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Autumn's Coming
I woke up to the gentle sunlight streaming in from the window. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Getting down from the bed, I open the bedroom window and a cool breeze entered.
The mountains visible from the window are changing from lush green to a yellowish hue.
The air is somehow dry, and the morning air is a little chilly.
「It has turned autumn now」
The summer had felt so long that in the blink of an eye, it had passed before I knew it.
It felt moving at the thought that a season has passed like that.
I changed my clothes after admiring the scenery and ventilating the bedroom for a while.
I went to the first floor and washed my face at the washbasin.
The water is a bit cold, but it’s not cold enough to use hot water.
Once I thoroughly fixed my bed hair, I moved to the kitchen and prepared breakfast.
I’m in a group of people who prefer to finish things relatively early, so I often make hot sandwich rather than making elaborate dishes in the morning. But, it’s not fun to makea hot sandwich again this morning.
「……let’s make a French toast today」
I cut the crusts from the thick slices of bread first.
After that, crack the eggs and beat them in a bowl.
Then add and mix milk, sugar, and fresh cream, and then soak the bread with the crusts already removed.
While the bread is soaking in the egg mixture, I arrange some baby leaves on a plate and prepare a salad with sliced radish and dry-cured ham. Then I took out the remaining mashed potatoes from last night as an additional dish.
And just as I am preparing the other dish, the egg mixture has considerably decreased in amount.
Looks like it has soaked into the bread.
Add some butter to a heated frying pan and put the egg-mixture-soaked bread into the pan.
Soon, the sweet smell of eggs and butter wafted out as I fried them over medium heat.
When I flipped it over after I have cooked it to some extent, it had a nice brown crust already.
That looks really good.
Once one side is cooked, I put a lid on it, cook it over low heat, and let it steam cook.
This will make sure the bread is cooked all the way to the inside.
Opening the lid after around 3 minutes, the french toast has become nicely browned and ready.
I move it from the frying pan to a plate and add extra butter on top.
The butter Angelica-san gave me started to melt from the toast’s heat.
Just seeing this alone makes it look delicious. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I quickly take them to the dining table, put my hands together, and start eating.
First off, the main course, French Toast.
I cut it into bite-sized pieces with a knife and eat it with a fork.
The outside is crispy and fragrant, while the inside is soft and fluffy.
The sweetness from the butter and egg has fully soaked into the brea,d making it sweet.
「Un, delicious」
You can easily make French Toast with just these few ingredients, which is why it’s great.
The bread is also very thick, making it filling. This is a recommended meal when you don’t want to take a lot of time preparing breakfast but still want a hearty meal.
I also eat the salad between the French Toast.
The bitterness of the leaf lettuce and the faint sweetness and sourness from the radish make my mouth feel fresh.
And the savory dry-cured ham that brings them all together adds a pleasant taste.
The mashed potato simply seasoned with salt and pepper is also very delicious.
Once my mouth has been reset, I eat the French Toast again.
I ate them in rotation, and I ended up finishing my breakfast in no time at all. I let out a sigh of satisfaction.
I want to just immerse myself in this feeling of satisfaction after the meal, but I will find things annoying if I do that, so I quickly take action.
I clear away the empty plates and wash them all at the sink. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Once I finished washing them all, I realized there were the remaining bread crusts.
I feel like it will just become fertilizer and be forgotten if I just store them in the subspace like this.
「Maybe I’ll make a toast to the crusts too……」
I decided to just throw them into the egg mixture since I still have some remaining and cook them as it is.
As I was waiting for the bread crusts to cook, there was a knock on the window *konkon*.
Looking in that direction, there was Nina standing outside.
「Morning, Kureto!」
「Morning, Nina」
When I open the window wide with a clatter, Nina’s energetic voice greets me from outside.
Hearing Nina’s cheerful greeting also makes me feel like I receive some energy from her.
When I also replied to her greeting, Stella suddenly appeared from behind her.
「Good morning, Kureto-san」
「Good morning to you too, Stella-san」
I greeted her back while feeling a little surprised that it was not just Nina there.
Nina often comes to see me, whether to play or just show herself, but it is unusual for both of them to appear together.
「Something smells sweet!」
Just as I was about to ask what happened, Nina sniffed and said that. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’m sorry, were you in the middle of having breakfast?」
「No, I’ve finished breakfast and was just making some snacks」
I shake my head at Stella’s apologetic question and hurriedly return to the kitchen.
I gave the frying pan a light shake and saw that the crusts were nicely toasted, so I turned off the heat.
After sprinkling some sugar on them, I wrap them in a cloth.
「I made toasted crusts. Feel free to have some」
When I presented the freshly toasted crusts, Nina smiled innocently and took some into her mouth.
「It’s crispy and very sweet!」
Nina gave her impression while her eyes were sparkling.
The sight of her munching on the toasts with her small mouth is adorable and looks like a squirrel.
Stella timidly takes a piece of crust and puts it into her mouth.
「This is delicious. It is not just toasted and sprinkled with sugar, right?」
「I soaked it in an egg mixture of eggs, sugar, fresh cream, and milk, then I toasted it. It will be even more delicious if you soak a bread in it and toast it」
「So that’s how it was eaten in the royal capital. I’ll try making it at home next time」
「Yay! I’m looking forward to it!」
Stella is enthusiastic about making French toast while Nina is happy by it.
It is a knowledge from my previous world but French Toasts are also served in the cafes in the royal capital so it won’t be wrong to say it originated from the royal capital. It’s easier to understand it that way.
Nina and Stella reach out for another one, their faces softening with delight.
I’m happy they really took a liking to them but I wonder what they came here for?
「By the way, is there something I can help you with today?」
When I asked that without thinking, Stella suddenly came to her senses.
「Ah, that’s right. We came to invite Kureto-san to pick mushrooms」
「I see」
「There are a lot of mushrooms in the forest and mountains in this season, and they’re delicious!」
Mushroom hunting in autumn? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Mushrooms are considered a type of ingredient that represents the flavors of autumn.
It seems that autumn is also their season in another world.
「Since this is sudden, it’s fine if you decline, you know?」
「No, I don’t have work today so it's fine. Please let me come along if it’s alright with you」
「Yay! Kureto is with us too!」
When I said I’d come along, Nina gave a happy cry and jumped for joy.
Her golden hair, tied up at the back, bounces with liveliness
「But, I don’t know that much about mushrooms.....」
「It’s okay! I will teach you!」
Nina confidently patted her chest *pon* and told me that when I honestly told them that I don’t know that much about mushrooms.
「Oh, then I will rely on you, is that alright?」
「Leave it to me!」
Looks like she is confident in her knowledge of mushrooms.
Well then, shall we go autumn mushroom hunting?
After quickly cleaning up the frying pan, I headed to the nearby forest with Nina and Stella. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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