81 # 76 Birth of Juice with the Duke's Daughter.txt




School is over and I log into the game as soon as possible. When I wake up from the game, something is wrong. Lily and the others are gone. This has never happened before... oh, it's an ability that evolved and was released! As I recall, I was able to set up the home and act alone. I leave the room and the three of them come up from below with a flurry of activity.

'Tact, good morning. We've got a visitor here.

Customer?

Who are you? We've done the renovations, but there's nothing yet.

It seems to be the duke of the land.

"Your Highness?

Ion told me and in an instant I had a picture of a fat, bonged, disgusting man.

'The duke is related to royalty in this country, sir.

Setia explains. Heh. So that means I'm not supposed to be rude.

I go downstairs with the three of them and there's a butler, a maid, and a little girl in a dress. Huh? Is this girl the Duke? A little girl says.

'Oh! Finally. Are you the tact?

Yes. My name is Tact, the Summoner.

'Mmm! I am the only daughter of a nobleman, and my name is Liese. I've heard of you. Dragon Newt has a summoner, a three-star chef who makes a deal with the elves.

Huh? Is that a rumor? I don't like it.

'I hear you make a very good meal out of everything. I thought I'd like to try it. That's why I came here.

Where did you hear that?

'I heard that in the Beast Devil's Guild? The Aura guy was making a lot of noise.

What are you doing? That man! I mean, are you over here now? The three of us turn blue when we hear that. Just when you think you're finally free of Aura-san, this is it.

'So you're going to cook for me? I'll pay you for it.

That's great, but there's a problem. I don't have the ingredients.

Excuse me, sir. I'm just running out of ingredients. I'll be quick to get some. What do you want?

Hmm. Well, I guess we'll just have to wait.

But it's bad enough to make you wait... let me just make you something I can think of.

I take out a cup, put a spoonful of honey in the cup and dilute it with more water. Finally, I mix it with a spoon and it's done. It seems to have worked properly.

Honey Juice: Rare 2 Cooking Grade F+
Effect: Restore 10% of fullness, poison resistant for 1 hour
A juice made from diluted honey. It's sweet and delicious.

Now, I'm going to try it.

It's delicious!

Yup. The honey flavor is still there and it's so good. And I hereby declare! I've succeeded in developing the world's first ever delicious drink!

Jeez.

And now three more are added to the usual three stares. So I put in the Hephaistos and make it for seven people.

'What's this! Delicious!

'It's sweet and gentle. It's delicious.

Did you come up with the idea when you were making the potion, by any chance?

Correct.

If you can taste the honey in the potion, wouldn't it be a juice if you diluted it with normal water? I thought. Well, what's the reaction of the dukes' party?

I've never had a drink as good as this.

It's a surprise... and I've never had a drink like this before.

The maid and the butler say. Huh? Oh, my God. It's just a normal, diluted honey. You okay? This country.

And now that the toxicity is over, I'm going to drink Liese too.

'Woo-maa-no-ya!

I'm glad you like it. Now, let's go shopping. I was going to, but the butler stopped me. What's that?

'I'm sorry! At the risk of sounding rude, I have a request. Could you make me another drink, the one I was talking about?

Huh? I don't mind, but it's just honey juice, okay?

I know. I know, old man. That's something you'll want to drink a lot of.

'Miss... this drink has a poison resistance effect.

Yeah. It's definitely there. Does it matter? Lise was surprised to hear that.

''What! Is that true! So, then, for your sister?

It may help.

Ta-taq! Can you make this drink right away?

I can make it.

Please! Just make it now! Of course I'll pay!

That's what I've been told. Anyway, I made it right away and the money was 150g, the same as in reality. And then he went away without eating.

I wonder what it was all about?