I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace (WN)

Chapter 2495 - Company and Exclusive Brush ②

Trois-san is extremely good at talking, and also an excellent listener…… or rather, his way of expanding topics and guiding the conversation makes it easy and pleasant for the other person to talk.

When I have plenty of topics to draw from, he mainly takes the role of listener, reacting at just the right moments with surprise or admiration, skillfully drawing me out and letting me speak.

On the other hand, when I’ve talked for a while and the conversation seems about to run dry, he casually throws out a new topic to keep things flowing.

[Ah, that reminds me, I heard Kaito previously went around introducing Dual Star Trading Company’s new products, right? Thanks to that, their sales seem to be doing quite well.]

[No, I only recommended them to a few acquaintances, but I’d be glad if it helped…… Arehh? Wait, Trois-san, are you involved with Dual Star Trading Company as well?]

[No, it’s not like I’m directly involved in sales. Rather, I taught various people about sales, to put it very simply, there are a few kids who are like my disciples working there. I heard it from them.]

[Hehh. Well, both are Kuro’s trading companies, so it wouldn’t be strange for there to be some kind of connection.]

[Most of Kuromu-sama’s family members belong to one trading company or another. Of course, not every single one of them does…… but changing the subject, how do you like coffee, Kaito?]

[I like it quite a bit. Though not to the level of being super obsessed and carefully selecting beans and all that.]

Trois-san is apparently something of a legend when it comes to sales-related matters, so it wouldn’t be surprising if he had a lot of disciples.

[Ah, I get that. People who are really particular about that sort of thing have an unbelievable amount of passion, don’t they?]

[Yeah. People who truly love it have incredible standards. They can even tell subtle differences in flavor that I honestly can’t. As for me, as long as it tastes reasonably good, that’s enough…… I have a friend named Amel-san from the Winged Tribe, and she owns a magic tool that automatically brews coffee from beans, so I figured something like that would be good enough for me.]

[True, that type of magic tool exists, and since it’s easy to use, it’s quite popular. What kind of device was the one Kaito saw?]

[Errr, I think it was……]

As the topic continued to expand and I talked about the coffee-maker-like magic tool I’d seen at Amel-san’s house, Trois-san listened with gentle smiles and nods, and when I reached a pause in my story, he opened his mouth.

[What Kaito saw was the simple type of magic tool.]

[Unn? So there are more multifunctional types as well?]

[There are. In fact, the latest model was released fairly recently. Let me see, the sales sample is…… ah, here it is. This one.]

[Oh, the size isn’t that different, but…… there are multiple magic crystals?]

What Trois-san took out was about the same size as the device I had seen at Amel-san’s place, but this one had several magic crystals attached to it.

Since he said it was multifunctional, I suppose these multiple magic crystals add various features.

[The one Kaito saw was probably the type that only brews coffee from beans, but this one can also add sugar and milk by adjusting these scales here. On the back, next to where you put in the coffee beans and water, there are inlets for milk and sugar as well.]

[Hehh, so it really can do everything fully automatically. But wouldn’t milk spoil if you don’t put in the exact amount and there’s leftovers?]

[That’s what you’d think, right? That’s where its high performance comes in. This magic tool automatically comes under State Preservation Magic when it’s not in use. So if you put in coffee beans and milk all at once, you can drink whenever you like without worrying about deterioration.]

[Oh, that’s great. You wouldn’t even need to store it in a magic box every time……]

That function really does sound amazing. If it automatically preserves its contents when not in use, that’s reassuring, and it means you can just leave it in your room and have coffee whenever you want…… I want one.

[Still, it does have its drawbacks. To support all those features, grinding and brewing from coffee beans, adjusting the amount and mixing of sugar and milk, making espresso and the like, dispensing the proper amount when you place a mug under the spout, and on top of that, State Preservation Magic, you naturally need multiple magic crystals. And as the number of magic crystals and functions increases, the price inevitably goes up.]

[I see. By the way, about how much does it cost?]

[For this type, two gold coins.]

[……Ah, so it’s just that much huh.]

[Hahaha. For Kaito, that’s probably not a big amount, but for ordinary citizens, if someone loves coffee enough to be willing to pay two gold coins just to drink it, they’d probably grind the beans themselves anyway…… This magic tool is more aimed at fairly wealthy customers, like nobles who find it troublesome to call a servant to make coffee first thing in the morning.]

[Ah, now that you put it that way, being able to spend two gold coins on a luxury item like that would require being quite well-off.]

Compared to magic boxes or teleportation devices, it’s much cheaper, but if you think of it as a coffee maker, converting it to Japanese yen would put it at around two million yen, which is ridiculously expensive.

Still, I honestly want one…… Waking up in the morning, brewing coffee with this magic tool, and drinking it from a mug while looking out at a garden bathed in the morning sunlight…… that sounds nice.

[……Um, Trois-san, if I go to the Seditch Magic Tool Trading Company, can I buy that magic tool there?]

[Normally it’s made to order, but if Kaito wants one, I can arrange it. I have a few reserved under my authority, so I can sell you one right away.]

[Ah, then please, I’d love to buy it.]

[Of course. Since it’s you, Kaito, I’d like to give you some kind of service, but a discount probably wouldn’t be very appealing to you…… so I’ll prepare one with convenient additional functions at the same price.]

[Additional convenient functions?]

[Yeah, an automatic filter replacement and cleaning function. After use, the spent filter and the ground coffee residue are discarded into a box attached to the side, a new filter is set automatically, and at the same time, the interior is cleaned. All the waste gets collected into that box, so you only need to throw away its contents.]

[That’s incredibly convenient! Thank you very much!]

[I’m glad you’re happy. I’ll tell them to prepare it, so when you’re heading back, just stop by the main reception desk of the Seditch Magic Tool Trading Company.]

[Understood.]

Man, I’d been thinking about getting a coffee maker someday anyway, so I’m glad I managed to buy such a good one. Since it looks like I can take it home today, I’m already looking forward to using it.

Maybe I should buy some coffee beans on the way back too…… Either way, this was a great purchase. I’m really grateful to Trois-san.

……………………Arehh? I came here to ask about a bakery, so why did I end up buying a coffee maker? W- Well, whatever. I wanted one anyway……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [Come to think of it, when he was talking with Kaori about chatting with Trois, he said something like how you somehow end up buying products before you even realize it…… so this is exactly like this pattern huh……]

? ? ? : [Well, it’s not like he’s deceiving people or forcing them to buy anything. What’s impressive is how he picks up on what Kaito-san wants and subtly recommends it. Kaito-san was the one who said he wanted to buy it in the first place, and he’s happy about having made a good purchase, so there’s really no problem.]