The next morning. As usual, I was awakened by Fiine’s instinctive behavior, and while I was eating breakfast…
“Master. Two weeks have passed since I made the wine before. I think it was about time.”
Monica brought up the subject of the wine she had made earlier.
Come to think of it, Shelly had told us that liquor was effective in restoring her lost strength, so we had made it under Monica’s guidance.
This conversation also reminded me that Nina had also taught us about Dwarven liquor, and that we had soaked scorpions and snakes in the liquor and left them for a while.
I should probably drink some of that to gain new skills, but …… we’ll have to go to Shelly’s first for now.
There’s no way we’ll go through a place where monsters appear when we’ve had a drink.
“Okay. Let’s go see it first, shall we?”
“Yes. Also, if there is any wood left over from building the house yesterday, I would like to have Lady Nora make a small barrel for me.”
“Okay! Then, I’ll make the barrels.”
Nora went to the east area to get some wood, and the rest of us, including me, went to the side of the cabin to see what was going on with the wine.
We took a look at the iron tub Nina made for us, covered with wooden planks.
“Mmmm, isn’t it good? I don’t know what it tastes like, but it’s probably fermenting.”
“So we’re going to transfer this to a barrel?”
“Let’s see. We need to remove the lees and grape skins that have accumulated at the bottom, so let’s slowly and gently transfer only the liquid part.”
Nina hurriedly made a large spoon, which I used to transfer the purple liquid into a vessel, being careful not to stir it.
When the bowl I had brought with me was full…
“Thanks for waiting. It’s ready!”
Nora brought a small barrel and we poured the liquid into it, corked it, and …… for the time being, it’s finished.
“Miss Nora! I want to use a wooden tub instead of this iron tub, if possible. Can I ask you make a wooden tub of this size and a few smaller barrels?”
“We still had the wood, so it’s fine!”
“Thank you, I appreciate it. Well then, Master. Let’s take them to Miss Shelly.”
Monica carried the barrels skillfully, probably because she was helping to make wine at home.
I would like to think that this is not a visit to Shelly’s place …… to do various things.
“Wait. I was referring to the scorpion and snake wine that my dad used to make, so I’m going with you too!”
“If it is Miss Shelly’s place, I will go too. I would like you to show me the village of the black-haired tribe.”
“Fiine too! Uh, I’ve forgotten how to do some of the spells …… so I want her to teach me again!”
In the end, the members who will go to Shelly’s place are just like last time–me, Ellie, Monica, Fiine, and Meilin–including Nina, while Lydia and Nora will do the work above ground.
“…… Mr. Alex. When you come back, please accompany me to practice magic again, okay?”
Lydia smiles at me.
This may be the same as the other day in the bath, but …… this time, it was only to deliver alcohol to Shelly, not to do anything strange.
For some reason, I was sweating strangely as we moved from the underground cave to Shelly’s place with the wine and the monster-soaked liquor.
“Alex? I smell something like the grape wine you gave me the other day.”
Before I could call out, Shelly came out of the shrine.
“Yeah. The grape wine that we made before is ready, so we brought it over.”
“Oh, thank you …… What are those bottles over there ……?”
“This one is the wine that the dwarves used to drink, the wine that they soaked the monsters in. Each has a Green Scorpion, Iron Scorpion, and Rock Python in it. I thought I’d have a little of this one myself.”
“Hmmm. That means drinking. Well, come on in anyway.”
We all go inside, sit down on the floor, and pour the wine into the two wooden cups we have prepared.
One was Shelly’s, and the other was Monica’s.
“Mhm? You won’t drink, Alex?”
“I don’t drink, after all. Monica also only wanted to see how the wine tasted. I’m going to try some of that monsters-soaked brew later, though.”
“Really? The wine is good, but …… well, it’s not good to force it, I guess. Well, let’s try the grape wine first …… Hm. I think it’s not bad?”
While Shelly drinks the grape wine normally, Monica sniffs it, turns the vessel around, and …… I don’t really understand, but she seems to be checking out a lot of things.
“Hey, Monica. What are you checking?”
“…… No, I was just trying to imitate my father. To be honest, I don’t really know.”
“I-I see.”
“Let’s see …… yeah. I think it tastes …… not bad. Maybe.”
Nina’s question made me realize that, but like me, does Monica not drink alcohol?
Monica drank the wine poured into her cup in several gulps…
“…… Master. Give me …… Zzz.”
She fell asleep!
And since she was sitting next to me, she fell straight to me and buried her face in my thing as she sat on the floor …… wait, where the hell are you sleeping!
“Mu! You’re already starting? Then, me too.”
“What? No, apparently, Monica’s not very good at drinking, so she just fell asleep ……”
“Big bro. Nina, too!”
The main thing was supposed to be the wine tasting, but the thing started immediately because of the wrong place where Monica fell down.