231. Bodley Ryota




 After a night, I left the inn where I was staying and wandered around the streets of Philine.
 It's still a nice, lively city.

'Are you gonna do it?'
I've always disliked that side of you!

Oh, my God.
Now you're up. It's a street fight between Goissy the Sake-Benkei and Rex the Drunken Sword Master!

 It seems to be somewhat of a drunken, no-good-upon, but I guess it's still a good town because people are enjoying themselves, including the fact that they're enjoying themselves.

 Now that Eric's request and the breeding is over, it's time to get back to Cyclo.
 I'll bring everyone back after I've opened up the mansion's transporter room and lantern for sightseeing and such, but I thought I'd say goodbye first, so I turned to the Dungeon Society.

''Hmm?''

 As we approached the association, I felt a different kind of heat.
 Unlike the fervor of the drunks earlier, the sober ones were half expectant and half wondering.
 Such an atmosphere filled the air.

 As I got even closer, I could see that the crowd was gathered around the Dungeon Society building.

 A stage of sorts has been set up in the front of the Dungeon Association building.
 It's still unmanned, but I know something is about to happen because of the crowd gathered around it.

Good work.
Yeah? It's a tail. Just as well, what's going to happen now?
What?

 Terre's eyes widen and he looks at her blankly.

'Don't you know?'
Is it weird that I don't know about this?
Yes, because...

 When Tale tried to explain, his voice was drowned out by the cheers of the large crowd.
 The cheers were directed at the stage that had been set up, and a young girl - Mao, the head of the Filin Association - appeared on the stage.

Thank you so much for coming here today for the new brew launch!

 Mao raises both hands in a "wow" kind of way, and coupled with his juvenile appearance, I can only feel his loveliness.
 But the cheers grew even louder at Mao's words.
 The new brew is ...... Ah, you mean the new brew of the Lantern 20th floor that I've been breeding?

 If you look closely, it's mostly adventurers who have gathered here.
 I see, everyone is wondering what the new earnings will be.

Today, we're going to announce a new brew from the 20th floor of Lanterntern. It's a new wine.

 Mao's announcement was met with half cheers and half buzzes.

'Wine?'
I wonder what it's like.
Anyway, it's better than water beer.

 As the crowd buzzed around, one man who looked like a staff member walked up to the stage with a whole bottle of wine and handed it to Mao.
 Mao took it and held it up for all to see.

'This is my new wine, it's called Bodley Lyota.
Whoa!

 I wiped out.
 The name of the new drink, I didn't expect to see my name used.

'Lyota is the boss of that Lyota family, isn't he? 'And Bodley?'
I think it's an old word that means 'Absolute Blood of God'.
That's a great name. Is it that good of a wine?

 The people around me were buzzing about the name and I could strongly feel the anticipation building up.
 Terre next to me also said, "Wow, that's a hell of a lot of stuff," and his vocabulary was fading at an alarming rate.

 Under Mao's watchful eye, a Dungeon Society employee poured Bodley Lyota into a bite-sized paper cup and distributed it to the spectators present.
 They began to sip from what they had received - but the cheers spread like a wave from there.

'Wow,'
What is this: ...... What is this: ......

 The spectators, like Tale, had seen their vocabulary diminish dramatically.
 After the wave had died down, Mao spoke up and said, "The wine is rated 120 points by Mao.

I give this wine a score of 120 in my book.
"'Oh, oh, oh, oh!'
I'm going to buy the Bodley Lyota with a special license, the ban on the market is a month away, and I want everyone to get their own license.

 Mao's words made some adventurers even more excited, and some of them rushed into the dungeon association to get ahead of themselves.
 It's very ...... very popular.

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 Association room, alone with Mao, facing him.
 It's the association head's room, but the adventurers remain so excited that you can hear the buzzing from outside the room.

'I've had various people produce Bodley Lyota for me to try out.

 Mao said with a smiling face.

Mao smiled, "It's a great wine, it has a range, but anyone can score more than 100 points. All the wines are now behind the times, thanks to you. It's all thanks to you.
I'm glad I could help.
As a thank you, I'm giving you a portion of the proceeds from Bodley Lyota.
'That's nice to hear, but couldn't you have done something about the name ......?'
Is something funny?

 Mao tilts his head in a small way with Kyoton.
 She looks adorable, coupled with her petite figure, but .......

''No, it's embarrassing to have my name used like this, or something.
I need your help with that too. We want to brand this wine.
Branding.
'Nah! Now you can say it loud and clear.

 For some reason, Mao's brow furrowed and he looked grim.

'Lyota bamboo shoots are too normal. If I'm going to use your name, I need to make it stronger like this. Uncle Eric has zero taste.''

 No, how about Bodley, too?
 Absolutely God's blood...... No, it's true that strong is strong, but.

Please. It's the breed that Lyota has been working on. That's why it's so popular from the start. It goes from 'I'll know it when I drink it' to 'I'll know it without it'.
It's hard to say no when you say so: ......

 I've been a corporate employee for a long time and I know it painfully well.
 Even the good ones - even the really good ones - often go unacknowledged and get buried.
 This Bodley ...... wine is definitely a good wine, and yet there's no chance of it getting buried.
 That's what Mao says he wants to use "Lyota" for.

 It doesn't matter, it was my involvement in the first place.
 I'll just have to live with the embarrassment.

"All right, then. "All right, go ahead.
Thank you!

 Mao laughed innocently and gave her a huggy smile.


 Thus, the Filin affair was a great success.
 The new wine that bears my name, Bodley Lyota, was thoroughly managed by the Filin Dungeon Association to sell only the best quality wine every three months on the day it was released.

 It became more and more of a brand, and was always sold out on the day it was released.