CH 214

In the end, it has been decided that I’m going to the Capital. I will apparently have to ride a box-shaped carriage several days later. Ugh… carriage, huh…

「Haa… I don’t want to go…」

I was laying on the sofa in my room.

The carriage ride aside, I’m not satisfied with going to the Capital itself.

I will have to live in the capital after entering the academy anyway. Besides, I do want to see what is sold at the Capital’s market. They might have ingredients which I have not discovered yet after all.

Despite that, why am I still reluctant to go to the Capital? That’s because if I go now, I will have to stay there for the New Year’s party and won’t be able to return here for about a month.

「Even though I finally got my hands on the sticky rice…」

Right! I have obtained the long-awaited sticky rice! Yay!

Thus, having obtained sticky rice in this season… there’s only one thing to do.

Yes! Making Mochi!!!

「And yet, I have to go to the Capital…!」

Omochi… that captivating springy texture…!

… Not good, my Omochi tension has raised.

『You don’t want to go to the Capital that much?』

『Why not go?』

Kurogane and Mashiro asked as if peering into my face.

「It’s not like I can’t go and it’s not that I dislike going there, but… my Omochi…」

A steamer to steam the sticky rice, mortar and mallet which are necessities for Mochi pounding…

… No, wait a moment?

Instead of a steamer, I could put water in a pot and strainer inside so it wouldn’t soak in water… maybe? I just have to make the mortar by imagining a stone mortar with Earth magic. All that’s left is the mallet, huh…

… Come to think of it, there was the usagi kine. A Mochi mallet with no handle…

It seems it could work if I cut a log… but how? Hmm…

Ah… hammer… couldn’t I use a hammer instead?? … The mortar would break, huh.

Or, do I make an unbreakable mortar…

… I will have to consult with Galvano Ojisama.

Make hay while the sun shines, huh.

I decided to intrude on Galvano Ojisama’s workshop without a delay.