On the kitchen table, various items such as sandwiches, bread, cold soup, and salad were placed for people to help themselves.

She filled a plate with simple food that Kite could eat while working, added a drink, and sent it down on a tray to be heard by Kite.

After that, she went down to the underground warehouse.

“Is Emma living here these days?”

Cutting pieces of meat on the table in the middle of the warehouse, Emma greeted Ruella with a bright face.

“I’m considering it. It’s so comfortable to have the food laid out like this, and there’s no smell. It’s better than my room.”

“What are you doing?”
While Emma was cutting meat, Zhenon’s mother was sprinkling something on it.

Emma answered Ruella’s question.

“I’m going to salt and dry it so that you can eat it without cooking. They say there might be a war, so we need to be prepared.”

Until reaching level 90, they couldn’t learn the third-stage housing system. Therefore, Ruella readily accepted Emma’s words, as they needed to prepare for possible events until then.

Although they were doing their best to catch named monsters without being noticed by the overseer’s eyes, if they were to be discovered, the Kurán royal family, who had turned into monsters under Kurán Duke’s command, would undoubtedly try to eliminate them.

If ordinary knights or soldiers were to come, they could protect the people inside the mansion even at this stage. However, if the Kurán Duke’s subordinates transformed into monsters attacked, the situation could change.

Therefore, to prepare for that moment, they had to move all the food supplies to the basement. Emma and Meg had already been informed of the situation and, since then, whenever they found an opportunity, they were making bread, cookies, and various preserved foods without cooking and storing them in the warehouse.

“What about fruits? Should we make jam?”

“They won’t spoil if you store them here. Trust me.”

Although this place was like a large refrigerator, Emma, who didn’t understand the principle, never believed Ruella’s words.
“I also know that it’s pleasant. Still, I don’t understand how the food won’t spoil.”

Watching Emma, who seemed skeptical, Ruella cautiously presented her opinion again.

“Then, how about this? We can make jam with the fruits when they start to spoil. Let’s wait and see for now. How does that sound?”

Emma, who had been making an unsatisfied expression as if she couldn’t believe it, nodded her head.

“Alright. We’ll make jam with the fruits like that. But we can’t compromise on the meat. If it spoils, we have to throw it away. Do you know there are types of meat that even in Kurán, you can’t buy no matter how much you want?”

“I got it. You handle that. But don’t turn everything into ham. Make some of Emma’s special meat pie.”

“Since the young lady gave us a stove, how about making stew? If you cook it occasionally, it won’t spoil.”

At Meg’s suggestion, Emma smiled widely.

“Shall we? Since Meg is good at making stew, I’ll leave it to her.”

Perhaps due to their similar ages, the two got along well.

Listening to them discussing how to cook food that could be stored for a long time, Ruella went to the grains.

“Create a space in a corner for the food you make so that it doesn’t mix, Miss.”

Emma, who knew how Ruella quickly made food with flour as if making potions, gave her a piece of advice.
“Hey, what I make looks awful from the appearance to the shape compared to what Emma and Meg make. What could be confusing about it?”

“Still, you know. When people come and go, and if it’s something that helps during hunting, Miss said it’s beneficial. I’ll mark it clearly, so just find a spot there.”

In Peroz Mansion, everyone could freely come and go in the kitchen or warehouse and eat whatever they wanted.

Perhaps Emma and Meg were also storing food for the purpose of storage, but there might also be consideration for making it convenient for people to bring and eat food easily.

Zenon mentioned it once before.

He said it was the first time he had seen such a generous place among ordinary people.

It wasn’t surprising for Ruella since she had lived in a place where everyone claimed to be equal.

But she knew that Kite and his friends were not ordinary.

Despite being nobles, she had never seen them behave oppressively or rudely towards ordinary people.

Even when going for monster hunting, they considered the townspeople, didn’t forcefully take them as escorts, and returned driving the carriage, which showed their consideration.

Following Emma’s advice, Ruella brought the table from the corner. After that, she labeled it as ‘Ruella’s Buff Foods’ and took out the stove.

If she raised her cooking level a little more, she could make top-grade banquet food that increased offensive stats such as ‘Strength,’ ‘Agility,’ and ‘Intelligence.’
Ruella checked the time. If she hurried a little, it seemed she could make food to increase her attack power before setting out to hunt monsters.

Having brought chairs, Ruella took her seat in earnest and started making a bunch of cookies, muffins, and various buff foods.