Volume 4, Chapter 3 - Trying Out Going to a New Town – Part 11
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They returned to the center of town from the crowds of tents.
They arrived at the building that Baduta and the Priests lived in.
「This is a place that a certain merchant rented out to us cheaply. He was a deeply religious man.」
It had properly made stone walls and was fairly big. It was enough to think wouldn’t it be fine to use this place as a chapel but……
There wasn’t a wide place for worship.
Its structure was that of a normal house.
There was a foyer and a lobby, and with the dining room and living room at the center, there were private rooms surrounding it.
The windows were closed so that sand wouldn’t get in. Since it was dark because of that, the oil lamps that were hung from the ceiling were lit during the daytime. In this town, oil was easier to obtain than candles.
Pictures decorated the walls, and a white cloth covered the table.
It felt like he would forget that this was a town in the desert.
Around ten maids bowed deeply and greeted them. The one that stood at the head of the group was a beautiful maid with long black hair and a big chest. She was quite sexy. Her age was probably a bit above his own.
「Welcome, High Chief Priest Lumachina Weselia. I am the head maid, Shiiryuu. If you have any orders, please instruct us on whatever you may need.」
「Okay.」
Lumachina nodded. For her to be calm at a time like this, it made him think that she was a person of the upper class.
If he were greeted by a maid with “Please instruct use on whatever you may need”, Diablo would get nervous.
The feeling that he got with 《Relief Inn》’s poster girl, Mei-chan, was “like a maid cafe”, but that was comfortable in its own way.
Come to think of it, was Krum doing well? It had been two weeks since they left, but no one has noticed her true identity, right? She isn’t causing trouble to those around her, is she?
Was Edelgart serving her without any problems?
──If only there was a telephone or something.
They were guided to the dining room by the head maid Shiiryuu.
Lumachina sat at the head of the table, and Baduta sat beside her.
Diablo and the others were treated as guests. He had honestly thought they would receive underling treatment as her escort or attendants.
Come to think of it, Baduta feigned ignorance when Lamnites was searching for the Magician.
Since they had brought Lumachina here and had repelled the 《Sand Whale》, were they surprisingly treating them with care?
──Well, I still don’t know if we can trust in them just because of that.
Being in the middle of the desert, he wondered what sort of cuisine would come out but……
It was a reddish legume soup.
──Th, this is!?
Lumachina and Baduta had put their hands together. Diablo and the others also did the same.
「O great God in heaven, we are grateful for today’s blessing.」
To pray before a meal, he had never done it before, but after they started travelling with Lumachina, it became a habit.
In her case, when she prayed, the rotten smell of old meat would vanish, and dirty rain water would turn into tasty fresh water so they didn’t scorn her for it. It seemed that poison would also disappear.
He tried putting the red soup into his mouth with a silver spoon.
The inside of his brain went numb from the burning stimulus and the aroma of spices that came out from his nose.
──This is!!
「Spiーcy!」
Shera raised a scream.
Rem nodded.
「……It certainly is……but it is delicious.」
Diablo involuntarily raised his voice.
「It’s curry! Rice too!」
It was an extremely nostalgic taste. Of course, it was quite different from the curry that the Japanese ate, but it was without a doubt curry.
Since there wasn’t any viscosity, and the aroma of fresh leaves was strong, it was probably close to Thai curry.
The rice was crumbly and the grains were hard. When dipped into the soup, it became a food texture that was just right.
Baduta smiled.
「How do you like it, Lumachina-sama? It’s quite different from the meals of the Royal Capital though.」
「It is very delicious.」
While she said that, she drank her third cup of water.
「Was it too spicy?」
「Y, yes, just a bit……But, it is delicious.」
In the end, Shera had three shares while going “spicy, spicy”, and Diablo also ate five shares.
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