But I bet Platy is the one who feels most grateful here. Sheâs been assuming responsibility for the production of fermented food and medicine all this time that she definitely mustâve been overworked. On top of that, as my wife, she also looks after all of us and manages our coordination with each other, so her schedule really is murderous. It must have been even harder to support me as I bustle about here and there wherever my interests take me.
I shouldâve taken things into account sooner and made the necessary improvements!
Now that we have more people with us, Platy can entrust the brewery work to the newcomers and concentrate on supporting me, almost like a secretary. She knows exactly what my schedule is, when and where Iâll be, and reports any of the residentsâ wishes to me. Everyone is grateful for this because it has saved each section from being short-handed.
We also assigned Puffer to become the new head of the brewery.
For example, when I went there to pick up the souvenirs to bring to Sensei, she looked at me discontentedly and grumbled. When I told her what I wanted, she reluctantly took out several packs of pickled radishes from the vatâŚand was actually way more than what I asked for.
âYouâre going to ask him for a favor, arenât you? Then donât be stingy about it.â she scolded.
âAs you probably heard from the princess, Garra Rufa just finished her portion of samples, so give those a taste. Also, Iâm going to do the pickling tomorrow so could you tell Lampeye to come back here because Iâm going to need extra hands. Oh and, tell the princess to drop by every once in a while. Sheâs still the head of this place, more or less.â said Puffer as she gave one order after the other.
She looks a delinquent from the outside, but in reality, sheâs surprisingly the responsible type.
âOne more thingâŚâ said Puffer again, but this time bashfully.
âWhen will Lord Arowana pay a visit?â
That was cute of her.
Let me add something regarding our three new ladies.
Lampeye, Witch of Hellfire, and also ex-Imperial guard, said the other dayâŚ
âWill you please let me do the hunting work too? Itâs not that Iâm unsatisfied with my duties at the brewery, but my nature is such that if Iâm not regularly active, I get out of shape! I donât mind working in the field, but if possible, I prefer hunting as it helps me regain my fighting instincts!â
I wanted to ask her what she plans on doing once she gets that feeling back, but I also wanted to respond to the residentsâ wishes as much as possible, so I let her join the orcs who were on their way to the dungeon.
I heard she played a very active part there.
Though I expected as much from someone who was an Imperial guard in their previous job, as her alias, âWitch of Hellfireâ, suggests, she excelled in the use of fire magic potions that it even surpasses that of Platy. She would close in on her opponents and burn them in an instant with her potions, then scoring cheers from the orcs.
âŚHowever, because she thoroughly burnt each monster they came across, the spoils from their hunt were rendered utterly useless.
She says that she can only deal with monsters that have no usable parts in any way.
As for our Plague Witch, Garra Rufa, well, she was the most intense of them all.
She wrung out every bit of information from my brain regarding bacteria and fermentation for an entire day.
âWhat magnificent creatures bacteria are! I never wouldâve guessed they are also involved in the making of butter and cheese!!!â
It seems dairy products are a thing in this world.
I want some milk, too.
Except, we donât have any cows that can give it to us.
I searched every nook and cranny of Sensei and Veilâs dungeons for any cow-type monster that can be used as a substitute, but there werenât any.
Besides, looking after a cow isnât as easy as a yoschamo or a silkworm.
As much as Iâd like to have one, I guess Iâm going to have to put this matter away for some other time.
There are still many things that I want but havenât been able to finish yet, such as the waterway, rice, kiln, and bathhouse.
Yet here is someone whoâs lavishing her greed more than I do.
âLord Saint! Bacteria are involved not only in the making of butter and cheese but also in the brewing of alcohol, right?!â
âY-Yeah!â
âI want to try brewing some! I want to witness for myself the process by which the bacteria break down the sugars into alcohol!!!â
Garra Rufaâs passion for bacteria is amazing.
Liquor, huh?
Yeah, even I would love to have some.
While the variety of food that we had at the welcome party the other day was ample, without the ever-so-important alcohol, it would have lacked excitement.
Prince Arowana brought them from the Mermaid Kingdom and somehow managed to keep his composure.
Iâd like to entertain everyone with homemade liquor next time.
But we have none of the main ingredients used to make all sorts of liquor, such as grapes for wine, rice for Japanese sake, and wheat for beer.
Wait no, we do.
We do have wheat. In fact, we have it both floured and un-floured, which we used a while back to bake bread.
But can beer really be made from it?
Thereâs more than one kind of wheat, after all. Iâve heard of barley and rye, too. I just donât know which exact one is used to make beer.
Oh, well. Iâll leave that to Garra Rufa and let her research it thoroughly.
These girls are so outstanding that they can come up with the correct interpretation from the rough hints I give them.
Since they are witches from the Mad Six!!!
âŚSorry.
They donât like that name, so they get angry when theyâre called by it.
But will we do it in the brewery that we have once weâre going to brew some alcohol?
I somehow donât like that idea.
We must prepare a special brewery for it, appoint Garra Rufa as head, and let her do her research to her heartâs content.
âŚMy dreams are running wild.
In that case, weâre going to have to build another building as big as our food storage and brewery.
We havenât even finished the waterway, bathhouse, or even the kilns yet!
The things I want to build only keep on increasing, somebody, stop me!