My return home was delayed by a day due to an audience with His Majesty. The formalities for conferring a peerage were a lot of work, but now I can finally go home.
“Char wants to return to the island as soon as possible! Lucio says that the grass in the Capital tastes bad.”
“He~en”
I guess he wants to eat the grass from Gandalcia. I scratched the back of Lucio’s ear as he looked listless.
“It’ll be easier on the way back since we won’t have any luggage. You can eat lots of grass when we get back.”
Lucio smiled happily. A donkey’s smile is so cute.
We thanked Earl Simpson for his kindness once more and then we departed.
On the way, we passed by Deckles Square, and there is a long line at the donut stall we stopped by the other day. When I counted, there are about 20 people in line. Apart from the owner uncle, there are two more young girls who he may have hired for a part-time job. They are all busy working.
When the uncle saw us, he quickly ran towards me.
“Thank you very much for your time the other day, Young Master. I took your advice and made a new product. As you can see, it’s been very successful.”
He handed me a paper bag full of donuts. It contains a lot of cinnamon sugar donuts and jelly donuts.
“They all look delicious.”
“That is just a token of my appreciation. Please accept it. By the way, are you going out somewhere, Young Master?”
“I’m going back to my territory.”
“Eeh!?”
“So Young Master owns his own state huh. Is it okay if I ask for Young Master’s name?”
“Cedie Dantes….. I mean, I’m Baron Cedie Dantes.”
“Oh, it’s my great honor to meet you. Ah, right!”
I was surprised by the uncle who shouted so loudly.
“What’s wrong?”
“If Baron doesn’t mind, can I name my donuts, baron donuts? After all, this donut is Baron Dantes’ idea!”
To be precise, it’s a memory from my previous life……
It’s not something I came up with originally. Somehow, I feel sorry for the people who launched donuts in my previous life. But there’s no point in explaining it every single time. In some cases, people might even think I’m crazy.
“I don’t mind……”
I agreed though I feel a little guilty.
But still, baron donuts huh…….
I was still embarrassed to call myself a baron, but when I saw the uncle happy, it made me think it might be okay.
Anyways, I got a lot of Baron donuts, so we wouldn’t have any trouble having snacks on our journey back.
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As we walked along the seaside road, I saw the island of Gandalcia on the horizon. The long journey from the Capital is almost over.
“I didn’t have a chance to show my skills, but peace is a good thing.”
Upa nods in satisfaction. I am relieved too. After all, there are 12 million crown coins worth of gold coins paid by the royal court in the luggage. No matter how powerful Char is or how skilled Upa is, I still can’t just go easy.
“Oh, I can see the checkpoint. Looks like there are no more soldiers around.”
The checkpoint at the entrance to the bridge is still there, but the soldiers are gone. When big brother learned that a tunnel had been built, he may have realized that it was useless to have the soldiers stay at the checkpoint. I hope that at this rate, there will be no more warships in blockade at the sea as well.
The inside of the tunnel is brighter with more lights than the day we left the island.
Nowald-sensei and Mio-san must have done their best.
“Cedie-sama!”
I met Pino, who had come to check out the wines in the hole.
“Welcome back! Oh, I’ll let everyone know!”
Pino, who is usually silent, makes a loud voice and runs out.
Ah~, I’m finally back on the island of Gandalcia.
| 「 Status 」 |
| Cedie Dantès: Level 5 Points: 50 Happiness: 100% Island Level: 3 |
I’m back on the island and my happiness level is 100%. In Island Maker, if you work when your happiness level is at 100%, a lot of things will go well.
I’m a little tired, but I wanna work in the fields. I’ll tend on the grapes and sow some grass for Lucio too.
“We can do that tomorrow you know. Cedie is too serious.”
“It’s okay, Upa. It will be futile if I don’t do it today.”
“Char will help you too!”
Char and I headed straight for the vegetable garden and started preparing the land right away. If all went well, we might get some sparkling grapes and grass again.
Then, unexpectedly, a revelation from heaven came. I was so overwhelmed that my body is trembling.
What would happen if I used sparkling grapes and brewed wine at 100% happiness…?
Perhaps I can make a wine that surpasses the Château Gandalcia Special. That’s because, while happiness sometimes reaches 99%, it’s rare for it to reach 100%.
Anyway, for now I should focus on the grapes. And aim for the sparkling grapes. My happiness level may not be 100% on the day we make the wine, but it’s already proven that the results will surely be a delicious wine.
I am a little tired, but I started working, feeling happy to be back on the island.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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