The Economics of Prophecy

Eight Stories: Soft Power in the Second Half

"See, I told you."

"... I just wanted to think this was Lilka's joke"

"Duh, what's up, hold your head"

I spoke to Shelley. It's a little bad. It made me calculate the demand for beans.

"... yeah, it's nothing. I was just wondering if I was getting to understand you a little lately, Vinder, but it was a mistake."

At the end of Lilka's gaze is Alfina dressed as our employee. No, it's rare. Very rare sight...... I can't do that. Remembering the sight I had when I went to the Belmini Mansion, I gave up excuses.

"Uh, what was it, Lilka?"

I spoke to Lilka, not Sherry, who froze.

"I was asked to deliver from Senior Prla. Look, even Cherimoya made from yellow sugar. Later this..."

Lilka put two pots out in front of me.

"What's this?

"It's our prized cream and butter.... See, I was wondering if you needed it for the anchovies. Could it have been extra?

"Yes, no. Just fine, thank you."

I was about to give up just now, and thanks to Alfina, I just came back.

"Uh, Shelley said she'd take what Vinder was asking for."

"... well, yeah, what about this one you were told about?

Shelly put out three tiny kettles before me. There is a complex scent leaking from the kettle.

"Vinder told you before if there were any sinister herbal teas. It wasn't meant to fit the lamb. Oh, don't expect too much of the far left. I don't know what to say, because it's closer to medicine than herbs."

I remember. Herb told that story when he heard about vegetables. I forgot I was obsessed with fillings.

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"It's delicious."

"Oh, really, it's like ice cream"

We were talking Cherimoya from Prla. Because of the refreshing sweetness thanks to the sugar, it feels closer to the previous life. The point is also high that it is cold because of the season.

Most importantly, honey has a honey flavor, so I wonder if it has dramatically tasted better.

"Is it ice cream?

Alfina blinked her eyes. Whoa, there's no ice cream here.

"No, right, ice cream..............."

I snapped the name of another world of sweets again. Yeah, the foundation doesn't necessarily mean powder. Ice cream will have enough impact, and because it's a cream subject, it will suit this person.

Easy to make as long as you can prepare ice. It's white and beautiful, and if it contrasts with the black of the filling, it would suit our aesthetic...

"No, you can't"

Imagine something with a filling on a white ice cream and I shook my head. It is said that ice cream alone tastes better in Sekiyama. Some hands on the impact of the ice cream, but then it's degraded.

"... rate this one properly."

Sherry poured green liquid out of the teapot. Close to brown rice tea and close to wheat tea followed by a third variety. It's what they told me not to expect. But I was surprised by the color and the fragrance. It's green tea.

"Oh, this is going to suit the sweetest of lambs"

Alfina said. At that time, the association was stimulated by the taste of the filling and I just accidentally ran my mouth. Because I thought it was a higher hurdle than the filling.

"... well, just for the lamb, I won't go for a new cup of tea, so it won't solve the problem. It's not cheap either. It's an herb that can only be picked in very limited seasons in early summer, and it's enough to be powdered and drugged in the region."

Speaking of which, did tea pass on to Japan as a medicine? Tea and filling originally came in from outside. The Japanese refined it into tea ceremonies and Japanese confectionery.

"Sophisticated and Japanese sweets, but..."

"Ricardo? What's wrong, Vinder?

The Japanese independently developed objects that came in from outside and refined them to what can only be described as a Japanese style. Lamb is its ultimate object. But the modern Japanese food culture I know didn't go beyond that.

"Shelly, this tea leaf is herbal, but can't you get it in the condition of the medicine I just said"

"... we're vegetable shoppers. Well, I can handle a small amount."

"Please. Lilka has something for you, too. Not just cream..."

I asked the two of you for ingredients for a new recipe.

All right, revenge on the sum venture. I'll show you the true value of Japanese soft power.

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Ice cream making has been done in elementary school science. Experiments to lower temperatures with salt and ice. It must have been the hard work of the teacher to make ice cream where ice candy was made. I'm sorry, but honestly, I don't remember it being very tasty. The taste of the product and the eggs was very violent. I guess I didn't have enough around Vanilla Essence.

But it's easy to make. I'd be in trouble if they told me to bake the cake, but I can handle the ice cream.

Simply mix the ingredients with raw cream, milk, sugar and egg yolks. The ratio of raw cream to milk was the most problematic, but when I changed the distribution and tried it, I found that adding more raw cream would be softer. Probably a matter of moisture percentage.

At a time like this, the presence of Lilka, which can be purchased at wholesale prices, is appreciated. It would have been tough without her, like the handling of raw cream and the preservation of milk.

"Come on, try it. It'll melt easily. Hurry up."

I put some white ice cream scratched with a spoon on a plate. Lilka hurried into her mouth as she was told and glanced at her less cold face. But those cheeks dropped quickly.

"Wow, as a daughter of the Chamber of Commerce dealing in dairy products, it's a bit humiliating that I didn't know about this flavor. At first, I thought you were crazy when you put salt in the ice."

All right, now I like the ice cream recipe.

"Like Vinder said, I got the finest grind."

Sherry brought the green powder just in time. I remembered how to make matcha tea while blurring. It was on display at a Kyoto souvenir shop where I went on a school trip. It is a process of grinding with stone molars after steaming. It seems that the same thing Shelley got me is made of.

"Okay, then I'll prototype my destiny."

I put milk and raw cream in the vessel at a certain rate. The sugar is modest, so mix the brown sugar as well because it colours anyway.

"... are you sure you're okay with putting the pills in the sweets?

Shelly looked at me half-heartedly.

"Using" herbs ”for sweet aromas and coloring is normal."

I laughed. This completes the base of the filling confectionery.

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"Vinder, I'm busy with sugar. I'll let you come back as soon as I finish my tasting."

I said in the face that Prla was not here.

"I won't regret it today."

With that said, I pulled a can of metal out of the rock salt ice. Open the lid and serve the contents on a white plate. Diluted green, according to my taste. As a result of listening to the opinions of Lilka and the others. She can smell the medicine when she puts it in too much.

"Go ahead, Mr. Vinder."

Natalie brought a grain of leftover filling. Disguise it next to the ice cream. Quantitatively, about a third of the ice cream. Matcha bright green with filling black. This is all dark, so add the raw cream. On top of the raw cream, I draped the molasses that came out when I made the yellow sugar.

"What is ice confectionery? And it's beautiful..."

Plura's eyes increased seriousness. Something like "Matcha Ice Cream Filled with Raw Cream"? It's not pure Japanese sweets like lamb. However, there is no such thing as a representative of Japan's soft power.

"Then......................... Hmm, fu......, gu. This is it!

Prla failed in her attempt to pretend to be calm. I swallowed what was in my mouth. I looked up to heaven. Thereafter, tea is included in the mouth so as to warm up the cold mouth. And I held my forehead and put my arm on my desk.

"... what the hell is this green ice cream?"

"It's something that doesn't have any philosophy. Raw cream, milk and sugar are hardened with ice and aromatized with herbs."

"I see, is the cream and the ancho connected by tannic herbs? You've done a one-plate lunch before with the scent of a yail. Same idea..."

Tri-color shades, cold texture and aromas of matcha. Use a variety of senses to make an impact. And a miracle combination of the east and west of the ocean with matcha. In other words, they enjoy a collaboration of ice cream and filling. That's my taste.

Originally, even the aroma of matcha is unfamiliar. In addition to the small amount, the aroma of matcha tea moderately reduces the amount of ice cream. If I had real vanilla or chocolate, I might have lost.

"Hey, what's delicious? Isn't that strange? Anko and cream mixed......" "I can't believe it tastes so perfect with the flavor of the ancho"

Vinaldia and Natalie cheered.

"I don't know, I got it. If you have something like this, get it out from the beginning."

"Ha, I didn't realize it until I got your help."

"Another feature of Japan, too," I added in my mind.

The source of the lamb is the stewed lamb. After traveling to Japan, it seems that it took its current form to suit Japanese circumstances that hate carnivores. It is the influence of Buddhism to avoid carnivores, but I think it also involves the original view of life in Japan.

Lambs and fillings are sourced from China and Buddhism from India. It may be said that it has become a tea ceremony with its source in Zen in Japan and a Japanese confection developed accordingly.

One characteristic of Japanese culture is to change and further 'refine' objects that come in from outside to good areas. Economically speaking, it can also be described as the power that swept the world with automobiles and appliances.

Of course, we pay tribute to the ancient Chinese and Indian "originals" who created lambs, fillings and Buddhism, but there is no punishment for boasting of your ancestors who created so much sophistication. Or if you don't, you're going to get punished. You're my ancestor in my past life.

Of course, the geographical condition of island countries in the Far East would have been significant. Because if it had been a little closer to China, it might have been drunk by Chinese civilization.

And another force happened at the border between modern and modern times. It is a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures in Japan. I'm famous for bread, but I think matcha ice cream is the best thing.

Was it because it was refining Eastern culture to Japanese style that it could be merged without being drunk by the West? Because there's no way you can combine an object with an object that works.

It's interesting to say that the East End is the perfect mix of East and West cultures.

"What about the cost? You even use ice."

"As for ice, thanks to the example carriage, we may be able to lower the price a little, but this product is for publicity to get you to touch the charm of the filling. That's right, increase the efficiency of your sugar production by the summer when you actually start offering it. I have an idea."

Honey, cream, sugar. All centrifugation increases production efficiency. I am thinking about making it more efficient with bearings by commonalizing the windmill mechanism I use for beekeeping. I'm counting on Noel's hard work.

"Cream and milk, eggs please welcome us"

"... I'll take care of the herbs and beans"

Lilka and Shelley appeal to their home merchandise.

"If this increases the reputation of the fillings, you may be able to sell lamb at any rate."

I told Natalie and Vinaldia. I would hope that if there is a trigger called ice cream, more people will overcome the gap.

"Propaganda. If it was summer, it would have been the Grand Duke's favorite treat."

Even in the middle of winter in the original world. It could be harassment over here.

"Right. It would have been the best publicity, though. Well, I'll take care of that."

It doesn't change how reliant I am on my ancestors' knowledge for some reason, but I wonder if I managed to play a role as an angel investor.