A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 137

Translator: Jasper Kadowaki | Editor: NovelMultiverse

When Takeo returned to the parlor, he brought back some bread and small plates with him.

“Now, was the tasting and pudding to your satisfaction?” asked Takeo as he sat down.

Frederick poured some tea, placed a cup before Takeo, and stepped back a short distance from everyone.

“Hmm, yes. I’m satisfied,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“Yes. Takeo-sama, thank you very much,” said Smith, gratefully.

“It was heavenly,” said Alice with an expression of pure contentment.

Seeing everyone’s reactions, Takeo also nodded in satisfaction.

“Now, today’s novel ingredients were butter, fresh cream, and whipped cream,” said Takeo.

“You made three all at once,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“There were three, but… Actually, it’s one ingredient,” said Takeo.

“What do you mean by that?” asked Grandpa Elvis.

“They are all derived from freshly obtained milk,” said Takeo.

“Aha… I don’t get it,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“I will walk you through it,” said Takeo, “First, if you leave fresh milk from the cow sit for a while, the fat rises to the top and pools there. This is called fresh cream, and I used it to make the Carbonara that you tried earlier.”

“Hmm,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“To this fresh cream, I added about 4% of its volume’s worth of salt, and then I mixed it and agitated it until it formed a solid, called butter. This is it,” said Takeo.

He placed the bread and butter before everyone.

“I wouldn’t mind talking while you ate some,” said Takeo.

Everyone picked up a piece of bread and ate some.

They all broke into surprised expressions.

“And when this fresh cream has sugar and salt added to it and is made fluffy, it results in the whipped cream that you tried earlier,” said Takeo.

“Hmm, yes. I see,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“…However,” said Takeo. He frowned in dissatisfaction.

“Hmm? What’s wrong, Takeo?” asked Grandpa Elvis.

“On this occasion, since I was pressed for time and I couldn’t get my hands on fresh cream, I made some fresh cream from the butter,” said Takeo.

“I see… the order was reversed,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“Yes. I mixed butter and milk and made some fresh cream in that way, but no matter what I did, I couldn’t get the odor of butter out of it,” said Takeo.

“So that’s what happened,” said Smith.

“If you make it from fresh cream, there’s not this much smell to it, but… I wanted you to have the genuine experience of milk and sugar mixing to make a refreshing sweetness, and along with the fluffy texture, have the whipped cream melt in your mouth…”

Takeo was frowning, disappointed.

“…Takeo-sama, I want to try it,” said Alice with tears in her eyes.

“Lady Alice, don’t look so sorrowful, please,” said Takeo, “I want to make it for you, too, but… Getting this fresh cream is a project that takes time.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

To put it simply, if you leave fresh milk from the cow alone for a while, the fat separates and pools, and turns into a butter-like state, but fresh cream must be used before it solidifies… Frederick-san, do you know of anyone around here who would sell me a great volume of fresh cow’s milk?”

“Well…” said Frederick, “If you give me two days, I think I can get it for you,” said Frederick.

“What shall we do, Elvis-san?” asked Takeo.

“Hmm, yes, well,” said Grandpa Elvis, “Takeo, while we’re at it, could you think of a dinner that would make use of the fresh cream?”

“Huh? What do you mean?” asked Takeo.

“Hmm, yes. I want the dinner two days from now and the sweets for teatime after dinner to contain fresh cream. That way, we can buy a large amount of fresh milk,” said Grandpa.

“I understand. I will think of dinner and dessert with the help of the head chef,” said Takeo.

“Hmm, yes. I will leave it up to you, Takeo,” said Grandpa Elvis.

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“Now. I’ve heard about what happened this morning, but I would like to receive a report on the happenings of this afternoon,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“Understood,” said Takeo, “The first rebuilding of the small rifle was concluded. We will call it Rebuilt Rifle 1. This Rebuilt Rifle 1 is a step in the direction of the Anti-Materiel rifle that we talked about earlier,” said Takeo.

“Hmm, yes. Were you able to make something impressive?” asked Grandpa Elvis.

“Just a little impressive,” said Takeo, “It has the firing power to reliably shoot a target 1200 meters away. When we tried to up the distance past 1200 meters, the bullets kept exploding, so we can’t shoot any further than that,” said Takeo.

“Hmm,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“The strength of it was… Lady Alice, it was powerful, wasn’t it?” asked Takeo.

“Yes, a tree about 50 meters away received deep gouges in its trunk,” said Alice.

According to Shopkeeper Taylor, it was about as powerful as a “Fire” with about 70 magical strength applied to it.

“It takes about 150 magical strength to operate it, so from a mage’s point of view, it’s a wasteful endeavor. Taylor told me so in the review of the weapon he gave me,” said Takeo.

“Yes, it doesn’t quite work as an economizing weapon,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“Yes, and as it holds a great power, I asked Taylor to keep the design as it is for personal use, and not make a version that could be sold on the market,” said Takeo.

“Hmm, yes, that is for the best. It requires such a high level of magic to operate that you may be the only one that could use it anyways, though,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“Shopkeeper Taylor said the same thing,” said Takeo, smiling wryly.

“Besides that, Takeo-sama got his rings upgraded, and raised the number of repeated spells he could activate, and I also bought a ring,” said Alice, grinning in satisfaction.

“How many spells can you activate at once, now?” asked Grandpa Elvis.

“It’s been raised to about 35,” said Takeo, “With that, I should be able to deal with any of Lady Alice’s attacks.”

“Hmm, yes. That seems promising,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“Grandfather, what do you mean by that?” asked Alice.

“…Nothing… in particular…” said Grandpa Elvis, looking away.

Alice was staring fixedly at Grandpa Elvis, but she sighed.

Grandpa Elvis put on an expression feigning ignorance.

“Does the ring that you bought have some sort of power, Older Sister?” asked Smith.

“Yes. Under Takeo-sama’s suggestion, I’ve made it so that I can voluntarily recover when I want to,” said Alice.

“…Older Sister, you’re getting more and more invincible,” said Smith, hanging his head.

“Well, I have no love of war, and I have no intentions of becoming the strongest soldier out there,” said Alice, puffing up her cheeks and resisting Smith’s claims.

“Haha, well I’m sure it seems that way if you look at it objectively, but…” said Takeo, “Well, either way, we’ve taken away one of your weak points, Lady Alice. Now, as long as you don’t take on a serious injury or worse, you will be able to recover whenever you want.”

“Hmm, yes. Which means… It wouldn’t be a problem to go on a regular journey, now,” said Grandpa Elvis.

“Yes, we thought to do it with the trip in mind, after all,” said Takeo.

“Now we can go anywhere, can’t we?” said Alice, with her eyes glimmering with excitement.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]