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

Chapter 2524 - Bipolar God Tiana ⑦

Tiana-san said she would prepare our drinks. When she stood up from her seat and lightly moved her hand, a somewhat oddly-shaped tool and a teacup appeared…… and along with them, a huge bouquet that looked to be over a meter tall.

[……Flowers?]

[Unn. Comparing it to this world, its taste would probably be close to black tea? It’d be good if you think of it like tea brewed from flowers instead of leaves.]

As she said that, Tiana-san held a mysterious tool, something like several transparent tubes combined together, over the bouquet. The massive bouquet was drawn into the transparent tubes as if it were being sucked in.

The tubes didn’t look anywhere near large enough to contain such a huge bouquet, but as the bouquet was absorbed, it was compressed into a small sphere and floated inside the transparent tube. She then attached that tube to a device like an extractor and tilted it, and a pale pink liquid was poured into the cup.

S- Somehow it feels very sci-fi, or rather it really gives off the atmosphere of an unknown drink. It’s not being extracted with hot water or anything like that; it feels more like the bouquet itself is being compressed and turned into a drink.

[Here you go.]

[Thank you very much. The aroma…… it does feel kind of like black tea…… It doesn’t smell much like flowers.]

[Ahh, with the technological systems of this world and the world Kaito-kun was born in, I think this is probably unfamiliar to you. If I were to say it in the language of this world, what I had earlier was something like an atomic conversion device. It changes properties through atomic conversion. To explain it roughly and simply, it’s like remaking the structure of the bouquet itself. Hearing that, it might seem like it wouldn’t change no matter what the original object was, but by incorporating special quantum laws and spacetime chemistry into it, it changes it into something else while leaving some of the properties of the original object.]

[I- I see……?]

[Fufu, well, it’s hard to understand, right? It’s fine if you just recognize it as using a mysterious power to remake flowers into tea.]

It seems that this tea was made with technology that’s completely different from the chemistry I know…… and technology that’s quite advanced at that. Even if the principles were explained in detail, I probably wouldn’t understand at all…… so just as Tiana-san said, it seems better to accept that the tea is being made with a mysterious power.

For now, thinking I’d try drinking it, I picked up the cup and looked at the tea inside. There was no sign of steam rising from it, and there was almost no smell either. The color looked like rosé wine, so just from the appearance it was hard to tell much.

When I took a sip, it was about body temperature, or rather just the right temperature, and when it entered my mouth a refreshing fragrance spread all at once. Even though there had hardly been any smell when I sniffed it while it was in the cup, the fragrance spread through my mouth so strongly that it made me wonder where it had been hiding, and it felt like it passed through my nose.

It had a slight sweetness and acidity, with a refreshing taste…… and the flavor really did feel close to black tea. If I had to compare it to something, it would be like fruit tea.

[It has a fruit tea-like taste, and it’s delicious. The way the fragrance spreads when it enters the mouth is amazing, or rather, it’s a kind of refreshingness I’ve never experienced before.]

[Since the compressed fragrance spreads all at once, it’s interesting, right? I chose something with a flavor that Kaito-kun would be relatively familiar with, so I’m glad if you liked it.]

[It really is delicious, and it feels very fresh and enjoyable.]

[If you’re happy, that makes me happy too. If you’d like, please have some sweets as well.]

[Thank you very mu——- ……sweets?]

Tiana-san held out a plate toward me. On it were multicolored spheres…… honestly, they looked like nothing more than marbles or super balls. But sweets…… candy? No, maybe jelly?

[Errr, if we’re talking about something close in taste in this world…… ahh, they’re cookies.]

[Eh? C- Cookies!?]

Surprised by the unexpected word cookies, I picked one up and put it in my mouth. Judging from its glossy appearance and how it felt to the touch, it was completely like glass, but for now I believed the word cookie and carefully bit down with my teeth…… With a crisp crunch, a taste just like a cookie really spread through my mouth.

O- Ohh, amazing. The impression from its appearance and the texture and taste don’t match at all. When I held it in my hand, it clearly felt hard, yet being able to bite through it so crisply was strange. It feels like my brain might bug out. I have no idea why that appearance and texture would result in this kind of bite and flavor.

[H- How should I put it…… this is amazing. When I touched it with my hand, it felt like a glass marble or something like that, but when I bite into it, it crunches easily…… it feels mysterious.]

[This is an ingredient whose hardness changes depending on the conditions. So when you hold it in your hand, it’s hard, but when you put it in your mouth and bite it, it becomes soft.]

[It feels like I’m having a mysterious experience, a rather fresh one. Ah, and the taste really is like that of a cookie, so it’s delicious. The image from the appearance and the taste are completely different though, so it’s confusing……]

[It feels like another world, doesn’t it? The ingredients in my world include many things that are unknown to Kaito-kun, and among them there are even some that beings in worlds like this one can’t taste at all with their sense of taste. Of course, I chose these while properly considering things like flavor and safety, so don’t worry.]

Certainly, if the worlds are different, it wouldn’t be strange for there to be ingredients that my common sense can’t even imagine, and being able to experience things like this is simply fun.

Also, it’s probably because Tiana-san has a gentle atmosphere and is easy to talk to. She’s bringing out things suited to my sense of taste, and since she’s omniscient, she probably chose things beforehand that would be fine for me to eat, so in that sense as well, I could enjoy these unknown foods with peace of mind.

<Afterword>

Under King : [U- Umm, about that, could you go into a bit more detail about that part……?]

Serious-senpai : [Get back in there, Baby Castella Devil…… don’t come out just because you sensed a new possibility.]