Chapter 59

Inn, Suite Room 1

[Cave of Desires] was Rokuko-chan’s dungeon’s new name .

It was decided on when Sia’s adventurer guild confirmed the information in the report .

But still, she was already found… no, she did it voluntarily .

Well, in addition to that, the report also said that there was an inn .

I thought that making the [Inn (400,000 DP~)] would take more time and certainly not be announced simultaneously with the dungeon… I wonder what in the world they did for income? A human farm? Hmm, it’s too early for that . Maybe they excavated some orichalcum?

And so, I used [Teleport] as soon as I could to be Rokuko-chan’s inn’s [First Customer] .

*

Unfortunately, although I missed the chance to have the honor of being her [First Customer], I decided to stay in the suite .

Incidentally, I was given the important duty of assessing a fair price for it . Fufufu, many inns have been built in the imperial capital . Furthermore, to say nothing of the top class inns’ suites I’ve stayed in around the kingdom for my duties, I’ve also stayed in various inns as an adventurer . There probably isn’t anyone more suited to this than me .

“Now then, I wonder if I can get a hot bath without needing to wait?”

Though you could perfectly clean your body with Cleanup, it feels great when you wipe your body clean with a cloth dampened in hot water . Although such a service can’t be expected in a cheap hotel meant for low rank adventurers, but something that calls itself a suite room should be able to .

“… Ahh, um, sorry . ”

“Oh my . I can’t?”

A demerit right away then? Good grief, if you don’t properly improve your service, it’ll be hard to call this a suite…

“There is a bath in the room if you want hot water, so please use that . Use it as much as you like . ”

“… Huh? … A-as much as I want?”

“There is a mechanism with levers coming out of it attached to the bath for that . ”

… Did the [Inn] have a room with that function? Maybe there was an option to enhance it… If it’s just the suite, the expenditure would be lowered . As expected of Rokuko-chan’s master .

“Yeah, other than the suite, you can enter the hot spring as much as you want . ”

“… There’s even a hot spring?”

“It’s our main attraction . ”

A [Hot Spring] would cost DP separate from an [Inn]… I wonder how much they spent? I don’t consider it that expensive, but it seems they’ve splurged .

… If I recall, a normal room is fifty copper coins . As for entering the hot spring as much as you want, I wonder if most of the costs went towards that? I wonder if I should have stayed in a normal room?

“So then Haku Ane-sama, I’ll show you to your room!”

Rokuko-chan led me to the suite room… This service is worth the one gold coin… oops, I shouldn’t allow my opinion to affect the reasonable price .

Rokuko-chan stood in front of the room she took me to… Hmm, it’s not a normal wooden door, but surrounded by iron plating? It’s also has a lock .

I wonder if it was broken at one point and they replaced it with a dungeon door? That’s probably it .

“Here it is! Take you time, Ane-sama!”

When I opened the door, it was bright inside . The sun was shining .

… There was fantastically carved wooden furniture, as well as a bed . There was also what looked to be a comfortable chair to sit in . Hmm, what country is this engraving style from…? Perhaps from another world?

There was a clock on the wall . Having a clock was convenient, it was a particularly expensive magic tool . There is a bell that rings in the town, but there’s no way you could hear it out here .

And the window where the light was shining through… is that a sheet of crystal inserted into it? It looks like you can even shut out the light by shutting the cloth next to it .

Indeed, in this case this suite might just pass .

Oh, there’s also a restroom with a bath in it isn’t there? I almost forgot about it .

… Let’s give it a look . The bath was made of some kind of wood .

However, there was no hot water in it… Ah, these are the levers? There’s an explanation written .

I see, so this one is hot water, this one for water… When I tried it out to experiment, hot water came out into the bath… Isn’t this a little hot? Ah, you can turn on the water one as well .

“Chloe, what do you think?”

“Isn’t this room wonderful? It’s even better than the kingdom’s hotel’s suites . ”

Even I didn’t expect this much .

For now, let’s sit down on the chair .

“… This chair is very comfortable, it feels great . ”

“Haku-sama, it says this chair is a magic tool called a [Massage Chair]… It seems that it will massage you when you place a copper coin into it . ”

“Hmm? Try putting one in . ”

When Chloe put a copper coin into it, the chair began to vibrate .

“Wha-wh-wh-wh-wha-what the heck is this—!? Faaah—!”

“Haku-sama!? A-are you alright!?”

“I-I’m fine, ah, this, amazi… fuah… feels so gooood—…”

Ahh… I think I could fall asleep just like this… I’ve been working hard recently so that I could come to this inn… ahhh…

*

When I woke up, Chloe put the cloth that was next to the chair on me… Hmm, this chair feels very good . Even though it’s light and isn’t that thick, it feels warm .

“… This chair, I wonder if they won’t finance it . Around ten gold coins…”

“I haven’t seen a magic tool like this before . It might be particularly valuable, troublesome…”

“… I wonder if fifty wouldn’t be enough then?”

“It sounds like you liked it quite a lot?”

“Yeah, it’s very good… ah, I slept through meal time . I wonder if it’s fine now? If I remember right, they said it’d be brought if I pressed the button in this room . ”

… There is a button on the wall with a cover over it so that it wouldn’t be pressed on accident . The cover is unexpectedly made of crystal, isn’t it… it doesn’t look like there’s anything holding it together, I wonder how it was made? Was it made just for this?

At any rate, I pressed the button . For a moment, it sounded like metal was striking against something .

What kind of mechanism is this…? Did an [Inn] even have this kind of option?

After a while, well, after three minutes, there was a knock at the door .

… They prepared the food quickly . Perhaps, did they use DP for it?

“Haku Ane-sama, I brought your meal!”

“Please enter Rokuko-chan!”

When I opened the door, Rokuko-chan was pulling a rack with dishes on it .

There were three dishes the serving rack . They were covered with a metal covering so I couldn’t see what their contents were… So they’re properly using covers, this is also a high level thing… Our country’s suite bring meals bare .

Oh my, I wonder what’s in these square containers? Ah, there seems to be drinks inside as well . There is a spoon and a straw attached to it .

… Wait, crystal glasses? To freely use it for that… because of that, I can see what’s inside it, let’s see… green? There’s something white floating halfway up it… could it be a potion and potato mix? That’s somehow an amazing combination…

“Ah, oh my . Three?”

“I-I wanted to eat together with Haku Ane-sama… can’t I?”

“You definitely can! Rokuko-chan, leave it to Chloe . Sit, sit . ”

“M-mm, I can’t . Chloe is also a customer today . ”

Rokuko-chan diligently laid out the dishes on the table .

Drops of water were appearing outside the glass… Probably from using ice magic . It looks fairly cold…

“Well then, let’s go~ . Yeah~, ta-da~!

When Rokuko-chan removed the cover, there were several things on each platter .

“… Putting compartments in the platter to serve multiple things per dish… a novel idea . ”

“Fufufu, isn’t it amazing? Let’s see, these are [Hamburgers], this is [Naporitan], and these are [Fried Prawns]! These long narrow things are [French Fries], this thing with a flag in it is an [Omelet with Rice Filling]! The soup is [Corn Portage] . Ah, right right . This green drink is called [Ice Cream Soda]! It’s a drink, but it’s also a dessert, the white stuff on the top is a delicious cold food called [Vanilla Ice Cream]! Try and drink it before it melts okay?” [1]

Hearing Rokuko-chan’s explanation, I immediately readied my fork .

[Hamburger], un, it’s meat . It’s not a steak, but it’s a meat dish . Moreover, it’s beef? There’s even a superb mushroom sauce over it .

[Naporitan], it’s a pasta . It looks like there’s tomato sauce on it? It leaves a distinct sensation on your tongue .

[Fried Prawns]… I wonder if this is sea food? Just how did they cook this? A dish from another world…

[French Fries], they’re obviously potatoes . I think… Mm, the crispiness feels great . It feels the same as the [Fried Prawns] . Potatoes are easily obtainable, so it could be cooked so long as you knew the method to cook it .

[Omelet Filled with Rice] seems to be eaten with a spoon . Some tiny grains spilled out of it covered with tomato sauce and eggs… corn? Hmm, it’s not bad . But what’s the flag for?

[Corn Portage] is sweet and warm, the flavor is relieving . It’s the high point .

“The salad is also pretty good… Ah, but this [Mayonnaise] is quite a thing . ”

“We don’t need to eat to begin with so we don’t need to forcibly eat… Ah, Chloe is eating it?”

“Yes, Haku-sama . Hooh, [Mayonnaise], this is… can I have yours if you don’t want it?”

“… I didn’t say that I wouldn’t eat it you know?”

… Hohoh, [Mayonnaise] is wonderful . Its taste harmonizes when eaten with vegetables, so that’s the condition? … Chloe seems to have liked it too, I wonder if I could get some of this?

However, even if you purchased these dishes with DP, you still need to arrange each food after getting them . It could be called time consuming, but it is much easier than starting from nothing and needing to make it from scratch . My assessment for it this time is that it’s not appropriate to score it as a dish made by DP . In that case, considering the time needed for each dish… un, it’s probably already worth a gold coin . I don’t even have a rough idea of how much time is needed for another world’s cuisine in the first place though .

“The stuff left in the corner is [Pudding]! It’s a very tasty dessert with a cherry and cream decorating it!”

“Hmm, this is also a dessert…? Come to think of it, cream is a luxury good that is occasionally made at the imperial capital’s farms . The cherry… I wonder where it’s produced?”

“Wakoke I think?”

Wakoke? That’s far to the east… To reproduce it, there would be quite a shipping expense… Yeah, so an A-Rank adventurer like myself is directly delivering the ingredient through goodwill, that’s the [Setting] . Things’ time stop in [Storage] after all .

But it feels like a gold coin might be cheap after taking that into account .

Ah, this [Pudding] is delicious . It’s so sweet and bouncy, like it’s trying to melt in your mouth… ah—, that was dangerous . I almost forgot myself .

… And then there’s the [Ice Cream Soda] . I unintentionally kept it at a distance because of its potion-like green tint, but Rokuko-chan recommended it, so I have no choice but to drink it .

It’s a drink that combines [Melon Soda] and [Vanilla Ice Cream] to become a dessert… is what I was told, but what in the world is this thing? Oh, there’s a cherry on this too .

First I’ll try drinking the [Melon Soda] with the straw, itadakimasu…—!?

…—Sweet! And there’s a tingling sensation inside my mouth! And it’s so sweet! What kind of violent beverage is this!?

The drink has that tingling sensation like some kind of sake . But since it’s cold it feels a lot stronger . And then there’s the melon flavor that wafts into your nose, and it’s so sweet . This [Melon Soda] hits with quite a punch!

“Please try to eat the [Vanilla Ice Cream] that’s on top too, Haku Ane-sama . It’s started to melt a little, but it tastes the best you know?”

“O-okay…”

Using the long and slender spoon that seems to have been added exclusively for this glass, I scooped up a little of the [Vanilla Ice Cream] .

When it entered my mouth, it felt very cold . Then, I tasted a sweetness that exceeded the [Melon Soda] .

However, it tenderized like it was fresh snow because of the heat of my mouth, spreading out as it melted .

After the [Vanilla Ice Cream] melted, its sweet savoriness spread through my mouth . The dairy texture felt amazing…

“Ane-sama, did it suit your tastes?”

“… Yeah, very much so . ”

The motion of the [Melon Soda], the stillness of the [Vanilla Ice Cream]… a drink with opposite extremes, no, this dessert, I was toyed with by it .

In the end, the melted [Vanilla Ice Cream] and [Melon Soda] mixed together… it feels like I caught a glimpse at the truth of this world .

A gold coin for these? Too cheap .