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âHello. Lady Charlotte?â\n
The waiting Ricardo-sama was there, smiling.\n
âRicardo-sama! Iâve been expecting you.â\n
I hurriedly lifted up the hem of my dress and gave a ladylike curtsey/\n
Ricardo smiled back at me.\n
âAre you alone, Ricardo-sama?â\n
I suddenly realized that when I looked around Ricardo-sama and myself, no one had been following me.\n
I honestly thought that my brother would be with me.\n
Well, I can never be too careful, because Brother is always on the prowl like a demon.\n
âYes. I was told that you were in the garden, so I came alone. I remembered where it was.â\n
Ricardo-sama smiled.\n
Oh wowâŠitâs a feast for the eyesâŠI feel healed.\n
âWhatâs that?â\n
Ricardo-sama approached the table and stared at the bottle containing Sheelah and Suuri juices.\n
âThe transparent one is Sheelah and the light pink one is Suuri.\n
âWowâŠso this is it.â\n
Ricardo-sama, with his ears twitching and his tail waggingâŠhow preciousâŠ!!!\n
I tried my best to hold back the nosebleed that was about to come out from him being too cute.\n
Charlotte. No nosebleeds! Not allowed!!!\n
I desperately reasoned with myself.\n
âMay I taste it?â\n
Ricardo-sama tilted his head.\n
Kyaaa!!! I canât believe it! Why are you so cute!?!?\n
Calm downâŠcalm down! Charlotte!!!\n
I kept drawing the words âcold as iceâ over and over in my mind.\n
Hang in there! Charlotte! Be ladylike!\n
âItâs a strong-tasting juice, so Iâll dilute it. Would you like it with the carbonated soda you had before, or diluted with just water?â\n
I asked calmly with a smile.\n
âCarbonatedâŠ? I think I prefer the carbonated one. It was interesting and delicious.â\n
Ricardo-sama smiled.\n
Yes! My pleasure!! Iâll make it right now!!!\n
I held out my hand over the pitcher of water.\n
I imagined a very weak lightning. Stirring the water in the pitcher so that it contained a lot of oxygenâŠ\n
-SwooshâŠswooshâŠswooshâŠ-\n
ââŠ<Thunder>â\n
I muttered very quietly.\n
It flashed for a moment, and a tiny little lightning bolt fell into the pitcher.\n
Just like last time, after the lightning struck, the inside of the pitcher seemed to bubble.\n
The carbonated water was complete.\n
In the middle of the sequence of events. Ricardo-sama had been looking at me with sparkling eyes.\n
UhâŠI feel awkwardâŠ\n
âAfter the tastingâŠ.letâs try it, shall we?â\n
âYes. Iâm looking forward to it.â\n
Ricardo-sama nodded widely.\n
I quickly made ice in a glass, poured in the undiluted Sheelah juice and soda water, and mixed the contents with a muddler.\n
âHere you go. Sheelah juice.â\n
I held it out in front of Ricardo-sama.\n
âThank you.â\n
Ricardo immediately sipped the glass. He may have gotten used to the carbonation, but for a moment his tail stood up straight as if he was surprised, but after that it wagged from side to side as if satisfied.\n
âŠIâm glad. I patted my chest in relief.\n
âThe Sheelah juice tastes good too.â\n
âYes, the fresh sweetness of the sheelahs add a nice accent. Suuri juice is also delicious.â\n
I offered him some freshly made Suuri juice.â\n
âYouâre right. This is also delicious.â\n
âYes, its sweetness is addictive.â\n
Even though there were no seeds on the petals of the suuri, it tasted so much like strawberries that I could almost feel the seeds of the strawberries.\n
With that, the label, shellah, and suuri juices were perfected.\n
It seemed that I would be able to make some delicious sake after all.\n
âHow was it?â\n
âYes. Itâs really good. I really want to make it a specialty of the Aker territory.â\n
âŠThatâs good. Now I can be of use to Ricardo-sama.\n
âThen, letâs practice magic by making this for practical use.â\n
I pointed to the bottle of undiluted Sheelah juice.\n
âI wonder if I can really make thisâŠâ\n
âDonât worry! Iâll make it work.â\n
I gave a small wink to Ricardo-sama, who looked worried.\n
ââŠ!!â\n
Ricardo-sama turned bright red.\n
âŠHuh? Did heâŠdid he have a fever?\n
Teehee~ I smiled and just went with it.\n
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T/N: They are just so cute! Itâs too bad Charlotte is denser than a black hole ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ\n