In the morning, I explored the cave with Sensei, so I got a good number of materials. Lynn also asked me to buy some sugar. Well, I am curious about the evaluation of the pepper bomb samples I left at Sambabano, so I decided to go to Lebon.
“Char, I’m going to Sambabano……”
Charlotte was in the middle of a nap in bed. She is always treated to sweets, so Char loves to go to Sambabano. But now she’s completely asleep. She must have been tired from exploring the caves.
“I’m going then.”
I couldn’t bear to wake up Char who’s sleeping with an innocent look on her face, so I went to Lebon alone.
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In the dimly lit room, the three witches sat side by side as usual. However, Midoma, who is usually the grumpiest, stood up as soon as she saw me.
“Cedie, sell me your pepper bombs!”
Uh-, what’s wrong with her jumping excitedly in front of me all of a sudden!?
I mean, she can move so fast!
“Are you buying my pepper bombs?”
“Yes! I’ll buy them for whatever asking price you want. Give me all your inventory!”
Seeing Midoma approaching me as if to snatch my luggage, Bigma raised her voice.
“Midoma, get away from him. Boy, don’t give Midoma your pepper bombs!”
Just what on earth happened?
When I looked at Sumoma, who was the calmest to ask for an explanation, she just shrugged her shoulders and told me the situation nonchalantly.
“Bigma-oneesan tried the sample that Cedie left behind while aiming for Midoma-neesan.”
It seems that it happened when the two of them were fighting over a side dish for dinner. Bigma, who snapped after being cursed at, fired a pepper bomb at Midoma.
“Uh-…… Fighting over a side dish for dinner is a bit—”
“Are you trying to say I’m immature? That just goes to show how young I am!”
Midoma roared, her eyes burning with anger.
It was said that the power of the pepper bomb was so great that Midoma couldn’t stop crying with running nose at that time.
“My throat hurts so much because of the pepper and I can’t chant a spell. I couldn’t even cast a healing spell!”
I see, so it’s a nice surprise that it even interferes with chanting. It would also be effective against bandits and monsters that use magic then.
“Anyway, I can’t get be at ease like this! I need to let Bigma-oneesan taste the pepper bomb too!”
“Hmph! He is going to sell the pepper bomb to me! Come on, boy, sell me all your items. I’ll buy it for you at a high price like usual.”
If I bargain between the two of them, the price can be raised as much as I want. But even if I make a lot of money from this, I will be like an unscrupulous merchant and it will be too bad.
“I’m sorry, I’m going home now!”
It was a waste of time, but I decided to run out of Sambabano as if to escape.
After that, I bought the sugar that Lynn had asked me to buy and head home.
Autumn is deepening and the wind is getting a little colder. But the island is in the midst of a harvest season. As a result of exploring the island, we found chestnut, apple and pear trees.
The apples and pears are delicious on their own, but the compote that Lynn made was also great. It kind of tastes like high-end canned food. I don’t think people in this world know about canned goods yet though. They don’t even sell can here.
By the way, Lynn will be using the sugar I bought with chestnuts to make a sweet called Marron Chantilly. It’s a snack made with chestnut paste and fresh cream. I’m sure Char would be delighted.
I can’t help but look forward to it.
When I came back to the bridge in an excited mood, I saw a woman looking down at the sea on the bridge. The horse nearby must have been ridden by this older sister.
She has a serious face. I wonder if something happened……?
“Dad, Mom, I’m sorry ….…”
No way, a suicide!?
“Sister, don’t be hasty!”
I rushed over and hugged her from behind.
“Kyaah! Eh? What? What’s wrong?”
“I’ll give you some advice with your problem, so don’t think about dying!”
“Ah? What do you mean dying?”
“Eh……?”
She wasn’t planning on dying. Apparently, I jumped into conclusion early.
“I’m sorry for causing confusion.”
“Well, you are apologizing to your parents while looking at the sea sadly, so I thought you are trying to kill yourself.”
“I don’t have intention of committing suicide. Sigh, it’s just that my business isn’t going well……”
The older sister’s name is Emma Londo. Apparently, she took over the business from his elderly father, but she said that the business was not going well at the moment.
“Everything I do seems to always go wrong, and I was so exhausted.”
Perhaps she was feeling mentally cornered, as her temples would occasionally twitch. I don’t know much about medicine, but this shouldn’t be a good thing.
“Emma, would you like to go and take a dip in a hot spring?”
“Hot spring is just warm water, right?”
“There’s a nice hot spring on Gandalcia Island. It’s very relaxing. There’s also an auberge that serves good food there. You can even eat a delicious sweet called Marron Chantilly.”
Emma was a little surprised when I told her that.
“I often come to Lebon on business, but this is the first time I’ve heard of such a thing.”
“It just opened recently. I’m sure you’ll love it so please come and stop by.”
I want as many people as possible to enjoy Gandalcia.
“Well, you’re right. I have always wanted to relax myself. I might as well go then.”
“Then I’ll take you to Gandalcia.”
We pulled the reins of the horse and crossed the long bridge.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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The pepper bomb seems quite effective on casters.
…and seems to cause a bit of a grudge.
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