Phew.
That was close.
Now then, the next item I’m pulling out is another familiar dessert that also uses whipped cream.
「So, here you go」
What I placed on the table was a large platter holding several roundish pastries.
The name is-
「Cream puffs!」
「And not just any cream puffs! Cookie-topped cream puffs!」
The cookies in this world aren’t as sweet as the ones I’m used to…
So I figured I’d focus on the texture and made cookie cream puffs filled with both whipped cream and custard.
For the custard, Chris made it using vanilla pods, sugar that I’d further broken down and restructured to enhance its sweetness, milk, freshly laid eggs for the yolks, and wheat flour.
Incidentally, the hardest part wasn’t the choux pastry itself, but the piping bag for squeezing the whipped cream and custard.
There’s no plastic here, after all.
While the metal nozzle was easy enough to craft, getting the cream out smoothly took some trial and error…
In the end, it turned into something like a thick syringe filled with firm cream.
Since we didn’t have refined rubber, I ended up using a makeshift rubber made from hardened tree sap.
「Alright, let’s eat!」
「Hmm, I’m eating now!」
「Okay! I’ll dig in!」
「I’ve been waiting to try this!」
Watching everyone eagerly bite into the cookie puffs, I picked one up and took a bite myself.
「Whoa…」
The outer shell had a crispy yet soft texture, while the inside was filled with smooth custard and whipped cream that flooded my mouth with sweetness.
The custard had a rich flavor, and the aroma of vanilla brought out the sweetness even more.
The whipped cream, with its lighter sweetness, balanced out what could’ve been an overly rich filling.
The contrast between the not-so-sweet cookie crust and the creamy filling created a delightful crunch with every bite.
I had to admit, choosing cookie puffs over regular cream puffs was the right call.
「This is amazing」
「Incredible! There’s no way a regular person could make something like this!」
「Praise be to my skill. I’ll say it myself, this could sell!」
If I were to sell it, how much would it go for?
Back in my world, it’d be around 100 yen per piece, maybe 300 for high-end ones.
But here, considering the cost of ingredients, 100 noll is out of the question.
Even at 300 noll, I’d be taking a loss.
Sugar alone is a luxury item in this world.
If I wanted it priced low enough for common folk to buy… maybe 1,500 noll per piece, just barely.
「Wait, are you planning to sell this!? I’ll buy as many as you make!」
「Whoa there, hold on. Hayato, Chris will be making these for you from now on」
「Yes! I stocked up plenty of whipped cream and custard into the mansion’s item box, so I can make them anytime!」
『Item Box』
In the kitchen of Hayato’s mansion, there was a strangely shaped box.
Well, to be honest, I recognized it quite well. I just never expected to see one in this world.
It looked exactly like the industrial-grade, four-door silver refrigerator I used to see at my part-time job.
According to Chris, it had been found inside a treasure chest at the deepest part of a dungeon, sealed within a large magic bag.
Apparently, it could preserve contents indefinitely in a time-stopped state, though only when stationary.
So while it looked like a refrigerator, it didn’t actually cool anything, instead, it worked more like a magic storage space.
However, it was still limited by its visible size and was inconvenient to move around.
Even so, being able to store perishables long-term like that is something any cook would kill to have.
So naturally, I stuffed it full of whipped cream and custard. As much as it could hold.
And with Chris around, I knew she’d be able to refine and elevate it even further from here.
Seriously, she talks like she can’t give anything back, but that’s nonsense.
She has more than enough talent, and on top of that, the drive to work hard without end.
And the fact that it all stems from her desire to make Hayato happy with delicious food… it’s kind of heartwarming.
To be loved like this by someone so sweet, Hayato really is a lucky guy.
「Ah, Hayato-sama? You’ve got cream on your cheek again」
「Areh? Oh no… how embarrassing」
Saying that, Hayato touched the opposite cheek from where the cream actually was.
Chris giggled and, just like before, reached out with a smile.
「Lord has some too」
「Huh, which side?」
「Shiro will get it」
「No, it’s fine…」
It just so happened the cream really was on the side she reached for.
As much as I would’ve liked another round of licking, I’d rather save that sort of thing for when we’re alone.
So instead, I wiped it off myself with my index finger.
「Then, I’ll do an ‘ahhn’」
「Hmm? Ah, right. Ahhn」
Just as I was about to eat the cream myself, Shiro turned to me, closed her eyes, and opened her small mouth as wide as she could.
So I brought the cream to her lips.
「I won’t allow it!」
「Eh?」
A voice rang out as arms suddenly reached from behind and grabbed my cream-covered wrist, pulling it back.
I turned around to see Wendy holding onto my hand with both of hers, eyes brimming with tears.
「Uuu… uuuhh…」
「Uh…」
Wendy-san?
Why do you look like you’re about to cry while holding my wrist like that?
「Master, won’t you make sweets with me too…?」
Ugh… well, I mean…
「I called for you before we started yesterday, didn’t I? Right, Chris?」
「Ah, yes… Um, we did」
「That’s a lie. I didn’t even notice」
Yeah… I guess she wouldn’t have heard it.
Not with how fired up we were.
「Well, you know… you and Renge were so deep in your conversation, I didn’t want to interrupt」
「With Renge…? …Ah!」
Exactly.
The truth is, I did go to invite Wendy yesterday.
I’d gone to her room, and I could hear voices from inside, but when I knocked, there was no reply.
So I opened the door just a crack to peek inside, and,
『Listen closely, Renge-san! This is Lesson 12 of “100 Things for Your Master”!』
『Yessu!』
『Now, let’s review. First, the most basic principle, what are you?』
『I’m someone who did something terrible to my master, so I’m offering everything to him as a form of repentancessu!』
『Very good. You remembered well. Now, what is your weapon?』
『My thighs! The ones master always stares at lustfully whenever we pass by, and without fail, strokes whenever we get close or brush past each otherssu!』
『Guh… Yes, exactly. Because Master desires your thighs more than anyone else’s, you must never resist!』
『Yessu! I know master could easily dodge if he wanted to, but just like you taught me, I don’t avoid him at allssu!』
『Excellent! That’s the spirit!』
『Yessu!』
…
What the hell were they doing?
『O-Onii-san…』
『Chris, please forget what you just heard. Or rather, forget what you just saw…』
So that’s what it was… she was deliberately letting me touch her even though she could dodge.
No wonder I’d been getting away with it more lately.
I thought maybe my sexual harassment skill had leveled up or something, but turns out… it was Wendy’s doing.
I see.
Alright then.
Good work, Wendy. Keep it up!
Is it education? Brainwashing? Who knows!
All I know is, it’s a win for me!
Clearly, there’s no time to be wasting on baking sweets! Got it!
…And so, leaving the fiery Wendy still passionately lecturing behind, Chris and I started making the sweets on our own.
By the way, please don’t mistake my groping as mere sexual harassment.
It’s high-level harassment, complete with supreme thigh health checks, condition management, and therapeutic massage.
There’s meaning behind it, okay?
…It’s still sexual harassment though.
「Ugh… I can’t believe I didn’t notice Master approaching」
Well, with how fired up she was, it’s no surprise she didn’t notice.
I swear I saw literal flames behind her.
Maybe Renge noticed, but judging from the atmosphere, she probably didn’t dare look away for fear of getting scolded.
「I am truly sorry…」
「Don’t worry about it. You were doing it for me, right? No need to apologize. More importantly, can you let go of my hand now…?」
It’s starting to drip down pretty far!
Forget the fingers, it’s almost reaching my palm!
「W-W-W-My deepest apologies!」
Chup.
With a sound almost like a comic effect, Wendy suddenly took my finger into her mouth in a flustered panic.
A moist sensation enveloped my index finger, there was no mistaking it. Wendy had, in fact, just wrapped her lips around it.
She slowly pulled back, as if wiping it clean with her lips, and then, using her small tongue, began to lick off the cream near the base that her mouth hadn’t reached.
The way her tiny tongue pressed its very tip, that small surface area, against my skin to thoroughly clean every trace, it sent a shiver of excitement down my spine.
Even after the cream was surely all gone, she didn’t stop.
Still holding my finger in her mouth, she continued to let her tongue move slowly, sensually licking all around it.
It was just a finger.
And yet… the act was obscene. Alluring.
「Nn… chuu… nnku… chu… nn…」
Each sound Wendy made tickled my ears, my skin, and even my eyes.
Licking up dripping cream isn’t exactly a clean or refined act.
But it was so erotic that such a concern didn’t even matter.
No man watching this scene could remain unaffected.
「A-ano… Wendy-san?」
「Nn… chuu… yes, Master. All clean now」
As I called out to her, she pursed her lips as if to savor the final bit, letting the gathered saliva slip back into her mouth before slowly releasing my finger.
With a satisfied smile, she gave her report.
Naturally, everyone was stunned into silence.
Chris, still holding a napkin, had forgotten to wipe the cream off Hayato’s cheek as she stared.
Shiro stood frozen, mouth agape, as if time had stopped.
But Wendy, unconcerned by their reactions, pulled out a handkerchief and gently wiped my finger, offering a bright smile.
And no, I will not question why she didn’t just use the handkerchief from the start.
「Uh… thanks」
「Not at all. It was delicious」
…You mean the cream, right?
「Y-You! What do you think you’re doing in a place like this!?」
Turning to the voice, I saw Letty, face burning red, and Emily, her cheeks faintly pink.
「Wait, you saw that, right? Did it really look like I made her do it?」
「That doesn’t matter! You need to watch where you are!」
She had a point.
If I saw this happening back in the old world, I’d head straight to the arcade and put at least 300 yen into the punching machine.
Yeah, it was that kind of act, and I’m well aware of it.
But stopping her midway through that,
That’s something I just couldn’t do!
「Um… I can’t do anything like that, but… I’ll clean it for you」
「Eh? E-Emily?」
「Aaaaaghhh!」
Before Hayato could react, Emily calmly reached out and gently wiped the cream off his cheek, then popped her finger into her mouth and ate it.
「Sorry, Chris. I snatched it from you, didn’t I?」
Wendy gave her apology as she licked off the remaining cream.
Chris, who had been frozen in the act of trying to wipe it, twitched and blinked as if only now realizing what had happened.
「N-No, it’s fine. I already took care of it earlier…」
「Eh!? C-Chris did!? W-When did that happen…」
Letty, who clearly didn’t expect such boldness from Chris, was visibly shaken.
She staggered back a few steps, then lowered her head.
「…Do it」
「Letty? What’s wrong?」
「Put more on! I’ll take it! I’ll lick it off myself!」
「Eh!? N-No way!」
「Just do it already!」
Hah hah hah.
Hayato, this is exactly the same pattern as with Shiro earlier!
This time, I get to enjoy the show!
「Lord……」
「What is it, Shiro?」
「Put more on again」
「No, you don’t need to get competitive about this…」
「Ggh… I can’t win against that embodiment of eros…」
「Fufufu. Shiro? In this world, it’s survival of the fittest」
「Survival of… belly fat? Oink oink」
Shiro hooked her finger under her nose and pulled up, making a pig nose as she taunted Wendy.
「I-I’m not fat! I’m not fat, right!?」
「Yeah, you’re not, so don’t get so worked up…」
「But Shiro keeps saying!」
「Oink oink」
「She said it again! I don’t care anymore! I’m never making food for Shiro again! Ever!」
「Oink oink」
「It’s not working!? You’re really okay with that!? Really!?」
Shiro must’ve reached a point of no return.
Normally, she’d apologize the moment food was brought up, but today she seemed especially fired up.
「…Oink oink」
「I’ll never forgive you! Even if you apologize later, I won’t forgive you!」
Haah…
Any semblance of elegance was long gone, but honestly, this kind of noisy chaos isn’t so bad either.
「Chris, could I have a refill of tea?」
「Letty-san, please calm down—eh? Ah, yes. Understood… Wait, shouldn’t you be stopping them first!?」
Well, time will sort it out.
They’re just messing around anyway.
Ahh… The tea and cookie puffs are delicious.
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