I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary
# 042 Factory tour / Sake
After more than ten minutes of chasing Elma's light steps, we reached our final destination on the factory tour.
"It's a factory of Corey Beverage! Corey Beverage is one of the leading sake brewers in the Empire! We make almost anything that is called sake, but the most famous is the sharp and rich beer!"
Elma arrives in front of Coreu Beverage's factory and looks back at us and gives an explanation while shining his eyes. What kind of situation is that a companion gives a comment while visiting a factory. There are glittering effects around Elma who turned around.
"Nah, Mimi, isn't she shining?" "Is it ... the elf's magic?" "Well, that's the first time. There's such a thing." "I don't know the details, but there seems to be is"
Really? I'm sorry because it's a space elf without magical elements. I don't show such behavior at all.
"Let's get in! Let's get in soon! Harry Harry!"
Elma's tension is MAX. I have never seen Elma with such a high tension. I looked back at Mimi and followed Elma, assaulting at the factory with bitter smiles at each other. As with other factories, you will receive guidance from the receptionist, enter the sterilization room, and move into the factory. There is only a major manufacturer here, and there were tour customers besides us. The dedicated passage for visitors is well-cleaned and has a very good atmosphere. Tour people other than us are still human. The main race of the Graccan Empire is human, and is it obvious? Elves haven't seen anything but Elma. Is it a rare race? If it's a non-human race ... it's like a lizard human, it's like adding amphibians and fish and dividing it by two, it's like a vertically long sea anemone, and it's like a human with a tail and a tail. . Can you communicate with that sea anemone ...?
"Hiro, don't go crazy! Let's go to the tasting corner!" "It's different again." "Okay, don't be impatient. There's no plan after this, so you don't need to be impatient."
Elma swells her cheeks by longing her long ears. A child or something angry to endure a snack?
"Is this making ale?" "Beer" "... Yeah, beer"
If you don't shuffle, I think it's ale, but I do. No, I don't have an exact definition. In this world, it's beer without shuffling. Let's understand. However, in this world, there aren't so many carbonated drinks found in the world .... I wonder if the existence itself was forgotten during the space advance? In a weightless environment, it is not something that is easy to drink. This is a likely story.
"There's nothing impressive about the beer manufacturing process. Well, the speed of the machine work is fast, and if you like to watch the machine move regularly because it's accurate, you may not get bored no matter how much you see." "Is there such a person?" "I like it quite a bit. It feels good." "It's a world I don't understand a little."
Elma shrugs while watching the factory. I like to watch the mechanism that moves regularly and precisely. I feel tired of seeing a factory that produces such products in large quantities. After a while watching the machine move, we were satisfied and headed to the next area. Next is the fruit wine production corner. Can you show me the process of squeezing the fruit, squeezing the load and fermenting it? I thought, but the reality went diagonally above my expectations.
"Orchard?"
Yes, the next area was like an orchard. Spread like a vineyard in a vast space, drones and robot arms for training fly around and work. It's similar to the food cartridge factory we saw earlier.
"Yeah. It's a field where the fruit of the liquor grows. This is like a wine field."
What is Elma saying ...? As I leaned forward, there was a paid sampling corner of freshly picked "Wine Fruit". If you pay the energy at the terminal, you can eat freshly harvested "wine fruits".
"Let's eat. The wine at Caulieu Beverage is also delicious." "I've never drunk wine. I'm looking forward to it."
When leaning on a situation that does not make sense, Elma pays the price by holding the terminal over something like a vending machine, and one grain in a piece of paper such as a paper cup is a dark purple Received the fruit. She may throw the fruit into her mouth without any hesitation.
"Hmm, sake is good, but the wine is delicious. Look, try Mimi, too." "Are you good? Then ..."
As recommended by Elma, Mimi picks a single fruit and throws it into her mouth.
"Hmm ... it's less sour than you think? There's not much bitterness." "Because I squeeze the skin and the seeds together when drinking, I don't bother to crush the seeds or the skin when eating it as it is. That's why I don't feel astringent. "
Try to get closer to the two who have a strange conversation.
"Eat one Hiro, too? No matter how low you are, it's okay if you have only one." "Maybe ...?" "Oh, oh, oh," "ah,"
She opened her mouth obediently to Elma's words, and Elma picked a grain of wine and dropped it into my mouth. Yeah, it's just like a grape. Try to chew the fruit.
"!?"
Immediately, a scent of sake spirit exploded in the mouth. The juice that oozes out from the pulp is just the wine itself. As Mimi says, there is no bitterness and the wine tastes somewhat mild, but I think this taste is definitely wine.
"Whether the fruit contains alcohol ...? Is that ant?" "It's different from Hiro's common sense." "The wine I know is a grape that is similar to the fruit of this wine. And fermented, then squeezed and aged. "" Traditional, or rather primitive. I heard that until about 2,000 years ago it was made like that. Is it usually made from wine fruits now? "" Is it a gift of breeding or genetic engineering ...
He growls while swallowing the seeds and seeds of wine left in his mouth. My body was burning. I realize my face is getting red with just this. Um, I'm still vulnerable to alcohol, me.
"Hiro, your face is red." "Wow, that's a little cute." "Uh .. I'm out on my face as soon as I drink .... Beer is a can and a beer. "
Mimi looks at my face while smiling somehow, and Elma laughs with a couscous while carrying a hunch of wine and fruit. I was worried about the hot cheek and turned my face away and hid it with one hand. In addition she is grinned. Shit.
"Next, let's go next." "Yes, let's go next. Hiro-chan." "Hiro-chan ... fufu."
As they walked forward, they grinned and followed. Yeah, this may have been the gate for me.
By the way, next is the brewery area. Brewery area, but ...?
"The forest ...?" "It's a distilled liquor tree" "Distilled liquor tree" "Yes, the natural whiskey that can be taken from the tree is a luxury item. It has a different flavor and taste from synthetic whiskey."
I don't know why. What is natural whiskey?
"Um, how do you make that natural whiskey?" "It's a tour to learn that, you see, there's a commentary over there."
Elma pointed to a holographic display that displayed a holographic video of the commentary. Click the button to play the video. In summary, the sap of that whiskey tree seems to be called natural whiskey. Like maple syrup, if you scratch a tree, whiskey will seep out as sap. What's that and that tree? It seems to burn well! By the way, synthetic whiskey is also explained, and it seems that Corey Beverage also manufactures synthetic whiskey as a cheap product. It doesn't seem to be made here. There seems to be a whiskey-like mixture of spices mixed with the generated alcohol. Natural products are popular, but cheap synthetic whiskeys are widely known.
"Hmm! After all natural products are delicious!" "Sayoka" "Kefuu, kofu ...... a little too strong for me."
Elma smiles full while drinking whiskey in a tasting shot glass, and Mimi turns her eyes black and white. Watch Elma buy the second cup as she rubs her back. Don't you get drunk until it's gone ...? Elma's inner plea was empty, and by the end of the factory tour, Elma was drunk with Bellonberon. Mimi is a bit nervous because she has tasted it several times.
"Hey ... Hiro ..." "I'm sorry, Hiro-sama ..."
I managed to get back to Krishna, holding on to the entangled Elma and supporting the fluttering Mimi. And after waking up, Elma looked at her terminal and turned pale. At the exit of the tour, I thought I was talking with the staff with a terminal at the exit, and seemed to have tasted and bought a good number of delicious liquors. That amount, 100,000 energy.
"You ... I'm still so excited to buy 100,000 energy, even though I haven't repaid one energy yet." "Oh, oh, oh ...
Elma joins her hands and tilts her pretty head. Hahaha, this guy.
"Don't drink for two weeks. If you drank secretly ... Hufu. I'll let the Elma taste the food I had yesterday. … I ’m not going to drink… ”
Elma nods with tears. Isn't it an immediate response, an emotional response? No objection will be granted. With that happening, we three took a three-day rest. If I knew that would result in annoying things, I would have finally left this system ... a later festival. It came directly to Krishna on the morning of rest.
"It's been a long time, Silver rank mercenary Captain Hiro"
It was an unexpected guest. Blonde with bright eyes and shining eyes, red eyes, and pure white military uniform and red cape. A beautiful female soldier with a nice sword on her waist. Yes, Captain Serena-Halls, who should be in the Turmaine system, came to Krishna.