Chapter 23

"Hey, Ed."

"Huh?"

Prince Egiedilus turned to Rina.

"Hey... Prince Schuzel... Did you leave the upbringing of this child to King Felix?"

"His cute face is ruined, and it's all for this kid, right? I’m sure..."

"Do you like hard bread?"

Rina asked suddenly.

"I was thinking, while we were eating breakfast together, that maybe everyone actually likes that hard bread..."

"What? Out of the blue..."

He was taken aback by Rina’s sudden question, as he had been looking up at the sky.

"To be honest, I don’t really like it, but I wonder if Ed and the others do..."

"Well, I don’t particularly like it either. But bread is supposed to be like that, so there’s nothing we can do about it, right?"

"There’s nothing we can do... huh?"

It seems he still has some complaints...

...Huh? If the bread is hard, why not make it soft?

Rina thought.

After all, fruits were served after meals sometimes.

Among them was an apple.

Although it wasn’t very sweet due to the lack of advanced breeding, yeast could still be made.

If it doesn’t exist, why not make it?

Even in this different world, there are many familiar foods.

So, yeast should exist, even if it’s not visible.

Even if the experiment fails, only one apple will be wasted.

It’s worth a try.

"Ed... Do you have a jar about this size?"

Rina used her hands to indicate the size.

A jar big enough to hold one apple with a little extra space.

"…I have no idea what you’re talking about?"

He thought they were talking about bread, but suddenly she asked for a jar.

Prince Egiedilus furrowed his brow.

...He can use a word like "context" at his age...

...Impressive, for a prince...

Rina was oddly impressed, ignoring the puzzled Prince Egiedilus.

"…Well, maybe we can make soft bread?"

She had a confident tone.

"…If you say you’re going to hit it with the jar, I’ll get really mad, you know?"

"…I won’t say that!"

She preemptively corrected him, as he was looking at her suspiciously.

Anyway, that would just turn it into crumbs.

...Huh? Crumbs can be used to make breadcrumbs!!!

Rina was getting excited with the recipes that kept popping into her head.

If the food is bad, I can just make it myself!!

"Hey...?"

Prince Egiedilus, who had been completely forgotten, called out.

"..."

But there was no response.

It seemed her mind was elsewhere.

"Hey!"

It took a while for Rina to come back to reality, as expected.

Anyway, the person who first discovered "yeast" must have been amazing.

I think making fermented foods requires courage.