The picturesque rice cakes are delicious today

"Togo, do you sometimes eat cherry leaves?"

Suddenly the teacher asks me that.And in front of us are four cherry blossoms.There are two types, one with baked skin and the other with curly filling, and one with crushed rice.

The cherry blossom cake that the teacher bought in front of the station in line with the Japanese confectionery shop is plump, soft in color, and very spring-like.

"Some types of rolls may be unwound.But if it's a mochi rice type, I'll eat it as it is. "

What's your heart like?

“Sometimes it's easy to take it off.If you stick to it and can't take it off, I don't want to remove it from the beginning. "

Sheng Shuang, right?

The teacher nodded to my reply and began to eat one cherry cake in his hand.... the teacher is eating a crushed rice type.I eat every cherry blossom leaf.

"I'm an all-ways eater of cherry leaves."Hmm. I like the salty part when I chew it.The place of the leaf veins is particularly responsive to biting, and it's very dull. "

Cheng Cheng. The teacher eats the leaves of cherry blossoms.

"By the way, Doctor, even though I don't like cake, cherry cake is fine."

"That's right. They might call it mochi discrimination, but cherry mochi is fine."The bite is cut, the throat is pretty smooth, and the flavor is attached.... you know, Togo. I don't like the fact that the white rice cakes are so powerful and tender even though they don't taste good. "

Cheng Jo. The teacher is the type who only hates white rice cakes.

"Hmm. Sakura cake is delicious."

Yeah.

I'll join you for a cherry cake.... this time, even if you have a type that is rolled up, I'll try to eat it without removing the leaves.Yeah. It's on course. It tastes dull...

"By the way, why are you talking about leaves all of a sudden?"

"No, I was just curious."It doesn't mean anything. "

I see. Well, that's what happens.

... we kept eating cherry blossoms.The smell of cherry blossoms feels like spring when you eat it like this, but I think it's autumn when it smells in the actual landscape.In autumn, when the falling leaves of the cherry blossoms are treading on the damp ones due to the autumn rain.At that time, it smelled like cherry blossoms.

And, well, with that in mind, I started eating my second cherry cake with leaves.

"... no, well, there's a line that says, 'I don't like food as much as I like it, but I'm subtly concerned that it's a different taste than my own', right?" Cherry Blossom Leaves "

The teacher spoke abruptly, yes. It seems to be a continuation of the previous one.

"Well, I often say that it's better to eat less food than to like or dislike it, and that you should eat all kinds of things equally widely."But don't you feel like the leaves of the cherry blossom cake... aren't included in it? "

Yeah.

Sure is.

I don't think the leaves of cherry cake are included in "If you like or dislike it, you can't grow bigger".

"In other words, I thought that the leaves of cherry blossoms were a place where people's preferences were completely developed."

"... but if you take it off one by one, I guess it's a bit of a bad manners."

However, if you're told that it's bad manners to scatter the leaves, you'll feel that way.

Strangely enough, the teacher who seems to be interested in the leaves of the cherry cake begins to speak fiercely.

"Behavior is something that comes into being later."I've collected about 100 people from the same race who are often manners instructors, and I'd like to use the insect poison called "the manners king who survived by selecting and banishing people who are not manners instructors."

I don't know how you feel, but I don't know about that.

"... well, manners and etiquette are pretty unreliable."At the same time, it seems that the manufacturer's opinions do not agree.The Japanese confectionery manufacturers also have different opinions about the leaves of the cherry cake.No one can believe it anymore. "

The teacher talks about the cherry cake in one hand, looking a little playful.... I hear you're in the mood for a talk today.The teacher regularly suffers from the [disease of wanting to talk anyway], so at such a time, I always listen to the clerk.

"... so I'd like to think about the leaves of the cherry cake."Togo! I want your opinion! "

The teacher asked me for my opinion. [M]

Well, I don't care if you say that.I have no interest in cherry cake leaves. [M]However, since the teacher said it richly, I thought about it a little bit...

"I think you should do as you like with the people who eat it..."

... that's the conclusion.

"No, because I think I have to decide what to do with the leaves of the cherry blossoms..."

"Alternatively, I think it would be good if the manufacturer wrote" Please eat this cherry cake without the leaves "and" Please eat each leaf "in the cherry cake box one by one.... what do you think? "

"Hmm. To the point." Reasonable enough.I guess that's the only way.

Where did the enthusiasm go before, the teacher nodded with a slippery face and threw the last bite of the cherry cake into his mouth.

"You can take it off or not, just do as you please."Exactly. Yeah. What was I talking about? "

"About the leaves of cherry cake"

"I see... sorry, Togo."It seems that I was being cheerful in the spring, and I was going a little crazy. "

Something is wrong with the teacher who seems to have returned to me suddenly.Funny, ah, it's spring, I eat cherry blossoms.

It's sweet, a bit tasty and tasty.

"But, well... I'm relieved, Togo"

Drinking tea after the cherry cake, the teacher suddenly said that he was happy.

"You should definitely remove the cherry leaves!"'I don't have to insist on it. "

"I have no such feelings for the leaves of the cherry cake."In the first place, is there a kind of extremist who takes off the leaves of cherry cake? "

”... I feel like I'm here”

"... yes..."

... because the world is vast. Perhaps there are people who have unusual thoughts about the leaves of cherry blossoms.

"However, in the unlikely event that the extremists jack the Capitol and make" "the law that the leaves of cherry cake must be removed" "

The doctor has gone crazy again. It's spring, isn't it?

"That's a problem even if it's not a cherry leaf."

"Huh? That's right. That's true, too.I would hate it if there was a law that made it mandatory for curry to be accompanied by Fukujin pickles.That's right, Togo. "

No, not just the food.

Why is today's teacher so attentive to food?I don't want anything but food, that's fine.

"Hmm, I see. If you say so."If you are obliged to bend all the bends at a 90 degree angle, it will be troublesome, and if you leave the futon every morning, you will be obliged to leave the right foot.Oh, and again, yes! To put it realistically, it would be a problem if you were required to study both world history and Japanese history! "

The teacher seems to be really bad at history.That said, I'm not good at studying history at school, and I'm strangely familiar with niche histories such as "History of Melon Bread in Japan" and "History of Argentine Tango".

"The point is... well, there's a lot of trouble when it becomes obligatory."

Yeah.

And in the end, that's where the conclusion came in.Well, that's right. It's reasonable.

"... I see. Everything, not just the food, could be like a cherry blossom cake leaf."

The teacher said that while looking at the plate of the finished cherry cake.

"I don't know if I have to do this."Of course, if you remove the leaves of the cherry cake, you won't be able to enjoy the good saltiness and aroma of this product, so it's hard to remove it.Conversely, if the leaves are not removed, the mouthfeel will be worse.But... you can do whatever you want.Yeah. That's right. I want the leaves of the cherry cake to be free to remove. "

"... I mean, can I choose Japanese history or world history?"

“Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. I wish I didn't want to take either."

The teacher nodded heavily... and suddenly looked lonely.

"At the same time, well... Ideally, you can apply for Hitotsubashi University or Kyoto University of the Arts."

... yes. Yes, that's right.

It's not something you can easily decide on like a cherry cake leaf... but you're free to choose. I'm sure.

"Life is a continuum of choices, but each one of them is a cherry cake leaf."You can do as you like with the people who eat.It is not for those who do not eat to say so.... and I hope that all choices are as free as the leaves of the cherry blossom cake... "

The teacher talked about it and said it strangely sentimental.

"I want to keep the leaves of the cherry cake in one corner of my heart at all times."

... yes.

I understand what you're trying to say.

But... there's something wrong with today's teacher!Why? Because it's spring. Can't help it then.

"... so what was I talking about?"

"About the leaves of cherry cake"

"I see... sorry, Togo."It seems that I am weak in the cheerfulness of spring after all. "

Yeah. I know that. Every year, around spring, the teacher feels strange. He calls out to someone he has only spoken to once, or he gives them a place to stay after a feast of milk tea and apple pie.

"Well... it just got weird."Togo. I want to be clear about this. "

The teacher said... with a very serious face.

"Is the shrimp fly's tail edible?"

...... Ebifufu's tail.

"I'm not eating."

Well then, what about the skin of the grilled salmon?

"Only if it's crispy and burnt."

What about the skin of the grapes?

"Peel"

Sheng Shuang, right?

The teacher nodded loudly... even though no one else was listening, he secretly hid his voice and told me.

"... by the way, I'm a faction that eats grape skins without peeling them."It tastes like polyphenols. "

In other words, you're very reluctant.

"Sometimes even seeds can be tough to eat..."

... I don't know about that.

"... Sensei, are you tired?"

"Yeah, yeah. Maybe so..."

Speaking of which, Doctor, I'm not very well today.

Speaking of which, recently, "I haven't had much experience of being pursued by deadlines, but I've finally had the experience of being pursued by deadlines!"Hyahoo!" I was saying, "Is that an effect?"

... no, I don't think that's all.

"... it's spring, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's spring."

...... In the meantime, the weather outside the window is still clean today, a little chilly, but the sunshine looks so warm.

I mean, that's the season.... I mean, okay.



Chapter 15: Like the Leaves of a Sakura Cake



No, that's fine. I'm serious, right?

"Yeah... I know that."

"The outfit is a bit of a joke, but it's because of the cane..."

Yeah, well, I was the one who pretended to wear the shirt.

"That's why, well, I'm also serious about this..."

... That being said. That's what I'm talking about!

"I didn't laugh so much at the [plan to make the Tickle King into a Fluffy Dandelion King]!"

I'm sorry! I'll laugh at that!Oh no! What a fluffy tanpok king!

... so today we're in the woods, smiling constantly.We are laughed at by Faye's energetic announcement of the plan as we gather our fellow foresters."Don't laugh," said Faye. "I think she's laughing the most."I know what I'm doing, this guy.

"Seriously. All of a sudden, the jewels of the seal sudden look like poppy cotton wool."

"I'm not a dandelion wool."

"Well, if you think about what happens when it turns into dandelion cotton wool, seriously, I'll think about it... well, maybe the magic will disappear all at once."

I'm not a dandelion wool!... I can't help it, so I'll leave you alone. Um... I think that "magic power disappears all at once" is quite a big thing.

Where are you going with all the magic you've wiped out?

That's where it is, right?

Considering the laws of energy conservation, I think that "annihilation" is quite a big thing.Even if the sealed jewel turns into dandelion wool and the magic power of the Tachikachi Fire Lord is greatly reduced... then where will the reduced magic power go?

"The opposite is common, isn't it? Because the cane is doing well... look, it's creating incredible gems."

Oh, yeah. That's good.

"Well, well... I think it's good that you're exerting the magic power of the cane as it is.It might be using some magic power that the forest has gathered.

Yeah. Well, I guess so.I use the magic of the forest a lot, too.

"...... So, what happens when you say 'make something with magic power without magic power'?"What happens when the sealed jewel becomes the cotton wool of a dandelion...... that is, a material that can't store so much magic power? "

"... I've never done it before"

Um... if you say so, Demon King?When I reduced the demon king to a small size, I did something like that, but... no, that might mean that I added some light magic to the demon king, so I'm not sure.

... so...

Then it's an experiment!

Yeah!

Well, everything was an experiment. It's easier to give birth than to misunderstand!

"Here are some incredible gems created by Tougo."

"It's really ridiculous..."

I brought you a gemstone for now.I'm sorry that Crore saw it.

So, this turns the cane into an object with less magic power.

Can I have a cherry tree?

"Oh, oh? Well, anything's fine..."

I see. Now.

I re-draw the palm-sized jewelry into a palm-sized cherry cake.It looks like a cherry cake because it's just a pink crystal.

"... you did it, didn't you?"

Yeah.

The jewel then became a cherry cake.Mr. Crore looks a little complicated. I'm sorry.

”Well then... let's try it”

Here you go.

It seems that Faye quickly decided to try the cherry blossom cake that was made.Well, I think the best thing to do is to eat Faye's most magic-sensitive skin. As an experiment.

... Faye grabs the cherry cake and brings it to her mouth, leaf by leaf...

"It's delicious, but I'm drunk."

"Ah, yeah. I'm sorry... do you want to lend me the Wind Essence?"

"Please...."

... Faye was drunk with magic with one cherry.

Apparently... it's quite difficult to change something that has magic power to something that doesn't have magic power.