Chapter 196

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Regrettable Beauty Once Again

We, who had left the magic tool store went straight to the blacksmith and placed a detailed order on the magic iron plates and rice cooker pot. Furthermore, I asked him to make whatever I needed myself, and then I had ordered even more and on top of that, I bought a pot they were selling there.

""We bought so many~""

"That we did, didn't we~"

It was still bright when we finished shopping, so we were strolling around the town.

"Please give me food!"

Then, we encountered Vivian who abruptly requested food.

"… Oy, Vivian. Is this the only opening line you have?"

"Ah! Have you completed the Yellow Millet dish?"

"Oy!"

I did promise her the last time to let her eat a meal made out of the Yellow Millet. I did, but… that's not it!

"Ah! Tak.u.mi-san, this is Red Wheat that grows in a certain area, it's actually treated the same way White Wheat is… Tak.u.mi-san, aren't you interested?"

Red Wheat? By treated as White Wheat, does she mean it's used as fodder for domestic animals?

N~ I wonder what it is~?

"Is it red, since it's called Red Wheat?"

"I would say that the grains itself are more whitish then White Wheat? It's called Red Wheat because of the skin? Husk? around it, I think? It's bright red, after all~"

Heeh~ the husk is red, huh~ n? That reminds me, I have no idea what color the White Wheat husk is, or how it is grown. I used the logic I know when it comes to rice out of my own convenience, but… that's not necessarily true, right~

Rather, I feel like it's definitely different! I mean, I only polished the White Wheat I got clean! When it comes to fodder for domestic animals, they surely wouldn't remove the husks like that!

"Vivian, I have never seen a White Wheat plantation, do you perhaps know what part of the plant the white grains grow at?"

"Yes, I know~ Err… it's a plant that grows a little higher than my knee-height and~ the top part has several circular sacks growing on it~ umm, the white grains come from those sacks~"

… N~ Did I hear something similar? No, but wait——

"Does each sack have a grain? And is the Red Wheat the same?"

"Gee~ you have so many questions~ I would like to eat right about now, though~ I have no choice but to reply, but please do increase my meal in return, okay~ To answer your question, each sack is the size of a coin and every sack contains about twenty grains~ And, the Red Wheat is really only different in color~"

Ahh~ it was a bit different, just as I thought.

Still, it's something similar to rice, huh~ something similar… hey——surely not!

"Vivian, do you have that Red Wheat on you? Let me see it for a bit."

"Yesyes~ this is it~"

Vivian handed me a leather bag with reasonable weight and inside were grains that resembled rice, just as Vivian said. But this is… glutinous rice!?

""What is it~?""

Allen and Elena peeked into the leather bag too.

"I think it's glutinous rice~"

""Glutinous~?""

"Yeah. I should be able to make something springier than with rice."

If this really is glutinous rice, then I could make… isobe mochi (soy sauce, nori mochi), daikon oroshi (grated daikon radish), with anko… beans——would I be able to do roasted soybean flour by powdering beans? Looks like I would be able to do lots! Ah, rice dumplings in sweet soy sauce might be good too!

"I want to eat that! Tak.u.mi-san, please make it at once!"

"Allen wants to eat too~!"

"Elena too~!"

Vivian immediately wanted to taste glutinous rice, Allen and Elena took the opportunity to jump on board with her.

"Allen, Elena, you guys just had lunch, no?"

""Snack~!""

They have just eaten with Grandpa, but the two apparently have s.p.a.ce for a snack.

"Well then, where do we have you make it~"

"… You decided for me, oy."

"It's decided~ I mean, the children said they want to eat as well, you know? You shouldn't be able to ignore that, Tak.u.mi-san!"

… I certainly can't ignore that, but being told that by Vivian makes me annoyed.

""Wanna eat springy~… can't~?""

"… Kuh."

Allen and Elena's puppy eyes are too effective on me.

"… I can only try whether I really can make mochi out of this. Let's give it a try."

""Yaay~!""

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"Ohh! You instantly sunk, Tak.u.mi-san!"

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