381 Bear-san Makes Pudding Using Big Eggs
[Itâs done!] Ghazal
The maintenance was over and the knife was returned.
[Even though you fought against the wyvern and the big scorpion with it, itâs almost pristine. It seems that the Miss Bearâs handling is quite good.] Ghazal
It makes me happy because he seems to be complimenting me. Well, if I use it badly and cause the blade to bend or break, Iâd feel bad for Ghazal-san who made the knife.
But weapons are also consumables. It canât be helped if it breaks and becomes useless. But it will feel terrible if it breaks after a few battles.
[Speaking of which, you said you want the ore you got at that time to be examined, but did you go to the city of dwarves?] Ghazal
[There are so many things that happened so I havenât been able to go yet.] Yuna
The Bearmonite is stored in the bear box.
Since then, Iâve been very busy. Going to Misaâs birthday party, going to the elven forest, attending school festival, going to the desert, going to the sea. I didnât have time to go to the city of Dwarves. With that in mind, itâs too much work for a hikikomori like me.
But now I have the time, and if I go to the city of Dwarves, I want to go if I know more about the Bearmonite. But as the name suggests, Bermonite is definitely a tool item dedicated to me. Even though the dwarves are familiar with ores like itâs their second nature, I have a feeling that someone will say .
And when it comes to games, I simply solve mysteries and move on afterward. But since itâs not a game, Iâm not really bothered by it if I donât know anything about Bearmonite.
However, ever since I got it, I have a desire to analyze it. My gamer blood intensifies.
I casually take out the Bearmonite.
Are? Was it always in such color?
I remember it was a strange round ore. It has become pure white. I took it out once more, itâs still pure white.
It was definitely not in this color back then.
I checked it with my skills.
«Bearmonite, a mysterious ore.»
The name and description havenât changed, but it seems that this is definitely Bearmonite.
[It looks different than before.] Ghazal
[Yeah, Iâve never taken it out of the item bag since then, but itâs the ore I got before.] Yuna
Ghazal-san picks up Bearmonite.
[Such a mysterious stone.] Ghazal
Iâm not as surprised as Ghazal-san. Because itâs Bearmonite. No matter what happens, Iâm not going to be surprised.
[Donât you want to break it and check it.] Ghazal
[Isnât breaking it supposed to be the last resort? Hey, thereâs something that bothers me about this stone, so you canât break it or shatter it] Yuna
Bearmonite is a rare ore. Itâs more likely that I will never get another one. Itâll be a problem if it gets destroyed rendering it useless.
[Thatâs true. In that case, we may never know. Unless itâs master.] Ghazal
[Does your master know? (About Bearmonite)] Yuna
[He may know something about it because he travels around the world and seeing various ores. If he canât, I donât know anyone else who can.] Ghazal
Ghazal-san seems sure with that person, it may be good to meet him at once. Even if he doesnât know about Bearmonite, if heâs traveling around the world, he might hear some interesting stories.
[If youâre going there, please say hello to master for me.] Ghazal
I thanked Ghazal-san and left the shop.
If I go home right now, a normal round trip should take 3 days, so I will kill time before returning to Crimonia.
Killing time means cleaning the bear house. When I returned to the royal capitalâs Bear House, I summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear in cub form. Then, I gave Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear a rag each and asked them to clean the floor.
Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear rolls around while holding a rag to wipe the floor.
Iâll leave the floor cleaning to Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, so Iâll go collect the futons. Then, using the bear gate, Iâll hang it outside the bear house in the sacred tree of the elf village. At the sacred tree, no one can see it. Only Ruimin and the others who can enter the barrier can come to the sacred tree.
I also collected the ones we used in Mereera, the futons I used for my traveling, and dry them here. I have a bear box, so itâs easy to collect those. If I didnât have a bear box, I would have to carry it one by one. So itâs really convenient.
The elf village has good weather all year long and itâs always a good day to wash. I collected the laundry from all bear houses, washed it, and hung it to dry.
After washing and cleaning, I took Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear to the bottom of the sacred tree. Then, when I return Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear to their original size, I took a nap on top of them instead of a bed.
Then, in the evening, I woke up and hurriedly gathered all of my futons and laundries.
After adjusting the number of days appropriately and returning to Crimonia, I asked the members of the store group to gather at the store during the next holiday. From the morning, six members of the shop group will join Fina and Shuriâs childrenâs group.
[Yuna-oneesan. What do you want to do now that everyone is here?] Fina
[I got a rare egg, so letâs make a pudding together.] Yuna
[A rare egg?] Fina
[Jajaaan!] Yuna
I took out a big egg from the bear box along with my voice.
[............]
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Are? The reaction of the children is weak.
[Etto, maybe big eggs arenât that rare?] Yuna
But ordinary eggs were rare, so thatâs not the case, right?
[Is this really an egg?]
[Well, thatâs got to be a lie. Thereâs no such big egg.]
[Iâm pretty sure that itâs from a big kokekko.]
[You donât know. Itâs a dragonâs egg. Itâs a dragonâs egg because the dragon is big.]
[Iâve never seen a dragon.]
Apparently, they didnât understand the big egg, so they were having trouble reacting to it.
The children looked at the huge spot-billed duck-sized egg and said various things like, . Wait, are there vicious dragons here like in the game?
[Yuna-oneesan. Is this really an egg?] Fina
[Itâs so big.] Shuri
Fina and Shuri also look at the mysteriously-huge spot-billed duck-sized egg and poke it with their fingers.
[Itâs neither a dragon nor a big kokekko egg. But a big birdâs egg swimming in a lake.] Yuna
[Big bird?] Fina
[Hmm, about this much?] Yuna
I opened my hands and express the size of the bird.
[Is there such a big bird?]
[Then, if you warm this egg, will a big bird hatch from it?]
[Etto, isnât it impossible because the parent bird is not here? And also I think itâs impossible to grow it unless there is big water like a lake.] Yuna
[May I touch Yuna-oneechan?]
[Me too!]
[Itâs okay, but be careful because itâs heavy.] Yuna
Children anxiously touched and carried the egg.
[Itâs heavy and big.]
[Itâs really heavy.]
[Iâm next!]
Iâm a bit worried about them dropping the eggs that the children are holding in their small hands.
[Youâll have your turn. Settle down, stop running. If the egg breaks, itâll be terrible so be careful.] Yuna
Well, there are 8 people including Fina and Shuri. There are two eggs, so there isnât much competition. The egg returns safely.
[And so, Iâll make pudding with this egg, so can everyone help me?] Yuna
[Yea!]
[Iâll help!]
[But how will you break the egg? Itâs too hard.] Fina
When breaking an ostrich egg, Iâve seen it hit with a hard object such as a hammer to make a hole and take out the contents. Therefore, I took out the hammer that I prepared in advance from the bear box.
[Iâll use this!] Yuna
[Youâll break it with a hammer?] Fina
[Iâll only make a hole, but yeah, thatâs correct. Iâm not really familiar with it, so I donât know if thereâs another way to do it.] Yuna
There may be a different way in this world, but I donât know, so Iâll make a hole with this hammer.
The mouth of the bear puppet is biting the hammer. And then I tap it lightly, but it doesnât break. When I hit it with a little more force, the egg cracked.
[Itâs cracked?] Fina
[A little more!] Yuna
I tapped it again to open a hole.
[Bring a bowl for the eggs.] Yuna
[Okay.]
When I received the bowls, I removed the contents of the egg from the hole. However, I couldnât take it out well, and the yolk was in a messy state.
[Ah, the yolk broke.] Yuna
The children were disappointed because the yolk got broke.
Hmmm, it seems that it was a mistake to make the hole smaller in order to show the eggshells to other children later.
This time, I made the hole bigger and take out the yolk in a clean state, the children cheered.
[So big!]
[This could become a big bird.]
[Bird, I wanted to see it.]
I want to show it to them, but I canât take it here, so itâs impossible. The big bird can be brought in through the bear gate, but they cannot be raised over here, so they are only going to be used as food. I also eat kokekko, so there is no problem. Somehow it feels like itâs going to be something else.
[Alright, Iâm going to make pudding. Iâll begin stirring it.] Yuna
When I crushed the yolk, the words and come out.
[Help me out here. Donât forget to prepare the tools and cups.] Yuna
We split into two groups and started making pudding with the huge spot-billed duck-sized eggs.
Iâve heard that ostrich eggs are about 20 times larger than chicken eggs. Since one normal-sized egg can make two puddings, the two large eggs here can probably make 80.
Itâs just a rough calculation. However, even if it increases or decreases a little, the amount it can make satisfies the number to be distributed to the children of the orphanage and the people close to me.
And with the cooperation of everyone, the pudding using huge spot-billed duck-sized eggs was completed. I tried tasting it, but it was a flavor-rich pudding with a different taste from the ones made from kokekko eggs.
The finished pudding had huge spot-billed duck-sized eggshells together when I distributed the pudding. everyone was surprised by the taste of the pudding, but even more so, they were surprised by the size of the eggshells.
Next time, Iâll go to Karina along with kokekko.
Authorâs Note:
Thatâs why Yuna is likely to go to the city of Dwarves. And sheâs making pudding with big eggs.