The state of the castle town

"I feel like I've come to a theme park. I'm so excited."

"Is it a tempark?"

"It's an unfamiliar word."

　After finishing the luncheon with canned food and instant noodles, I accompanied the fox-beastman Byaku and the horse-beastman Shen from among the beastman maids, and set off for a walk around Dorad, the royal capital of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom. .

　Dryada does not participate because she is not good at walking around town. Isla will check the condition of the magic airship, and she will give a lecture to the alchemist of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom at the request of the royal family of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom who wants to ask questions about the regenerative medicine using Grande's blood. By that she also did not attend.

　That's why I decided to take a walk around the town alone with the beastman maid as my companion. The Dragonis Mountain Kingdom told us that we would have an escort, but we said it was unnecessary and came out alone.

　No matter how you look at it, it's obvious to anyone that I'm someone with a certain status. In that case, I can understand that it is a guest from another country if I can turn my head to some extent. There aren't many people who would interfere with such people. The land mines that you can see - in my opinion, they're like 'sleeping dragon tails'.

"It's solid. There are a lot of slopes and stairs. And there are a lot of twists and turns."

"Since it's a town built to cling to rocky mountains, I wondered if there was a way to do it."

``The reason why the stairs are not made too long and are immediately bent and used as a landing may be to prevent people from falling.''

"Ah, I see."

　If it's a long staircase or a slope, once you fall down, you're still upside down all the way to the bottom. What's more, the stairs and slopes are basically stones, or rocks, so if you're an ordinary person, by the time you reach the bottom, you'll be in a pretty splattered state.

　I've heard that if you fall down a mountain, you'll become something so obscure that you won't even be able to tell your gender. Or something. That's because it hits the rock surface at high speed and keeps rubbing against it.

"So you mean safety measures?"

"Even so, if I fall down the stone steps of this distance, it won't be enough…"

"If you're a reptilian beastman with strong skin, you might get away with minor injuries."

　If you look closely, the end of the landing at the bottom of the stairs is the wall of the house, but in front of it was a shrubbery with shrubs trimmed. Maybe instead of a cushion. Much better than being slammed into a stone wall.

"Let's walk carefully... Even so, it's quite lively."

"That's right. It's probably because we're preparing for the National Foundation Festival tomorrow."

　Shen nodded while looking around. The streets with many slopes and stairs were very lively with the national flag of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom and decorations made of colorful cloth. Even so, it's cloth, isn't it? I have an image of using paper lanterns for festivals like this, but isn't there a lot of paper production in Dragonis Mountain Kingdom? Well, I don't think it's an environment with a lot of vegetation.

"It looks like they serve sake and dishes to behave."

"Is that so. Huh? It seems that wine and sake from different countries were drunk in the castle, but it seems that a different kind of alcohol is being served in the castle town."

　When I approached the place where sake and food were served, I was approached by a resident who seemed to be already serving sake.

"Hey, is it a guest from a foreign country?"

"Ah, I was staying in the castle.

"We welcome visitors from other countries as well, as long as they celebrate the good day with us.

　Saying that, he called out to the people around him and prepared something like brown unrefined sake in a wooden cup.

"Thank you very much. It would be nice to have Byak and Shen."

"Um... yes."

"Let's eat"

　The acidity is working. You can also feel the alcohol, but it's not that strong. It feels like grape juice, but it's not grapes... I think. what is the raw material?

"What kind of alcohol is it?"

"Hmm, I don't know."

"You can't really feel the astringency of wine."

　What was served next was a dish like 'Chimaki' wrapped in some kind of leaf and steamed. Sweet, spiced and stimulating. However, there was a crop that came to my mind when I ate this dish.

"Is it corn? Isn't the sake made from the same grain used in this dish?"

"Oh, that's right, guest. In our country, this cornu is the staple food. In this way, we use it for cooking, and we also make sake with cornu."

"I see."

　Come to think of it, corn has long been cultivated around the Andes Mountains in South America. The Dragonis Mountain Kingdom is also a kingdom built in a mountainous area, so I wonder if corn-based crops are often used in the same way? It seems to be called a cornu here.

　In return for enjoying the cooking, I offered three barrels of ale from Merinard Kingdom and left the place. He was surprised that he took out three large barrels of sake from an empty place, but let's pretend that it was something magical. Maybe it's because I'm drunk, huh, magic is amazing. I ended up with a reaction like

"It was good that the alcohol was weak"

"I agree"

"That steamed dish was delicious. Would it be possible for you to ask the castle chef how to make it?"

　It seems that Shen likes Cornu's wrapped steamed dish. I think the Melinard Kingdom also cultivated corn, but it was mostly ground into flour and used as an ingredient for thin bread. Ah, but I have an image that different types of corn have distinct uses. I've heard that the seeds that are used as livestock feed don't taste good to humans.

"I'll go back to the castle later and ask if you can give me seeds of a variety suitable for such uses."

"yes"

　When I told Shen what I remembered, she nodded obediently.

"I wonder what you're doing with the water?"

"Is it supplemented by magic, or is it not rainwater?"

　When Byaku turned his gaze, he could see what looked like a water tank and what looked like a rain collector on the roof of the house.

"A rain collecting device. That's good for the short term, but I'm afraid of dead insects and birds and feces. Is there a filtration device somewhere, or is it not drinking water but can be used as domestic water? Maybe you're using

　Maybe the tank itself has a filtering device or some sort of magical process. I don't think they have an expensive purification magic device attached to each house, or maybe they have some kind of magic formula engraved on the tank.

"Maybe they are using it as drinking water without worrying about such things."

"I think they do simple filtering and boiling, though."

"Eh... I have a strong stomach."

　The two former settlers had a rather robust opinion. Well, in this world there are magic and alchemy even if it hurts a little, so there is certainly the possibility of being careless about that. The infinite water source I make always keeps water flowing, so you don't have to worry about that.

"But it's nice to be lively. It would be nice to have a festival like this in the Merinard Kingdom someday."

"Yes, I think so too."

"From now on."

　It might be a good idea to hold a festival on the anniversary of the day you regained Melinessburg, or the day you signed a truce with the Holy Kingdom. Let's talk to Sylphy and Melty when I get back to Melinessburg.