When I received the packet of dried bonito flakes, he gave me a warning.

As a customer, you know that you should keep it away from high temperature and high humidity. And be careful not to get insects on them.

Yes, that's fine.

Kare-bushi should be stored at room temperature in a cool, dark place because the mold on the surface acts as a protective film.

Horaijima has such stockers, so it will be fine.

Thank you very much. Please visit us again.

Jin was satisfied that he had made a good purchase.

"Where to next?"

"Well, let's go for a walk. Let's go for a walk.

The sun was still high. Jin and Elsa decided to walk around the town of Seki a little more.

They take a street slightly off the main street.

The streets are sparsely populated, making it easy to walk. The amount of litter was also fairly small, though not zero, and Jin felt as if he were walking down a modern Japanese alley.

"Oh, what a beautiful store!

In the direction Erza pointed, there was a cozy store with flowers in front of it. Upon closer inspection, the flowers were artificial.

"It looks like a wood and paper store.

As I approached the store, I saw that it seemed to be a store selling a variety of colorful wooden paper.

"I'd like to take a look," Elsa said.

Elsa said, "I'd like to take a look," and Jin went into the store with her. Reiko and Hope followed.

"Welcome!

There were two other customers in the store besides Jin and the others. One was a parent and a child, and the other was a couple.

One was a parent and a child, and the other was a couple.

"I want that one!

"Which one do you want?"

The other customers also seemed to be enjoying their shopping.

"I think this would be beautiful on a box."

Elsa seemed to like the beautifully patterned wooden paper.

"This kind of paper, what did you call it? ...... Yes, it is <>. No, it's yuzen washi.

Jin dug up his memory of seeing this paper at a craft store,

"You know a lot, sir," the clerk said happily.

The clerk said happily.

She was a woman in her late twenties with a calm atmosphere.

"As I recall, you use a pattern and print it over and over again, don't you?

"Where did you get that?　It is supposed to be a secret. ......"

"Oh, is that so?"

Jin kept his mouth shut in a panic, but was a little relieved that the other customers didn't seem to hear him. Then,

"I just had a chance to find out.

Jin replied, "I had a chance to know something about it.

"Brother Jin, is this origami?

"Here you go."

At that moment, Erza called out to him, and Jin went over to her.

There was a piece of paper cut into a square. There was a beautiful pattern printed on it.

"Yes, it is more like chiyogami.

Of the paper made into squares for origami, the Japanese paper is called "origami" and the Japanese paper is called "chiyogami", which is what Jin said.

"...... customer, who in the world are you ......?"

Jin was surprised by the clerk again.

"I'm sure we don't spread the term 'chiyogami,' ......."

"That's why I had a chance to know about it.

Jin answered again.

Then he asked a further question.

"...... Do you think you can fold origami?"

"Yes."

This answer was also unexpected to the clerk.

"How can you fold it?　What is anyway!　How did you know!

Apparently, they knew about the work <>, but did not know about the original story, <>>.

"Let's see, ......."

Jin wonders how to explain.

By this time, the other customers are gone and only Jin, Elsa, Reiko, Hope, and the clerk are in the restaurant.

"I only know because I know. ......"

"Well, then, aren't there many other ways to break it?"

Yes, well...

"...... What can be broken?"

"Well, nisou-bune, sailboat, balloon, crane, box, shuriken, hakama. ......"

"Hakama?　Is it?　That's what they make <> wear, right?"

"This is noisy. Tsumugi, what are you making a fuss about?

"Oh, grandmother.

"I told you to call me 'owner' when you're in the store, didn't I?"

Oh, yes, the owner. ......I was so happy to see that this ...... customer seems to know so much about origami and wooden paper, that I just had to ask her a lot of questions."

"Well, is that so? ......?

The owner of the store seemed to be the grandmother of the clerk, a slender little old lady in her mid-sixties or so.

"I wonder, are you the customer Jin Nido, the Magecraft Meister of this generation?"

"Uh, yes, that's right."

The old lady seems to know Jin Nido's face.

"Oh, yes!　I am honored, Jin-sama!"

The old lady smiles happily.

"Are you going to Mitsuho for sightseeing?"

There was no need to be coy here, so Jin answered in the affirmative.

"Oh, no, I'm here to buy asphalt.

"Well, I see. I know a merchant at ....... I can introduce you to him.

That would be great.

Jin is pleased to see that an unexpected connection has been made.

"If you have time, how about a cup of tea?

Jin turned to Elsa at her offer,

"What do you say, Elsa?"

"Well, why don't you take my word for it?"

"Well, just a little."

"Yes, come in."

We were invited into the back of the store.

It was a tatami room with a raised floor, separated by a shoji door.

"Master, I'll wait here."

Hope said.

Reiko went up to the tatami room with her.

（It was like an old candy store.)

(It looks like an old-fashioned candy store!) Jin recalled the old candy store in the neighborhood where he had been raised.

"Ah, kotatsu!"

Erza said happily.

On the other side of the sliding door was a tatami mat, and a kotatsu was placed in the center of the tatami mat.

On top of the kotatsu was a bowl of sweets filled with tangerines.