Spring is in full swing.
A calm and warm wind is blowing on the island of Gandalcia.
The cherry blossoms are so pretty…….
At Island Maker, the cherry blossoms blooms only at this time of year. Same is true here on Gandalcia Island, where Yoshino cherry trees are in bloom. You won’t find this kind of cherry blossom in Findas region.
This is definitely a game world after all.
As the temperature rose day by day, we developed a new cold dessert. It’s made from the muskmelon I grew in the fields. We split the muskmelon in half, scoop out the seeds and filled the inside with soft serve ice cream.
It was nothing special, it just reminded me of something I saw on TV in my previous life while harvesting the muskmelons. I want to eat that, so I decided to try it with the muskmelon.
It seems that my obsession with food transcends time and space.
I immediately asked Lynn to create a soft-serve ice cream.
“Oh~, I love this. This is it!”
The large melon was split in half, so it’s very impressive. No one can’t resist the luxury of eating a melon full of juice with soft-serve ice cream.
“Father is a genius! Charlotte loves you more than ever!”
Char is also eating with great relish. She has already finished one and started working on her second serving.
“It has a great visual impact and tastes great. Let’s try to sell it in the restaurant.”
Lynn liked it as well so she added it in the menu.
It was well received by the citizens of Lebon. It became so popular that customers came for it every day.
These days, Gandalcia is a bit of a date spot. Not only couples but also families often come here. Everyone comes for the cherry blossoms and melon soft serve ice cream.
I also set up a sausage stall so that they could eat while watching the cherry blossoms, and it was another great success. Well, I guess it is to be expected as the sausages made at Paul-oniisan’s ranch are delicious.
I am also satisfied that tourism revenue had increased a little. This will enable me to raise everyone’s salary.
At this rate, should I prepare the beach so that the guests can go swimming in summer?
If I install toilet and bath, customers will surely be pleased.
Mmm, my goals are just getting bigger huh.
Bottling and wine production are also going well. Alexei-oniisan has made it impossible for me to do business in the Dantes’ territory, but sales in the Simpson territory are growing.
I thought about expanding the vineyards because sales are going in great direction, but I decided not to. Because there is not enough manpower. Medoc and Pino are both hard working, but it’s not a good idea to add more work to them. Gandalcia is not a black company after all.
I think it’s best to keep it at this scale and not be too greedy. Grapes can be harvested in three days, so brewing can be done every three days. The number of barrels is increasing one after another too.
The sparkling grapes haven’t grown since then though. I am sure that they will eventually produce sparkling fruit again though. At that time, I’ll make the best wine again and make everyone happy.
In this way, my life is very fulfilling.
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Earl Dantes, who was drinking tea in his office, suddenly remembered and questioned Sebastian, the head butler.
“Speaking of which, did Cedie say anything about his bottled goods? I suppose it’s about time he got out of business in Dantes territory, right?”
Alexei thinks that if he interferes with Cedie’s business transaction with Emma, Cedie will give up his rights to the island. If that happens, it’s a done deal. But he is not a bad guy either. He didn’t want to have bad rumors, so as an older brother, he plans to let Cedie go to school in the Capital.
Regardless of what others think of him, Alexei doesn’t consider himself a bad person.
That’s how naive this man’s self-esteem is.
Back to his question, Sebastian’s reply was not a good one.
“A-about that, it seems that Cedie-sama has found a way to sell it in Simpson territory….…”
“Tsk! With Earl Simpson?”
Alexei spat these words out, but he has enough sense to know that he couldn’t complain to Earl Simpson.
“If I’d known it would have been like this, I should have just bought the goods at a lower price instead of trying to take the island away. Tsk, I made a mistake.”
Sebastian desperately tries to calm down Alexei, who is getting gloomy.
“That does not matter, right? Anyways, the sales of the bottled goods are insignificant compared to the sales of our wine.”
“Mmm, that’s true.”
In fact, compared to the scale of Earl Dantes’ business, the sales of Gandalcia were insignificant.
Alexei rubbed his face with the palm of his hand, as if to calm his mind.
“Very well, let’s leave Cedie alone for now. By the way, are the wine sales going well?”
“Yes…. but there is a slight decline in sales.”
“What do you mean?”
“Wine shipment to the Simpson territory has decreased. Just one or two merchants bought our wine compared to before.… We’re currently investigating, but it seems that a good wine is coming in from somewhere.”
Alexei knows that the quality of the wine produced in his territory is not the best. Still, he said,
“Continue to aim to expand our sales channels.”
Alexei crossed his arms sullenly.
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I am studying ores when Eugenie came with Gian. Her cheeks were a little flushed and she looked a little excited.
I wonder what happened?
“Hi, Eugenie. Welcome. There’s a cherry pickled in Kirsch, do you want to try some?”
It is very tasty when eaten with whipped cream. Pickled cherries in kirsch is a new product in the food processing plant and it is Cawsill’s favorite at the moment. Cawsill even gained a little weight from eating too much of this.
But Eugenie had no time for that.
“I’ll have that later. But more importantly, Cedie, I’ve got a letter from my father who’s in the Capital. Here, this is for you.”
The letter she handed to me read, “To Mr. Cedie Dantes“
“The Earl’s handwriting is very nice.”
“Don’t bother with that, just read the letter quickly! The outline was written in the letter addressed to me, but it seems like something serious has happened.”
At Eugenie’s urging, I opened the envelope and read the letter.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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