A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires Volume 4 [Complete] by Hagure Metabo

Author:Hagure Metabo
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: The United Beast Kingdom

At long last, our ship reached the United Beast Kingdom and laid anchor off the coast, a small distance from the harbor. The waters near the coast were too shallow for a ship as large as this one to dock in the harbor. Instead, we used a small boat to disembark, alongside Egret. Once we reached the pier, I caught a whiff of a peculiar aroma in the air. Until now, it had been covered by the strong smell of salt coming from the sea.

Misha took several deep breaths and said, “What a strange smell.”

“That’s the scent of the spices people cultivate around here,” I told her.

“These spices don’t grow in the empire, but the United Beast Kingdom’s climate is the perfect environment for them. Spices are some of the most important agricultural products of the United Beast Kingdom, and they’re exported to many other countries.” Lunoa rattled off the details as if she were reciting from a textbook.

“That’s right,” I confirmed as we left the pier and started walking along one of the large streets of the coastal city. “Spices need warm days and cool nights to grow. In addition, the humidity level must remain high all year round.”

We’d only been walking for a few minutes when Egret pointed at a restaurant.

“This place makes great seafood soup,” he said. “They also have freshly baked bread with nori in the dough that goes perfectly with the soup.”

“That sounds delicious. I’ve never heard of using nori in bread dough before. Is it some sort of secret local specialty?” I asked.

“I wouldn’t call it secret, but nori is hard to preserve. It’s rare to see it used in dishes outside of this city.”

“It does sound tasty,” Lunoa agreed.

“Should we skip dinner at the inn and dine there instead?” suggested Misha.

“I wouldn’t recommend that,” Egret said. “Sailors flock to that place to drink at night.”

“Really, Mr. Egret?” Misha asked.

“Yep. You’d be much better off going tomorrow after the breakfast rush has passed. If you arrive too early, it’s packed with fishermen and sailors.”

“In that case, let’s have a light breakfast tomorrow morning and swing by that restaurant before we depart,” Mireille said.

“That sounds good,” I said. “Let the inn staff know so they can prepare breakfast accordingly.”

“Of course, miss.”

“Are you also spending the night in this city?” I asked Egret. He shook his head, looking downcast.

“I wish I could, but someone from my company should be here to pick me up already. I’m supposed to spend the night at my firm’s branch in the next town over. If you’d care to come with me, it’d be my pleasure to take you along, though.”

“Thank you for the offer, but we have other plans. After resting here tonight, we’ll head directly for the royal capital.”

“I see... That’s a shame, but I suppose it can’t be helped. I do have some business in the capital too, so perhaps I’ll be lucky enough to meet you again there.” As he spoke, Egret noticed a carriage in the distance.

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