Chapter 36 She was a Very Homely Woman (1/2)
On the eighth day of the Fire month, I woke up very early today, perhaps because I didn’t sleep well, and when I woke up, it was still dark outside the window, and when I looked at my pocket watch, it was still 4 AM.
Although it’s still early, I don’t feel like I’m sleep deprived because I went to bed earlier than when I was on Earth, where I would usually stay up late on my computer or watching TV.
I know that it’s a good thing to live a healthy lifestyle, but it’s about time I have something to entertain me for a bit. Next time I go into town, it might be a good idea to buy a book or something like that.
Thinking about this, I walked down the hallway towards the dining room to get something to drink.
The wide corridor gives me a sense of tranquility as the number of servants I currently see in the mansion is relatively low, partly because it was still early.
There are two types of servants working in Lilia-san’s mansion, those who commute from home and those who work as live-in workers, and the only ones I see at this time of day are the live-in workers.
Even though I’ve been in this world for more than a week now, I still don’t remember the names based on the face of the servants aside from Lunamaria-san, especially those who only patrol at nights or early in the morning…… They are the so-called thanes, and there are hardly anyone of them that I know.
Incidentally, although it was quite surprising, Lilia-san’s personal servant, Lunamaria-san seems to be commuting from her home rather than living in the house, and since she lives with her mother at her home not far from the mansion, I won’t be able to see her late at night or early in the morning.
However, even though I hardly interacted with a lot of people, there are still some that I recognize, and when I arrived at the dining room to get a drink, there were just one of the few people I had interacted with here.
[Good morning, Sieglinde-san.]
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A red-haired woman tipped a cup of tea alone in the corner of the dining room. Spotting Sieglinde-san, who had escorted me and guided me around the town the day before yesterday, I greeted her.
Hearing me speak, Sieglinde-san, who can’t speak, puts down the cup in her hand and returns my greeting with a nod.
[By any chance, were you in charge of night security?]
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[As I thought, good work.]
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Sieglinde-san is a live-in worker, and seeing the sword that was propped up next to her seat, I asked her so, thinking that she was in charge of the midnight-to-dawn security, and Sieglinde-san nodded in affirmation.
The fact that she’s drinking tea now probably means that the time she’s in charge is over and she’s now taking a break before getting to bed.
After she bowed her head hearing my words of appreciation, Sieglinde-san looked at me and made a gesture of tilting her head.
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[Ah, I woke up kind of early and thought I’d like something to drink.]
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[Eh? Thank you. Well then, I’ll presume upon your kindness and join you.]
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Sieglinde-san was close by when I told her why I was visiting the dining room so early in the morning…… Taking a new cup and a pot of tea from a trolley, though I don’t really know what it’s called in this world, but it’s similar to those service wagons used to serve in hotels on Earth, pulled up a nearby chair and suggested we sit down.
Figuring out Sieglinde-san’s intentions, I told her my thanks and sat down in my chair. Sieglinde-san then places a cup in front of me and expertly brewed a cup of tea.
[Thank you very much…… It’s very good.]
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Saying my thanks to Sieglinde-san and drinking the tea she made for me, and the taste of the tea, which isn’t too hot and is brewed at a temperature that is easy to drink, warms my body as I wake up from sleepiness.
It tastes different from the tea that Lunamaria-san usually brews for me, as I could taste a slightly sweet flavor…… Though it isn’t like the sweetness of sugar, probably a fruit? It has a gentle sweetness that doesn’t spoil the flavor of the tea.
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[Somehow, it has a slight, gentle sweetness to it.]
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[Is that…… from dried fruit?]
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When I told her how it tastes, Sieglinde-san smiles and shows me a small bottle with some kind of dried fruit in it.
Perhaps, this tea has that fruit in it and that’s where the subtle sweetness came from.
Sieglinde-san smiles again as I stare at the bottle with interest. She then takes out a small piece of paper from the pocket of her clothing and writes a few words in it.
“It contains dried ripple fruit.”
[Heehhh… So that’s why it’s sweet.]
If I remember correctly, the ripple fruit is a fruit that has a similar taste to the apple back on Earth. That is to say that this tea is like an apple tea.
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But the exquisite taste of this tea and the temperature that is adjusted to make it easy to drink are due to Sieglinde-san’s excellent skills.
[I’ve learned something again. Sieglinde-san is very good at brewing tea huh.]
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When I told her my honest impressions, Sieglinde-san’s cheeks blushed a bit and she shook her head as if she was being bashful, but even I, a novice, can understand that this flavor isn’t something that can be produced with just a short amount of practice.
Looking at her slender, tall and well-defined face, I had imagined her to be something like a martial artist based from the story that she used to be a skilled knight, so I was surprised—- though it may be rude for me to say that, Sieglinde-san may be a family-oriented woman.
[Ah, speaking of which…… I got some tea leaves a while ago and they were so good, but do you know what kind of leaves these are from?]
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I suddenly remembered the tea that Shiro-san had given me before, and I felt that Sieglinde-san seemed to know a lot about tea, so I took the opportunity of asking her about it.
I asked because this tea tastes really good and if these was being sold somewhere, I’d love to buy some more but…… Seeing the bottle that I had taken out from my magic box, Sieglinde-san’s eyes widened, looking like she’s surprised for some reason.
Then, she reached out her hand to get a closer look, so I handed her the bottle of tea leaves, and she began looking at it from various angles. After looking at it for a while, she still had that surprised look on her face as she picked up her pen.
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“I think this was called the Glorious Tea. Though it’s the first time I’ve seen the real thing myself……”
[……Is this a rare tea?]
“This is a tea that only exists in the God Realm, it was a phantom tea that was even called as God’s Miracle.”