Magic Warrior Chapter 51 (Patreon)

Memory

"Rilfana-chan, how do you read it?"

"This is one of the ancient languages, so you will have to learn the language."

We usually use what is called the lingua franca, or modern language.

It is the language understood throughout the continent, and most people can only speak the common language, and that is enough.

In older times, there were different languages for different races and species.

They are called ancient civilized languages, ancient elven languages, ancient dwarven languages, etc., and collectively called ancient languages.

Rilfana says that Japanese is one of the official ancient civilized languages.

These scripts have been preserved in the ruins of ancient civilizations, and in towns near the ruins, research into translations is underway.

Hmm? Rilfana was a reincarnated person...right?

I was thinking that Rilfana was a reincarnated person, but then I saw her winking at me. I see...she is fooling us because Claire is there.

I later learned that it is true that Japanese is one of the ancient civilized languages. I think it might be related to reincarnation, since there is not much of it left. It is unclear whether Rilfana also knew this.

Rilfana cut the conversation short, saying that she had to prepare a potion, and with my permission, left the room with the Demon Spider's eyeballs.

When Rilfana returned, she said in a voice that only I could hear, "We will discuss this later.

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I had nothing more useful to do with the spiders, so I did chores such as fetching water for the bath and helping my mother with the Alphos-Sans, who were probably going to eat dinner.

Claire and Rilfana spent some time using a pestle to grind the herbs that had been sitting for half a day.

Would it be a little easier if we had a special medicine grinder?

Rilfana was putting eyeballs in boiling water. I wonder if that could be used as a medicine too....

I don't know what happened after that, as I was just glancing at her while helping with dinner. Maybe it was better that way.

It had been a while since I had been in the kitchen, but the soy sauce I had bought so much was running low faster than I expected. Also, there was a lot more meat.

Mom is going to make curry, probably because Mirell-san is coming too.

What should I do?

Well, I was curious about hamburgers, which I saw in town. I have soy sauce, so I'll make it Japanese style.

Mash beef and pork to make minced meat, and crumble bread into breadcrumbs.

Finely chop onion and fry. When cool, add the minced meat, bread crumbs, egg, milk, salt and pepper and stir until sticky.

Then roll it up, flatten it and grill it on both sides. Since there are a lot of people, make them smaller and more numerous.

The center does not need to be indented since it is to be stewed.

After baking, make the sauce for stewing. Since mirin (sweet cooking rice wine) is not available, mix sake and sugar and warm soy sauce.

Finish the dish with grated white radish.

Thanks to my cooking skills, I can naturally think of times when it would be better to add salt or pepper to the sauce.

"It smells kind of good!"

"...I'm getting hungry."

Rilfana and Claire, who were working in the corner of the room, came up to me, caught by the light burning smell of the sauce.

"Is the medicine ready?"

"Yes, some ointments for the wounds are ready. The detoxifying pills will be ready when they dry until tomorrow.

I helped you with that!

"In the middle of the process, we need to add magic to increase the effect, but Claire-sama is very good at manipulating light magic.

"Is it because you learned recovery magic first?"

Claire-sama decided to help her mother. Why don't you take a little rest?

I thought it would be a good idea to talk it over with Rilfana, so while Claire was out of sight, we moved to a room together at the last minute, and I asked her straightforwardly.

"Is Rilfana a reincarnated person too?"

"Yes, Mina-sama was too.... I have been here for almost three years now.

"That's a long time, I've only been here for about three months.

I didn't have time for a long conversation, so I decided to go over only what was necessary, leaving the details for the next time.

What I am concerned about is that I am being treated as a slave, but Rilfana wants me to continue as before.

The slave contract was made in accordance with the rules of our world, and the possibility that Rilfana's life is being threatened as a survivor of the noble family has not disappeared.

"Mina-sama won't do anything I don't like, and to be honest, I enjoy it more now than in the life of the nobility. I do have some regrets about my uncle, whom I left behind in hopes of helping him..."

As for abilities, Rilfana is a trickster via ninja kunoichi, a talented seamstress and pharmacist. We shared with each other that I am a magic warrior and have the talents of cook and magic-granting enchanter.

"Also, I wanted to ask if there were any reincarnations...does Mina-sama have any memories of Japan?"

"Huh? "Yes, I still have some of it."

"Really? I have some knowledge of Japan, but when I try to remember it, it's like a hazy haze and it doesn't feel real anymore, except for my deep-seated memories of family and old friends..."

...Since when?

"Almost from the beginning. Maybe there is something different between me and Mina-sama. Well, that's why I was able to adapt myself to the aristocratic life without worrying too much..."

What is it? Is it the effect of being in the middle of things as Tellnet-sama said?

I don't know which is happier, but I think it is sad that our memories are fading away.

I don't know what the cause is even if I think about it now, and Claire might come to call me if I stay in the room too long, so I went back to the kitchen.

I'm not sure if it's because I'm not thinking about it here and now, or if Claire might come to call me.

I went out to cook the rest of the hamburger patties.

While I was grilling the rest of the hamburgers, there was a commotion outside.

I thought my father had set up a table and chairs, so Alphos-san and his family might have come.

"Oh, you have a visitor?"

"Alphos-san and the others? They are my father's former fellow adventurers, now working in Rank A."

"Well, they are senior adventurers, aren't they!"

I looked outside and found Alphos-san, Gina-san, Mirell-san, and Reda-san, whom I hadn't seen all day.

"Hello."

"Oh, Mina-chan, Claire-chan, long time no see."

"Hi, Mina-chan.

"Mina-chan, you're looking very well dressed today. How are you?

"My name is Rilfana, Mina-sama has taken me in.

We had decided not to go to the forest today, so we were wearing clothes we had bought in town, but we still looked fashionable to someone who was used to the town.

Rilfana introduced herself and bowed elegantly, tugging at the edge of her skirt. Curtesy, I think it's called?

"I helped her along the way when we went to town."

"I see, I thought Marc had shown his parental stupidity and made you Mina-chan's escort."

"Hmm...that's possible."

"...I wouldn't go that far."

I think Rilfana deliberately showed her 'slave collar bracelet' at Carthys, but Alphos-san and the others didn't care.

I heard that as adventurers, they sometimes buy combat slaves, so maybe they don't have much prejudice against slaves.

"I'll explain it to Alphos-san and the others after we eat dinner, won't I?"

"Oh, I thought the call was to come over for a survey anyway."

Mom and Claire brought supper to the table outside.

"This is the only food you can eat here."

"Make sure you eat your vegetables, too."

Mirell-san quickly secured a plate of curry for himself, and Gina-san warned him that Mirell-san's picky eater habit seems to have stuck.

"It's Japanese style, ... no, it's Holy Kingdom style hamburger steak!"

Rilfana is chewing on a hamburger steak. Holy Kingdom, is it a Japanese style country after all? They might have mirin, too, and I'm thinking of going there someday.

"I tried to copy the meat sandwich we had in town."

"Oh my, we had one too, but it's delicious with a more refreshing sauce than that one."

"Can I have another one too?"

The hamburgers seemed to be a big hit. I made a lot of hamburgers, but they were running low at a very fast rate.

"Oh, Mirell-san, maybe this meat without the sauce would be good in a curry."

"Mmm."

I left some of them grilled without sauce, thinking they could go in the curry.

Mirell-san retrieved the hamburger at an unseen speed, dipped the hamburger in the curry and put it in his mouth.

"Oh..."

Mirell-san eats the hamburger with a happy face, as if he had made a new discovery.

"Mina-chan, you don't have to be an adventurer to open a restaurant in town, don't you think? I'd even hire her for the guild."

Reda-san muttered as she ate her hamburger steak.

"Since it's Big Sister, I'm sure she'll get tired of it and close the restaurant soon."

"Indeed..."

I nodded to myself at Claire's reply.