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After talking about Japan for a while, it seems that the set meal is ready and Kaori-san serves it in front of me.
[Sorry to keep you waiting! Now, eat up.]
A small plate with white rice, miso soup, pickles, and a platter with a beautiful lean gyukatsu and shredded cabbageā¦ā¦This looks very tasty.
Iām not sure if itās just because I havenāt lost my taste as a commoner, but to be honest, I feel like this kind of set meal looks better than the long list of dishes served at a very expensive french restaurant.
[It looks delicious. This red meatā¦ā¦ is this filleted meat?]
[Unnn. Itās filleted meat. Itās not meat from a great brand or anything like that, but itās still pretty good meat. Ahh, use the dressing over there on the cabbage.]
Nodding at Kaori-sanās words, I took a sip of the miso soup first. It has a very gentle flavor and is delicious. After that, I tried the gyukatsu, which, as Kaori-san said, was indeed tender and tasty.
Personally, I think the grated ponzu has a wonderful taste and is so refreshing that I could eat as much as I wanted.
[Itās very tasty. Personally, I like the grated ponzu.]
[Iām also glad you liked it. Well~~, Iāve always wanted to cook for a child from my homeworld, so Iām glad to see my dream come trueā¦ā¦ Arehh? Speaking of which, I was just curious, but Kaito-kunās necklaceā¦ā¦ Could that be a magic crystal?]
[I- Itās another black one huhā¦ā¦ Errr, could it be that Kaito-kun is incredibly rich?]
Now then, how do I answer thisā¦ā¦ If I were to be asked if Iām rich or not, I think I definitely am rich. It wasnāt really so much about me being great, but just the influence of the surrounding environment, such as Animaās greatness, Shiro-sanās blessing correction, and the scales that Magnawell-san gives me every now and then.
[ā¦ā¦Well, perhaps, relatively so.]
The necklace is also a gift, but I think the conversation so far has given the impression that Iām financially well-off, and since it would be wrong to deny it, I will simply affirm it.
Thereupon, Kaori-sanās gaze began to move, seemingly hesitating about something.
[ā¦ā¦Errr. Ummm, Kaito-kun, you like alcohol?]
[You see, I have a good drink hereā¦ā¦ No, it really is a great alcohol, and it tastes greatā¦ā¦]
With mixed feelings of subtle guilt and faint anticipation quite apparent, Kaori-san pulled out what seemed to be a bottle of sake from her magic box.
The label was black and gold with the word āZenithā written in this worldās language.
[Itās kind of a classy bottle, isnāt it?]
[U- Unnn. Thatās rightā¦ā¦ Itās very tasty, but this alcohol is extremely expensiveā¦ā¦ N- No, Iām not really forcing you, but Iām just wondering, if Kaito-kun is fine with itā¦ā¦ It tastes like sake, but itās not very spicy and itās easy to drink.]
I kind of get what she wants. From Kaori-sanās point of view, I guess wants me to buy, or rather, to order that alcohol. That is why she recommended it to me, someone who seemed to have the money.
However, according to Kaori-san, itās a very expensive sake, so even if I was rich, I guess she feels a bit awkward recommending it to a younger person from the same homeworld?
[Incidentally, how much is it?]
[Y- Y- Y- You seeā¦ā¦ a cupā¦ā¦ costs 300R.]
Letās calm down there. Stop thinking that itās surprisingly cheap! Itās just my sense of money thatās completely offā¦ā¦ This still equates to one glass of alcohol costing 30,000 yen, which is a tremendous price.
It was just that a cup of Shallow Grande costing a million yen or Glorious Tea costing 500,000 yen thatās ridiculous!
As I was correcting my mind that reflexively thought it was cheap, Kaori-san, perhaps seeing my silence as bewilderment, hurriedly spoke while sweating profusely.
[Thatās the usual cost! A- As a commemoration of getting to know Kaito-kun, how about 280ā¦ā¦ no, 270? No, of course, I know itās too expensive, so you donāt have to orderā¦ā¦]
[Errr, Kaori-san wants to sell this alcohol, right?]
[Ugghhhā¦ā¦ Yes. To be honest, it doesnāt sell at all and I donāt think I would be able to sell it in the futureā¦ā¦ so I would be happy if I could sell itā¦ā¦]
[Iāll take it then. However, I have plans to meet someone after this, so I canāt drink alcoholā¦ā¦ If thatās the case, how about I buy the whole bottle?]
[Eeeeehhhhhh!? T- T- The whole bottle? No, no, Kaito-kun, with the size of this bottle, thatād be about 10 cupsā¦ā¦ Thatād be 3000R, you know!?]
This sense of panic is quite new and refreshingā¦ā¦ I mean, even though I myself had agreed to it, sheās still a far cry from that certain person who takes a gold coin for a bowl of ramen.
I mean, in the first place, why did she stock up such expensive alcohol?
[Well then, 3 silver coins will do, right?]
[Eeehhhhā¦ā¦ How can you just take out silver coins so easily!? Rather, wait a moment. I didnāt mean to peek, but I could see inside your wallet because my line of sight is higherā¦ā¦ D- Did I just see what looked like big whitish coins?]
[Eh? Ahh, you mean the white gold coins?]
[Can you not casually place that on the counter!? Thatās around 10 million yen a piece, isnāt it!? What would you do if I just snatched itā¦ā¦ No, itās not that I would snatch it, but youāre being careless.]
I see, thinking about it again, you donāt see white gold coins in normal life. Even Sieg-san didnāt seem to have seen them beforeā¦ā¦
[ā¦ā¦Hey, Kaito-kun? You donāt normally put all your money in your wallet, do you?]
[That means, Kaito-kun has a lot more money than what you have in that wallet, right?]
[Thatās true butā¦ā¦]
[Eh? The heck, what is with this difference between usā¦ā¦Thatās strange, the situation of my wallet is too different from yours. Ahh, the other world may be peaceful, but it isnāt equalā¦ā¦]
Kaori-san said something that sounded like a quote, but her gaze seemed to be looking far away.