“What kind of magic is it?”
After hearing Frieren announce that she’d found a genuine grimoire, even Heiter became curious.
This could be considered their first proper reward from the dungeon, couldn’t it?
“It’s a spell that creates shaved ice.”
By the time Frieren answered, she’d already finished reading the grimoire.
“The spell doesn’t seem particularly difficult.”
“Want to try it?”
“Of course.”
Heiter already had a bowl ready.
Frieren raised her staff and held the gem-tipped end over Heiter’s bowl.
A moment later, fine flakes of ice began falling from the tip of the staff.
They accumulated neatly inside the bowl.
“Ohhh!”
“It’s coming out!”
“It really works!”
Heiter stared excitedly as more and more shaved ice filled the bowl.
“It’s shaved ice!”
“It’s really shaved ice!”
“It’s fluffy shaved ice, too, not crunchy little ice grains!”
“Heiter looks unusually excited.”
Yakumo rested one hand on his hip.
The contrast felt strange.
“Hahaha!”
“Well, this is magic being used in everyday life.”
“And it’s actually useful, isn’t it?”
Himmel spoke while examining a parchment they’d found in the treasure chest.
It seemed to contain information about another dungeon.
“How boring.”
Eisen gave his usual blunt comment.
Then, after a pause, he added,
“I want grape flavor.”
“What are you talking about, Eisen?”
Frieren turned around and looked at him in surprise.
“This spell only creates shaved ice.”
“There isn’t any magic for producing syrup.”
“So there’s no syrup.”
“Huh?”
Heiter, who had been excitedly receiving his shaved ice, froze.
“No syrup?”
“Without syrup, you can’t even call it shaved ice!”
“Of course.”
“It’s only a spell for creating shaved ice.”
Frieren answered as though that were completely obvious.
Heiter looked as though he’d burned to ash.
Without syrup, wasn’t this basically just eating ice?
“How boring…”
Eisen repeated his criticism.
“You people…”
Yakumo rubbed his forehead.
“Frieren, can I see the grimoire?”
“And Heiter, give me your bowl of shaved ice.”
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“Take it.”
The spell for creating shaved ice really wasn’t difficult.
Just as Frieren had said, the reason it couldn’t produce syrup was probably simply because the spell’s creator hadn’t imagined that possibility.
Heiter’s bowl of shaved ice, however…
Was different.
Yakumo opened his Alchemy interface and inserted the shaved ice as a material.
Two recipes appeared.
Shaved Ice and
Ice Pop
“So it really works…”
Yakumo wasn’t surprised.
If anything, he’d almost expected this result.
“Let’s see…”
“Red beans, herbs, magic powder…”
“Is this seriously safe to eat?”
Yakumo instinctively complained when he saw that magic powder could be added.
Magic Powder was another monster drop.
Yakumo genuinely hadn’t expected it to be usable in Alchemy to make shaved ice.
He selected purple Magic Powder.
Combining it with red beans, Heiter’s bowl of shaved ice, and some medicinal herbs…
Yakumo successfully created Red Bean Shaved Ice.
The bowl itself remained the same.
But now the mound of shaved ice had been covered with purple, grape-flavored syrup and topped with red beans.
It looked like perfectly ordinary shaved ice.
The other recipe produced an Ice Pop.
Yakumo hadn’t tested that yet.
“Eisen.”
“Try it?”
If Eisen were poisoned, Heiter could cure him.
Admittedly, using Eisen as a test subject felt a little unfair.
But for safety reasons…
Someone needed to try it first.
“Hm.”
Under Heiter’s intensely envious gaze, Eisen accepted the bowl.
He took a bite.
“Hm?!”
“It really tastes like shaved ice.”
“And this grape flavor…”
“It’s not excessively sweet.”
“There’s a little sourness too.”
“It’s very good.”
“It’s rare to hear Eisen say that much.”
Himmel smiled.
“It must really be delicious.”
“Is this another one of your strange abilities?”
“I suppose it would be categorized as Alchemy?”
Yakumo sounded uncertain.
“This thing is technically closer to a potion than food.”
“Although fundamentally, yes, it really is shaved ice.”
Eisen lowered the bowl.
He’d only eaten two spoonfuls.
“I can feel a change in my mana.”
“But mana isn’t particularly useful to me, so consuming it would probably be a waste.”
“Really?”
Frieren curiously took the bowl.
Using her own spoon, she tasted some.
“Hm…”
“It does.”
“If someone ate the entire serving, the amount of mana restored should be quite substantial.”
“And even when your mana is already full, there’s no problem eating it as ordinary shaved ice.”
“It might even have a positive effect on mana circulation.”
“Overall, it’s quite practical.”
Frieren smiled as she summarized her findings.
“Good.”
“As long as there aren’t any side effects.”
Yakumo relaxed.
“Everyone can try some.”
“Although compared to ordinary shaved ice, I’m not sure whether the production cost is high or low.”
“It uses medicinal herbs.”
“I see.”
“No wonder it restores mana.”
Frieren took another large spoonful.
“Still, this tastes surprisingly good.”
“Is this really syrup on top?”
“I’m not sure.”
“But none of the ingredients I used contained poison or anything dangerous.”
Yakumo took a bite himself.
He’d made the thing.
Surely he deserved to taste at least some of it.
[Eriri: So… you fought through that entire dungeon just so you could eat a spoonful of shaved ice?]
Eriri genuinely couldn’t understand these people.
After surviving so many traps, getting only a mouthful of shaved ice seemed incredibly pathetic.
Why were they all still so happy?!
[Shu: I believe what they enjoy is the experience of exploration itself.]
[Shu: No matter how large or small the reward, an unexpected discovery makes the journey worthwhile to them.]
[Furina: It’s somewhat like enjoying afternoon tea. Discovering a new and interesting dessert along the way would make me happy too.]
[Furina: But is that shaved ice really that good? Watching you eat it is making me a little hungry…]
[Furina: Ah! No, no! I’m not craving it! I’m simply curious. Yes, curious about the flavor!]
[Yakumo: The reason it tastes especially good might be because it’s replenishing mana. In this world, mana is extremely important to both humans and demons.]
Yakumo carefully examined how he felt after eating the shaved ice.
Because three separate mana-recovery skills stacked together, Yakumo almost never experienced a shortage of MP anymore.
And later, he’d unlock even more ridiculous mana-regeneration buffs.
Yet after eating the shaved ice…
He still experienced a pleasant sensation that seemed to originate from the depths of his soul.
Even his mana fluctuations became slightly more obvious.
“Looks like I should stockpile some of these later.”
“They might be useful during emergencies.”
[Yakumo: By the way, Eriri. Did you take any of the Blue Potions I put in the group files?]