CH 271

The Ramogi Wine was Completed

“I see…while I can’t say that I’m absolutely sure…it does taste the closest to the Range village wine. The others are…”

“I see. In that case, half the amount of Ramogi…must be best. It seems that putting in any more than that will make it too bitter.”

The one with the prettiest color, with about half the Ramogi, was still a little bitter, but barely noticeable.

Unlike the juice, you could still taste the alcohol, and it tasted the closest to what I drank in Range village.

If anything, the slight bitterness enhanced the sweetness and made it taste more fruity.

…Well, the bitterness was also so subtle that you might not even notice it if you weren’t focused on finding it.

The other cooks in the kitchen all nodded at Ms. Helena’s opinion.

Indeed, the bitterness was stronger when there was more Ramogi inside.

The wine with a whole Ramogi inside had almost no detectable sweetness, and was just bitter.

Ultimately, the one with just half was the best.

Both the taste and color.

“Well then, after dinner today, I will serve some of this Ramogi wine to everyone. As for the rest of the wine you bought, Mr. Takumi, I will add half a Ramogi for every barrel of this size.”

“Yes, thank you.”

As for the bitter wine, the cooks said that they would drink it.

I suppose that they did not like to waste food if they didn’t have to.

The wine that didn’t have enough Ramogi could have some added in and then it would be drinkable tomorrow.

Like this, I was now assured that the wine I had brought to the mansion did not have to be boiled after all.

…It was a relief that it wasn’t a waste…

“Ah, but could you make some of it juice for Tilura?”

“Yes, of course.”

It was much too early to let Tilura drink wine.

Even if it meant more work for Ms. Helena.

“Wuff!”

“Hmm. You want to drink some too, Leo?”

“Wuff-wuff.”

“I see… Ms. Helena, is that alright?”

“Yes. I will serve the juice to Lady Tilura, Leo and Sherry.”

“Thank you.”

I had thought that we only needed some for Tilura, but then Leo said she wanted to drink it too.

Apparently, she liked the juice when drinking it before.

And if Leo wanted it, Sherry would want to as well. And so Ms. Helena agreed.

I was relieved that all the wine wouldn’t go to waste, as it would be drunk as both wine and juice. And with such thoughts, I left the kitchen with Leo, who appeared to be in a good mood.

…Tomorrow, I would make a lot more Ramogi and give it to Ms. Helena.

“Ah, there you are, Mr. Takumi.”

“It’s time to train!”

“Hahaha, Tilura. You’re very enthusiastic, I see?”

“Yes! It’s so fun to be able to train!”

“Wuff!”

“Kyau?”

After leaving the kitchen, I arrived at the back garden with Leo. And Mr. Ekenhart and Tilura were there waiting for me.

Tilura was carrying Sherry in her arms… Which suggested that she had torn her away from Ms. Anne… But then I noticed that Ms. Anne and Ms. Claire were in the corner of the garden. And they were staring in our direction… Was it because of Sherry?

Tilura really enjoyed training. I suppose children just liked to stay active.

Leo barked in agreement, but Sherry looked puzzled as if she didn’t understand why one would find it enjoyable.

Though, she seemed to enjoy it while playing… Was she really a fenrir?

“How was the wine, Mr. Takumi?”

“Ah, they were able to make something that is drinkable. It will be served tonight.”

“I see. Something to look forward to then! Now, we must focus on your training!”

As I mused about Sherry’s failings as a fenrir, Mr. Ekenhart asked me about the wine.

He was very interested about whether the delicious wine would be drinkable.

And so he smiled happily when he heard the good news, and seemed to be energized.

He really did look like Tilura when he was happy… Well, Tilura was considerably less intimidating overall.

“Now, let’s begin.”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

“Wuff!”

“Kyau!”

Mr. Ekenhart held up his wooden sword and announced the beginning of the session.

While it made sense for Tilura and I to answer him, I’m not sure why Leo and Sherry were acting like participants?

Especially Sherry, who never had anything to do with our training…

“Alright, that’s enough for today. It’s nearly time for dinner.”

“Yes, thank you!”

“Thank you, father!”

“Wuff!”

Usually we would continue to train until someone came to tell us that dinner was ready. But today, Mr. Ekenhart checked the time and ended our training himself.

…Was it because he was impatient to taste the wine…? He did look like a heavy drinker…

Still, we thanked him and put away our swords.

As Leo had trained with us today, she also barked with gratitude.

As for Sherry, she had run off towards Ms. Claire as soon as the training started.

Ultimately, she prefered being carried and coddled to moving around.

It wasn’t very fenrir-like of her.

They were supposed to be ferocious monsters…

“Still, Leo really is amazing. Even I can’t beat her.”

“Wuff!”

Mr. Ekenhart sounded very impressed.

He had been scared of her yesterday, but that seemed to be a thing of the past now…which was nice to see.

In any case, as an example, Leo and Mr. Ekenhart had fought a mock battle today.

But it was just the typical training that me and Tilura did, where Leo dodged his attacks.

While Mr. Ekenhart was able to swing his sword much faster than us, he still had trouble landing a blow.

Out of a few dozen swings, he only hit her a few times.

And just as I had heard, Leo could make her fur hard, and it was Mr. Ekenhart who hurt his hand after striking her with his wooden sword.

I had never seen that before… It made me believe that there was no human who could beat Leo.

Silver Fenrirs really were amazing.