Bekko Candy
After tea time on the royal family's private terrace, Father and I were walking toward the carriage to head home when—
(It’s Arandolph.)
Thanks to Pearl informing me, Father and I stopped walking and turned around.
“Haa… haa… Good, I caught up. Thanks, Pearl. You heard my voice, huh?”
“Is that so? Thanks, Pearl.”
(No big deal.)
“So, Arandolph, what’s the matter?”
“Uncle, I have something to discuss in private. It’s… not really suitable to talk here.”
“Hm? Got it… Let’s change locations then.”
Saying that, Father led us to Uncle Gilbert’s room.
Uncle Gilbert cleared out the people there, and Father activated a soundproofing magic tool.
“So? What’s the matter?”
“Right… Actually, the other day, one of my classmates received some candy from Joan… Do you remember, Joan? The candy you gave to Ryuk.”
“Yeah, I remember. What about it?”
“How did you make that candy?”
“Eh? You just add water to sugar and heat it up, that’s all?”
Yes, Bekko candy is a simple sweet made by heating sugar water. Incidentally, if you add baking soda to the heated sugar water, it turns into a nostalgic old-time candy called karumeyaki.
Both Bekko candy and karumeyaki are also on sale at the candy corner of the Jo Company!
“That’s… really all there is to it?”
“Yeah… Wait, why?”
“Ryuk said after eating that candy, not only did his fatigue go away, but he felt more powerful than usual… I tried some myself, tasted normal, but I understood what Ryuk meant. You’re saying it’s just ordinary candy?”
“Eh!? But I’m sure I gave him the normal one…”
“Hmm? Joan, what do you mean ‘the normal one’?”
Father asked.
“Uh… um… no, they’re all normal… Ahaha…”
(Joan, report, consult, communicate!)
“… Okay. Just… on a whim, I made some Bekko candy using Aqua.”
“““Haaah?”””
“B-but! But I made sure not to mix them up by tying a blue ribbon around the jar with the normal Bekko candy, so it’s fine!”
“Ah… So that’s what this is about…”
Brother Aran sighed.
“Eh?”
“The jar you gave to Ryuk… had a red ribbon.”
“No, no, no way… I couldn’t have made such a mistake—”
Tap. “See?”
““Ah.””
“No waaaay!?”
Brother Aran pulled out a small jar with a red ribbon, inside were some Bekko candies…
Seriously!?
Wait… Did I check…? I didn’t!! It’s totally my fault…
Ahhh, I’ve done it now, I’ve really done it…
“I’m sorry… I forgot to check.”
“““Haaah…”””
((Ah, jeez.))
All three of them sighed deeply. Pearl and Rosso looked exasperated.
“Hey, hey, didn’t you say Aqua water has detoxifying properties? But that classmate of Aran’s said he felt more powerful, right? Why don’t you try using Search?”
Prompted by Uncle Gilbert, I used Search.
“Okay. Search Open”
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[Bekko Candy: Joan SP]Bekko candy made with ‘Joan’s Water’ produced by Aqua.
Long shelf life.
Effect
Fatigue recovery. Increases physical strength and stamina.
How to eat
Eat as is.
Note
Tastier than those made with ordinary water.
Due to the effect of ‘Joan’s Water,’ it also has restorative properties.
Physical strength +1.5x, effect lasts half a day (for now).
Stamina +1.5x, effect lasts half a day (for now).
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“““Ahhh…”””
They all frowned while looking at me.
“Ahaha… Sorry.”
I knew it… I kinda had a bad feeling when I was making them.
They even glowed faintly when I was cooking them… But I didn’t think they’d have such a big effect.
That’s why I color-coded them with ribbons… So how did I mess that up…
“What are we supposed to do about this…”
“We should probably report this to His Majesty, shouldn’t we?”
“I already told Ryuk it was just his imagination. He’s convinced… Joan, you still have normal Bekko candy, right?”
“Y-yeah… here.”
Arandolph swapped the contents of the jars.
“In any case, don’t give that red ribbon Bekko candy to anyone outside your close circle!”
“Okay…”
“Haaah… I’ll take the rest of this and explain the situation to those guys. Joan, you go home first…. Though I’m worried about sending you back alone.”
“Ah, Uncle. I’ll escort her back to the capital’s mansion. I just finished work for the day anyway.”
“I see. Then I’ll leave her to you, Arandolph.”
“Yes. Joan, I’m going to change clothes, so wait for me in the dining hall.”
“Okay.”
Father headed back to His Majesty, Brother Aran to the knight dormitory, and I started to head to the dining hall alone—but the three of them told me no, so Uncle Gilbert escorted me.
Pearl’s with me, so I’ll be fine…
Everyone’s such a worrier.
On the way to the dining hall, one of Uncle Gilbert’s subordinates came running after us. Apparently, there was an urgent matter.
Uncle Gilbert showed me the route to the dining hall and firmly reminded me not to stray from that path.
So, with one girl and two beasts, I headed to the dining hall.
Along the way, no cliché villainous noble girls from an otome game picked a fight with me… no jealous maids made snide remarks or dumped buckets of water on me… I arrived at the dining hall smoothly.
Since I couldn’t bring Pearl and the others inside, I waited at the terrace where I had sat with Brother Aran and the others the other day.
Even while I waited, nothing happened, and I took out snacks from my storage to share with Pearl and the others.
The fact that I made it to the dining hall without trouble, and that nothing happened while I waited on the terrace… was all thanks to Rosso.
The only one who didn’t realize that Rosso’s maxed-out luck was maintaining Joan’s peace… was Joan herself.
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