The Butcher Shop in the Demon Realm - Chapter 5

“Haa… I guess I’m human after all… raping humans feels the best, but cleaning up afterward is such a pain.”

Inside the shop, now with no one else left to speak, I put on my work clothes once again and gaze at Ciel, who lies there with bright red bl00d drained from her neck.

From her crotch, semen along with love juices, urine, and various other things were leaking out.

Next, I’ll remove the internal organs and cut each piece with the skin still on. I should finish everything tonight, and it won’t be a problem handing it over to the customer first thing tomorrow morning.

“…Now that I think about it, it’s almost time for that too.”

I suddenly remembered the special ingredients I’ve been preparing for the last six months, so I decided to go check on them while the bloodletting finishes.

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At the very back of the shop lies a special storage room.

This is a specially made cold storage chamber where ingredients commissioned by the royal family and dukes are aged.

The funding for this setup was entirely provided by the clients, and I handle its upkeep and make refinements as needed.

“If I remember right, it’s exactly seven months today…”

With a clank, I open the heavy soundproof door and slowly step into the dimly lit room.

“…Please… kill me…”

“I don’t… want… to die… cough”

In the storage chamber, there are examination-style beds lined up, where several people with distended-bellied lie strapped down.

All of them have tubes running from their mouths to their stomachs, with additional tubes in their bladder and rectum, living in a state with even less freedom than caged chickens.

“Hmm… Everything is going as scheduled. This one seems to be growing a little slower, though?”

I check each one, pressing on their stomachs to see how they’re doing.

This is a dish that has now risen to the status of royal cuisine in this country—if I were to explain it to someone else, it’s basically the ingredients for a Scotch egg.

In the final week, they are only given water, their insides are emptied, their anus sealed, and a sauce made with plenty of herbs is poured into the stomach and intestines.

Then, while being careful not to cause death through bl00d loss, they remove their arms and legs and deliver them to the customer.

I’ve heard that royal chefs stew the entire ingredient, including the organs, in a large pot with a special sauce.

Unfortunately, demon food doesn’t quite suit me… but still, the progress in the food situation over the past few years has been remarkable, and if you don’t mind the ingredients, I feel like there are more and more delicious foods available.

I wonder if this is thanks to my master, who has been steadily working to improve food culture. However, the demon race’s main diet still consists mostly of beasts and beastmen, while humans are still considered luxury ingredients due to the difficulty of acquiring them.

I’m thinking of setting up a breeding farm on the outskirts of this town someday. A consistent supply of luxury ingredients — it’s something that is absolutely essential to spread the culture of cooking, just like in my old world.

“That said, for now, I’m barely managing to keep this shop running… Anyway, today, I’ll butcher that and then go eat!”

I headed towards the former Ciel, where the bloodletting was likely finished, in order to take care of a request from a regular customer.

Chapter length 1231 characters.