I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 183
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 183
Cream Bread Chef (3)
A week had passed.
Initially, the excitement was incredibly hot and intense, but now it was drooping listlessly.
Everyone was exhausted.
It couldn’t be helped.
Even though they provided accommodation support, there were too many applicants…
They had no choice but to set up temporary lodging outdoors.
As a result, control was strict and difficult.
Even though all Yubak Management staff stopped their work and pitched in, there was still enough noise to be heard.
Still, the fortunate thing was.
The number of challenging chefs was gradually decreasing.
– Ugh, sorry! This is completely different! It’s delicious! It’s definitely delicious but… this is a complete failure!
Since the chefs who received harsh criticism from Ramba gave up and dropped out, the cycle became a bit more relaxed.
Still, it’s amazing.
That little one.
How can she eat cream bread non-stop for a whole week?
And she doesn’t seem to get tired of it either.
“Phew.”
As he sat there sighing.
Yu Ji-a in a business suit approached from afar.
She was carrying two iced americanos in her hands.
Wow, what great sense!
“Is it manageable, Jin-woo?”
She still spoke formally in public.
Baek Jin-woo smiled and accepted it.
“I don’t know. I think I’ll get motion sickness just looking at cream bread for a while.”
“Have this while you work.”
“Yes.”
As he received the coffee, she sat down next to him and reported.
“First, I handed over the footage to the PBC documentary team. I took a quick look, and it was absolutely amazing…”
It was indeed amazing.
They only filmed the parts that absolutely needed to be filmed.
The bloody battle between Paladins and demons unfolding in the Demon Realm.
Pokryong’s overpowered nature, things like that.
“And the complex shopping center is opening soon. I’ve secured all the tenants too. Would you like to take a look at this?”
Yu Ji-a pulled out a file folder from her bag and handed it over.
The title prominently displayed at the front.
[Rune Eclat]
Oh.
Rustle!
As he unfolded and flipped through the papers, design drafts came into view.
Rune Eclat, grandly and splendidly located in the very center of the shopping center!
From the entrance, magnificent rune patterns were carved into the floor, and the entire space was designed to emit a subtle glow.
“How is it? It’s a design draft that two world-class designers spent days carefully creating.”
“It looks good?”
It’s definitely luxurious.
And mysterious at the same time.
“It definitely looks good, like it would captivate customers right from the entrance.”
“Hehe, right?”
Yu Ji-a showed a pleased expression at Baek Jin-woo’s favorable review.
“Oh, and Rune Eclat will be incorporated as a Yubak Management subsidiary. Baek A-jin will be the representative. Is that okay?”
“Mm.”
A-jin, huh.
Baek Jin-woo thought for a moment and nodded.
She had done well without any problems so far, and now she had gained enough experience.
It seemed like he could trust her with it.
‘This is completely a family business.’
But well.
It’s not bad.
Baek Jin-woo’s dream from the beginning was for them to live well and eat well together.
“Let’s do that. When will this be completed?”
“The building is already in place. There are 2 months left until the official opening. And the government seems to want to develop the Hanam City area on a large scale too? I think we can look forward to it a bit.”
Oh.
Very nice.
The government should support us.
Look at how much we’ve given them so far.
Besides?
There will be more to gain from the league coming in six months, right?
At that moment.
The government was also closely monitoring the current contest.
“Look at this, look at this.”
The Minister of Economy and Finance clicked his tongue regretfully.
Satellite photos of the scene.
Foreigners were packed densely around Yubaek City.
No, not just foreigners?
When you add the spectators who came from various places to see the cream bread lottery, the number exceeded imagination.
If there had been infrastructure to stably accommodate all those crowds and floating population?
The foreign currency inflow and consumption effects in adjacent areas would have been tremendous by now.
“Didn’t I tell you? We should have moved faster. It was an opportunity to create national wealth.”
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also shook his head regretfully.
Anyway, when it’s profitable and clearly beneficial to the nation, the ruling and opposition parties have a high probability of joining forces.
First, any business related to Baek Jin-woo?
The people love it.
They would compete to do it, but would never sabotage it.
Interference?
That would be big trouble.
It would come back as tremendous backlash.
Wouldn’t it be better to give up on the next election?
“Okay! Then let’s move refreshingly.”
The Minister of Economy and Finance nodded.
“Let’s solve transportation first. Let’s build a large station right near Geomdan Mountain.”
“A station? Would that be enough?”
“What wouldn’t work? We can connect direct lines from Gangnam Station, direct lines from Seoul Station, and even connect airport lines.”
“No.”
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport wagged his index finger with a feeling of knowing one thing but not two.
“That’s not enough. In addition to that, we need to build a completely new international airport on the site next to Hanam.”
“E-even an airport?”
“Isn’t it obvious? It’s clear it will become a representative Korean Wave tourist destination. Once we build it, people will use that place more than Incheon, right?”
“Huh.”
The Minister of Economy and Finance fell into thought for a moment.
It would cost a lot of money.
But it was possible.
They were already making profits from the oil fields and technology secured this time, and moreover, the value they would create in the future was limitless.
All of that was thanks to Yubak Management, wasn’t it?
“Let’s do it. Let’s try it, why not!”
Another week passed.
Everyone was getting exhausted now.
The chefs were starting to wonder if this was right, and Baek Jin-woo’s eyes had become sunken too.
Breathing techniques were fine once or twice…
Was this really the right way to awaken Ramba?
– Mmm-nya! Hyaaat! This is so delicious! How can the cream be this soft? But this isn’t it either. Hehe, sorry!
“…”
At this point, he was starting to wonder if Ramba was just messing with him.
“Hunkyo.”
– Yes, Master.
“She’s not just doing this because she wants to eat cream pastries, right?”
– …She’s a bit naive, but she’s not the type to lie.
“Right?”
It must be right.
No!
It absolutely has to be right!
“Sigh.”
He couldn’t keep doing this forever.
If Ramba didn’t work out, it might be better to target other summoned creatures.
In fact, Hunkyo was continuously training while looking for ways to unlock the other creatures’ potential abilities.
That’s when it happened.
– Sniff, sniff sniff!
Ramba started twitching her nose.
– Oh, wait, this scent?!
Swoooosh!
She glided forward smoothly.
At the cooking station was a relatively young-looking Western chef… This was the first time Baek Jin-woo had seen Ramba get this excited over a smell, so he stood up too.
‘Please.’
Anyone would be fine…
Just find Ramba’s cream pastry.
If she just passed?
He felt like he could give even more than the originally promised reward.
As he got closer, he could see the chef.
She looked to be in her late teens… Was she qualified?
When Baek Jin-woo showed interest, one of the supervising staff members ran over and asked.
“Is there anything you need?”
“This person is very young?”
“Ah, yes! That’s right. She’s an applicant from Lisbon, Portugal. She’s 17 years old but skilled enough to win first place in a youth cooking competition. Look here.”
Swoosh.
The staff member handed over some documents.
“Thank you.”
He skimmed through them.
Her name was Marisa Soares.
Oh, she’s young but runs a bakery?
It was a shop that her late grandmother had operated for many years, and it was quite famous locally.
She was especially good at making cream pastries…
‘Oh.’
She had a small build too.
With red hair and a slightly fairy-like atmosphere.
Tap, tap!
Her hand movements were incredible.
She gently kneaded the flour, then felt it with her hands to set the texture.
Soon she added a small amount of leavening agent to create a soft texture that would hollow out the inside of the bread.
“…Suave e um pouco como ar.”
She whispered quietly, and when he asked through the staff member.
“She’s working to make the bread as soft as air.”
Wow.
Curious, Baek Jin-woo summoned a translator bird and placed it on his shoulder.
“Your name is Marisa?”
“Yes, that’s right!”
She smiled brightly.
Whisk whisk whisk!
She poured fresh cream into a large bowl and whipped it.
“You have to add exactly one drop of vanilla extract to the cream. If other flavors mix in, you might lose the original taste of the cream pastry.”
A method that seemed simple in some ways.
“Did you learn the recipe from your grandmother?”
“Yes. I participated because the theme was fairy. My grandmother’s nickname was fairy since she was little.”
“…Fairy.”
Chop, chop, chop!
The dough was rolled into rounds in some mysterious way, and already went into the oven.
– Wowwwwww! What’s that!
Ramba started getting more and more excited.
– First, the appearance passes! It looks exactly like what I ate when I was little!
As she made a fuss.
The other chefs started getting anxious.
‘What the.’
‘This is the first time that damn fairy has made sounds like that.’
‘No way! She has to eat mine first! This one is really amazing.’
Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!
Accordingly, the cooking sounds started getting much faster too.
However.
Ramba’s gaze was fixed only on Marisa’s oven.
– Mmmmm, fragrant!
The smell of baking bread stimulated Ramba’s nose.
Before long.
The bread came out with a warm golden color, and Marisa smiled and murmured.
“You’ll like it. I only stick to traditional methods, not modern ones.”
Swoosh.
With graceful hand movements, she made a hole in the center of the bread.
Immediately she filled it completely with the fine cream she had whipped.
So the cream wouldn’t overflow, but so the bread would be packed full to bursting!
Just watching her serious expression, you could tell how delicately she was concentrating.
Sprinkle!
Finally, she mixed coconut sugar with less refined sugarcane powder and sprinkled a handful on top.
Ding!
The bell rang.
“It’s finished. Please try it.”
– …What. Even the aroma is completely different.
Ramba carefully lifted the cream bread with a pounding heart.
Gulp.
Baek Jin-woo swallowed his saliva.
‘I’m even more nervous.’
Please.
Let it be right this time!
– I’m eating it?
Aah!
Ramba opened her mouth wide and took a bite of the cream bread.
– …!
At that moment.
The soft bread pressed against her mouth, and the savory yet mild cream soaked into the tip of her tongue.
Simultaneously.
A scene buried deep in old memories came to mind.
Childhood.
A snowy winter day.
That cream bread Mother had made just before leaving.
The warm bread that could chase away the cold, and those touching eyes that watched her eat it deliciously.
– Ah.
Tears slightly welled up in Ramba’s eyes.
– This is it…. This is it. This was it!
It was that cream bread that matched exactly 100%.
The taste she had so desperately wanted to reclaim!
– This is definitely a pass.
Wow.
Finally, after two weeks, the word that came from Ramba’s mouth.
Pass!
“Ha.”
“Uwaaah!”
“Huuuuu.”
Disappointed exclamations flowed out from here and there.
However.
Baek Jin-woo was the happiest.
“Pass?”
The staff member listening nearby widened his eyes.
“Pass! It’s a pass! The chef from Portugal, Marisa Soares! Passsssssss!”
He shouted in a loud voice as if making a declaration.
Actually, the staff had been getting tired too.
Just the fact that someone had passed was a great joy for them.
And at that moment.
[‘Wind Fairy’ (EX-grade)’s sudden Quest is cleared!]
[‘Wind Fairy’ (EX-grade) unlocks her potential abilities.]
[‘Wind Fairy’ (EX-grade)’s basic stats increase.]
[‘Wind Fairy’ (EX-grade) gains a new skill.]
Whoosh.
Ramba flew over and stood in front of Baek Jin-woo’s face.
– Jin-woo, thank you.
She smiled brightly.
– For helping me recall my precious memories.
For the first time.
It was the moment Ramba’s potential abilities were unlocked.
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