money to buy the ingredients. She also gives us plenty of pocket money, but we spirits dont have any materialistic desires.
Thats why we decided to save almost all of our allowances. Itd be great if we could go on a trip with Halt-sama, with only the three of us.
But then, if were to go, Tina will probablye along with us. If Tina will go, then Youko and Leaffa
Fufufu. The entire family will probably go one way or the other.
In the end, were always going on trips as a family, but I love our family trips, so I n to suggest another trip once Ive saved enough.
But then, its a bit weird to go on a trip with Tina using the allowance that she gave us.
How on earth did Tina manage to earn that much?
Mai? What happened? Youre in a daze.
I was too immersed in my thoughts so I made Mei worry about me.
Sorry, its nothing. Lets cook.
Okay!
Mei and I started to cook using the ingredients we bought yesterday. Well have grilled fish, steamed rice and miso soup for breakfast for today. Grilled fish and miso soup are Halt-samas favorites.
Halts favorite rice is also from Faunost, the ind country in the Far East. Halt-sama is a transmigrated person from another world. The rice from Faunost resembles the rice from his previous world, so he likes it.
Faunost is very far from Glendale, the country where Halt-samas mansion is located, but Mei and I are spirits. By returning to the Spirit Realm once, we can go to wherever we wanted in the Human Realm.
However, unlike Halt-samas teleportation, we cant take anyone else with us. We could already do this since we were born, so we dont even know how we could go back and forth from the Human Realm to Spirit Realm.
Well, lets set that aside for now. Whats important is to prepare the rice that Halt-sama loves. Its not something that could be done easily. Faunost is super far from Glendale, after all.
Normally, its impossible.
Yes, <em>normally.</em>
There are a handful of people among the Ernol family who can go as far as Faunost and return within one day of shopping. Youko, Hakua and Sitri can travel with ultra-high speed, and they would even go to kingdoms and countries that are a lot farther away than Faunost.
Thus, our ability to go to far away ces to shop isnt really an huge advantage within the Ernol family. Thats why we have to contend using the appearance and taste of our dishes!
Honestly, Youko and the others dishes are
How to put thistheyre simply awful to look at.
Tina is coaching them well, so the taste isnt bad.
Its just that the meat was burnt, or the vegetables were cut unevenly.
Im a fire spirit, considered to be one of the high-ranking existence among all the spirits.
Halt gave me a huge amount of mana, so Im quite confident that my power is at par with Ifrit-sama, the current Fire Spirit King.
Sorry.
I was carried away.
Its a bit of a stretch to say that Imparable to a Spirit King.
But I can safely say that Im an awesome Fire Spirit, second only to Ifrit-sama. Hes not the type to always manifest himself.
In other words, I can be considered as the greatest magician in this world when ites to handling fire. Its totally unimaginable for me to burn food. Even when I want to scorch it, I can adjust it to perfection.
Todays grilled fish is also perfect.
The rice is also steamed nicely.
By the way, we used Meis spiritual water to cook the rice, and of course we also used it for the miso soup.
This spiritual water can heal any kind of illness with just one sip, and if a healthy person drinks it, his lifespan can be extended for another year. Thats how ultra rare this is. Mei also turned into a Spirit King level existence thanks to the mana that Halt-sama gave us.
She could only produce a few liters of spiritual water in a week. Its tasteless, odorless just like normal water. Thats why nobody would definitely discover that were secretly prolonging the lives of our family.
Spirits do not have lifespans.
If Halt-sama were to live as a normal person, he would probably die even before a century is over. 1,000 years, and Tina and Leaffa would also be gone. 10,000 years, and Youko and Hakua, too
Thats too miserable!!!
Creator God-sama bestowed his divine protection on each member of the Ernol family, so their lifespans might have been extended somehow. But even so, there is still a limit.
Thats why Mai and I extend their lifespans through food.
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T/N: Want some elixir of immortality? No need for alchemy, just befriend Halt and eat with him at his house whenever Mai and Mei are assigned to kitchen duty XD
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