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Royal Capital's Fish Market
After purchasing the three types of meat - pork, cow, and chicken meat - on the main street, we arrived at the Northern district’s shopping street. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Yosh, let us buy some seafood」
Gideon triumphantly walked ahead of us, his mantle flapping in the wind.
He seems to have visited this place frequently and knows the stores here well.
As I’m particularly unfamiliar with this place, I keep silent and just follow behind Gideon.
It’s easy to just walk without thinking of anything.
「As expected, it is easy to walk here」
Gideon - who walks in front - said, looking comfortable.
Since this shopping street is used by the wealthy, the road is wide in addition to the orderly foot traffic.
I guess it goes without saying that this place is comfortable to walk around.
There’s no need to overwhelm the surrounding people with mana if it’s here so we could walk together without worry here.
「Alfried-sama, do you think we don’t belong here?」
Mina said while looking around restlessly.
「You should do this kind of thing confidently」
Or rather, please don’t casually put it like I’m also a commoner.
I’m a full-fledged noble after all.
「We have arrived. It is around here」
While I was calming the flustered Mina and following Gideon, we arrived at the fish market.
It looks like this area is a place where seafood gathered in the royal capital is being sold.
Live fish are swimming in the fish tank, and plenty of ice is spread all over the display stand, in addition to frozen seafood lined up.
「There’s lots of fish-san!」
Ra-chan also looks excited after seeing a lot of sea fish.
「Ah, it’s ginjou」
「You are very knowledgeable」
When I mentioned the fish’s name that caught my eye, Loretta looked impressed. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’ve seen it before during my trip」
I also saw a fish with silver scales and scattered spots back in the fish market in the port city Esport.
I remember it was very delicious when salt-grilled over a mesh and its belly was rich in fat.
「Waa! So expensive!? It’s more than five times the price in Esport!」
I was shocked at the price written under the ginjou.
Even though it was a fish worth 2 silver coins, it has become around one gold coin here.
「Of course. How far do you think the fishing is from where the ginjous are caught to here?」
「T, that’s true」
While I understand the difficulties of carefully transporting it from a distant location and preserving it with Ice magic so the freshness won’t get bad, having experienced eating fresh seafood cheaply at the source, the price difference is still surprising.
If I were to use Space magic’s Teleport, I’m going to be able to earn profit by just freezing them with Ice magic to preserve the fish and transport it to the royal capital Teleport.
「What kind of seafood will suit that deep-fried skewers dish?」
「Mainly shrimps, shellfishes, and white fish 」
「I, I like shrimps!」
「Yosh, then we will buy all the King Shrimp in this fish tank!」
After recommending the ingredients, Gideon decided to buy the whole fish tank as if it were natural.
「Hieee! Alfried-sama! This King Shrimp, it’s an ingredient that costs 5 gold coins each!」
「Un, you’re right」
「Eh? Why do you have such a weak reaction? Even though you were so surprised at the price earlier.....」
「I was surprised before because I knew how cheap it was back in Esport」
「But, one of them costs 5 gold coins, you know?」
Certainly, I think it’s expensive, but the curry the Slowlett house’s members eat on a daily basis is much more expensive.
「Well, curry is much more expensive」
「You’re making another joke」
「…………」
As I stared at Mina without breaking my expression, Mina seemed to finally realize that I was not joking.
「Eh? No way, is that really true!?」
「It is. Or rather, Mina was also there when we discussed the cost of curry, right?」
「Eh? Was I?」
「You were there. Look, it was the time when I removed Eleonora-neesan’s Gravity….」
Mina’s face looked like she remembered something when I pointed out the specific time it had happened.
「I was thinking of deep-fried chicken curry at that time,e so I wasn’t listening」
This maid is so hopeless. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「S, so, about the specific price is……」
「It’s 1 platinum coin」
「!? P, platinum!? That’s my salary for several decades….」
Mina was surprised, and she repeatedly opened and closed her mouth when I told her the rough cost of making curry.
You should be more grateful when you eat curry next time, you know.
「I thought I heard a lively voice from over here, it is Al after all」
As I was telling Mina the reality of curry, a clear, familiar voice sounded from behind.
With crimson long hair trailing behind her and shapely features, a girl who played kendama with Ra-chan and me the other day, the young miss of a Duke’s house, Alicia. She is wearing a crimson dress while holding a black parasol as she gracefully smiles at us.
「It’s Alicia!」
Ra-chan runs over and hugs her.
Although one of her hands was occupied with the parasol, she was still able to catch Ra-chan with her other hand while skillfully moving her body backward.
「Even though you have such a level of physical ability, why are you bad at kendama?」
As I muttered that in a whisper, Lim - the servant who stood behind her - raised her finger in front of her lips. It seems that it was something I shouldn’t say.
「……why is Alicia here?」
「I came here to kill some time by shopping. What about Al?」
「Just shopping」
「Al is going to make some deep-fried skewers for us after thisー!」
While I gave her a safe answer, Ra-chan proudly answered like that while hugging Alicia.
Aah, if you answered like that, then won’t it just pique Alicia’s interest since she has a mischievous streak like a thrill seeker?
「Deep-fried skewers? That is a dish I have never heard of before? I am also curious about that dish」
Alicia narrows her eyes, like those of a bird of prey.
It felt like criticism for keeping silent about such an interesting event.
「I, I wonder? That deep-fried skewers, it has been decided that I will serve them to Schugel-sama so.....」
「Then, I will head over to the Misfid house’s mansion to ask for his permission to join right now. There will be no problem with that, right?」
To begin with, I’m the Misfid house’s guest so I am not in a position to decide whether I can invite Alicia to the dinner or not.
「……umm, what do you think Gideon?」
「It would not be a problem if she receives father’s permission」
Gideon - the next head of the house - has no interest in anything other than magic, for better or worse, so he leaves everything to others.
「Well then, if you will excuse me. And please also procure the ingredients for my share too」
Deciding that she had obtained permission on-site, Alicia boarded the Ringrande’s house carriage and quickly left the fish market behind.
「……Alfried-sama, we were only about to treat deep-fried skewers to Schugel-sama alone but don’t you think this is becoming a bigger and bigger deal?」
「I also think so」
It would be one thing if it was just to treat Schugel’s family to some food but it is going to be a different situation altogether if even the young miss of another Duke’s house is joining us.
I have a bad feeling about this somehow so I went to purchase a lot of seafood ingredients in the fish market. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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