Mission? Enjoy Life in Another World!

Chapter 20: Mother Knows Best

Hello guys! Andy here.

I'm wanted to thank you guys for the big support that you gave me. Knowing that you like my story is a big motivation to keep writing.

I know is a little bit slow in regard of the plot, but trust me, soon the main dish is going to be served.

Enjoy your reading!

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"Qiu, did you find anything yet?" Asked Felix meanwhile he had a pencil on his hand. It seems that all the creativity had run out of his brain. 

<I-I Still looking!> said the rabbit system that was looking through his guide desperately.

Felix sighed with disappointment. Staring at the blank paper on the table, Felix felt that he maybe acted a little too soon.

Two days ago, when he and Fang Yu went to Turtle Town, they went with the idea to inspect the actual situation. The original idea was to find a suitable place to open his shop and look at the competition. What they learned with that trip was that the Cheshire Pavilion was kinda monopolizing the market of the bread. In consequence, the local bakeries were having trouble. Henry had said that the other bakeries in the town sold their shop to the Cheshire Pavilion and started working there as bakers. Now, the last independent bakery was Henry's.

Because of the bad situation that Henry and his dad were having, Felix was soft-hearted and spilled the beans. He told Henry his plan to open a shop. And he proposed to join forces and open it in Henry's shop. 

Of course, the place needed some remodeling before opening it, and that would need money. Fortunately, the business of hot chocolate is doing well these days. But only that wasn't enough. If Felix really wanted to be a successful businessman, he had to bring more to the table.

Because of that, the last two days, with the help of Fang Yu, he had been going to the forest every day to search for ingredients for his new dishes.

So far, Felix had collected honey, lemons, cacao, apples and strawberries. He also went to the market and bought a lot of flour, eggs, milk, salt and butter.

Thanks to that, Felix had in mind several pastries that he could make with the help of Henry. But at the moment he had two problems.

Sugar and Baking Powder.

These two ingredients were giving Felix a headache. The former was expensive to buy in big amounts, even Henry that already runs a bakery didn't have much. Besides, even if Felix had sugar cane, he didn't know the process to turn it to sugar. The latter was even more troublesome, because at this age, baking powder hadn't been invented yet, and of course Felix didn't know how to make it.

The best he could do, was to ask Qiu to search for something that could replace those two ingredients. And of course there were still not results yet.

Felix sighs. Looking through the window of his house, the snowflakes falling in the sky were giving a sensation of serenity. Like beautiful spirits running in the air, the scenery was basically magical. Thanks to the reinforcement on the walls, the rooms were cozy, making you feel drowsy and wanting to sleep all day on your warm bed. Even if the world was painted white, there were still people on the streets. As for right now, Felix felt a little guilty, since Fang Yu still insisted on going out to the woods to look for ingredients.