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Inside the Service Club clubroom.
"Asakura-kun, do you have anything to say about the mysterious disappearance of my tomato juice?"
"Oh ♦?"
"And for some reason, there's a strange smell in the clubroom."
"Oh →."
"You're not even listening to me, you're just humoring me, aren't you?"
"Oh ♦."
"Hyaa!"
Yanami used an elbow strike on the distracted Asakura.
However, Asakura deftly dodged it
"I'm listening, I'm listening—" he said nonchalantly. "The spaghetti needs to be mixed with No. 42 concrete, right…?"
"Not only are you not listening, but you're not even trying to hide the fact that you're brushing me off, you jerk!" Yanami said, pounding the table in frustration.
Asakura sighed, "Get your cup out."
The girl, not knowing why, took out the mug she kept in the club room and placed it on the table.
Incidentally, she used it for drinking black tea. Yuigahama Yui once curiously asked her why she didn't use a teacup, and her reply was, 'Such a small cup isn't enough to drink; a mug is much better.'
"Ah, a beautiful female swordswoman with meat suddenly appeared at the door—" Asakura said, pointing at the door with a surprised expression.
"What?" Yanami subconsciously looked towards the door.
Taking advantage of the moment the girl looked away, Asakura lightly tapped the rim of the mug with his finger. Amber liquid with a milky white foam quickly appeared out of thin air in the originally empty cup, rapidly filling the entire mug.
When Yanami shifted her gaze back, she was drawn to the contents of the mug: "Huh, when did…?"
She picked up the cup, fanned the air towards herself from the rim, and lightly sniffed: "It smells like cream… What is this?"
"Butterbeer—" Asakura replied.
"Alcohol?" Yanami's eyes widened. "Drinking alcohol at school? You're too bold…"
"Don't worry, it's the non-alcoholic version—" Asakura said, spreading his hands. "Just like Mojitos also have a non-alcoholic version."
"Really…?" Yanami looked at him suspiciously, then her curiosity and craving quickly overcame her slight caution, and she tried a small sip of the Butterbeer.
Then the girl's eyes instantly lit up: "So sweet! So delicious! It tastes like cream candy!"
Asakura showed a polite smile.
He didn't possess the Magic of conjuration from nothing. The reason he could do this had to do with the ring he gave to Gotō Hitori last night.
That ring was initially just a high-quality alchemy material. Later, Asakura temporarily enchanted it with the Magic "Scale" to separate Hoshino Ai's ghost from Gotō Hitori.
After Hoshino Ai's soul entered the body of her young fan girl, the Magic "Scale" attached to the ring also terminated because its target disappeared.
Originally, this ring should have reverted to its initial state as an ordinary ring with nothing special about it. However, when Asakura later checked, he found that the ring itself seemed to have changed due to the attachment of the Magic "Scale" and Hoshino Ai's soul residing in it for a period, transforming from a relatively good quality alchemy material into a Magic medium with high affinity for the Magic "Scale".
Therefore, after that, Asakura re-attached "Scale" to it and gave it to Gotō Hitori, to prevent the young girl's Magic from running wild again and affecting others. Considering future uncertainties, this enchantment was no longer temporary, but a semi-permanent, constant enchantment that Asakura extended for as long as possible.
It was precisely because of this that the ring was recognized as a Magic item by the system, allowing Asakura to directly complete the system's task of [Craft or Contain a Magic Item].
And the reward for this task was a kitchen.
[The House-Elves' Elf Kitchen]
[Mysterious Properties: Secret Room (Deep within the magical world, in a place undetectable by any detector, house-elves are diligently working)
Magic Contract (According to Minister Granger's request, employing house-elves now requires signing a normal employment contract and paying a monthly fee of 3 Galleons. You can employ up to 3 house-elves)
Ingredient Replenishment (The kitchen automatically replenishes ingredients weekly, in an amount equivalent to the normal consumption of the society's members for one week. You can pay an additional fee to purchase other ingredients)]
[Keeper Asakura Takuma (As the Keeper, you can set the entrance and exit of the Elf Kitchen anywhere)]
[House-elves can and only can appear in the Elf Kitchen. Furthermore, they cannot be observed by anyone other than the Keeper, nor can they communicate with others]
[House-elves can directly teleport completed dishes and drinks to the Keeper's designated plates and cups through Magic. The speed of preparing dishes is directly proportional to the number of house-elves employed]
[House-elves may have a very strong desire for out-of-contract behaviors such as helping you clean the house. Please do not agree to their requests]
[Note 1: Don't have too high expectations for the free replenished ingredients.]
[Note 2: "Can I specify what ingredients are replenished?" "Of course, please feel free to choose from this traditional British cookbook"]
Asakura calculated briefly and found that, according to the system's requirements, employing a house-elf would cost about three thousand Yen a month, roughly equivalent to his living expenses.
This always gave him the illusion that he was being mocked by the system.
Although he wasn't short on money now, he still only hired one house-elf to test the waters for the time being.
The result was surprisingly good. Although limited by ingredients and cooking skills, the dishes made by the house-elf all had a strong British flavor, but at least the fish and chips and roasted chicken legs were delicious.
In addition, things like bread could be pre-baked by the house-elf and then directly teleported to hand when needed, giving the feeling of conjuring food out of thin air, which was quite interesting.
The same went for Butterbeer. Apart from the foam resembling a cream cap on top, the drink itself could be prepared in advance.
"Alright—" Yanami put down the cup, completely oblivious to the cream on her nose from drinking too happily. "Now can you tell me what exactly happened?"
Asakura paused, then shook his head. "Nothing, you're overthinking it."
"Your expression doesn't say that, Miss Yanami's life consultations are very rare, so if you have any worries, just tell me directly~" The girl patted her chest, taking on the responsibility. "The fee is just another cup of that drink from earlier!"
So you just want to keep freeloading drinks, right? Asakura looked at her helplessly.
Just then, there was a knock at the club room door.
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