Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

VII. Wine, Baked Confectionery and Acer

Mr. Nong thought the day was getting a lot shorter. It is still truly easy to return before the sun sets.

"Then I'll do it."

Horseflash (Basen) goes home to himself. I leave the guarding of the night to another. Previously, I used to breathe when I guarded myself when I stayed in, but honestly, I don't want Mr. Nong to be tired even if he was stuck all day.

I will return to the palace and the water lotus will greet me.

"First, it's a meal."

"No, take a bath first..."

Mr Nong tried to correct it, but the atmosphere of the palace was different than usual. The smell was a little sweeter than usual, even though Mr. Nong usually burns incense that he likes.

Some of the guards inside are different from the usual facial rashes.

"A guest?

"Yes."

And when it comes to the guests who come to Mr. Nong's palace, it is limited.

As the corridor escorts bow their heads, Mr. Nong heads to the living room.

The person I had in mind relaxed in the living room.

"Today, are you sure you don't want to go to the rear house?

Mr. Nong asks the Lord to bow his head.

"These days, the administrator recommends only the new queen."

Miao's greatness was reading the book as she tilted her cup. There is one Acer board in front of me. Here again, there is one popular person.

"I push my daughters that my taste will be like this."

I know that means big tits, but Mr. Nong knows. This one, the lord of one kingdom, will not choose his queen alone.

It would be troublesome if you were a politically inappropriate person for having a bad preference queen. That's what the Lord's 'trouble' would mean.

But that's not the only reason.

There is after the Queen, that is, after the Jade Leaf, who became his rightful wife. His father, Tamayuan (Gyokuen), is currently staying in the capital.

"Aren't you worried about your uncle's eyes?

This is Mr. Nong's palace. It will be just a little shattered conversation.

"In all times, those who hold the crown must see the complexion of everyone."

When the Lord places the Acer stone properly, he urges it to sit down and with his free hands.

Mr Nong smiles at the look of it and sits in a chair placed opposite the Acer board. The Acer barrel you keep contains black stone.

My lord puts the book down. Needless to say, it's a freak warrior's book.

Shui Lian also brings the cup to Mr. Nong. What's inside is red liquid, like blood.

Enjoy the liquid rolling through clear bolts.

"The wine here is sour."

There is already a cup beside the Lord.

"Because it suits my taste"

"I don't hate it either, but I hear sweet drinks are popular these days."

Sweet liquor brings to mind that cats and cats are going to look disgusted.

"What's up?

"No, nothing"

My face is about to burst and I rush to fix it.

My lord looks strange and rocks the cup.

"Speaking of which, I tend to blur because of the Acer epidemic, but I hear the migratory products are popular in Ichii."

"Right."

Mr. Nong also knows. The other day, a witch from the west came along with many exotic goods out there. Some would have temporarily lightened taxes.

"You know the most popular of them all?

"What is it?

The emperor laughs. Normally, it is not uncommon to give Mr. Nong a faint look in front of him for the loss of his mind at work.

"They say it's wine."

"Wine?

Mr Nong tilts his neck.

"Not something made in the West?

Grapes are made to flourish in the vicinity of Nishidu, home after the jade leaves. The wine on hand now also comes from Nishidu.

"What's made in the West Capital would be so distinctively sour, wouldn't it? But when it comes to handouts, it seems sweet and delicious."

"Is it that good quality"

Mr Nong includes wine in his mouth. From Nishidu, it has a sour taste but the original taste is not bad. I just feel like a cat and cat said it can't be that sour by nature.

When was that?

Did the cat and cat stop working in the rear palace last year and start working for Mr. Nong?

Huh, Mr. Nong rocked the cup.

"Really, is that a migrant?

"... would it taste different? I haven't had a drink yet, but the minister said it was delicious, right?

"You may want not to be drunk"

Mr Nong gives his eyes to the water lotus. I punched my ear in the water lotus that came.

The water lotus, once out of the room, returns with a cloth wrap.

"What's that?

To the emperor stroking his beard, Mr. Nong shows the contents of the cloth wrap. Contains a metal cup.

"It's something I used to get. Was it last year?"

Mr Nong reminds me of last year's spring destination.

"I was wondering if it would be better if they didn't drink that wine."

The daughter of an unfathomable pharmacist said as she cleaned out the dishes. After the meal, I just poured it into a glass to drink wine.

"Why? Did you see the poison earlier?

Mr Nong rocks the cup as he tilts his neck.

The pharmacist was returning to the flower district at the rear house the other day. He hired me as Mr. Nong's maid and poison watcher to come because his salary was good.

"I poisoned you. I don't think there's anything poisonous about wine. Strongly, I thought it was sour."

Mr. Nong prefers those with strong acidity to those that are just sweet. I'm guessing Shui Lian prepared it for Mr. Nong's taste. It's from Nishidu.

"Then"

"It's just the vessel that's the problem"

"Vessel?"

Mr Nong looks at a metal vessel.

"Is the vessel even poisoned?

"No."

"Then what?

The pharmacist gently takes the cup from Mr. Nong.

"Excuse me."

When I put the chopsticks in the glass of wine, I only contained one drop in my mouth. After a slow taste, I leave the room gently. It would be to throw up what was in your mouth and rinse it off.

The pharmacist, who came right back, brings a bottle containing wine.

"It's poisoned"

"Is it?

Pharmacists spinning meaningful words.

"It was somewhat sweeter than what I drank. A little more, if you use it, it will be sweeter. It feels sweet and delicious, but the ingredients are poisonous."

"I'm not sure what that means, but can I make my point?

"Go ahead."

Without changing his expression, the pharmacist nods.

"It's not poison on its own. But when you put the two together, does that mean it's poisonous?

To Mr Nong's opinion, the pharmacist faintly raises his mouth angle. Sounds right.

"Metals have soluble properties in acid-strong ones. This vessel must be made of lead. Mixing lead with sour wine tells me that what lead has been made to dissolve sweetens. In the West, I've heard you sweetened it with lead in wine"

And he said the people who drank it had a high percentage of addiction symptoms.

"It's only a view by my adoptive father, but I was wondering if that could have caused the poisoning"

Her adoptive father seems to be a pretty good doctor. The pharmacist says you're the one who hears the first and knows the tenth?

……

Mr Nong gently places the vessel of lead.

"I don't know if I will have sudden poisoning symptoms after drinking once or twice, but it may be dangerous if I use it all the time"

I don't make any explicit statements. I don't want to say things by speculation is what characterizes this pharmacist.

"Assuming this is poison, what symptoms do you think will appear?

To Mr Non's question, the pharmacist thought for a moment.

"... do you remember the poisonous white powder in the rear palace?

"Oh. I'll never forget it."

"I've heard that one is made with vinegar in lead"

So you're saying that you have the same symptoms as white powder poisoning?

Mr Nong is convinced.

"If you taught me how to drink wine, I was wondering if I should find out how he drinks it"

If he likes to drink in a cup of lead, he taught Mr Ng in good faith without offense. Otherwise, he said there was a possibility of malice.

Mr. Nong has been targeted for his life several times. With what intent, what did they do? That needs to be looked into.

"May I add one more thing?

"What?

The pharmacist sees the wine he hasn't poured into the glass yet.

"Mr. Nong originally thought the wine was sour because of the region."

A drugstore that rocks bottles.

"I think long trips are just making the liquor vinegar."

……

In other words, I would like to say that the flavor that Mr. Nong liked to drink is the taste of crude products.

"I think it's good stuff. Just a little more, if you think about the way it's transported, it won't spoil the liquor."

The west capital is quite far away. Besides, it's hot.

But it feels delicious to me.

The cat and cat narrow their eyes to Mr. Nong, who tilts his neck.

"Because if you're tired, your taste will be dull and you won't feel sour..."

……

"And my taste is for drier liquor"

The poisonous side has made a request.

Raw Hate, I would like to say that Mr. Nong originally preferred the sour flavour. I want to think.

"Make it wine for a while"

"Okay. Boy."

The pharmacist looked disgusted because the water lotus is what gives a good reply.

"Did that happen?"

My lord drank the cup. At some point, there is a baked sweet prepared by Shui Lotus.

The contents of Mr. Nong's reduced cup were also fully filled.

"Hmm, so what's the booze that's out there now?"

"It's likely to be crude or fake."

It's a wine brought from an exotic country. It must have taken longer to be transported than the West Capital. That would make it difficult to keep the quality constant, and the more you go out to the city well, the more crude you will inevitably get.

If it's still sweet, it has to be processed sweetly. When that happens, what's out there is poisonous wine.

Also, if you were making wine, falsely as a delivery, that would be a scam. That's all taxes are levied on immigrants. Even if the tax is lighter, the price is more than double higher than that of those from Nishidu due to transportation costs, scarce value, etc.

It is unlikely that there may, by chance, be wines of good quality migratory products out there.

"You should do a little research on this."

Mr Nong picks baked sweets. A fluffy, unusual dough with dried fruit in it. I smell faint alcohol. A sip is soft and sweet to squeeze.

I guess you knew the Lord was coming. Mr. Nong's nanny, Shui Lotus, but also his lord's nanny. They want to prepare interesting treats and entertain them.

My lord seems to like it, he's cheeky fast. He liked it, and when he finished eating all the pieces, he poured them in with the newly poured wine.

"Long time no see?

The Lord strokes his beard and pays for the confectionery shards, picking black stones with his empty hands.

"That was the last time I hit you right before you went into the backyard."

My lord who puts Acer stone back in the bucket for nostalgia.

When Mr. Nong was thirteen, his predecessor collapsed. In the year that became the East Palace, Mr. Nong hung on to the Lord to hit Acer.

"I've been thinking since then that it's not something you bet on, Acer, etc."

"... you won't be able to overturn it now."

Mr. Nong had black stones and beat the Lord. And he wanted a reward.

"When you say you want an emperor, you say when the time comes, you'll do it."

"I don't want to"

I wasted a lot of time not wanting to be in the East Palace.

But at that time, the Emperor had no children. He was dead by the way, and none of the other sons of his predecessors.

As a result, it was decided to create a new replacement.

As a eunuch, as a eunuch, he enters the rear palace, and searches for the Emperor's Queen.

"I've never regretted losing in Acer like that."

"That won't happen."

Now, Tomiya, a child with Yuba, is also adorable, but Princess Suzuli is also adorable. Now there is no point in returning Mr. Nong to the East Palace. If there were, it would be nothing more than sprinkling the spark.

Don't let your presence become a source of war.

And, at the same time, splashing sparks must be avoided.

"... My lord, I have one favor to ask you?

"Again, are you even thinking about it like nothing else? No more bets, okay?

It's not a big wish.

Mr. Nong has a black Acer barrel. But my lord can't seem to want to take black either.

"I was wondering if you could lend me Acer's guide for a while."

In response to Mr. Nong's wish, his lord removed the black stone Acer barrel while he was in the mood.