[LN] Koroshiya-san to Hajimeru Icha Love Shinkon Seikatsu - Volume 1 - Chapter 1 - Part 4

 

Chapter 1 - A Sweet and Dangerous First Night Spent with a Classmate who turns out to be a Murderer. (Part 4)

Part 4: Making Curry At Home

「Is this Naoto's favorite food...?」

 Evening. Sophia muttered in front of the plate that was placed on the living room table in her apartment.

 At first glance, she was expressionless, but upon closer inspection, Naoto could see that Sophia was breathing on his shoulder happily.

「It's not the best, but if you eat it at home, it's probably my favorite food」

 Naoto nodded while taking off his apron.

「That's why today's dinner is curry rice」

 Sophia bent down to look at the curry and rice Naoto had prepared for the two of them.

 The curry is chicken curry using a commercial roux, with other ingredients such as potatoes, onions and carrots.

 On the table was a salad and some pickled fukujinzuke to top it off.

 All the ingredients were brought from home by Naoto. Curry and white rice are reheated here.

 Sophia watched the curry rice with interest, as if she was seeing it for the first time.

「Naoto, I have a question」

「What is it」

「I've seen pictures of curry on poster boards of curry shops all over town. But they are not as big or like this. Why?」

「Yes, it's because of the curry they serve in the restaurant. At least, my curry is made at home like this. It's more like the standard "home-made curry".……」

「〝home-made curry〟？」

「In Japan, curry is made by frying a pot of ingredients, then boiling them in water, and then adding a curry roux is the most common type of curry to make at home. On the other hand, such curries are eaten at home, so restaurants often have a different curry menu than that!」

「That's why it's called "home-made curry"...」

「Japanese people tend to want to eat different dishes every day from other countries, so it's like "home-made curry".『I don't want to go out to eat at a restaurant, but I want to eat at home』I feel like there are many dishes called. From a foreigner's point of view, it seems like a habit like cooking at home will be very time consuming...」

「I've been in the orphanage for as long as I can remember, and from there my boss bought me and raised me to be a killer. So I don't know what home cooking is, not only in Japan but also in my home country.」

「Ugh……」

「However, that is understandable. "Homemade curry" and restaurant curry are in different lineages due to the variety of home cooking in Japan. Logical Consequences」

 Sophia stared at the curry and rice, not noticing the look on Naoto's face as if he had been stabbed in the chest.

「Naoto, if you eat Japanese home cooking like this 'home curry' and keep eating it, won't you be suspicious of your neighbors, can you get your "Relaxed Life"?」

「That is. At least there's no weird analogy to be drawn from the contents of a garbage bag. Also, if we continue to buy food from the shopping center or supermarket several times a week and cook it, it will truly become a part of the "normal life" of Japanese people!」

「Ooh, I see……」

 Sophia remained expressionless as usual… but she muttered like she had found a light.

「Let us eat. Curry will be cold later」

「Okay. But other than that, I have one request.」

「Request？」

「Yuzuka said that I is a strange way of addressing people in Japan.」

 Sophia told casually while picking up her tablespoon.

「Naoto and I already have a close relationship. Call me Sophia if you can.」

「I will do the best……」

 Even though they were already in a half-lived situation together, Naoto picked up his spoon, thinking that, as expected of himself, that Naoto was uncomfortable calling a beautiful girl by a name without ending all of a sudden, ……

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