Kitchen Killer

"Excuse me."

Naoki stepped into the room. This was him first time entering Mafuyu's apartment. He was a little curious.

Then...

"Quickly restore my hope!"

Naoki didn't expect to see a room decoration with balloons and stars like Rin, at least keep it clean and tidy! What's with a messy room like this trash can! If you are seen by your suitors, they will surely be disappointed!

"I'm not very good at cleaning rooms..."

Mafuyu's pretty face blushed slightly, she turned her head and looked away, not daring to look at Naoki.

"Fortunately, you still know blush."

Naoki comforted himself inwardly.

Blushing represents shame. When Naoki entered Ichika's room yesterday, there was no blush at all. It is estimated that the useless shame has been completely abandoned.

"Shut up-"

Naoki's sleeves were gently pulled, and Mafuyu whispered: "Come to the kitchen."

Naoki had already guessed the reason why Mafuyu had called him here.

Walking into the kitchen, the smell of burning entered the nostrils.

White flour is everywhere, must be prepared to wrap the ingredients, zero points, the ingredients are cut apart, it seems that people have no appetite, zero points, there is a burning smell in the pan, needless to say eating it will definitely cause cancer, zero points.

Naoki averted his gaze and finally landed on the dark plate in the pot.

"What's this?"

Mafuyu looked away, her beautiful face slightly blushed: "Fried tempura."

"Bad review, zero points."

If this thing is taken out, the izakaya will be destroyed! Others' tempura is golden, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, but yours is black and has a terrible burnt smell. This is a really dark dish!

Naoki thought that Mafuyu was meticulous and beautiful on the outside, but he didn't expect to become a kitchen assassin and heir to dark cooking.

"You..."

Naoki was about to speak when he suddenly remembered something.

Yesterday afternoon, Naoki met Mafuyu at the supermarket. Mafuyu stood in the material area and hesitated a little. Probably not because of the difficulty of choosing, but of hesitation to cook your own, or to buy a ready made curry. And straight back to cooking.

(So... it's actually my fault?)

(If it weren't for my recommendation, Mafuyu wouldn't have bought these ingredients beyond his means?)

Naoki looked at Mafuyu who lowered his head and blushed, and seemed to be obediently waiting for a reprimand, and said in a slow tone, "The best oil temperature for frying tempura is 180 degrees."

"Eh?"

Mafuyu looked up.

"I often make tempura, so I have a bit of experience." Naoki continued, "You have to use warm water to prepare the noodles, and you can't wrap them too early, otherwise they will harden. Once the ingredients are put in the pan, it only takes 10 seconds, then take it out."

"The real key is understanding the temperature of the oil. Different ingredients require different oil temperatures…"

"This tempura is inedible, so pack it up and pack it up." Naoki reached out and turned on the hood, "Tomorrow is the day to take out the trash, so just throw it away."

"Understood." Mafuyu nodded lightly.

Naoki looked around, saw an apron in the corner, reached out and tied it, then used chopsticks to pick up the tempura that would kill people from the frying pan, and drained the remaining oil. Then wash the pot until clean, drain the water and sort it. Finally, take a rag to wipe the water stains on the table. Under Mafuyu's tutelage, the hidden dangers of kitchen cleanliness and safety are dealt with in one go.

"Take all these ingredients." Naoki said.

Mafuyu was surprised: "Why?"

"Take it and I will cook it. The ingredients have been in the fridge for a day and can't be put back in." Naoki looked at Mafuyu and said disdainfully "And the seasoning in your kitchen is not uniform at all, you only use soy sauce and salt can't cook well."

After a while, Naoki had seen curry, vermicelli, cup noodles, and instant lunch boxes. It is conceivable that Mafuyu usually doesn't use the kitchen at all, and lives entirely on cup noodles and takeaways. More often it will cook some stupid dishes like curries and vermicelli.

Mafuyu nodded quickly and agreed: "…En."

Inevitably, Mafuyu only threw away specially purchased ingredients. She couldn't say that he felt bad, but she had to blame herself. Wasting food is a shameful act. It's nothing, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to the restaurant with Naoki last night.

Thinking of what happened at the restaurant last night, Mafuyu started to feel embarrassed again, as a teacher, she was actually hiding in her student's arms like an ostrich.

Naoki immediately fell silent when he saw a familiar chill spreading from behind.

"I just saved you from a world line destroying the kitchen, and you were staring at you in the blink of an eye. The speed of turning your face is too fast!"

Naoki was about to complain when he suddenly saw the red mark on the back of Mafuyu's hand which was very conspicuous on the back of the hand, and raised his eyebrows gently, "Did you get scalded with oil?"

"No."

Mafuyu hid his hands behind his back and turned his head to look elsewhere.

"Give me your hand." Naoki instructed, "Don't think that it doesn't look serious. When you go to bed at night, you'll know what's keeping you from falling asleep because of the pain."

"It hurts so bad you can't sleep?" Mafuyu looked doubtful.

Naoki shrugged and replied, "If you don't believe me, you can try it at night."

Don't underestimate the burn. Wounds on the hands and feet during the day are physical attacks. When sleeping at night, the pain is almost gone, but the burn is a continuous magic attack, especially when you sleep at night, you will feel the pain.

Mafuyu stretched out his right hand, then said, "I just washed it with cold water."

As a teacher, Mafuyu naturally knows the skill of simple home burn care.

"Doesn't it hurt?"

Mafuyu was silent, even still in pain.

"Is there any burn cream in this house?" Naoki asked.

"No." Mafuyu shook his head, "Will soy sauce and toothpaste work?"

"Of course not."

Do not try such folk remedies! A few days ago, a boy who was working at a family restaurant was accidentally scalded by a gas explosion. As a result, his boss covered his body with flour from traditional medicine, almost turning into a human-shaped tempura. He is still lying in the intensive care unit and his life is still in danger!

"Continue rinsing." Naoki turned on the tap, turned around and said, "I'll take the burn cream."

Seeing Naoki leave, Mafuyu stretched out her hand under the faucet.

After a while, Naoki came back with hot cream, "Give me your hand."

"En."

Naoki reached out his hand to hold Mafuyu's icy fingers.

After being held by Naoki Mafuyu's finger she unconsciously struggled.

"Do not move." Naoki ordered, "Stand still."

Mafuyu couldn't help but puff out her cheeks, to actually speak to the teacher in such a tone… It was too much.