The Combat Baker and the Automaton Waitress, Volume 2 by SOW

Author:SOW [SOW]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2019-11-04T00:00:00+00:00

Baking bread took time. One had to mix the flour and the yeast, knead the dough, and let it ferment. Yeast was a microbe, a fungus used in food processing. Since it was a living organism, it took time to mature.

“Man, what a great kiln. With both gas and electric power, it heats up in an instant... It even has temperature control, so I don’t need to worry about the strength of the fire...”

Lud voiced his admiration as he examined the bread kiln, far more convenient than the conventional log-fed kiln he had back at Tockerbrot.

“No, no, this proofing cabinet is even better.”

But, as he stood in front of the machine next to the kiln, his opinion quickly changed.

A proofing cabinet matured the bread dough at high temperatures. By setting it to a temperature that was best suited for the yeast to grow, it greatly shortened the maturation time of the bread.

“If I had this, I could cut down the production time, and really increase our output.”

For a long time it has been said that, “the baker is the first in town to wake.” There are stories about the croissant, which was said to have been created in celebration of a baker from a certain country. One morning, before dawn, the baker discovered a pagan militia preparing a surprise attack on the town, and then warned the villagers and allowed everyone to escape.

The dough had to ferment early in the morning in order to make bread that day, but with a proofing cabinet, the amount of time needed decreased drastically.

“If only we had one... But... It’s probably expensive isn’t it? I can’t imagine how expensive it must be.”

It was so expensive that there were probably only ten of them in all of Wiltia.

The war was governed by absurdity. During the war, there were investments in new technology, because there was the money, time and personnel that would be unheard of during times of peace. The proofing cabinet might not have been invented without the war.

Nothing is born from battle—but that’s not true of war. This was an unfortunate fact for all the pacifists in the world, but it was the truth. The technologies were later sold to civilian interests, further refined and made available to the public, and eventually became an indispensable part of everyday life.

But, Lud wondered how many decades it would take for this progress to reach Tockerbrot...

“I’m back, Master!”

At that moment, Sven returned, carrying a large bag on her shoulders. She had found flour, butter, salt and other ingredients necessary to make the bread, and she then went back to look for anything else they might need.

“Oh Sven, welcome back. That’s quite the bag you’ve got there.”

“Yes...”

Putting the large bag down, she rustled through the contents and lined up the spoils.

“Well, first we have this Dom Perignon champagne and Hennessy cognac.”

They were very expensive brands of alcohol, the pride of Filbarneu, a country rich in fertile soil.

“Then we have dry-cured ham and canned caviar...”

She took out a

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