How a Former Pro Takes Advantage by Doing an Easy Job Chapter 157

Chapter 157. Chocolate is the best (1) The discovery of destiny.

one month after that.

I took Dia and headed to the vegetable garden behind the castle.

“…This is the field where Arell-sama grows his personal crops, right?”

“huh.”

This field is a field where I grow and research a few plants for personal purposes.

Servants and mages in charge of growing crops take care of it, and I direct what to study.

It’s not like I’ve opened my eyes to noble hobbies like bonsai now.

Originally, there is no more hobby like raising a vegetable garden.

It is extremely my desire that I dare to take on the challenge of growing crops despite the annoyance.

“The reason I have business today is because of this!”

We headed to one of the fields.

By applying a separate mana house to each field, crops are studied in different environments.

And, perhaps because the temperature in the compartment we entered now is much higher than in other places, a distinctly different humidity welcomed us just by entering.

It is so hot because it had to be equipped with an environment suitable for the plants grown here.

And today’s purpose is none other than the tree growing here.

“Whoop whoop whoop! Now, it is because of this!”

I picked one open fruit and held it out to Dia.

Look at this stringy, hard fruit.

Isn’t that cute?

“Is this the fruit Arel-nim bought before?”

yes that’s right

I nodded my head broadly at Dia’s question, remembering that I had bought this fruit a month ago and was cultivating and improving it myself.

Not only her, but everyone else will remember it well because I made a lot of fuss at that time.

“This fruit is…

“Yes, this is cacao!”

I proudly introduced the name of this fruit.

I stumbled upon this fruit the other day while I was out.

However, no one knew its value, so it was a fruit of misfortune that I tried to throw away just by displaying it properly.

Well, it hasn’t been commercialized here yet, so I don’t know its value.

The voice of the merchant who sincerely said that it was not worth it still lingered in my ears.

The joy at that time was indescribable.

I was thrilled as if I had received an early Christmas present.

Only I can recognize the value of this fruit.

What a delightful fact this is.

Unfortunately, the other guys couldn’t understand how I felt.

In fact, when I hugged this fruit and was excited, the merchant at the time looked at me and said, ‘What is this kid?’ I secretly gave him a look as if he was looking at a strange guy.

In his eyes, he would have looked nothing but an eccentric interested in useless fruit.

However, I wasn’t offended when I received that stare.

Rather, it made me laugh.

Yes, you don’t have to teach me one by one.

The ignorant who does not recognize the value of this can just live as it is.

At that time, I did not bother to explain, and bought all the fruits they had.

After carefully preserving this fruit and bringing it to the manor, he made a careful effort to create the necessary growth environment and grow it properly.

In fact, there was a way to make a deal with the company and import it in earnest, but I didn’t choose that.

Since navigation technology is not yet perfect here, trade is not a stable means, and considering future interests, it is much easier to improve it and cultivate it on our side.

However, as the world is different, the varieties will be subtly different, so it was quite difficult to create an environment for these fruits to grow properly.

Wizards and servants suffered quite a bit.

The first half of the seeds were not able to grow properly and were killed.

It is a difficult variety to grow from the beginning.

It was clear that I would have failed in the end if I hadn’t been knowledgeable about this.

Since there is a wizard there, I can grow quickly, so the fact that I was able to shorten the time I spent on trial and error was a big help.

This is because the time that might have taken years has been compressed into only a month or so.

Magic is really convenient. Foul power like this is rare.

Anyway, the result of such efforts!

It produced such good fruit!

Cocoa beans are bountiful this year!

“What are you going to do with the fruit?”

No one else, including Dia, knows what it’s for because it’s never been explained.

Slowly, I decided to teach him the answer.

“not a big deal. Dia, let me do one thing from now on.”

“Please leave anything to me.”

yes that’s a good attitude

I smile brightly

“Grind this fruit and then process it?”

I asked the best wizard in our territory to waste the greatest amount of talent.

But this is the surest and most comfortable one.

* * *

It’s really convenient to be able to use multiple spells at the same time.

Daily life is also significantly different.

And more importantly.

Even cumbersome tasks can be completed faster and more conveniently.

The process of cocoa beans being simultaneously ground and heated right in front of my eyes feels truly sacred.

Ahh… just looking at it makes my mouth water!

In front of my twinkling eyes, Dia performed the work with magic as I ordered without saying anything.

It wasn’t originally taught for this purpose, but I wanted to use it because Dia had learned how to use various magics at the same time for the right purpose.

It’s really cool to see different magic circles flashing and doing multiple things at the same time.

“Is it okay to do this?”

“Yes, sorry for making you work. After all, it is cumbersome to create devices one by one in order to find out the suitable processing environment.”

In addition, most of the work requires energy, so it is really annoying.

But with magic, the entire process is simple.

For the rest, it is enough to make the equipment separately by remembering the environment in which it was processed.

Of course, using a wizard for something like this would be a huge waste of talent.

what about it

I like to waste.

Dia didn’t show any displeasure and did what I told her to do.

Magic was used to crush the fruit, leaving only cacao beans inside and processing the process individually with magic.

It’s a cumbersome process even with manpower, but magic won’t be convenient.

If it wasn’t for Dia, no mage would have helped so quickly.

“Even if it’s not, I’m still busy with training these days, but I’m sorry that I always do strange things.”

“If Arel-nim wants it, this is no big deal.”

Dia answered as if she had no complaints.

That’s what they say, but they are never free from personal practice in research.

They follow me there and are even more busy doing all sorts of trivial things.

Hmm… Should I find a successor to help with Dia’s work soon?

As for the knights, Asha and Seina train their subordinates on their own, but mages are rare talents, so it’s not easy to tell them to do it on their own.

“Instead of asking for cumbersome work, I’ll let you taste it first when it’s completed in return.”

“…I look forward to it.”

Dia flinched at the moment even though she didn’t dare to express it openly.

I’m sure you’ve noticed that it’s not normal food that I’m obsessed with.

Yes, both sides agree on this.

With Dia’s help, the troublesome process was over in the blink of an eye.

Afterwards, they patiently waited for the cocoa beans to ferment and dry.

A few days later.

Finally, the result of a bright brown liquid was left in front of us.

It is the raw liquid that is the result of processing cocoa beans.

Originally, additional processing was required after this, but that requires a separate processing facility, so for now, this is the best result that can be done.

“Is this it?”

“Yeah, that’s what chocolate is.”

To be precise, it’s still at the stage where it should be called cacao mass… but what about it?

Yes!

everything is for this

In the meantime, I’ve made all kinds of sweets, but unfortunately I couldn’t develop this one.

Needless to say, no one in the Kingdom of Ernesia or its neighboring countries knew the value of cacao beans, so I couldn’t get them even though I desperately wanted them.

Dadidan, the king of snacks, chocolate!

how much i wanted this

Maybe it was fate that I went out in the dark that day and found cacao beans.

He must have been drawn to sweets by fate.

I believe in destiny

Even if it looks like this, I like romance.

Dia looked at the brown liquid and tilted her head.

“Are you drinking this?”

“Originally, it is processed into more diverse forms. That’s an area that needs to be cooked separately, so you should be satisfied with this first.”

In other words, it can be called the origin of chocolate.

An undiluted solution made by processing cacao beans.

You can call it the ancestor of all chocolates.

By further processing here, various products can now be made.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with eating it in this state.

“Would you like a drink?”

Dia nodded cautiously and carefully put the brown liquid into her mouth.

And I watched it with a meaningful smile.

.. Huhuhuhuhu.

“town!”

Dia opened her eyes.

“how is it?”

“Write… write.”

As if she couldn’t bear to show me her face, she trembled with her head down.

If you look closely, the liquid you couldn’t swallow flows from the corner of her mouth.

It was a reaction similar to when I fed my elixir.

Will you use it? It’s pure cocoa mass with nothing added.

“Did you want something like this?”

Eventually, after rinsing her mouth with water and returning, Dia began to think seriously about the taste of my taste.

He seemed to be seriously troubled after learning about his master’s bad taste that he hadn’t known about before.

no. I don’t have any hobbies like that. I’m not that kind of pervert

“Actually, I don’t eat like this.”

It was pure prank that I just fed this to Dia.

Seeing her with tears welling up in her eyes, perhaps because she wrote it so badly, I feel a little bit sorry.

Yeah, I’m not kidding about eating.

I hurriedly took out the sugar and started to mix it into the drink.

Add sugar once and stir.

Add sugar twice and stir again.

Add all the sugar and continue to stir.

Once I put in as much as I could, I mixed it until it melted properly, and then recommended it again.

“…If it’s an order.”

Why are you talking like you’re poisoned?

I mean, since you’ve been through it a little while ago, are you sure you’re scared?

Even if it were me, if it wasn’t for the lord, I would have hit a guy who jokes like this.

“Don’t worry. I’m not joking this time.”

So, the taste will definitely be different this time.

“…It’s sweet.”

“yes?”

“It definitely seems to taste sweeter as much as it is bitter.”

accurate ratings.

Actually, I wish I could have added vanilla or some more.

Well, since it’s an early work, this is all it takes.

….good. If you put as much sugar as I did, it doesn’t seem to have been used.

I’m not sorry

Actually, the reason I suggested this to you in the first place was…

I was afraid to test how bitter this was with my tongue.

Apologizing briefly inside, I made the same thing and slurped it.

“…Yes, this is it!”

soft cacao.

The stimulant effect unique to the fruit is strong, and somehow it warms my heart.

It tastes even sweeter because the bitterness emphasizes the sweetness.

“Whew… I’m drunk on sugar.”

Even though I bought many sweets, I always felt empty.

It feels a bit full.