58. Dipping Artist (5)
58. Damgeumju Artist (5)
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“Haa… “
De Nas Yeseul, who was listening to the lecture, let out a sigh as the ground went black. The reason for the depression was none other than Woros. The last time he sent him to Saint Eldenia-sama after being stabbed by a sword, he couldn’t meet him.
After that, I went to the store whenever I had time to meet Woros, but there was no profit. Just as she thought of waiting patiently, she heard that Woros had been beaten and taken away by a knight. I was very worried about him, so I went to the infirmary, but as expected, he had already left.
“Will Woros be okay?”
“Uh, what did Denas say?”
“Oh, nothing.”
Denas Yeseul bows his head while looking around at a classmate sitting next to him. She closed her eyes tightly. It’s all because of that man. It’s all because of Woros. When you eat, when you study, when you sculpt, before you go to bed, and even in your dreams. It’s because of the rising Worros that I’m having such a hard time.
“Ugh… I hope you don’t come out, even in my dreams.”
After talking to myself like that, I sighed again. I wish I could meet him today. Just like I saw in my dream, I want you to pick me up. If I ever meet you, first of all, it’s because you worried about me. I should say something.
Not too badly. In a way that was a bit disappointing.
“Then, today’s lecture ends here. Thank you for your hard work.”
As soon as Denas’ lecture was over, she quickly took her textbook and opened the door to the iron fence. I wanted to meet Woros today, so I was in a hurry. If you really do. I really think I should say something.
How much I worried about you! I said. Thinking so, Denas hurried her steps. It was then.
“Denas-senpai here.”
“Uh, huh?”
Woros Blood looked at him and approached. And when he came right in front of me. Denas Yeseul opened her mouth to say something to him as she had planned. But he couldn’t speak at all, and his face blushed and he sat down and covered his head.
*
“Mi, I’m sorry. That… bewildered.”
“I thought you were sick. Well, I’m glad it’s not like that.”
“Eh. It’s not sick No need to worry.”
I sat with Denas Yeseul on a bench set up outside the Shaiza Education Building. Sotia stood behind me, watching her surroundings.
“Isn’t that Woros? I was very, very, very worried about you.”
“I know. Sorry. I should have come to see you right away. I had some work to do.”
“That, that… Then there is nothing you can do Yeah, I couldn’t help it hahahahaha.”
As De Nas Yeseul says, she smiles weakly and bows her head.
“That, Woros. Thank you. I checked the music box Kaishi left behind. Woros Without your help, I would never have heard Kaishi’s message in my life.”
“I haven’t done much.”
“Woros is me. Me… I just lived day by day without thinking about anything. I’m going to try a little harder now.”
Denas Yeseul says that and smiles brightly. Denas Yeseul, who sits in the top seat without any hesitation even after going through school. She says she works hard. With this, until she graduates, she won’t be able to step down from her senior position.
“Certainly, unlike before, it’s nice to see a lot of positive energy being felt.”
“What, what? Joe, are you okay?”
Denas jumps up from her seat in embarrassment, and she takes a step back. Then, after shaking her head from side to side, she sat down again.
“Sorry.”
“No.”
“Isn’t it? I want to repay the favor. You rescued me from Telcan. Because he also found Kaishi’s treasure.”
“Grace. You also saved me. When I was stabbed and almost died.”
The day I was stabbed by Irina, Denas saved me. If Denas hadn’t come to see me in time, I wouldn’t be here. Perhaps because of the dark story, Denas’ expression darkened at once.
“Oh, I didn’t come here to talk about this. Senior, would you like to work with me?
“Huh? Go together? What is it?”
“I run a store. I make things and just sell them without packaging. I need someone to decorate things pretty. Besides, sunbae-nim does sculptures too. I might be able to sell the stuff you made.”
Denas Yeseul is lost in her thoughts, even as she opens her mouth.
“Currently we are doing it together with Nishia, but if seniors come along, we will become three. Earn money and develop your skills. It’s a win-win.”
“The pieces I cut… sell?”
“Yes. Because you have an artistic sense. He can make golems. I added an alchemic effect to the object made by you-“
“I want to do it.”
Denas answered that in a serious tone.
“I mean, right? I decided to live positively now. And, you will become the most famous artist in the empire. In order to do that, he needs to sharpen his skills even more. More than anything… “
“Yes.”
“I want to enjoy the academy life. Even if you want to come back after graduating, you can’t come back, right? Kaishi too. Because you want me to do that. And, I have to collect the money and send it home. Art activities also cost money. You’ll have to save up too. Just. I want to do something productive. Therefore. Join me too.”
When she said that, I gave her a big smile. I know very well how good Denas is. Denas coming is what I also wish for. So, didn’t I come to scout her myself?
“Then from now on, senior, you are my employee 2. Profits will be evenly divided into three parts, and since the number of workers has increased, we will be able to print more products.”
“Yes, I will work hard.”
“The store is still closed, but the normal opening will be from next week. I have a lot of money, so I’m going to use that money to put a workbench in the shop. From then on, I want to start in earnest.”
Right now, immersion wine is the priority. If everything goes according to the original story, it is clear that Ansync will only give me one lesson per weekend. Practice time is only one day a week, so hurry up.
While making alcohol, you should teach Denas how to make strawberries and how to make simple potions using the flipping bees. No, now that I think about it, Denas is Shaiza’s third-year senior, so I don’t think there’s any need to teach him how to make potions.
“Are you not doing anything today?”
“No. I’m making a drink. I have someone to pour you a drink for. I can’t ferment it myself, so I’ll have to buy alcohol for dipping.”
“Alcohol? If it’s alcohol, can I watch it too?”
“Does your senior like to drink?”
Denas tilts his head at my question.
“My father makes wine. It’s not ordinary alcohol, but make it with alchemy. Although mass production is impossible, imports are not good. He also likes soaked wine, so there is a lot of alcohol in the house.”
“I see. I am also using alchemy. Then could you help me a little?”
“Yes! ‘Cause I know quite a bit I will help as much as I can.”
Good. I had to make a total of three types of alcohol, but I decided on two, but I couldn’t decide on the last one. Denas’s father is a brewer using alchemy, so he must have seen many drinks over his shoulder. I guess I’ll have to share his opinion with Denas about what kind of sake to make.
“Oh, by the way, if you need dipping wine. I can get you some It’s a pretty good drink.”
“Yes? How?”
“My father’s disciple is running a liquor business in District 2. Unlike my father, he prefers alcohol that can be made quickly and sold quickly. They also handle licensed immersion liquor, so you should be able to get some immersion liquor.”
Denas says that, and he laughs happily. As Denas laughs, she raises one of her legs, wondering if the owl sitting on her shoulder is also in a good mood.
*
With the help of De Nas Yeseul, I got her liquor in a jar. She also took off her bullhorn, and used it to brew her first drink right away. The ingredients are strawberries containing the essence of magic gardening.
The strawberry used to make beeswax strawberry is correct, with one difference. Strawberries were as big as watermelons and before they hardened, they were taken out and soaked in alcohol. You can never eat it once it hardens, but before it hardens, it’s a strawberry with delicious honey. In addition, the flower of magic gardening, which is said to be good for the body, was added. With oil applied, of course.
To finish, I finished the job by adding a piece of grass that was heavily coated with magic oil to the sake.
“What grass did you put at the end of Woros?”
“It will shorten the maturation time of sake. If you put that in and leave it for a week, it will be similar to aging for two months.”
“Oh, is there such a thing? It’s my first time seeing it.”
There is also good quality honey. In my mind, I wanted to ferment the sake myself, but it seems difficult due to time constraints. Above all, there is no fermentation vat, so this is probably the best. It’s a really simple drink, but it’s a drink that contains the essence of magic gardening, so even Mr. Ansink will like it.
“I’m sorry Woros, me. I can’t keep up.”
“Because of the strawberries. I will slowly explain this later.”
“Yeah, sorry. I’ve never really seen a strawberry that big, and it’s the first time I’ve seen honey dripping from a strawberry.”
Denas said that and let her shoulders droop. I went over to the cage, took out an immature strawberry, and set it on the table.
“This is the cool thing about flipping bees. Other bees store nectar for themselves, but to them, nectar from their bodies is like a secretion.”
“Wealth, discharge?”
“Yes. You know that these guys share magic with each other, right? After repeating the action, the secretions accumulated in the body are scattered in a place they want. That’s honey. Of course, before you can generate magic, you need to suck nectar from the flower. Anyway, by releasing magic into the secretions, they harden them and make a house to protect them.”
The bee rips a hole in the strawberry and eats the strawberry from the inside. The bee, feeling the coziness of the strawberry, decided that it would be better to harden the strawberry and use it as a house, and applied secretion to the inside of the strawberry and used magic to harden it. If it hardens, it becomes a waxy strawberry, and if it does not harden, it becomes a strawberry honeycomb.
I placed the strawberry honeycombs I had taken out on a bowl and cut them in half. Then, delicious honey flows out. Perhaps because of the essence of magical gardening, the honey is shining brightly.
“Sotia, come too. Oh, would you like to bring two small barrels next to you before you come?”
“You mean Sat? Please wait.”
Sotia walks to the shelf where the barrel is on. Even so, he does not take his eyes off the strawberry dripping with honey on the plate.
I put each strawberry into the tin that Sotia brought, filled it with honey, and closed the lid. One was to be given to Nishia and the other to Eldenia.
“All right. Let’s share the rest. There is bread on the table, so it would be delicious to dip it in.”
I said that and cut the strawberries into thirds. Every time the knife passes, the honey oozing out is really appetizing.
“Now, Sotia, try the taste of Denas-senpai.”
“Well then, excuse me.”
“I’ll eat well, Woros. This… I look forward to it immensely. Wow, the honey sparkles.”
With a piece of wood, he pricked the strawberry and put it in his mouth.
“Um.”
As soon as you put it in your mouth, you can feel the unique fresh scent and sweetness of strawberries. These strawberries even contain magical horticultural medicine, so you can feel the astringent taste in an instant. However, before the taste grows bigger, the sweet honey taste counteracts the astringent taste.
The two opposite flavors are harmonized properly, so you don’t even feel uncomfortably sweet. It is just such a sweetness that humans can feel ecstasy. Second, I split the strawberry with my teeth. The strawberry was as soft as cotton candy, and when the strawberry split, the honey inside the strawberry popped and spread in the mouth.
Every time you chew a strawberry, the honey and strawberries stretch out, making you feel like chewing a marshmallow.
The ecstatic taste naturally puts a smile on your lips, and perhaps because of the magic effect, you feel refreshed.
It’s delicious.
“Well, this. Fairly… Sotia?”
“hehehe, hehehehe.”
Sotia is even flushing with redness, savoring the taste of strawberries. Denas was splitting the strawberries into several pieces, probably thinking of saving them.
“Sotia, how does Denas taste?”
“hehehehe.”
“It’s really good. You drank alcohol with this? That… I’m also curious about the taste of alcohol.”
“I will give it to you.”
“Really?”
“Yes”
Denas Yeseul smiles brightly. To be honest, the taste is so enchanting that I naturally smile too. Sotia, who was sitting next to me, was smiling broadly as if she really liked these strawberries.
“hehehe.”
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Sotia is laughing as she dipped her fingers into her honey and ate it. Denas is to dip a thinly sliced strawberry into honey on a plate and put it in your mouth.
Honestly, I didn’t expect it to be this delicious. I have a plan to make an invention using strawberry honey and alchemy, but it seems that it will hit the jackpot more than I thought.