The Combat Baker and Automaton Waitress, Volume 5 by SOW

Author:SOW [SOW]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2020-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

One hour later, a horse-drawn carriage was plodding through the center of the royal capital. To be precise, it wasn’t drawn by a horse. A donkey was pulling it. And on that carriage were the words “Donkey Bakery” and a hastily drawn illustration of bread.

“Lud’s idea is ridiculous!”

Jacob, who was in the driver’s seat and holding the reins of the bridle, spoke in annoyed amazement.

“But the king must be hungry, so...”

Since the king-in-hiding was probably very hungry, Lud’s idea was to spread the aroma of his favorite food so he might show himself.

“Are we searching for a lost cat?!”

Jacob couldn’t help but poke fun at his baker friend, who wasn’t with them at the moment.

“Well, we don’t have anything else to try, so there’s no choice.”

Milly spoke from inside the carriage. The two were wandering around the royal capital by donkey-drawn carriage. The city was under martial law, so not a single other person was out, even though many people would usually be passing by. To be precise, no regular civilian was out. However, Schutzstaffel soldiers in navy blue uniforms stood on every street corner.

“Hey, you! What are you doing? Don’t you know about the curfew?”

One soldier saw the carriage and approached, his facial expression changing. Other soldiers stationed nearby also gathered around the carriage.

“Good work, soldiers!”

Instead of panicking, Jacob replied merrily with a welcoming smile.

“A kid? Aren’t you with an adult?”

Jacob’s smile had momentarily disarmed the guard, and since only children were in the carriage, the caution was fading from his face.

“Nope. It’s just us kids!”

Lud wasn’t in the carriage. Just yesterday he had escaped from the prison in the royal palace after getting caught sneaking inside. He hadn’t come with them because it was likely a warrant had been issued for his arrest.

“We brought a snack for you!”

“Snack?”

Jacob continued talking to the soldiers, as their suspicion changed to confusion.

“I’ve heard there are ne’er-do-wells in the royal capital. And you guys are working to defeat them, right?”

“Y-Yeah...”

The eyes of this innocent boy had softened the soldiers’ stern bearing.

“My family runs a bakery, so I brought some bread to fortify your strength!”

“Oh... all right.”

Jacob’s twinkling eyes buoyed the soldiers’ spirits.

“You soldiers are so cool! I wanna be like you when I grow up!”

“Uh... Ha ha ha... I give up...”

Jacob’s eyes, so full of dreams, disintegrated the soldiers’ caution.

“You’re a good actor!”

“Shh! Keep quiet!”

Jacob was playing the role of an innocent child, and he shushed Milly, who wore an expression of mixed admiration and disgust.

People need more than a sense of duty in their work. They need to receive appreciation and respect from others. Jacob was behaving according to the soldiers’ ideal of a child.

“Please, take all you want! Here!”

Smiling, Jacob offered the bread Lud had baked.

“Well, if you insist...”

“We’d feel bad if we drove you away now...”

“Yeah, I’ll have one!”

The soldiers decided to be lenient with Jacob, since he was just a silly child, and they accepted the bread.

“Oh, potato bread?”

“This’ll hit the spot!”

“For three days, we haven’t had anything but combat grub!”

Sick of canned rations, the soldiers smacked their lips at the potato bread.

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