# It's been dealt with. **Quest Group**: 113060 **Steps**: 57 ## Summary You took care of those monster rats! Thank goodness. The Palace Kitchen is always busy preparing the royal table. How can we not do our best for the food we serve? We're always short-handed and overwhelmed, and if rats start tearing up the place, it would be a disaster. ## Walkthrough ### Step 1 - **Dialogue**: ### Step 2 - **Reward**: It's an honor to see you, Your Excellency! Are you hungry? Might I quickly prepare a meal for you? ### Step 3 - **Reward**: We have such monsters entering the palace now...? ### Step 4 - **Objective**: It's been dealt with. - **Summary**: You took care of those monster rats! Thank goodness. The Palace Kitchen is always busy preparing the royal table. How can we not do our best for the food we serve? We're always short-handed and overwhelmed, and if rats start tearing up the place, it would be a disaster. ### Step 5 - **Objective**: They're just ordinary stone rats. - **Summary**: ...Ordinary, you say? How can such things be ordinary? We don't know where they came from... But it seems you've seen plenty of them before. Impressive... ### Step 6 - **Reward**: So, when I went to catch the rats, I encountered a monster I've never seen before... How can you remain so calm? ### Step 7 - **Reward**: Ah, Your Excellency. Are you hungry? What brings you to the Palace Kitchen? ### Step 8 - **Reward**: Your Excellency! Could you possibly help me? ### Step 9 - **Objective**: Is this a place for cooking? - **Summary**: Ah, Your Excellency. Yes, this is where we prepare the royal table. I'm sorry, but we're very busy right now. Could you step aside a bit? No, child! That's not the ingredient to add now! ### Step 10 - **Objective**: What can I help with? Cooking? - **Summary**: No. Not cooking. I'm so busy that I haven't had a chance to ask the Head Court Lady what dishes to prepare for today's royal table. Could you ask on my behalf if we should serve raw meat or fish today? ### Step 11 - **Reward**: Oh, dear! How long are you gonna dawdle like that? Huh? Ah, Your Excellency! What brings you here? ### Step 12 - **Objective**: The Chief of National Affairs sent me. - **Summary**: Huh? The chief wants some Hovenia Water? Does he not know how busy we are in the Palace Kitchen...! *Sighs* But since you helped us last time, I'll give it to you. This is the last time, and also, please tell him to come himself next time! I will discuss this with him in person. ### Step 13 - **Reward**: Please tell him to come himself next time! I will discuss this with him in person. ### Step 14 - **Reward**: Ah, thank you for your help earlier. So, what brings you here today? ### Step 15 - **Objective**: Could I get some oil? I have a use for it. - **Summary**: Oh, of course! You helped me last time, so now it's my turn to help you! ### Step 16 - **Reward**: You must be very busy, so please go ahead! ### Step 17 - **Objective**: (Ask for a dried persimmon.) - **Summary**: Suddenly coming to the kitchen and asking for a dried persimmon, does that make sense? All the ingredients are for the royal table. I'm sorry, but please don't come while I'm cooking. Oh my-!! Who prepped these ingredients! So busy! Busy-!! (... Let's go back to the Internal Affairs Bureau where Gang Sol is.) ### Step 18 - **Reward**: Where did you put the washed ingredients! Ah, what brings you here? ### Step 19 - **Objective**: The gatekeeper sent me. - **Reward**: *Sighs*... Please tell the gatekeeper not to lose it again! - **Summary**: The gatekeeper sent for a water bottle? He lost the one he got last time too...! Really... There are only people who add more work when we're busy. You must be having a hard time too, Your Excellency. ### Step 20 - **Objective**: Monster? - **Summary**: Yes, monsters! It looked like a boulder and moved. Embarrassingly, as soon as I saw them, I had no choice but to run away... Please make sure those monsters never set foot in the kitchen again. ### Step 21 - **Reward**: If you're done prepping, take it over there! Your Excellency. What brings you to the kitchen? ### Step 22 - **Objective**: I've brought medicine from the Palace Apothecary. - **Summary**: Medicinal tea prescribed for Her Majesty? Let's see... The tea will be bitter, so it should be served with some sweets. ### Step 23 - **Reward**: I will prepare the tea and snacks and serve them. Don't worry! Leave it to me! ### Step 24 - **Reward**: I greet you, Your Excellency. What brings you here...? If you're hungry, I will prepare a meal for you. ### Step 25 - **Objective**: No, I'm here to check if you're feeling unwell. - **Summary**: Ah, so you're doing a medical check-up! For the kitchen to run this busily, I need to stay healthy! ### Step 26 - **Reward**: I am perfectly fine. In fact, I'm too healthy, that's the problem. ### Step 27 - **Objective**: (Asks if there are any pears.) - **Summary**: We don't have any right now... but is it because of Gang Sol? Actually, when I checked the stock, there were some left, so I was going to give the leftover pears to Sol, but contrary to my expectations, there were none left, and instead, we have apples. ### Step 28 - **Reward**: I also wanted to give Sol a pear, but unfortunately, our kitchen couldn't help... I'm sorry. ### Step 29 - **Reward**: Greetings, Your Excellency. What brings you to the kitchen? ### Step 30 - **Objective**: We need to prepare for the banquet. (Hand over the banquet list.) - **Summary**: Oh... Is that so? This seems to be something Her Majesty prepared herself. And it looks like the banquet is a royal command. We'll try to prepare it as quickly as possible, but we are missing some ingredients. ### Step 31 - **Reward**: We'll start with other dishes first, but could Your Excellency perhaps help us gather the missing ingredients? ### Step 32 - **Objective**: Of course. What do you need me to get? - **Summary**: We need eggs to make the jeon. Since it's a banquet, many people will attend, so we'll need a generous amount. ### Step 33 - **Reward**: Take your time! We can start with other preparations. ### Step 34 - **Objective**: I've brought them. - **Summary**: Thank you! It's admirable that you didn't mind the trouble. I respect you even more. Thanks to Your Excellency, we can focus more on the preparations. ### Step 35 - **Reward**: Your help has been a great relief. Thank you, Your Excellency! ### Step 36 - **Reward**: I apologize for not noticing Your Excellency's arrival sooner... ### Step 37 - **Objective**: Is something troubling you? - **Summary**: Well... I was wondering if there was a special dish to present to His Majesty... I noticed that the Yeonbaekdang has been stored for four years... ### Step 38 - **Reward**: But I was unsure if I should open it... ### Step 39 - **Objective**: I'll ask on your behalf. - **Summary**: You would, Your Excellency...? I hope I haven't troubled you... I am deeply grateful... ### Step 40 - **Reward**: I feel ashamed for making such a trivial request to Your Excellency... ### Step 41 - **Objective**: It's fine to open it. - **Summary**: Your grace is truly profound. I am deeply grateful, Your Excellency! ### Step 42 - **Reward**: Ah, Your Excellency. Welcome. Are you here because you're hungry? ### Step 43 - **Objective**: No, I was wondering if you could teach me how to cook? - **Summary**: What? You want to cook yourself, Your Excellency? I can teach you, but... Why would you want to cook when I'm here? ### Step 44 - **Reward**: I'm curious about the reason. Could you tell me? ### Step 45 - **Objective**: I'm learning to cook for my adventures. - **Summary**: Ah, I see. Since Your Excellency is an adventurer, that makes sense. Understood. Then I'll teach you the simplest dish, soybean jjigae. ### Step 46 - **Reward**: First, dissolve three spoonfuls of soybean paste in water, then mince two cloves of garlic and add them in, letting it boil. ### Step 47 - **Objective**: (Listen and takes notes.) - **Summary**: Next, add a spoonful of soy sauce and some pork, and let it boil until it steams. That's how you make soybean jjigae. Isn't it simple? ### Step 48 - **Reward**: Would you like to try making it yourself? ### Step 49 - **Objective**: (Ask to taste the finished soybean jjigae.) - **Summary**: Hmm- For a first attempt, it's quite good. Learning other dishes will be useful for your adventures. ### Step 50 - **Reward**: Ah, welcome, Your Excellency. I apologize. I'm a bit overwhelmed right now... ### Step 51 - **Objective**: What's the matter? - **Summary**: We need to finish preparing the royal table soon, but we've run out of firewood for the stove. Everyone is busy making their dishes, so no one can gather firewood. What should we do... ### Step 52 - **Reward**: What should I do...? ### Step 53 - **Objective**: I'm not busy at the moment, so I'll take it for you. - **Summary**: You would, Your Excellency? I am honored! Thank you! ### Step 54 - **Reward**: Well... If you could get me about ten logs to use as firewood, I would really appreciate it. ### Step 55 - **Objective**: (Hand over the firewood.) - **Summary**: Thank you so much, Your Excellency. Thanks to you, we can prepare everything on time. ### Step 56 - **Reward**: Oh... But it seems we're out of pressed oil. Could you please press this perilla into oil? ### Step 57 - **Objective**: What do you need me to do? - **Summary**: You can grind the perilla I gave you in a mortar to extract the oil. You should have enough perilla! ※ You can process Perilla by through Grinding in the Processing window () to get Perilla Oil.