ADELE’S MAGNIFICENT ACADEMY LIFE
Story 2:
DIY Natto
I wish I had some Japanese food , Adele thought one day. However, she didn’t want to eat any fancy, high-class cooking.
All she wanted were simple dishes: miso soup and natto and sashimi on rice.
If she traveled to a seaside town, she might be able to eat fresh fish, but she would still have no wasabi or soy sauce.
“Well, I can’t worry about what I don’t have, so I’ll have to try to make do! Plus, if I use a few cooking hacks, maybe I can save money!”
Adele had read many books in her previous life, including one on fermented foods.
“I’m definitely going to need some soy sauce, so I’ll get soybeans, wheat, brine, yeast germ… Yeast germ?”
She had no idea what yeast germ even was nor where to get her hands on it. She probably wouldn’t even know it if she saw it. She wasn’t even sure it would be visible to the naked eye.
“Well, that’s a no, then. Maybe I’ll start with miso instead! As far as I remember, the only things you need to make miso are soybeans, salt, yeast… Never mind!”
Things were not going well. That little thing called yeast was standing in the way of all Adele’s ambitions.
“Natto, then! Natto is just soybeans and natto-kin… That I know!”
Thankfully, natto-kin were something that she did have some knowledge of. They were a variety of bacteria often found on rice stalks. When subjected to high heat such as boiling, all other varieties of bacteria died off, leaving only the natto-kin behind.
She would have to wash and boil the soybeans, then mix in the bacteria. That seemed simple enough. Even if she failed, she could just keep experimenting and try it again. And, when she did finally succeed, she could make a lot, and store it in her loot box…
PROLIFERATING BACTERIAL WEAPONRY IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
“Huh?”
PROLIFERATING BACTERIAL WEAPONRY IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. BYPASSING THIS RESTRICTION REQUIRES AT LEAST A LEVEL SEVEN AUTHORIZATION.
Adele froze as the nanomachine voice pierced her eardrums.
“Huh? No, um—it’s just natto, a food!”
PROLIFERATING BACTERIAL WEAPONRY IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
The nanomachines, which had always seemed fairly friendly, now sounded harsh and cold. Adele was speechless.
“Wh-what do you meeeeeeean?!”
And so, Adele’s Japanese cooking scheme was vanquished in a matter of moments.
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