Chapter 216: Evening Drink

After that, we returned to the entertainment room. Rose immersed herself in her manga.

Yato and Isabella joined a Super Smash Bros. battle with Sheila and the others.

It was definitely more exciting with more people, and above all, it was a lot of fun.

I also played Smash Bros. for the first time in a while, and we wrapped things up before the date changed.

Returning from the entertainment room to the villa, Sheila and Yato immediately went back to their rooms, but Rose and Isabella stayed in the living room to rest.

I wondered if they were staying there because the rooms I lent them were uncomfortable. To be sure, I asked them.

“Rose, Isabella, aren’t you going back to your rooms? If anything is uncomfortable or hard to sleep in, please let me know.”

“Not at all. The entertainment room was just too fun, so we wanted to relax here until we cooled down.”

“…I feel the same. It was really wonderful.”

Rose had a dreamy expression, as if she were in love with the manga.

I was glad that their reason for staying in the living room wasn’t negative.

“That’s good to hear. I created the entertainment room for everyone to enjoy, so I’m happy you were able to enjoy it so much.”

“Another world is amazing. I knew about transference, but I didn’t know about the things in this world. Everything has been one surprise after another.”

“…Same here. The festival was fun, the food was all delicious, and on top of that, we can even read such interesting books… it’s like heaven here.”

“Haha, I didn’t expect you to call it heaven. By the way, there were other transferred people before me, right? Hasn’t anything from the other world been brought here before?”

“I’d heard about transferred people, but you’re the first I’ve actually met, Sato. I’m not really sure. If anyone had brought things before, they’d probably be famous by now. So maybe nothing was brought over before?”

I thought it wouldn’t be strange if someone had brought things before, but perhaps no one in the past had skills like mine.

Compared to Ren and the others, my skills are quite unique, and being able to acquire items from another world makes me realize again that it’s truly a “cheat skill.”

It’s also possible that this world was more developed than Japan at the time.

According to the king, the “Hero Summoning” can only be used once every few decades, and the last time it was used was at least several decades ago.

With the restriction that mana must be accumulated over decades, summoning wouldn’t happen unless there was a very good reason.

It’s possible that the last “Hero Summoning” occurred over a hundred years ago.

If that’s the case, Japan would have been in the early 1900s.

The value of money was different, with a monthly salary around 50 yen, and meals generally consisted of rice, miso soup, and pickles.

Considering that, it’s highly likely that people from that time would be astonished by this world’s development.

This also explains why nothing from the other world had been brought over.

“I see… I hadn’t thought about it much, but now it makes a lot of sense.”

“I’m not sure what you mean by ‘makes sense,’ but everything here is unusual, indeed.”

“…Amazing. I almost want to live here for a while.”

“Our motto is ‘we do not pursue those who leave, and we do not refuse those who come,’ so you’re welcome to live here. But you’d have to help with farm work.”

“Absolutely not. Rose-sama is a princess of the Elf Kingdom. Moving here is out of the question.”

“…How stingy.”

From my perspective, they were very welcome.

I would even have been happy if Isabella moved in as well, but that was immediately rejected.

“That’s a shame… Ah, by the way, Isabella, can you drink alcohol?”

“Hm? I like it, actually. Do you mean you have alcohol from another world?!”

“No, it’s not from another world, but someone living here has created a new drink. Would you like to try it?”

“…I’d like to try it too.”

“Eh? …Rose, you can drink too?”

“…Yes. Not very strong, though.”

I had pictured her as a girl Yato’s age, but she might actually be about my age.

Or perhaps there is no prohibition on alcohol in this world.

“If Rose can drink too, let’s have an evening drink together. A little tipsy, and it might make it easier to sleep.”

“It’s a little disappointing it’s not alcohol from another world, but an evening drink sounds like a good idea. Can we have some?”

“Of course. I’ll go get it.”

I headed to the kitchen and took a chilled golden fruit wine from the magical fridge.

This wine was officially named Golden Wine, and its flavor lived up to its impressive name.

“This is Golden Wine, made here. It’s a sweet fruit-based alcohol.”

“The color is beautiful. And it’s sparkling.”

“…The aroma is nice too. Looks delicious.”

“We also prepared fruit to go with it. It pairs perfectly, so please try it.”

Salted snacks are nice, but fruit pairs exceptionally well with Golden Wine.

This time, I prepared grapes, a taste of autumn.

“Well then, let’s drink. …Mmm, delicious! I’m not usually good with sweet alcohol, but this is exceptionally good.”

“…Really delicious. I can’t believe even the alcohol is tasty…”

“I’m glad you like it. This wine will also be sold, so please buy some once production is ready.”

“Clever marketing. But yes, I’d definitely want to buy this.”

“…I want to buy it too. It pairs perfectly with fruit.”

The two of them were drinking Golden Wine at an impressive pace.

Though easy to drink, it’s actually strong, so I was careful to make sure Rose and Isabella didn’t get too drunk.

And so, we enjoyed our evening drink together.