CH 106

As I watched Lizzy happily eating her sweets, I felt like eating one too, so I popped one of the cookies into my mouth.

“…Yeah, it’s delicious.”

The crunchy texture of the cookies and the crunchy and fragrant nuts were irresistible. However, I wonder if sugar here is valuable, but I feel that the sweetness is a little less than the cookies I ate in Japan.

Well, this may be inevitable.

But when I think about it, it’s been a long time since I’ve tasted anything sweet other than fruit.

Even with the fruit, I didn’t feel the distinct sweetness that I used to have in Japan. I guess they haven’t made much progress in crop breeding.

As for meat, I’ve heard before that you can get delicious meat by defeating high-ranked monsters, but what about vegetables and fruits? Are there monsters that produce sweet fruits?　If so, I’d like to hunt them down and try them sometime.

“Nom…” (Lizzy)

“Oh, it’s hard to eat. Here let me cut it.”

Lizzy lifted it up and tried to hold the butter cake and ate it, so I took out a goblin knife and cut hers into small pieces.

Lizzy was about 20 centimeters tall, and a butter cake is about 10 centimeters. So it seemed to be hard to eat for her.

“Thank you!” (Lizzy)

As I watched Lizzy eating the small butter cake, I also tried to eat it.

The aroma of butter and wheat spread in my mouth, followed by the sweetness.

“Nom… It was delicious, but it didn’t feel like a cake.”

I was expecting it to have the texture of a sponge cake or sponge cake, but it was not as fluffy as I expected, and it was heavy and sticky. The texture might be like freshly baked black bread. Overall, it was a bit like Okinawa’s Sata Andagi. [T/N: It’s like old doughnuts. It’s typically made with just sifted flour, sugar, and egg. The leavening agent is optional to some recipes.]

…But isn’t Lizzy eating a little too much?

She’s just eating cookies and a little butter cake, but considering her size, which is about 20 centimeters tall, I feel like she should have already exceeded her limit with the cookie…

Well, sweets are said to be entering a different stomach, and that may be the case.

“Ah!” (Lizzy)

“Hmm?”

Lizzy suddenly screamed and began to panic.

“The time! What should I do!” (Lizzy)

“Ah, is it time already?”

Lizzy is staring at the butter cake and groaning with a difficult expression.

“Do you want to bring it home?”

“Is it okay?” (Lizzy)

I grabbed one of the paper bags on my desk and stuffed two cookies, two carmentos, and the rest of the butter cake that Lise had been eating into it, then quickly rolled the paper bag up, letting the air out of the bag.

…or rather, I thought to myself, but if she can take it home. She might be able to take things with her as well, like from the fairy village? It may be possible to bring something from there right.

But I think it would be hard to find out what’s in the fairy village in a short time. I don’t want to overdo it, because it might turn into an interrogation, so I’ll just ask her little by little when I get the chance.

“Yes, you go.”

“Thank you!” (Lizzy)

I handed her a paper bag in the shape of a bar, and she squeezed it tightly as if she was hugging it with both arms.

It’s kind of cute like she’s hugging a pillow. It’s a little heartwarming.

“Well! …Ah!” (Lizzy)

“Hmm?”

Lizzy, wrapped in white light, as usual, screamed.

Was it something left behind?

“Tomorrow… It……………!” (Lizzy)

“Eh?”

Lizzy shouted something at the end, as she was covered in light, and disappeared immediately.

I couldn’t see her face, which was wrapped in light.

Reaching over the desk, I picked up a piece of carmento on the wrapper and popped it into my mouth.

A strong sweet taste with a hint of bitterness spread in my mouth.

I wondered if it was some kind of brown sugar candy. It’s not bad, but I don’t really like this kind of candy.

But–

“Tomorrow……?”

“To the impure, may your soul rest in peace, [Purification]“

“Ahhhhh…” (Ghost)

Where the ghost disappeared, a magic stone fell with a thud, and a tattered piece of cloth fell next to it.

“Hmm… what is this?”

Picking up the magic stone, then the tattered piece of cloth, I check them for the time being.

I don’t think it’s particularly durable and it does not seem to be a special item. Well, I don’t have that much knowledge about items, so it’s possible that this piece of cloth is not an important item.

So, I threw the rag away and moved on.

No… it’s not zero, but there’s almost no chance of that happening.

Today, as usual, I’ve been diving into the dungeon since this morning, aiming to reach the 20th through 19th underground floors, while carrying out a certain investigation.

This verification task has a great deal of meaning for me. I’d like to get some results as soon as possible. However, the only way to do this is to collect data over time. This is not the kind of experiment that can be confirmed with a single success, but one that requires repeated verification and multiple samples in order to confirm the possibility.

“I have to make sure, but…”

I can’t help but think about what happens after the results are obtained.

As a result of verification, if there seems to be no problem, that’s fine, but if there is a problem… what should I do?

It may have some effect, or it may have nothing.

“Well, I’ll just check what happens. To the impure, may your soul rest in peace, [Purification].”

“Ahhh…” (Ghost)

I use my [Magi Location] to detect the ghosts in the wall to my right, and the moment they come out, I purify them. Then I picked up the magic stone dropped by the ghost.