Chapter 48 (2/2)

「Is it okay if I smell the fragrance a little?」

「Of course.」

kyupon, the cork was removed from the top of the barrel.

When I smelled it, it had a strong alcohol and a faint sweet fragrance. It seems to be sake.

After saying my thanks, I asked for an explanation on the next merchandises.

The remaining merchandise were respectively, miso, soy sauce, dried kelp, katsoubus.h.i.+, and tea.

Oo, I want everything!

But I was amazed when I heard the price.

For the smallest units, respectively, one barrel of sake (about 4.5litres) is 30 silvers, one barrel of miso is 15 silvers, one barrel of soy sauce is 20 silvers, twenty pieces of kelp starts from 10 silvers, two counts of katsuobus.h.i.+ for 15 silvers, and approximately five kilograms of tea for 40 silvers.

Although it may be related to transportation…… isn’t that too expensive…?

U~n, I want it…… but…

A set of the smallest units would be 1 gold and 50 silvers……right…?

I think the tea is particularly expensive but…. Could it be because it’s a luxury item?

For now, although the price is high, it’s for the sake of my dearly missed j.a.panese meals.

Let’s buy it all! However, only, the smallest units…

Nevertheless, wouldn’t they sell rice since there is sake?

「Excuse me, do you not sell something called rice?」

「Rice? Aah, since it wasn’t an item from the eastern country, it wasn’t brought along but, we do sell it.」

「Eh? If it’s not from the eastern country, where is it being produced?」

「It’s an item from the southern country but, if you’re interested, shall I prepare some?」

「Certainly!」

So it wasn’t imported from an eastern country ne.

The rice was immediately prepared. But, when compared to the rice eaten in j.a.pan, it’s huge.

This is the difference!?

No, I can endure this. Even if it’s huge, the rice is innocent!

By the way, it seems it was 20 silvers for ten kilograms.

It’s strange how it feels very cheap after hearing the price of the tea.

Ah, the rice is brown rice.

I purchased it all in one go, since I naturally couldn’t carry it home, I requested it to be delivered to my house.

Even though my recent earnings has been completely used up, I’m satisfied.

Now then, next is the magic tool dealer-san. Let us make haste.

I went to the magic tool dealer-san who took care of me in my previous life.

Because that place has magic tools that don’t sell well made as a hobby, interesting magic tools will occasionally appear.7!

By the way, about the freezer… they sold it.

However, it had a concept of cooling and storing, but it seems there wasn’t a concept of freezing and storing.

In other words, it appears it’s one of the hobby magic tools that doesn’t sell.

I immediately purchased it. Though the shopkeeper-like person looked at me with strange eyes. Wasn’t it you who made it…?

By the way, since it happened to completely be a hobby, the price was 5 silvers, the price was completely dirt cheap.

Its size was around a freezer compartment of a small two-doored refrigerator.

Also, because they had an effect preservation magic tool, I purchased it.

It’s said it can preserve the condition of something placed inside this magic tool (box), it’s incredibly wonderful.

The price was a little under 15 silvers.

But if I have this, if I leave bread in the middle of leavening inside it, I can bake fresh bread anytime.

After requesting these to be delivered as well, I headed towards Garam-san’s place.

I discussed with Garam-san whether something like an ice tray could be made.

……He got angry.

However, I’m not someone who would give up from just that!

For the sake of my objective (shaved ice)!

I repeatedly explained (for around one hour) to the hateful Garam-san about the splendour of shaved ice, and the magnificence of adding ice into a beverage on a hot day and drinking it, and pleaded in order for him to somehow make it.

Whether Garam-san lost to my enthusiasm or not, he finally said ‘I’ll try make it’!

Partial dents were hammered into thin iron plate for the shape, when they were lined up, I requested to have the dents as large as possible.8!

It seems a prototype will be completed tomorrow. As expected of Garam-san, he works fast ne!

After I promised to visit tomorrow evening, I returned home.

When I returned home and prepared the leavened bread, the delivery from Sirius Firm had arrived.

For the time being, I had them carry it all to the storeroom in the bas.e.m.e.nt.

When the people from Sirius Firm left, this time there was a delivery from the magic tool dealer-san.

I received the package, then installed it at a suitable location.

Somehow, I have a feeling the magic tools in the kitchen is steadily increasing…

While the bread leavens, I use the free time to prepare the plum juice.

And then dinner preparations.

Although I’d like to have a j.a.panese meal, the rice hasn’t been polished and the little time left isn’t enough.

I’ll have to endure for today.

After what the Prince said in the morning, as expected, or should I say, as I feared…

He came right on time to eat dinner.

……Well, I also thought ‘he’d come right?’, and prepared nevertheless.

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