Lorena's PoV
"This. This, this. This…" (Lorena)
Saying this, I held up two fingers of my right hand.
The last thing I pointed at was a drink, meaning it was for two people.
It was a pretty colored drink, so we both decided to go for it.
The waitress who came to take our order said, "Oke oke!" while poking the square object in his hand with his finger.
It looked similar to the communication device smartphones we are given, so it might be used to contact the kitchen.
…damn, if our territory in Kingdom of Zegreius were a royal capital, it would probably be something like that…
However, it was helpful that the menu included extremely detailed pictures of the dishes.
Thanks to that, you wouldn't have any trouble ordering even if you couldn't read.
As for the price, Mitsuha-sama taught me the numbers and the conversion rate between them and my currency, so I had no problem figuring out the price.
Before our business trip started, that was, before Her Highness Princess Sabine and Colette came to this area, Mitsuha-sama showed us all the places in this city that we were likely to visit, and she brought us to this shop at that time.
…as expected, it's a little scary to suddenly go into a restaurant we didn't know by ourselves.
Some of the restaurants that Mitsuha-sama took me to didn't have menus like this, and you had to use a small tablet to order by yourself, but that was a bit….
Katie and I were surprised to hear that it was magic, but Mitsuha-sama said, "You can send signals to people far away using smoke lights and flag signals, right? It's the same as those, it's just a new method that hasn't been adopted in our country yet."
I guessed it's a trivial thing for Mitsuha-sama, the KAMINARINOHIMEMIKO, who could travel far away in an instant with transfer… hah.
Even if you ordered a set meal, juice, and dessert in this country, it's relatively cheap.
…no, actually, if you exchanged our country's currency for this country's currency, you'd lose a lot of money, but that's what's so great about Mitsuha-sama.
The compensation for working in this country was paid in this country's currency according to the wage level of this country!
So, we could have the same luxury as the people of this country…no, even more!
After all, we didn't have to pay much for rent, food, utilities, or other living expenses.
Work clothes and maid clothes were provided free of charge.
…in other words, all the benefits you received were disposable income that you could use for entertainment and luxuries.
This type of work was only available to military soldiers and live-in employees.
Therefore, even if a maid's salary was low, she could save money for her wedding.
…for the time being, there were no plans for that. I didn't even have a partner…
Well, that's what MITSUHASAMA said. ..."Shut up!!"
Ah, the drinks came first.
The meal set came with miso soup, which I ordered first to quench my thirst. It had a beautiful color and looked delicious…
I was thirsty after spending half a day walking around museums and zoos.
Now, as for the taste….
…delicious! It's delicious!
Oh, Katie was also drinking a lot. Even though it's not that cheap… it's like, if you don't use the money you worked for now, when should you spend it? It was a phrase that Mitsuha-sama often used….
Once you drank it, you could order it again. You just had to be careful not to get hungry!!
I finished the set meal, ate dessert, and drank my third glass of juice…
“Loreelaa, I feel good~…” (Katie, drunk)
Yes, it feels good... Katie! No way...
The button to call a store attendant, PUSH!!
"[][],[] [][]?" (Clerk)
I didn't understand what he's saying, but I opened the conversation notebook and point to a certain string of characters.
"Is this alcohol? Yes, No" (Card)
And the clerk pointed to the word "Yes".
Ouch!
No, we were adults, and that didn't mean we shouldn't drink alcohol….
Apparently we would be underage in this country, but the people here seemed older to us, and since we didn't speak the language, they wouldn't check our ages. But….
Katie is weak…
Just one aperitif would get her drunk.
...But still, three glasses like that...
Aah…….
"Lorienya~, juuice, muoore~…" (Katie, drunk)
Aaaarghh….
I had a terrible experience….
It was hard to get the drunk people out, but what was even harder was chasing away the men who kept coming up to us, asking if they could help us, and trying to pick up Katie or take us somewhere.
The person who tried to hold Katie received a backfist and fell over.
...That feels good.
We maids from noble families had learned a minimum level of martial arts in order to serve as a shield to protect the wives and children from assassins and thugs. It's called the "Maid's style killing technique"…
It's no match for a trained professional assassin, but if it's just a thug, we could buy it for a few dozen seconds until the guards arrived.
So, no matter how drunk she was…or rather, when she got drunk, Katie lost all the restraints on her rationality, so she unleashed her full power without worrying about the opponent or how much force she used.
…annoyance was also a good thing!!
…well, that's why I quickly paid the bill and dragged Katie out of the store, leaving several men lying on the floor with bleeding noses and their lower bodies clutched.
Ah, how embarrassing….
I couldn't go to that store anymore….
The staff seemed to understand that we had ordered alcohol without knowing that it was alcohol, and that the men had been clinging to us with bad courage, so there was no problem. He smiled and waved at me, so it didn't seem like we were banned…
After that, I bought 3 bottles of juice in bubbly containers at ven-ding-ma-shin and went to the restroom.
After confirming the women's sign, we proceeded to the back and entered a private room together.
For some reason, some women who looked like they were academics looked like they were looking at us shouting happily, but I wondered what was going on…
Then, I pried open Katie's mouth, shoved the juice container in, and poured it down…
I stick my finger deep in her throat….
“Ueegs~” (vomitting sfx)
One more bottle.
Glup glup glup….
In the back of her throat…
“Ueegs~” (vomitting sfx)
One more bottle….
"Stop, stop it! I'm awake, I'm awake! I'm sorry." (Katie)
Sadly, there's one left...
"When Lorena smiles with a smile on her face, you can’t go against her…" (Katie)
"Hmm? Did you say something?" (Lorena)
"No, it’s nothing!!" (Katie)
So, shall we go shopping next?
Eh? Are you hungry because you threw up everything you ate?
I don't know. Wait until dinner.
…but, well, I didn't even realize that that beautiful drink was alcohol, so I guess it was unavoidable….
It just so happened that I had a strong tolerance for alcohol but Katie had not, so it was an accident….
Let's not write about this in the work diary….
Update History
22 Aug 2024: after about a year, I finally knew some words that I didn't understand before, sorry for the bad translation.