On the Set-Meal Restaurant Suiren within the Friendship Metropolis, Hikari, the shopkeeper Kaori was cooking a tasty meal. It was nonetheless early within the day earlier than her opening time, which might usually be the time she would make her meals preparation, however since she was anticipating a customer at present, she had completed the preparations forward of time.

Simply because the cooking for the one that would quickly be visiting was about to complete, there was a knock on the again door, not the doorway to the restaurant.

[……Welcome, Shige-san! Hannah-san!]

[Sorry for coming early again today, Kaori-chan.]

[Hello, Kaori-chan.]

The guests have been Okura Shigenobu, somebody who performed the function of Hero identical to Kaori, and his spouse, Hannah.

Shigenobu and Hannah have been mates with Kaori for a very long time, and they’d come to her retailer about as soon as a month.

[I don’t really mind, as we can talk as we please before the store opens…… Come on in.]

[I’m sorry for the intrusion. Ahh, Kaori, these are vegetables we harvested from our farm. Please eat them when you have the chance.]

[Thank you as always! I have something I really want you to try out, Shige-san. It’s amazing, so you can look forward to it.]

[Heehhh…… I’m expecting it then. I’ve got some interesting stuff that happened on my side, so I’ll tell you about it later.]

Kaori guides Shigenobu and Hannah into the restaurant and ensuring they’re seated on the counter, and providing them a glass of water, Kaori then places a bowl of white rice in entrance of them with a proud expression on her face.

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[I should actually serve this with the side dishes, but I wanted to show it off first!]

[White rice huh? It has such a nice gloss to it. Let’s see———-!? Oi, oi, this is quite astonishing.]

[What do you think? Isn’t it great?]

[I haven’t had good rice for decades. I’m amazed you found rice of this caliber.]

[Indeed, it’s very tasty.]

Each Shigenobu and Hannah seemed shocked on the style of the white rice served by Kaori. Shigenobu himself likes the style of Japanese meals, and that’s why he and his spouse have been stocking rice for his or her private use.

Though they don’t domesticate their very own rice, as he’s now a retired one who enjoys farming extra as a interest, they’re very specific in regards to the rice they purchase.

Initially, white rice was solely grown in a number of distant areas of the Hydra Kingdom, and though it’s not as a lot as in different nations, there are farmers in Hydra Kingdom who develop a specific amount of rice.

Shigenobu additionally tried rice from many alternative farmers, and acquired the tastiest rice he might discover, regardless that it’s quite costly…… however the rice they only ate was clearly on a distinct degree.

[Recently, I’ve gained a new connection and was introduced to Razelia-sama…… Raz-sama, as I call her, the fairy who makes this white rice. It’s really high level, isn’t it?]

[Yeah, it’s incredibly amazing. I’d like to buy some of this too…… but this must be pretty pricey, isn’t it?]

[No, that is…… It’s partly thanks to the person who introduced me to her, but because he was the one who introduced me, I was able to purchase it very cheaply…… about 2/3 of the price of the rice I was buying before.]

[I see…… Hey, Kaori-chan. I won’t say it anymore if it’s not possible but……]

[Don’t worry! I knew Shige-san would definitely want it, so I stocked up on more. I’m indebted to Shige-san, so I’ll sell this to you at the purchase price.]

[I’m grateful for that. I look forward to eating more of this rice in the future.]

Anticipating Shigenobu’s want for rice, Kaori had stocked up on extra after confirming with Razelia prematurely if it might be acceptable to promote them to her acquaintance.

Seeing the delighted Shigenobu, Kaori smiled and continued.

[Well, to begin with, Raz-sama lives in the Demon Realm, so I couldn’t just go there or have her come here every month so I could stock up…… Thus, I stock up six months’ worth in bulk, so I can totally adjust the quantity.]

[Six months’ worth? Kaori-san, is it really alright to store that much for a long time?]

[Well, about that, Hannah-san…… Please look at this.]

Listening to Hannah’s query, Kaori wryly smiled and introduced a “black magic field” out of her palm.

[Oi, oi, Kaori-chan…… That’s one outrageous item you bought there. Being black-colored, that must be over a hundred million yen, wouldn’t it?]

[That’s the thing, Shige-san…… I didn’t buy it…… I was given it.]

[Huh? That was just given to you?]

[Unnn. Raz-sama told me “It’s convenient for storing Rice-san, so I’ll give it to you!”…… No, of course, I refused. I told her I couldn’t receive such an expensive item…… to which she responded with “It’s not that big of a deal, it’s just a thank-you for buying a lot of rice~~”…… I’m wondering about it myself. A black magic box, not that big of a deal, she said…… I feel like we live in two different dimensions.]

[Ummm, this Razelia-sama…… who in the world is she?]

Listening to that she had simply been handed out a black magic field that was imagined to be terribly costly, Hannah requested again with a surprised expression on her face.

In fact, even Kaori thinks that being given a magic device of this degree at no cost was out of her frequent sense, so she might perceive their astonishment.

At any fee, she herself nonetheless wonders if she actually ought to have accepted this free reward……

Nevertheless, there’s certainly one distinction in notion between them. Normally, magic instruments utilizing black magic crystal have been extraordinarily costly, however for Kuromueina’s household…… or “for many who are near Tre”, that isn’t the case.

Sure, it would sound excessive, however they’ll purchase an inexpensive magic crystal from a retailer, have Tre change the purity of this magic crystal, after which make their magic field themselves or ask Sechs to make one for them at a low price.

Effectively, even when one have been to purchase it usually, it was nonetheless not some huge cash since Razelia herself has a big farm and wholesales greens to a buying and selling firm owned by Kuromueina……

[……I was also curious, so I asked her about it…… but she was apparently the first Fairy King, and is now in an Executive-like position at Kuromueina-sama’s camp……]

[……What the heck happened for a shopkeeper of a Set-Meal Restaurant to be introduced to such an extraordinary person?]

[……Indeed, I wonder what the heck just happened.]

Shigenobu’s phrases introduced a distant look to Kaori’s face, one thing she had turn out to be accustomed to doing not too long ago.

Severe-senpai : [Now that she mentioned it, if one requests Tre, she would be able to make as many black magic crystals as she wants huh.]

? ? ? : [Well, they don’t seem to ask her that frequently so as not to trouble her, but they do request her from time to time. Well, it goes without saying that Tre-san is a very good person, so she will readily give them an OK and immediately change the ratio of the item.]

Severe-senpai : [I can certainly see that happening.]