Makoto's expression underwent a spectacular transformation along with the flavor, going from rosy-cheeked to blue and purple, until she finally held it in so hard that her face turned as black as ink.
She suddenly understood the relationship between Mars and Earth she had mentioned earlier. Good grief, this was practically Mars crashing into Earth inside her mouth!
"Pff—"
Unable to endure it any longer, she sprayed it out on the spot. Her flushed face red, Makoto spat everything she had drunk at Ash. Half a cup of coffee landed on the plate Ash had raised in advance, then dripped from the round plate onto the floor.
"That was quite rude."
"Cough, cough—cough cough cough!" The girl coughed violently and complained through a muffled voice. "What is this—can a person even drink this?!"
The coffee had smelled so good, so why was the taste so indescribable?!
It was not that this cup of coffee was especially awful. In fact, anything became unbearable once there was too much of it, much like how too much sugar turned bitter.
Makoto believed it now. If this man was not doing it on purpose, then he was the sort who would get beaten to death by the person selling him salt whenever he cooked.
"It's not as bad as you say. You just can't handle it."
Taking the remaining half cup of coffee, Ash raised his head and drained it in one gulp.
Ash had specifically learned how to brew this "Mars Coffee" from some shady snake monster in the previous world, then added some of his own ideas. Even that snake monster had asked whether he was really human after drinking it. No matter what others said, he loved it.
"What kind of tastes do you even have... Wait!" Realizing that the cup