BXBX NOVEL Volume 4 8.3
Volume 4 Chapter 8.3
Translator: Reflet
Editor: Weasalopes
「Yeah, that sofa’s gonna be worth way more after all……」
Once the idea of wyvern/behemoth products was brought up, Tatsuya and Makoto could feel their apprehension toward fancy hotels begin to disappear. Of course they still needed to take care so as to not scratch the furniture with their equipment, but any notion of holding back was immediately dropped.
「……Mm～……」
「……So weird. It’s not bad, but why do I feel so let down……」
The sofa felt fine. In fact, normally you might even say it was the finest quality. Or even before that, it was their first time seeing a sofa in a hotel’s guestroom, so surely it would leave an impression. But both of them had dissatisfied looks on their faces.
「Tatsu, Mako. Usually you would expect this sofa to be top tier comfortable, or close to it.」
「We probably should forget about the ones in Farlane and Darl, huh. Cause wyvern and behemoth sofas are out of this world……」
「Oh yeah, Lay asked for one of them so we put it in storage」
In other words, the team was currently using the royal furniture of the Farlane house. Even though it was the highest grade furniture, there was no need to fear when it came to mere hotels.
「Y’know, I just feel really sad now……」
「Same……」
Now their apprehensions toward their first expensive hotel were completely erased, which was not a bad thing, but it was for that specific reason, which just felt kinda screwed up. You might say it was a psychological effect of traveling with Hiroshi.
「Well, we’re here now, so we might as well check out the room」
「Yeah. Seems like there are a bunch of magic tools and such」
After doing just that and checking around, it turned out that the room did in fact have a lot of different things in it.
「I found a bottle of expensive looking wine in this anti rotting cabinet」
「With a side dish」
「Can I like, just drink this?」
「Wait, let me examine it first…mm, there’s a memo. Says it’s a welcome drink. Seems like all the drinks and food in this room are included in the price for staying. I think there are non-alcoholic ones too?」
「Hm? Ah, you mean this. There’s some grape, apple, and orange juice」
「Then we’ll take those. I’ll let Hiroshi-kun and Mio-chan know later.」
There were various drinks and small food portions in the kitchen-like area.
「Oh, there’s a bath. Forre ain’t got a bathin’ culture, so I didn’t think pricey hotels would have somethin’ like this.」
「But Sensei. It’s not a very big bath. We never did use it, but the one at the Adone Hotel was bigger.」
「Don’t go comparin’ Farlane and Forre, mate. Saunas are more normal in Forre, and they don’t got a custom of heatin’ up the bath every day.」
On the other side of the door in the room was a bathing area whose existence was barely even there.
「Yeah. Toilets seem to be super clean too. Another benefit of being at a hotel like this one.」
「Well yeah, can’t exactly call it the country’s best if they ain’t even doin’ that.」
The magic-operated flush toilet was indeed clean as could be,
「What a big bed」
「Although they don’t seem to have domes over them. Well, I don’t even want those attachments anywyay」
「Really? I totally thought you’d be into the princess style.」
「Nah, nah…」
The bedding fit perfectly with the spacious room, just as splendid as anything else you saw. It also was clean and neatly arranged by a professional for optimal sleeping comfort. Small nods like this were what reminded you this was a high class establishment with truly disciplined employees all around the board.
「Yeah, this is the first place I’ve seen that had towels furnished with the room, so other than the size, it’s identical to Japan’s regular tourist hotels.」
「Well, from what I know, practically all fancy hotels in the world are like that. I guess it’s the same way no matter what world you’re in.」
「Even if there’s a small difference in furnishment, both types are essentially the same. So if you think along those lines, that’s pretty incredible, right? That’s what I think.」
Everyone nodded at Tatsuya. In this world, you didn’t have useful tools like washing machines or even facilities that had that sort of equipment in them, so actually being able to furnish rooms with extra towels for no extra charge was pretty major. Also, when it came to high-ranking places like these, employees were expected to have a decent amount of humanity, so it wasn’t easy to hire lots of people just to run washing machines.
Of course Hiroshi’s group had been in this world long enough to understand the grand scheme of things, which was precisely why they were so impressed at this hotel’s services.
「The only problem I can pinpoint is that the furniture we’ve been using is superior in quality to everything in this room……」
「Yeah, but don’t you think that’s always going to be a given? At least I think so. Right Hiroshi-kun?」
「Why ya askin’ me?」
Though they felt a fresh sort of vibe since coming into the room, the team was bound to end up preferring their own style.
「So I’m guessing the food’s going to be along similar lines?」
「Hm, who knows? There were quite a bit of tasty snackeroos at some of them hotels.」
「Yeah, just think of the food at Wulls or Darl Castle. We’re bound to have some good food.」
「Yeah? If you say so.」
Tatsuya responded somewhat doubtfully to Hiroshi and Haruna’s words of reassurance. It was true that they hadn’t tasted much bad food up to this point. The court food they had tasted in Wulls and Darl was most certainly what you would call delicious. However, Tatsuya didn’t think he should expect anything worthy of true “deliciousness” in this hotel, even if it was good.
After all, thanks to Hiroshi and Haruna, the group was also accustomed to good food. The highest quality of food had to be at least greater than wyvern cuisine. Considering how they had not even once eaten cooking of that caliber in hotels or palaces, he didn’t think he could expect that high of a caliber of cuisine, even from a hotel restaurant in Forre.
「Y’know, I kinda…」
「What, Mako?」
「I’m super grateful, and I know I have no right to complain, but I kinda feel like Hiroshi and Haruna have made our adventure half the fun it should be.」
「You’re asking too much, Mako.」
「Yeah, yeah, I know.」
Mio pointed out the flaw in what Makoto was saying, to which she admitted it. Of course Makoto was grateful for Hiroshi and Haruna, but thanks to their meddling, none of the hard work the hotels put into anything was as fun as it should be. Also, the students of the group didn’t seem to like the thought of not having to cook. Other than trying local foods, traveling would no longer bring as much excitement as before.