1468 - - 40-08 Magical Melon





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 After being surprised by Jin's out-of-standardness, the meeting resumed.

"Will you be present at the construction work in Toka?

"Yes, of course.

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 Rorona answered the Prime Minister's question with a smile.

"I will be staying with Master Jin."

"Ah, the village of Kaina. It's right next door, so it will certainly be convenient.

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 Jin nodded.

"Yes, I will let you relax.


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 Actually, there is another problem for the to stay in the Lesser Antilles. It's the concentration of free ether.

 As we know from the humorous Lardus' activities under Count Walter in the past, their activities are limited to the free-magic (ether) concentration of the Klein Kingdom.

 It is similar to living in a high mountain or a place with low atmospheric pressure.

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 They can get used to it up to a certain level, but they can only live in places with extremely low concentration of free-magic elements, or in the case of humans and oxygen, in the Himalayas above 8,000 meters where the oxygen concentration is one-third of that on earth, commonly known as the "Himalayas. It is like being in the Himalayas at 8,000 meters or higher, commonly known as the , where the oxygen concentration is one-third that of the ground.

 Just by staying there, one's physical strength is depleted and drained, and one never recovers.

 The role of mana in the body is different from that of oxygen, so it is not immediately dangerous, but if magic is used, the mana in the body will be depleted immediately and the person will become physically ill.

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 Kaina Village is a good place for <> to live on the Laurentian continent.

(If you stay here for a long period of time or attend the <>, you will need an <>. ......)

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 If it is enough to affect one person, Magi Crystal is more than enough to make a change.

(I hope they wear it like a pendant and a brooch.)

 Jin had already started to prepare in his mind that it would be better to have two or more Magi Crystals as a backup, since it would be difficult to lose or have them stolen if he had only one.

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 In the latter half of the meeting, they talked about the , explained the situation in the Kingdom of Klein, and talked about each other's living environment.

 Jin was in charge of following up in some places.

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 The second half of the meeting, away from the technical points, was conducted in a friendly atmosphere from start to finish.



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 The meeting ended at 5:30 p.m. as scheduled, after which everyone took a relaxing bath.

 Jin took a bath with Radeous and Lorona took a bath with Zion.

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 After a relaxing and refreshing soak, the dinner was held at 7:00 p.m. The place was the grand dining hall of the royal castle.

 The place was moved to the grand dining room of the royal castle.


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"So, in celebration of the friendship between the Nordic Federation and the Kingdom of Klein... Cheers!

Cheers!

Cheers!

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 The toast was made by King Alois III.

 The glass was filled with low-alcohol white wine. It was slightly sweet and chilled, so it was pleasant to the palate.


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 The first dish was tempura.

 By the way, the water in the Klein Kingdom is mostly hard water, and many of them contain baking soda.

 Baking soda produces carbon dioxide when heated, which makes the batter swell up. (However, if too much baking soda is added, the carbonate (sodium carbonate) that is produced at the same time causes a bitter taste.)

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 I don't know if this is the reason or not, but the batter was quite crispy.



"It's delicious!"

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 The salt alone was good enough.

 Vegetable kakiage, freshwater prawn kakiage.

 Other vegetables included sliced natuli (pumpkin), bisna (eggplant), and marnegi (onion).

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 There was also tempura river fish.

 It was clear that all countries liked the tempura that Jin had served at the and had begun to make it.


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 Besides tempura, rice porridge and barley porridge are available as options.

 A cow beef steak was also served. It was served with a special sauce, apparently based on red wine, and was quite tasty.

 It was a moment that showed that the Kingdom of Klein puts a lot of effort into its food.

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 This dinner was especially meaningful for the Radeous, since they have limited foodstuffs.



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 Naturally, they stay at the castle that night.

 Radeous, Rorona, Zion and their children were in the same room, while Jin was in a separate room.

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"I hope today went well."

 When Jin was alone with Reiko, he threw himself onto the sofa in the room.

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"I'm a little tired.

"Thank you for your hard work, father."

 Reiko also thanked Jin.

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"Tomorrow we will go to Toka village and then to Kaina village.

"I guess so."

 At that moment, there was a knock at the door.

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"Yes."

 Reiko answers.

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"Jin, may I have a word?"

 "May I have a word with you?" came Princess Rieschen's voice.

"Come in."

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"Yes, excuse me."

"Hello, sir."

 I thought it was just the princess, but it turned out that Zion was with her.

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"Hey. What's up?

"It's, uh, ....... It's a little early for bed, so I invited Zion to come and play with us.

Yes, that's right.

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"I see... I understand."

 Princess Rieschen has made a friend her own age. Since Princess Rieschen had made a friend of the same age (?), Jin guessed that she wanted to deepen their friendship ...... or, to put it more simply, she wanted to have some fun.

"Hmmm, I wonder what I should do.

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 We don't have anything to play with here. Even if he wanted to make something, he had neither the time nor the materials.

"And then there's Shiritori.........no, that's right, there was that one."

 Jin remembered a TV show that used to be popular in the past.

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"Let's try Magical Melon.

"Magical melon? What's that?

"It's a kind of association game. For example, when I say "melon" you say "sweet", right?

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"Mm-hmm."

"The next person would say, for example, 'sweet' and I'd say 'sugar'."

"Mm-hmm."

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"And the next person would say, 'When I say sugar, you say white.

"I'm starting to get it."

"And I say white, you say snow.

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So you're just going to keep adding things one after the other, huh?

That's how it works. And if you say something far from the association, you lose. If you say the first word, you lose. You clap your hands and keep doing this. And if it doesn't come out right away, you lose.

"Sounds interesting."

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But why is it called magical melon?

"I don't know."

"I don't know. ......"

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 Princess Rieschen and Zion were a bit shocked at Jin's simple answer, but it was nothing more than a small matter.

"Well, let's try me, Ries, Theon, and me ...... again."

"Okay."

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Okay.

Okay. When I say ...... melon, I mean round.

When I say round, I mean ball.

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"What? What? What is a ball ......?"

 It seems that Zion did not know what a ball is.

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