Chapter 24

CHAPTER 24 – PHANTOM BREAD

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「Allen, Elena . Come! It’s time for a break」

「「Ye~s」」

I call over the two children who are running all over the place, picking fruits and medicinal plants, and use《Washing》on them .

「What would you like for a snack?」

Because I got the permission from Wald-sama, the two have snack break while walking .

Allen and Elena who move the same as the adults, eat half of what the adults eat . It can’t be helped because they have small stomachs . However, that would prevent them from receiving enough nutrition, so I often give them snacks on the move .

「「Cream!」」

The request of the two seems to be a Cream bread .

「Here . Eat while paying attention so you don’t trip」

「「Ye~s」」

The two bit into the bread immediately after I hand it over to them . Wald-sama who saw that suddenly shouts .

「Oi! Is that『Gold Wheat’s Shop』phantom bread!?」

「What’s with that……」

Phantom bread? Cream bread?

「Sold on days without a fixed date, moreover, there’s a limit of 20 breads a day, therefore it’s called “Phantom bread”!」

Oh, seems like Road-san started selling Cream bread .

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It was few days after arriving at the town of Shirin .

「Excuse me」

「Ye~s」

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When the sun was setting, I visited a bakery called『Gold Wheat’s Shop』 .

The goods weren’t displayed anymore, it was the closing time .

When I entered the shop and called the salesclerk, a woman immediately came from inside the shop .

「I’m sorry, it’s time for the shop to close today」

The woman was apologetic .

「Is it possible to order bread here?」

First of all, I asked what I came to ask .

「Do you mean you need a certain quantity prepared?」

「No, there’s bread I want you to make」

The bread eaten in Aetherdia are simple . The sizes are different by the shop, but all of them are just a circular bread .

Table roll――a small-sized bread used as a garnish for meals .

If a Pullman loaf is not being sold here, things like kashi-pan or choripan won’t sell anywhere .

But, there are more or less varieties of bread .

Containing an albumen mixed with wheat flour――a bread made with a whole wheat flour, Cereal bread .

Bread made from a refined white wheat flour, White bread .

A rye flour――a bread made from rye, Brown bread .

Although the white bread is delicious and fluffy, it’s wasteful not to develop it further .

I thought . If it’s not here, why not just create it?

So I came to『Gold Wheat’s Shop』 .

「You want to make? Is it something different from what’s being sold?」

「Yes, that’s right」

「Umm…… the bread is made by the father so… I will get him」

「Alright」

The woman is apparently a daughter of the shopkeeper .

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She went back to the kitchen and called over the shopkeeper .

「Is it you? The one wanting to make bread」

Immediately, a solidly built man, with a typical『Oyaji-san』appearances came out .

「What do you want to make?」

「Umm, it’s this, but…」

I take out a custard cream and Ranka fruit jam I made myself .

「N…… a jam? I don’t know this one…」

「This is called custard cream . I want to put this inside bread and bake it」

「Put inside, you say?」

「Is that not possible?」

「It’s not like it’s not possible, but . I have never made something like that before…」

「In that case―――」

I visited『Gold Wheat’s Shop』the next day in the afternoon again and demonstrated the shopkeeper, Road-san how to make it .

I received a pre-made white bread dough from Road-san and I immediately worked on the filling .

First, I taught Road-san how to wrap the jam and custard cream in the dough properly . As expected of a baker, he quickly got hold of it .

The custard cream and jam I prepared has been all used up in no time . On the other hand, the was quite of the dough remaining .

He wanted to bake the remaining dough normally, but I asked if I can take it over as I was thinking about using it for a different bread .

Road-san who showed interest in the Cream bread and Jam buns readily approved .

Having said that, something suddenly came on my mind……

I retrieved Raisins from《Infinite Storage》I washed them in hot water and lightly sprinkled with rum . Maa, I intended to make a basic Raisin bread . I only knead it into the dough .

After all, there is also no store which sells those .

What can I make next…… ah, that’s right! There was that!

What I retrieved next is a cinnamon stick . I found and bought this while walking around a grocery store .

That and sugar . Sugar is not from a grocery store, but it was something I received from Syl . I mix it with cinnamon to create a cinammon sugar .

I spread the dough into a 30cm rectangle and paint the surface with melted butter, sprinkle it over with the cinnamon sugar and coil it around in a cylinder shape .

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I cut it into 3~4cm long sections and bake it . All that’s left is to sprinkle it over with a dissolved sugar once it’s baked?

I surprisingly quite love them~ Cinnamon rolls .

Now, Road-san only needs to bake them properly .

After all the bread was baked, it was time for sampling .

「So good!」

I receive praises from Road-san .

「「Yummy~」」

Allen and Elena who observed me the whole time finally bit into the samples which they really liked . Although they were only samples, but because there were four kinds of bread, they filled their mouths plentily .

A~ah, if they eat so much, they won’t be able to eat dinner later~

And then, the bread I made (strictly speaking, they weren’t my ideas) became the talk of『Gold Wheat’s Shop』 .

Of course, I have approved of it . If it sells, I will be now able to buy it from a shop . Because the custard cream tends to spoil, I had to explain its method of making, though carefully .

After that, Road-san did various trials and errors and put the products on sale .

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The rumors of 『Gold Wheat’s Shop』 Jam bun, Raisin bread, Cinnamon roll being first-class bread from the town of Shirin spread around .

The rival bakeries now started selling them too .

Maa, but no matter what happens, their rivals won’t be able to reproduce it properly . But still, there are one or two shops that are ahead of『Gold Wheat’s Shop』 .

But, the Cream bread made with custard cream is a specialty of『Gold Wheat’s Shop』 . They won’t allow its ingredients to be known to anyone .

The culture of “Bread, the main protagonist” was born……

… I honestly didn’t know . When did it become like that……

I didn’t think that the Cream bread would become so famous it would be called “Phantom bread”……

「Moreover, there’s a talk it sells out a few minutes after selling . Takumi, you bought it!」

「No, this is something that was personally made for me」

「Haa!? What’s that! They shouldn’t be accepting orders for that!」

I did order anything from Road-san .

Rather, why is Wald-sama so knowledgeable about this? Did he perhaps not eaten it yet?

The Knights including Wald-sama are looking envious…… The adventurers of『Dragon Breath』who are not from Shirin didn’t seem to know of it, but they are now greatly interested…

「Kiddos, share a bit with me」

「「No~!!」」

Please don’t go taking food from children!!

Ah~ my Cream bread inventory…… ah, there’s enough for all people here .

Can’t be helped~

「Only this one time~」

「Seriously!? Alright!」

When I take out the Cream bread, everyone gathers .

Calm down a bit! This is『Gaya Forest』be a little careful of surroundings!

「Iya~ that was good!」

Everyone who ate the Cream bread liked it . There seems to be an unexpectedly large amount of people who like sweets .

However, in this world, the most common sweet thing is jam .

There also seems to be cookies, but they are something that only those with a bit more money can afford .

Honey and starch syrup appear to be relatively cheap, but it can only be eaten like that or mixed in a tea .

No wonder I couldn’t find sweets for Allen and Elena in the town .

I have no choice, but to make the sweets myself from now on .