I Became the Demon Lord and my Territory is an Uninhabited Island
Episode 93: When I Put Chocolate and Cocoa into the Store
Ugajin was terribly hurt the day before, but he recovered the next day, so he and Aida moved to a corundum shop in the evening, where he left.
"Then, I'll just go through the preparations, so just spend some time."
So I went to the inn with Ugajin-san.
"Mr. Calm, one of the heroes I mentioned earlier!"
"It's okay, I'm already talking about it and I don't think it'll hurt the island very much."
"What is less?"
"There were many things ... I was asked to protect the hero."
"Huh !?"
"It's a reaction between a brave man and a demon king. …… ”
"Huh ..."
"That's right, chocolate and cocoa, which I've been saying for a long time, are now ready to be produced to some extent, so I'm going to start serving it tomorrow, but could I have a little time before returning?"
"I don't mind it"
I see that woman and she nods, so she seems to be fine.
I stand in the kitchen and start preparing.
The cacao mass produced by processing the cacao is taken out and crushed with a newly brought millstone.
"Well, it's easy. Just grind this lump with a stone mill to make a flour. Put a cup of this flour in a pot, knead it with a little water, stir little by little with hot water, Remove it from the fire and you'll want to bring the powdered material, but I'm worried about the moisture and brought it in chunks. "
Say it and pour cocoa into the cup and serve it in front of them.
"As it is, it would be bitter if it was left alone, so we recommend adding sugar."
I call out once, but the two are still in their mouths, closing their eyes and rolling a little in their mouths to check the taste. I think it's a good tendency to check without adding anything to the first taste. If it doesn't fit, you can make it your own taste.
"Even if you add beef milk, let's put it in."
With that said, they take out the remaining milk, and then put in the milk and start drinking.
"It will be mellow after all."
"I agree……"
"Well, now let's put in the sugar. I like making hot cow milk instead of hot water and adding plenty of sugar, because drinking in the middle of the night will calm down."
With that said, they start to drink and drink the desired amount of sugar to obtain the desired taste.
""delicious""
While drinking warm cocoa, he sighed like a sigh and drank the cocoa silently.
Then I open the lid of the thin wooden box and put the chocolate, covered with cocoa powder, in front of them.
"Next is this chocolate, it's sweet because it's hardened by adding the oil and sugar squeezed when making the cocoa to the liquid that comes out by grinding the cacao fruit."
The two look at each other when they take in a bite-sized piece of chocolate in their mouth and look surprised.
"Sweet and delicious"
"It's amazing that it melts differently than candy."
"Well, if you eat too much, it's bad for your health because the oil and sugar are amazing."
"Is it poison !?"
"Everything is poisonous if you eat too much, just because it has a lot of oil and sugar, so it's very likely to get fat.The cocoa is just squeezed out of oil, so if you add too much sugar it will be similar Gane "
It seems that the woman is thinking a little while looking around her stomach.
"Oh, it's really poisonous for animals like dogs and cats, so you have to be careful not to let them eat. I'm thinking about letting it go out tomorrow, as well as the slogan of the poster."
New texture! Sweets that can be found in your mouth faster than candy! Take it home, melt it and put it on the bread.
A different drink from coffee! It has a sweet and safe taste. Drink it with your favorite taste, just like coffee.
"What about?"
"... That's right, but isn't it too easy?"
"Yes, I want to twist something a little more."
Yeah, I knew I didn't have a lot of sense, but I just wrote the facts. I don't really know how to convey the appeal of marketing. I think copywriters are really amazing.
By the way, the chocolate is a little bit, or it feels good. Considering the hassle and various things, that's it, and you want to give it a little luxury?
You can buy a scale and sell it by weight, but if you like sweets, you want to eat it with cocoa. I drink sweet milk cocoa while melting chocolate in my mouth, I want to do it personally, but I'm worried about what it looks like in this world. Well, I'll do whatever you see!
"Well, this store is like an advertising tower, so it would have been rumored that we could sell and make money."
"What's this?"
"It's like a billboard for advertising in a high place or a prominent place. To put it simply, it's similar to standing in a town with a board in between, does it stand again?"
"No, no, that's a bit."
"Even though the number of hanging boards to advertise has increased, I can't. I'm too shy."
"Well, there's no help, I'll go there alone. First, you have to know what it is. You're used to embarrassing things."
So he enters the transfer warehouse, takes out two boards already made on the island and equips them. I feel that my heart has become stronger, but I am really careless, so I can not stand on the battlefield with this. It's great for making hate.
There are three gold coins in my pocket. If you write it, it will attack quickly. It might be good for attracting mercenaries ... I don't do it.
"Nja, please close the door."
With that said, I become a sandwichman and go to town.
"Coffee shop, new drinks and sweets"
Hang such a signboard and sing a complaint.
"It's a new product, it's sweet and delicious, it's a free sample because it's a sample, and if it tastes good, come to a coffee shop with someone you know."
He points out the chest plate with his thumb, distributing the pretty little chocolate inside the wooden box.
The demons and races you received are sweet and different from candy, what is this! And everyone reacts in a similar way.
I also handed it out to a woman in Iromachi who was there, unmotivated, with big breasts and floating boards.
"It's okay, because some guys like women with an unny atmosphere."
I tried to encourage me, and when I said such extraneous things, I was almost blown away, so I held my board with my free hand, guarded me, and kicked my shin. This equipment can be a bit of a battle if you don't stay too far away, underneath the board, beside the wheels or something, like a Schulchen, a skirt armor, a bellows iron skirt ... ... I can't use it, what am I thinking?
I ended up giving out the fifth box of chocolate somehow, and soon I'll go to Nils. Just like this!
"Good evening, do you have Nils?"
"Well, isn't it Calm-san, or even hang a board. Oh? New drinks and sweets?"
"This time, it's more for kids, and it's a luxury-oriented treat."
Say that and open the lid of the wooden box and eat the chocolate.
"Oh, I guess he's gonna be happy, let's go next time."
"Thank you, this confectionery is expensive, but well, I came to advertise it as a souvenir of about ten boxes. I think I'll listen to it, so I'm wondering if I could sell it to that system. ''
"I'm still thinking as much as ever."
"If there are seeds that might make a profit, would it be a merchant to eat?"
"I'm a bit prejudiced, but I'm sorry I can't deny it. Hey Calm."
From behind, I heard a voice I had heard of a lot, and when I turned around, there was Nils with a terrible smile.
"Do, Domo"
"Well, why is it here?
"A, high"
Saying so, he is guided to the back and sits down.
"So, I heard the main subject, let me confirm the taste for the time being."
"Please, this is a tasting that I had given out for advertising before."
With that said, he opened the box and handed him over.
"Yes, it's definitely a taste that kids like, it's a big difference from the previous prototype, it's really good for a large customer's souvenir to a child. If you want to wholesale it to me. so?"
Throw a chocolate in your mouth and your face will change at once.
"... Yes, I think that one selling price is this much. I think about one hundred units, harvesting and making time, material costs and rarity etc. I want about this much, so I'm thinking about wholesale with this much If you can buy a large amount, you can lower the transportation fee even if you lower it further.And how about this because you are taking care of various Nils? You might be able to use transfer magic, so you can cut transportation costs. ''
While saying so, I play the abacus crackling in the middle of the conversation. At first I was surprised to say one price.
In the past, one cacao seed could be used as a currency, and it is still scarce, so I would like to use two copper coins and two large copper coins per box. I think it is expensive, but I want to go on this route.
"Well, it's terrifying that this number is easy to get, even if you're not really a merchant, and will you take it to the point where it can be dropped without bargaining?"
"Well, as I said earlier, this price is a thank you for that time and a thank you for taking care of it regularly, so I made it a little cheaper."
"But it's a waste to not bargain."
"It's better than a rag with an amateur's sword.
"Yes, but ..."
"Because of the small number of islanders, we can't make that much. When we get a thousand or two thousand, we'll get some time. It's good, isn't it? "
"Well, I feel like it sells like a fly later. I guess, in that case, should I pay for the slaves?"
"Only criminal slaves are useless, because I want to make it a peaceful island for the time being. Then, should I survive as it is now and buy supplies while recruiting islanders? Or talk with a local lord (... ), So I wonder if it's better to buy a whole small village, but I also want demons, but there are already Harpy and aquatic ... "
"I heard some disgusting words ..."
"Ah, ah, nmp !! If you like, there will be new drinks in the store from tomorrow, so please try it. The taste is like melting this candy and diluting it and drinking it Please
He blatantly diverted and said, tapping the board still resting on his chest.
Nils sighs shortly, leans on the back of her chair and opens her mouth slightly tired.
"But if not, are you guys trying it?"
They seem to do what they didn't hear.
"Well, there are various things, and the raw material of this drink is made up of irregular chunks, which are crushed and ground with a stone mill before drinking, so I want a balance to sell it at the store. Huh? Please introduce the store that sells it? "
"Huh, my head hurts. Yes, there is. I'll bring it now, so please wait a bit."
He said to somebody in the warehouse that he was in the lower part of that area and asked to bring it back.
"Ah, are you there? I didn't think it was, so is the money good at a later date?"
"Okay, I'm like a dusty guy with bad stock, so I'll give you a gift as a gift."
"Thank you"
With that said, I bowed my head.
And I immediately opened the box, learned about how to use it, and was surprised that Mr. Nils was touching the weight with his bare hands, a science in elementary school when he was told that he should not touch the weight with his bare hands Because it does. But when I thought about it, I didn't want that kind of delicateness, and thought that there would be no weight that would be the world standard, so I stopped thinking deeply.
In previous life, the king's arm length and foot size were sometimes the norm.
Then I returned to the store, set the balance on the counter, weighed one cup, decided the weight of one cup, wrote "cocoa for take-out, the same price as one cup", and sleep well I drunk the ground cocoa with more sugar and slept.
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It's painful all over my body if I'm not used to bedding.
With that in mind, I stored my bedding in the warehouse, wrote the signboard "New Product, Cocoa Chocolate," with somebody's spread chalk, put out the signboard, and waited for them to come.
Then, I will tell you how to use the balance and the price, tell him that you want to do it for a while, and see how the customers respond.
And the first to come is the clothes shop sister.
"I saw the sign outside, may I get this cocoa?"
With that said, sit down, put a cup of cocoa in a cup, knead with hot water and pour more hot water, make sure that there are no customers yet, put a piece of chocolate on a small plate as a service Issued.
According to the story, his face was surprisingly large and he advertised coffee, so let's say that this is a cheap expense.
"Oh, I only ask for cocoa."
"I'm a regular, so it's a service. No one is there yet."
"Thank you very much."
She said that she took a sip of cocoa, immediately put in sugar and milk, then started drinking, and found her face loosened.
"It has a different taste than coffee. I want to drink it when I'm a little frustrated."
With that said, after drinking about half of the cocoa, he threw the chocolate into his mouth, whispered his mouth for a while, put his cocoa in his mouth and relaxed his face.
"This is a depressing drink and food. It's a bit expensive."
"I'm sorry, it's a scarce item, so it will definitely be expensive."
"I can't help but was a feast."
He left the money at the counter and left the store.
"First, the start is very popular."
"I agree"
After that, Mr. Nils and the guild staff came over and drank for a try, but it was generally popular.
I hope the rumors spread as it is.