CH 1

Dazzling ……

This was the first thing Ginjiro felt when he came to another world.

Ginjiro, who had been sleeping on the grass, slowly woke up.

I wondered if my conversation with Ao, the stray cat, had been a dream, but I could tell it wasn’t Japan from the vast land all around me.

Alone in a different world, wearing a coffee shop uniform and leather shoes.

It’s a strange feeling, but it can’t be helped.

Ginjiro had chronic back pain, but now his body feels light and agile.

Looking at the back of his hand, he sees that the skin has improved.

Like the stray cat Ao said, the body was healthier and rejuvenated

People become more positive when they get healthy.

Rather than thinking why I collapse at the store, I began to think more about how I would live in another world.

Well, this is something one does when they come to another world. After looking around, I chant “Status open!”

Nothing happens. ……

I tried saying the chant a little louder this time, but still nothing happened.

It appears that I may not be able to see something status-like.

“Can I use magic?”

I brought both hands to the right side of my waist, in a twisting motion.

I tried chanting Ka~me~ha~me….

….. nothing happened.

I remembered the magic, and tried to chant “Expecto Patr□ nam,” but still nothing happened.

Hmmm, let’s postpone magic for now.

Next, when I think about the item box, a list suddenly pops into my mind.

Food and drinks, cups and glasses, and other supplies used in the coffee shop were inside.

Ao’s favorite cat food cans were also in there, so I took them out, opened the lid, and put them back in the item box.

Soon one of the cat food cans was missing, so I guessed that Ao had eaten it.

I wondered if I had any money, and found a listing notation for 2 small gold coins, 55 silver coins, and 75 copper coins.

As I recall, there was about 80,000 yen in the cash register, so I have a feeling that this has been turned into another world’s worth of money.

The small gold coins are 10,000 yen, the silver coins are 1,000 yen, and the copper coins are 100 yen, that’s my calculation.

I was wondering what happened to my savings, but I couldn’t find out even if I thought about it.

I decided to think positively that I was not penniless in another world.

When I was hungry and wanted to eat something, the item box display screen changed to a list of food items.

Apparently, in addition to the overall list, it is also possible to divide the items into certain categories.

I quickly selected carbonated water and nuts, and was able to take them out.

The carbonated water that I drink in this another world soaks into my body.

For a moment, I wondered what would happen if it were beer, but this is not Japan.

Once I was safe and settled, I decided to drink it.

After moistening my throat with carbonated water, I tried to see if I could do some online shopping, and a touch panel appeared in front of me.

To fill my stomach, I bought a salmon and cod roe onigiri with two copper coins.

Although carbonated water and rice balls didn’t go well together, they did fill me up.

I also wanted something sweet, so I bought a strawberry milk candy, also for two copper coins.

The sweetness of the strawberry milk candy in the middle of the empty land was very pleasing to the senses.

The number of copper coins in the item box was 69. I confirmed that when I spent money on online shopping, the money in the item box was automatically spent.

The other function of the item box was a trash can, so when I put the bag of rice balls in it, it was disposed of as trash.

Thinking how convenient it was, Ginjiro started walking toward the city.

Following a winding mountain path, I reached the top.

It is a mountain or hill, perhaps 30 to 40 meters high, but the view from the top is fantastic.

Standing on a large rock and looking into the distance, I could faintly see what looked like a town.

“Alright!”

Unable to contain his joy, Ginjiro jumps from the rock.

However, he failed to land on the ground.

He sprained his ankle.

Is this youth? ……

I muttered in my mind, but it was completely careless of Ginjiro.

While enduring the pain, I took out a bag of rock ice from the item box.

I put it on my ankle to cool it down, but the pain did not go away at all.

“Damn, I’m screwed.”

Ginjiro muttered to himself on a hilltop in another world.

===

How much time had passed?

A noise was heard from far away.

Ginjiro was getting impatient, thinking that something was coming.

Then, a neighing horse was heard.

Ginjiro stood up on his pain-free left leg and looked into the distance and saw a convoy of carriages.

As he waited for the carriage that might take him to the city, a soldier on horseback at the head of the convoy pointed a large, long spear-like object at him and intimidated him.

“What are you doing here?”

The carriage behind him stopped, and several soldiers from behind also approached Ginjiro from within.

In the distance, some of them were holding bows.

Ginjiro was unable to speak due to the murderous intent and tension he had never felt in Japan.

The distance is gradually closing.

I raise my hands to tell him that I have no intention of fighting, but his steps do not stop.

As I felt a bad sweat running down my back and felt fear, I saw a well-dressed, young, beautiful, silver-haired lady with a ponytail and an elderly man, whom I assumed to be the butler, from behind the knight.

“Sebas, have them lower their weapons.”

An elderly man next to her signaled for the soldiers to lower their weapons.

“Are you hurt?”

Ginjiro was panicking with fear, but managed to keep his voice under control and answered

“I twisted my ankle and couldn’t move.”

The reason for the injury was Ginjiro’s mistake, but he was too embarrassed to explain to the beautiful lady, so he kept quiet and told her only that he was injured.

The lady, who was still young but would become incredibly beautiful in the future, smiled kindly.

“You’ve a rare black eyes and black hair. What is that?”

Ginjiro slowly lowers his arm.

He tears open the bag of rock ice lying at his feet and shows the ice inside.

“I injured my ankle, so I use ice to cool it down.”

“Are you a user of ice magic too? Oh, well, all right. Sebas, heal him.”

The butler man, who was called Sebas, took a small bottle out of the bag.

He opened the lid and sprinkled the liquid inside on Ginjiro’s leg.

“Has the pain subsided, sir?”

Ginjiro stood up and turned his ankle, but there was no pain at all.

His ankle was slightly warm, and he was no longer fatigued, let alone in pain.

Ginjiro was impressed by the awesomeness of another world, but he had to thank them first.

He bowed deeply and expressed his gratitude.

“You’re weird. But you are interesting.”

This was how Ginjiro and Sophia met.

===

Ginjiro is now brewing tea.

He is dealing with a beautiful noble lady named Sophia and her butler, Sebastian.

The reason why this happened is that when I was asked various questions about Ginjiro, for example, I was traveling out of a faraway country and had been injured in this place and was in trouble.

When I told them that my job was running a coffee shop, the young lady told me that she wanted to try an exotic tea.

I was taken to the city in a carriage, and here I am now, being lent the kitchen of Mainz Count’s castle.

Lady Sophia, the third daughter of the Mainz Countess family.

She has beautiful blue eyes, just like Ao, the stray cat.

I’m not sure about nobility, but I was wondering if the Countess family is one of the top nobility.

Thinking about this, I finished my preparations and was let through to the room where Lady Sophia was waiting for me.

I brewed a pot of tea and put it on the table with the cookies.

Since the other party is a nobleman, I thought it might be necessary to test for poison, but it seems that Sebastian, the butler, has the skill to tell if there is poison in the tea.

Lady Sophia’s blue eyes sparkle as she sips the tea.

“Ginjiro, I’ve never had such an aromatic tea before. Of course, I’m not trying to flatter you. The sugar is white and without any unpleasant taste, and it complements the tea very well.”

I had no idea about the taste buds of people from another world, but it seemed to be the same as in Japan.

“I’m glad it suits Lady Sophia’s taste.”

Then Lady Sophia sharpens her mouth a little.

“You can call me Sophia. I also call you Ginjiro.”

I suddenly looked at the butler Sebastian standing next to me, but he just silently nodded.

“Hey Ginjiro, there’s a tea party in five days. Three people including me. I’d like to have a cup of Ginjiro’s tea there.”

She smiled kindly at me, and I felt a little nervous.

“If it’s a request from Lady Sophia, I’ll do anything.”

“Sophia, I told you so.”

“I understand, Sophia …sama.”

“So-phi-a.”

“Yes, I understand… Sophia.”

“Well, you’re so stiff. But I forgive you for today. You can talk to Sebas later. Ginjiro, I had a great time today. Sebas, the place where Ginjiro is going to stay is that place.”

With that, Sophia waved her hand at Ginjiro and left the room.