Allrounders!! - Chapter 20: I Visited to Report Our Reconciliation! - Part 2

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After we had that conversation, Sword mentioned that I might be able to obtain the liquid if he acts as intermediary.

"You know that it's nothing I can hand over just like that, don't you!?"

Sword thrust his adventurer card into the face of the guild master.

"Hand it over."

"...... People like you...! Just 『Clock』! Come with me!"

Does he mean the Sorcery Liquid of a clock?

After following him, we entered a room through a door with a 【Guild Master】 plate. Removing the seal on a shelf that seemed to be a magic tool, he took out and handed over a heavy jar.

"Here. ...What are you planning to do with it?"

"Analyzing. I love this kind of work."

Come to think of it, my otherworld self made a robot to automatically clean her desk with her summer vacation's crafting set. Different from the other world, everything in this world is made with magic, even without exclusive tools and materials!

(Note: The only ones capable of that are people at Indra's level)

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Afterwards I got tired from insistently being told that he wanted to watch me analyzing the liquid, or at least be taught about the results of my analysis.

"Since I'm going to do it with magic, anyone can do the same, no? Besides, you could get it explained to you by becoming the apprentice of a sorcerer, couldn't you? I hate to take an apprenticeship for each and every little thing, so I usually analyze things myself. Then again, I don't know whether it'll be possible to analyze it." I turned the guild master down.

After carefully storing it away, I retrieved some alcohol from my magic bag to distract him.

"Here, as thanks."

Sword's eyes flew wide open.

"...Hey!! That's the booze that has ripened for three years which you called ［Brandy］, isn't it...!?"

"Oh? Even though you ran away from home, it still shows that you're of noble origin. Isn't it a rather sophisticated way to thank someone by giving them alcohol?"

Sophisticated? Still it sure looks like this world got plenty of drunkards. Especially when considering that production methods are being concealed.

"No, no, no, no, noooo! Give it back!!" Sword tried to snatch the brandy out of the guild master's hands.

"It's not yours, is it?" I retorted, but he didn't listen at all.

However, the guild master defended it to the last, "She gave it to me!"

"Your a hundred years too early to drink this!"

"Sword! Someone like you can get as much high-class alcoholic beverage as he wants, right!? For me it's not easy to obtain alcoholic drinks that would be drunk by the nobility!"

"That ain't no nobility booze! It's a drink made by her!"

The guild master quickly looked my way with his eyes wide open.

"...You can produce alcohol?"

"If it's something simple, yes. The one I gave you can only be made if you can use magic."

The guild master stared at me, flabbergasted. Meanwhile Sword drew close to me.

"Hey! Why did you give it to that guy!?"

"I said moments ago that it was an expression of my gratitude. The fact of him taking the liquid out of a magic shelf must mean that it's quite difficult to get your hands on it, right? In such a case I must also thank him with something appropriate."

"What 'bout your thanks towards me!?"

"It has been offset with your rude behavior towards me."

Sword froze after suffering a heavy shock. The guild master, on the other hand, smiled broadly.

"...In short, it's such a wonderful drink that Sword would go into a frenzy over it, and a high-quality product you can't make unless you can freely employ magic that would cause the 【Bloody Witch】 to run away in terror, huh? I'm looking forward to drinking it then."

Just now he said 【Bloody Witch】, didn't he? Is the translation not working or something? Well, whatever.

"It won't last long once you open it. It'd be best for you to empty it within a few days after unsealing the lid. If you can't drink all of it, you could also use it for cooking."

"As if I'd be able to do something so wasteful!"

He says...but, why is everyone claiming that it's a waste to use alcohol for cooking?

"...Also, please give this to the lady who had been bawling. Tell her from me that I've just been cautious and that it's not like I hate her or anything."

She seems to have been hurt to such an extent that she threw a dagger at Sword. 

I'm sorry, okay?

"She can put the end of this stick into the container, wind the content around it and lick it, or smear it on bread. Adding it to fruits works as well."

I passed him some starch syrup.

"Is this alcohol as well?"

"What would be the point in giving alcoholic beverage to a woman? Honey exists in this world, doesn't it? It's a similar kind of food."

"Oi... Her Noble Ladyship, honey is a high-class ingredient, you know? You really fine with handin' it over so readily?"

"I didn't say that it's honey. It's foodstuff that can be made easily and cheaply. It's no honey, so don't get all formal on me as if expecting something from me." I answered and entrusted the guild master with the syrup and my message.