Chapter 562 – Ep.560 Tullius Empire
It was a little too late in the afternoon to be called lunch.
Crunchy.
Between the bread baked in a pan with melted butter, I took a big bite of modern toast with lean bacon, crunchy lettuce, and sour dressing.
‘These days, I live for the taste of eating this.’
After fully enjoying the savory scent of butter and the perfect combination of flavors that spread throughout my mouth, I quenched my thirst with sweet milk.
“This… “I never get tired of eating it.”
Agatha, who was sitting right across from me, swallowed the same piece of toast as me and started praising toast again today.
What’s a little different is that Agatha and the other lovers don’t eat with their hands like I do, but instead use a fork and knife to cut it into bite-sized pieces.
It’s like eating a homemade burger.
‘Toast tastes best when you eat it with your hands.’
When I first said those words, people looked at me like I was a caveman who first discovered fire, so I don’t know how much it hurt me.
Falling over hygiene issues is an added bonus.
‘Still, the quality of life goes up significantly with just one butter.’
I’ve known about the existence of butter since the advent of cookies and the like, but I’ve never thought about getting it and using it in cooking.
That’s right, the main food here is either fatty meat or stews made with vegetables, bones, and meat.
‘Do you think of butter?’
It’s already greasy and greasy, so it’s easy to get bitten if you don’t have beer or other alcoholic beverages, but butter adds to that.
I shook my head slightly and stuffed the remaining toast into my mouth.
For reference, the butter was airlifted from a passing city after Kernax suddenly stated that he wanted to eat savory and soft bread.
I didn’t know that butter was a bit expensive, but it was surprisingly easy to find in small to medium-sized cities.
And one more thing.
Spreading butter on bread is a combination that is more suited to modern women’s tastes.
In other words, this is the taste of guys like me here.
That’s why I wasn’t properly aware of the existence of butter until now.
“Would you like some more?”
“No, it’s okay. “You must be tired, so go in and get some rest.”
“It’s okay. “It must have been harder for Amela than it was for me.”
I took her empty plate with her face a little stiff.
“Agatha.”
“… “What is it?”
Snack on a piece of toast cut into squares! The woman who was chewing on her food answered by swallowing her contents.
But the expression on my face is that I am very angry because a sacred act has been interrupted? He had a face like that.
“I’ll make you a new one later.”
“Hmm, what is it?”
When I told her that she would make me some new toast, she immediately put on a business smile.
For reference, it has already been three and a half days, including today, that she has been living in her carriage with her.
“You said you would arrive at the imperial border fortress soon.”
“Yes?”
“When on earth are you arriving?”
Let me tell you this too, Agatha said since last night that she would soon arrive in the empire.
“Really soon.”
“I think this is the third time I’ve heard that answer… ?”
“What can we do when the empire is so large? In fact, five days have passed since we left the borders of Jetua Kingdom, right?”
“Yes. Five days have passed.”
“I entered the imperial territory two days ago.”
“… ?”
As I tilted my head, Agatha gulped down the milk containing Siran’s breast milk and continued speaking.
“Normally, it is normal to raise walls and build forts in the border area, but the empire is so vast. “As it is large, there is a lot of land that is not needed.”
She pointed out her window.
“We’re pulling a carriage, right? This forest is full of demonic beasts and monsters, right? “To be exact, these are the ones being bred in the empire.”
“Raising? Also, monsters and magical beasts?”
“All we have to do is release the prisoners in moderation and occasionally push them in.”
“Crazy… Why did you do that? Surely it’s not because of the by-products?”
“If by-products were the goal, they wouldn’t have been released into such a vast forest, right?”
“Then… ?”
“Just by letting them go, they can easily keep the kingdom in check, and they can also hold back those who are trying to smuggle or flee across the border through illegal routes…”
Agatha spread her left thumb, and she pretended to slit her own throat with it.
“Because I can handle it.”
“… It’s more than I imagined. “The empire.”
“Hehe, you know why I left the empire and stayed in Molingta, right?”
“It’s because of me, right?”
“… “He seems like a man with no sense.”
Agatha grunted at my fact attack and drank the remaining milk.
“Aren’t you going in?”
“I have something to think about for a moment. “Let’s go in first.”
“What, I was going to get a massage.”
Agatha, completely unmasked, was even more shameless than Nemea with her iron mask.
I briefly clicked my tongue at Agatha’s behavior of going straight to the bedroom without even cleaning up the dishes.
‘Even a person like that can be Pope, so there’s nothing I can’t do.’
Isn’t it said that the more high-ranking a priest he is, the more greedy he is?
Well, in this case, it would be more accurate to describe it as lustful rather than greedy.
Sigh.
After cleaning Agatha’s used dishes, I sat down on my butt in the chair that had been magically secured.
‘Did you say it takes 15 days to get from the border fortress to the capital?’
Agatha said that although the land is large and the roads are well-paved, the actual travel distance will be twice as much, but it will only take about two days longer.
And the person who laid that great road was Bizelin when he was an archmage.
‘If you look at it this way, there is no reason for Master Bizelin to lose to Siran.’
In fact, I wonder if Bizelin-sama feels sorry for Siran and is just giving him up.
Well, it’s not an important question that requires an answer right now, so if you get the chance later, let’s ask Bizelin directly.
“The problem is with those Nuit people.”
As soon as I left Ardel’s territory, I got caught in a trap or something and got caught in a big explosion.
And as we left the Kingdom of Vittorio, passed through the neighboring Kingdom of Jetua, and arrived here, we were caught in a total of 30 explosions.
Fortunately, thanks to Bizelin’s magic, not only El but also the carriage was safe.
The problem is that even Siran and Bizelin came forward and filtered out as much as possible, but they were caught in the explosion 30 times.
According to Master Bizelin and Sith, it is very difficult to find it because it is a spell that uses blood and divine power, not magical power, as a medium.
If someone else said it was difficult, wouldn’t it be okay to put in a little more effort? You might have thought that too, but because the words came from the mouths of the great wizard Vizelin and Sith, they felt special.
“You bastards.”
I don’t know for what purpose they placed that thing on our path, but if they find it, they will definitely rip off its head.
Kernax, who was starting to feel full as his unborn child was growing day by day, was eating breakfast when he was shaken by the shock of the explosion and was startled.
Even if the shock was just a slight thud of the chair, the shock may have been felt a little differently to Kernax.
As I covered my stomach and my complexion turned pale, I felt my heart sink.
Fortunately, I was able to put my mind at ease because Kernax told me that he was not surprised by the shock, but was confused and surprised by the first stimulation he was experiencing, wondering if the child had kicked or punched him in the stomach at the same time.
‘They said all the executives there were guys.’
As a man, he tried to keep the line, but I don’t think he could do that to those guys.
‘All my limbs are tied up and I’m in a constant state of darkness until my balls completely shrivel up.’
What a surprise to my lovely Cernax and his child.
You bastards are just going to hit me in the face.
“What. “Why are you shaking alone?”
“… ?”
When I turned my head at the sound I heard right next to me, Shiron, dressed in pajamas, had already come next to me.
“Hungry? “What should I make for you?”
“My sister wants to eat cookies.”
“Yep. “I’ll make it right away and bring it to you.”
For reference, I make breakfast, dinner, and the rest of the snacks for Giena and Beneo, who work three shifts for 12 hours a day.
“But why were you so upset?”
“… “I’m angry because I’m thinking about the children of the cult.”
“Fuck you bastards… “Just meet me, boy, and I’ll skin you all and pickle you in salt.”
“Uh, yeah, shit, motherfuckers…” …”
Siron, who was looking at me with concern, started growling, showing his sharp fangs as soon as the story about Nuitism came up.
‘I’m not even mad…’
Looking at Shiron who is really angry, I think I can see how cute my anger is.
“Hmm, Siron? “Do you want to eat anything?”
“I’m a chocolate dipped cookie.”
“Aren’t you going to eat toast?”
“Amela is sleeping. “You should eat something that doesn’t smell.”
Chocolate also smells.
However, I couldn’t say such things to Siron, who was considerate of my sister, so I patted her plump buttocks to show that she was special.
“I’ll make it right away and bring it to you. “It’s in.”
“Neng~”
Siron responded playfully, following me, and left the kitchen, shaking her butt.
‘In some ways, it’s more convenient than Earth.’
From dough that is sold with fermentation, dough, and shape all completed, to finished cookies that can be eaten in a crispy state simply by heating.
The price may be a bit high, but everyone is equal in front of Nyaho’s wallet.
“Hmm~”
She took cookies and frozen chocolate out of storage and stood in the kitchen.
The cookies were placed on a pan heated over a spark stone, and the chocolate was broken into small pieces in a small mug and melted by double boiling.
It was when I was putting the crispy cookies neatly in a bowl.
-Smith.
The communication port on the table started flashing, and Beneo’s voice was heard.
At the same time, I raised my head and looked at the window.
-We will arrive at the fortress soon.
A majestic castle wall stretched out with no end in sight.
