After buying bauxite and iridosmin as souvenirs, Jin and his friends decide to visit another store.

"Kuhu, we've seen the materials, now let's see the products, shall we?

"Yes. A weapon shop or a magic tool shop?

Or maybe a general store.

Saki, Jin and Erza.

I suggest you have a meal.

Reinhardt says. It is indeed 11:50, almost noon.

"Yes, I agree. Let's find some place to eat.

Jin agrees,

"Father, I smell oil and perfume over there," Reiko said.

Reiko said.

"There are other complex smells of food, so I think there is a cafeteria.

"Reiko, you are very good. There is indeed a dining area there.

Tzik said with admiration.

It seems that all the diners are clustered in the dining hall area. That has the advantage of being able to choose the restaurant of your choice.

And the restaurants are sure to compete with each other to offer tasty and inexpensive food, they thought.

"Okay, let's go there!

Tzik led the group to the dining area.

There were five restaurants in a row.

There were five restaurants in the dining area: "Shoro Imperial Style Popular Cuisine, Shoro Imperial Style Fine Cuisine, Popular Cuisine of Various Countries, Mitsukho Style Cuisine, and Northern Style Cuisine. Although it is high-class, even the average person can afford to pay for it.

"How about a restaurant that serves Shoro Imperial-style fine cuisine in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhardt and Saki and Erza?"

Hitoshi said,

"No, I'd rather have a popular dish from any country."

"Me too.

"Me too."

"Me too."

I got four "yes, me too.

"...... is fine if that's what you want."

Jin was not quite sure what to think, but he decided that if the four from the Shoro Kingdom said it was okay, then it was okay.

"So..."

The group enters a restaurant that serves popular dishes from around the world.

"Welcome!

It was a little before noon, so it was not too crowded yet, and we were all able to sit at one large table.

"Interesting menu, isn't it?

<, with the option of adding an additional dish.

"......, but the Shoro Kingdom style is rice, miso soup, and takaimo (large sweet potatoes). ......"

"I understand that the Elias Kingdom style is topopo-centric, though."

I feel a little off, but I reminded myself that things can change over the course of 400 years.

"As long as it tastes good."

"I agree."

So everyone except Jin ordered the with grilled fish, salad, stewed potatoes, croquettes, and other dishes.

Only Jin ordered the <.

"...... what the hell is this?"

It may indeed be Kaina village style, but .......

"Rice, grilled river fish, and mushroom soup. ...... Oh, and the tea is from ."

The name is a bit confusing, but in the village of Kaina they call it and it is the leaf of a tree similar to the on earth. Its ars name is Perhya.

The sap becomes a natural rubber called .

Jin liked to make tea from this leaf.

"......It's not clear why it's usually so tasty."

The menu was < or << Kaina village style? >>The menu is full of choices with <>but the taste was first-rate.

"If I had to grade it, I would give it an 85 to 90 ......"

"It's one of the best I've had out there."

"Mmmm, it's so good that I'd like to come back and try it again."

"Hmmm..."

It seems that Reinhardt and the others had a good lunch set meal in the style of the Shoro Empire.

By the way, the price was reasonable.

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"Well, what shall we do now?　Weapon shop, magic tool shop, or general store?

Jin opened his mouth to ask for advice on where to go.

"Oh, I know a good place for that.

Tzik told us that he had found a place that was a combination of both.

He had missed it earlier because Jin and the others had decided to have dinner before he mentioned it.

"This way, sir."

The restaurant was a five-minute walk from the dining street.

"Oh."

The restaurant is located on the outskirts of town, but it takes advantage of its location to have a large lot with parking space for horse-drawn carriages and Golem cars.

They also have carts for rent, which may be useful if you buy something bulky (but only in town).

(Home improvement center?).

Jin did not say it out loud, but that was his impression of the place.

The first floor seems to be a general store and groceries, and the second floor a store selling magic tools and weapons. The floor space is large.

The size of the store is about ten times larger than the average store in this town.

It has fresh foods, dried foods, spices, and even bricks and paving stones, which should be convenient for customers.

Jin was worried that other stores might lose customers because of the convenience.

He has mixed feelings about this, as he knows that in modern Japan, stores in towns are closing down because they lose customers to big-box stores, and those big-box stores are also losing customers to mail-order stores (......).

"Hey, Jin, what are you doing?

"Brother Jin, come on."

"Ah, ah..."

Reinhardt called him and Erza pulled his arm, Jin came back to himself and walked to the store.

"......It's a home improvement store after all. ......"

"......Brother Jin, did you say something?"

"No, it's okay.

Inside the store, although the pillars are conspicuous due to the structure, the floor is spacious, and each section is divided into sections for tableware, cooking utensils, farming equipment, tools, etc., so it seems relatively easy to find what you are looking for.

"This is very well thought out!"

Reinhard and Saki are looking around the store as fast as they can.

"Well, it's very well thought out. The owner of this place is amazing.

Jin is also impressed. Then Tzik said,

"Yes, this store is a chain store of Raglan Trading Company.

He told me.

The Raglan Trading Company?

Roland of the Raglan Trading Company was the first merchant Jin had met when he came to this world 400 years ago.

"I see ...... that the Raglan Trading Company has grown to such a large scale in the Shoro Kingdom."

Jin was somewhat deeply moved.

"Brother Jin, let's go there.

"Yes, let's go there.

Jin walked around the store as Erza pulled him along.