Chương 158: Chapter 141. Lunch And Impressions

John Ericsson's Point Of View" 15 gators, 10 squirrels, 20 crabs, 13 flesh-eating deer...." I was currently going through the paperwork I pushed onto the backburner while experimenting to find the correct pasteurization method for milk. Currently, I was checking the total amount of meat the hunting parties have gathered in the 12 days I missed. I was impressed with what was found.

After explaining some of the things to watch for in combat, along with properly equipping the hunters with strong weapons and armor made from the materials we've collected over the past month or so of hunting, the successes of the hunting squads have shot up considerably. Remembering how everyone was so frightened when we fought that gator when we arrived, to now, we have multiple individuals who've been able to kill one without any help from their fellow hunters.

Now, it's more efficient to have the squads go out and hunt than just having Sarah, Anna and I split into 2 groups and hunt. With this, I just need to focus on farming and developing different dairy products. /KNOCK! KNOCK! / A loud knocking was heard on my door." Come in." To my surprise, when the door opened, Ellie walked in, quite excitedly I might add." Lord Matthew! It's noon! It's time for lunch!" Ellie was excited for today.

Finally, after a week of experimenting with pasteurizing milk, and an extra 5 to get all 3 basic flavors done, I could finally have everyone try out ice cream for the first time. I've asked everyone over to have a small lunch. Sarah and Anna will be the first to try the ice cream, then the Workers who made this all possible, then I wanted to let some of the Humans have some as well.

Just to have a good sample size of people trying out the ice cream, I've made about 10 gallons of each flavor, which is being held in 2 giant ice boxes made from Magic. With this, I have 1 box at just the right temperature for a softer ice cream and the other is how I like it, fully hard and frozen. I looked at Ellie, who was waiting to try strawberry ice cream for the first time, and I responded to her." Well then, let's get going, I just reached the halfway point for my paperwork, so a break sounds nice.""

Wow, all of those giant mountains of paperwork and you're only halfway done?" Ellie looked at the 4 mountains of paperwork on the floor next to my desk that are the same height as she is." Yeah, King Warrick once told me "95% of the job is paperwork.", I could see an emotion dwelling in his eyes as he said it. Now I know what it was. It was the feeling of his hand aching from holding a pen."" Sounds tough."" It can be. Anyways, let's get going! It's been so long since I had ice cream!

I can't wait for everyone to try it!"" Did you make the strawberry kind?" I nodded my head to Ellie's question." That's great!"" I agree. Let's head on down." Like that, Ellie and I headed to the garden area where around 20 people were currently sitting and conversating with each other. Sarah and Anna were sitting in seats beside the seat at the head of the table. I didn't order anyone to be here, instead I simply asked if they would come as a celebration. Some showed up, some didn't.

I didn't think the stigma of dairy products would be cleared with just my support, but I'm glad at the turn out. Ruby, Skitz, Flare, Emily, Wendy as well as Janet and Jim were all here. As well as the assistant team leader of all of the milk products in the building I've been using to make dairy products. The team leader was Jim after all. I took my seat at the head of the table and Ellie went to Janet and Jim. Anna was the first to notice my arrival." You look so tired, Darling. Please come and sit."

If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Anna, with her sharp eyesight, could see how drained I was from the paperwork. Honestly, if not for the fact that today, everyone would be trying ice cream for the first time, I'd probably be taking a nap right now." The paperwork is.... Overwhelming, but I'm getting through it."" Why not let us help then, My Love?""

Well, this is all my fault for focusing too much on milk for the past week, I need to be able to handle the consequences of my actions. When it's something out of my control, I hope you guys can lend me your strength then."" Of course!" They both assured me they'd help in the future. Maybe I should look into getting a Secretary one of these days? While I thought of things to come, the food came to us." Today is a special day, so we had some of the Wyvern meat prepared for today's dish."

Since I was so busy, I left the meal planning to Sarah and Anna, as I ate the meat, I can't say I was disappointed at my Wives' choice for today's meal. The Wyvern meat was phenomenal. The meat was tender and juicy. The richness of the meat was complimented by the acidic sauce that was served with the meat. All in all, it was a fantastic mid-day meal. I felt reenergized for the rest of the day after I finished eating. But before all of the work to come, it was time!

I issued a few orders to some of my Subordinates and in no time at all, 2 big ice boxes were carted into the garden." Is that the ice cream?" Sarah asked the first question. I happily replied." No, the ice cream is inside the ice box. Don't worry, I'll serve you both the 3 ice cream flavors, let me know what you think, they come in 2 states, soft serve and fully frozen. Which would you both like to try?" I asked the 2 of them which they would like to try. I was surprised by their request.

"Whichever is your favorite kind."" Are you sure?" They both nodded their heads with a smile, I started to prepare their fully frozen ice cream dessert. I had the metal workers make an ice cream scoop and I simply had a bowl with hot water to use to clean the scoop between uses. In no time at all, I had 2 bowls with all 3 flavors in them. I happily served them to Sarah and Anna and began to explain a few things." Today, I'm serving this as is, but adding toppings is also an option.

I figured it's better to just get the product out first, then later down the line, I'd make different toppings. having said that, thank you both for trusting and believing in my idea. I hope you enjoy it."" Having you serve me for a change is quite nice, Darling." Anna responded to my words with a smile and a happy tone in her voice." Hopefully, I'll be able to devote more time to the both of you after I finish all of this work. I quite like doing things for you both."" Oh... Darling..."

Anna got a bit embarrassed at my response to her." My Love, which is your favorite flavor out of these 3?"" It's that one." I pointed at the vanilla scoop in her bowl. Without missing a beat, both Sarah and Anna tried the vanilla flavor in their bowls. After tasting it for a second, both of them had a wide smile on their faces and swallowed the ice cream." It's so cold! But it tastes so unique!" Sarah was the first to speak.

Anna, instead of speaking, simply took another spoonful of ice cream and placed it in her mouth." Ah, Anna! You're supposed to give your thoughts!" Sarah looked at Anna, then looked at me." I've never tasted anything like this before, My Love! And yes, I do think we can use this as a launching pad for a business, we just need to think about transportation and the like." With that, Sarah started to eat the ice cream happily. Anna finally gave me an answer after her 3rd spoonful of ice cream."

This is delicious, Darling!" wipe... wipe... She had a bit of ice cream on her chin. Seems she really enjoyed it if she forgot her manners while eating it. I took the napkin on the table and wiped her face. She was a little embarrassed from realizing she missed the bit of ice cream on her chin." Relax, I doubt anyone could tell from this far away. Besides, like I said, I like doing something like this for you. It's nice when I can do things for you."

Anna started to react shyly to what I said, I thought of an idea when she did this." Oh Anna, raise your face, I think I missed a spot." I spoke to her with a serious tone, she raised her face in panic. kiss... I quickly kissed her cheek." Yup, thought so, it was right there."" It's unfair if you spring something like that on me so quickly, Darling..." When Anna proceeded to act bashful towards me, I had 1 real thought running through my mind. My Wives are the cutest in the world!" Cough! Cough!" turn...

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"?" Anna and I both turned around to see who was coughing. We were both stunned as we witnessed a Princess of a nation with a spoonful sized glob of chocolate ice cream on her cheek. I proceeded to clean her cheek with another napkin after Sarah started to point at me and then her cheek." Ahem!!" kiss... Sarah proceeded to point at her cheek again. I kissed her on the cheek as well. To this, Sarah had a giant warm smile on her face.

The rest of the lunch went well, Ellie and Wendy were ravenous for the ice cream and gave rave reviews. It seems that the only issue of the day was I didn't make enough. When I told them I planned on increasing production of the ice cream, it sounded like a loud cheer had burst from my garden and could be heard all around Paradise. Like I announced the end of a war or something... I guess this is a sign of good things for the future of my dairy product business?