CH 57

Just by showing her how to make a frying pan, Kurumi feels as if her soul has been drained.

“I don’t think we’re going to get anywhere with that. Can you put some sugar in this thing?”

I take a small wooden plate from my coat pocket and hand it to Kurumi.

“…… What are you doing?”

“I just told you, we make sweets with water and sugar.”

I finally unleash my profession.

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Leopin

Occupation Masonry ⇒ Pastry Chef

Occupation Skill

West Baked Goods: Creates baked goods from the West.

East Baked Goods: Create baked sweets from the east.

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“Okay, if you have East’s ‘baking’ skills, you’ll be fine.”

I say, and add water to the pan with the leather water bottle I take out of my pocket.

Then, for some reason, Kurumi bows her head apologetically.

“I’m sorry ……!　Wow, I said that there is no such thing as sweets that can be made with only sugar and water. …… But it’s true!　Oh, just sugar and water, whoa, candy ……!”

“I’m not mad at you for saying that. Just give me some sugar.”

“Ye-, yes, …….”

Kurumi is scared and puts the sugar from the paper bag onto the wooden plate.

I feel a little uncomfortable, as if I am intimidating her.

In the meantime, I make a fire using Hiroeda’s fire pit and stoke the wood in the forest stone kamado in the cooking area.

Kurumi, who is watching the scene, forgets herself once again.

“What the heck ……?　Ugh, no way. ……?　Fire is so easy to make ……!? It’s like magic, without even a match.”

“If you’re surprised every time, you’ll have a hard time in the future. Sugar?”

“Ha, yes!　Here you go!”

I take the plate of sugar that is offered to me with a nervous look and drop it into the pan of water.

I mix it with a wooden spoon to make sugar water.

Kurumi is looking at the pan with a disappointed look on her face, as if to say, “I knew it, sugar water …….”

I come up with an idea.

“Well, since we’re here, we might as well have some of that.”

I can’t help but do it when I think of it, so I lower the heat and move away from the fireplace.

“I- In- in the middle of cooking.　What are you going to do now, ……?”

“It’ll only take a second.”

The reason I stepped away from the pan was to prevent wood chips from getting into the pan.

Wood shavings mean that, yes, the next step is to become a woodcrafter.

While changing jobs, I take out a piece of “Gisu Wood” from my pocket.

When I pull out the “Great Knife of the Wild Boar,” Kurumi backs away with a “hii”.

But as soon as she sees the woodwork coming out of my hand, her cheeks turn pink.

She has been backing away from me for a while, but now she is coming closer.

It is just like the reaction of a stray kitten when a person it has feared offers it food.

“So ……, so ……, could that be ……?”

“Yes, that could be it.”

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Gisu Cake Mold (Small)

Quantity 10

Quality Level 33 (Material Level 12 + Dexterity Bonus 6 + Occupation Bonus 15)

A small confectionary mold made of Gisu wood.

With various bonuses, you can remove the molded sweets neatly.

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As soon as she picks up a heart or star-shaped wooden mold, Kurumi makes that dreamy look on her face again.

“Wow …… is so cute ……!”

But then she quickly snaps back to reality.

The next moment, she reacts as if I am a ghost, and backs away again.

“I didn’t know you could do …… masonry as well as woodworking. I can’t believe what you made is of higher quality than what they sell in the purchasing department,……. Why such an amazing person like Leopin is ……. In the “Special Training Class”?”

“Well, you’ll have to ask the principal and vice principal about that. Now, I’m going to use that mold, so can I have it back?”

“Ha, yes, ……. Well, well, well… …… Oh, what do you need a candy mold for, ……?”

“Of course, it’s for pouring the ingredients into the mold that we’re making.”

“What?　What? Are you going to use sugar water in the mold?

“No, even if you do that, sugar water will still be sugar water. ……”

“Well, just watch.”

The sugar water in the frying pan is boiling down to just the right level.

I lift the pan and pour it evenly into the pastry mold.

“Next, let it cool for about five minutes and you’re done.”

“Well, well, well, well, you see, even if you let it …… cool, the sugar water will still be sugar water. …… What?”

Kurumi’s mouth is agape at the shape that came off the mold.

One after another, translucent, hardened objects fell from the molds.

Kurumi, who was catching them with her hands, could not stop her astonishment.

“Eh, eh, eh, eh!　What, what, what, what?　Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh!”

She shouts with a breathless expression.

“This is …… here, this is …… here, this is …… here, this is …… here!　What kind of candy is this?”

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Gekko Candy

Quantity 8

Quality Level 25 (Material Level 4 + Dexterity Bonus 6 + Occupation Bonus 15)

A simple candy made by boiling down sugar and water.

Due to various bonuses, it is not sticky to the touch.

The sweetness of the candy will make you feel happy.

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“It’s a candy from the East. The confectioners of the East call it the ‘smallest but greatest candy. It has only two basic ingredients, but that allows for infinite variations with other ingredients.”

Kurumi stares at the pale yellow candy like it is a jewel shining in the moonlight.

“So pretty ……!　I didn’t know you could make such beautiful candy with just sugar and water. ……!”

“The taste is simple, but not bad. Try it.”

“Ye- yeah ……!　Itadakimasu!”

Kurumi takes a bite of the heart-shaped Gekko Candy.

“So- So tasty”

The next moment, her whole body flushes, as if her entire body had become a heart.

In addition, as if it is leaking out, the heart mark is flying all over the body.

Before she could regain her excitement, she once again backed away from me.

Her mouth is so big that it looks like her entire face is a mouth, and she is flustered.

“I had no idea that you could make such a delicious snack with just sugar and water. L- Leopin … What in the world are you? Masonry!　Woodworking!　Fire making, candy!　You can do anything and everything and be perfect at it. ……! I can’t believe that there is such an amazing person here in this world. ……! And why are you in the “Special Training Class”?”

She goes into shock and collapses.