Return of the Fallen Volume 10 Chapter 36
The artificial morning sun had risen further in the sky and the birds had long started their daily songs. A cool breeze swept across the land bringing a refreshing air to the surroundings.
Outside Kazuki had already ordered the Golems to set everything up. He wanted to have this meal with everyone out in the open so they could all enjoy the weather. Sitting down, he was reminded of Glacious and Etora and even old Tilly at this moment and a small smile spread across his face. Just thinking of Etora stuffing his face while telling a crazy story and Tilly knocking her drinks back, filled Kazuki with ease.
Alutra sat across from him and was waiting excitedly on what food the Golems would bring her. Trying all of the different cuisines from the Lower Realm became a must for her.
Soon, Mei walked out dragging both Danny and Tsura by the hand with a wide grin on her face. Danny seemed especially tired from the looks of it.
(He must still be getting used to his new body. That or Tsura kept him up all night.)
Kazuki made eye contact with Tsura and Tsura blushed slightly before looking away.
(Guess I was right about them.)
Tsura took the lead and pulled Mei into a seat next to her before a brush appeared in her hand and she started in on Mei’s crazy bedhead. She, of course, sat on the same side of the table as Kazuki as to avoid looking directly at him in fear he would be able to guess what she and Danny had done but it was already too late because right when Danny sat down it, was all but confirmed when he asked.
“Kazuki, can I talk to you about sex? I need your advice on a few things.”
Tsura quickly covered Mei’s ears and glared at Danny.
“DANNY!”
Danny quickly shut his mouth but the words were already out there just lingering in the air.
“So I guess this means you two had a good time?”
Tsura then looked at Kazuki in shock and her face turned bright red. She normally wasn’t one to get too embarrassed about many things but the things that went on between a man and a woman in the bedroom were definitely on the list.
Mei didn’t know why her mom covered her ears and quickly threw them off.
“Mama, your hands are squeezing too hard.”
“Ah, eh, sorry Mei Mei. Wait no, don’t listen close your ears!”
Mei stared at her mom in confusion.
“Mama, how can I close my ears, you’re not making any sense.”
Kazuki chuckled inside but since the topic was clearly making Tsura uncomfortable he changed it.
“Forget that, for now, Danny, let’s all eat and relax first, there are other things that come before all of that.”
Danny also took the hint and sat down next to Tsura but she quickly turned her back on him and focused on brushing out Mei’s tangled mess of hair.
Alutra slid down to the other side of the table and started to chat happily with Tsura. The two had just met yesterday but they found that they had a lot in common. Tsura was confined to a forest for a long time and Alutra was confined and stifled as well. Maybe not to the same extent but the two could understand one another right from the get-go.
Shaila, her husband Tozu, and Sasai came out followed by Sam and Kimi. Everyone sat down.
“God I wish this world had frappuccino. I would kill for one right about now.”
Kimi leaned over the table lazily after she said this. Shaila, naturally the curious one was interested in this never-before-heard term.
“Kimi, what is a franCHino? Is it a new weapon or maybe a
Kimi didn’t even lift her head before she interrupted Shaila.
“I’ll stop you right there before you guess a million different times. A frappuccino is a delicious, yummy iced coffee blend. It’s so so good and it will wake you right up. Sometimes it has a little bit of spice in it and a fluffy cloud of whipped cream on top. This world has so many different things but no one’s invented it yet, how depressing.”
Shaila was intrigued by this and immediately turned to Kazuki.
“Kazuki I want to try this frappuccino thingy, will you make one for me?”
“Shaila, why are you bothering Kazuki with such a ridiculous thing? Why would he make a drink specifically for you.”
Shaila glared at Sasai.
“Did anyone ask you, runt? I asked Kazuki. If he doesn’t want to then he doesn’t have to but there’s nothing wrong with at least asking is there!?”
Tozu quickly stood in between the two and sat both of them down with him in the middle.
“Both of you stop, it’s too early to ruin the mood.”
Saisai shrugged his shoulders as he felt he did nothing wrong, while Shaila huffed. Kazuki on the other hand gave it some thought.
“Hmm, why not.”
Kimi’s head lifted slightly to these words before Kazuki lifted a hand.
Power gathered in his palm and a thin metal cup formed above his hand. This tiny world already had some of the raw ingredients such as coffee beans and the like. Glacious didn’t have a lot but he did have a few thousand pounds of coffee stored away for whenever he wanted to have a brew.
The beans were already processed and ground by the Golems, with a thought a rift to the storage room located in the house opened and the ground coffee appeared in front of Kazuki.
Kazuki easily materialized water and heated it to the perfect temperature before slowly dripping it over the coffee. Usually one would need a filter to prevent the coffee grounds from being in the finished product but Kazuki could keep things filtered and separated with his aura or even his ki if he wished.
While the coffee was being prepared, several fruits and spices appeared in the air. Kazuki also gathered fresh honey from a hive in the nearby forest before along with butter and milk.
First, he took the fruit and removed all of the skin before opening them up and removing whatever seeds lay within. The particular fruit he was using was called Setai. It was a greenish-brown color and didn’t look particularly appetizing but it was incredibly sweet. Not only that but its skin had a flavor similar to vanilla.
He applied pressure to the removed skin, about a thousand pounds worth, doing so squeezed the skin to the point that the small amount of liquid within dripped out. He did this to a few of the skins and got just enough for his purpose and held them off to the side for the moment.
At this time Shin and Triska came out. Shin was about to open his mouth probably to ask what was going on when Kimi jumped on him and covered his mouth with her hand.
“If you interrupt this I’ll kill you!”
Kimi’s eyes were wide and frightful. She looked like a wild beast ready to rip his throat out were he to make the wrong move. Shin would normally brush such a threat off but the fact that Kimi had managed to catch him when he was notoriously illusive told him how serious she was and so he shrugged before licking her hand.
Kimi was disgusted by this and jumped away from him before wiping her hand on the dirt. Shin laughed inwardly before walking to the table and sitting down with Triska to watch the show.
Kazuki ignored them and continued what he was doing. Taking the fruit he placed it in a large orb of water before heating that water until it started to boil, the fruit melted down under his control before he reduced it to a simmer and added some honey. A sweet syrup formed and he separated it as well and held it off to the side.
Melting the butter, he then combined it with the milk and churned it at a high speed, and with that simple method, he made heavy whipping cream. After that, he made a metal bowl and whisk. With a wave of his hand, both the bowl and whisk gathered a small layer of frost as he chilled the two. With a bit of magic, the heavy whipping cream also dropped drastically in temperature.
Pouring the heavy whipping cream in the bowl, he added a small amount of honey along with the few drops of vanilla flavor he extracted from the skin. Mixing this up with the cold whisk, he quickly made stiff peaks in the bowl and he was done.
At this time the coffee had finished as well. Taking the metal cup from earlier, he made a few ice cubes and put them in, and cooled the coffee before pouring it in. Adding the sweet syrup he gave it a little mix before topping the drink with whip cream. Tasting the spices he gathered, he found one that seemed to compliment this improvised frappuccino.
With that, Kazuki’s frappuccino was complete. With a thought, the cup flew over and landed gently in front of Kimi. Kimi stared at it wide-eyed for a few seconds in shock before she slowly picked it up. She gave it a small sniff before nostalgia hit and she hesitated no longer.
She took a good drink of it before her whole body started to shake.
“It’s…
Everyone leaned in as she started to speak.
“It’s so good!”
A soft smile spread across her face as she rubbed her tingly cold cheek in delight.
Shaila almost jumped out of her seat.
“ME NEXT!”
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