Volume 4, Chapter 34 – Shinku Nyan and Fran Nyan

¹ ugh what’s with the chapter title

Using consecutive teleportation magic, Yisi quickly arrived at Margaret. Since she had already given Fran a heads-up, Fran and the others were not surprised by her sudden arrival. On the contrary, they had closed the tavern early and prepared a sumptuous dinner—or perhaps it should be called a late-night supper.

After a hearty meal, the Fallen girls and Mary began to clear the dishes and prepare to wash up for bed, leaving only Yisi, Camilla, Refina, and Fran sitting at the dining table. The magic lamp on the ceiling cast a soft, goose-yellow light, and the faint smell of wine and meat lingered in the hall.

Petting the frost wolf that had approached her, Fran looked at Refina with curiosity.

“I’ve been curious since just now… Miss Refina, are you a vampire? It’s rare to see such a healthy-looking vampire in the Hels Kingdom.”

If she hadn’t met Viel, the description “rare” would have been “for the first time.”

Refina was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened.

“H-Hels Kingdom? Here?”

“Yes, that’s right. To be precise, this is the border between the Hels Kingdom and Niru—”

Sensing that things were about to go wrong, Yisi quickly interrupted.

“These are all minor details. Fran, didn’t you say you’d developed a better-tasting wine? Now is a good time to bring it out.”

“Oh, I can’t believe I forgot something so important!” With a look of “Oh no,” Fran shouted towards the kitchen behind her, “Shinku, could you please bring out the wine we prepared this morning?”

Although Shinku didn’t respond verbally, she answered with her actions. She soon came out with a wooden tray and placed several transparent wine glasses on the table in front of Yisi. Yisi naturally picked one up.

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“They’re transparent glasses. I don’t remember leaving this kind of utensil in the tavern. Did you buy them, Fran?”

Glass was a luxury item in this world, and colorless, transparent glass was even more expensive.

“This was left by a noble guest. That guest insisted on buying some Margaret, and in the end, he even offered these pure glass cups in exchange. I remembered that you like to use glassware, Miss Yisi, so I traded some Margaret for them.”

“Thank you.”

She had never told Fran that she liked to drink from stemmed glasses. What a thoughtful woman.

While Yisi was still marveling at the glasses, Camilla and Refina had already begun to taste the wine.

“It tastes more bitter than the wine Onee-sama brews, and it has a floral scent.”

“It smells like red wine, but why is it white?”

Their questions made Fran smile. It was the look of satisfaction unique to a creator whose work is being praised.

“The wine Miss Camilla is holding is fermented and distilled from wheat from the Bart region. The one in Miss Refina’s hand is made from fermented and distilled grapes, so the taste is different.”

So, the difference between whiskey and brandy.

Yisi nodded subtly. Distilled liquors made from different raw materials would have different tastes. She had thought of this when she was promoting Margaret, but she hadn’t implemented it because she thought it was too much trouble, and she wasn’t a wine connoisseur. To her, all wine tasted the same. ² yep yep

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Although it was simple in principle, in this world, Fran’s discovery could be called an epoch-making product.

Fran continued to explain.

“It all started with customer feedback. They said that the taste of Margaret often varied. Sometimes it had a slightly bitter taste, and other times it was a bit astringent. After many people gave this feedback, I started to wonder why this change was happening, and later I found out it was related to the raw materials. We have always used the raw alcohol bought from Mr. Wise Goblin for distillation. But as a traveling merchant, Mr. Wise Goblin often travels to various regions of the kingdom, and the raw alcohol he brings back also comes from different areas. The western part of the kingdom is rich in fresh fruits, while the central part produces grains. The wines from these two regions are made from fruits and grains, respectively. When they are brought back to Margaret, we use two different types of wine as raw materials, which results in the distilled wine having different tastes.”

She took a small sip—after the late-night supper, Refina already knew that Margaret was very different from ordinary wine and had gotten used to the taste.

“This Margaret that smells like red wine is more fragrant.”

“The one with the floral scent is clearly better.”

Camilla retorted.

Fran smiled shyly.

“Just like you two ladies, different customers have their own preferences for different types of Margaret. So I have specially separated the two types of wine, classified them, and plan to promote them as new products after I’ve built up some stock. The only problem is…”

“Not enough funds?”

Yisi leaned forward slightly to press for an answer.

Fran quickly waved her hands.

“No, no, that’s not it. I was going to say, the names of these two wines. If they’re both called Margaret, people won’t be able to tell them apart. So I was hoping Miss Yisi could give them a name.”

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“Naming them…”

Yisi began to regret asking. If the first thing she was afraid of was a girl crying, then the second was naming something.

“Umm… well… since it was your discovery, Fran, you should be the one to name them.”

“But you are the one in charge of Margaret.”

“If I were to name them, I would call them Shinku and Fran, you know?”

She was subtly trying to say that she was bad at naming things, but Fran blushed, giving the impression that she was shy.

“F-for my own name to be passed down as a wine… You think too highly of me, Miss Yisi. It’s a great honor…”

It worked surprisingly well?

It felt like a casual remark had yielded an unexpectedly good result.

Well, if Fran herself was okay with it, then it was fine.

Of course, if they were just called Shinku or Fran, it would be hard to distinguish between the person and the wine. After discussing it with Fran, Yisi decided to add the suffix “Nyan” to the end, making them “Shinku Nyan” and “Fran Nyan.” ³ ugh what… the… hell…

Fortunately, Fran didn’t know what this suffix meant.

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Quietly sticking out her tongue, Yisi suddenly remembered the people she had brought back earlier. During dinner, she had only seen the bear-kin woman and not the elves or Akarin.

After voicing her question, she received this answer from Fran.

“Are you talking about Akarin and the elf girls? They left yesterday. They said they were going to the neighboring Antonio City to take care of some personal matters and would be back in less than half a month. To make me believe them, they even made a contract with me.”

“Personal matters? What specifically?”

“It was Akarin’s idea. She said she wanted to go back to her hometown, Antonio City, for a look, and also to visit an adventurer named Clementine.”

“Ah…”

So Akarin is indeed the first guild master of the Flame Conquerors.

Yisi subconsciously looked back at Camilla and found that Camilla was looking at her with the same expression—a look full of sympathy.

Not for Akarin, but for Clementine.

She wondered what kind of expression Clementine would make when she found out that Akarin was a boy.

I hope this world can be a little gentler.

Yisi offered a sincere prayer. ⁴ how sinful… tsk tsk