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Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor:
Yukkuri Oniisan + OGM
Chapter 92: Late Night TeaPart ②
Later that night.
In his room, Kazura was using the oxygen burner to melt a clear green glassrod.
The blue flame that came blowing out from the oxygen burner was extremelyhot, nearly 2000 degrees Celcius.
Since the sight when the flame hit the glass wasn’t good for the eyes, hewas working while wearing special glasses.
He held the glass rod on the left hand so the rod’s tip hit the flame and turnedit around as it slowly melted.
After the tip melted became a ball of a certain size, he took it out fromthe flame and pushed it against a carbon plate placed on the desk to deform itinto an oval shape.
He pinched the edges of the deformed glass with special tweezers and cutthe part of the glass rod that turned into a bead with the flame, before he adjustedit by baking the surface of the beads. Finally, it was completed.
「I have made it quite well……Even so, how much will this sold for?」(Kazura)
He threw the oval beads that he made into the annealing bubbles inside a cookiecan before he turned the burner flame off and stretched his back.
Inside the annealing bubbles, there were already 30 glass beads of varioussizes.
He had been burning glass for about 4 hours, but there were still a lot of glassmaterials remained.
「If we are going to pretendthat we have mined it all together, perhaps it would be better to burn all ofthis…… This unexpectedly takes a lot of time.」(Kazura)
The glass rods that Kazura prepared this time was about 6.5 kilograms inweight.
It seems that it would take quite a lot of time to burn all of these, so hewould have to burn them little by little every day.
After this, perhaps it would be better to show the glass beads to Nelson andask how many beads that will be needed.
When Kazura pondered about this, he recalled the red crystal that he soldat the general store in the city he visited previously.
The red crystal that was sold at that time wasn’t of low transparency like whathe showed to Nelson the other day, it was half-transparent and translucent.
Moreover, since it was machine-cut perfect sphere one, its value should betremendous.
「That old lady, perhaps she wasliving in ease and comfort right now…… Should I take a look at her next time?」(Kazura)
Nelson said that even if it was a gem with low transparency, a perfectlycut sphere gem was worth close to 10,000 Ar.
At that time, the gem was bought at a considerable low price, but he didn’tknow at what price that general store old lady will sell that gem.
When he showed the gems to Nelson the other day, Nelson and Zirconia seemedto be very surprised that the gems were in a perfect sphere shape.
From their reaction, there was no doubt that they had never seen or heardjewels like these until then.
Since it was common that expensive jewels were going to be acquired by influentialgreat nobles House and the Royalty, if the red crystal that he sold at thattime appeared on the Isteria’s market, it should become a not-so-insignificanttalk of the street.
But there was no such rumor reached the ears of Nelson or Zirconia, which meansthat the general store’s old lady sold it in different province or country.
In that case, that old lady would be a person who has a business channel thatallowed her to trade such extremely valuable jewels of unknown origin.
It would be very helpful for him if he could use that business channel to tradethe glass beads that he wants to sell this time.
Nonetheless, the fact that she was a person who was making profits by calmlydoing fraud didn’t change, so he needs to approach her carefully so that hewould not be deceived again.
For now, even if he wasn’t going to use that old lady's business channel, itmight be better to have a look at her current situation.
Since it would be troubling if he was penniless when going out with Lieze nexttime, it was a good idea to visit the old lady’s store while also cashing somekind of appropriate items.
When he had put his thoughts together, he sighed and then turned his eyesto a paper bag placed at the edge of the table.
The content of the paper bag were cosmetics such as cream and moisturizinggel as well as one bottle of Lipo-D that he couldn’t deliver to Zirconia lastnight.
「Perhaps, Eira-san was there.」(Kazura)
Kazura stood up from the chair and then picked up a basket of herbal teaingredients and the paper bag.
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「Ah, Eira-san. Good evening.」(Kazura)
When Kazura arrived at the kitchen, he found the sight of Eira sitting onthe chair.
Eira stood up with relieved expression when she saw Kazura, and deeply bendher waist.
Eira’s clothes were not the sleepwear that she wore like last time, but thesame maid uniform she wore on the daytime.
Apparently, she seemed to have been waiting for his coming for a long time.
「Kazura-sama, please excuse mefor loitering this late at night. I was trying to make the dessert that I had mentionedbefore, but…… am I bothering you?」(Eira)
On the table next to Eira, there were compotes from apple-like fruits thatwere placed on the silver plate.
A compote was the generic term for dessert made by cooking fruits withsyrup or fruit wine.[1]
「No, I am not bothered at all! Thislooks like a very delicious dessert!」(Kazura)
Kazura approached the table where Eira stood and showed a smile at Eira,who made an uneasy expression.
When she saw his smile, Eira had a relieved smile.
「Thank you very much. These dessertsare something that I sometimes made for my brother and sister at home, but itis quite popular. Even Lieze-sama had tried this several times and she praisedthat it is delicious.」(Eira)
「Really? Then I will be lookingforward to it. I’ll brew a tea, and then, shall we have a taste of these?」(Kazura)
「Ah, I already boiled the waternot long ago, so you can brew it right now.」(Eira)
Eira moved to the stove and then filled a copper pitcher with the hot waterfrom the bronze pot.
Then while still holding the pitcher, she returned to the table and poured thehot water into the glass pot that had been filled with herbs by Kazura beforehand.
The herbs slowly floated up as the hot water was poured, and the waterquickly became pale red.
The herbs inside the glass pot was a blend based of hibiscus and rose hip thatwas good for recovering fatigue.
Eira moved the compote to a small plate that was on the table, placed a forkbeside it, and arranged it in front of Kazura.
The two of them took their seat, then after saying 「itadakimasu」[2], they picked their fork.
「Hmm, this is sweet anddelicious!」(Kazura)
When he put the compote into his mouth and tasted it, Kazura smiled widely.
The fruit that was well-boiled with fruit wine, the refreshing sweetness wasreally delicious.
The sweetness was moderate because it didn’t use sugar, but this one wouldbe enough if it served as a dessert after the meal.
It looks like that it would be more delicious if you thoroughly cool it inthe refrigerator.
「Thank you very much! …… Thankgoodness.」(Eira)
Eira, who was staring at the sight of Kazura eating the compote, smiled widelyas if she was relieved.
「Ah, Eira, please have a tastetoo. You don’t need to be that tense, let's enjoy this together.」(Kazura)
「Yes, I shall.」(Eira)
At Kazura’s behest, Eira too set her hands on the compote.
Until now, Eila repeatedly standing at the side while Kazura was eating, sothis was the first time for both of them to eat something together.
「When do the maids usually eat?There is this impression that the maid is always moving around and busy.」(Kazura)
「In the morning and the noon,after the Kazura-sama and the other ate their meals, the maids will quickly eatwhat the people in duty had made. This dining hall is open at night, so theones that are free at that time can order and eat dishes that they like. It isreally delicious.」(Eira)
「Oh, by things that they like,that means the menu isn’t fixed?」(Kazura)
「It depends on the ingredients thatare present on that day, but they are quite accommodating. If you inform whatyou wish for to the chef beforehand, they could cook most of the things. Butsince the ones who came to eat are mostly the night shift people, they mightnot prepare a lot of ingredients.」(Eira)
「I see…… Then perhaps I’ll tryto come and eat, too.」(Kazura)
「Ka-Kazura-sama, too? The chefswill surely get surprised.」(Eira)
「Hmm, that’s true. Then, howabout if I disguise myself as one of the guards?」(Kazura)
「Ah, that way maybe……. No, itwill get found out. Absolutely.」(Eira)
「So, it’s not good…… Darn, I wantto try to eat it for once……」(Kazura)
In the beginning, Eira was being reserved, but as Kazura conversed with herin a friendly manner, it seemed that her nervousness gradually loosened littleby little.
They were chatting while eating the compote for quite some time, butsuddenly Kazura interrupted the chat and get into the main subject.
「Does Eira-san usually have theopportunity to meet with Zirconia-san?」(Kazura)
「Yes, every day in the evening,we will meet to adjust Lieze-sama’s next day’s schedule and to report on mywork.」(Eira)
「I see…… Well, actually thereis something that I want to ask you.」(Kazura)
Kazura picked out the paper bag that he placed at his feet and placed it onthe table.
「This is something that I wantyou to deliver to Zirconia-san.」(Kazura)
「I understand. Will it be fineif I delivered it just like this?」(Eira)
「Hmm…… I will explain about thecontents, so please inform that explanation as well to Zirconia-san.」(Kazura)
Kazura said so and took the cosmetics and Lipo-D from the paper bag and linedthem in front of Eira.
Eira had her eyes nailed down on the cosmetics’ beautiful container thatappeared in front of her eyes.
「This is my country'scosmetics. It’s the ones used to care for the skin, to use it…… Eira-san?」(Kazura)
「Y-yes!」(Eira)
Kazura called out to Eira who was unmoving while seeing cosmetics, and thenshe replied while startled with a nervous expression.
To suddenly see goods like these, it wouldn’t be strange for her to besurprised.
Kazura was about to open his mouth and continued the explanation, but then hesuddenly decided to ask Eira about another thing that appeared in his mind.
「Had Eira-san heard something aboutme from Nelson-san or Zirconia-san?」(Kazura)
「Eh……」(Eira)
When Kazura asked her, Eira’s expression instantly stiffened.
「So-so-some……thing?」(Eira)
「Yes. I guess you had been givenmany orders, but had you been informed about something peculiar?」(Kazura)
Previously, Nelson had said that he had informed that 「Kazura-dono is from a relatively high-ranked noble family and so youshouldn’t prying needlessly」 to his subordinates.
However, even if Nelson said that Kazura was from a high-ranked noblefamily, he hadn’t heard about what kind of position he had in the fake identitysetting.
Because he brought various unusual tools, he could imagine that he is supposedlysomeone from another country.
It might be faster to ask directly Nelson about the fake background setting,but Kazura thought that it was also fine to ask Eira indirectly on thisoccasion even if it was just the surface of that setting.
「Umm……」(Eira)
Eira looked tremendously nervous and seemed a little troubled of how she shouldreply, but then she began to talk with a resigned face.
「Kazura-sama is Greysior-sama andare conferring enormous support to the Istelle province……」(Eira)
「……Eh?」(Kazura)
What kind of fake setting that Nelson had made for him? Kazura wasn’t thatmuch concerned about this, so when Eira gave an unexpected answer, hisexpression became those of great surprise.
When Kazura showed such expression, Eira shoulders were trembling.
「Ah, no, please continue. What kindof support that I gave that they had said?」(Kazura)
Kazura never expected that Eira had learned about this so his inner mindwas greatly perplexed.
However, he could comprehend that perhaps she received such explanationwhen she became his personal maid and set aside questioning further for now, beforehe urged Eira to continue.
「…… It is to grant a blessingof strength, for us.」(Eira)
Then when he listened to what Eira said again, Kazura was shocked.
Until now, he never explained that the consumption of the food that Kazura broughtover for a long period of time would confer a tremendous physical strength to bothNelson and Zirconia.
He had given Lipo-D to Isaac and Havel for them to drink, but he had told thosetwo people that they should keep this a secret.
Also, there shouldn’t be any other effect other than physical strengthrecovery from drinking Lipo-D only once, so they should be unaware of the tremendousphysical strength increase from long-term food consumption.
「About that blessing of power, doyou have heard any specific details about it?」(Kazura)
「That is…… I just heard that itis a monster-like strength. I didn’t hear it in much detail……」(Eira)
「Then, who else knows about thismatter?」(Kazura)
「I-I I don’t know that far. WhenZirconia-sama ordered me to be an exclusive maid for Kazura-sama, I onlyreceived a brief explanation……」(Eira)
「I…… see.」(Kazura)
Kazura folded his arm and then pondered of what might have happened.
The fact that Eira received various explanations from Zirconia wasn’tstrange seeing it was the explanation when she became Kazura’s exclusive maid.
Although he wanted at least a brief contact with her, Zirconia was also verybusy, so there might be times where she inadvertently forgot to communicatewith him.
However, he never expected that the topic of the tremendous strength wouldbe brought up.
At the present time, the tremendous physical strength increase that wasgranted by the food that Kazura brought shouldn’t have been known by anyoneelse, other than the residents of Grisea Village.
He thought for a moment that someone in the village had revealed this, but consideringthe villagers’ worship-like attitude to him and Isaac and Havel’s behavior, thispossibility was small.
「(That means, the traces fromthe time the village attacked by the bandits…… Ah, I see?) 」(Kazura)
After Kazura thought that far, he realized that he overlooked one thing.
Not every bandit that attacked the village were killed by Valin and theothers, but some survived and had been caught.
Of course, the captured bandits should have seen how Valin and the others fight,so there was no doubt that the topic was leaked from there.
If that topic was leaked from the bandits, then it can be assumed that thefood effect didn’t get found out.
Since Kazura never meets with the bandits even for once until now, he had forgottenabout their existence.
When Kazura had put his thought in order, he noticed that Eira was peeking athim with a very uneasy expression.
「Ah, I'm sorry, I didn’t knowthat Eira-san had heard that much…… Please don’t make such expression, I’m not madat you.」(Kazura)
「Y-yes, But,…… I am terriblysorry.」(Eira)
「There’s no need. It’s just amiscommunication. It’s not Eira-san’s fault.」(Kazura)
Kazura said so with a smile, so Eira loosened her expression as if she wasa bit relieved.
There were various unexpected topics came out, but if Eira recognized thatKazura is Greysior, then that made explaining the cosmetics and Lipo-D became easier.
Since he would be relying on Eira in the future, perhaps it would beconvenient if she knows that he is Greysior.
「Then, let’s continue where weleft before. First of all, this is called moisturizing gel. After washing the faceproperly then you put this much……」(Kazura)
Kazura took one of the cosmetics containers and began to explain to Eira.
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[1]In Indonesian, we call this kolak.
[2]Rub a dub dub, thanks for thegrub.If there still a reader out there don’tknow what itadakimasu is, you are not weaboo enough.