Chapter 1095: To the Friendship City ③

Upon seeing my magic box, Kaori-san backed away. She looked deeply astonished, but seemingly straightening her thoughts immediately, she drew near and looked at the magic box on my palm with great interest.

[……Amazing, this is one of those, right? Those stuff that are over 90% purity magic crystal?]

[Y- Yes.]

[Black magic crystals are too expensive to be handled by normal magic tool stores, so I’ve only seen them in articles in high-end magic tools in magazines…… This is a magic box, right? Ehhhh, that means this is eye-poppingly expensive……]

[Ah, errr, it was a gift……]

[No, no, who the heck would just give out an extremely luxurious item like this!?]

……It’s the richest person in the world. If anything, I had already been given three magic boxes from Kuro and her family.

The first one was made by Sechs-san and is now used by Anima, the second one was given to me by Ein-san as some sort of wrapping paper for the large number of sweets she gifted to me as a present, and the third one was made by Kuro, which I am using now.

Incidentally, Ein-san’s magic box was in the care of Illness-san, who takes care of our food and other stuff. Also, all of them make use of black magic crystals.

[Ahh, I know it’s rude to pry too much into such things…… but can I ask a few questions? What would be the capacity of a magic box at this level?]

[Errr…… about the size of a house, I suppose.]

The one I use apparently had an island large enough to hold Magnawell-san, but it’s at that level because Kuro made it, different from those that were normally sold with a black magic crystal.

The magic box I recently bought for Nebula may not have the capacity of a mansion, but it was still around the size of a large house, and that was why I told Kaori-san that.

Of course, since I was buying one for the cute Nebula, I went to the headquarters of Seditch Magic Tools Trading Company and bought the highest grade magic box they had.

The price was, well…… enough to build a mansion. Although it still wasn’t as expensive as Teleportation Magic Tools, it was still one of the most expensive magic tools.

[Uwaahhh, that’s amazing. Having a magic box of that size would be really convenient~~ Well, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s out of my reach…… Ahh, that’s right. Sorry, I’m changing the subject…… but Kaito-kun, are you hungry?]

[Eh? Well, so-so……]

It’s still not noon yet, but I am slightly hungry since I had breakfast early today. If I had gotten hungry, I just thought of buying some food while sightseeing.

Thereupon, Kaori-san’s face lit up.

[Really!? In that case, Big Sister will treat you!]

[Huh? E- Errr……]

[Ehehe, it was actually my dream to treat a child from my homeworld to a meal. Ahh, here’s the menu. You can order anything you like! Today will be my treat, so it doesn’t matter if you get the most expensive one!!! ……Well, the most expensive meal I had just cost 15R but……]

Just as she said it was her dream, it seemed like she had really been looking forward to treating me as she handed me the menu somewhat excitedly.

The menu looked like something a set-meal restaurant would have, and the selection of items, which was rare in this world, was both fresh and nostalgic.

……The most expensive item on the menu seems to be this Special Gyukatsu Set Meal…… It looks really delicious. Ahh, but I also like the Pork Shogayaki…… I can’t choose……

(T/N: Special Beef Cutlet. The other dish is Pork cooked with soy sauce, sake and mirin along with ginger.)

[I’m pretty torn about the choices. There are so many dishes that I don’t see very often in this world…… Kaori-san, do you have any recommendations?]

[I’d say it’d have to be the Special Gyukatsu Set Meal! The meat is quite good, so it’s tender, and you can enjoy it with four different flavors: grated ponzu, soy-sauce based dipping sauce, yuzu kosho and wasabi.]

(T/N: Ponzu is a dipping sauce made from soy-sauce, lime juice, vinegar and fish flakes. Yuzu kosho is a condiment made from fresh chiles, fermented with salt along with zest and juice from yuzu fruit.)

[That sounds delicious…… Then, may I take you up to your offer and have the gyukatsu set meal?]

[Unnn, unnn! Leave it to me, I’ll make it good!]

It sounded great, especially the combination of grated ponzu and the cutlet. I think the yuzu kosho and wasabi would also be good.

[……Speaking of which, so there’s yuzu in this world too huh.]

[……I wonder? Is there?]

[Eh? You said yuzu kosho earlier, right?]

When I asked her if there are yuzus here in this world, for some reason, Kaori looked like she herself didn’t know.

[No, there might be one in this world, but I haven’t been able to see them myself. I wanted some yuzus or sudachis and had people look for them, but my connections weren’t able to find them.]

(T/N: Yuzu and sudachi are both citrus fruits)

[……Then, where did you get that yuzu kosho?]

[Errr, if Kaito-kun has been in this world for a few years, you probably know about her…… but do you know about the God of our world, Eden-sama?]

[……Yeah, I know her.]

I know her really well. If anything, I know her so much that I’m slightly traumatized.

[One day, that Eden-san came to my store. She asked me if I was having any problems since moving to this world. I told her I wasn’t having any particular troubles and was having fun in this world, but when she asked me “Is there anything you want?”, I told her I was looking for yuzus and sudachis…… She gave me “a potted tree that grows 5 yuzus and 5 sudachis everyday”.]

[I- I see, so that’s what happened.]

[Unnn. Thanks to her, it has given me a lot of options in my cooking, for which I am very grateful. When I served her a set meal, she praised me, saying it tastes good. She is a really gentle and kind God, isn’t she!?]

[…….Y- You’re right.]

H- Hmmm. Well, Eden-san certainly was very kind to her children, and as long as she wasn’t rampaging, she seemed calm and collected.

……No, wait, come to think of it, didn’t she not go out of control when the other party isn’t me? Then, that means she’s usually a good God.

I mean, I just remembered it now, but come to think of it, Eden-san mentioned how she made a new contract with Shiro-san and gave me a lot of food and ingredients, but I guess that’s also for her children who live in this world like Kaori-san huh…… She sure is diligent when it comes to her children.

Makina : [Of course! Even when they emigrate to another world, my children are still my children, and it’s only natural that mother would help them if they’re in need! Besides those that they directly wished for, I also looked inside their minds and looked through the “ingredients they desire within their mind”, I made a deal with Shallow Vernal to grow them in Trinia as well, so those ingredients are already in circulation in this world!]

Serious-senpai : [……Seriously, as long as she doesn’t go on a rampage, she’s someone who’s really good to her children…… to her children, that is……]