popcorn
The boy came to the last sculpture under the gaze of the two maidens............
"Is this the last sculpture? What I conjured up before was something like some auxiliary materials! Hopefully this statue will be able to conjure something good! As he spoke, he held out his right hand to the statue.
"Oh! That's amazing! Something so big came out of nowhere! Yuri looked at the object that was gradually appearing in the boy's left hand, and was amazed.
"What a surprise! I've seen it many times, but this ability to convert energy into food is amazing! Qianhu said as he looked at the rod that had been formed in the boy's hand.
"But what the hell is this? It looks big, long, and thick, but it looks a little weird! Yuri turned to Chiho and asked.
“………… Probably corn! I've seen pictures from books. Qianhu said as he looked at the corn cob that had been completely transformed.
"Corn? Is it tasty? Yuri asked curiously.
"Won't you know if you'll eat it later?"
"I'm looking forward to it! The smell of corn ............," Yuri said as she looked at the boy who had put away the corn cob and walked towards them again.
"Sorry, long waiting!" The boy walked up to the two girls and said.
"It's okay!" Qianhu waved his hand and said.
"Na! Fubo sauce, is this corn? Yuri couldn't wait to ask.
"Yes! It's corn............ It's just that this corn is a little bigger! The boy said as he looked at the 1.5-meter-long corn cob that had been re-taken from the space.
"Is corn such a big thing?" There was a hint of curiosity in Qianhe's tone.
"It should be a different breed!" The boy said as he tore at the leaves wrapped around the corn.
"Ukiba-chan............ Doesn't it matter? Yuri asked worriedly as she looked at the teenager who was gritting his teeth and tearing at the outer skin of the corn.
“…… Somewhat...... Small...... Issue! ………… Yes! Tear off the ............," the boy tore off the outermost leaf on the cob with all his strength.
"You feel so tired.................. Chido said with some puzzlement as he looked at the young man who was panting after only tearing a layer of leaves.
"Na! Let me try it............" Yuri volunteered.
“……………… I'm tired! The boy said this as he moved out of the way and handed the corn to Yuri.
“…… It looks like it's easy to tear off............" Yuri said, grabbing the corn coat that was starting to loosen a little as it was ripe.
"Huh? ………… It doesn't look like it's moving at all! Yuri was a little surprised as she tore at the corn coat with what she thought was a great force.
"Na! You~~ I'll help too! Chiho saw Yuri working so hard and planned to step forward to help her.
"Hmmm! So...... I'll pull one end, and Chi-chan will pull the other side of this leaf, okay? Yuri said to Chino.
"Hmmm! Got it. Qianhu nodded, and listened to Yuri's arrangement and got ready to speak.
"So............ Three~two~one...... Pull! ”
With Yuri's order, the two girls stepped on the root of the corn with one foot, and the other foot stepped on the ground hard, and the two pairs of small hands each grasped the two ends of a corn coat, and pulled their bodies back at an angle of sixty degrees to the ground.
"It's hard work...... This...... Thousand...... Sauce ......" Yuri squeezed a sentence out of her clenched teeth.
"Plus...... One...... ............ hard," Qianhu also struggled to comfort.
As the two girls continued to exert force, the pulled tunic began to make a slight tearing sound from the roots............
"Smack!"
The sudden tear of the coat made the two girls who were pulling backwards with all their strength fall backwards for a while.
"It hurts!" Chito and Yuri all rubbed their aching buttocks and said.
"So this leaf is so difficult!" Yuri struggled to raise the corn leaf in her hand and said.
"Hmmm! yes, I just looked at this leaf and it looked like it was going to fall on its own, and I thought it wouldn't take much effort! Qianhu was also very surprised.
"Thank you for your hard work! Come on, take a sip of water! The boy handed the jug he had already prepared to the two young girls.
"Thank you!" Chinohe thanked the result and took a sip of the kettle.
"Thank you!" Yuri took the kettle handed over by Qianhu and poured it hard.
"Huh~~~~ It's come to life! Then again, it's too hard! Yuri said, looking at the corn that was still tightly wrapped in five or six layers of leaves.
"Look! This corn is not as easy to eat as we thought! Qianhu also looked at the corn with a little headache and said.
"You guys have a good rest first, and then I'll leave it to me!" With that, the boy walked back to the corn cob on the ground.
"I'm sorry! Didn't help much! Qianhu said embarrassedly.
"It's okay! This time I'm going to cut the roots of the corn coat with a knife and break it off............"
As he spoke, the boy took out a knife in the space and began to cut at the roots of the corn. Originally, the boy thought that once he used a knife, he could easily cut off the seemingly thin blade, but the reality gave him a head-on blow, and the thin leaf that seemed to be a translucent plastic film was actually broken without the knife............
"What a tough leaf!" The boy looked in amazement at the barely scratched surface of his coat.
"Isn't the knife not sharp enough?" Yuri asked.
"............" The young man wordlessly picked up a discarded steel bar and slashed it with a knife, and the steel bar broke in response.
“………… What a great leaf! Qianhu said in surprise as he looked at the steel bars with a fracture as smooth as a mirror and the leaves that had also been stabbed but were almost undamaged.
"That's too powerful, isn't it?" Yuri exclaimed in equal surprise.
"It seems that it can only be slowly sharpened with the blade of the knife!" The boy sighed and put the knife back on the base of the corn coat, cutting back and forth.
After cutting back and forth for more than half an hour, the coating that had been firmly attached to the corn was honestly torn off by the young man, revealing the rows of corn kernels that radiated a soft glow like the highest quality topaz.
"It's so beautiful!" Yuri said, staring at the corn with her eyes glued.
"That's what it is...... Corn ......" Senhe was also attracted by the gorgeous appearance of the corn in front of him.
The boy looked at the corn kernels that were about half the size of a palm, and he didn't know where to start, so he could only use a knife to pry off one and put it on his hand to look at it.
"I had a hunch, but I didn't expect it to be that big!" The young man shook the corn kernels weighing a kilogram in his hand and said.
"Na! Floating wave sauce, floating wave sauce! Show me too! Yuri said to the boy with interest.
"Give!" The boy handed the corn in his hand to Yuri.
“…… It's so heavy! Yuri felt the heavy feel of the corn and said.
"I really didn't expect it to be so big, I thought corn was only that big!" Qianhu said and gestured to the size and said.
"That Qianhu, the corn I knew was indeed only as big as you said, but this should be a special variety!" The teenager explained.
"So how do you eat this thing called corn?" Yuri asked, knocking on the corn, which had become very hard because it was fully ripe.
"Originally, corn of this size should have been ground into flour and then made into food to eat, but now ............"
The boy looked at the butter cubes, cocoa cubes, solid honey, sugar and salt that had been converted from the energy in the sculpture in the space, and suddenly had an idea!
"We should be able to make popcorn and eat it!" The boy said to Yuri, who looked expectant.
"Popcorn?" Qianhu asked very suspiciously.
"Is that popcorn good?" Yuri's attention is focused on the taste of the food.
"I think you'll love it! Well............ Leave it to me! As he spoke, the boy took out a deep-bottomed saucepan from his pocket, along with butter, cocoa mass, sugar, solid honey, and salt.
After the equipment and materials for making popcorn were ready, the boy first spread a layer of butter evenly in the preheated saucepan, and then put the huge corn kernels in the pot and heated it over a hot fire. Considering the size of this corn kernel, the teenager appropriately extended the heating time. As the temperature of the pot continued to rise, the skin of the corn kernels, which had not moved at all, began to crack, and finally after reaching the critical point, a loud roar came from the pot, and then countless snow-white fluffy popcorn tops flew up the lid of the saucepan and sprayed everywhere............
"That's a lot of popcorn!" Yuri cheered.
"That's almost enough for 100 people!" Qianhu said as he looked at himself and the thick layer of popcorn piled up on the ground nearby.
"I didn't expect that just one piece of corn could pop so much popcorn!" The boy also said with a little surprise.
"Na! Na! What will Chi-chan and Fubo-chan do next............" Yuri asked with an excited little blushing face.
“…… What to do............ That's the only way to do it! Qianhu looked at Yuri, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
"Let's eat!" As he spoke, the boy sprinkled sugar and powder made from cocoa cubes on a carpet of popcorn.
The protagonist of the evening is destined to belong to these popcorn with an enticing cereal aroma. Whether it is teenagers or girls, as well as nuko, they are already deeply immersed in this delicious sea of popcorn............