Dungeons for the Devil, Dungeons for the Core (Book Version Title: A Different World Dungeon Made with the Devil)

A Morphan liaison officer who stayed in Illustria noticed that cooling technology was being used in non-fume confectionery stores, and a day before that, there was a little discussion in Morphan's home country. What I mean is that the analysis results of the sugar made from non-fume brought back by the envoy dispatched to Illustria, which is actually crowe, have risen.

"Superior sugar without any mixtures... it's not the same as the 'quality sugar' that Theodorum sells."

"Ah, it looks like the refined sugar we're getting overseas is similar in composition." Probably the same, or at least from a neighboring region, as reported by the Academy...... about sugar. "

"Ahh... the problem is molasses..."

Crowe's sugar made from odorant is obtained from sugar cane monstered from Japan, and from sugar cane that is one step ahead of monstrosity. However, fortunately, the ingredients of sugar itself are not much different from normal cream sugar, so the crowe was able to show them without concern.

However, there are other refined sugar crops in Odrant. It is a sugar torrent in which the body tissue of the torrent, which had grown in Odrant since then, is fused with that of the sugar cane and revived. The sugar obtained from this product may have mixed with the ingredients of torrenting, and it had a slightly different flavor than normal creamy sugar. But eventually, Crowe, who intends to leave the refined sugar industry to non-fumes, decided that it would be embarrassing (first) to send sugar from crops that could not be displayed to the market. I kept it just for fun in the inner circle.

However... molasses derived from sugar torrents have a very different flavor than sugarcane molasses, so I wholesale a very small amount to non-fumes as a favorite.

― ― The problem was molasses derived from this sugar torrent.

"It's obviously different from normal molasses. It resembles a little tree honey, but it is much more fragrant than that. And... it's obviously a by-product of refining sugar, not wooden nectar from the perspective of its ingredients."

"In other words... there is unknown sugar..."

Honey is a sweetener obtained by purifying sap, which is close to the maple sugar of the earth. The ingredients were made from sugar torrent sap, and the sugar and molasses had a similar flavor to maple sugar.

"Molasses are a by-product of refining sugar. It makes sense to have molasses made from unknown ingredients as well as sugar made from the same ingredients."

“That's the problem. Sugar is made from unknown ingredients, but the sugar is not released to the market. Why is that?"

The possibility that the amount of the tested cultivated product was small did not rise above the controversy. There is no way that those sloppy non-fumes will be able to offer something like that in the sea or in the mountains. So the answer that came out of it was...

“It's decided, because it would be damaging to the market.”

The other man --- continued with a difficult expression -- in the dialog of the man who started to talk.

"The question is, how do you get in the way?"

"First of all... the yield is bigger than the previous one, and the price fluctuation... can I exclude this?"

"Hmm. If it's just a yield problem, we don't need to hide it." It should be released so that it doesn't collapse... or it should be released quickly to strike at Theodorum. "

As expected, only the Secretary of State of the great power Morphan realized that the sale of non-fume sugar was part of the economic war against Theodorum.

"So... there's a problem with quality, not quantity?"

"First of all, the fact that it is low-quality and not for sale is rejected. Then we can stop the production."

Maybe sugar is low quality, but molasses are superior?

"I can't say I don't have any..."

“No, if the main purpose of the non-fumes is to overthrow Theodorum, don't try to produce that subtle sugar. I'm going to turn it into a normal sugar production."

”So... the sugar is so high quality that you can't put it on the table...?”

The secretaries of state who arrive at some inconceivable conclusion and become subtle faces. That's the theoretical consequence, but what do you mean by "superior quality"?

"... not just the difference in taste-?"

"Does it have a special effect?"

"Or... it's like habituality..."

Unexpectedly, all of them looked back at the speaker as if they were calm. Does it also contain narcotics?... no... I'm sure the sweetness is like a drug...

In the midst of this, there was a man mumbling to himself who had read the report from the Academy.

"... is this it?... maybe?"

Huh? Is something wrong?

”Ahh... the molasses in question...” There is a trace of magic power that is more intense than normal ”

It's a powerful magic power!?

"Does it have some kind of magical effect!?"

It was a burgeoning Council of State, but it wasn't.

Certainly, Sugar Torrent's sap contains a slightly higher amount of magic power, but the amount of refined sugar does not differ significantly from other sugars. In addition, the magic power contained in molasses dissipates after a short time. The only thing that would remain if I turned it into rum was the magic power, but it wasn't enough to make a scene.

It's just... no outsider knows what's going on.