381 - - 12-31 Welcome
The next day, the 4th, we started making wiley jam in the morning.
This time, instead of using the magic stone stove that most households have, we built a stove in front of the village chief's house and heated it with the magi crystals of fire that Jin had adjusted. He plans to make a large pot of wile into jam.
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"Wow, it smells sweet and sour!
All the children work together to remove the capsules and throw them into the pot. Sarah, the golem maid, is stirring the pot while mashing the willy.
The pot is made of light silver, by the way. The pot is big enough to build a small house, but no one in the village notices. They just think it is a big but light pot.
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Also, in the middle of the night, I had ordered Lando and the others to gather wileys from the nearby mountains, so the total amount of wileys was three times as much as we had gathered yesterday, but no one noticed.
No one noticed it, because they had crushed them and thrown them into the pot before they noticed it.
As the water soaks in and it becomes easier to stir, the scum floats on the surface and I scoop it up and remove it frequently.
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The sugar is a donation from me.
Jin empties the sugar into the pot.
He puts 50 kilograms of sugar into approximately 50 kilograms of wiry and reduces it to a simmer. The jam is made by slowly letting the water evaporate and simmering it down until it becomes sludgy, being careful not to burn it.
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The more acidic the jam is, the better it tastes.
When Jin was in the orphanage, he used to buy cheap strawberries at the end of their season and make jam with them. If you add more sugar and keep them moist, they will keep for a long time.
If you put them in the freezer, they would keep until the next spring, but they were usually eaten before that.
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"Which one? ...... ah!"
He scooped up the jam from the spatula he was stirring with his fingers and tasted it, his tongue almost burned because of his cat tongue.
"Yes, this is sweet!"
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Saki, beside him, took some jam from the spatula and licked it off, and her face broke into a smile at the taste.
We took the pot off the fire and let it cool before distributing it to each family.
"Hmmm, we still have some magic crystals (magi crystals) to spare. ......"
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Since the Magi Crystals for heating are still available, Jin decides to make marmalade.
"Reiko, bring me about 50 kilos of citran. And sugar too.
Jin asked Reiko to get a cutting board and a knife from Meane.
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"All right, those who are free, help me."
Reiko came back from the warehouse of Nido Castle in about two minutes with a citron, which was peeled and chopped by those who had access to knives.
Jin meanwhile made another large pot.
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"Put the chopped peel into the pot, boil it once and throw away the water.
There seem to be various procedures for this part of the process, but Jin makes it in his own way. Jin does not remove the white part inside the peel.
"You can eat about half of the peeled fruit, but squeeze the other half and put the juice into the pot.
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"Yes, sir!"
The children respond in kind, but most of them are still eating their citrons. Jin looked at them with a sideways glance and ordered Reiko, Aal and Edgar to squeeze the juice.
Citran has a lot of juice, so there is enough water even if you eat half of it.
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The juice and the shredded peel are boiled down. The scum is scooped out and mixed with sugar.
I put in a lot of sugar, as the jam will not keep for long if there is too little.
The jam-making started early in the morning and was finished just at noon.
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All the villagers immediately taste the jam.
"Wow! Yum!"
Freshly made jam and marmalade were spread on the specialty bread.
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The flavor is so strong that a little bit of it is enough.
"It's delicious, mommy!
"Thank you, Jin-chan!"
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Knowing that the expensive sugar was donated by Jin, the children thank him as they eat.
The surplus was distributed to 29 households. Each household received approximately two jars of Wylie jam and one jar of marmalade.
The jars were Jin's special crystal jars. They are not the kind of jars you would normally put jam in, but again, no one said anything. Not even Saki.
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"You have to clean out your mouth after eating. You can learn how to do it at ......."
Meane instructs the children.
Fortunately, there are almost no cavities or gum disease in the village of Kaina, but one never knows what will happen when the diet changes. Therefore, it is good to start the habit now.
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By the way, Jin knows that some of the drinking water used in the village of Kayna contains a very small amount of baking soda. This is the reason why the hot springs are bicarbonate springs.
Since baking soda can be used for cooking, we are investigating the possibility of obtaining a large amount of baking soda. However, we do not want to do any large-scale drilling in the village.
Aside from that, it is conceivable that the small amount of baking soda contained in the spring may help to keep the inside of the mouth alkaline.
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And one more thing. Compared to other parts of the continent, the water contains more free magic element (ether).
In Alban, the capital of the Kingdom of Klein, it is about 0.1ppm, but in the village of Kaina it is about 10ppm. In the village of Kaina, it is about 10 ppm. This is actually 100 times higher than that in Alban, the capital of Klein Kingdom.
However, since 10ppm is 1/100,000 of a ppm, it is not possible for the human body (or rather, the magic element of the human body) to be affected by the concentration of 10ppm. (But, however, it is clean in the mouth.
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(But it may be effective in keeping the mouth clean.)
Jin thought that this could be the reason for the lack of tooth decay, although he could not say for sure since he had not done any clinical tests.
"Well then, I'd better go pick up Reinhardt."
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It was 12:30 in the afternoon in the village of Kaina. Banneh, where Reinhardt was staying, should be around 9:30 in the morning.
Brother Jin, be careful.
I can see the surprise on Reinhardt and the others' faces.
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"Bye, Onii-chan!
Erza, Saki, and Hanna saw them off, and Jin and Reiko jumped to Horai Island via the Shinkai.
On the way to the Shinkai.
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"How is the oxygen supply here?"
Jin asked Butler 50, who was in charge of the Shinkai.
Yes, we are checking the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels and ventilating the area periodically using the warp gate.
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Hearing this, Jin was relieved and moved to Horai Island.
"I'm home, My Lord. Today, I am taking my friend Reinhard and his wife to the village of Kaina. And tomorrow or the day after, I will bring them to Horai Island.
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It is likely that Reinhardt will be accompanied by the black knight (Schwarzlitter) <
The small warp gate attached to Jin's carriage would not allow Noir to pass through. Therefore, Falcon 10 was dispatched in advance to the barn of Saki's house to prepare a warp gate large enough for not only Noir but also the carriage to pass through.
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For security reasons, it was to be disassembled immediately after use and reassembled when Reinhardt and the others returned.
"The carriage is in the Shinkai, right?"
The warp gate of the Shinkai was large enough for the carriage to pass through.
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Reiko's built-in manacam would contact the old man just before the transfer, and the old man would contact Shinkai to loosen the security.
After confirming the transfer, Jin pulled out one of the golem horses that he had made the other day. He had it tow Reinhardt's carriage.
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A live horse would be too much work to take care of.
"It's a good thing I made more horses.
Jin is talking to himself on the horse.
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"......Well, I'll have to ask Licia and Pascoe to return the horses I lent them. ......"
That will have to wait. Jin is transferred to Banne, Shoro.
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"Are you sure Jin-sama is coming for you today?"
Past 9:00 a.m. on the 4th, at the Countess Randall's house in Banne, Berthe asked Reinhardt while preparing for the trip.
The sky was covered with clouds and the sun was shining weakly. It was not going to rain, but the sky was not very inviting for a long trip.
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"Yes, I'm sure."
Since the existence of the manacam was still a secret from Bertsche, Reinhard could not talk for a long time, but he had already understood all the arrangements after a short conversation with the old man, who had become very familiar with him during the trip.
"Good day, Mr. Reinhardt.
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Claude, the butler, said as he saw them off.
For once, at the couple's insistence, Reinhardt and Bertsch will go on the carriage trip alone.
They are accompanied only by Noir, a black knight, and Neon, an automata.
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The Randalls thought that there would be no danger as they were in their own territory.
So far only Reinhardt knows that they are not going to the territory, although there will be no danger.
Then Jin and Reiko appeared.
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"Oh, oh?
Wolfgang, Reinhard's father, exclaimed in surprise. He had never seen a horse-shaped golem before.
This was understandable, since he had not seen the carriage that Jin had ridden in. On the other hand, Claude, the butler, who has become accustomed to seeing them, is not surprised.
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"Reinhard, Mr. Bertsche, I'm here to pick you up.
"Jin, thank you for coming."
Jin-sama, it's been a long time."
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Reinhard shook hands with Jin.