Chapter 154 (1/2)

Chapter 154

New Ingredient

The inn Vivan was staying at wasn’t far from the place we met her .

But, even though it was an inn Vivan was staying at, it would be difficult to ask them to lend me, a mere visitor their kitchen, so I negotiated with them to lend me a part of the dining hall . That’s because I can make Dorayaki pancakes on the portable cooking stove as long as I have a stable surface .

There weren’t many customers as the time for lunch has already pa.s.sed and it was still early for the dinner, so the owner gladly agreed .

“Here, it’s done . ”

“Yaay~ Thank you very muuuch . I certainly received it, so here’s your payment~”

When I handed the freshly made Cream Dorayaki and regular Dorayaki to Vivian, she handed me the Enerunrun♪ With this, the transaction is done, but… ——

“Are you really okay with this as a payment?”

“It’s plenty~ I mean, this is not being sold anywhere after all . ”

“Well, that’s certainly true, but… that’s similar to this medicine, no?”

“Nono, although there are only a few circulating around, they are definitely not un.o.btainable~ ham . ”

I feel that this transaction was way more profitable for me . Vivian said that there’s an added value from the Dorayaki not being purchasable anywhere else, but Enerunrun♪ is a Vampire special-made medicine too, so I feel that its popularity would bring its worth up .

Vivan didn’t seem to mind that at all as she promptly sunk her teeth into the Cream Dorayaki .

“”Au~~~””

Allen and Elena watched the Cream Dorayaki eating Vivian in envy .

“You have just eaten Dorayaki a little while ago, so you each get only a half, alright?”

“”Yeah!””

As expected, I would feel sorry for them if they had to endure with a person eating in front of them, so when I handed each a half of the Cream Dorayaki, the two ate with great joy .

This time, they didn’t stuff their cheeks but ate little by little instead . They looked like little squirrels… so cute, oy .

“Hafuu~ that was delicious . Ah, right, right! Tak.u.mi-san . ”

Vivian who quickly finished eating the Cream Dorayaki called out to me .

“N, what is it?”

“Tak.u.mi-san, can you make something tasty out of this?”

What Vivian presented to me was a bag stuffed with fingernail-sized yellow grains .

“What is this?”

I didn’t know what it was, so I tried appraising it right away .

“This is!”

It was dried corn . It seems to be called Yellow Millet on Aetherdia though . There are apparently variants of different colors like Black Millet, White Millet, and Red Millet too . They all differ in taste, but I don’t know how much different they are .

“How come you have this, Vivian? I have not seen anyone selling it . ”

“Huhh~? From the way you talk, you seem to have been searching for it~? Just like White Wheat, this is used as fodder for the domestic animals in a few areas~ Well, these were dried though~”

I knew that not only the White Wheat—Rice, was used as fodder on Aetherdia, but…

So it’s restricted to certain regions? Now I can understand why I have not found it yet .

Rather, why is it that domestic animals have such variety of fodder? How mysterious .

“I thought that you might be able to make something tasty out of it just like with the White Wheat~ So I bought it just in case~”

The first thing that comes to mind with dried corn is popcorn . But, I believe that a certain kind of corn is used for that . Different kinds should get burnt when used .