Chapter 72: "Cooking with Sirin, Episode II"

"Come on big sister Sirin! You can win!"

Hear Kiana's excited screams. Sirin, who was wearing a cloth over her head to cover her hair, couldn't help but smile.

Thea clicked her tongue in displeasure:

"Don't be happy brat. No matter how good the food you make, can you beat the crystallization of the wisdom of modern civilization? After you taste the seasoning of instant noodles, you will feel what is called a gap in civilization!"

At Thea's provocation, Sirin immediately ignored her.

However who is the final winner is still not certain. We don't know who will be laughing at the end.

"Huff... I'm start."

Adjusting her mood, Sirin immediately cooked.

Today's goal is to cook vegetable chicken soup. She had bought all the ingredients needed at the supermarket earlier.

Bring the water to a boil in a pot, and take out the potatoes and carrots from the paper grocery bag. Sirin washed them clean, and she slowly peeled them off.

Cut the potatoes into squares, and cut the carrots into thin strips. Sirin put everything she chopped into the boiling water, and she covered the pot to let the texture of the ingredients soften.

Next is sautéing the spices...

Sirin did everything one by one.

Kiana who stared at the boiled potatoes and carrots boiling in the pot, couldn't help but salivate.

"Smells so good..."

Kiana sniffed the fragrance in the air greedily, before she regained her senses, and froze in place silently.

She somehow felt something was wrong.

Does potato and carrot stew usually smell good like this? It's not their smell!

Kiana immediately looked to the side, and she looked at the source of this fragrant smell.

"It's finished!"

Thea had finished cooking.

The sweet smell of instant noodles in the pot, was the smell that Kiana had just smelled earlier.

However, there is a reason why instant noodles are called instant noodles.

They really are instant and very quick to make.

"Hum! Hum! Is your cooking still taking long Sirin~?" Thea teased Sirin who looked still very focused.

"Did you cook vegetable chicken soup? Hahaha, you idiot! My instant noodles also taste the same!"

"Instant noodle soup chicken lime flavour, soto flavour, chicken curry flavour, spicy chicken flavour, vegetable chicken flavour, and chicken stock flavour! I want to see how you can beat this legendary noodle combination of mine!'

"Muahahahahahahahaha!!!"

Thea laughed like a villain. However, with the combination of the instant noodles she made, she didn't see how she could lose to Sirin.

Instant noodle seasoning is the number one seasoning in the world!

"Big sister! Big sister! Let me taste a little of it! Just a little bit!"

Seeing Kiana who approached her quickly while carrying a rather large white bowl in her hand. Thea shook her head.

"No Kiana. I'm an honest person. So we can only eat after Sirin finishes preparing the food."

She has the power to stop time by keeping her instant noodles from expanding. Feeling that she couldn't lose to Sirin, Thea better play fair.

However in the end only she will be the winner.

Does she need to cheat in a competition where fate has already made the choice?

It will only waste her brain cells for nothing.

"Please, just a little bit~!"

"Don't make me repeat what I just said Kiana. Your cute eyes don't work on me anymore."

"Auhhh..."

Kiana who saw Thea being such a stubborn person, could only sigh helplessly, and she left from there with a sad expression on her face.

Sit down at the dining table, and put the plate and spoon in her hands onto the table. Kiana, who had low spirits because she was too hungry, looked at Aurora who was currently sitting in front of her.

At this moment, on Aurora's usually emotionless face, there was an expression full of pent up hatred, which was directed at Thea without any need to hide it.

"How dare she take my instant noodles as her masterpiece creation... You bastard, lowly creature, mole, shameless ant..."

"Another me, what are you muttering about? Are you hungry too?"

"Hum!"

Aurora raised her head arrogantly, and ignored Kiana as usual.

Back to the kitchen....

Cuts into small pieces the chicken she has bought at the supermarket. Sirin put it into a pot of boiling broth, and she stirred it for a while.

"Needs more salt."

Sirin, who tasted the vegetable broth she made, gave an analysis of her own.

There is a big difference between how town people cook, and village people.

City people rely more on precise data to cook their food. Like how many grams, how many spoons, and so on.

As for village people, they usually cook using their instincts.

Do you understand how many spoons of sugar to make delicious tea? The people in the village, and her mother would usually use the words "enough."

How many spoons of salt are needed for this dish? Only use enough.

Then this one?

Just enough.

Not enough? Add more!

The people who are the best at cooking in the village are usually the ones with the best cooking instincts.

And most of them are women and housewives.

Sirin didn't know whether her current instincts belonged to the class of good at cooking or not. But, she was at least certain that the dishes she was currently making were quite good.

"Almost ready, wait another fifteen minutes."

"Really? Yeah!!! I can finally eat!"

Hearing Kiana's excited voice, it's like a homeless person who hasn't eaten for 3 days. Sirin, who was stirring her chicken soup, smiled a little.

No one could hate such a cute little girl like her little sister.

Waiting second by second, and turning into minute by minute. 15 minutes had passed, and Sirin turned off her stove.

Her vegetable chicken soup is ready.

"Big sister Sirin! Big sister Sirin!"

"Yes, yes, I know. Take it slowly, don't let it spill on the floor."

Take Kiana's bowl, and fill it with her homemade chicken vegetable soup. Sirin also made a copy for Aurora, and she looked at Thea.

"You want too?"

"Hum! Not needed. My stomach is only enough to accommodate my homemade noodles. You just need to get ready to wash all the dirty kitchen utensils!"

Rolled her eyes at Thea's arrogant attitude, as if she was the winner. Sirin, who was also hungry, immediately went to eat with Kiana.

On the dining table....

There are now two opposing camps.

Sirin's vegetable chicken soup, and Thea's mixed instant noodles.

Both of these foods each emit a very tempting aroma.

Thea, and Sirin each had their own dishes in their hands. As for Aurora, and Kiana, they have both.

Both Kiana and Aurora are the judges here.

It's the two of them who will determine who wins in this cooking battle.

"I'm full~!!!"

Kiana patted her belly happily.

Seeing that Kiana finished all the food from the two camps. Thea asked curiously.

"So, which dish do you think tastes the best?"

Hear what her big sister said. Kiana closed her eyes for a while to think, and she finally walked towards Sirin's seat.

Seeing that her sister expression started to turn ugly. Kiana smiled so sweetly.

"What why?!!"

Kiana smiled broadly: "Sister Sirin let me eat my fill. The bread are really good!"

"...."

This was the worst reason she had ever heard.

Since when did the bread she bought at the supermarket fall into their competence? Was this her revenge for not letting her taste the instant noodles earlier before?

Rating This definitely has personal complaint mixed in!

"Then what about you, Aurora? Haven't you only been eating instant noodles?! Why are you standing behind Sirin!"

Standing behind Sirin silently, and looking at Thea quietly. The expression on Aurora's face slowly turned into one of extreme disgust.

"I hate you."

Thea: "...."

Well, this one is really a personal complaint.

"Oh, looks like I won. Did anyone here say that whoever loses has to wash all the kitchen utensils? Where is she huh~?"

Sirin who saw her completely won. Just looked at Thea with a smug look.

To be honest, she didn't care whether she won or lost this cooking battle.

But when she saw the ugly expression on Thea's face, she somehow felt that everything she was doing right now was worth it.

She felt very happy.

"No! The judgment of the two of you is too subjective! I don't accept this kind of judgment!"

"We need a fair referee without taking sides! How could my instant noodles lose!"

Gritting her teeth in annoyance. Thea thought for a moment to find a fair referee, and she suddenly had an idea.