Chapter 132 Working Together
Privia-san went to her office because she had work to do. Rosalier-san went to see Her Majesty Queen Mylavirna.
Only the three of us, me, Maya-chan, and the cat-like maid Diemirena-san, stayed in the dining hall. I have some research to do today, so I'll visit the shrine tomorrow. But it feels awkward to bring everything out on the table here. Now, what should I do?
"Since it would be bothersome here, is it okay if we use my room?"
"Is that alright?"
Maya-chan smirked. I wonder what she's thinking.
"It's okay, Maya-chan. Centrena is there too."
"Huh? Why, why?"
"The night before last, she was on the terrace of my room, just staring inside. It really startled me."
"Yeah, I think that would be surprising."
"Right? When I opened the door with a window, she just came in with an innocent face and slept in the living room in front of my bedroom."
"Wow, that's dog-like."
"Yeah, she looks like a completely black chicken. She's like a Labrador Retriever. Both the night before last and today, I woke up to Rosalier-san's screams, asking, 'Why is she here?'"
"Pupupuhaha."
We quickly cleaned up the table and headed to my room.
"Even though it's Centrena's fault, I'm the one getting scolded."
"Yeah. It might be unfair, but in a way, it can't be helped."
"Is that so?"
"That's just how women's hearts are, brother."
"Well, I wouldn't know since I haven't had any riajuu experience..."
"Oh well."
My room is on the third floor, at the far end. It's a considerable distance, but compared to the seven days I walked from Daioraden to Watterhill, it's not much of a workout.
"――Good morning."
"Is this some kind of morning show?"
'Kuh?'
"Wow, that startled Maya."
When I opened the door to my room, Centrena was waiting. And right at the eyes and nose of Maya-chan who opened the door. Yeah, that's a common thing Centrena does.
"Good morning, Centrena-san. You're already here, aren't you?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Well, I was in charge of Alesion-san and Centrena-san's meals."
"Oh, I see. By the way, about Centrena..."
'Kuh?'
"Did she has breakfast?"
"Yes. She devoured about five pieces of meat."
"Really?"
'Kuh?'
Wow, look over there, Centrena is trying to act like she's facing the 'day after tomorrow' direction diagonally to deceive us. When did she come down to the stable... huh?
"Hey, Centrena-san."
'Kuh?'
"Could it be that you've been going in and out of this door from the outside?"
'Kuh?'
She's avoiding eye contact with me again. She's doing it on purpose, isn't she? She's quite skilled.
Anyway, Centrena is relaxing in the first living room. We started our confirmation work in the study, in the back living room.
"Shall we start with this one first?"
"Sure, sure."
On the plate that Maya-chan brought to me from the kitchen, there is just ordinary meat that is bought and sold in Ensgard. It looks like pork or boar thigh meat, I guess? And the vegetables lined up there are root vegetables that look like turnips and leafy vegetables that look like spinach.
"Mii-cchan prepared it for me, dear brother (nii-sama)."
"You know, please stop joking, it gives me the creeps. Thank you, Rena-san."
"No problem, you're welcome."
"So, how is it, Maya-chan?"
"Well, let's see. The meat is 1%."
"Huh?"
"And both vegetables are 2%."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Exactly. They're accumulating more than water."
"Oh, I see. Remember that black bottle?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Well, that one was taken from a place a little away from Rosalier-san's hometown, from the roots of a tree."
"Yeah, I kind of get it. Because it's from a 'tree'." (T/N: Perhaps the tree is used for urinating?)
"Bfft."
Wow, I laughed so hard I spit out my tea.
"Yay!"
"Hey, stop it!"
Maya-chan is really good at using joke that are just as good as mine or Rosalier-san's.
"Anyway, you know, when you think about the absorption rate in our bodies, I think water is more dangerous."
"Yeah, you're right, brother. Unnecessary toxins go out in the toilet together, right?"
"You understand."
I don't think just because you eat meat or vegetables, the accumulated Dreadful element (Oso) will be directly stored in your body. But water is possible, so I'm glad we prepared the Magic Tool first.
"What about soil and sand, Maya-chan?"
"I've already prepared the ones that are packed in a jar. Here."
"Like a cooking show, huh?"
"You-got-it!"
Is it the black soil and the part on top? Is it the difference between being dry or wet?
"How about this?"
"This is from the flower bed. And this one is from the side of the road."
"I see."
"The soil is about 0.1% and the sand is not exactly 0%, I guess."
"In the end, it's about moisture, huh?"
"Yeah, that's right."
I take out a holy silver staff from my inventory. I wipe it clean and press it against the meat.
"'Detoxy (detoxification)'. How about that?"
I tried detoxifying the meat.
"Um, ...oh. It's down to 0. The meat's safe and sound."
"This here."
"What's wrong, brother?"
"The difficult part is that only Maya-chan knows whether the detoxification worked or not."
"Oh, that's certainly true."
"By the way, I can't get rid of parasites."
"That's true."
"Yeah. I can't make yukhoe or tataki. I failed miserably with mayonnaise."
"Yeah yeah. Thanks to you, I can enjoy the shrimp mayo-flavored sauce. I'm truly grateful."
"Oh, that sauce. Was it devised by Tatsuma-sama?"
Diemirena-san interjected.
"I just recreated what I found where we used to live."
"And it was a noble sacrifice, as Rosalier-san said..."
"Stop it. That embarrassing history of me forgetting magic and groaning in the toilet."
"In the end, brother."
"Hm?"
"There's moisture in the soil, right? It absorbs that and the vegetables grow. The meat grows by eating weeds and vegetables."
"Only the beast grows, though."
"In the end, there's a certain amount of accumulation before Maya and the others eat."
"That's true. Plus, if the moisture becomes stronger, the plants grow but don't develop themselves, right?"
"Yeah. There were plants in the courtyard, but did they receive water with the moisture removed or not?"
"It's complicated. Indeed."
"Even the existence at the top of the food chain can be eradicated by such moisture."
"Yeah."
"You really thought about fighting, brother?"
"Well, you know, I'm a gamer too. After leaving the royal castle, my ankle that I hurt when I fell healed easily. That's when I realized how amazing the Healing Attribute magic is."
"Yeah yeah. Maya thought the same."
"But if I had failed the verification process at Mesaja-san's tavern, I probably wouldn't have done it."
"Whoa, surgical modification? Human experimentation? Human transmutation? You're a mad scientist, brother."
"I told you, stop it, it gives me the creeps."
"Understood, boss."
"Anyway, to me, the Oso poison incident might be like a grand quest where I alone found the key to clearing it. If you think about it that way, Maya-chan might have been doing the same thing, right?"
"A grand quest, huh. Even if it was impossible, Maya might have been doing it."
"So, about that... Maya-chan."
"What is it?"
"Do you think there's a god or goddess in this world?"
"Yeah. There's no doubt, right?"
"Yeah."
"Because there's that 'Display Self-Status' mystery system, right?"
"Yeah yeah."
"By the way, Rena-san..."
"Yes, what is it?"
"We're not humans of this world, you know?"
"Yes, I'm aware."
"Brother, I've talked about it with her."
"I see. That's good. I think the person who built that system―― no, the god or goddess exists."
"Yeah yeah. It certainly seems like it."
"And at the shrine..."
"Yes?"
"There's an incredibly realistic, almost like it would sell out in 5 minutes at a convention, statue of the goddess Airabelina-sama, the earth mother goddess. Probably, the goddess—"
"Huh?"
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