Nirwana [Saionji Ukyo X Reader] [Dr. STONE Fanfiction]

23rd Shot: The First Shot of You

Hi, everyone! Yeah, I'm alive and well and trying to finish my comic! I'm sorry if this took an extremely long time since I've been busy with my thesis. I hope you like this chapter and thank you for all the love and support this fic has gotten! I didn't know it will be this big, and I'm very grateful for it!

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It's almost amazing how everything just went on smoothly–falling into its place and fitting perfectly. This could be one of their fastest projects to be done, all thanks to everyone's hard work and Francois's wise in culinary. Indeed, their newest addition for Kingdom of Science would lend them all tons of help in the matter of food along with its preservation. Just leave it to Francois and everything will be done perfectly.

And to that, now they had baking area precisely for producing numerous stollen they needed for their voyage. For now, the problems of rations were already handled with elegance and professionalism courtesy to Francois.

"It's nothing too difficult." They bowed. "As long as there is wheat, it's simple to make bread."

"And don't you think it's time for you to rest...?" [Name] questioned, smiling nervously as she witnessed the butler already moving on to make another batch of bread. They didn't even break a sweat from all the work it's almost supernatural.

"Nonsense, Lady [Name]", Francois commented, a bowl of flour already set on the table. "This task is nowhere near exhausting."

"I probably said this a hundredth times already, but," sighing in exasperation, [Name] still couldn't hold a smile. "Francois-san is outstanding. No wonder Ryusui-san insisted on reviving them."

"Well, they are the most-sought butler in the world," Ukyo remarked, standing close beside her–watching as the said butler preparing another set of ingredients, lining them up neatly on the table so they could reach it easier. "As Ryusui proclaimed."

"Even though Ryusui-san is incredibly greedy," And he's nowhere guilty at letting people know, [Name] couldn't help but added internally. "He has good judgement and eyes for people with amazing capabilities. Maybe in the future, we could find more people similar to Francois-san."

"As a part of conglomerate family, he's sure has great wide of connection." Ukyo hummed in agreement, the idea wouldn't be bad at all because they indeed have a grand ideal of unpetrified 3 billion population. To achieve that, capable human resources are necessary. "While we get to revive everyone, he can rope the people he knows has great ability."

"We mix the wheat flour with water. Ideally, at 30 degrees Celsius," Francois said as they poured some water into the bowl. "As it's now summer, this is just right. And leave it as it is for several days. In doing so, the mixture starts bubbling and fermenting on its own."

"We could ferment with just two ingredients?" [Name] blinked, quite surprise hearing the unfamiliar method being used.

"Is it really bread without adding that 'yeast' stuff?" Gen questioned.