Raisa having gotten a sampling of the goods that equalled or even surpassed the goods of Earth was full of wonderment, she was from a popular merchant family and had likely tasted goods from all over the world but even the simplest things were like giving a treat to a child raised by Vegan/Keto parents who never allowed them anything that actually tasted good before.
All of the sweets were vacuumed up in almost no time at all, until all that remained was the fruit platter, personally this is what I'd been snacking on this whole time since sweets were never my strong suit.
Having drunk the rest of her iced tea Raisa picked up a Strawberry from the platter, and after watching me took a similar bite opting to avoid the stem.
Once again her eyes just about popped out of her head, her eyes as wide as saucers.
"Their good right?"
Smiling ear to ear, knowing firsthand what the taste of one's first strawberry tastes like.
"It's like the best thing ever! Even when compared to those sweets you let me have before"
"Well Strawberries are a pretty sweet thing but every thing on this platter I think will shock you"
The rest of the stampede passed by in a flash, the soldiers and adventurers worked quickly to clear the road so the merchant carts could once again begin moving.
As we approached the site of the battle I quickly jumped off the cart an ear to ear grin on my face.
"What're you doing Satou?"
"Uh I've sat in the cart to long so I figured I'd walk for a bit since it'll be slow going until we're through this section"
"Oh ok if that's all it is"
A hint of apprehension in her voice but she chose not to press since other's were within earshot.
[Nope not even close, this entire tunnel is full of drops, Ore, Gems, Dokc, Goron and Golem monster cards. The floor is littered with so many I can barely see the ground beneath my feet. I feel pretty bad farming these drops considering I didn't do anything at all to earn them but no sense leaving them behind if no one else can use them]
Collected: [[ 32,000 Dokc, 221 Iron Ore, 143 Copper Ore, 27 Coal, 17 Goron Common Cards, 6 Stone Golem Common cards, 3 sapphires, 1 ruby, and an alexandrite]]
Once we'd passed the site of the battle I once again climbed into the cart as we set off at normal speed racing towards the half-way point where we'd stop for lunch to water the horse.
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A couple hours later without further incident we pulled into a wide cavern that has a small stream that fed into a reflecting pool that acted as a trough for the animals and monsters pulling carts and carriages.
"You said you had lunch covered for us right? In that case I'll unhook the horse and get her some water while you get ready ok?"
"Sounds good to me"
Watching her back as she strode of horse reigns in hand towards the pool.
[Ok let's see I promised lunch would be food from Earth, but let's see what we can manage using the shop.]
Pulling up my Menu and navigating to the shop once again, I filtered the contents to only showcase food items; scrolling through that list everything was too fantastic.
[I need something that won't stand out to much to be eaten in a cave. Can't very well pull out dragon steak, with all the fixings. Hm this could be good, Dire Boar Stew though that might be too much it would give way more of a boost thanks to the foods effects. Hm how about this it was a joke item in the game to troll your friends but perhaps now it would actually be the best option.]
Making my choice I selected two lunchbox items along with a couple of drink options and made my purchase, placing the items newly arrived in my inventory once again into the Lunch basket I'd purchased earlier.
As I was pulling the basket out of my inventory behind the cart so others would not see, Raisa returned tying the horse to a post.
"All ready?"
"Yup take a seat, I'll pull everything out now"
The pair of us climbed up and took seats in the back of the cart sitting across from one another the basket placed between our feet.
"Now I wasn't quite sure what you'd like to drink so I chose a couple of different option from what I had on me, feel free to try as many as you'd like. As for lunch itself I hope you enjoy it it's a common staple in my country"
Reaching into the basket I pulled out a pair of wooden boxed lunches, removing the lid on mine steam rose from its contents, and my mouth watered immediately.
[Ah the joy of a hot boxed lunch oh how I loved it when I purchased one from the runners in the office, I always meant to try eating at the restaurant itself but I guess that'll never happen now]
"What exactly is this Satou?"
Raisa's question snapped me back as I looked over at her, worried she'd reject what I had offered but instead her face shone with another look of wonderment and curiosity.
"This is what we call a boxed lunch it's a quick way to carry and eat while on the go or at work. This one contains a couple of chicken snack wraps, a pork stir fried rice, and lemon custard for dessert... umm not sure if that made any sense to you since i don't know what types of meat are here after all."
[I feel so bad, once again I'm lying to her, the contents only look like those items, when really their probably orders of magnitude better since their food items from Yggdrassil, but the item offers no bonus to stats, and only offers a recovery of stamina so it's my safest choice]
"That sounds amazing, I haven't had anything with rice in it since I was a little girl it's pretty hard to come by, plus to think I'd get to try exotic meats known only to the summoned heroes."
"WHAT! There's rice in this world"
Jolted by my loss of composure Raisa raised a confused smile.
"Well yeah I mean course we do, you're not the first otherworlder here you know"
"Ah yeah I see so where I had this on me when I came here perhaps someone else was a gardener and had seeds or the like"
"So my turn for a question Satou"
"…"
[She's been asking nothing but questions for like 3 hours now]
"How am I supposed to eat this Boxed Lunch of your?"
"Oh yeah right like this"
Placing my hands on either side of the box and sliding the sides forward a fork and a knife made of wood slid out from the wooden container leaving their negative impression behind.
Rasia didn't move to copy me, she just sat there staring at me, mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.
"You ok over there?"
"Huh.. Oh yeah just still figuring out how you managed that without magic I mean you just summoned wooden cutlery of all things from thin air without even casting a spell"
"Huh, oh I didn't summon it, these are actually a part of the wooden box holding the food see"
Turning the Bento in my lap towards her showing the recess in the side of the wood.
Hesitantly she gripped the side of her own box and cautiously slide her hands forward until the tips of her utensils were showing before grabbing them and pulling them all the way out.
"Oh wowee your world sure did come up with a lot of things huh Satou"
Digging into my food, I cracked open a can of soda to drink with my meal.
[Gotta admit in game food is really tasty but still it doesn't have the same oomph that Earth food did, Dire boar is a decent replacement for Pork but it doesn't taste quite right, same goes for the wraps Faceless Dodo is good but can't say it's the same as chicken. Not that anything can after all everything tastes like chicken heh heh, but this Maruwem custard is really good not sure I'd call it lemon, but closer to a really sweet sort of banana]
I ate in relative peace while across from me, Raisa was constantly in a state of delirium declaring she'd never tasted food this good before and that if I had access to this kind of food all the time I'd be able to have a better restaurant than any in the entire Meritocracy, that all 4 of the drinks I provided were clearly nectars of the gods.
By the time she'd reached the custard I thought her surprise would've worn off, but if anything it just renewed her excitement tenfold.
So much so that her squeal of delight spooked our horse, and cause a number of eyes in the same rest stop to stare over at her in wonder.
[Well worst case at least it's not me drawing attention and it's not like post lunch we'd have anything for them to try and steal from us, and even if they ask we can just say we bought it back in the kingdom somewhere]