Chicken Meatball and Jumbo Leek Soup

“I think it needs just a little bit more time.”

“All right.”

Across from the golden-eyed young man, who was staring intently at the pot, she gently sipped estervino from a polished tin cup. The cloudy white drink had a sweet aroma but a crisp, medium-dry flavor.

The first time she’d had this drink, she’d found it similar to the Japanese sake her father from her previous life had been fond of. She occasionally compared her previous life to this one in that way because she had in fact been reincarnated into this world.

Her name in this life was Dahlia Rossetti, though she couldn’t recall her name in her former life. She had been born and raised in the country of Japan and had worked at a company that produced household appliances. She had wanted to work on the production side, but her life had ended abruptly before she could realize that goal. Perhaps because of that, she had been born into this world with a magical toolmaker for a father, and she herself had followed in his footsteps.

A magical toolmaker was an artisan who used their own magic, magic crystals containing elements such as fire and water, or monster materials to create tools that utilized that magic. Dahlia focused her efforts on creating magical tools rooted in everyday life, such as hot water dispensers, refrigerators, and freezers powered by magical crystals, as well as waterproof cloth with magically applied powdered slime, among others.

In front of her now, in her home, the Green Tower, was a heated low table, reminiscent of what she’d known as a kotatsu in her previous life, and resting on top of that was a compact magical stove with its gently simmering pot. They were both tools she had made with her own magic.

“I’ll go ahead and slice some cheese.”

The young man who held a knife with a practiced hand was Volfred Scalfarotto. He was a royal knight of the Kingdom of Ordine’s Order of Beast Hunters as well as the fourth son of an earldom.