""Hmmm...""
After the meal, when I served today's souvenir, sake, Marl and Melkina puffed up in dissatisfaction.
"Drinking during pregnancy is bad for your baby. Be patient."
Elmina-san, I think it would be counterproductive to say such things while drinking warmed sake.
"I am dissatisfied too"
Karen doesn't like alcohol, so she's also dissatisfied. Sherry and Sitan are relatively good mouths. There are no drinking restrictions in this world, so even children drink normally. However, it seems that it is not good to give too small children to drink. They're married to me, and they're fine adults, so there's no blame.
"I prefer sweet mead."
"You should try to warm it up with a little granulated sugar and drink it."
"Are you going to put sugar in your drink? Hmmm...?"
After listening to my advice, Deborah makes a strange face and puts a handful of granulated sugar into the sake cup and starts drinking.
"Hmm, isn't it bad? Is it?"
It seems subtle, but it's better than just drinking it. But Marle, Melkina, and Karen are still in a bad mood. Alright, I'll take it easy here.
"Okay, I'll make some tools."
"What happened all of a sudden?"
"Let's make fluffy, sweet, magical treats for you guys who are in a bad mood."
"That sounds good!"
Melkina's face bursts into a smile when she hears it's sweets. Karen also wiggles her sheep ears and her eyes shine with anticipation. I have to put my heart into making this.
"In order to do that, we first have to make tools to make sweets."
So head to the workshop. The structure of the cotton candy machine itself is not that difficult. All you have to do is melt the granulated granules in a container with countless small holes, rotate the container, and use centrifugal force to scatter the granulated granulated grains into filaments. If you want to do it, you can easily make it with materials such as a battery-powered motor, an empty can, an alcohol lamp, and a bucket.
And now I have the highest level blacksmithing skill and magic tool creation skill. Easy win.
"What do you need?"
"It should be a vessel made of a material that can withstand the heat that would melt brown sugar. It should be cylindrical with a small mouth and about the depth of a cup. Would a metal one be good?"
"If that's the case, there's something just right for my alchemy workshop."
So head to Marle's alchemy workshop. It's next to my blacksmith workshop. Farewell my blacksmith workshop.
"There are also glass ones."
"It's better to make a metal one because it makes a small hole."
"Then this"
Make countless small holes with space magic in the copper cup received from Marl. Yeah, space magic is perfect for this kind of precision work. If it wasn't for me, I would probably collapse from running out of magic power. Then carve the heating spell on the bottom of the cup.
"The brown rice was burnt..."
"If you want to melt it, it's about 160°C to 180°C."
"I see"
Sugar is often used in alchemy, so Marle was very knowledgeable about it. I re-engrave the magic letter so that it is about 180 degrees Celsius.
"Yeah, I'm going to rotate this, but..."
"Would you like to try the centrifuge?"
"That's right, let's do it in a bucket because it's a big deal if it scatters."
Marle and I modified the centrifuge to complete the cotton candy machine. Alchemy is also useful... I didn't know you could join metals so easily.
"Okay, it's an experiment."
Make sure the copper cup is warm enough, turn on the centrifuge, and pour the granulated sugar into the cup.
"I found a lot of things that looked like spider webs."
"Smells sweet"
As Karen snorted, I entwined the cotton candy on the wooden stick. Hmm, is there a trick to this? It seems that all the grains have been released.
"Well, this is cotton candy."
"It's certainly fluffy like cotton."
"How do you eat?"
I tear off a little cotton candy with my fingers and bring it to Melkina's mouth as she tilts her head.
"Hmm... Sweet! Mysterious!"
I will tear off the cotton candy and give it to Marl and Karen, who are saying that I am too.
"Wow, this is strange. It melts in your mouth."
"delicious"
All three seemed to like it. Make more and more cotton candy and distribute one to each person.
"It's like eating clouds!"
"Yeah, it's interesting. It looks fun to make."
"But a little sticky"
"Because it melts easily with human skin... Alright, let's go back to the living room with this."
The quick-made cotton candy machine is stored in the storage, and the four of us move while eating cotton candy.
"Oh? What? That?"
"It's cotton candy.
Cotton candy, which does not look like sweets at first glance, attracted the interest of the drinkers who remained in the living room. I take out the hastily made cotton candy machine from the storage and make cotton candy right in front of me.
"It's sweet...it has a strange texture."
"You don't feel like eating"
"It doesn't go well with alcohol."
While saying that, both Kusuha and Elmina-san looked like they weren't at their best. Other girls seem to like it, too.
"Don't eat too much, you'll get cavities. The point is, it's sugar. Eating too much isn't good for your body."
I feel like if I eat it every day, I'll either get fat or go straight to diabetes.
"Where I lived, it felt like a simple snack sold at a food stall during a festival.
"Fumu, is it during festivals… But this cotton candy seems to sell well.
Marle uses alchemy to make various colored granulated granules from fruits and granulated granules, and begins to make colored cotton candy. It sure is colorful and interesting.
"It smells faintly of fruit."
"it's delicious"
"Brilliant!"
The three beastkin girls who received the colored cotton candy smile happily. Yeah, Sherry and Shitan are getting a little suspicious of rhetoric. It seems better to let him sleep.
At a later date, I and Marl succeeded in developing a cotton candy machine with low cost and anti-counterfeit measures, and sold cotton candy machines and various flavors of alchemy granulated sugar to various countries through trade routes. This sold like crazy and became one of the precious financial resources that supported the Brave Demon Federation. I don't know where in the world it will be useful.
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After transferring the captives to the Kingdom of Geppels, I have relatively free time until the next meeting. So I decided to do family service.
"Let's improve the cotton candy machine! It will sell!"
That's how I improved the cotton candy machine with Marle.
"Many of the landscapes have changed while Master was away from Clover. Why don't you look around?"
Patrolling the city and training the guards with Fram.
"Master, government affairs are piling up.
And staring at the documents with Tina.
"You think I should care, too, Dad?"
I spoiled Melkina as much as I could.
"The food stockpile is in a dangerous area."
I also went to receive the food that I was requesting support with Deborah who advised me.
"Taishi, don't worry."
"I am also a young lady. Please pay attention."
"Ah, me too."
I played as much as I wanted with the three beastkin girls who snuggled up to me.
"Master, you should go tell the chiefs of the Great Tree Sea that you're safe."
Together with Kusuha, I went to the village of Arkenia, the village of the demon tribe, and the residence of the river people. The souvenir sake was greatly appreciated.
"You, the one who dropped the rebel territory from the Kalendale Kingdom came in. I'm going to negotiate."
And I was taken by Nera--no, I was the one who took him in the transfer--and went to the Kalendale Kingdom. Nera presented the Karendil Kingdom with such strict conditions that I wondered what the previous sweet negotiations were about, and took away reparations and useful concessions for the Brave Demon Federation. I wonder if King Calendil's hair has been scattered considerably... Let's ask Marl to make stomach medicine and hair thickener.
"Taishi-kun, let's go on a date with me♪"
That's what Elmina told me, and it's a high yorokonday! When I arrived at Hoihoi, it was a monster subjugation tour in the Sea of Trees. I don't think you know what I'm talking about, but I didn't really understand what happened either. Now that I think about it, I feel like I was well controlled by Mr. Elmina and was thrust into a monster... I'll try not to go against Mr. Elmina.
"Let's take care of me too..."
As expected, I was tired from the daily family service, but I couldn't help but be inspired by Rifana's half-crying begging. Rifana showed interest in shopping in her city, so she went on a date with Alfen, the royal capital of the Kingdom of Kalendale, and Cron, the royal capital of the Kingdom of Miscronia. She was back to normal at the end, so the date was a success.
"Family service is hard"
"It's a showcase of Taishi-san's worth."
Marle chuckles while using my arm as a pillow. Today is Marle's day, so we were in the same bed and talking while feeling each other's body temperature. Of course, since Marle is pregnant, that is not the case. What is that? Don't ask anything uncouth.
"How was the negotiation with the Geppels Kingdom today?"
"Thanks to Tina and Nera for their hard work, they took more than I thought.
"... Hmm, that's a reasonable place."
When I told him the specific amount of compensation, Marl seemed to nod. Her brown hair tickles the tip of my nose.
"But now I can relax for a while. I can finally focus on the development of Clover."
"Ahaha, if you say that, you won't be able to relax."
"Hahaha, Marle says something strange."
In the afternoon of the next day after such a conversation, he appeared.