Chapter 144
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「Harden Gourmand…!」
「Oh, that place, huh! Surely there must be some rice dishes there!」
Irithelis reacts when she hears the name Harden Gourmand. It seems to be a very famous place. It was the same for Satyrbell and the others.
「It’s a place that straddles the borders of many countries.」
「The place was chosen so that all kinds of foodstuffs and dishes from the four countries of Vaucinia, Yangar, Rishinfu, and Pyrocnia could be gathered there.」
「Yes. Apparently, once upon a time, one of the voters, a gourmand, wanted to have all the cuisines of the world.」
「And the bigwigs from all over the world agreed with that idea and invested in the city, and that’s how it came to be.」
The city of Harden Gourmand was founded on the principle of good food, so now it is very famous and bustling with foodies and those who love to eat.
「Only there, they say, was peace without incident, even when there was a war.」
The people who live in Harden Gourmand are not interested in disputes and conflicts, but only in the desire for food, which is to eat delicious food. They were not interested in wars, and they did not care if wars broke out or not. This is also the reason why they made a rule when they first built the city there. They sent a written pledge to each country declaring their neutrality, saying, “Our city will not be involved in any disputes or conflicts that may arise between countries”. Therefore, when war broke out between the demon race and humans, beastmen, elves, and dwarves, the city was able to ignore it and no damage was done. Because of this, after the war, many people who were tired of fighting and troubles moved to Harden Gourmand to avoid them. As a result, the population of Harden Gourmand is now as large as that of any other country in the world.
「Have you ever been to Harden Gourmand?」
「I have not. I wasn’t interested in food before I met Ichita-sama.」
「I didn’t place much importance on food either, so I’ve never been there. I just knew about it.」
「It’s the same for me. That place doesn’t have any dungeons nearby, and I never went there because I didn’t have any reason to stop by.」
「I have never been there because I had never left the country of Vaucinia before I met Ichita-sama.」
「I am the same as Lestina. I’ve never been out of this country, so I only knew about the country of Vaucinia.」
「Kyuu.」
「Oh. So did Cal.」
All of the girls knew of Harden Gourmand because it was a famous city. However, they had never been there. Naturally, the newborn Carbuncle had never been there either.
「Velvet had never been there?」
「Yes. Unfortunately, I’ve never been there either. But I have a friend who lives there.」
It seems that Velvet, who has been alive for a long time, has never been there either. Now Ichita knows that none of them have been to Harden Gourmand.
Velvet told Ichita that she has an acquaintance who lives in Harden Gourmand, although she has never been there herself.
「Your friend lives there?」
「Yes. He likes wine, and he started living there because of the variety of wines from all over the world. That was a long time ago.」
It seems that Velvlet’s friend who likes to drink lives in Harden Gourmand because of the variety of wines available there. She has not seen her friend for a long time. Ichita was told that it has been 500 years. Velvet’s friend seems to live as long as she does.
「So, can you eat rice in Harden Gourmand?」
「Probably. But we won’t know for sure until we get there.」
「Okay, let’s go! Let’s go and find out!」
Back to the subject and ask about rice. Ichita wants to eat rice. He decides to go to Harden Gourmand if there is the slightest chance. In the middle of dinner, Ichita’s appetite was whetted by the desire to eat rice, and he ate more than usual.
「After breakfast tomorrow morning, we will kill some orcs, get some meat, and go to Harden Gourmand.」
「After going to the dungeon, right?」
「All right.」
After dinner, they were all relaxed on the sofa and talked about their plans for tomorrow. After getting the meat at the dungeon, they will head to Harden Gourmand immediately in the Dragon boxcar. Hearing about tomorrow’s plan, Irithelis and the others nodded their heads in understanding.
「Good. Now that tomorrow’s schedule has been decided, let’s take a bath.」
「Let’s go in, Ichita-dono!」
「I’ll wash you!」
After the conversation was over, everyone got into the bath. After getting cleaned up by Lestina and the others in the bath, Ichita and the others spent a hot night as usual on the bed after putting Carbuncle to bed.
「Pugiah!!」
「Okay. Let’s keep knocking them down」
「I’m going to get some meat!」
「Master, there’s an orc over there.」
「OK.」
「Ichita, there’s another one over there.」
「Sure」
「Ah, there’s a herd. Ichita-sama.」
「We’re getting a lot of them」
「「「「「 Pugyaaa!!!」」」」」
The next morning after spending a hot night with Lestina and the others, they all had breakfast after the ladies woke Ichita up pleasantly in the morning as usual. Immediately after that, they started preparing to go out. The reason for this was that they had run out of orc meat, so they had to go to the dungeon to replenish their supply. After that, they have plans to go to Harden Gourmand, so they don’t have time to spend time at home today.
「Have a good day, Ichita-sama, everyone.」
「Be careful.」
「Yeah. Let’s go then.」
「「「「「Yes (Let’s go) (Yes) (Let’s go) (Kyuu)!」」」」」
Ready to depart, Ichita and the others, seeing off the absent Lestina and Mireconia, headed in an instant with Satyrbell’s transfer magic to a dungeon near the country of Rishinfu where Satyrbell and Irithelis had a newly discovered dungeon.
「Amazing…」
「What destructive power…」
「Huh… that is a magic bullet gun, right…? I don’t remember it being that powerful…?」
The adventurers who had arrived before Ichita and the others and were questing in the dungeon were stunned to see the High Orcs being killed one after another in the blink of an eye.
「They were all “special”! I really can’t believe it!」
「It’s amazing, Ichita-dono!」
「It’s amazing once again that there are no losses and everything hits!」
「But now I can eat delicious meat!」
「Kyuu-kyuu~!」
Irithelis and the others pick up the High Orc drop that Ichita killed. Velvet’s eyes widened at all the rare drops, and she was as surprised as when Ichita slew the dragon.
Irithelis was pleased to see that all of the High Orc drops Ichita had defeated were the highest level rare drop, orc meat “special”. Now she can eat delicious meat dishes again.
「Is this enough?」
「Yes, we got more than 20, which should be enough.」
Ichita killed more than 20 High Orcs in the blink of an eye. What was dropped was more than 20 pieces of meat weighing about 10 kilograms. He looked at them and said they had taken enough.
「If we run out, we can come back for more!」
「It’s going to run out soon, though.」
Satyrbell lightly chided Irithelis, who said that if they run out again, they can come back to hunt again, as they did this time, and that they will be back soon.
「All right, let’s go home.」
「We are going to Harden Gourmand after this, aren’t we?」
「Yeah, we don’t have time to stay here too long.」
Since they had already accomplished their original goal of getting the orc meat, there was no reason to stay in the dungeon any longer, so they decided to go home. Satyrbell and the others nodded at Ichita’s words.
「Cal, come here. Let’s go home.」
「Kyuu.」
「All right, all right. …Tyr, please.」
「Got it.」
Ichita and the others gathered at Satyrbell’s place and went home with the transfer magic.
「T-they’re gone!?」
「Wh-What was that…」
「That was……What kind of magic is that…?」
The adventurers who had watched Ichita and the others defeat the High Orcs and return home were stunned by what had happened.
「「Welcome home, Ichita-sama, everyone」」
「「「「「We’re home (Kyuu)」」」」」」
Ichita and the others are greeted by Lestina and Mireconia when they return home by transfer magic. After that, they took off their protective gear, changed into plain clothes, and prepared to go out. (Incidentally, they only spent about an hour in the dungeon).
「Are you ready?」
「「「「「「「Yes (It’s perfect) (I’m ready) (It’s okay) (Kyuu)!」」」」」」」
「Then let’s get going.」
After finishing getting ready to go out, they left the house and headed for the dragon station.
「Excuse me, I’d like to go to Harden Gourmand with 7 people and 1 animal.」
「It will cost three large gold coins to get to Harden Gourmand…Yes, I certainly received it. Then please get in the boxcar. It will take about four hours to arrive.」
Ichita and the others arrived at the dragon station, told the driver where they were going, paid the fare to Harden Gourmand, and got on the boxcar.
「Phew… we made it out before noon.」
「True.」
「It’s past noon since we have 4 hours to get there.」
It’s just before 10:00 a.m. now, so it will be about 2:00 p.m. when they get to Harden Gourmand. So they’ll skip lunch.
「It’s okay, even if I don’t eat a little. Besides, there will be plenty of delicious food when we get there, won’t there? With these 4 hours to get there, I’ll be very hungry, isn’t that great!」
「Pff, you’re the same as ever, aren’t you?」
「Well, I know how you feel. We’re going to the food capital of the world. I can’t wait to see what kind of food and cuisine they have in store for us」
「Kyuu~!」
「Cal likes to eat too, so it’s looking forward to it.」
Irithelis smiled and replied that she couldn’t eat lunch, but that it wouldn’t be a problem because she would eat a lot when she got to the city. Carbuncle replies that it is looking forward to eating too.
「Kyuu~!!」
「Come to think of it, this is Cal’s first time seeing the view from the sky.」
「Kyuu~! Kyu~……」
Carbuncle, who had never seen a view from the sky before, clung to the window and looked at the scene outside. Ichita and the others watched Carbuncle smiling.
After this, Ichita and the others relaxed in the boxcar until they arrived at Harden Gourmand. Ichita spent time playing with Cal, having Lestina on his lap, and rubbing and kissing the Mireconia and the other breasts. When playing with Lestina and others, Ichita would make sure that someone else was playing with Carbuncle so that they wouldn’t be seen.
「Ah! I can see it, Ichita-sama!」
「Oh, it’s true」
「It’s a very big city.」
「Amazing. Not much different from Vaucinia.」
「And Yangar, too. It’s very big here.」
「Kyuu-kyuu~!」
While they were relaxing in the boxcar, Mireconia, who was looking out, reported that she could see their destination. At the sound of her voice, everyone looked out the window and saw the city of Harden Gourmand in the distance. The size of the city became apparent as they gradually approached. Seeing Harden Gourmand, Lilylea and Irithelis said it was not much bigger than their country. Carbuncle was surprised to see the large city.
「Maybe it feels even more so because there’s a lake in the middle. But I still think it’s a big city.」
「Yes. It could easily call itself a country.」
Satyrbell and Velvet were also surprised at the size of Harden Gourmand.
Harden Gourmand had many buildings built around the lake, and they were surrounded by walls. Bridges crossed the lake from all sides of the city, and in the center of the lake was a castle that looked like it had been enlarged by the addition of several buildings. Ichita looked at the central building and thought it looked like the World Heritage Site of Mont Saint-Michel.
「We have arrived.」
「Thank you」
「It’s so lively. I can hear a voice.」
「I’m looking forward to it.」
「Mmm~! Nice smells on the breeze~!」
「Kyuu~!」
When the dragon flight arrives at the dragon stop outside Harden Gourmand, the pilot opens the door of the boxcar. Ichita and the others get out of the boxcar and alight in front of the city of Harden Gourmand, and even from outside the city the sounds of activity reach their ears, and the good smells tickle their nostrils as they ride the wind. Ichita and the others headed for the city of Harden Gourmand with high expectations.
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