The main dish for dinner that night was a large fish grilled with salt.
"Wow, a big fish!
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Adriana had never seen this fish before.
This fish is called leteola.
Krull's mother, Bice, told us.
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"It gets fat and oily in the summer. It is delicious grilled with oil and salt.
It was a bold dish, as one would expect from a seaside village.
"Oh, it's delicious!"
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Adriana loved the taste of the dish after taking a bite.
......This salt is also delicious. What is it? It's not just salt?
Adriana muttered to herself. Marle smiled and told her.
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"You have a good tongue, Ad. You know, this salt is mixed with ground herbs.
"Oh, I see!"
Salt is a precious commodity inland, but in a seaside village like Ado it is a common seasoning.
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"What? Salt?"
(sea ...... sea water ...... maybe!)
Adriana had an idea and almost got up from her seat, but she managed to restrain herself.
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(Watch out, watch out. Tomorrow anyway.)
The chief and his family were enjoying their dinner in harmony, unaware of Adriana's inner conflicts.
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(Family, huh?). (I envy you a little ......, don't you?)
Krull smiled at her, probably not realizing what was going on in her mind.
"Hey Ad, if we can get the forks Ad mentioned, will it be easier to eat this Letheora?"
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"......Yes, I think it will."
Krull's reaction was delayed for a moment, but he didn't care, rather, he was more interested in the substance of the answer.
"Really? I'm looking forward to it!"
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"Here, Krull, you'll be a little quieter when we eat, right?"
"Yes. Yes, a little more ladylike.
Krull was chastised by his mother and sister Marle for being too excited.
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After dinner, under the still light sky, the chief's family begins to prepare for the bath.
In this area, there is plenty of water available if a well is dug, so each household has its own bath, albeit a small one.
Adriana, who was only watching the preparations, thought that the high humidity throughout the year near the sea and the sea breeze that made her body sticky were probably the reasons for the widespread use of baths.
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She took a little lick of the water and found it slightly salty. The proximity to the sea must have dissolved salt in the groundwater.
It would be a bath similar to a saline spring .......
Seeing that Mehto, the head of the village and the mainstay of the family, had started to prepare the firewood, Adriana offered to help.
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"Oh, I can heat the water..."
"What?"
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Engineering magic <
With this magic, the water has been heated to the right temperature within a minute.
"Ad, that's great!"
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Krull jumps up and down with excitement.
"Thank you, Ado! You're so good!"
Marle looks calm, but her face is a little flushed.
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"Thank you, Ado! Mages are great!
Bice thanked him in a calm tone.
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Ado!
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Finally Mehto thanked him.
"No, we are indebted to you."
Adriana replied, a little embarrassed.
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Adriana answered with a little embarrassment.
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"Yes, it's a nice hot bath.
After all, a soak in the hot water is very comfortable.
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"Thank you very much."
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Adriana thanked him for letting her use the first bath as a guest.
"No problem. It's our pleasure to have the water heated for you."
Bice smiled softly.
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While the chiefs took turns taking a bath, Adriana ordered F-002 to bring the necessary items to the ship, such as magecrystals and a link board, to make the magical tools she had in mind. She sent him to the ship to pick up the necessary items to make the magical tool she had in mind, including the magecrystal and the link board.
"I'll make it tomorrow," she said to herself.
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Adriana said to herself and looked up at the night sky where the stars were beginning to twinkle.
Adriana looked up at the night sky as the stars began to twinkle.
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That night she talked with the chief and his family.
"Wow, Ado's father was a great teacher.
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"Oh, Ado's father was a great teacher. That's why Ado can do so many things.
The conversation is with only the women in the family, but without the village head.
"I heard that you passed away at ....... Ado, you must miss her, don't you?"
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At the sound of Bice's gentle voice, Adriana wondered in a corner of her mind if this was the kind of person her mother was.
Without knowing it, Adriana's gaze fell on Bice.
Forcing herself to avert her gaze, she responded.
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"Yes, no, ...... I'm used to it."
Half true, half false.
I have accepted being alone, but I still feel lonely, and it's not something I can get used to.
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But Adriana does not like to show her weakness.
She forced a smile,
"...... I set out alone to search for the possibilities of magical engineering, which my father had set out to do," she said.
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I said.
"Wow, that's great!"
"Ad, you're good!"
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But it was Adriana herself who was the most surprised.
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She had not set out on this journey with that in mind. But it is strangely fitting to think so.
The thoughts of my father, the thoughts of the man he loved most, who told me about him.
What Adriana must do to inherit them.
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Now that magical engineering has been completed, I feel that the search for new possibilities is what I should be doing.
Good luck.
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"...... yes."
Adriana's heart was touched by Bice's gentle voice.
"What is it? Ad, are you crying?
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"...... what?"
Adriana realized that a single tear had fallen from her eye.
Adriana does not know her mother.
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Her father Shuki's female disciples took care of her, but they were not her mother.
Adriana, who had grown up without a mother's love, felt in Baise's voice a
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, this is not it..."
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I wiped it away with the back of my hand, but new tears started to flow again.
"......That's funny. ......"
At that moment, something wrapped Adriana's body softly.
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"It's okay to cry when you are sad."
Bice's gentle voice made Adriana's teary eyes break down.
"Ugh, ugh... ......"
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Adriana cried, and Bice gently held her in her arms and patted her back gently.
That night Adriana slept in the same room with Bice.
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