After I bid the royalties farewell, the sky turns dark and I just realize that Gilbert is still in the restaurant sitting in the corner with a pathetic expression.
Well, he didn't know about the situation so he kind of feel left out and just listen silently till the whole thing end.
"Hey, Gilbert! Do you also want to try the pudding that I made?", I asked him out of pity.
" Can I really!?", he asked with a happy face and a tear of excitement.
He looked more childish and pitiable when I see him acting like that. Albeit, he deserves a treat since he often helps me with cleaning the restaurant.
[MOMENT LATER]
The rain starts pouring heavily that night when I was making him his pudding in the kitchen as he awaits for the dessert.
"Here's the treat!", I notified him.
He then looked at the jiggly pudding with amazement in his eyes while he desperately tries to control his drool. But then he looks at me as if he needs something.
" Is something wrong with the pudding?", I was worried if the dessert is not to his liking.
At the same time, the thunder starts to rumble loudly while the lightning shines brightly outside the window that took my attention away during the heavy rain.
" I want you to feed me, please?", he asked with a soft voice as his face turns beet red.
I was distracted by the rumble of the thunder and the bright lightning and I didn't listen to what Gilbert said to me.
"Uh oh yes, what is it again Gilbert?", I thought he was talking to me about the dessert.
" It was nothing", he starts eating the pudding quickly and looks away from me to hide his blushing face.
I look at him as if he is stressed out when eating the pudding and it gives me a new idea for another dessert that might be fitting for a stressed man like Gilbert.
It also reminds me that in this world, dessert is known as cookies, cupcakes, and other sweet stuff like doughnuts. The cookies only use oat, sugar, and raisins but there's. no chocolate in it.
Does it mean that cocoa has not been discovered yet in this world?
[THE NEXT DAY]
Gilbert as always, cleaning the restaurant with me early in the morning before it starts to open for business.
While he was cleaning the restaurant, I sneakily try to create a dessert in the kitchen with the help of the spirits to get a plant fruit called cocoa. I also describe the detail of the cocoa characteristics so that the spirits will understand it even better.
When the spirits found the cocoa, I start preparing to make the chocolate. I remember in my previous life that to make chocolate you need the cocoa to be:
1)Harvest
2)Ferment
3)Dry
4)Roast
5)Cracking and winnowing
6) Grinding and conching
7)Tempering
8)Molding
To decrease the time taken, I used magic so it will be faster rather than waiting for it to be done in several days.
After finishing it. I add it to the cookies, doughnut, and muffin so Gilbert can taste it in these desserts. I also made one pure chocolate with a special cover so that it will not be too sticky.
I then check on Gilbert if he is done with the cleaning but he has gone to take his shift as a guard at the town entrance.
I decided to put the dessert into the basket and head toward his place. I greet the townsfolk and made a few acquaintances on the way to the town entrance. Somehow they are very friendly to me whenever I go.
"Gilbert!", I called out his name out loud when I see him in my view.
When he looks at me, he started being so stiff around the other guards while I'm looking at him with confusion.