<h4>Volume 6 Chapter 293 - C</h4>


    "C?" Mia heard an unfamiliar word.


    "Please pass me a ss." Kisuke requested.


    Without a word, Mia gave him an empty ss and Kisuke proceeded to pour the contents of the bottle into the ss, "A ck… beer?"


    One of the waitresses, who is free in the meantime, approached Kisuke from behind when she heard the boss of the pub saying something, "ck beer? What''s that?"


    Kisuke turned his head and saw a waitress with bluish-gray hair that she keeps tied with a small knot in a ponytail style. Her eyes are the same color as her hair and she has a light peachy colored smooth skin, "What to try some?"


    The waitress looked at him and answered apologetically, "I''m sorry. I''m not allowed to drink any alcoholic drink while I''m on work."


    Kisuke then turned to the proprietress and said, "Miss~! Two more sses please~!"


    Mia already knew that the beverage that Kisuke poured doesn''t have any alcohol content from the smell, and since it''s just a drink and Syr, the waitress who is talking with Kisuke just now, is rtively free, she took out two more sses and Kisuke happily poured C on it.


    "Mia?" Sry asked in confusion.


    "It''s fine. I''m also a bit curious." Mia replied as she took one of the sses.


    After getting permission, Sry took the other ss without hesitation. Kisuke started drinking his c while the two only took a sip.


    "!?" When Sry tasted it, she proceeded to drink a mouthful of it. However, this is the first time she had a carbonated drink aside from beer and the carbon dioxide content in Kisuke''s c is a lot higher than naturally carbonated beer in this world,


    "Kuha… Kah, Kah… This is…?" Sry was surprised by the fuzziness of the drink and ended up coughing until some tears appeared in the corner of her eyes.


    "Well, if you''re not used to it and suddenly gulped it down, that will happen~." Kisuke grinned at her.


    "You should have warned me!" Sry protested. However, she took another sip of the c, "But it''s sweet and delicious! What is this vor? What fruit did you ferment to achieve this? And where is the alcohol that came from fermentation?"


    "Trade secret, miss~." Kisuke smiled and started eating his food, "Oh, and by the way, this drink is a lot better if it''s ice cold."


    "Really? I''ll go get some ice!" Sry didn''t mind Kisuke answer as this is a normal response and ran towards the kitchen.


    Kisuke then puts his attention to Mia who is quietly drinking her c, "How is it?"


    "It''s good. Those who can''t drink alcohol would like this. Did you make this?"


    "Yep~!"


    "Then how about supplying this to our pub? Since I haven''t heard a drink like this, you probably haven''t supplied anyone with this. We can discuss the terms in ater time."


    Kisuke stopped eating for a moment and pretended to think hard about it before replying, "I don''t have a base of operation yet so maybe after that."


    Mia smiled and patted his shoulder happily, "Hahaha, that''s fine! Some of my loyal costumers are looking for a new addition on our menu and this drink will save us from all the troubles!"


    Before long, Sry returned with a bowl of ice and put it in front of Kisuke and Mia, "Why do you look disheveled?" Mia asked after noticing Syr''s crumpled clothes.


    "I let Anya drink it… It was fun…" Syr replied with only that and Mia could only sigh after hearing that.


    With some chunks of ice, they were able to enjoy the c better. After some time, Kisuke finished his food and passed his payment to Mia, "And here are some more of that c. Share it with everyone and some of your good customers." Kisuke took out another three bottles of c from his robe.


    Mia stopped for a moment before smiling wryly, "So it''s your goal from the start to strike a deal with me… However, it''s truly a good drink so I''ll be taking it." Mia thought that is his original goal as he readily pulled out more bottles of c.


    Kisuke only smiled at her and left the premise.


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    Near closing time, the patrons of the Hostess of Fertility started leaving and just as everyone is starting to clean up, a group entered the establishment, "Mia! Don''t close the pub yet!"


    Mia looked towards the neers as she wipes the sses clean, "Loki, it''s near closing time."


    With Loki are the top executives of her Familia, Finn, Riveria, Gareth, and Ais, "Sorry about that. We just finished our meeting and we''re hungry. No one would cook thiste at night. And Ais-tan here just got out of the Dungeon too. We''ll treat everyone in the back too so please extend your time for a bit."


    Mia sighed and looked towards one of the waitresses which is an Elf, "Tell May to start the fire again." The Elf nodded and went to the kitchen.


    "Thanks~!"


    The Loki Familia''s food arrived after just a half-hour of waiting. Mia also instructed the waitresses to close the entrance to prevent others froming in.


    And since it''s the Loki Familia''s treat, The waitresses also gathered on the table nearby to enjoy their dinner. In the middle of it, Syr suddenly said something that caught everyone''s attention, "Mia, please bring that out!"


    The waitress with brown hair, eyes, cat ears and a tail of the same color instantly reacted, "The ck beer, nya!? No way, nya!"


    "Hmm? ck beer? Do you have new liquor, Mia?" Loki became interested.


    Mia took out the bottles that Kisuke left and set one on each table, "It''s not liquor. It''s just a strange fruit drink that I got hold today."


    Loki and Gareth suddenly lost interest when they heard it''s just a fruit drink while Riveria and Ais became interested. However, all of them are still curious about why would Mia call this a strange fruit drink.


    Syr, on the other hand, went to the kitchen to get some ice for everyone, while the Elf waitress took the empty sses from Mia''s counter and gave it to everyone.


    Syr returned with two bowls of ice, "It''s best served on ice." She then popped the cork of the bottle on their table after putting some ice in her ss and pour its contents in it. The small sizzling sound and bubbling appearance immediately attracted everyone''s attention.


    "Now I see why you would call this ck beer… But are you sure it''s a fruit drink? It looks bitter…" Lokimented.


    "That''s not the case at all, Loki-sama. It is, in fact, very sweet." Syr then took a mouthful and carefully gulped it down.


    "H-how can you drink something like that, nya? My throat hurts every time I remembered when let me drink that, nya!" The cat person muttered.


    "Anya… Syr is just messing around with you… If you''re not used to it and just suddenly drink it, it''ll hurt your throat… It also happened to Syr when the guy who brought it earlier didn''t warn her. Now that I think about it, that guy has a simr personality as Syr." Mia spoke as she continues cleaning the sses that she needs to store.


    "Mia… You didn''t have to say that…" Syr pouted but still continued sipping on her c and eat her free dinner.


    "Hurts your throat? And you''re still drinking it?" Loki asked, but she''s not expecting for an answer as she did the same as Syr, pouring some of the c on sses with ice. Seeing the bubbling drink once again, Lokimented, "It really looks like beer minus its color." She then didn''t follow Syr''s example of drinking slowly and gulped it straight down.


    Mia knew that she would do this and smiled as she watches Loki tried her best to swallow her drink before coughing, "Hack! Ka! Ka! What the hell!?"


    "Are you okay?" Riveria passed her a ss of water. She and the rest of herpanions didn''t expect Loki to react like that as they knew that she''s used to strong drinks.


    Loki took the ss of water and replied, "I''m fine… I was just caught off guard."