My First Trip was to Another World

The next destination, Bilbao, is the iron city in the mountains.

He said he was carrying iron from a nearby mining town and processing it in Bilbao. It's in a pretty despicable place because it's a city built for the reason that it's moderately far from the mine.

Many of the iron utensils distributed within Arencia are said to be made in Bilbao. I can't complain because it's a rapidly decided destination, but if there's such a city, you wanted to refrain from shopping in the King's Capital.

This time, we leave with only the minimum necessary items. We're going to make every effort to rush through and arrive in Bilbao in two days.

Claire, the guide, left the inn first after saying she would check the map. I'm meeting you in front of the wall gate.

"Thank you for waiting."

From behind the city, Claire came on a small run with a smile that didn't float.

Don't you like mountains so much...... He (G) appears to be in the mountains for some reason. It's not even a demon. It's just an insect. It's a big deal.

There are also some bugs in this world, many of which are in human living areas or concentrated in shallow parts of the forest. Maybe the demons are feeding on it.

Yet only he (G) continues to thrive behind the mountains. Because of its creepiness, even Alencia hates it immensely, just like Japan.

"Shall we go then? Claire, I need guidance."

"Leave it to me."

Claire's eyes are full of anxiety, but she feels strong determination and readiness.

The map is freely viewable in the Adventurers Guild. It's not a detailed map like the map, but you could still figure out the approximate location.

We started acting before the morning bell rang so we could leave earlier than the rest of the adventurers and merchants. I won't be seeing people for a while.

To the south of Alcoy was a large river, with solid stone bridges crossed. The streets are laid with neatly shaped stones and carefully paved.

I think it was probably paved between Wang Du and Alquoi, but I haven't checked because I haven't run down the street.

Filling out the map was more important then.

Are trees planted along the streets or mowed at equal intervals? I feel like I'm in a blind spot and in danger, but I guess there's something good going on.

This tree is probably a quail. The dongle is falling, but the dongle is too cumbersome to handle, so I usually don't eat it. If you were going to plant it anyway, I would have liked it to be a sudajii or something.

Though I thought so, I picked up a few dongles while running. I can't slow down the pace of running, so I'll pick it up while I run, turning forward or sideways, like Mr. Lily did one day. Don't get tired of wasting it after all......

Running on the cobblestone as he busily picked up the dongle, Leeds, running forward, stopped his leg.

"There's a lot of people ahead of us. What am I gonna do?

"Um, let's just think about it while we take a break"

This is a street, so it's natural for people to be there. I think it's the moving merchants that are ahead of us. They should be traveling in carriages, so including escorts would be a good number of people.

I was wrong until I came to this world, but the carriage is surprisingly slow. The escort is on foot, so proceed at that speed. I can just carry a ton of luggage and the speed is no different than walking.

We're running at that speed, so I guess we caught up with the merchants who left Alcoy yesterday.

I put a table out on the meadow beside the street and asked Luna to brew me some tea.

I have quite a bit of time to spare today, so I'm going to pinch my break everywhere. No matter how early you arrive, your plans to stay overnight at the foot of the mountain will remain the same.

"Hey. I'm going off the street a little bit more, okay?

I say discreetly as Claire mouths a cup with tea.

"Oh, I'll leave it to Claire. You're free to go."

"Yes... when you were running down the street, you seemed oddly entertaining, didn't you?

"Right. I felt fresh. I want to run as much as I want when no one is around.

There are people ahead of us today, so you can take them off the street whenever you want. Whatever, you can keep running in the meadows. "

You care about Claire in a weird place. You don't have to worry about that. The streets can run at any time, so next time you feel like it, let's run.

"So shall we? We're gonna keep moving through the meadows."

Finished a light break and left. The meadows off the streets are up and down as intense as they are around the Wang capital. When I laid the streets, I guess I chose a place as flat as possible.

And there were extremely few trees. Sometimes to the point of standing a potpound, it's a meadow as far as I can see. That sounds tough because we don't have firewood.

Oh, do street trees get firewood? If someone keeps the branches off regularly, we can pick them up and set them on fire while we walk.

While I was thinking crap, I arrived at the foot of the mountain, my destination today. We arrived at a very early hour. As much as I'd like to pierce the mountain like this, but that's it for today because we're definitely going to be spending the night in the mountains.

Zelig flows nearby and is moderately flat. We need to hunt a little grass, but it's suitable for camping here.

"That was a long time ago."

"The streets are quite a detour, aren't they? It's the shortest distance."

The ground is no longer flat if we approach the mountains. If you choose a place where the carriage is easily accessible, the streets will really snake.

I mowed the grass with mowing magic (air cutters) and set up a tent, but the sun is still high. By my senses, it would be just around the time of day bells.

"Well, what shall we do now"

"It's faster than I thought, isn't it? What shall we do?"

Says Luna as she sticks firewood in the incinerator.

Honestly, they're all out of hand. There's not enough time to make magic props and potions. There are only a few things that can be done when it comes to free movement.

I'm free anyway. I think I'll even handle the dongle I just picked up.

"Why don't you just take your time?

I'll handle the nuts I just picked up. "

"I wondered what you were doing, you were picking up stuff like that..."

"Ugh! Mr. Kon, what are you going to do with that?

When Claire zeroed in, Leeds said with a face that seemed sincere.

"Eat it."

"Yeah... that's totally fucked up, huh?

Oh, I ate it. And raw. I can't eat this in a decent way. It is a difficult ingredient that takes time to process down.

"Sometimes you look like an adventurer eating in the woods. But could it have been that way?

Claire is surprisingly sharp.

Maybe the dongle that you're eating is Sii or Buna. Dongli, which can be an emergency meal in the woods, are Matebashi and Sudajii, which have few acs.

Kashi and Kunugi are too harsh to handle in camp. I need to sit back at home and do an ac extraction.

"There are a lot of nuts like this. I guess what Leeds ate was a sinister kind."

The sinister dongle seems to be more than twice as sinister as the tomatoes. I've had both of them before, but both of them only had the impression that they were "hard enough to throw up".

"So it's not sinister then?

"That's sinister."

"Let's throw it away!

Leeds complains in tears, but if I throw it away now, I won't be able to spare myself. I'm going to spend the rest of my dinner without this.

"I have work to do to remove the tannins. I'll do it now."

"Heh, you can do that"

Mr. Lily peered into the dongle with interest. Eating dongles does not seem common in Alencia, where food is abundant. That's a blessed country.

I started working on it as it drew everyone's attention. Boil gently by straining water on the biggest kohl.

Watch the boiled dongle, wondering whether to do it seriously or impromptu. Seriously, it's gonna take about a week.

If you want to do it instantly, peel off the ghost skin and the tannin skin and boil it with the wood ash about three times. If you are serious, once heavenly sun-dried, then boil in wood ash. If I were to do it more seriously, I'd throw it into the river and expose it to running water for about three days, but there's no place like that.

We don't have time and place this time, so let's do it instantly at the expense of flavor. I think it will taste bad, but it is well preserved and becomes an emergency food.

Luna talks to me about lining up the dongles on the table.

"Now, while Mr. Coe is working on that, you'll bake bread."

That's what I said, I took the little bottle out of the magic bag. It's a vial for potions, but what's inside is raisins and mysterious liquids.

I'd love to see you bake some bread. I've been wondering. I wonder how you can bake bread without dry east.

"Hey, what's that bottle?

"It is a liquid of dried fruit but… absolutely necessary to bake good bread"

Luna answered my question, but the mystery just turned into a new mystery.

"Of dried fruit?

"That's right. If you put this in, it's going to be soft and plump for some reason."

"I see."

Natural yeast? I've heard of it in the story, but was it that easy to make? From what I can tell, it looks like I just dipped the raisins in the water and left them.

There's probably a way to make it. Let's hear more.

"How do you make it?

"Just put dried fruit and beautiful water in a clean bottle and let them sleep for about three days."

"Luna says it sounds easy, but it's actually pretty hard.

If you fail, you'll break your stomach, so leave it to Luna. "

Claire gave me an annotation.

It's a fermented food. I need to get used to it and experience it. If bad shit makes it, it'll probably rot normally. I'd rather not get my hands on it.

"Oh, I'll leave it to Luna."

Watch Luna squeeze the bread dough and proceed with the dongle acquisitions.

Peel the shell, remove the tannin skin, and simmer the wood ash in a pan. By the time it boiled, purple poisonous bubbles overflowed from the pan. Once the pan is away from the fire, replace the water and try again.

"What's that disgusting bubble? Isn't that actually poisonous?

Lily watches my work, wrinkles between her eyebrows and crushes.

"When it comes to poison, it could be poison. It's based on tannins. I'm pulling it out now."

Repeat the work several times and when the boiled water clouds weaken, it's over. It never stops clouding. It clouds no matter how many times you boil it.

Suck on the water and transfer the softened dongle to a different pan, crushing it with a stick of wood. Paste in moderation and you're done. The truth is, once it dries heavenly sun, you'd better crush it, but this time you're patient.

By the end of the dongle process, it was time for the sun to set. Luna's bread is also baked and dinner is ready.

It looks like a regular roll pan, but baked in natural yeast. The handmade bread was the best finish I had ever expected. You were right to buy a dutch oven.

"Hey, can you eat the nuts from earlier?

Leeds says just after dinner. Everybody's looking at me like they're intrigued.

"I can't eat it, but I don't recommend it."

"What do you mean?

"Eat it and you'll see."

Let's make a dongle pancake.

Combine the dongle paste with the flour, add the sugar and dissolve in water. If you burn both sides with a shallow bottom Kohler on fire, it's done. Cut it into small pieces and distribute it to everyone.

"Ugh..."

"Somehow, it tastes unique."

"It's not something you can't eat..."

"It's powdery, it's crunchy, it's gnawy... and the aftertaste is bad."

It's as bad as I expected. The treatment is sweet, and there aren't enough seasonings.

"It's not good, is it?

"Don't be so sure!

Luna says with a troubled face.

They all chose words once to share their thoughts. They all looked sinister though.

"This is why I don't normally eat.

The taste is completely different depending on the type and the way it is treated. There are some delicious varieties, and this will taste better if handled carefully "

I didn't take the time this time, so this must be it. I think it tasted better for the treatment in just one day. At least it would have tasted normal with butter and milk, but that's too bad.

Let everyone have a decent dongle next time.