Legend

"Hmm... I've heard from the marina that shopping is the best entertainment for a woman... but that was a fact"

Elaine, out of the magic item store, tells her so with a full grin.

The sky is covered in clouds and it's not strange whenever snow starts falling.

But that sight of Elaine smiling had such brightness, as if the surroundings had turned blue sky by itself.

Ray nods with a grin that only makes him feel a little tired, blinded by such Elaine.

"I'm glad you're happy. Not just Vihella, but the marinas, the Bühne... and Elaine's share."

For Ray, this shopping was a relatively large scatter.

But for Ray, who is making a huge profit from bandit hunting, various requests, and the sale of crusaded monster material, this amount of spending is particularly fine.

... I paid enough to build a house.

Still, they saw this grin about Elaine, so I can tell you it was a cheap purchase.

In fact, when I said home, it wasn't the kind of house that nobles and big merchants would buy, it was the kind of house that a middle-class family or so would buy.

Either way, Ray leaves the store after shopping, wondering what he should do now and consulting with Elaine next door.

"Elaine, what are we going to do? I bought the marinas souvenirs, so it's okay to have food or something like that, right?

Elaine told me that close opponents would like something memorable.

I mean, I'm not close - only compared to the marinas - but the question is whether a souvenir for the other person is okay with something like food.

Elaine, who was immersed in satisfaction after shopping in Ray's words, thought a little before nodding.

"Hmm, right. In Ray's case, you can keep the food delicious. And how about some booze? Anesis has a fairly famous brewery. They're not that expensive, so they'll be happy to have it."

Ordinary people would be scared before they rejoiced, even if that's what you get alcohol that just needs white and light gold coins.

In Ray's sense, that's what makes a new souvenir… it's like being given a luxury car too.

For most people, even if they give me such a souvenir, I feel fear rather than joy.

In this sense, if it is a liquor that can be bought at a price there, and if it becomes the famous brewery liquor in this Anesis, it is likely that the drinker will be happy.

… although it is undeniable that some people may not think it is right for their taste.

"Well, why don't we go buy some booze first"

That's what Ray said, but Ray's taste doesn't make liquor seem so tasty.

Of course, it's not that I can't drink it, and it's not that I'm just drunk after a sip, but I don't think it tastes good when I drink alcohol.

Most of all, I know it's only something to say if my taste just doesn't fit with alcohol, or if my taste isn't developed, even with the so-called children's tongue.

It is also a common story that alcohol is used for the hidden flavors of a dish, and many of the dishes that Ray has actually eaten so far have been used in that way.

While thinking that way, Ray walks down the road guided by Elaine.

If food looks delicious on the street stall, while buying it.

(With that said, Elaine didn't even know the store selling magic items, but you know the brewery for that.... Well, even Anesis is talking about a famous brewery, and if you think about it, maybe you've been there before)

Ray turns his gaze to neighbor Elaine as she eats the simple dish of just baking potatoes and painting the sauce.

I'm eating the same potato-baked dish as Ray, but nevertheless seeing the sight of Elaine eating it seemed like an elegant sight somewhere.

It should be noted that Ray and Elaine were eating the same dish, but with different types of sauce.

Ray's sauce is a somewhat spicy one, while Elaine's sauce is a sweet spicy one.

The impression Ray had of it seemed similar to the salsa sauce his mother had bought at a supermarket grocery store or something when he was previously in Japan.

Most importantly, salsa sauce is not absolutely spicy… but at least the salsa sauce Ray ate was spicy.

"Yeah? What's up, Ray? Look at me.... will illuminate"

Even Elaine, who loves Ray, is naturally embarrassed to see the sight of herself eating something.

As the saying goes, to Elaine, who is looking a little smelly, Ray sees the dish in Elaine's hand and tells her to delude herself.

"No, my sauce is a little spicy, but it tastes pretty good, but I was wondering what Elaine would do."

"Yeah? Mine? Sweet and moist, that tastes a little strange. No, of course it's not unpleasant, but it's delicious."

"... you should have bought that one too"

It was just an easy dish to bake potatoes, and that's why I couldn't spend much time on the street because I was on my way to the brewery, and Ray only bought it for what he was eating.

To Ray, who looks intriguingly at the potatoes he's eating, Huh. Elaine remembers what she heard from Ara before.

That seems to be something we normally do if we are lovers to each other......

In fact, Ara doesn't have a girlfriend, so I get the knowledge I've heard from people or gained from books.

(Me and Ray admit to dating, although Father is also an implicit understanding. If so... well, I don't mind imitating it like this... right?

Asking someone in her heart, Elaine never opens her mouth to her will.

"That, Ray. If you're curious about the flavor of this dish I'm eating, why don't you have a bite to eat? Here, here. Ah, ah, ah, ah, uh..."

Agitated not to think he would have the alias of General Princess, Elaine offers Ray the dish she had.

I was confused by Elaine's attitude all of a sudden, but I can still understand what Elaine is looking for.

(No, before that, why does Elgin have a 'ahem' culture!?

That was Japan...... no, it was Ray who thought it might be an earth-specific culture, but when you think about it, there is the fact that there are several people in this world who have come from Japan in the past.

Ray could have guessed that it was probably left behind by someone in it.

(If that's enough to leave something like this behind, that's what you should leave me with, like soy sauce or miso, or something like that)

Looking at Elaine's offered potatoes, Ray thinks half an eight hits.

But that's what I think. I made it ray, and I kind of remember how to make fish soy sauce because I saw it several times on TV, but I don't remember how to make seasonings like soy sauce or miso.

At Ray's house, instead of buying miso at the supermarket, they made miso and made it at the store where it was sold.

That's why soybeans use objects made at Ray's house.

If Ray really wanted to know how to make miso than it would have been in such an environment, he could have.

But I never wanted to know how to make miso more than I didn't think this would happen.

Note that Ray knows absolutely nothing about soy sauce.

"Um, won't you eat it? I'm a little embarrassed to be doing this."

As the word goes, Ray gently explores the surroundings to Elaine, who tells her to look illuminated.

Naturally, celebrities like Elaine do this kind of imitation, so the attention is high.

Several passers-by around are stopping and gazing at Ray and Elaine.

That's what makes me so enthusiastic to see myself any more.

I felt like a spectacle, but there was no reason to ignore the potato that Elaine was offering, and Ray softly puts her mouth on Elaine's potato.

(This is...)

What spread in her mouth was the taste of sweetness and saltiness felt at the same time as Elaine had spoken.

It seems pretty messy, but Ray who ate it reminds me of Teriyaki sauce.

The Teriyaki sauce that the Japanese came up with is somewhat too much to say that it is the whole world...... but it is the preferred sauce in many countries.

So, it's not strange if Elgin has a similar flavor...

(Oh, maybe this was also Takum or something else that face-to-face who came to this world told him, even if it was incomplete)

I want to eat Teriyaki chicken if I can.

With that in mind, Ray tastes Elaine's potatoes… a dish that should also be called teriyaki potatoes.

Elaine dyes her thin cheeks red to see where her teeth are shaped and how Ray is tasting them fully.

Try Elaine, I guess such Ray's behavior was more of an inspiration to shame than any other.

... Ray himself had no idea that his actions were seen that way, he was just purely tasting Teriyaki potatoes.

"Well... what do you say?

Eventually he asks in such a way that Elaine fears that she can no longer stand the silence.

That look of dyeing your cheeks and ears bright red and asking, that's what would seem very much, but not the same person, if you tried to be someone who knew Elaine as a princess general or duke warrant lady.

In fact, the passers-by who watched the series were even wondering if it was real to see how Elaine was doing like that.

"Yeah, delicious. You were right to buy this dish."

"Right! Um, I thought so too"

Seeing Elaine squeaking like that without realizing what was going on around her, Ray thought about leaving the scene before Elaine noticed.

"Here."

From where I did ahem, about twenty minutes on foot.

I would have arrived a little earlier, but finding a delicious stall along the way took me a while to get here because I had traveled to buy it as a souvenir and buy things like dishes and vases at the store.

Most importantly, neither Ray nor Elaine had any problems at all in that they were enjoying each other's dates.

"Is this it? That's pretty big."

As Ray shrugged, the building currently in front of Ray and Elaine was quite large.

It certainly does not extend far to the residence of the Duke of Kelevel, but that would be more incorrect in comparison.

The smell of alcohol that drifts even outside doesn't seem like a very pleasant scent if you try to lay the liquor kind, but perhaps if you try to prefer liquor, that is a scent you can expect enough.

"Then why don't you just buy it and go home? I just don't know exactly what kind of booze to buy, but what am I supposed to do? Does Elaine know anything about that area?

"No, unfortunately I'm not very familiar with that area either. But if you ask the shopkeeper and tell him about the budget, he'll take care of it, right?

What you don't know, you just have to ask the real job.

Ray is also convinced of Elaine's words.

In fact, it would naturally be better for amateurs to base their judgment on the knowledge they need from their positions rather than waste them thinking about things they don't know.

"I know a little about booze, too, but still don't beat a real person. Besides, the liquor I know is a lot of fancy stuff, and that's what Ray would buy as a souvenir... sort of."

"Okay. Why don't you just go inside and ask?"

That's what I told you, Ray goes inside the store with Elaine.

The moment we get inside, the smell of alcohol drifts by the time it's thicker than it has drifted outside.

The clerk and thinker of this brewery approached Ray and Elaine, who were slightly frowned upon about it.

"Welcome, Lady Elaine, Lady Ray. What can I do for you today?

As a person serving in this liquor store, the clerk naturally knew about Ray and Elaine.

Elaine's name came first when she called her name, probably because this is still the Anesis ruled by the Duke of Kelevel.

"Mm-hmm. Actually, me and Ray are supposed to be going to Gilm soon. So I came here to buy some booze as a souvenir."

"That's, thank God. Now, let me quickly pick the recommended alcohol."

That's what the clerk told Elaine with a full smile on her face.