Chapter 24
CHAPTER 24 – PHANTOM BREAD
「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」
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 .
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 .
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 .