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Chapter 257 - That Evening's Dinner 2. The Other World's Milk Situation (Part 2)

Yuri's desire for milk, and the fact that he brought it up at the dinner table, naturally steered the conversation to the topic of milk.

As mentioned earlier, the position of milk here in the Rivairein Kingdom was still limited to that of an ingredient, and it had not yet achieved the status of a beverage. So, it was understandable that Adon's wife, who was present, asked Yuri what he planned to do with such a large quantity of milk. And Yuri's answer to that was,

"Eh? I'm going to drink it, of course?"

"""""Eh?"""""

"Eh?"

Yuri seemed unaware, but in the history of his world, Earth, it was said that milk only began to be consumed in Europe in the nineteenth century. The situation was the same here in the Rivairein Kingdom, where milk was more of an ingredient than a beverage. Thus, Yuri's statement that he 'drinks milk' was met with suspicion and confusion from everyone.

Yuri didn't understand the circumstances, but he, for his part, made the skewed judgment that they must think he was like a baby for chugging milk. Therefore...

"Ah, no, I don't mean I drink it straight... well, I do drink it straight sometimes, but not just that, I mean, milk..."

Yuri should probably be praised for stopping himself just as he was about to say 'milk tea'. Ever since being transferred to this world, he had never once been served anything that could be called tea, not even at Adon's mansion or the lord's castle. If he carelessly mentioned tea here, there was no telling what kind of questioning he would face. Moreover, there was no way he could come out about the coffee he had just bought but not yet tried.

"Milk... what, then?"

"Um... milkshake, and things like that..."

""""Milkshake?""""

"What is that?"

It is unclear when the French-style milkshake, made by mixing milk, egg yolk, sugar, and vanilla essence, first appeared. It seems there are still many unknowns, but the word 'milkshake' was apparently first confirmed around 1885. However, the 'milkshake' of that time was said to have been a type of alcoholic beverage. There was no basis to think that Rivairein's history followed that of Earth, but at the very least, the name 'milkshake' seemed to be new to Adon's family as well.

In any case, Yuri was secretly sighing in relief that he had managed to talk his way out of it, but in truth, everyone had simply given up. How Yuri, who was supposed to have had a 'wandering life with his grandfather until the age of seven, and then been a recluse on the Salt-Sour Mountain', could have known the taste of something called a 'milkshake' made with 'milk, egg yolk, and sugar' was a question no one bothered to ask anymore. Yuri was just this kind of creature.

"I thought you might be drinking it as buttermilk or something..."

"Buttermilk?"

Buttermilk is a by-product of making butter from milk. In short, it's what's left after removing the butter from sour cream. It wasn't well-known in twenty-first-century Japan, but it was said to have been quite a delicious drink.

"We can't just be making butter all the time, can we."

Everyone nodded at Adon's wife's words. Milk was something to be processed into butter or cheese. That was the common knowledge of the world. But wasn't it Yuri's specialty to reveal knowledge far removed from such 'common sense'? Everyone's eyes naturally gathered on Yuri...

"Hey Yuri-kun, are you... are you always drinking that... milkshake thing?"

When Dona asked him that, Yuri desperately searched his memory. For some reason he couldn't fathom (laughs), the milkshake seemed to have aroused everyone's suspicion. Was there another inoffensive drink he could mention...