"I want rice."
Steaming hot, freshly cooked rice. Even a simple onigiri would be heaven. Salted, nicely seasoned, with whatever filling I could find. Anything would do.
"Rice, huh… yeah, rice."
What sat in front of me was white powder.
Rice flour.
I had tried shaping it into mochi-like cakes or rounded lumps that vaguely resembled onigiri, but the texture was never quite right.
Customers weren't impressed either.
"No matter how I tweak it…"
I sighed and rolled up my sleeves.
"Today I'll experiment with rice flour again."
Every single day of refinement. That endless cycle of trial and error is exactly what creates truly delicious food.
At the end of the day, I was still just the former manager of a chain soba shop. Sure, I made everything by hand, but compared to real master chefs, I still had a long way to go. I often regretted not studying more back in my old world.
But there was no point dwelling on the past.
"If I want to learn now, I just have to do it."
I couldn't return to Earth anyway. And even if I could… I had too many reasons to stay.
I was going to marry Merry. Her mother was probably carrying my child too, and so was Rai-san's daughter. There was no going back.
"Guess I can't go home~"
And honestly, I didn't want to.
So instead of wallowing, I focused on what I could control.
"The texture… If I can recreate that perfect rice texture…"
The flavor was already there thanks to the rice flour. Only the mouthfeel was missing. It wasn't an impossible hurdle. I had even managed to obtain fragrant herbs that could replace certain beans. I was getting close.
Just a little more effort.
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I had set up a take-out crepe window right next to Roiza's shop as a test.
"Let's start small and see how it goes."
"Yes, Master."
Zoil Affair stood inside the little booth, looking every bit the beautiful young man. Actually, he looked so feminine that most people assumed he was a woman. His voice was a little low for a girl, but the calm, mature tone worked perfectly for customer service.
The new shop we were building was going to be fun once it was finished.
But this take-out window… it was insane.
A massive line stretched down the street from the very first day. Zoil Affair's hands moved with surprising speed, yet he still couldn't keep up.
"This isn't working," Roiza muttered, her face twitching.
Her own shop was still just as crowded as before.
"Hmm… Introducing a new sweet take-out option seems to have only attracted even more customers~" Yuiira said with a troubled smile.
"Even if we open a separate store run by Zoil Affair, it doesn't look like the crowd will decrease much…"
"Shop owner, you're already supplying your special sake to other stores, right~?"
"Yeah, I am."
"Then perhaps we should do the same with the crepes~"
In short, she suggested supplying the batter and fillings to nearby shops instead of selling directly.
"Our clientele comes for sweets and black tea. We don't need to obsess over the crepes themselves~"
"I see…"
"If we don't provide the fresh whipped cream, we can still differentiate ourselves~"
Yuiira's strategy made sense. I decided to go with it.
Meanwhile, the new store's interior was being handled by Almal. She was working incredibly fast.
"You don't have to rush so much. This pace is already plenty."
"Too slow," she grunted, then took a huge swig of the sake I'd brought her.
"Delicious."
She looked satisfied.
"After this job, will you still hire me?"
"Of course. We're always short on good hands."
"That helps."
She went back to silently drinking. Quiet, but reliable. The only mystery was where all that alcohol disappeared inside her slender body. Human anatomy was truly strange sometimes.
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That evening, Yuiira's daughter Oumi came skipping over, waving me down with a big grin.
"What's up, Oumi-chan?"
"Hey, listen~"
She beamed.
"I'm going to marry Roiza!"
After closing time.
"ROIZAAAAA!!!"
"It was just a kiss! Only a kiss!"
"You can't go kissing a nine-year-old girl!"
What would Yuiira say if she found out?!
Roiza had become completely obedient to me, but her sexual preference for girls hadn't changed one bit.
Still…
"Your range is way too wide, damn it."
I was hardly one to talk, considering I was sleeping with both Merry and her mother, but still!
"I'm sorry. I'll be more careful."
"That aside… what are we going to do about Oumi-chan…"
Well, that was a problem for later.
"Punishment game."
"Aaahn♡ Nooo♡♡♡ This is so embarrassing♡"
I took Roiza out for a walk along the night streets.
At first glance she looked fully dressed, but she wasn't wearing a single thread of clothing.
It was all body paint.
"Someone's going to see my pussy hair… they'll realize I'm completely naked…♡♡♡"
She was already dripping wet, trembling with shame and arousal.
"Perfect. It's dark enough."
"Fuuunyuuu♡♡♡ It's so humiliating… so pathetic… I'm going to cum just from walking…♡♡♡"
She was fully in heat.
Note to self: I definitely had to try this with Miu next. A proper "woof-woof walk" would be amazing.
A sleek black choker hugged Roiza's slender neck. It suited her perfectly.
We circled the shop area once before heading back.
"Haa… haa… I'm glad no one noticed…♡♡♡"
"Next time I'll cover you in my cum and paint a whore's mark on your skin before we walk."
"Nooo♡♡♡ If you do that…♡♡♡"
"Then you'll stop doing things like kissing little girls, right?"
"Yes♡ Roiza is a female slave who lives only to obey cock…♡♡♡ I won't do it again…♡♡♡"
She dropped to her knees the moment we were back inside and started licking my cock with hungry, sloppy devotion.
"Use your whole mouth, not just the tongue."
"Nnnn♡♡♡"
She tried her best, but honestly, Miu was still better at blowjobs. Half-elves had their charms, though.
I pulled out of her mouth with a wet pop and slammed straight into her soaking pussy in one brutal thrust.
"Oooooohhhhh♡♡♡ Master's cock is inside meee~♡♡♡"
"You get this wild from a man's dick, yet you still claim you like girls? That's impressive."
"Because… this cock is just too good…♡♡♡ Like or dislike doesn't even matter anymore…♡♡♡ The second it pushes inside me, my body automatically falls in love…♡♡♡ It turns me into a total cock-addicted slut…♡♡♡"
Roiza moaned shamelessly while I pounded her against the wall.
"Please cum inside…♡ Fill this perverted Roiza with lots and lots of thick cum…♡♡♡"
Come to think of it, was she even on contraception?
Whatever. I'd deal with it when the time came.
"I'm cumming… I'm cumming so hard… it's coming ouuuut!!!"
I buried myself to the hilt and pumped her full, flooding her womb with hot, heavy spurts while she convulsed in orgasm.
Her body-painted skin glistened under the lamplight as I watched my seed leak out around my cock.
"Maybe next time I'll make you serve customers like this."
The thought made me grin.
Roiza just shivered with another aftershock, eyes hazy with pleasure.