Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist? Chapter 76

On the morning of the day after arriving to Quilbas, I went out to the town with the girls.

「Where would you like to look around?」
「Let's go see the market first.」

We headed to the Quilbas marketplace and went around looking at the foodstuff.

「Takumi-samaaa! They have grilled skewers!」
「Then let's buy one for everybody.」

Finding Milk Buffalo meat skewers, Maria asked for some. I was also interested, so I decided to buy for everyone, even a portion for Kaede who is currently house-sitting.

「Even so, there really are a lot.」
「Yes, there are more varieties of sausage here than in Volton.」
「There were no sausages in the beastman villages.」
「Then why don't we buy all kinds of sausages to take home?」
「Yes!」

After that, we bought and snacked on all sorts of new vegetables, sausage-like processed food, and bought spices, and eggs.

「Even Quilbas's staple food is wheat, isn't it.」
「Yes, I believe wheat is the staple wherever you are in Valkyra Kingdom.」
「The staple in my village was Lococyn flour.」

Apparently Laeva's village mixes the Locoycn, an ingredient similar to corn flour, with water and lightly toasts it into tortilllike product, and it is their staple food.

「Let's see, I don't remember it very well, but I think it was wheat bread.」

Maria was sold to the Moulin Slavery Company at a young age so she says her memory is vague.

「So there's nothing like rice, huh.」
「Rice? If I remember correctly, Samandour Kingdom largely live off of grain.」
「Eh! It exists! Rice!」

My sudden outburst surprised Sophia.

「Y-yes, if I am not mistaken, a part of Lomaria Kingdom cultivates it as well. I believe Valkyra Kingdom does not know how it is eaten therefore it isn't circulated here very much.」
「Takumi-sama, this is just a guess, but it might be sold at the Royal Capital.」
「Wha! Shoot!」

When Maria pointed it out, I was astounded by the possibility. Taking a peek at the Royal Capital's marketplace. I forgot to check out the marketplace.

「I have to do my best to raise the skill level of my Time-Space attribute magic!」
「Do you want to eat rice that much?」

Sophia was astonished, but it can't be helped. My Time-Space attribute magic is at level 6. I'm now able to activate Short Warp instantly and stably. But I'm not able to use Long Warp yet.

「Takumi-sama! Leaving that aside, isn't this it?」

Absorbed in my own thoughts, Maria called out to me and pointed at a shop selling milk. They've set up not a street stall, but a proper store.

「R-right, we're buying milk and dairy products right now.」

Distracting myself from the embarrassment, I went binge shopping for milk. If it's stored in the Item Box, its freshness is maintained, so there's no problem with buying as much as I could buy. Then having the shop refer us to another shop deals in cheese, we headed to the next shop and bought many types.

「Really~ Dear customer is buying splendidly~. We are very grateful though, yes.」
「It's because it is Quilbas' specialties, after all. Now, there's something I'd like to ask, but do you know a shop that sells seasonings and alcohol?」
「For seasonings, if you go all the way to the right, there is a shop near the end. For alcohol, it is three stores next to the previous shop.」
「Thank you.」

Following the cheese shop's owner's advice, we bought a variety of items from the liquor store and seasoning shop. Sophia seemed to want to drink wine, so we bought a barrel of wine and ale.

「Sorry Sophia, you held back on drinking alcohol, didn't you.」
「It is fine. I understand that Takumi-sama and Maria have just barely reached adulthood, so I thought you didn't know the taste of alcohol.」

I feel bad for Sophia. I wasn't much of a drinker even in Japan, and since coming to this world, even though I'm considered an adult, I still intuitively come out as a 15 year old child.

「Okay then, how about everyone drinks a bit during dinner tonight?」
「「「Yes.」」」

After that, we found and bought bacon and ham, then we returned to the inn once we were satisfied with the massive amount of groceries we bought.

Chapter end