The Sweets Prince's Search Chapter 59

Chapter 59

Translator: Cryus

「It’s done . 」

I take a peek at Mizuhara’s roll cake .

「……………………」

Mizuhara is very artistic, so his roll cake looks a lot more presentable than mine .
There’s granulated sugar sprinkled all over the cake . On both sides there’s grass decorations drawn with a green chocolate pen, and there’s also elf footprints drawn with cocoa .

There’s even an outline of an elf rolling as well as a dropped shoe made of chocolate and dragees, giving it a three-dimensional feel and showing his playfulness .

My face twitches after seeing the roll cake .

「What about yours?」

「…………I don’t think you should look at it . 」

Mizuhara decorated his roll cake in his room, while I decorated mine in the kitchen .

I shut the door to his room and hide my roll cake .
It’s 2 failures in a day . I can’t believe it .

I’m hanging my head in shame, when Mizuhara suddenly appears behind me, looking at my roll cake .

He’s speechless .
There’s only silence .

「Wait, um, let me explain first!」

I desperately make an excuse while he’s still dumbfounded .

Candles are associated with birthdays .

I made a tube using a paper cup, and poured white chocolate into it .
Once the chocolate had hardened, I peeled off the paper cup, added dark chocolate to make some melted wax, then added some strawberry chocolate on top to represent a candle flame .

I made 22 candles like this, and fixed them in place with whipped cream .
Then on one of the sides, I stuck a chocolate plate with the words HAPPY BIRTHDAY written on it . It was slanted .

I finished it with some fruit decorations, and thought:
It’s a bit weird .

「It ended up looking like a curse someone put in a shrine in the dead of the night…」

The candles are sticking through the front of the elf hat .
It looks even more surreal than the first one I made .
I just realized that candles don’t go well with roll cakes .

「………………………」

I’m disappointed that I’ve been making weird cakes for his birthday . Mizuhara brings my roll cake to his room, and places it next to his .

「Not bad . If you entered this in a roll cake competition, you’d probably win first place for unique design . 」

「What’s the real winning entry?」

「My “Elf’s Detour” roll cake . 」

「You named it?!」

It’s an utter loss for me .

Mizuhara takes out an HD digital camera .
I don’t want it to be reduced to data, but it’s certainly worth remembering .

「Let me see it . Did you take a good one?」

「Shush, I’m busy . 」

He’s firing away .

「Stingy . 」

I’m taking some pictures with my own phone .
Converting a 3D cake into 2D really isn’t something I like to do on a birthday .

「I’m hungry . Let’s eat . You can eat that elf cake tomorrow, so we’ll eat this one today . 」

Mizuhara is looking back and forth between the 2 cakes .

「We’ll eat this one instead . 」

「Eh?!」

He ignores me and stores the Midnight Curse roll cake in the fridge .
He brings in a cake knife and cuts his cake .

「Here you go . 」

「So thin! It’s paper thin! Why are you so skilled?!」

It’s so thin that I finish it in one bite, but I can still taste it .
The sponge cake is well baked, the sweetness of the cream is just right, and I can taste the matcha mousse .

My decorations were a failure, but the taste is good .

My decorations were a failure, but the taste is good .

I’m recovering from the shock . I pour some black tea and return to Mizuhara’s room, where he’s put up a barricade with his technical books .

「……………………Is that really all I’m getting? Give me at least one more slice . 」

I can feel his hesitation . He grudgingly hands me another slice .

「So thin! I can see through it! I could probably blow it away . 」

「You can have those sweets over there . And this marron glacé . 」

He casually hands me a small box .
I was about to break through his barricade, but I stop myself when I see it .

「Really?! I guess it’s fine then . 」

It’s a very popular snack from a certain famous store .
I looked it up right after eating the snack . If I make a reservation now, it’ll take until next year .

It’s definitely worth it for the Quarter Rule, but I want more .
Maybe I should change it to a Half Rule . I thought about getting more, but he’s already fortified his barricade .

Anything besides the roll cake is fine too .

「By the way, Mizuhara, how’s your essay?」

I just remembered, and started getting worried .

「No problem . I still have 12 hours . 」

「Huh? Tomorrow’s the deadline?!」

「There’s going to be a research presentation in tomorrow’s seminar . 」

「There’s going to be a research presentation in tomorrow’s seminar . 」

「Oh no! We shouldn’t have been spending our time making roll cakes!」

He won’t have time to sleep .
I drink the black tea and leave his house in a hurry .
It took longer than expected . I reached home at 8 pm .

I told my mom about my failures today .

「Let’s make some next time! It sounds fun!」

「Yeah, it was fun despite the failures . But Mizuhara said he has a presentation tomorrow, so I panicked . I bought some drinks and sandwiches from the convenience store and quietly left it at his front door . 」

「That’s just like Gon the Little Fox . 」1

「Well, he’ll figure it out right away . 」

The next day, I sent Mizuhara a text saying 『Happy 22nd, did you finish your essay?』

He replied with an attachment .

It can’t be the entire essay, I thought . I opened the attachment .

It was a photo of a roll cake with 22 elves with candles sticking into their heads .

I never found out if he finished his essay .

 

TL Note: Gon the Little Fox is a Japanese children’s story about a fox who secretly steals food for a villager named Hyôjû, who never realizes the thief is Gon until later .  

Translator: Cryus.

「It’s done . 」.

I take a peek at Mizuhara’s roll cake

「……………………」.

Mizuhara is very artistic, so his roll cake looks a lot more presentable than mine There’s granulated sugar sprinkled all over the cake . On both sides there’s grass decorations drawn with a green chocolate pen, and there’s also elf footprints drawn with cocoa

There’s even an outline of an elf rolling as well as a dropped shoe made of chocolate and dragees, giving it a three-dimensional feel and showing his playfulness

My face twitches after seeing the roll cake

「What about yours?」.

「…………I don’t think you should look at it . 」.

Mizuhara decorated his roll cake in his room, while I decorated mine in the kitchen

I shut the door to his room and hide my roll cake It’s 2 failures in a day . I can’t believe it

I’m hanging my head in shame, when Mizuhara suddenly appears behind me, looking at my roll cake

He’s speechless There’s only silence

「Wait, um, let me explain first!」.

I desperately make an excuse while he’s still dumbfounded

Candles are associated with birthdays

I made a tube using a paper cup, and poured white chocolate into it Once the chocolate had hardened, I peeled off the paper cup, added dark chocolate to make some melted wax, then added some strawberry chocolate on top to represent a candle flame

I made 22 candles like this, and fixed them in place with whipped cream Then on one of the sides, I stuck a chocolate plate with the words HAPPY BIRTHDAY written on it . It was slanted

I finished it with some fruit decorations, and thought:. It’s a bit weird

「It ended up looking like a curse someone put in a shrine in the dead of the night…」.

The candles are sticking through the front of the elf hat It looks even more surreal than the first one I made I just realized that candles don’t go well with roll cakes

「………………………」.

I’m disappointed that I’ve been making weird cakes for his birthday . Mizuhara brings my roll cake to his room, and places it next to his

「Not bad . If you entered this in a roll cake competition, you’d probably win first place for unique design . 」.

「What’s the real winning entry?」.

「My “Elf’s Detour” roll cake . 」.

「You named it?!」.

It’s an utter loss for me

Mizuhara takes out an HD digital camera I don’t want it to be reduced to data, but it’s certainly worth remembering

「Let me see it . Did you take a good one?」.

「Shush, I’m busy . 」.

He’s firing away

「Stingy . 」.

I’m taking some pictures with my own phone Converting a 3D cake into 2D really isn’t something I like to do on a birthday

「I’m hungry . Let’s eat . You can eat that elf cake tomorrow, so we’ll eat this one today . 」.

Mizuhara is looking back and forth between the 2 cakes

「We’ll eat this one instead . 」.

「Eh?!」.

He ignores me and stores the Midnight Curse roll cake in the fridge He brings in a cake knife and cuts his cake

「Here you go . 」.

「So thin! It’s paper thin! Why are you so skilled?!」.

It’s so thin that I finish it in one bite, but I can still taste it The sponge cake is well baked, the sweetness of the cream is just right, and I can taste the matcha mousse

My decorations were a failure, but the taste is good

I’m recovering from the shock . I pour some black tea and return to Mizuhara’s room, where he’s put up a barricade with his technical books

「……………………Is that really all I’m getting? Give me at least one more slice . 」.

I can feel his hesitation . He grudgingly hands me another slice

「So thin! I can see through it! I could probably blow it away . 」.

「You can have those sweets over there . And this marron glacé . 」.

He casually hands me a small box I was about to break through his barricade, but I stop myself when I see it

「Really?! I guess it’s fine then . 」.

It’s a very popular snack from a certain famous store I looked it up right after eating the snack . If I make a reservation now, it’ll take until next year

It’s definitely worth it for the Quarter Rule, but I want more Maybe I should change it to a Half Rule . I thought about getting more, but he’s already fortified his barricade

Anything besides the roll cake is fine too

「By the way, Mizuhara, how’s your essay?」.

I just remembered, and started getting worried

「No problem . I still have 12 hours . 」.

「Huh? Tomorrow’s the deadline?!」.

「There’s going to be a research presentation in tomorrow’s seminar . 」.

「Oh no! We shouldn’t have been spending our time making roll cakes!」.

He won’t have time to sleep I drink the black tea and leave his house in a hurry It took longer than expected . I reached home at 8 pm

I told my mom about my failures today

「Let’s make some next time! It sounds fun!」.

「Yeah, it was fun despite the failures . But Mizuhara said he has a presentation tomorrow, so I panicked . I bought some drinks and sandwiches from the convenience store and quietly left it at his front door . 」.

「That’s just like Gon the Little Fox . 」1.

「Well, he’ll figure it out right away . 」.

The next day, I sent Mizuhara a text saying 『Happy 22nd, did you finish your essay?』.

He replied with an attachment

It can’t be the entire essay, I thought . I opened the attachment

It was a photo of a roll cake with 22 elves with candles sticking into their heads

I never found out if he finished his essay

 . TL Note: Gon the Little Fox is a Japanese children’s story about a fox who secretly steals food for a villager named Hyôjû, who never realizes the thief is Gon until later .  

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