Wine was sometimes a replacement for water
“After all, it’s not like you can find water anywhere.”
“That’s true.”
“When traveling, you often have to prepare your own water and bring it with you. Of course, you could also use magic… But it’s usually just for emergencies. After all, it can be dangerous.”
“Is it because you are just gathering the surrounding moisture?”
“Yes. It comes from the ground and nearby plants, which might have a negative effect on the human body.”
“I see. You really can’t just use it anywhere.”
As long as you weren’t right next to some poison plants, it should be safe enough for washing things. But probably best to avoid drinking it directly.
“There is also magic to make clean water…but such magic is not something that humans can use.”
“I see… When Leo made drinking water, Mr. Ekenhart did say something about it being advanced magic.”
“Ahaha. Well, it’s no surprise that a Silver Fenrir can do it. In any case, you need drinking water when traveling. But it is not something that lasts forever. After all, water can go bad during longer journeys.”
Well, the impurities inside were what went bad. Obviously, you could not drink it…or you would get sick.
“Though, there are also ways to use magic to preserve the water. Such as freezing or boiling.”
Boiling was a pretty basic method, but freezing, eh?
It was something you could do with magic…as you could make ice without a freezer in warmer climates.
When we fought the orcs in the forest with Mr. Ekenhart, we had preserved the orc meat by freezing it. And so some servants who were good with magic came with.
“On the other hand, the other way would be to let it go bad to begin with… In other words, fermenting.”
“Ah, so you’re talking about wine.”
“Exactly. I heard about people doing that a long time ago on earth as well…”
Regardless, wine was an option when securing drinking water.
At least, it was safer than drinking water that had been carried for so long that it had gone bad.
“In any case, I’m just relieved that Tilura won’t have to drink any.”
“Indeed. There shouldn’t be a problem if she just continues doing things as always. Besides, with the fenrirs and…Rahle, was it? I doubt you’ll be in a position where you have to carry wine around to drink.”
Whether you were riding a fenrir or Rahle, the time to travel would be a lot shorter than on a horse, so it was unlikely that your water went bad.
In the first place, the daughter of a duke would not be traveling that long.
Also, she would have the support of many servants.
Of course, there was the possibility that she decided to travel freely one day like Mr. Euto.
“Ah, by the way…”
There was something that I suddenly remembered.
About clocks.
There were a lot of things in this world that were similar to the world I came from. Often, it was because people had come here from that other world. But clocks were different.
Not only did they not have hands for minutes and seconds, but each day had twenty-eight hours.
“Hmm? What is it, Mr. Takumi? I’m in a good mood because of this wine and food, so I’ll answer anything! After all, that’s why I wanted to talk to you in private like this.”
So we could talk about things that only we would understand…
“It’s about this watch. I was wondering why there is only one hand for the hour. Also, why is it separated into fourteen numbers.”