The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 88

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【088】
How many days can a good child resist eating candy?
I sighed deeply at the thought.
“Miss, is something troubling you?”
“Mmhm, Handsome Uncle. I’ve got a problem. A big one. It’s making my life so hard.”
“Pfft—ahem, I see. What sort of problem, if I may ask?”
I was in the Kitchen, resting my chin in my hands as I wrestled with this serious dilemma.
My favorite place in this House!
The Kitchen is always filled with delicious aromas, and I can often sneak freshly baked muffins.
For someone with my appetite, it’s the ultimate place to solve problems.
“I have this candy, right? But I can’t eat it now. I’m sure I’ll need it later.”
“I see.”
“But I’m so curious what it tastes like!”
And no wonder—it’s candy infused with the soot of a shooting star!
There’s only one in the entire world.
“So what you’re saying is, you’d like to eat the candy?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Lina rarely gives me candy because she says it rots my teeth.
“Ugh, I really want the candy. My belly would be so round if I ate it. And I brush my teeth really well anyway….”
Wait.
The candy the Chaos Spirit King gave me—I’m not supposed to brush my teeth after eating it. What do I do?
As I was clutching my head and groaning, Handsome Uncle casually offered a suggestion.
“Ah, I see. Well, I was just thinking of making some candy myself. I wonder if there’s a young lady who might taste-test it for me?”
“Me! Right here! Me!”
“Would Superti be willing to help?”
“I was just craving candy, and now Handsome Uncle’s making it… is this what they call perfect timing?”
This is absolutely wonderful!
* * *
Head Chef Hans had not known a moment of peace in recent days.
Daisy, who was diligent and quick at her work, had vanished without a trace.
She’d disappeared at night, so it was highly likely she’d stolen something and fled under cover of darkness—but Hans simply couldn’t imagine it.
Daisy, of all people?
In a grand noble household like this, servants disappearing was common enough.
The reasons varied widely.
Whether someone vanished or not, the Household ran exactly as it had the day before, and the Butler simply adjusted the staff to fill the gaps.
Hans, with thirty years of experience as Head Chef, understood the nature of noble households well enough to keep his mouth shut despite his sorrow.
If she’d disappeared by force at the nobles’ displeasure, one wrong move and he could be next.
For a common man with more than seven mouths to feed, it was the only realistic choice.
‘Besides, no one would make an effort to find Daisy anyway.’
That’s what it meant not to be noble.
A worthless life.
Simply existing from the moment I open my eyes until sleep takes me—that is all there is.
“The sugar is bubbling!”
“Now then, we shall pour this onto the iron plate.”
“Ohhh! Such a sweet aroma!”
Yet Superti is different.
An Awakened One stands above even nobility in station, and yet she resembles an ordinary child.
‘Perhaps such thoughts are disrespectful.’
Hans chuckled softly as he poured the blueberry syrup—crushed into the candy dough—over the mixture.
“With only such modest skills, I am always so grateful for your wonder, Miss. When you visit, I feel as though I become someone special.”
“Hans is amazing! You cook so well, and you bake so well, and you make candy so well!”
“Hehehehe, thank you kindly. My shoulders feel quite proud indeed.”
Grasping the slightly hardened candy dough, he hooked it onto a ring and tensed his forearms, moving his hands with rapid precision.
As he stretched the dough long, then bunched it, then stretched it again, stars sparkled in the Pink-haired Child’s wide eyes.
Whoosh, whoosh!
He retrieved the stretched dough once more and began rolling it up.
Watching the chubby-cheeked, adorable child gaze with mouth agape and drool threatening to spill, he felt a resolve crystallize within him—to craft the most delicious candy in all the world for her.
“Once it hardens this way, the blueberry-flavored candy will be complete.”
“Can I eat it now?”
“One piece should be fine to taste. It won’t be terribly hard, but… this chewy texture has its own charm.”
Taking a knife, he snapped the candy cleanly, then bent the still-sticky piece into a lollipop shape and offered it to her.
A typical noble child would refuse indignantly, complaining that it was unhygienic to hand-feed them. But Superti was different, as always.
“Yum!”
“Is it sweet?”
“Yes!”
Hans watched contentedly as he finished breaking the remaining candy and placed it in a jar.
While doing so, the young lady sucking on the candy said something unexpected.
“But what flavor does Grandfather like?”
“Pardon? Do you mean candy, Miss?”
“Yes. This is so yummy, I want to give some to Grandfather too.”
How remarkably thoughtful she is!
Most children, when they find something delicious, rush to stuff it into their own mouths first.
That is natural, after all.
Some children despise sharing based on temperament, but Superti always thinks of others.
“Well, the Household Master tends to avoid sweets for health reasons, but…”
“Where can I find healthy candy?”
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I find it truly fascinating.
There is a small carriage in my head, and whenever I eat something sweet and delicious, it runs faster and faster!
As I sucked on the long blueberry candy, something suddenly sparkled in my mind.
“Red ginseng candy!”
“Pardon? How does Miss know of red ginseng?”
“Red ginseng, you say?!”
I’d just blurted out whatever came to mind, but it seemed the thing actually existed.
But why is it here?
‘Red ginseng was in that distant place, somewhere very far away… another… world….’
It seemed to have been there.
Another world—where could that possibly be?
As I stared blankly into empty space, Handsome Uncle rummaged through a cupboard and retrieved something.
It was a box wrapped in cloth, and when he opened the lid, something that looked like a plump tree root appeared.
“This is a specialty product from the distant Mado Empire Quaion. We call it red ginseng, and it’s quite beneficial for the health of the elderly. However….”
“The smell is bitter!”
“Yes, that is the problem. I’ve attempted various culinary preparations, but no matter what I do, it tastes dreadful. Heh heh.”
Pinching my nose shut, I stepped two paces away from the box.
No matter how much of a glutton I am, I can’t abide that.
“I want to make red ginseng candy. Grandfather will love it.”
Because, because—
‘In another world too, grandmothers and grandfathers ate red ginseng candy all the time.’
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ praises this as an excellent choice and cheers you on.]
[The Flame Spirit King ‘■■■■■’ is curious about the taste of red ginseng candy.]
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ expresses great joy at your idea.]
“Then I shall extract the red ginseng essence and attempt to make it.”
“Me too! I want to help!”
“Oh, if Miss made it herself, the Household Master will surely be delighted!”
“Yes. But this is important….”
I gestured to Handsome Uncle and whispered into his ear.
“The shape matters. I want to make jewel candies.”
“Jewel candies, you say?”
“Like, shaped like jewels, candies you slip onto your ring like this.”
“I see…?”
Red ginseng-flavored jewel candies!
How fun would it be to slip a ring on your finger and suck on the candy?
“Then in such a shape… *ahem*, we could make, make them, *giggle*. And add strawberry flavor, raspberry flavor, peach flavor, melon flavor, and grape flavor too?”
“Yes!”
Why is he laughing?
Handsome Uncle turned away from me, his entire body trembling. His face even flushed crimson.
“The, the Household Master, *snort*, wearing ring candies, *wheeze*, I can only imagine… ahahaha!”
Soon after, Handsome Uncle collapsed, clutching his belly.
I calmly called for Lina.
“Liiiiina!”
* * *
Me, Hans, and Lina.
After the three of us put our heads together earnestly, the blueprint for the jeweled ring was finally complete!
Since we needed to create a mold, we couldn’t do it today and decided to return to the Kitchen tomorrow.
And finally, the promised time had arrived!
“Everything is ready!”
All the items scattered haphazardly throughout the Kitchen had been cleared away, and several small cauldrons were arranged in the center of the Table.
Sugar was already bubbling away inside them, and the sweet, delicious aroma wafted toward me.
“In order, we have ginseng, strawberry, raspberry, peach, melon, and grape. Simply add whichever flavor you prefer.”
At Hans’s explanation, I snorted and nodded my head.
Lina stood beside me, watching with a slightly worried expression.
She must be concerned I might get hurt.
But that was when it happened.
“What are you doing? Superti.”
Suddenly, a voice I shouldn’t have heard in this place rang out.
Multiple footsteps echoed along with it.
“Can I join in too? Little sister.”

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