Chapter 118

Chapter 118

Illegal Game

"Naturally can't! This is illegal, right...?"

"Yes?! Illegal?!"

I momentarily almost grabbed the back of the neck.

Because a precious noble house young lady, Miss Edith sometimes didn't know common sense everyone knows.

Ah, in this case rather me knowing well because lived lower class life too long?

"Board games using dice are all illegal in Britain. Written in the gambling law. Subject to crackdown."

"Such... Too much! Thought a super good idea!"

Miss Edith fully dejected.

But this I also no choice.

The law is wrong, but no method. I'm not a member of parliament either.

Board game with dice.

Simple play tools one can kill time as much as one wants if only having handmade simple boards and rules.

A very old Western culture to the point of having records from ancient Egyptian civilization times, but the reason proper development was from the mid-20th century.

Just all European governments from hundreds of years ago regulated as illegal and thoroughly cracked down.

The reason for crackdown was simple. Used for gambling?

Hundreds of years ago some time only gambled with dice? Did shell game even flourish? To the point such strong regulations still remain?

Board games not using dice like chess no relation.

And some dice games nobles enjoyed also cases specially excluded from crackdown. Like 1v1 boring backgammon.

But most still illegal at the current point, so commercializing impossible even if secretly doing at home don't know.

I explained this in detail to Miss Edith.

"There's a reason people only play poker. Only poker to do. The rest board games all rules bothersome."

"But... Regrettable! Seems fun if having dice!"

"Well so."

Strategy games like chess have maintained the lineage for a long time, but never rode a great trend.

Why? People dislike using the head complicated more than thought, and like luck-based trash games much more.

Dice is the most convenient random tool humanity made in history.

The reason dice games were the mainstream of board games until computers were invented was exactly thanks to that 'randomness'.

Games like monopoly type familiar to Koreans or life game type path games (Roll & Move), and Catan said the world's most sold board game also dice games, right.

Koreans like yutnori, right? Yut also strictly speaking a kind of dice.

"But how does Jean know even such things well...? By any chance?!"

"Ahem, let's say creative senior. Don't ask more. Because painful memories come up for nothing."

The talk of slightly plagiarizing future board games about 2 years ago and trying to touch some money and failing absolutely can't say.

In fact even saying so now the gambling law itself was quite a dead law.

Strictly speaking only illegal in public places not illegal doing at home. From the start crackdown not done at all.

And what regulated as illegal was only cases of betting money. Also not not doing at all because illegal. Many people naturally hands go to dice if drinking a lot at the pub.

In the past I also dug into such gaps and tried to make board games not violating the law, but because illegal for so long everyone my feet tingled and shook heads.

Might need more time for the public's perception to change. In my thought 10 years, no, about 20 years later the gambling law will naturally be released and the heyday of dice board games will come.

Of course not in conservative Europe for sure.

From the start there was a reason most board games started in America. Because a new country no or weak old bad laws like gambling laws.

After that with great trend earn a lot of money for half a century. Thinking about it unfair? Why America okay but Europe all not?!

Anyway I decided to soothe the disappointed Miss Edith.

"Only exhibiting at the exposition is the problem, enjoying at home no relation. After dinner later gather people and try one round. Just discarding regrettable, right."

"No choice... Understood. But really will be fun!"

"But looking now something very unique? Did you name the game?"

Naturally what she made wasn't exactly the same as monopoly.

A noble house young lady wouldn't have imagined such a board game like the aggregate of capitalism.

If so would have really been astonished.

"Ah, this? 'Edward Sandwich Game'!"

"Edward Sandwich...?"

"International cooking exposition, right? So thought of a game the participating people can enjoy fun... Recently the Edward Sandwich recipe contest was quite noisy, right? So referenced that and made!"

Looking closely really so.

Edward Sandwich Game.

A cooking board game where players each gather various ingredients and complete sandwiches and offer to the king as the goal.

Utilize ingredient cards, special cards, and match cards etc. and aim for the highest score.

Various bread, meat, cheese, vegetables, sauces not only my grilled eel or Durand Fish Ball, Durand Grilling, Durand sauce, Durand cider, Chicken and Chips etc. ingredient cards.

And recipe cards, ingredient exchange cards, special cards like ‘King Edward's request’.

Match cards with tastes His Majesty Edward VII prefers or special victory conditions etc. written.

Finally even monster dish trap cards like jellied eels, haggis, sardine pie that can prank the opponent!

If only gathering five ingredient cards can make a sandwich and offer to the king, a simple rule of obtaining higher scores depending on how much the completed sandwich matches the king's taste.

Even the randomness of rolling dice to adjust cooking time or snatching the opponent's ingredient cards amazingly entered.

Moreover like monopoly can gather scores and buy huts, houses, mansions, castles, and even role-playing elements of possible promotion from baron to duke.

For saying designed alone, at a glance amazing.

I momentarily goosebumps rose. This completely the aggregate of the butterfly effect I brought to this era, right?!

A bit crude, but looked much more fun than the self-made board game I tried to make in the past and failed. To the point my chest itches wanting to try one round too.

Seems mixed only the advantages of monopoly, Catan type strategy games, path type board games all?! Okay even like this?!

This, if putting on the market clearly will ride a great trend regardless of reason. Regrettable to discard as is.

"Did you directly create all these rules too...?"

"Yes! Lately resting work so too much time left and pondered! Doesn't seem really fun?!"

I pondered briefly, then just gave a definite answer.

"Hmm... Understood. Since you've suffered next to me until now, as a cooking teacher I'll repay."

"Repay?!"

"Can't guarantee, but will look into whether can be exception applied in the gambling law like backgammon."

"Really?! Really?! Really right?! Promised?!"

"Really..."

"What to do? Too happy! Shall I bring even the contract Jean likes?! Hehe, stamp the seal deeply!"

"Ugh, that a bit please look after..."

No radical actions like cheering like Emily, or jumping in place from her.

Instead she made an enormously bright smile at me once, then ran out of the kitchen.

I now knowing that is the maximum happiness expression a noble house young lady of this era can do, my face slightly reddened unconsciously.

And felt like slightly glimpsing a fragment about Miss Edith's hidden talent.

Creation? But why all fun elements without missing entered?!

Board games commoners of the current era enjoy, Tafl, or OX game noughts and crosses, snakes and ladders that came from India degree all. And honestly all no fun.

The moment throwing Miss Edith's new dice board game here, hard to easily predict what wave will occur in London.

As expected a commoner like me can't win against a enjoying genius?

Feeling a bit of defeat inside, I just decided to diligently grill pork ribs as I was doing.

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"Something the inside seemed bustling, really prepared a tremendous dish! Just smelling the appetite turns enormously! What's this? Your that oriental bean sauce marinated Durand Grilling? Knew the nose would fall waiting but will forgive!"

As soon as seeing the plate I served now half vegetarian Mr. Tesla immediately declared surrender.

The conversation with Miss Edith lengthened so a bit late, but to the hungry wolves even that waiting seemed a process for gourmet.

The dish eaten when hungry is the most delicious in the world. And if that dish is pork ribs no need to say more.

If choosing a dish among pork dishes where the flavor of sweet and salty fully explodes, I would pick pork ribs without hesitation.

"Durand Grill... No, not. Just treat as so, well."

That damn Durand Grilling. If there's a word I most want to eliminate in London now exactly that.

Every time hearing really seems the inside will flip!

"How to eat this? Use 'that' as doing?"

"Yes, accurate. Use 'that'."

"Good! Now the best mood! If eating ‘that’ all blocked in current research seems will be refreshingly solved!"

Baron Kelvin and Mr. Fleming who were listening to our ‘that’ banter tilted their heads.

"Use 'that'? What's that on earth?"

"Ah, Teacher. I'll inform. First wash hands cleanly, and put this butterhead lettuce on the palm."

"Butterhead...? Why bother? Bare hands?"

"Teacher, for inventors common sense destruction and challenge is the best spirit."

"Ah, Mr. Tesla your words correct. Sorry. Is holding like this okay?"

I succeeded in spreading 'ssam' to the two immigrants who crossed from America in the meantime.

Well, not deliberately informed, just I was eating like that so naturally followed.

Then the two people now completely became to the degree of not even putting meat in the mouth if no butterhead lettuce.

But Baron Kelvin, debuting pork ribs as ssam at that age seems a bit bad for the heart...

Okay?!

"Oh, oh! World! Oh! Holy Mary! Can there be such a pork dish in the world!"

Almost eyes will flip?!

"Tremendous flavor! The juice of the meat so alive and even slightly sweet! Honestly speaking Sir Durand, suspected whether your fame a bit exaggerated, will apologize! Rather your cooking was much more tremendous than the fame! If not rude can I obtain the recipe a bit!"

"That... Wait. Soon the recipe book will come out. Planning to publish. Before the exposition."

"Ah so? Then have to wait! Expecting!"

No what attaching such splendid rhetoric to one piece of meat?!

To say... Yes, because pork ribs sufficiently could.

Pork ribs is recognition.

And that pork ribs I directly marinated in seasoning paste in the refrigerator and aged for one day.

A taste that absolutely can't exist in this era.

Now no concept of refrigeration aging itself.

At refrigeration temperature natural enzymes slowly soften the meat quality, and if seasoned slowly permeates in that process and the taste deepens more.

Moreover moisture also preserved better than room temperature, and from the hygiene aspect bacteria activity suppressed much safer.

Conclusion, the words that meat left in the refrigerator if conditions match becomes much more delicious than leaving at room temperature.

"Haha, Sir Durand! Sorry but one most important thing missing in the banquet!"

"Ugh."

"Hmm? Show your sense a bit! My hands not playing still, right! There's something regrettable if missing in this excellent meat dish!"

"Understood, understood."

Because Mr. Edison continuously giving hints I ultimately had no choice but to take out dark beer from the refrigerator.

"This dark beer unlike draft beer better to slightly raise the temperature and drink so just leave still for about 10 minutes... Oh."

"Khaa! Exactly this taste! Hmm? What did you say just now?"

"No, not..."

Well no relation. If only oneself satisfied no that big difference.

The savory grain aroma of dark beer and a bit of bitterness supplemented the intense sweet taste of pork ribs so no better match than this.

First if resetting the taste with dark beer, the juice and sweet taste of soft pork ribs melting smoothly fill the mouth then the saltiness of soy sauce stimulates the tip of the tongue again, there the crispy yet fresh butterhead and the pungency of thinly sliced garlic stimulates the tongue again infinite circulation.

This insufficient even if enjoying as much as one enjoys.

I also stuffed full of pork rib ssam in the mouth.

And again one glass of beer, kkeu!

“T-this on earth what?! This cold beer?! Put in an ice box or something?! That completely money waste?!”

On the other hand, Mr. Fleming drank one sip of the beer I handed and said nonsense with a dazed expression.

We looked at each other's faces. Thinking about it Mr. Fleming, knew nothing about the refrigerator.

"Hmm, this must keep the secret. There's an invention you'll be surprised if seeing."

“Mr. Fleming, today's matter better just keep the mouth shut. That's beneficial to the body.”

"Uh, not up to secret... Still better to spare words. Anyway won't believe."

Mr. Tesla's tone completely half threat?!

"Professor, shall I show?! Want to come here?!"

Miss Edith who until now silently stuffed lettuce ssam in the mouth took Mr. Fleming and headed to the kitchen.

Ten seconds later, the intense scream of the poor man made us laugh.

"How? Your impression?"

"Aah... Aaa... T-the cold, cold box turning with electricity... Impossible!"

Mr. Fleming who returned again made an expression of a person who realized some dark secret of the world unknown until now.

Well found Cthulhu in the refrigerator? Completely lost the soul, that person.

For the first time in life ate pork ribs wrapped in ssam, drank cold dark beer then discovered the mystery of the world, the refrigerator.

Hmm, hard to easily guess what feeling he is now.

"Oh dear, seems will pass out. Calm, Mr. Edison. I have to enjoy this excellent meat dish a bit more."

"Teacher Thomson, ahem, I'm also busy drinking beer. Sir Durand, can't you make this dish a bit often? Honestly after tasting your cooking other things became hard to eat!"

"Sincere. Really too much treatment. Completely have to put this as illegal too! Sir Durand, wish you'd revise this with the law too. If not eating your cooking more than once a month illegal that!"

"Haha... But today there's one more thing you'll be surprised."

"Hmm?"

"Surprised? What again?"

I looked at Miss Edith.

She immediately noticed my intention and responded with eye smile.

So I also nodded.

"If finishing the meal, for fun want to try one round of real illegal game? Can't guarantee the fun."

I was too curious how the geniuses of this era most outstanding would react to Miss Edith's board game that transcended the era.