178 - - Episode 176 Coffee

"Phew ...... this is the smell of civilization ...... wonderful."

The next morning after setting up my own home and finishing the banquet,...... I cut out early without getting caught up in the drinking pace of Sylphy and the others, and woke up feeling refreshed.

I cast a cleansing spell over my body and was about to start a new day feeling refreshed when I had a good idea. Now would be a good time to have that cup of coffee I've been missing ....... He quickly prepares to make a pot of coffee.

You break the seal of the instant coffee, Koup, and pour it into the cup. Half a stick of sugar is put in the cup, and the boiling water stocked in the magic bag is poured. The aroma of the coffee that rises in the air brings a few tears to my eyes.

I sit down on the luxurious sofa and sip the hot coffee. A moment of indescribable serenity passes. As I just concentrate on the taste and aroma of the coffee, the cup is empty in no time.

It's gone. I want another cup."

I can't help but talk to myself. I want to drink another cup, or rather, I want to drink one every day. You stare intently at the instant coffee bottle. ...... but, if I drink it at such a pace, it will run out soon.

...... Hmm?　Oh, the coffee label shows coffee beans and a plant with green leaves and red berries. Wouldn't it be something if I showed this to Dolly?

Even if coffee berries grow, the question is whether they can be successfully brought to the state of coffee beans. I've seen that cacao is fermented by wrapping it in leaves, but what about coffee?

I think that once the fruit is removed, it should be dried and the pulp should be removed. To get coffee beans from muskox dung, you have to catch it from the muskox, and I personally can't get coffee beans from ...... dung.

Well, after we see if Dolly can grow a coffee tree. The list of things to do is getting longer and longer. I'll keep working on it.

The coffee has stimulated my desire even more. I'm going to improve my living environment and have an ideal life in another world.

Yuta, good morning, cue, good morning, coo, hoo, pugga...　

As I stepped out of my room with renewed energy, Bell and his friends greeted me with morning greetings.

"Good morning. Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah, lots of beru, cukee, kaimin, koo-coo, hoo-hoo, poo-poo," "sleepy-feet," "cukee," "kaimin," "koo-coo," "hoo-hoo," "poo-poo," "poo-poo," "poo-poo," "poo-poo."

The spirits answered happily, perhaps they enjoyed sleeping in the children's room, or maybe they were in a good mood 20% more than usual. I go down to the living room with Belle and the others, who cling to me and tell me how much fun they had.

"Good morning, master." "Good morning, master." "Good morning, master." "Good morning, master." "Good morning, master."

When I go down to the living room, I am greeted in the morning by Gina and the others. Life in the new house is quite nice. I've been greeted in the morning before, but it feels different to be greeted in a proper house.

"Gina, Sara, Marco, Kikka, did you sleep well in the new environment?

"Yeah, it was more comfortable than my bed at home. Thank you for letting me stay in your nice room, Master.

Yes, I slept very well, I had a good sleep, I had a good sleep.

Gina and the others seemed to have no problems. At least everyone is off to a good start in their new home. I collect the sake barrels lying around in the living room, and Sylphy and the others come out to greet each other in the morning. They seem to be fine with emptying three barrels of sake, as expected.

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"Well, as I explained at breakfast, I'll check on the guavard and the small animals, and then I'll set up the place so that we can make a contract with the fire spirit, and Sarah and the others can show Gina around. Belle and the others are free to go. Then we are dismissed.

Kikka joined hands with Gina and went out to show her the way. Bell and the others were going to the children's room. I'm going to check on Guavard for now. I head for Guavard's hut with Sylphy.

As we approach the hut, we see a guavard wandering around, chirping. Perhaps it's because it's accustomed to people unlike the wild ones, but it's walking around normally after what happened to it yesterday. ......It may be a little too carefree, but it's a lot better than not being able to cope with the change in environment.

They seem to be acting normally, taking a little distance from me when I approach them, so I stop paying attention to them and go inside the hut. I look at the food box and find that the amount of food is obviously smaller than when I put it in yesterday. It seems they are eating well.

After replenishing food and water, I search for the guavard's bed. We find no eggs at ....... It seems that the guavard was not relaxed enough to lay eggs on the first day. Fresh eggs are expected tomorrow.

"Sylphy, everything seems to be OK for now.

"Well, I don't know. It looks fine to me, but if you're worried, you should make a pact with the Spirit of Life as soon as possible."

"Hmmm, the spirit of life needs a few more animals. But first we need to make a place for the fire spirit that Gina is going to contract with to settle down, there is a lot to do.

"Oh, well, if it's a fire spirit, shouldn't it be in a distillery?"

"If what I have in mind doesn't work out, I'll ask for the distillery. But wouldn't the spirits be happier if we had a better facility anyway?"

"I don't know.　I think the spirits I'm going to call would be happy at the distillery."

...... I'm pretty sure that the spirits Sylphy calls are bringing her drinking buddies. The probability of a drinker is one hundred percent.

"But she also brings lower level spirits and floating spirits, doesn't she?　I don't think it's a good idea to show them that you're into drinking ...... then I think it's better to make a proper place for them somewhere else."

I'm worried about my future if I grow up surrounded by alcohol from a young age. Even now, with Bell and the others interested in alcohol, I want to keep them away from it as much as possible. Sylphy looks away from my words. She seems to be aware of it.

"Well, the guavard seems to be OK..." I say. Yuta, you're going to check on the small animals next, let's go.

Sylphy turns away and heads for the exit. Well, I don't want to make it harder for myself to drink, so I'll stop poking my nose in. We get out of the hut and head for Mohammed Kingdom, keeping an eye on Guavard.

I'm sad to say that I've never been to Mohamofu Kingdom, but only to check it out from a distance. We'll check it out from the sky, and if it looks OK, we'll go inside.

I ask Sylphy to float in the sky and look into Mohamofu Kingdom from above. Whoa, I see a round shape walking through the trees. It must be a ball rabbit. ...... Is it safe as a wild animal to move so slowly?

We could also see ordinary rabbits sometimes running and a small monkey in a tree. The rest are momonga (......), but I can't see them because they are holed up in their burrows. I think that momonga are nocturnal, so it might be difficult to see them in the daytime.

Sylphy, please come back to the ground slowly.

"Yes, I'm coming down."

...... slowly down so as not to startle the little animals. ......The little animals literally ran away like rabbits. The ball rabbit had been taking it easy, but when it noticed me, it rolled out of sight at a tremendous speed. I never thought he would escape in that way.

"You're gone. What are you going to do?"

I don't know what to do. Well, if I leave here like this, I'll never get used to it.

"I'm going to go down to the ground and stay there so they know I'm harmless."

.................. I sat there for about thirty minutes watching the forest, but the small animals made no move at all. I put some fruits around them, but that didn't seem to be enough. It will be a long way to go, but I will come back here again when the time is right. If we pay tribute to them often, they should get used to us. At least I'd like to be able to keep them from running away when I show up.

I stop sitting still and walk through the woods toward the pond. The small animals are hiding, but I still feel that the atmosphere of the forest is somehow brighter than when there was nothing but plants.

Arriving at the pond, we observe the inside of the pond. Beautiful water plants are swaying in the clear water. There are shades of green, and small fish can sometimes be seen in the gaps between them. Their scales reflect the sunlight, making them sparkle.

Considering the fact that it has been quite some time and the fact that it has survived to this day, it seems safe to assume that both the water plants and the small fish have adapted to the environment.

I didn't find any small shrimps or insects, but I'm sure Dine will tell me if they are all gone. If they reproduce, a small ecosystem may be established.

We also need to catch some sizeable fish for the fishing pond. Before that, we need to secure some nutritious mud, water plants, and other organisms that can be used as food for normal fish. If possible, we would like to release some tasty fish, but what kind of freshwater fish do we have in other worlds?

The river fish I have eaten in Japan are landlocked salmon, iwana (char), and ayu (sweetfish). It seems to be difficult to breed fish that go down to the sea and come back to the river. Carp and crucian carp are interesting to catch, but they don't look so tasty to eat.

"Yuta, what's the matter with you?　What's wrong?"

While I was looking into the pond and thinking, I was approached by Sylphy. She had been thinking about the fishing pond for quite a long time.

"No, the water plants seem to be well established and I saw some small fish, so I don't think it will be a problem. The pond is doing well, so I was just thinking that a fishing pond might be a good idea.

"You must have been thinking seriously about that. Fishing ponds are good, but shouldn't you be thinking about the fire spirits right now?"

Sylphy says in exasperation. She has a valid point. Without a spirit to make a contract with Gina, there is no such thing as a spiritist.

"That's true. Hey, Sylphie. I was thinking about that magic wand that I got in the labyrinth that emits flames... I wonder if it could be modified?　I think I could ask Nomos to do something about it, but I don't know."

If I had thought of it earlier, I could have asked Marie to introduce me to some craftsmen related to magical tools, but I was on my way back when I thought of it.

I have a feeling that I can get by with Nomos because he looks like a dwarf. I have a feeling that he might be interested in tinkering with magical tools.

"I don't know, I'm sure Nomos is interested in that kind of thing and knows a lot about it, but I don't know if I can use that wand or not. It would be faster to ask Nomos.

You are right again.

"Well, let's go to the distillery anyway.

Nomos said yesterday that he was going to tinker with the distiller, and I want to check out his new distiller. If I don't take a good look at it, the distillery might be in trouble before I know it.