Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill Season 2 Episode 4
Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill S2 E4: The Goblin King's Last Meal and the Unexpected Tax Audit The Irresistible Teaser: A Conflict Simmering When the aroma of Mukoda Tsuyoshi’s latest culinary creation a rich, savory Japanese Curry made with freshly hunted Rock Deer venison drifts through the Whispering Woods, it doesn't just attract hungry monsters; it summons a reckoning.
This meal, seasoned unknowingly with a spice so rare it’s rumored to be cursed, becomes a beacon for the most unlikely of antagonists: the highly intelligent, notoriously ruthless Goblin King, who has abandoned his fortress and his royal duties for one desperate, final pursuit.
Simultaneously, the sudden, unprecedented wealth Mukoda has generated in recent towns has attracted the attention of the Guild’s Internal Revenue Division, whose sharpest and most suspicious auditor has tracked Mukoda down, certain the unassuming merchant is running a massive, magical black market operation.
Mukoda thought he was just settling down for a quiet dinner, but he's about to discover that the price of fame (and the best curry in two worlds) might just be a full-scale siege and an administrative nightmare.
Is the Goblin King a terrifying brute, or simply a desperate foodie? And can even a mighty Fenrir defeat the soul-crushing bureaucracy of a tax audit? Important Characters, Roles, and Motivations 1.
Mukoda Tsuyoshi (The Accidental Culprit) Role: The protagonist, a former office worker transported to a fantasy world.
He views his adventure primarily as a quest for delicious food.
Motivation: To cook and eat high-quality, authentic Japanese food, utilizing his Online Supermarket skill to source ingredients (like instant curry roux, rice, and specific seasonings).
His motivation remains simple: survival and culinary satisfaction.
In this episode, he is motivated by the desire to perfectly replicate a traditional, rich Japanese curry, unaware that the specific spices he chose have magical properties that enhance their scent to an insane degree.
His true conflict is trying to appear harmless while his skill keeps making him appear like an OP hero or a manipulative tycoon.
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Fel (The Gluttonous Guardian) Role: A legendary Fenrir contracted to Mukoda, acting as his bodyguard.
Motivation: Purely food-driven.
His motivation in this episode is ensuring the curry is prepared quickly and that no one monster or bureaucrat dares to lay a finger on his portion.
He is slightly annoyed by the prolonged cooking time required for a proper curry and is therefore in a particularly short-tempered state, making his defense of the campsite exceptionally brutal and efficient.
He views all threats, human or monster, as merely obstacles between him and his dinner plate.
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Sui (The Evolving Enthusiast) Role: A unique, adorable, and rapidly evolving Slime.
Motivation: Learning, exploring, making snacks, and protecting Mukoda (which she refers to as Master).
In this scenario, Sui is tasked with fetching water and keeping the fire perfectly regulated.
Her true motivation is the excitement of trying the new dish and gaining a new, small magical trinket or status boost from the meal, as often happens when she consumes Mukoda’s food.
She is particularly protective of the Magical Flavor Stone, seeing it as a shiny new toy.
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The Goblin King (Gorok) (The Desperate Gourmet) Role: The primary antagonist of the woods, rumored to be powerful and evil.
Motivation: Survival and a taste of quality.
Unlike common goblins, Gorok is intelligent, aging, and disillusioned.
He realizes his tribe is doomed due to their terrible diet (fungal sludge) and poor morale.
He stole the Magical Flavor Stone (a mid-level relic) from a local noble not for power, but because he believed it could magically make their terrible food taste good, thereby saving his tribe.
Mukoda's curry scent, however, acts as an overwhelming siren call, forcing him to abandon his post and seek the source of true, transcendent flavor his motivation is a desperate, final attempt at culinary grace.
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Guild Auditor Alstair (The Bureaucratic Threat) Role: A new, highly fastidious Guild official from the Capital’s financial regulation branch.
Motivation: Order and Regulation.
Alstair believes that anyone who rises to wealth and notoriety too quickly, especially in a frontier zone, must be manipulating the market or hiding powerful, unregistered magical goods.
He is motivated by professional ambition and a genuine belief that he must uncover Mukoda’s scam before his powerful divine protection (rumors which Alstair dismisses as nonsense) destabilizes the local economy.
He starts the episode trying to subtly interrogate Mukoda about his import practices.
The Important Scenes in Sequence Scene 1: The Pot Simmers and the Eye Watches The scene opens with Mukoda, Fel, and Sui deep in a secluded section of the Whispering Woods, having successfully cleared the area of low-level threats (mostly for meat).
Mukoda is preparing his masterpiece: Rock Deer Curry.
He is meticulous, using a rare, pungent spice mix he purchased online for an authentic kick, which turns out to be a potent, magical-grade seasoning in this world.
The aroma begins to spread.
Suddenly, a well-dressed man, Guild Auditor Alstair, strolls casually into the camp, claiming he was out hunting.
Mukoda, ever the polite host, offers him a seat.
Alstair, while appearing friendly, begins a subtle interrogation, asking Mukoda about the source of his pristine, white rice and why his hunting yield seems disproportionately large for his group's apparent strength.
Mukoda nervously deflects by offering Alstair a small, perfect piece of Marinated Fried Chicken (Karaage), which instantly stuns the auditor into silence and temporary sensory overload.
Alstair struggles to maintain his professional facade while his taste buds scream for more, failing to notice the panicked, silent signals Mukoda and Fel exchange.
Scene 2: The King’s Obsession The perspective shifts to the Goblin King's fortress.
Gorok, the Goblin King, is pacing his dank throne room, his aged face contorted in agony.
The scent of Mukoda's curry has saturated the air.
He is holding a small, smooth, glowing purple rock the Magical Flavor Stone he stole.
He clutches it, then throws it down in frustration.
He recounts a flashback to his inner circle: years of failed leadership, watching his clan starve or turn feral on bad food.
He admits he never wanted to be King; he just wanted a good meal.
Now, the scent of the curry is the culmination of every flavor he's ever dreamed of.
Ignoring the pleas of his Goblin shaman, Gorok grabs his rusty sword and, consumed by desperate hunger, sets off alone for the source of the scent, inadvertently leaving a trail of powerful magical residue.
Scene 3: The Dinner Interruption Mukoda finally declares the curry done.
Just as Fel is about to dive face-first into the pot, a low, guttural roar echoes through the trees, followed by the sound of crashing underbrush.
The Goblin King, Gorok, bursts into the clearing, not with a war cry, but a desperate, choked sound.
He ignores Fel, Sui, and Mukoda; his eyes are fixed solely on the steel pot of curry.
Fel, enraged that his dinner has been interrupted, delivers a casual, contemptuous swipe of his tail that launches several of Gorok’s accompanying goblin guards into the sky.
Sui, having evolved a new 'acid spray' technique (which she uses mostly for cleaning pots), accidentally sprays it onto a patch of poisonous mushrooms, creating a protective, brightly colored barrier around the campsite.
Scene 4: The King’s Plea and Fel’s Strike Gorok, driven by a singular focus, bypasses Fel and lunges for the curry pot.
Mukoda, using his skill defensively for the first time in panic, opens his Supermarket skill and instinctively throws the nearest item: a large bag of Japanese Extra-Spicy Chili Flakes (Ichimi Togarashi).
The highly concentrated spice, combined with the magical energy of the surrounding forest, explodes like a flashbang when it hits the Goblin King’s face.
Blinded and momentarily stunned, Gorok collapses right beside the curry pot.
Instead of attacking, he wheezes out a sentence in the common tongue: Please.
just a taste.
I need to know what it is like to die full.
He explains the stolen Flavor Stone and his motivation not to conquer, but to save his people from bad food.
He confesses the stone is still on him.
Fel, impatient with the dramatic pause, finishes the confrontation with a swift, non-lethal (but paralyzing) magical shock, ensuring the Goblin King is immobilized, but alive enough for Mukoda to process the strange turn of events.
The Climax and the Dramatic Twist As Mukoda rushes to check on the immobilized King, the small, glowing purple object the Magical Flavor Stone falls from Gorok's grasp and rolls, plink, directly into the piping hot, already-perfect curry pot.
The Twist: Instead of melting or exploding, the Flavor Stone begins to pulse and dissolve, not contaminating the curry, but infusing it.
The curry's aroma suddenly intensifies a thousandfold, creating a literal column of fragrant steam that shoots up through the trees.
Guild Auditor Alstair, who had been hiding behind a tree, recovering from the Karaage's flavor shock and documenting the illegal use of summoned beasts in a civil disturbance, stumbles back into the clearing, eyes wide.
He stares at the glowing curry pot and the immobilized King.
