Chapter 196 (1/2)

Chapter 196

Regrettable Beauty Once Again

<hr>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——

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“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 oros.h.i.+ (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~!””

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