Chapter intermission 1
Satou's here . Speaking of new year's day, it's all about new year's food, mochi, and new year's gifts . Shrine visit and new year's card are also the standard of new year . As a child, I ran to buy toys and games while grasping the new year's gift tightly, but I only remember lazying around with sake when I had become an adult . Work? There's no work during the new year's day you know?
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"Arisa's cheeks sure can stretch like mochi . "
"Oufh, refease, mfee--"
I wonder how are they this springy even though they're thin .
"What is mochi nanodesu?"
"Stretch~?"
Pochi and Tama who caught notice of 'mochi' word came asking .
"Mochi you see, is--"
"Umm, master, please Arisa's punishment is . . . "
Lulu interceded reservedly when I was going to explain about mochi . When I look below, Arisa is looking up with teary eyes . Sorry, I forgot .
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I immediately prepare the wooden mallet, and the traditional mortar for mochi making . Unfortunately the glutinous rice has to be soaked in the water for one night, so we can't pound the mochi right away .
Even though there are ripening magics, there's no magic to speed up mochi soaking, I think magician bunch are negligent .
It's probably of water type magic, I'll try experimenting some things tonight .
Mia seems hesitant since she doesn't like memorizing, but if I let her eat some delicious mochis, she will most certainly help in making the magic for the sake of easier mochi-making .
The azuki beans and black soy beans for the mochi fillings also have to be soaked in the water for a night . I've already mass produced red bean jam for the muno roll back then, but I can't use it unless for mochi daifuku .
I continue preparing the ingredients while thinking about more ideas .
Adding things like cheese or strawberry sounds good other than traditional Japanese ones .
That's right, for this occasion I should try preparing various odd ones .
Since I don't know which ingredients would be well received after all .
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"Flat~"
"Flat nanodesu!"
When I was making the mochi, Pochi and Tama wanted to do it too, so I changed with them .
Nana is in charge of flipping the mochi beside them .
"Me too! I want to flip it over too!"
"Alright, you can change with me so use these . "
Since Arisa and Mia looked interested in trying, I gave them thin gloves .
"Hm? What's with the gloves?"
"Your wrist would break if the mallet swung by Pochi and Tama hit it you know? These gloves are the same things Lulu used in the labyrinth, so it would produce a small magic shield to guard against the hit . "
Its mainly to prevent the mochi from sticking though, however they probably won't be careful I don't make this much threat .
I can heal them in an instant even if they get hurt badly, but we wouldn't be able to eat the pink-colored blood mochi after all .
While watching Arisa and Mia who are nervously flipping the mochi, Lulu and I make the mochi into round shapes . We put the fillings that have been prepared beforehand during this process .
The little girl maids from the mansion are also helping rounding the mochi .
"Achichi, it's amazing that Lulu-sama and master-sama look fine . "
<TLN: Exclamation for when you feel hot . >
"Ufufu, it'll be fine if you dip your hands on cold water beforehand you know . "
"Uh, my hands are sticky . "
"If you put this flour on your hand beforehand, it won't get sticky . "
Well it is hot, but it's nothing compared to when I put my hand in the forge .
I continue working while feeling heartwarming from watching Lulu helping the little girl maids .
"Pochi-!"
"Tama~"
"Achichi, the mochi is the mochi isss"
"Arisa . "
When I look at the noisy screams, it seems that Pochi has failed something due to strange action she did during the mochi making . Apparently, the mochi on the mallet has coiled on her body .
Beside her, Arisa who has been covered in mochi from her head down looks terrible .
Lulu goes there to control the situation while saying some wife-like thing, "Ara ara, my my . "
Their burns are healed with Mia's water magic, and the dirts are cleaned with Lulu's life magic, but Pochi who was doing careless thing with food and Arisa who instigated her are being made to do seiza and scolded by Liza .
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Large quantity of mochi in four types, plain, sweet, staple and colored are lined up full on display .
I might've made a bit too much .
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