ăOkaasama⊠my stomach is slightly in painâŠă
ăEh! Are you all right!?ă
I immediately run up to Wirbel and put my hand on his stomach.
ăYes, but, the main building todayâŠă
ăAh, indeedăI came to an understanding after seeing Wirbel looking at the floor.
Could this also be considered a proof of growth?
Today is the day the oven will be brought in.
It is a hot topic in the Sunlight Mansion so it naturally must have reached Wirbelâs ears.
Well, when everyone is acting restlessly because of a big event, it would spark a childâs curiosity without a doubt.
Still, to think that Wirbel who is almost never selfish would feign illness!
Wirbel who was severely disciplined as a male born in the Flaksburb family and brought up by a hysterical mother is obviously more mature than an ordinary child.
I was worried about him being too mature. Being more mischevious is alright! I wanted to shout.
Nevertheless, I shouldnât be pampering him here.
ăIs that so, then, letâs call the doctor. You will receive a bitter medicine, and you will have to spend all day resting in your roomă
ăThat⊠yesâŠă
ăWirbel?ă
When I gently caress Wirbelâs cheek which was hesitating to speak, his young eyes looked at me.
ăOkaasama⊠Iâm sorry, in truth, my stomach is not painful⊠I wanted to see the ovenâŠă
Wirbel mutters with a voice full of regret.
Un, what to say, my child is too serious! Heâs already reflecting before I could say anything.
Isnât it alright for a child to lie once?
Does this seriousness come from Christhard-sama?
That person, he gives off an impression of a ruffian, but I think that he is a considerably serious person.
ă⊠Did you come to hate me?ă
ă! Absolutely not! Okaasama loves Wirbel no matter what. But, deceiving people is not good. Isnât that right?ă
ăYes, Iâm sorryă
Uun, âscoldingâ is too difficult!
Lying is no good. But, isnât being overly serious too suffocating? I think so.
I canât tell him that lying a bit is fineâŠ
I understand that he will grow by experiencing various things, but as expected, I canât help but wish for his life not to become tough.
Child rearing is seriously difficult.
I clearly understand what the correct answer is, but canât do that.
Therefore, letâs be sincere at the very least. I will not run away.
ăWirbel, I will be making sweets called Baumkuchen today. Okaasama will do her best, so letâs eat it together, okay?ă
ăYes! I will also do my best at studying!ă
ăYes, then, letâs announce todayâs results at the teatimeă
ăYes!ă
I hug Wirbel who replied vigorously and saw him off to the entrance while holding hands.
When we were waving hands at each other endlessly, BertaăPlease stop it alreadyăscolded me.
Well then, letâs head to the kitchen!
The potato starch for the Baumkuchen is already prepared.
Because all thatâs left is to mix the ingredients, thereâs not much to do.
Of course, I wonât be able to do anything! Everyone says that Iâm most wonderful at directing people. Really? I donât feel complete, though. Tsk.
I hear voices when approaching the kitchen.
This voice is the head chef.
He sounds enthusiastic as always.
He got fired up because of my salad request the other day.
Fresh vegetables are not eaten much in this world.
But, if boiled, their nutrition value decreases.
Because I wanted to eat a simple salad, I told him to prepare it for me.
Then âA salad??â he asked with question marks floating around him.
Vegetables that make your teeth strong. Curry ingredients!?
Wrong!!
I had to enter the kitchen with the head chef and explain repeatedly!!
Although he was impressedăOh!ăat one point, I began explaining about the dressing next.
ăO, Okusama, you are the incarnation of God of FoodâŠă
And he started worshipping me.
Youâve got to be kiddinâ me! You idiot! That not true, nah, no way that true I say!1 ⊠Sorry, I lost my composure.
Because of that, colorful salads are now lined up on the Flaksburb Houseâs dining tables, and even Bianca-sama accepted them with a favorable impression. Thank you!
Since itâs a salad, Head chef learned to use various vegetables.
He was aimlessly loitering around the garden because he wanted to increase his repertoire of vegetables. Since I couldnât to just let it go, I told him about the vegetables that were likely good to eat with my skill.
You must not mix any doubtful vegetables in!
ăOkusama! The oven seems to have arrivedă
ăI see, then, letâs have it installedă
It finally came! Now, letâs make it!
There were some problems with installing the huge oven, but the installation was somehow completed.
After that, bake the dough while pouring it on a rotating bar.
The surroundings were filled with sweet, sweet fragrance.
This is it~
The fragrance of Baumkuchen coming out from the small bakery on the way to school in my previous life!
Probably, right now, the whole Sunlight Mansion is filled with this fragrance.
A fragrance of happiness~
ăHaaâŠă
I hear intoxicated sighs from all around.
It looks like everyone is entranced by this fragrance.
As usually, Berta is shedding tears and the head chef trembles with excitement.
Itâs a promise!
While being impressed, the unique round layer of Baumkuchen completes.
ăOkusama, how is it?ă
ăWell, this much is fine. Shall we cut it after it cools down a bit?ă
ăYes!ă
Everyone stares at Baumkuchen cooling down while holding their breaths.
It wonât cool that quick, though.
The head chef and the cooks and apprentices try to bake Baumkuchen with the leftover dough. Do your best!
It seems it was quite the chaos when deciding on the members who would take part today.
Itâs not like everyone can come because thereâs work in the main building to be done.ăI will! No, I will!ăIt was quite a bloodshed, Berta told me the head chef had to soothe things down.
The talks became larger and larger without me knowing.
Itâs just making Baumkuchen, you know?
ăOkusama, is it all right?ă
Becker who remained after carrying the oven in asked.
ăYes, is there something?ă
ăI was honestly perplexed when you have first ordered the oven. However, when the oven got completed, a certain thought sprout inside me. And today, after witnessing it with my own eyes, Iâm convinced!ă
Becker says passionately.
W, whatâs the matter?
ăOkusama! Letâs open a Baumkuchen store!ă
ăHa?ă
Somehow, it became an exaggerated thing again.
Brand logo, recipe book, cookware, this and that. After that? There are still many things.