“I suppose it would be unreasonable to leave everything entirely to Shun, so I’ll at least listen to your requests.”
Emilia-sama added a bit of reassurance, but I was still feeling completely deflated.
Then, for some reason, Shiro raised her hand energetically.
“I want takoyaki!”
“““Takoyaki?”””
Ah… right. Along the way, at the coastal barony, I did say I’d make takoyaki.
But with just Shiro’s explanation, no one here would understand it.
So I somehow forced myself to recover and started explaining properly.
“Takoyaki is more like the name of the dish. You cook a batter-based food on a special iron griddle. The griddle has small round indentations—about the size of two or three fingers. You pour the batter in, then use a pick or something similar to rotate it continuously, shaping it into a sphere as it cooks. Inside, you can put meat, seafood… or even cheese if you like.”
“Hmm… so the key is the iron plate with round indentations, I see.”
As I explained, the former Margrave and the craftsmen gathered around, nodding with interest.
“Hmmm…”
“Alright. Can you guys make a griddle like that?”
“This much is easy. We can process just about anything, after all.”
The craftsmen responded immediately to the former Margrave’s prompt.
Sigh. This is definitely turning into I’m going to have to make takoyaki for real, isn’t it?
Just as I was thinking that, Shiro added something unnecessary again.
“It’s served on little wooden boats!”
“A wooden boat? Shun, what does she mean?”
“Well… you take thin wood shavings, cut and interlock them at the edges to form a simple container. Takoyaki is often sold in those.”
“Hmm… I see. Hey, bring me some slightly thicker planed wood.”
At the former Margrave’s order, they quickly brought over appropriately shaved wood materials. Using them, they began forming simple containers. And then—the atmosphere around us changed.
“That’s actually quite good. We’d need purification with basic cleansing magic, but there’s no need to carve out proper wooden bowls.”
“As long as you have people who can use basic life magic, the quantity won’t be an issue. And since it isn’t for soups, it can be reused for other things as well. If it gets dirty, just discard it—easy disposal too.”
The craftsmen and attendants nodded, clearly impressed.
Somehow, something that started as “Shiro wants takoyaki” is now turning into a full-scale production plan for festival food stalls. It seemed that Emilia-sama and the former Margrave were giving surprisingly high praise, but in truth, the point they were most impressed with was probably the idea of disposable containers.
“Shun-sama, that’ amazing! To think you could come up with something like that!”
“Wow!”
And for some reason, Toria-chan’s evaluation of me had skyrocketed. She clasped her hands together, eyes sparkling with admiration.
…But really, it was just me applying knowledge from my previous life.
Kent-chan, on the other hand, didn’t seem to understand what was going on at all. He was just copying everyone else’s reactions, thinking it must be impressive because the adults said so.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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