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 quant.i.ty 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 alb.u.men 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 b.u.t.ter, 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-cla.s.s 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 . Tak.u.mi, 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 .

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