Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru

After breakfast the next day.

Ichigo, Barletta, and Reese were coming to Narson's office.

When the three of them got to their seats, Narson bowed his head once again deeply.

"Lord Kazura, I'm sorry to call you so early in the morning"

"No, that's fine...... Mr. Narson, are you okay?

For the three of them who are resting well and regaining quite a bit of vibrancy, Narson has a smug face in such a way as exhaustion.

Because he didn't even show his face at the breakfast table, and he's been in meetings with the heavy towns of the realm since last night.

"It's okay. I'm used to it all night."

"Oh, really? In the meantime, drink this"

"Oh, thank you"

Narson received Lipo D from Ichigo and drank it all at once.

I have also given him a few drinks when he escaped the fort, so I am aware of its efficacy.

Nevertheless, it doesn't change the need for sleep.

"Future policy, but our realm will move to a wartime system. We will work with other territories to prepare for the recapture of the fort."

"Attack the fort, is that what you decided?

"No, it's not definitive yet because we have to discuss it with the rest of the realm and the royal family. But the status quo is the same with a sword sticking down his throat. If we take back the fort, we have no future."

"You mean you're definitely going to attack first?

"It will be. Over time, the enemy's protection becomes stronger and stronger. Wherever possible, they must be attacked early. I hope reinforcements can make it from Gregorn and milling territory alone."

"Uh... you mean you might not be able to afford to wait for allied reinforcements?

"Yes, because if you give your opponent too much time, it will be impossible to attack the fort"

So far, there are two legions of enemy forces.

It is a normally desperate situation, with two fully equipped armies made up of professional servicemen, but also with fortifications.

No matter how many new weapons you have, it doesn't make it that much harder to attack if you have more enemies.

It will also need to attack early enough that the enemy cannot be assumed before the enemy increases its power.

"We have sent martial officers to other territories and Wang Du. As soon as they return, we will decide on the day of the attack on the fort."

"Have you sent a messenger to your allies?

"Of course I put it out. Under the agreement, if any of the allies are attacked, all other allies are to resume fighting with Barbell… whether they will therefore keep their promises"

"Likely not to adhere to the agreement?

"I can't say either. But just in case, we have to strengthen the city's defenses along the border with Kreilatz."

Previously, the military commander of Kreilatz had offered to move his army into Istaire territory, but its intentions remain unknown.

Zirconia said that Clayrats might already be working with Barbell.

If that's the case, they're likely to send troops to the border at this time.

In that case, Istel territory, which borders Kreilatz, and Fleis territory, will have to send a large defensive force.

As Zirconia expected, Arcadia will be fighting in two fronts.

"So far, do you have any military moves in Clayrats?

"No, not at all"

"Really... I hope you stay on my side. Can you still hope that there will be no movement to match the attack on the fort?

"I don't know that. This surprise attack will be a top-secret operation in itself, and Barbell won't do anything to inform Clayrats in advance."

"Ah... so is that..."

"Father, have you decided what to do with your mother's rescue?

Reese, who was listening to the two of them, pinched her mouth as if by chance.

"No, we haven't decided yet."

"Oh, no! I can't believe you left your mother behind to attack."

"Take it easy. I'll explain it in order."

"... sorry"

Nalson flaunts me and Reese shuts her mouth in a sober manner.

Once again, Narson regained his gaze.

"We're going to send a messenger to the fort, even tomorrow. As soon as the liberated citizens and soldiers arrived in Isteria, they asked me to contact them."

"Such a request… is it Zirconia's request?

To a good word, Narson nods.

"I guess so. According to Isaac's story, Jill appears to be imprisoned in a warehouse with an enemy secretary. Seems like he's promised to snap the secretary's neck when he gives his hands to citizens and soldiers."

"Well, that mounted another amazing promise, didn't it? Your opponent drank that condition a lot...... I mean, does that mean that Mr. Zirconia is still armed and taking that secretary hostage?

"Perhaps so. If you don't have a sword, you can't snap your neck if something happens."

I cannot imagine how the story alone led to such a situation.

It seems to be a strange structure, like the prisoner is taking the prisoner, but the opponent seems to have made quite a concession against Zirconia.

Yet how much did the opponent want to capture Zirconia alive in order to take him to a situation where he would free the captive citizens and soldiers?

"Perhaps they wanted to take so much of Jill as a hostage. It's not a waste of time to be a prisoner but to be self-determination."

"I see... so you're asking the sending envoy to check on Mr. Zirconia's condition"

"Yes, I'd like to give you some instructions at that time if I can… Now, what's the matter?"

"Right......"

Rescue Zirconia doesn't make it possible to set up an operation if we haven't been able to share some information here with her.

It is of course out of the question to speak more directly than there are enemies' eyes.

I wish I could hide it in something and give you a letter or something, but whether I can do that.

- Record it on something like a smartphone or an IC recorder and do something about it to Mr. Zirconia...... yeah, you're impotent no matter what you think. I can't talk about it.

I wondered if I could do something with the tools at my disposal, but it would be difficult to get them under the zirconia first.

Even if she could give them to Zirconia, she'd never even seen them.

There are also ways to prepare things such as pressing a button to play back what has been recorded so that even the first person to see it can use it.

But the Barbell side will naturally look into it before it gets into her hands.

If you do poorly, you can also drool the contents of the operation with dignity in front of the enemy.

There are no windows in the warehouse where she is imprisoned, so it's also difficult to sneak something from the outside.

"... why don't you plug in some food"

As Yi Liang was conceiving, Barletta, who had remained silent until then, opened her mouth.

"Food......?

To the abrupt suggestion, Ichigo tilts his neck.

"Yes. I plug it in with my body like what I used to eat for dessert after dinner. Would it be dried fruit or something?"

"... what's the connection between plugging that in and rescuing your mother?

"Reese."

Nalson tries to talk a lot about Reese.

"Can you explain your intentions? Why food?

"The purpose is twofold. One is to use food to strengthen the Zirconia Master. It will help you rescue Zirconia."

"What do you mean?

I don't know what to talk about, Liese, things like that.

In contrast, Narson is nodding as he was convinced.

"After all, that power... Lord Kazra, how much can we eat to obtain a power like that of the inhabitants of the village of Grisea? Or does it have something to do with the type of food?

"No, it's not about the type or quantity, it's about the period of time you keep ingesting. If you continue to eat for roughly half a month, your physical abilities will be greatly enhanced. From now on, Mr. Narson and Leese will be eating every day."

"Kazura, explain it to me."

I get stuck with the story, and I raise my voice that Leese seems unhappy with.

"Uh, you got the food I brought from the world over there, right? If you keep eating that every day, you're gonna be so powerful."

"... eh, was that because of the food? Not drugs or something?

"Oh, actually... I mean, you thought drugs would help"

"Yeah. I was wondering if there were any medicines that could help, apart from the occasional cheerful medicines that would give me"

I also gave Reese a few lipo D's and essential oils, so I wouldn't be able to help but think about it.

Originally, it was meant to be a cover for strengthening physical abilities with food by treating nutritional drinks and essential oils as special medicines.

Until now, the intention seems to have worked.

Zirconia seemed to find out early.

"That's why Marie was so powerful. You taste it every day when you cook a meal."

"Right. Even if I only ate a little, it seems to work if I keep eating it. In fact, I don't know how much you've been eating."

"But for plugging in food and letting your mother have power, that's all you can do to get out of the fort?

"... hmm"

In fact, we don't really know how much physical capability an enhanced person has.

Previously, the people of the village of Grisea had lightly lifted the water wheel, which was nearly 400 kilometres for just four people.

It seems that Barletta also ran from the village to the northwest mountain to pass by, so it can be said that the stamina is also quite attached.

Nevertheless, no matter how strong you were, you are not immortalized.

It's just that your physical abilities are improving, and if you get stabbed with a sword or spear, you die when you die.

"... what do you think, Mr. Barletta?

"I don't know what's going on with the fort's security system, but I think it's just suicide that you can't get out of it without closing a gap. I don't know, we have to help from the outside."

"Right. Does that make a scene outside to attract the attention of your opponent and in the meantime feel like a rescue?

"No, there is a great chance that if there is any noise outside, the surroundings of Master Zirconia will be extra vigilant. Don't make a scene, show it to Master Zirconia and rescue it as quietly as you can."

"... I see. So it's dessert after dinner."

"Yes."

Barletta nods at Narson, who says it in a way that impresses him.

Ichigo and Liese don't know what it means and have a question mark on their head.

Barletta noticed it and opened her mouth to explain.

"Eh, dessert after dinner is the message, 'How many days will I be there to help' by deciding how many pieces to plug in. This will be a good way to strengthen and communicate together. If you tell him after dinner, it's rough, but the rescue will also tell him it's night."

"I see. You often come up with that..."

"But I guess I'll pass that on to your mother properly."

Unlike Ichiya, who snorts, Reese snaps anxiously.

"Isn't that up to the way you do it? When I give it to you, if you could tell 'the one you always ate for dessert' or Mr. Zirconia, you'd think it was some kind of message. In fact, if you eat it, you'll notice it's a physical change."

"Yeah......"

To a good word, Reese nodded with an anxious look on her face.

"But it's not good in case the other person eats the plug..."

"... right. It's not like the other person will honestly give it to Master Zirconia. Sorry. Again, let's not do this."

Barletta agrees with Narson's concerns.

Narson says about the possibility of not getting food to Zirconia, but Barletta's. That's a little different.

In the unlikely event that they realized the efficacy of the food, they looked around and worried that it could be dangerous to a good person.

Then what shall we do, and silence flows?

After a while, Ichigo, who had put his arms together and thought about it, looked up.

"... Mr. Narson, do you eat taro bugs, too, Barbell people?

"Is that a potato worm? Worm dishes are widely eaten in Arcadia... but I've never heard of anything like that in another country."

"Has Reese heard anything?

"Hmm, I guess I've never heard of it either. Besides, a delicious insect should only be about an Arcadian insect larvae. I know you can pick driftwood bugs in any country, but that's not very popular... oh, I can't have all the worm systems though"

Arcadian worms, as the name suggests, are insects that only live in Arcadia.

Because it tastes better than other insects, Arcadia treats it as a luxury ingredient.

In other countries, insects are not seen as suitable for consumption as arcadian insects, and insect foods are not common in themselves.

By the way, driftwood bugs are insects that live in driftwood.

Pretty many people say that even Arcadians don't like larvae because they can eat them, but they stink of mud after a little bitterness.

Crocodile worms are insects the size of adult male hands thumbs, and adult fried vegetables are widely eaten with a knob feel.

The larvae look very similar to the Arcadian worm, but have little flavor. Rather, they are unpopular because the texture sucks and clearly tastes unpopular.

When Barletta lived in the village, she ate anything when they got it, whether she liked it or not.

"By that I mean, is it okay that there's a culture of eating bugs about Arcadia?

"Probably.... Yeah, maybe, sending bugs to your mother?

"Yeah. Even if it's a bug, it's chocolate in the shape of a potato bug."

To a good suggestion, Barletta nodded "I see".

What Ichirano is saying is a chocolate that looks just like a potato worm called 'potato worm chocolate'.

This chocolate is made from colorful chocolate to look like a real potato worm.

The realistic ones look pretty grotesque, but the ingredients are chocolate so the flavors are of course sweet and mellow.

"Chocolate? What's that?

"It's such a sweet treat. It's delicious."

"Oh, what, I want to try it!

Heard it was a treat, and Reese makes her eyes shine.

"All right, do you want to bring it? Just give me a minute."

Ichirano took a seat and headed to his room.

A few minutes later, before the four of them, were placed colorful chocolates served on plates.

In addition to plate chocolates such as milk, black, matcha, strawberries, and white, there are a few nuts and wafers.

A preference with a long expiration date, so it was bought in bulk and thrown into cardboard.

From it, Reese pinched up a piece of white chocolate.

"White treats are rare. Can I eat?

"Whoa. Mr. Narson and Mr. Barletta, please."

Recommended well, the other two pick chocolate too.

Narson is strawberry chocolate, Barletta is milk chocolate.

Three people at the same time, carrying chocolate into their mouths.

"Here you go... Huh! What is this, so delicious!!

I chewed the chocolate and Reese raised her amazement at its intense sweetness.

"This is pretty good... I didn't know you had this kind of food..."

"That's so sweet. It's delicious..."

Narson and Barletta also have an eye for the flavor of their first experience.

They both look thrilled with the flavor and even tranced.

"Is that it? Was Mr. Barletta new to eating chocolate, too?

"Yes, it's my first time. I've seen it in pictures, but it was so delicious."

"Hey, can I try something else?

I look up at Ichigo as Leese puts her finger on her mouth with a face she seems to want.

"Whatever you want. Eat as much as you want because it's in a box in your room."

"Yay!

Reese joyfully braves and puts matcha chocolate in her mouth.

Barletta also pinched another chocolate and kneaded it in front of her.

"You use this to make potato worms, right? We need to get as close as possible to the real potato worm."

To Barletta's words, Narson nods.

"Mm-hmm. Maybe we can find out if there's anything in the potato worm. You'd better make it so it doesn't suck with real taro bugs."

"It can be difficult to reproduce texture when it's just chocolate. We need to cover the outside with gelatin and touch it the same way. Some condensed milk or boiled syrup... I wonder if I can do it well"

"I'm good at making sweets, Eira, so let me get some help. Call Marie, too."

Says Reese, cheeky with puffiness and chocolate.

Narson nodded to agree with it, too.

"Arcadian worms are famous for their deliciousness, so there may be people who mouth them with interest. You should turn it into a driftwood bug to make. And send a real driftwood bug with it. Because just what I made with chocolate might make you smell this sweet. Driftwood bugs smell, so I thought I'd mislead them."

Ichigo nods "I see".

"You should certainly do that. And since you will be eating it every day for at least half a month, the potato worm needs to be well preserved and processed. I need to make the one that makes it just like that."

"If it's for preservation, it needs to be smoked... but if it dries or heats up, the smell becomes quite strong."

"Then it would be more convenient. I don't think anyone should eat something that smells that bad."

Where there is no one in person to feed, the story keeps going.

I realized there was a good thing about Zirconia that I would eat something that smelled so bad, even though I remember my inner pity.

"Um, Mr. Zirconia, do you like potato worms?

"No, you shouldn't like it. I've never had a hand on it, even when there was an arcadian bug on the table." I can't look "."

After all, even the Arcadians seem to have a few who are resistant to eating potato worms.

On the first day I came to this world, I remembered the shock of the first day I mouthed an Arcadian worm as a smudge.

"Uh... Um, are you okay? Even though I don't like it, when it comes to feeding something that smells like it..."

"Because it's not if you're saying you like it or hate it. What, it's about him. As long as I understand your intentions, I wonder what you would eat flat on your face without eating."

"Oh, really?"

Even though I had a really bad feeling about it, Ichigo snorted.