Chapter 77: Nuclear Fire Chicken Noodles (1)

"Why are you all acting like this?" The First Princess, looked at me and Zion with a puzzled expression.

"By the way, this pepper is sweet and delicious."

The sight of someone savoring and devouring a perfectly ripe pepper was more akin to horror.

"...Did I bring the wrong one?"

Seeing the First Princess enjoying the Pepperidge, Zion tilted his head and absentmindedly tasted one. And then.

"Woo-woo-woo!"

With his face flushed red, Zion, covering his mouth, hurriedly ran out of the reception room.

On the other hand, the First Princess didn't seem to care at all.

'...Was that it?'

I realized a few things while watching that scene.

Why the preferences of the First Princess was so unique.

Why is she obsessed with savory cheese and sweet fruits.

"She just couldn't fell and taste the spiciness."

Just as other senses develop relatively when one cannot see, the First Princess, unable to appreciate spicy flavors, has come to focus on other tastes.

It was rare, but not nonexistent.

In my previous life, there were occasional cases like the First Princess.

The type of person who eats it well and says it's delicious even when others cry because it's spicy.

It was commonly known that this group of people had fewer receptors that respond to spicy flavors than others.

As a result, even when eating spicy food, they don't feel the spiciness.

On the other hand, in the case of someone like our Master of the Tower, who has a lot of receptors, they react sensitively even to a little spiciness.

The degree to which people feel spiciness varies from person to person.

"Your Highness, have you eaten?"

"Not yet."

The First Princess, who was looking at Zion running out with a puzzled expression, replied.

"Then, may I treat you to a meal?"

"A meal?"

"Yes, you will definitely be satisfied."

At my boastful words, the First Princess stood up with a curious expression.

The place I took the First Princess to was the Golden Garden, the capital's famous restaurant where Laura is the head chef.

Even though it was a weekend when the store was closed, the door of Golden Garden was open.

"Come on in, I've been waiting. Meow."

Laura, who had come out after being informed in advance, greeted us at the entrance.

The Golden Garden had a structure where the interior of the kitchen was fully visible.

The First Princess sat at the table next to the counter.

But.

"It's food, right?"

"What is this?"

Instead of cooking, Laura gave the First Princess a round box she had never seen before, and the First Princess tilted her head in confusion.

"This is the new cup ramen that will be released this time. The first one to be introduced is Your Highness."

"Cup ramen?"

"It's a food that is ready to eat as soon as you add hot water."

"...Does that mean I don't have to cook?"

"Because it's processed food."

"Amazing."

At the story that just pouring hot water would complete the dish, the First Princess's eyes widened.

Just like cereal that you eat with milk, the story was that ramen is also complete as soon as you add water.

"You just need to wait for about 4 minutes."

Since Laura had already prepared the hot water, all that was left to do was wait.

Meanwhile, while waiting for the noodles to cook, Laura walked over and took a can of tuna from a drawer.

She strained it through a sieve, pressing the grease out with a spatula, then placed the chunked tuna on the cutting board and chopped it.

Tap-tap─! Tap, tap─!

Two kitchen knives dance on the cutting board, and in an instant, the tuna is finely chopped.

Laura, having placed the chopped tuna into a mixing bowl, squeezed mayonnaise on top and began to mix it evenly with a spatula.

"What is that?"

"It's tuna mayo."

"Are you saying to mix tuna with mayonnaise? It's a combination I've never heard of before."

The First Princess felt as if she had come to another world.

She was quite skilled at cooking, but everything Yuri introduced was something she had never heard of or seen before.

"Would you like to try it once?"

"Thank you."

The First Princess's eyes widened in surprise as she accepted the tuna mayo that Laura handed her.

"Mm, it's delicious!"

The creaminess of the mayonnaise combined with the tuna created a savory and slightly salty flavor.

"This would taste great with cheese on bread, don't you think?"

While the First Princess tasted the tuna mayo, four minutes passed.

"It's time."

Yuri, holding wooden chopsticks, poked holes in the cup ramen lid.

Poke, poke, poke.

"What is that supposed to be?"

"It's about making a hole to drain the water."

"Are you saying to drain the water from the ramen?"

"Yes, this is something you mix and eat. You can follow along too, Your Highness."

On the lid of the cup ramen, the area for poking holes was kindly labeled with 'poke' 'poke' 'poke,' so the First Princess was able to poke the holes without difficulty.

"This way, it will be easy to throw away."

As she let water flow from the glass into the sink, the First Princess's eyes sparkled.

Unlike the bagged ramen that had to be cooked and transferred to a separate bowl, this cup ramen was designed to be very convenient to eat.

However, unlike the convenience, the First Princess did not have any expectations about the taste.

Because she wouldn't be able to feel the emotions of the chicken breathing fire from its mouth that was drawn on the container.

That emotion grew even stronger as the sauce was poured.

'A red sauce, you say.'

As she mixed the noodles with the sauce, the red color that emerged made the First Princess secretly disappointed.

In fact, she couldn't understand why the citizens of the empire were so crazy about ramen.

Even the 'spicy flavor' of ramen was too bland, so she added milk and cheese to it.

"You will surely like it."

So, she didn't have high expectations for Yuri's boastful claims.

"Uh?"

After absentmindedly rubbing the bright red noodles for a while, the First Princess's eyes widened slightly at the aroma wafting up from the cup ramen.

The scent...!

Intense and spicy, it stimulates the tip of your nose as if reviving dead nerve cells!

Although she hadn't tasted it yet, the First Princess could tell.

This is different from the food she has tasted so far.

The First Princess took out her favorite ingredient, Lilith's stretchy cheese, which she always carried with her, and mixed it into the red noodles.

Swish.

The cheese melts in the heat of the noodles.

As she lifted the chopsticks, the red noodles, coated thickly in cheese, came up with them.

The delicious cheese stretches out.

She opened her small mouth and took a bite.

"!!!!"

The First Princess's movements came to a halt, just as she had positioned herself.

Brr.

The body holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

Bang─! Bang─!

Fireworks went off in her head.

The spiciness that stimulates the tongue, the richness of the cheese, and the chewiness of the noodles came together to create a festival in my mouth.

The visualized taste unfolds before the Frist Princess' eyes.

Chasing the fire-breathing chicken, Lilith was running with her arms outstretched.

"This, this is spiciness...!"

A wave of emotion swept across the lips of the First Princess as she experienced the world of new flavors.

"I can taste it, I can taste it!"

While fiddling with her chopsticks, the First Princess devoured the noodles like a madwoman.

"If you mix it with tuna mayo, you'll experience a whole new flavor."

Following Yuri's advice, the First Princess mixed the tuna mayo that Laura served with the noodles.

And another bite.

"Ah...!"

Chewy noodles coated in spicy sauce and cheese mingle with creamy tuna mayo, swirling around in your mouth.

Lilith, riding a fire-breathing chicken, was swimming on mayonnaise with a tuna.

"You can sprinkle it on to your liking, you know."

Laura placed a bowl of red fruits on the First Princess's table.

"What is this?"

"It's a fruit that has a tangy taste on the tip of your tongue, nya."

The fruit that Laura placed before the First Princess was Mala, also known as 'Sichuan Pepper.'

"...!!"

The pupil of the First Princess, who had taken a bite of the Sichuan Pepper, widened.

Puh-buh-buh-buh!

Fireworks exploded in her mind.

The chicken that used to breathe fire had now become a phoenix, flying above the clouds.

'Wha, what the heck have I been eating all this time…?!'

Her tongue was crying out.

This is exactly the food she has been looking for.

Born into royalty and having tasted and experienced countless dishes, she was the First Princess, but she swore that she had never felt this way before.

'In this world, there wasn't just cheese.'

The subtlety of mint chocolate, another world of flavors that can rival the richness of cheese.

Its name was 'Spicy Flavor.'

The First Princess Luciela, enjoyed the tingling sensation on her tongue with her eyes closed for a while.

In front of her, as she opened her eyes, lay the torn-off lid of a cup noodle.

A chicken that breathes fire.

And the inscription written below.

[Spicy hot taste! Nuclear Fire Chicken Noodles 3X!]

" Nuclear Fire Chicken Noodles 3X..."

'...You really enjoy that.'

I was amazed by the sight of the First Princess devouring the Nuclear Fire Chicken Noodles 3X in an instant.

I didn't know there would be someone who could eat this, even after I made it.

Let alone 3X, it was questionable whether even the regular spicy chicken would be accepted in the empire.

The reason I gave the First Princess the 3X was to let her know the taste of spiciness, not because I really wanted her to eat it.

Honestly, I thought you'd just take one bite and then yell for milk...

"Sigh, that was a good meal."

The First Princess displayed the dignity of finishing it off completely without even taking a sip of milk.

It was as if I had just fought a fierce battle, with a single bead of cold sweat trickling down my forehead.

It was the moment when 'Nuclear Fire Chicken Noodles' was first unveiled in another world.

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