Chapter 48 I Cant Taste it at All (2/2)

The man who seems to be the shopkeeper smiled at Kuro and said a few words in return. It seems that she’s a frequent visitor to this area.

Listening to Kuro’s request, the owner takes out a black spherical object about 30cm in diameter.

Is it that Seal Fruit? It kinda looks like an iron ball though……

[What about the hole?]

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[I’ll open it myself. I will just put two straws in it.]

[Yes.]

I would have paid for it again if I could, but Kuro refused to back down this time, saying “This time is on me.”, so I just left it to her.

Kuro receives the mysterious black sphere and two straws from the shopkeeper and pays him money.

But still…… It seems that there are also straws in this world huh. I wonder what they’re made of? I don’t think it’s made of plastic, but based on its color, probably wood? Or perhaps, is it made with some sort of grass? This might also be something passed on by those who hold the role of Hero back then.

[By the way, Kuro, what the heck is that?]

[It’s called Seal Fruit, and sealed within its husk are lots of fruit juice. The husk covering it is hard, so you have to cut a hole in it to drink the contents.]

In short, is it something like this world’s coconuts? It certainly does resemble it now that she told me that…… Putting aside the fact that it’s all black though……

[Incidentally, I think the husk is about as tough as steel? I heard that these were sometimes used to make armor.]

[……And how can you make a hole from a fruit with a husk as tough as steel?]

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Correction, it isn’t something similar to coconuts…… It was completely different from a coconut.

I got to touch it for a bit, and it certainly looks incredibly hard.

But if it’s as strong as steel, seriously, how can you make a hole in it? Wouldn’t it be impossible unless you have a drill or something like that?

[Eh? I could just do this though?]

[……Wha?]

In response to my doubts, Kuro just nonchalantly pointed at the husk of the seal fruit with her finger, and easily poked a hole in it as if it was something easy to do.

……Wait a sec there, let me get this straight.

The Seal Fruit is a coconut-like fruit filled with juice inside, and its husk is as tough as steel, that it is even used to make armor.

And now, Kuro just easily punched a hole in it with her finger…… Which means, Kuro can pierce through iron with just her finger? The heck, that’s scary.

[Stop, let’s put that aside for now. Kuro, that is…… you only punch through one hole, but why are there two straws in it?]

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[Eh? I mean, when you’re in a drink, both people have to drink in the same glass, right?]

[………………]

Aaahhhhhhhhhh, shhheeeeetttt! I should have noticed it earlier.

Kuro has not only gained one-sided knowledge regarding my world, but she’s also not very knowledgeable about love affairs.

And that is why we ended up in this situation. Two straws for one drink, just like the ones that couples do.

[Come on, Kaito-kun. Drink along with me!]

[………………]

No no, please wait a second there. I’ve got something very important to tell you.

We’re not in a cafe, nor are we inside a shop. It’s early afternoon, and we’re in the middle of a busy street.

Eh? Seriously, right here? You want me to drink that together with you, right here? Doesn’t that completely look like a penalty game!? No no, I would seriously die from embarrassment if I were to do that!

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[No, I……]

[……Kaito-kun, drinking together with me…… Do you hate it?]

[……I’ll drink it. Yes.]

I somehow tried to get away from that embarrassing situation, but I immediately caved in when I saw Kuro’s eyes staring at me with a forlorn expression on her face.

There was nowhere…… for me to escape at all!

Slumping my shoulders, and gulping the saliva that gathered in my throat…… I spent the next few minutes playing back the scene of my humiliation, drinking juice with Kuro right in the middle of the road.

Dear Mom, Dad—— I heard that the juice from the seal fruit is very tasty, but in this situation—— I can’t taste it at all.

No one escapes from the Underworld King.

T/N: 5 Bonus Chapter as thanks for MoneyMike0287.

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