199 8-9 Ains Hale Memorial Festival Cotton Candy Making

"I'm going to stay in the smelting room while I build a papier-mâché machine!

When I told them this, everyone looked at me like they had guessed.

Seeing that, Mizella said, "What?　Huh? He was puzzled.

'Hey Lord.

'Yeah. Yeah.

I told him at dinner last night, and he said there was no opposition and everyone was willing to help.

'The Lord and the festival. I'm looking forward to the shop.

Yeah!　I didn't expect to open a stall!

Then I'll prepare a meal for you that will be easy to take.

Good luck. And Mizera, follow me. Watch and learn as much as you can.

Oh. Oh. I see!

All right, you take care of that.

After telling them that much, me and Mizzella went into the alchemy room and quickly took out the materials and prepared them.

''Hey, look and remember ... could it be that I'm going to be making one too?''

'Yes, you'll need it eventually, so keep that in mind. I'll keep the recipe when it's done, but I thought it would be educational to see it in action.

Well yes. I understand. I will study it.

Hmmm. Misela shows his motivation by clenching both fists.

He is a serious disciple, isn't he?

Good or bad?

Well..........Aina and the others bought the ingredients in the morning, and the louse will be delivered by the end of the day, so let's get started.

It's noon now, but I'm hoping to get it done before dinner somehow.

Cotton candy machine..........The principle is simply this: heat it up, and then send the molten powder out of the narrow holes by centrifugal force, and then cool it down with air to harden it.

In other words, what we needed was a tube with a hole to put the rotating granules, a device to heat it, and a vessel to receive the cotton candy.

For the time being, the vessel can be made immediately, so I make it in the size of the tarai.

Now, let's see.

Naturally, the rotating sphere comes into play.

The only way to heat it up is to make it from a fire magic stone.

The first step is to make a rotating sphere.

The problem here is the size of the hole.

If the hole is too big, the molten liquid will be ejected from the sphere and it will not form a thread.

If the hole was too small, it would be clogged and the contents would be burned and bitterness would appear.

We'll make a few different power sections to adjust for this.

I'll work a palm-sized piece of metal like a vessel, make a hole in it, and attach a thinned-out rotating sphere to the bottom of it and turn it.

I raise the speed by the magic, and I confirm that it rises to the speed that my finger is flicked, and that there is no distortion, etc., and I complete one.

The next step is to make two or three more, and the next is the heating system.

'Well, to some extent, that's fine. Besides, these are just prototypes. I'll have to wait until everything is finished before I can make any adjustments, so we have to try them out for now.

Before you know it, you'll be sipping the tea that's been prepared and getting to work on the heating system, but this one has to be able to adjust the temperature.

If we don't know anything about it, we have to study it until we understand it....

Now, about the heating device, it's hard to decide whether to attach it to the rotating device itself or to heat it up like a heater, but I think it's better to make it an integrated unit since the rotating device will probably cool down quickly even if we apply hot air to it.

First, I'll process the fire magic stone to make a circuit and install it to the bottom of the rotating device.

Then, after activating the device and making sure it would rotate and heat up, he completed a few different ones with different hole sizes.

The circuitry of this heating device is spiral. With the steel plate, it was a grid, wasn't it?

Yeah. The griddle is designed to prevent uneven cooking, and the heat can be adjusted according to the location. The griddle can be divided into 3 ranges to keep it warm. But I didn't need to do that with this one, so I spiraled it around for more power.

''I see but then why don't you just crush the fire magic stone and flatten it out?''

'That's consuming too much magic. If you can get the effect you want, it's important to conserve, too.

Alright.

Now we'll just have to try it out on the tarry part with the zarame.

Is it done?

Yeah. The prototypes. That was quicker than I thought.

Well ... yes. But you didn't notice Master Wendy come in on the way in, did you?

I didn't notice.

It felt like it was an hour or so, but, oh, maybe it's been longer than I thought?

I think it took me a while to drill the holes, but other than that... yeah, I may have been obsessed with the inner workings of the rotating cylinder.

I was worried about the roughness of it, so I kept polishing it until it was smooth.

Meira-san came over and left some of the granules on the table. She said it's for a test run. This time it's a free service to apologize for asking for a favor. But she said she'll give you an extra portion to use at the festival.

...Meira is here too?

The service is helpful, but you could have at least talked to me....

'But that?　You've talked to Mizella, right?

'Well ... yes. You got your question back. Why?

''I don't know.... Is it because I'm a disciple?

What does it matter?　It's.....

Hmm. Maybe, but it was a good break.

You spoke to me just as the process was ending, so maybe it was the right time to lose focus?

Hmmmmm!　Oh, I'm hungry....

'I was working on the snacks Wendy-sama brought me while I was eating.... I heard dinner is already ready, so let's go eat quickly.

'Oh I see. So that's what time it was. Mizella must be hungry too.

I don't need to...

As I said that, Mizella's stomach growled a little.

And then she blushed and looked down.

Well, let's go. By the way, how did it go?　Can you remember what you see?

''Hmmm........I understand the structure itself, but I think I'm going to stumble on the processing stage...... I still can't process the magic stone and the spinning sphere.

All right, all right. So, from now on, let's practice the modeling skills. It's useful to be able to change the shape of the object as you wish.

'Don't make it sound so easy when you say it master......... I don't think even what you were doing today could be done by an average alchemist. ........I don't know about other alchemists.

No, no, no, it's a lot easier than you think.　I just don't do it. They say alchemists are a lot of bigots, and they're not interested.

A revolving sphere is so convenient and fun.

It's possible to make two-wheeled motorcycles and four-wheeled vehicles as well, though the amount of magic energy it consumes, the magic stones it stores, and its weight are all problems.

There's the problem of the amount of magic energy it consumes, the magic stones it stores, and its weight.

Now that we've eaten dinner, let's start the experiment!

I'll have to wait until I have the best cotton candy to show everyone!

Let's start with the big one with the holes and try it out.

Adjust the temperature accordingly.

Since we must not put too much of it in, we have to divide it into small portions and put the right amount in several times.

I started up the rotating and heating devices and put in the pomace.

However, the hole was too big, or maybe it was too big, and the jellyfish came out....

Even if I raised the temperature, nothing like strings came out, so the big hole was a failure.

So I tried a small one this time.

I put in the same thing and when I turned the machine, a little bit of it came out this time.

However, it was crunchy and looked like cotton candy, but it was not fluffy.

Furthermore, there was a solid layer of zarame inside, and the device was making noise as if it had become unbalanced.

''It's tasty enough too, but...''

No....the cotton candy is much, much better...!

I slammed my fist down on the ground in frustration while Mizzella, the taster, was chomping on the cotton candy from her fingers.

The potential of cotton candy is not like this!

Now I tried raising the temperature.

Then, this time I got something that looked soft....

"This one's softer, okay?

'But it's not stiff.... And it doesn't crust out when I roll it up........again!

I don't know how many times I've done this already, but after making adjustments, and repeating the composition of Mizella saying it was delicious each time, and me being frustrated, I was finally able to reel it in.

It's very large, bouncy and bouncy, which comes back when you press your finger on it, but it's fluffy and soft, not hard.

It's clearly different from anything I've ever made before. Best cotton candy ever!

Misela!　You should try it!

"Okay, okay. I'll take it.

Honestly, I'm sorry because it doesn't taste the same!

Because this is the best!　Because this is my masterpiece!

Mizella holds a round, puffy wad candy stick, tearing it off and carrying it to her mouth.

For the umpteenth time, I stared at the scene with excitement and anticipation.

''....Yeah. It's delicious.

'Yes!　Mmm!　Finally, it's done!

It's a distinctly different kind of deliciousness than the one we just had!

I also got a little bit of the watasame that Mizella has, and when I ate it, I realized that it was still completely different from the previous ones.

This is it!

That's what cotton candy is!

Make a note of the heat and rotation speed.　Mmm!　I'm tired!

I leaned back in my chair and stretched as hard as I could.

"Yes. Good night.

'Hmmm!　Good job, Misela!　I'm sorry to keep you company.

'No. It's a disciple's duty to see how a master works. It's a good learning experience.

While saying that, Mizella poured a drink and handed it to me.

The tea was a bit bitter, but with the sweet situation in my mouth, it was just the right amount of salt, on the contrary.

After that, we took a short break and soaked up the afterglow of the completion of the dish, then invited everyone over for dessert.

At the same time as the tasting, he began to teach the class on how to make the dessert.

We taught them how to make the dessert, such as not to put too much roughage in the dough, or to keep rotating the sticks, so as not to make differences in the way of making the dough depending on the person making the dough.