In the end, after thinking about it for a while, Mark agreed to have dinner with us.

　He seemed to be giving off an air of 'I can't refuse if he invites me this enthusiastically,' but I'm not so naive as to overlook the instantaneous reaction he showed when he realized Sakura would also be sitting with him.

　Well, in this guy's case, it's just a manifestation of his Eastern taste, and even if it had been a male Nagi and not Sakura, he would have reacted the same way, so it's fundamentally different from the guys who just picked up on it.

　Regardless.
　After waiting for Sakura, who had gone to retrieve her forgotten items, and Garnett, who had gone to report to the Silverwing Knights, to return, they began to move to the eating place that Marida had said she had found.

''My God, that happened while I was away. I'm sorry I'm late. I was stopped by the proprietor of the restaurant: ......'
I'm sorry, Sakura. I didn't mean to leave my bag.

　As far as the conversations exchanged during the trip are concerned, it seems that Erika left her bag at the store where she did her shopping during the day, and although Sakura hurried back to get it, she was stopped by the woman who owned the store and ate up her time.

　Eastern people, who are residents of the next continent, are indeed a rather rare category even in the royal capital.

　If you're someone who likes to talk and like unusual things, even if you're not an Eastern enthusiast like Mark, you can't help but be tempted to talk to him at the drop of a hat.

　As I was walking down the main street like this, Marida stopped in front of a certain shop.

'Here, here. I wanted to try out a real restaurant, even if it was just once.
"Uh, ...... and this store is .......

　The pungent smell of spices that drifted outside the building.

　The light sound of something being cooked, echoing through the ventilation windows.

　The restaurant has a different ethnic (ethnic) atmosphere than the Eastern-style cuisine that joined Wakaba-tei via Sakura, and it has a vaguely unusual look to it.

Is this a restaurant from the southern region?
Correct.　Recently, spices from the south are being imported more and more, and I think we can get them cheaply in our town. So I thought I'd like to get a taste for it.

　Marida is also the signatory daughter of a tavern that has been operating in the town for a long time before she was the signatory daughter of the Guild House.

　Silvia, who is also a member of the family business that handles food, agrees with Marida with an interesting expression.

It's a good idea to have a dish with a strong flavor that goes well with alcohol. It seems to be just right at Marida's. The smell is too strong at our place. The smell is too strong at our place, and I'm sure our guests will complain about it.
Sylvia's place is, well, you know?　So what do you think?　Can I stay here tonight?

　It's a genre of food I haven't had much of, but of course there's no reason to turn it down.

　We all agree to enter the restaurant and ask the waitress to show us to an empty table.

'Irascaay!　This way, Douzo!

　Seven of us sit down at a table in the back of the store, followed by a female clerk with the same brown skin as Chandler.

'The menu is ...... this? It's written in proper western language, but ...... I don't understand the proper nouns, this one.
You should have asked for a course in this situation.

　Garnett gingerly leans in from the side and starts looking through the menu I was reading.

'That way you won't know what you're going to get.
You came here to eat something rare. You're welcome.
Well, that's true: ......

　It seems that Garnett is fully intending to enjoy the unknown cuisine, but for me, I wanted to make sure that I was a little more sure.

　After having been an adventurer for a long time, I have the sense that you never really know what you're going to get when you're in a land with a different culture and customs.

　Nevertheless, if you think about it calmly, as long as you set up a restaurant on the main street of the royal capital and see it thriving at least a step before it's full, you should think that it won't serve anything that the West's people (me and my people) can't eat.

　As I was thinking this, Sylvia and Marida began to select their orders willingly.

''Why don't we start with this daily menu?
I mean, if there's something you want to try, you can order more.
I'll just add this Chicken Fillet or whatever it is.

　It was Erika who immediately ordered more.

　It is typical of the town's famous pharmacists to choose dishes that seem to be made with medicinal herbs.

　We finished our order and passed the time while chatting with each other, then the dishes arrived one after another.

　The main dish seemed to be a thick, colorful stew that was divided into several small bowls.

　From a pungent red one to look at, to a green one that looks like a concentrated vegetable.

　Each small bowl seemed to have a different color and aroma, but the common denominator was the smell of spices.

'To eat it, go to ...... kouka'

　Taking a cue from the dining scene of the surrounding guests, he tore off a small piece of bread that was accompanied by a small piece of stew and scooped it into his mouth.

　The pungent taste of the stew, just as the aroma conveys, spreads on my tongue.

...... This guy is pretty good. My tongue would go numb if I ate it every day.
Yeah. The spices on the meat, the spices on the meat, it goes with the drink.

　Garnett picked up the meat that had been submerged in the red stew with his bread and threw it into his mouth with a delicious smile.

'But hey, if it was such a pile of spices, I wouldn't have been able to eat it a long time ago, even with a pile of gold coins.
'Quite so. The continent is united, trade with the South is stable ...... and His Majesty the King, Your Majesty the King (sama sama sama).

　While we were tasting our tongues without thinking, Sylvia and Marida around the same table were carefully savoring the food while observing the seasoning and cooking methods with interest.

　And Erica also nodded frequently as she chewed on the chicken, which was sprinkled with a type of herb like spices, to which she agreed.

Mmm, that's great. I wonder how many different kinds of spices they've mixed together ......
'Oh, I could make this chicken in a minute. It has a strong flavor and is very pungent, so it will be popular.
"Not for medicine, but for food. ...... Oh yeah, Nagi also said something about yakuzen. ......

　Furthermore, when I looked at the seat next to me, it seemed that Sakura had unprotectedly chewed on a particularly spicy dish, and I hurriedly sipped on the white drink from the set, also rolling my eyes at the unexpected taste.

　After that, as if he wanted to calm his upturned taste buds, he went along with Mark for a while to talk about the East for a while, and then casually turned the point of the conversation to us.

'By the way, Garnet. I heard that you are thinking of renewing your weapons, do you want to go to the arms shop in the royal capital to mend them?
''That was the plan, though. Anyway, I'm going to get a sword that performs as well as my current sword, and then I'm going to ask White Wolf to do the mithril process and Noir to do the magic crests: ......

　Garnett wiped the inside of the empty small bowl with a piece of bread, threw it into his mouth and swallowed it down, then told Sakura about the incident before he joined them.

'That guy from Ezer got a strange fancy and said something about asking his father to mediate a weapon for him. I'm sure it would be unfair for him to go looking for weapons without waiting for an answer, so we'll have to wait for that for a while.
"Ho-ho!　If the Lord Brave said so, then I'm sure something appropriate will be forthcoming!　Would you be willing to show me the actual item when it arrives!

　Sakura leans over the table and her eyes shine.

　In contrast to Sylvia and the others who are interested in cooking, this one seems to be interested in weapons.

　While watching such a noisy crowd of ten people, I felt my heart relax.