"This... this is dragon meat seven-star fry?"
Chagall was stunned.
This thief-like leader of the King Dragon Knights was now looking at the food on his plate in disbelief. He had eaten dragon meat seven-star fry made by Randolph before, but the taste was nothing like this. It wasn't just a change, it was like it wasn't even the same thing.
The original terrible texture of the dragon meat was hidden by another wonderful feeling. The meat not only became tender and delicious, but also perfectly brought out the advantages of fried meat, making it refreshing and giving it an endless aftertaste.
Even in the Dragon King Kingdom, a land known for its incredibly mature cooking techniques, this plate of dragon meat seven-star fry was definitely a rare delicacy.
"How, how did you do this?"
Chagall asked almost instinctively, a look of shock on his face.
Randolph was undoubtedly the one who could understand Chagall's confusion. Although he had been in the kitchen with Shirou almost the entire time, he didn't fully understand everything that had happened in the kitchen.
Or rather, although he could understand the steps Shirou took, he was completely in awe of Shirou's cooking ideas.
Just changing some cooking ideas and adding a few steps in the process could result in a final dish that was completely different.
Randolph couldn't put his feelings into words. He felt like he was seeing a living god of cooking standing in front of him.
"Master, cooking master, may I know your name?"
For the Death God, one of the mighty seven, to call a strange young man "master" shocked Chagall, who knew the truth.
Shirou, however, didn't pay much attention because he didn't know Randolph's identity. He just quietly replied, "I am Shirou Greyrat, and you don't need to call me master. I just have a bit of a hobby for cooking, so I've been studying it out of interest."
"Out of interest..."
Shirou's words made Randolph and Chagall's lips tremble.
They both knew how huge the problems with that dragon meat seven-star fry were, but this guy had just casually solved them in a few hours.
This was undoubtedly a shocking thing.
But in reality, the main reason Shirou was able to fix the dragon meat seven-star fry so quickly was that he had encountered too many situations in the Demon Continent where the ingredients weren't good, and he had to rely on his cooking skills to make up for the shortcomings.
To say nothing else, the Big King Turtle of the Migurd race alone taught Shirou a wealth of methods for dealing with meat that was both rough and tough.
Throughout his travels, his cooking skills had improved greatly, so he could naturally easily handle dragon meat, an ingredient that was difficult to cook.
Speaking of which, Shirou now realized that the ingredient he had just cooked was dragon meat.
Did the Dragon King Kingdom use dragon meat as a regular ingredient?
The fighting power of this country was too fierce.
While Shirou was slightly shocked, Eris and Ruijerd had finished their food. They were satisfied and planned to return to the inn.
"Then we'll go first. Is this much enough for the cooking fee?"
Shirou was about to take money out of his bag, but Randolph strongly refused.
The skull-faced man said loudly, "No, no need, Master Shirou. I absolutely can't take your money."
"I told you I'm not a master."
"If you're not a master, then let me call you teacher, Teacher Shirou. Please continue to teach me your cooking skills!"
"This... but I'm just passing through this place and can't stay in the Dragon King Kingdom forever."
Shirou refused Randolph's request as much as possible.
Randolph also knew that his request was too demanding, so he said as humbly as possible, "It doesn't matter, even if it's just for a day or two. I just want to follow the god of cooking and be inspired by his cooking!!"
"..."
Shirou was really helpless with Randolph's attitude.
He finally nodded silently in agreement with Randolph's words, but also explained that he would be leaving the Dragon King Kingdom in the next two days to go to the Asura Kingdom, which made Randolph show a look of regret.
After Shirou and the others left, Randolph's restaurant became deserted again.
Chagall, witnessing everything, smiled wryly to the side.
His original purpose was to recruit this Death God Randolph and make him a helper for the Dragon King Kingdom.
But now it seemed that his plan might be ruined.
However, to Chagall's surprise, Randolph began to pack up his things in the next second, as if he was going to close the shop.
"Isn't it not closing time yet?"
"It's no longer necessary."
Randolph shook his head. "Teacher Shirou has made me realize how immature my cooking skills are, and how shallow my knowledge of cooking has been. How foolish of me to even think of opening my own restaurant with such shallow skills!"
"This... you're not opening the restaurant anymore?"
"No, I want to embark on the path of cooking again, mastering the highest cooking skills through action, and then challenging again in the future!"
Randolph said with great spirit.
The whole person seemed to have suddenly found an incredibly grand goal.
Chagall couldn't understand why the dignified Death God had to become a cook, but he decisively seized the opportunity and said, "In that case, why not come to our Dragon King Kingdom? The imperial kitchen gathers the best chefs in the Dragon King Kingdom and will definitely be able to provide you with useful knowledge and experience."
"This..."
Randolph was surprised that Chagall would make such an offer.
He hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"Well, it seems it's time for me to embark on the path of cultivation again."
As Randolph said that, he completely closed the cooking shop that had been passed down for hundreds of years.
On this day.
Chagall Gargantus, the general of the Dragon King Kingdom, successfully recruited a certain person - Randolph Marianne, the fifth of the mighty seven, the "Death God".
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Shirou and the others had a short stay in the Dragon King Kingdom.
During this time, Shirou went to see Randolph from time to time, teaching Randolph cooking knowledge and skills, which greatly benefited the latter and made him even more respectful.
At the same time, Shirou was not only studying cooking, but also making progress in the path of forging.
Because he had successfully witnessed the armor forging that the Dragon King Kingdom was so proud of.
Because it was near the King Dragon Mountains, the Dragon King Kingdom was often attacked by the dragon groups of the King Dragon Mountains.
In order to resist the attacks of the dragons, the Dragon King Kingdom specially established the King Dragon Knight Order and let the best blacksmiths in the entire country provide support to the King Dragon Knight Order.
This gave the Dragon King Kingdom a forging craft that was almost no less skilled than that of the Dwarf Race.
However, the forging craft of the Dragon King Kingdom was different from that of the Dwarf Race. It was not focused on the forging of swords, but more on the smelting of armor.
The King Dragon Knight Order was equipped with the best armor in the world, with quality so high that it could even withstand the frontal impact of the dragons, which showed how good it was.
Shirou originally didn't have the chance to see the armor forging technology of the King Dragon Knight Order.
But because he was very eager to forge King Dragon armor, he chose to take the risk and, after changing his appearance, tried to formally meet with the Dragon King Kingdom in the identity of Muramasa.
Originally, Shirou was a little worried that the Dragon King Kingdom would be unfavorable to him, so he had prepared to perform a dreamlike summoning [Summoning]. He was ready to run away at any time, but he didn't expect the whole process to be surprisingly smooth. After reporting the name of Muramasa, he even directly met with the king of the Dragon King Kingdom, King Dragon 32nd.
Shirou met with the King Dragon King in the King Dragon Hall of the Dragon King Kingdom.
This was a wise monarch with an obvious aura of a powerful leader.
He could be said to be the first person with the qualities of a monarch that Shirou had seen since coming to this world.
King Dragon 32nd was also very enthusiastic about Muramasa's arrival. He even wanted to offer national gifts and receive him with the highest level of etiquette.
The reason why the Dragon King Kingdom was so enthusiastic about the blacksmith Muramasa was that King Dragon 32nd had bought a weapon from Shirou before.
Although it wasn't Phantasmal Greatsword - Felling of the Sky Demon, the dragon-slaying greatsword that the Sword God had taken first, Shirou later specially forged another famous dragon-slaying sword for the Dragon King Kingdom as compensation - The Eternal Arms Masterpiece.
As the weapon held by the Knight of the Round Table, Lancelot, The Eternal Arms Masterpiece also inherited Lancelot's Servant legend and possessed some dragon-slaying attributes.
Shirou gave this sword to the Dragon King Kingdom as a gift, thus establishing a friendly relationship with the Dragon King Kingdom.
At the same time, the Dragon King Kingdom also respected blacksmiths very much. Unlike the attitude of the Dwarf Race, who tried to surpass Muramasa, the blacksmiths of the Dragon King Kingdom knew how mysterious Muramasa's skills were and were full of admiration for him.
Therefore, Shirou's visit this time in the identity of Muramasa not only did not receive any hostility, but was also honored by the Dragon King Kingdom as a guest of the highest order.
The King Dragon King even praised him madly and opened all permissions for him, allowing him to enter the forging workshop of the Dragon King Kingdom at will.
Because of this special experience, Shirou fully watched all the steps of the Dragon King Kingdom's forging of King Dragon armor.
With the help of this special experience, Shirou also realized that he might also be able to forge good armor and restore some Noble Phantasms that Servant Emiya had seen but could not project.
He recalled Servant Emiya's memory a little and quickly found the target he wanted -
Dragon Blood Armor!
According to legend, after slaying the evil dragon, Servant Siegfried bathed in the dragon's blood, covering his whole body with indestructible armor, which was indestructible.
Although this was a Noble Phantasm sublimated from the Servant legend, Shirou realized that he could completely try to create something similar.
If he used the dragon blood of the King Dragon Mountains to create armor similar to the Dragon Blood Armor, it might be able to greatly enhance his combat power!
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