"Elena, you're exaggerating." Bella is now a little sympathetic to Miss Elsa.

"I'm exaggerating," Elena said unconvinced, "just so that the kid can face reality as soon as possible."

"But that's too cruel." Bella said worriedly.

"Ah, no, it's fine." Elsa said, "Elena has a point. Actually, I also know that my thoughts are a bit simple. However, I am really unwilling to give up like this......

"Uhh

"Ah, patronizing and chatting." Elsa stood up, "I'll let Kress bring it up."

With that, she left and went to the back kitchen.

"Well, why do these girls always like to have meaningless fantasies?" Elena sighed and said with emotion.

"Huh? Elena, you're a girl, too, don't you often fantasize about it?" Bella said.

"I'm not a fantasy, it's an ideal, it's a life goal to work hard for!"

"It's not all the same."

"How can that be the same?"

"Is there a difference?"

"Of course." Elena said indignantly, "I wouldn't have meaningless expectations like this."

"yes, it seems to me that it's all the same."

As she spoke, Miss Elsa came up with three plates of cake.

"Taste it." Elsa said enthusiastically.

Anna first eagerly picked up the fork, cut a large piece from the middle, and put it in her mouth.

"How?" Elsa asked expectantly.

"Hmm," Anna said as she chewed, "Roar—"

Subsequently, Bella and Elena also picked up the fork one after another.

When Bella inserted her fork into the cake, she felt some resistance.

She tried a little harder, but she couldn't easily penetrate the cake on the plate, as if it was blocked by something hard.

"What's wrong?" Elsa asked strangely when she saw Bella's movements.

"Like...... Something."

Bella hesitated, then picked up another fork and peeled the cake open.

A bright golden object appears in the cake.

"It's—" Elsa's eyes widened in surprise, "Golden Franc?!"

It is indeed a gold coin with the head of Louis XIV engraved on it.

Elena also approached curiously.

Only Anna was still eating her cake without distraction.

"Huh? Why is there gold in it?" Elena asked, "What kind of raffle is it?" Bella, you're so lucky!"

"No, that's not right." Elsa shook her head, "I've never heard of anything like this."

"Could it be Mr. Cress's own creation?"

"I don't think so," Elsa said, "gold is no ordinary item."

"Would you like to ask?" Bella said.

"Hmm." Elsa nodded, then got up and walked to the back kitchen.

After a while, a young man who looked to be in his twenties returned with Elsa.

"This is Mr. Cress." Elsa gave a brief introduction, "I probably told him about the situation,"

"I'm sorry," Kress bowed deeply, "it was a mistake on my part, and I caused trouble to Miss's friend."

"Ah, it's not a problem." Bella reassured, "Is this yours?"

As she spoke, Bella pulled the gold coin out of the cake.

"No, it's not mine." Kress replied.

"Huh? It's really not yours?" Bella reconfirmed.

"Not mine." Kress bowed again, "But anyway, it's my problem, it's me who didn't check it well. I'll make you a new one right away."

With that, he walked briskly back to the kitchen.

"That...... What should we do with this coin?" Elena asked, "Is that yours, Elsa?"

"Probably not my ......," Elsa replied.

Since she hadn't arranged any lucky draws, she naturally wouldn't put the gold coins in the cake.

"That's weird." Elena touched her chin with her hand, "It's not Mr. Kress, and Elsa doesn't know, who it could be?"

She was more curious about the reason for the matter than what to do with the coin.

Bella didn't say a word, as if she was thinking about something.

After a while, Bella suddenly said, "Let's go to the back kitchen."

So, except for Anna, who stayed in her seat and continued to eat the cake, the other three people came to the back kitchen of the store.

Mr. Kress had already sent the cake into the oven and was waiting for time.

"Wait a little longer, and you'll be fine right away." Seeing Bella and the others come in, Kress said.

"Excuse me, what is the process of making the cake?" Bella said.

"Oh? Are you also interested in baking?" Kress asked.

"Ah, just curious." Bella replied, "If it's convenient, could you please give us a brief overview of the process?"

"No problem."

Immediately afterwards, Kress showed them the baking steps.

Since there were some more guests at the front desk, Elsa went out to greet her, leaving only Bella and Elena.

Elena is a curious baby, especially interested in the process of egg whitening, and is very eager to try it.

Bella, on the other hand, carefully watched where the materials were at each step, trying to figure out where the gold coins might be mixed in.

"Finally, sift the batter." Kress said, placing the sieve on the grinder.

"Huh? Do you want to sift it?" Bella asked suddenly.

If you sift through it, if you mix in something too big before, you'll definitely find it, right?

"yes, it makes the taste more delicate." "Of course, you also have to be careful not to defoam, otherwise you won't be able to swell."

"So there's so much more to it!" Elena said with great interest.

"Of course," said Cress, "because cake is something that brings happiness!" As long as you bake with your heart, then the people who eat it will feel your heart."

"Yes......" Elena felt amazing.

Listen only to "Ding ——!" The oven light went out.

"Oh, almost." Kress said, putting on thick insulated gloves on his hands, "You two stay away, it might be a little hot."

He opened the sliding door of the oven and carefully removed the baking tray and placed it gently on the table.

"It needs to be left to dry for a while before it can start framing. Let's put the prepared batter in first."

Kress said, putting the freshly made batter in the oven along with the grinding tools. Then the sliding door was closed, and the time and fire were reset.

"The heat is also very important." "But now that we have this electric oven, it's a lot more convenient. It's not like when I was in Lyon, when I had to rely on a traditional oven for baking."

It seems that the convenience brought by the Industrial Revolution is not just about transportation.

"Bella, what's wrong with you?" Elena found that Bella hadn't said a word since she was just beginning.

"Look." Bella gestured to the ceiling above her.

"Huh? Is there a crack?"

Following the direction of Bella's finger, you can see that there is a very inconspicuous crack in the ceiling.

"Oh?" Kress also looked up curiously, "It's strange, it was fine the other day."

"Could it be ......," Elena seemed to think of something, "the gold coins fell from above?"

"Interesting...... Bella said meaningfully.