The room was more luxurious than I had expected, and while I was a little taken aback, it was just and Illness-san, so there didn't seem to be much need to act overly formal.
As I was thinking about this, a waiter ca in, saying, "Excuse my intrusion" and handed over a wine list. Arehh? I thought the wine options were already listed on the nu earlier…… Does this an there are wines paired with each course as well as additional wines for the entire al? I don't have much experience with course als at places like this, so I'm not sure.
As I was feeling a bit confused, the waiter kindly provided a brief explanation.
[This is a list of wines we can provide. If you'd like to change the pairing, feel free to let us know.]
[I- I understand.]
[Shall we bring out the first course?]
[Please do.]
As I watched the waiter bow and leave, I started thinking…… Errr, based on what they said, "pairing" must refer to the combination of each dish with a specific wine. And since changes are allowed…… that must an the restaurant has already chosen wines that match the dishes, but we're allowed to switch them if we want… Right? Yeah, that must be it.
[……Illness-san, do you have any preferences for changes? I don't have any particular requests, so if you do, we can go with your choice.]
[Let's seeeee. I think the selections are generally fine, but considering Kaito-sama's taaaaaste, the wine for the fish dish could beeeeee……]
Since I don’t really know much about different wines, I decided to follow Illness-san's lead if she had any preferences. After thinking for a mont, Illness-san reached out and touched a small magic tool on the table.
The door opened, and the waiter from earlier entered the room with a bow. Ah, so you use this magic tool to call the staff…… I didn't know. Glad I figured that out before embarrassing myself……
[……What yeaaaars do you have for the Fion L'fuur?]
[We have 7-year, 18-year, and 45-year vintages.]
[Theeeeen please change the wine for the fish dish to the 18-year vintaaaaage.]
[Understood.]
Wow, Illness-san is so impressive. The way she selected the wine made her seem really mature and cool. Honestly, I admire that. I’d love to be able to specify a wine’s vintage and order like that soday.
……Well, I'm not particularly fond of wine, and learning about all this seems difficult anyway.
As I thought about that, the waiter left, and I asked Illness-san a question.
[Errr, that Fion L'fuur you just ntioned, what kind of wine is that?]
[It's a refreshing, white wiiiiine. It seems this restaurant has a good selection of vintageeeeees.]
[Errr, I don’t really understand wine vintages…… How does that work?]
[Generally speakiiiiiiing, wines aged 15 years or more are called "old vintaaaaaage". This restaurant seems to have a well-balanced selectiooooon.]
[Fumu…… So does that an older wines are more expensive and tastieeeeer?]
[You can’t say that's unconditionally the caaaaase. Many wines doooooo llow and develop complex flavors over tiiiiii, but wines also have a peak year for optimal taaaaaaste. If they were aged too looooong, their flavor can worseeeeeen. There are also wines that are ant to be enjoyed earlieeeeeer, so it’s not always true that older equals betteeeeeer.]
[I see……]
Yep, it still seems quite complicated. But I think I understand now that the 7-year, 18-year, and 45-year wines the waiter ntioned were a balanced selection of young, vintage, and deeply-aged vintage wines.
[Arehh? But didn’t Illness-san say the wine we drank together before was aged for 3,000 years…… Ah, right, wasn’t it made using so special thod?]
[Yeeeees. It was produced using a speciaaaaaal Preservation Magic that allows the wine to age while preventing its flavor from deterioratiiiiiing. This thod requiiiiiiires ticulous magical adjustnts based on the humidity and temperature of the daaaaaay, which made it a type of wine quite rare and hard to fiiiiiind.]
[There's a lot to know about them huh…… Hmm, I wanted to be able to order wine as coolly as Illness-san, but it seems pretty difficult.]
[There isn't really a need for Kaito-sama to force yourself to morize everythiiiiiiing. Just rember a few brands you liiiiiike, and when they’re available at a restauraaaaaant, you can order theeeeeem. That way, you don’t need to learn any sort of complex knowleeeeedge.]
[I see, that might let order with confidence too.]
[Kuhihi, indeed sooooo. I think Kaito-sama is already always cool and dreamyyyyyy, but perhaps I'll get to see an even more charming side of youuuu.]
As Illness-san lightly chuckled, I smiled back. Since we often have the chance to drink wine together…… It might be fun to find a brand that becos our go-to for when it's just the two of us.
Serious-senpai : [The atmosphere doesn't look good…… This lighthearted flirting atmosphere is really not good……]
Makina : [You an they should be even more lovey-dovey?]
Serious-senpai : [No, that's not what I ant!]
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