"When you bow, you should put one hand on your chest—the elbow is here. Be careful not to let it go down."
I was learning etiquette from a butler at the lord's house in Kuhanou City.
We are all doing this because we are invited to the Lord's Supper.
At the end of the room, my friends look at the etiquette class with an interested expressions. Like children who had fond a new play, Pochi and Tama imitate the movement of etiquette. It seems that the Tama plays the role of a student while Pochi plays the role of a teacher. Then they switch roles.
I gain the "Social" skill.
When I looked at the log window floating in the corner of the field of vision, such a display appeared.
Not a politeness skill, but a social skill.
Except tonight, I feel that there is no time to play. If we offend her in some way it would be disaster, so I will allocate all the points to max it.
Thanks to activating social skills, I can now understand the points to be concerned about and the tips on how to move.
"Oh, and..."
From the appearance that the butler seemed to be impressed, the social skills seemed to be quite useful.
"Satou, it is wonderful. This is the first time I've had a good student who takes it like fish to water."
I'm happy to receive a compliment, but it's all thanks to skill points, so I'm a little bit embarrassed.
Anyway, after a thorough review, the butler's approval was given, so the etiquette class ended earlier than planned.
I was a little surprised by the maid's report that the bath was ready, but it seems that it is common to purify yourself before a dinner party with nobles, so I enjoyed the bathtub for the first time in a long time.
There were some troubles, such as Alisa, together with Pochi and Tama, rushed into the bathroom naked, saying that she was going to wash my back, as well as our assigned maid appearing in a half-naked bathing suit. Still the hot water was the best.
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"Cancelled, why?"
I changed into the formal clothes prepared by the maid with the building, and when I was waiting for the preparation, the butler who appeared at the time told me that the dinner party was canceled.
"I'm sorry. The meeting with the envoy who came from the neighboring territory has been prolonged."
"What about the Lord's Supper?"
The butler did not answer, but from his mood there would be no doubt about it.
There may have been some movement by the senior demons sealed in the city of Seiryuu.
There will be no danger in the place that is so far away, but in the case of an emergency, it would be better to leave Kuhanou City immediately.
That's why I had dinner with everyone at the State Guest House cafeteria.
"Wow"
"It's so amazing, nanodesu!"
"Oh my god, such a great meal!"
A lot of food was lined up just as the big table of the dining room was lined up.
A wide variety of mutton dishes are lined up, and just looking at them will overflow into your mouth.
"Mu" Mia, who has the elves aversion to meat, stood with a bitter face.
"Ladies, here."
The butler arranges the vegetable dishes brought in the wagon.
There are even steamed vegetable bowls, and salads with fresh vegetables. There are only aristocratic dishes, and the dressings are also colorful.
"Lord Satou, how about a drink?" There are also wines, but the custom product of the territory, Kuhanou Ale, is exquisite."
Drinking in front of children is a bad thing, but it is also bad to refuse if it is said that it is a specialty product.
Don't worry, I'll just let you taste one glass.
"Well, I'd like a special product ale, please."
I and Liza are the only adults here, so I asked Liza if she would drink it, but she shook her head and refused, saying, "No, I'm the master's escort."
Well, it seems that she am not good at drinking, so let's stop forcing it.
"Satou-san, we will take our leave. If you need anything, please shake this handbell, and a maid will come, so please feel free to call."
The butler took the people who were serving them and went out of the room.
I had a problem with a discriminatory maid at the time of admission, so I guess he was careful.
"Come on, let's go."
"Thanks for the food!"
"Thanks for the food"
We started eating with the voice of Alisa.
The beast girls violently thrust their forks into the main mutton steak, and Alisa and Lulu put their hands on the sausage. After a little hesitation, Nana seemed to choose to cook mutton.
First of all, lets try a large sausage.
When you turn it vigorously, the moderately baked skin will bounce, and the gravy with plenty of umami and melted fat will overflow in your mouth from the inside.
- Delicious.
It is a taste that makes you crave a cold bee.
Unfortunately, the ale seems to be at room temperature, but it is a special product, and it must go well with sausages.
I thought so, and carried the ale's mug in my mouth.
Yeah, it's delicious. I don't really like ale, but the ale here seemed to be delicious.
I ate one in no time, and I almost got my hands on the next sausage, but there were many other dishes.
The second is to eat steak and stewed dishes in turn.
The lord is proud of it, and every dish is excellent.
I was honestly surprised that there was so much repertoire in the mutton dish. In particular, the sausages and specialty ale are wonderful.
I'll ask the butler later on where I can buy it at the market.
The garnished sauerkraut and pickle were also excellent, so I had to buy them as well.
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I put t bed the children who were full and began to nod, and I was reading a magic book by myself, entrusting myself to a soft sofa.
There was a knock on the door.
Not a the maid. She should have just gone down to the waiting room.
"Please come in."
"Open. My hands are full."
This voice is the Countess of Kuhanou.
When I opened the door, the female Count is there with a bottle of wine in one hand, two glasses, and a plate with a hors d'Orb in the other hand comes in.
"I'm sorry that the dinner was cancelled. I wanted to introduce you to him, and I called the head of the powerful merchants and guilds of the merchant in the territory.
The Count apologizes and pours the wine into the glass he placed on the table.
I can tell its good wine just from the smell. This will be absolutely delicious.
"Well, cheers"
I was waiting without touching the drink because I felt that there was something to be said, but the Countess said so and poured wine with a hand and started to drink.
"It's delicious."
I remember my voice was out.
I've been drinking a lot of wine, but never this high quality.
The dinner party has been cancelled. . . .
The Countess is speaking, so listen to her.
There was an emissary from Count Seiryuu.
"Did something happen?"
In my mind, the profile of Zena, the magicians who met in the territory of Count Seiryuu and the elf manager.
"Don't make such a serious face. The story is good news."
The Countess laughs when she says so.
No, no, no. I misjudged it because you said it in a way that made me worry.
"The high-ranking demon that appeared in the city of Seiryuu has been destroyed."
"That's good news."
I said, "What, that's all?" And strangely, it was returned.
I think my reaction was dis-satisfactory.
"Its a major demon, you know? If the army is not prepared risking annihilation, they cannot win against a lower grade or intermediate level one. Even in the Kingdom of Shiga, which is a great power, it would be a miracle even with all the troops deployed."
Hey, are they that strong?
Although it was temporary, it was something else to be seal such a thing.
- Hmm? Wait, what?
"Then how did you defeat him?"
The Countess, who was asked to me, tilted the glass as if to swell.
"The Hero."
The Hero?
Is it real to be a character in such a story?
"The Hero of the Saga empire rushed to the rescue."
It is said that the Hero's group defeated the major demons in cooperation with the elite of Count Seiryuu and the Lighting master of Count Seiryuu.
"Even if the ability was halved by the seal and sanctified barrier, the strength of the senior demonic race was tremendous."
The Countess continued to speak with a face that seemed to be talking about a ghost story.
"Even though they were able to defeat the senior Demons, the gun user of the Saga of the 'witch' Maryest, the queen of the brave, and the main gun of the dimension diving ship Jules Berne exploded in the city..."
There is a lot of information!
There are so many unknown words that I could only parse half of the story.
According to the parts that I understand, it seems that it was a tremendous fierce battle anyway, and half of the vast city of Seiryuu was destroyed.
"To summarize, it will take more than ten years to rebuild the city."
The Countess speaks as if she is compassionate.
I also slid the glass with a strange face.
"And, and also."
Oops, the story seems to continue.
"It was attacked by Zen immediately after the high-ranking demon, so Count Seiryuu had lots of trouble."
"Zen?"
There are more new elements again.
"Ah, the King of Undying, who destroyed the Marquis of Muno."
"Of course you know that, right?" I don't know why I'm told this keeps happening.
I mean, this world.
I thought, is there too much crisis in the world?
Please do not spread the death flag so much.
"Don't make that face. We were able to fight back because of the Hero."
The Countess continued to try to reassured me.
It seems that the shrine maiden, the miko-na of the lord's daughter who accompanied The Hero to purify the city, was abducted by the Zen.
"Isn't it a disaster?"
"Yes, that why I am drinking here."
The Countess said, pouring some into her own glass and poured wine into my glass.
"Well, drink," she recommends, leaning the glass according to the female count.
"The Hero immediately flew off on their ship to help Miss Orna."
The Hero apologized for the abducting the daughter despite the exhaustion of the fierce battle of the senior masculinity, and immediately headed to the east, which is the home base of Zen.
"It seems that the base was a big labyrinth like that."
- Hmm? A labyrinth?
I feel like I've heard that word recently.
"At the depths of the labyrinth, the Hero have to face Zen at the end of a fierce battle."
The story of the Countess flows starts to skip from one topic to another.
According to an old woman, it was rumored that there was a magical site called "labyrinth", the inheritance of the elf's wise man, Traza Yuya.
At once, a flashback comes in my mind.
From the flow of the story, someone must have sucked out Mia's magical power beyond the limit in order for Nana's master to start the maze, and put her in the state of current magical power deficiency.
That's right.
Nana's master was said to had activated the maze.
So, isn't the master of Nana this monstrosity?
She said that he had finished his role, and he knew that he would be killed by the Hero, and he may have send out the Nana sisters from the maze so as not to get involved in the battle.
I'm at a loss to tell this story to Nana.
Let's talk to Alisa and Liza.
While I was thinking about this, the Countess continued to talk about it.
It is said that the Hero is going to the territory of the Duke of Oyugok through the territory of Count
Kuhanou and Baron Muno in the south, but I can not imagine it one more time without a sense of land.
According to the Countess, the prophecy of the resurrection of the Demon Lord was in the territory of the Duke of Oyugok.
Let us stay away from that duke's estate.
If I am a Mob character and I am involved in the fierce battle between the Hero and the demon king, it is the only death awaits.