Seiju no Kuni no Kinju Tsukai

Entering the tavern, the hustle and bustle increased.

Each customer cheerfully enjoys eating and drinking.

Sounds pretty hectic.

Create a shelter with your hands over your eyes, and Mia looks around the store.

"Ah! You're available over there!

We settled down on the empty table seats on the wall.

Take a breath and look around the store.

Wooden counters, like bars, with shopkeepers.

Behind it is a sloppy line of bottles (maybe, mostly booze).

Further back I could see the kitchen.

Is the store about twice the size of an average middle school or high school classroom?

"Hmm."

The atmosphere is not very different from that of a Japanese tavern.

Even so, I wasn't a person full of so-called real life, I didn't really get along with the tavern...

After a while, the woman's clerk - more so, the waiter - arrived.

"There you are. What do you want?

A red-haired salesman in a black apron asks me.

And, Mia,

"Oh, can I have two thin-baked breads of tomato and cheese, please? And... honeyed milk, two, please."

and mouthed the order.

The supplier looked at Mia and Mia and said, "I did ~" and went back to the counter.

…………

"Master Krohiko?

"Huh?"

"How are you?

Mia's face, sitting face-to-face across the square table, was in front of her.

"Oh, no, it's nothing"

"Um... maybe, Master Krohiko"

"Yes."

"For the most part, are you tired?

"Huh?"

"Well, I was wondering if you got quite tired because of me taking you around all day..."

"No, that's okay! Oh, my God, because you're young!

"Oh, right! Master Krohiko, you're young!

"Young, that's fine..."

"Yes, that's a good one."

What an exchange, the milk poured into the pottery cup was carried.

Even thin and yellow.

That was kind of honeyed.

Mia gives me a gesture of 'Sasa, go ahead', staring into the glass.

When I held the handle, I poured milk all the way.

Mm-hmm!

This!

"Ugh, it's good......!

Thick and intense milk with a slight sweetness of honey.

The sugar stains the body carefully and the fatigue seems to heal.

"How about that?

I'm going to ask Mia,

"It's unscrupulous and it's good!

I replied.

Mia, who looks somewhat happy at me sending praises to milk with honey, stares at me with her chin on both hands.

"Heh heh... I'm so glad you're happy like this too"

"Hey, 'cause it's so good, it's the first time I've had a drink in my life!

It's not even a lie.

This is the first time I've ever been born with such a good drink.

"Master Krohiko... where did you grow up?

"Huh?"

"... ah"

Mia put her hand all the way to her mouth.

I lost my word, like that.

And she bowed her head with a pepper.

"Also, sorry! I beg your pardon for being so impolite."

"No, there's nothing to apologize for!

I'm more in a hurry than that.

Huh?

Did she say anything weird right now?

"I'm relieved that I'm talking to Mr. Krohiko, or that your pronunciation is somewhere comfortable... well, you know, so... so, uh... it depends on how much you want to know about Mr. Krohiko..."

"Do you mean me?

Her ears were lowered when she turned, and Mia leaned down.

"Yes...... but some stories don't want people to touch others very much. If Mr. Krohiko doesn't want to talk much about himself… for example, his origins, I will be very rude…"

Oh, my God, you know what?

I swept away lightly.

"Master Krohiko?

"That would just be too much of a concern, Mr. Mia"

"Huh?"

It's like he's always scared that a mine might bury him where he's going.

"Mm-hmm. Well, in Mia's position, Mr. Machina may have to treat you like a husband. But I grew up in the back of a mountain in the East, I'm just a country man, right?

"I can't believe you're a countryman..."

"I'd rather thank you, Mia."

Mr. Mia closes his eyes.

"Thank you, is it?

"Yeah. Because today, you don't look so bad at me, and this is how you hang out with me. If it's not enough, thank you."

"Dear Krohiko..."

"That's why I don't know... let's just get a little easier. Besides, I still barely know anyone over here. So, I'm glad Mia is my friend. I don't know, I'm..."

So this is just too much on track?

And - Mia took my hands, and she held them all the time.

"Then, hey, make sure you're friends!

"To?"

"Ahh."

As soon as he does, he turns his face red and Mia turns away.

"Higu, Higu Min... If I give it to you, I will do it again..."

"Hey, let's be!

"Huh?"

Mr. Mia looks up.

By the way, my face was all over the place.

"Mm, rather, please be"

"Is that okay?

"Of course - or this way, please."

When I realized it, I accidentally held Mia's hand back.

I also thought it might be a good idea to grip it back, but Mr. Mia didn't have the wind she cared about - no, on the contrary, she smiled back happily.

"… yes, I am the one who would like to thank you"

…………

Hey, isn't that a nice vibe...?

Besides, such a cute kid and friends......

A miracle!

A miracle is happening!

If so, is this a phenomenon similar to a hot woman in Japan who is unexpectedly hot in a foreign country!?

…………

Wait, wait.

It's not the opposite sex, but me and Mia just became friends.

That's right.

Even if you can't help but get up because you're not immune to girls, you have to be sure to admonish yourself so you don't just make mistakes.

In the first place, I was the only one in the world who made friends, but that's too much!

Oh!

Even so, my friend!

Friends!

Yeah!

Sounds good!

What a thrill and trembling wind I was, the food was carried.

"Oh, this is...!

It was the pizza that was on the plate that was served in front of me.

Thin-baked bread with tomatoes and cheese, did you mean pizza?

On top of the tomato sauce painted on the surface of the bread are thinly sliced tomatoes, baked thinly sliced meats, plenty of scattered cheese......

"This is the dish of this store's reputation. Don't forget to enjoy it."

Come on in, Mia's going to recommend you with a trick you just say.

If you look closely, most of the other guests eat the same dishes.

Still, this smell really appeases me......

When I cut it apart with a table-mounted knife, I took a slice and bumped it.

…………

"How about that?

"Ugh, it's good -"

Every time I say something anymore, I feel like I'm only saying 'good' or some kind of admiration.

While I felt sorry for my lack of vocabulary, I proceeded with my meal further.

A thin, crisp bread area that sounds crisp and comfortable in your mouth.

In addition to the reasonably sweet and sour taste of fresh tomatoes at the same time, there is a mixture of the unique flavors of thick but never hard melted cheeses, accented by an even less persistent fat of broiled meat...... no more!

The tomato sauce on which it is based is also exquisitely salted.

Sometimes it's called making, but while it's simple material, it's seriously too good......!

"How about that?

The smile and Mia ask.

"It's good! I've never had such a good pizza!

"Pi, Za?

"Oh no... uh, similar dishes were in my hometown, right? That's what it was called. But this one is many times better!

"Really, that's good! I, too, deserved to have chosen this store!

I guess I was hungry, but I forgot the conversation and carried the pizza to my mouth one after the other, fully enjoying the slight sweetness of the honeyed milk and the most powerful tag harmonies of fresh, well-fed pizza.

"Phew...... it was delicious"

When I finished my meal and took a breath, I turned to the ceiling rubbing my stomach.

Hey, it was good......

After all, when you cook well, that's all you get to feel rich in your life.

"Hmm?"

I just looked up casually, but there was a lamp hanging from the ceiling of the store with something like a crystal attached to it.

That glowing crystal... the one in the hallway of the school or in the schoolmaster's bedroom, right?

It's this time, and you want to hear it?

"Um, Mr. Mia"

I called out, waiting for Mia to chew the pizza cutely.

By the way, there are theories that I waited because, of course, I'm in the middle of eating it, so I thought it might be bad to speak up, but it was actually to admire the 'cute look of eating pizza' in a soothing mood.

... It doesn't matter.

I wipe my mouth with a handkerchief and Mia responds with a smile.

"Yes, what is it?

"There's a lamp hanging on that ceiling, right?

"Yes, thank you very much."

"That doesn't look like the wind that's lighting the fire."

"Oh, are you talking about crystals"

"Crystal?"

"Then Master Krohiko saw Crystal for the first time in this country, didn't he?

"Embarrassed"

"Hehe, there's nothing to be ashamed of, is there? That's right… Crystals are special ores produced mainly in this Renault thread"

"Special Ore?

"Yes, crystals are processed into a variety of things -"

Mr. Mia points to the ceiling lamp.

"That lamp is one of them."

"Uh, stupid question, I'm sorry."

"Ask me anything."

"Is crystal that amazing?

"That's already! Even though the world is wide, the ore that holds the sacrament so far, besides crystals, is fine."

"By the way, I'm not sure what that 'sacramental' means either..."

"Right... should I say that sacramental vegetables are like energy full of this world..."

"Energy...... I see"

I mean, is "sacramental" a supernatural source of power, like "magic" or "mana" in fantasy?

So if "Crystal" can be metaphorically fantastic as well, does it feel like "Demon Stone" that's enclosing magic?

Uh, I kind of figured it out.

"Oh, and, as a matter of fact, 'Sacred Vegan' is a name used by Renault thread people, and in other countries it's mainly called 'Magic Vegan'"

"Heh."

"The magic ceremony that Makina uses also takes this sacrament into the magic script and activates it -"

It was then.

A big shadow appeared in front of me.

"Hey, hey, honey"

Face up.

A big man with a tight face stood beside our table.

…………

I had a bad feeling.

... No, I already had a bad feeling about it for a long time.

When I finished ordering, Mia said, 'How are you?' He asked me, 'but that's when I was looking at the guys looking at me in the corner of the counter.

The atmosphere released by the men was very unpleasant from the first sight.

I looked at him and the big man's face, and then glanced at the guys who looked like three.

…………

Well, what's the matter?