Vol 1 Chapter 18 (2/2)
“ I’m looking forward to it.”
The best seasoning of the dish is because Lucie make it. It can’t be helped, From now on let’s enjoy it.
“Look, it was baked”
I take out the bread from the stone stove. the bread swell about two time then before
I cut the bread in half and put dried cranberry on the other half and venison in another.
“Wow, it really become big. Syril can I eat it?”
“Go ahead”
When I say so, Lucie take the bread with dried Cranberry from my hand and stuff it in her mouth.
“It’s soft. it is so fluffy and sweet. the bread is so good.”
I want to pat Lucie head so badly when she stuff her mouth with bread while making *Mofu Mofu sound.[TL:Eating Sound in cute way (maybe)]
“Though it was more delicious that what the village had make,I wonder if it was a insufficient”
Because it only contain wheat, water and yeast it doesn’t have enough punch. If only we have egg or b.u.t.ter, something much better can be made, but there is no domestic animal on this village.
There is horse that was used for farming and transportation, but it was hard to get the milk quant.i.ty I need, and this guy doesn’t become pregnant easily, so I can’t use it.
when considered a future we will need procure a livestock and have a stable supply of salt.
if we are thinking about manpower cost and performance cost goat can be an option. If we do so, we can get goat’s milk and b.u.t.ter.
“I think even though it is like this it is delicious enough. Syril, why does the yeast make the bread grow big? Does yeast increases the amount of wheat?”
“No, it is impossible to increase the amount of wheat. but when the bread was made there is a lot of gap for air. to the extant that it can make the bread grow big and become soft”
“Un. but it is troublesome to make yeast every time since you need to soak cranberry with water for 1 week”
“Yeah, because the yeast isn’t active in cold temperature, I need to be careful with the temperature as well. it is good now because it will be winter soon”
“But it is sad, when winter come, we can’t harvest cranberry anymore, so it mean we will need to part away with soft bread….”
Lucie said so while stroking the bread with sad face.
“We don’t have to worry about it. It doesn’t need to be raw cranberry to make a yeast liquid. I am planning to have enough to make dried cranberry. Do you know what this is?”
“That is part of bread dough from previous bread, isn’t it?”
“Correct”
I smile on Lucie while rolling one part of previous bread dough on my palm.
“Yeast is alive on this small dough. so when you add this small dough when you make bread next time it will grow big like the bread before”
“I see. then the next time too when i make bread I should leave one part of it so I can eat a soft bread again is it.”
“Correct. but, sometime there will be another bacteria on the yeast as well but the basic is like this.”
“But where did you hear it from?”
“When my father was still a village chief, I have followed him to town. I knew it at that time”
This is a lie.
It is only at 19th century the art of using yeast began to spreed on earth. For this world which only has technology around 16th century this kind of use is still unknown.
And the use of yeast isn’t only limited to bread.
“I should tell everyone to follow this method. with this we can make big bread with a little bit of wheat, and it is delicious.”
My eyes become round. I was going to ask Lucie to spreed this method to other villager, but she said it by herself first.
The bread I eat today is more delicious then usual.
It’s small, but people can feel happiness with that alone.
Lucie is different from me, she suggest because she want everybody to enjoy this bread from the bottom of her heart, and no calculating like me.
“Un, I’m counting on you. because there is several bottles of yeast liquid at the storehouse i want you to spread it using it”
“Yes, leave it to me. I will make one tomorrow, and I will tell everyone that Syril found a way to make it turn well”
“It is not necessary to mention my name particularly”
“No. since me and everyone is grateful for Syril”
My heart beat fast when i see Lucie smile. when I am with Lucie, I find myself to like her more and more.
“Thank you. For Lucie I will try hard and never give up”
“Don’t worry about it. Syril doesn’t have anything to be ashamed. because there is nothing that can make me hate you.”
I couldn’t endure it anymore so I tactlessly patted Lucie’s head
“Recently, I feel like Syril treating me like a child”
“That is not true. its only because of Lucie that I have been only to do this much, I actually want to do more adult things you know.”
It was my Earnest wish, but I can’t cross certain line when I touch Lucie. It is scary if I can’t stop when I should.
“Adult thing?”
“Like hug, Kiss or made a child.”
Lucie after hearing my word her face become flushed with red.
“Moo, Syril”
Lucie eyes become monochrome and raise her voice in Embarra.s.sment
[TL: I really have no Idea about this phrase if someone can help me please do]
“Is it strange? I though it is the natural reaction to want to do this thing with the person you like”
“It is not strange, but you can’t said so casually like that, my heart isn’t ready yet”
“it is not usual thing? then I will said I like Lucie instead of greeting from now on.”
“Such a thing is different”
“I’m sorry, I don’t think that Lucie will be so surprised. But if Lucie accepts me, after saving the village as I promised, I want to do what I said just now everyday”
“Uu, it is unfair. why my heart is pounding so much”
“My heart is also pounding as well you know. As expected it need a lot of courage to said such a affection thing.”
“I don’t see it like that”
“Because in front of Lucie I need to keep my image”
I say so and smile. Even I’m embarra.s.sed.
I want to save the village and Hear my Early confession soon.
“Hey, Syril. everyday?”
“Un, of course. So based on that, Please answer my confession”
While saying that the time for lunch pa.s.sed.
I savor this moment one second and then one minute.
Surely we are running out of time to do this kind of thing.
Because this is Calm Before the Storm…
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