Chapter 114

「Haa… how regrettable」

「I should have secured it all beforehand… sorry 」

Sei apologized to me who sighed at the insignificant amount of umeboshi in my possession.

「No, I just wasn’t fated for it. I will just look around for another good buy」

That’s right. Today’s objective wasn’t just the umeboshi.I came to look for ingredients for my new product!

「Say, Sei? Do you perhaps have agar?」「Agar?」

Right, today’s objective number two is to obtain agar. There is something I want to make if I can get my hands on it.

「Umm, if I’m not mistaken… it’s from algae… you dry a seaweed, soak it in water, filter it by boiling, then you dry the hardened layer on top…? I think?」

I feel like something had to be added in while boiling, but what was that again?

「… You are looking for something strange, aren’t you?」

I don’t have the slightest idea, what is it? Sei is making such expression.

「You think so…? It looks probably like a whitish, smooth sponge… umm, it’s like a lump of soft texture…」

I could not explain it very well, so it appears that searching for it would be difficult…

「Oy, Lord. Isn’t it this thing?」

What Kurogane was holding was no doubt… agar!

「Yeah! That! That’s it!」

I rushed over to Kurogane and took the agar in my hands.Yay… it was here, agar…!

Huh? Were pigs made to search for truffles? Why do I feel like I heard that doggies would eat them when they find them…? Let’s ask Kurogane not to eat them.