Eguchi Ren: There are all kinds of liquor here and we ended up with a very long chapter…

“Excellent, now that those goddesses are gone, let us get started.”

“That’s right, that’s right, let’s start.”

“Yes, yes,” I clicked on the option for Tanaka’s Liquor Store and… wow, as expected of a proper liquor store, from the tabs alone, I could see the products separated into Beer, Wine, Sparkling Wine, Whiskey, Brandy, Spirits [9], Liqueur [10], Shochu, Sake and Others. [5] [8] “Can you see the menu here?” I asked.

[8] “Woah, that’s just different categories of alcohol?!” there was awe in Hephaestus-sama’s voice. [5]

There are actually more, but let’s not mention this for now. “Please calm down and look at the menu slowly. There should be more than a hundred brands of alcohol under each category.” [6] I might as well let them get used to this idea first. [5] Although, I must say that this shop seems to specialise in western type alcohol, considering that 7 out of 9 categories are typically considered ‘western style’ alcohol. [5]

“…m-more than a hundred? You’re saying there are more than 100 types of whiskeys?”

“Yes,” [7] I said in my most normal and business-like tone.

“Uwoooohhhhh!!!!!”

[6] I had to shake my head to get rid of the shout ringing in my head. Yes, yes, I get that you’re very happy, but please calm down.

“We did it, God of War!”

“We hit the mother load, God of Blacksmith!”

“Liquor and alcohol! We can taste hundreds of different types of other world alcohol!!”

“Yes! Yes! Up till now nearly everything had been delicious. However, there might even be more delicious alcohol out there!”

[5] “Excuse me, I’m sure everyone is very excited. However, please be reminded that your budget is 1 gold coin per week per person,” I said with my best professional smile. [6] I feel like a sweetshop cashier with teenage boys clutching 1,000 yen to their chest. [5]

“Ah,”

“Oh yes, there’s that.” [5] [6] “Thank you,” I said firmly.

[8] “If that’s the case… hmm, we already had beer, wine, whiskey and brandy-”

[8] “-and sake,”

[8] “And sake, so I guess we should try types of liquor we haven’t had yet.”

“I see, hold on, let me explain a little,” I’m a typical beer drinker who isn’t familiar with other kinds of alcohol at all. Luckily, the explanation for each type of alcohol was included in the tabs. So…

“Sparkling wine is an effervescent wine with a crisp taste. Spirits is distilled liquors with high alcohol content. Vodka, for example, is a type of spirit, so are Gin, Tequila and Rum. Liqueur is spirits flavoured with herbs, fruits and often very sweet. Shochu is a type of distilled liquor made from rice, but it could also be made from wheat or potatoes.”

“Hmm, what about that last one? The ‘Others’?”

My, my, Vahagn-sama has really sharp eyes.

I can’t really tell, so I clicked the ‘Others’ open and have a look.

“Hmm, under ‘Others’ we have Shaoxing Wine from a country called China and Makgeolli [11] from Korea. These are pretty famous traditional wines from their respective country,” I said thoughtfully.

“Is that so? Are there over 100 types of each as well?”

“Well,” I scrolled down the list and found myself getting a bit dizzy at the number of choices. That’s a lot!