With Akane-san's Teleportation Magic, we moved to Kaori-san's shop. Upon entering, Kaori-san went to the back and changed into her usual kappogi-style outfit. It seemed she always wore that when cooking.
She then placed water and menus in front of us.
[Kaori-san, today’s your day off, right? Just make something simple; no need to trouble yourself too much.]
[Ah, it’s fine! I’ve got that large magic box Raz-sama gave me now. Well~~ a high-capacity magic box is a godsend for a restaurant! I can prep ingredients during downtime and store them in the box, so it’s easy to whip up dishes later...... I’ve even added more options to the menu because of it. Prepping ahead of time has become a breeze!]
[Ah~~ I see. Now that you mention it, that makes sense......]
Indeed, just as Kaori-san said, magic boxes could keep food in a freshly made state, so storing pre-prepped dishes was incredibly convenient. Even for labor-intensive tasks like ingredient preparation, storing them in the box meant meals could be completed quickly when ordered.
Preparing meals during slow hours and storing them in a magic box was highly efficient, and for a restaurant, a large-capacity magic box was indeed a powerful ally.
[And so, if it's on the menu, I can make it right away, so feel free to order anything.]
[Thank you. In that case...... I'll have the tastuta-age set meal.]
[Then I'll go with the miso katsu.]
[I’ll have the stir-fried vegetable set meal.]
Since it didn't seem like ordering would place a heavy burden on Kaori-san, we chose what we wanted to eat. Akane-san and Frau-san also placed their orders, leaving only Megiddo-san.
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Megiddo-san declared this with a triumphant look, as if she had just come up with a brilliant idea, but what she just said only made Kaori-san, Akane-san, and I froze in place. It was only natural. Atsumori is an internet slang term referring to "things becoming quite intense (atsuku moriagatta)".
At the very least, it has absolutely nothing to do with hot sake. Clearly, Megiddo-san had misunderstood something.
Frau-san, not knowing what Atsumori meant, looked as calm as ever, but the rest of us had indescribable expressions on our faces. Kaori-san then shot me a silent "help me" look...... Well, it seemed I was the only one in a position to address this.
[Megiddo-san, the word Atsumori did exist in the world we came from, but it has nothing to do with hot sake. Where did you hear about it?]
[What? I heard from Blossom that Atsumori is when you pour hot sake into a big container in large amounts...... Is that not right?]
[Not at all...... but I see. You thought it meant something like a mountain or large serving of hot sake (atsukan no yamamori/omori), didn't you...... Kaori-san, the regular serving is fine.]
[Ah, unn.]
How should I say this...... hearing that Blossom was the source of this information made everything click into place. Unn, I could totally imagine her saying something like that with a smug look on her face.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [I thought Alice had fed her some weird ideas again, but it turns out it was someone else’s doing.]
? ? ? : [How rude. There’s no way Alice-chan would teach anyone such incorrect information...... No, wait. If it’s a gorilla, she’d probably find it amusing and do such a thing.]