It was a sunny afternoon, and since I had no explicit plans and was a bit bored, I made a decision to play with Bell and Lynn and headed for the yard, the place I noticed Nebula and Sickness-san.

Properly, the 2 are good buddies and normally have tea within the yard, however at this time, they had been standing and discussing one thing with what appeared to be a guide of their palms.

[What are you two doing?]

[Ahh, I was going to talk to Milord about it later, but we’re thinking of buying a kiln.]

[A- A kiln?]

[Yeeeees. Nebula and I have been talkiiiiiiiing about making prototypes of teacups and suuuuuuch. That’s whyyyyyyy we’re thinking of buying a ceramic kiiiiiiiln. We’re planning to find a magic tool one that doesn’t exude fuuuuuuumes, but for the time beiiiiiiiiing, we thought of checking out their plaaaaaaaaaace.]

[……I- I see.]

……They’re making their very own teacups? Come to consider it, I believe each of them had been making wood tableware and such currently……. They’re lastly moving into pottery huh.

[We would try to place it in a position where it wouldn’t be a hindrance to Bellfried and Lindwurm…… so would it be alright to buy it?]

[Eh? U- Unnn. Well, I have no problem using the space with whatever you want. There’s more than enough space even in just the backyard anyway, so if there’s something else you want to put there, you’re free to do so.]

As for Sickness-san and Nebula, I don’t have something to fret about them. Every time they do one thing, they’d all the time come to me for permission earlier than doing it, so I’m by no means shocked and so they don’t actually do something unusual.

Even so, I’ve already considered Nebula as a little bit of a meticulous particular person, however I by no means thought she would make her personal teacups……

[Thank you. Milord would be the first one we’ll show our tea cups to when we finish them.]

[Unnn, I’m looking forward to it. Speaking of which, it looks like the tea plantation is growing quite well…… No, I mean, weren’t they growing too fast? How is that possible?]

[Ahh, we’ve magically accelerated their rate of growth, and we’ve actually already harvested some of the leaves to make tea.]

[Eh? Is that so?]

The tea plantation Nebula created within the yard actually grew up earlier than I knew it, and in response to her, it has already been harvested.

[The tea leaves are very nice, you knoooow? Nebula’s ideas really amazes meeeee. It’s no exaggeratioooooon to say that her tea leaaaaaaves will revolutionize the tea industryyyyy.]

[As expected, that’s just an exaggeration. I was going to offer them to Milord when it was a little more perfected…… but if you don’t mind, would you like to try a sample?]

[Is it alright? I certainly am interested, and I would love to try it if I could.]

Listening to that top-notch maid Sickness-san, who has drunk many sorts of tea, saying that these tea leaves would convey a few revolution definitely makes me curious, so I nodded at Nebula’s suggestion and sat down on the desk within the yard the place they usually have tea.

Thereupon, Sickness-san went again to the home as soon as earlier than coming again a couple of minutes later pushing a cart in the direction of my desk, skillfully brewed a pot of tea and served it to me.

[……Arehh? Isn’t this Glorious Tea?]

[Yeeeees, that’s riiiiiight. Buuuuuut, as a bleeeend, I have added a small amount of Nebula’s tea leaaaaaaves.]

[The tea leaves I had made are not to be drunk by themselves, but to be blended with other teas.]

[Heehhh…… I see…… Well then, let’s take a sip———-!? Eh? The heck, this is great…… This is definitely Glorious Tea, but it’s clearly tastier than the Glorious Teas I’ve had so far.]

It was very tough to explain how I felt. The style is certainly Superb Tea. I don’t really feel some other flavors added to it.

However for some purpose, it was clearly tastier than the Superb Teas I had had a number of occasions earlier than. It’s onerous to explain it, however it simply first proper into my style……

[……What kind of tea leaves did Nebula make?]

[The tea leaves I make adds an “off-flavor” to the tea.]

[Ehh? Off-flavor? Wouldn’t that make food less tasty?]

[On the contrary, that really isn’t the case. This may sound a little strange, but what is the most delicious tea? Is it the one in which the taste and aroma had been enhanced to the utmost limits? No, in the pursuit of the ultimate taste, no one can arrive at an absolute right answer, as long as personal preference is added to the equation.]

Saying this, Nebula takes out the tea leaves that she most likely made herself and putting them on the desk, she continued.

[Then, the role of these tea leaves, so to speak…… is to add a subtle off-flavor to the tea, which “gives the tea its unique taste”. This range of flavors allows the tea to suit individual tastes, and raises the original taste from 100 points to 120 points. Of course, it’s very difficult to adjust the amount of these tea leaves to be used in one’s drink, because you can’t use too little or too much of it, but by using these tea leaves, you can add a different taste to a tea that you are used to drinking.]

[Thanks to thaaaaat, it enhances the taste of the existing teeeeeeas, and although it’s difficult to uuuuuuse, it’s very interesting to try different bleeeeeends.]

[Of course, these tea leaves are only for those that are really skillful, as it requires a great deal of skill and sense of taste like Illness-san’s to bring out 100% of the flavor of the tea leaves used as base.]

[I see…… By daring to add a little bit of extra flavor, you’re bringing out more of the tea’s flavors……]

It might be a bit of totally different, however I suppose it’s like sprinkling salt on a watermelon to boost its sweetness. It definitely is an fascinating thought, and actually, this tea is tastier than the standard Superb Tea…… and it’s to my liking.

……Properly, if individuals on their stage had been saying that utilizing these tea leaves are “tough”…… It’s most likely one thing that standard individuals can’t use in any respect……

? ? ? : [As requested by Serious-senpai, since there was none to sprinkle last time, here’s a watermelon to sprinkle salt on.]

Severe-senpai : [……This ain’t what I requested at all.]