Allrounders!!

base.

“Please gimme some too?”

Yep, I had expected you to say that, Sword.

A drink tasting meet.

“This is great! It seriously rocks! I’ve never eaten and drunk anything like that! It’s way too good.”

“I see.
…These are results of my research, but I haven’t publicized them.
After all, I’m the only one who can make them.
Well, it’s possible that the sale has started at our base, but…it’s very likely sold out by now.”

“Eh…?”

The guildmaster looked devastated.
I took out a bottle and offered it to him.

“I’ll give you one as a present.
…I assume I can get you to agree with that, guildmaster, but the problem lies with the merchant guild, you see.
I’m not sure whether we can get them to go along with this, so could you somehow put in a good word for us?”

The guildmaster energetically nodded his head.

“Please leave it to me.”

He stood up, called the receptionist and spoke about something with her.

“Please wait a moment.”

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Ten minutes after she said so – in the meantime I had provided some more wine and side dishes…making this whole thing look like a party, but is that okay with his work? – the door was opened after knocking.

“Hey! You had me called over because you supposedly had something to talk about, and yet…what’s with the drinking bout here!?”

He’s got a point.
Anyone would be upset if they ran into a drinking party after having been summoned for business, right?

“What is it? Hurry up and tell me!”

Oh, he’s not angry.
Rather, he looks happy.

While completely ignoring what he said, the adventurer’s guildmaster introduced Sword.

“Oh, there you are.
Over here we have the famous 【Thunderclap-”

“It’s the S-Rank party Allrounders.
Pleased to make your acquaintance.” Sword butted in, introducing us.

“Oohh! I already heard the rumors in the town.
You’re that famous 【Thunder-”

“It’s Allrounders!”

Sword smiled.
His ears gradually turning red was apparent proof of himself feeling embarrassed about his pitiful nickname.

The guildmaster then pointed at me, and gave an introduction, “And this is his partner, Lady Indra.”

Ah, now I’m a Lady, huh? I dare say I leveled up in esteem thanks to the wine.

“Hello, I’m Indra.
As a matter of fact, I was just in the middle of consulting with the guildmaster as I had a request.”

Then Sword gave the merchant guildmaster the same rundown as he did for the adventurer guildmaster before.
The merchant guildmaster listened while pulling a face as if asking, “Eh? I don’t get any wine?”

After he finished listening, his face screwed up into a grimace.

“Yeah, well, if it’s that, it’s difficult to object, but… I worry that there might be a drawback in the worst case.
If we had some kind of gain out of it, it’d be easy to persuade people if something happens.” He croaked with his arms folded.

But, it doesn’t look like he’s that much against it either.

“So you’re saying, as long as there’s a gain, it’ll be okay?”

“…Yeah, but what could you offer?”

“For starters, have a taste of some of my research results.”

“Yes! Please let me try them by all means!”

The merchant guildmaster jumped at it as if he had only waited for this.

He drank a glass of wine, just to cry out, “What the hell is this!?!”

“It’s a wine brewed by me.”

The guildmaster’s eyes flew wide open, “Y-Y-Y-Yo-You made this…? It was brewed…by..you, Lady Indra?”

The merchant guildmaster also started to address me as Lady. 1

“Correct.
I’d like to research milk in a similar way.
Going by my intuition, it should be quite possible to make something wonderful out of the milk…ah, it won’t be any liquor, though.
I’ll hand over the results of that research to you.
I think it’d be a great idea to use that as a local specialty.
As milk doesn last long, it’ll be impossible to reproduce it elsewhere unless you can freely use high-ranking magic to increase the durability of milk and its products.
In other words, it’ll be impossible for anyone other than me, but instead you’ll be able to drink it just like that, and if you process it into exceptional foodstuff, that in itself will become a boost for the development of this town, don’t you think? After all, it’ll be 『dishes that can only be enjoyed over here』.”

The merchant guildmaster audibly gulped down his spit.

“The cream on the bread is something I created to substitute a 『certain foodstuff』 that’s made out of milk.
―Well, this is also great, of course, but I’d also like to eat the one made with milk.
Therefore, please give me permission to catch some Charge Cows for taking them back with me.”

The merchant guildmaster bit into the bread, and after chewing on it, he looked at me and nodded.

“Very well, you’ll get your permission.
I’ll suppress anyone speaking against it.”

Yahoo! With this, I’ll be able to get my hands on milk!