[Spell Return] Beast of Despair

recording

—December 2020, 12, Tokyo, Gojoya—

Standing in front of the kitchen counter, looking at a large pile of raw materials, I always feel that I am about to become a magician.

Only a magician would have so much equipment.

However, what she is going to do next is indeed similar to "magic" - she is going to make a cake.

Make a birthday cake for Gojo Satoru with your own hands.

About a month ago, she had been planning to realize this idea.In order to avoid Gojo Satoru finding out about her plan to make a birthday cake in advance, she was like a criminal. It was specially hidden in the corner of the storage room, and Gojo Satoru has not noticed it until now.

This is their first birthday after marriage, and they want to be perfect no matter what.In order to create the greatest sense of surprise, Yeyuki's idea was to finish making the birthday cake before Gojo Satoru got up.

She glanced at the time.It is 05:30 now.

Last night, she deliberately dragged Gojo Satoru to watch the evening movie, and with the excuse of "Let's play cards together", she delayed letting him go to bed until two o'clock.

Based on Gojo Satoru's usual six-hour sleep, it takes two and a half hours to turn this pile of egg, sugar, and flour into a lovely cake from scratch.There is plenty of time, the only problem is that she is a little sleepy now.

Fortunately, only a little bit.

She poured down two large cups of black coffee, and the strong bitter taste made her shiver, but the sleepiness finally disappeared.

So, let's get started!

Turning the recipe to the page titled "Easy to Learn How to Make Cakes", he once again carefully read every word in the book.

To be honest, she still didn't understand much this time.

Obviously I know every word, but when combined together, I can't understand it at all.It is suspected that this is not human writing at all.But since it is a published recipe book, it should be a more reliable tutorial, so let's follow it step by step.

Preheat the oven first.She suddenly remembered that the last time she turned on the oven seemed to be a long time ago.

As for the oven, she has always been very unfamiliar with it.

After carefully adjusting the temperature to the right temperature, somehow he became a little nervous.In fact, she is very good at cooking, but she doesn't seem to have the talent for making desserts.She tried making chocolate chip cookies a few years ago, also the "easy to learn" kind.

As a result, a plate of perfect coke was baked, which was evaluated by Gojo Satoru as the most suitable combustion aid for barbecue.

She didn't expect herself to be able to make a cake that was as perfect as a bakery's cake today.She just hoped the cake wouldn't turn to char.

Separate the egg whites from the yolks, add the sugar and other ingredients according to the recipe's dosage, then sift the flour and whisk the mass together.

Then she got stuck.

She suddenly found that she had missed a very important item—she did not buy an electric egg beater.She didn't know why she forgot, obviously the electric egg beater was on her shopping list.

And the next step is to send egg whites.

Although I can't make desserts well and don't know much about the little skills of making desserts, I still have heard about how difficult it is to beat egg whites.It's a pity that it is only limited to what I have heard.She didn't feel much worried, thinking that since she couldn't use tools, she could just do it manually.

With that in mind, she picked up the egg beater.

Five minutes later, she opened her browser and started searching for "tips for manually whipping egg whites", and all her confidence disappeared without a trace.

It turns out that the end of life is compromise.Ye Zhi understood this thoroughly in the soreness of his arm.

Finally, the egg whites were sent.So he poured the soft, foamy protein liquid into the previous bowl, stirred it carefully, put it into a round cake mold, and stuffed it into the oven.

When pressing the start button, Ye Zhi painfully thought that today seems to have to wash a lot of dishes.However, going to this step proves that she has achieved a phased victory.

While waiting for the cake to be baked, he whipped up the cream.In her opinion, a birthday cake must be covered with a thick layer of cream.If it is a bare cake embryo, it does not qualify as a birthday cake.

Then the problem came again.It's the same old problem, she didn't buy an electric egg beater.

This means that after manually whipping the egg whites, she has to manually whip the cream.

Just thinking about the next repeated stirring action, he couldn't help sighing again and again.She even had the idea of ​​going out and buying an electric egg beater right away, but at this time, there were probably not a few shops open on the street, let alone stores that sold electric egg beaters.

"Tsk... a big mistake!"

Yezhi muttered softly, holding the egg beater reluctantly, and kept repeating the words "Since you have decided to make a cake, of course you have to make it better", feeling as if you were about to make a cake. Know the essence of the unicorn arm.

After stirring for a full quarter of an hour, the liquid cream finally became thicker.Ye Zhi looked up at the ceiling, always feeling that his soul had gone out of his body, and he didn't bother to think at all, he just wanted to continue stirring.

Suddenly, there was the sound of dragging footsteps outside the door.The wandering thoughts hurried back to their place, and the heart was almost tightened by the fright of the sound.

The footsteps paused for a moment, then came closer and closer.She panicked even more, hurriedly put down the bowl, washed her creamed hands, accidentally knocked down the sugar bowl and a few dirty bowls in her panic, but it was too late for her to clean them up.

She immediately turned off the light, fled out of the kitchen in black, and closed the door quietly.

Before it was too late to rejoice, something huge and warm stuck to her body before dawn.

"Falling asleep and falling asleep to find the bed is empty...so what are you doing when you're not sleeping?"

Gojo Satoru yawned for a long time, still looking so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, as if he was lying on Yezhi's body, and his voice was full of sleepiness.

"Uh—" Yuzhi felt that he was just like an elementary school student who was caught peeking at comics while doing homework, so he could only fool him with clumsy lies, "I just came out to drink water."

"Drink water? Okay." He closed his eyes completely, "Hurry up and go back to sleep with me, it's really strange without you by my side...Hey, why are your hands so cold?"

The fingertips were cold, and the palm didn't feel much warmth, and it didn't feel comfortable at all.Gojo Satoru still likes her warmer.

He grabbed Yezhi's hand and stuffed it directly into his pajamas.

"Hurry up and cover yourself, don't catch a cold."

"...How can anyone use their waist as a hot water bottle for covering their hands?"

"I will." Wujo Satoru said confidently, "Let's go, go to sleep."

Being forcibly dragged by Gojo Satoru, Shizhi was forced to give up his unfinished business (referring to the unfinished cream), temporarily left the battlefield (referring to the kitchen), and lay back on the bed with Gojo Satoru.

She made up her mind, and after Gojo Satoru fell asleep again, she sneaked back to the kitchen and continued to whip the lump of cream.However, the reality is that she accidentally fell asleep herself, and briefly had a dream full of cream.

She didn't wake up suddenly until the burnt cake appeared in the dream.Looking at the time, she actually fell asleep for 10 minutes.

Oh shit.It's over.

Ye Zhi tiptoed out from Gojo Satoru's embrace.In order to prevent him from waking up early, she stuffed the rolled blanket into his arms and rushed out of the room immediately.

Before opening the door to the kitchen, she could already smell the paste.

Unexpectedly, she had such a real dream-she really burned the cake.

Yes there is nothing to say.

Silently throwing the lump of coke into the trash can, she fought again.With the experience just now, she is a little more proficient this time, but she is worried that Gojo Satoru will get up at any time, which makes her a little flustered, and she always accidentally knocks something down.The counter has become a lot messier all of a sudden.

Re-stuffing cake No. [-] into the oven, Yezhi was determined not to mess up again this time.Holding the cream bowl, she moved a small bench, and sat directly in front of the oven, closely watching all the movements inside.

The whipped cream turns round and round to fluffy perfection.At this point, the hardest step can finally be declared over.Shizhi sighed wearily, put down the bowl, and squeezed his sore fingers, wanting to empty his mind.

Squeezing and pinching, she always felt that something was wrong.Glancing down at her fingers, she remembered that she took off the two rings she had been wearing before starting to make the cake.

No wonder it feels weird without the restraint of the ring.Or hurry up and put it on.

Ye Zhi stretched out her hand to the corner of the sink, she remembered that the ring was placed there, but what she touched was a blank space.She picked up the sugar bowl and egg carton, and moved everything on the table to the other side, but only saw the engagement ring on the ground.

As for the super expensive and super beautiful wedding ring that hadn't been taken off since the day it was worn, it was completely gone.

Continue to rummage.She searched almost every corner of the kitchen, even in places she hadn't been to today, but still couldn't find her ring.

Standing in front of the oven, Mrs. Wutiao's pupils trembled, and she almost stopped thinking about it. However, the matter of "losing the wedding ring" was too terrible, and she really dared not stop thinking about it.

But she really didn't see the ring anywhere - it wasn't that she wasn't serious enough, but that she really didn't see the ring.

It's impossible to fall into a blind spot, right?

The moment this thought came to him, Yuzhi unconsciously glanced at the inside of the oven.The cake in the mould, already puffy, looked an alluring honey color under the orange oven lights.

Yeszhi had a not-so-good guess in his mind.

Before he could exclaim at this bad guess, Gojo Satoru's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Are you making breakfast?"

Oh shit.This is really the end.

Shizhi turned around stiffly, looked at Gojo Satoru who was leaning lazily by the door, and in just a few seconds, he imagined dozens of possibilities, even "I have to divorce him because I lost the ring" Such absurd ideas have appeared.

After much deliberation, she still felt that it was better to be honest.

She pursed her lips, a little nervous.

"Wu, I want to confess a few things to you... Wait. Anyway, first of all, I would like to wish my favorite husband a happy birthday."

Gojo Satoru tilted his head and stroked his messy hair: "Didn't you already bless before going to bed?"

"Happy birthday can't be said too many times. Well, well, now I'm going to confess. First..." Yezhi glanced at the oven, "I made you a cake, but it hasn't been baked yet. "

"Wow--"

Upon hearing this, Gojo Satoru was instantly relieved.He jumped in front of the oven, purposely squeezed beside Yeshi, looked at the cake inside curiously, and let out several exaggerated exclamations.

"I'm really looking forward to the cake made by my dear wife!"

He even said it excitedly.

But he couldn't laugh.She was about to cry.

"What's more...and...I can't find the ring." She was so anxious that her ears were burning red, "I know this is unbelievable and outrageous, but don't be angry!"

Of course Gojo Satoru wasn't angry - he just found it funny.

He flicked Yezhi's forehead lightly.

"Can't even find a wedding ring? Little idiot. Wow—wait. Don't tell me this scare was actually a birthday present for me?"

"Then this must be the worst gift... Even if it's a prank, it will definitely be the most wicked prank." Shizhi spread his hands angrily, "Really, I really can't find where the ring is. It it it it , it just disappeared! I suspect it was careless..."

"Isn't it right here?"

Gojo Satoru said so and raised his hand, holding her wedding ring between her fingers, the ring was covered with a layer of white powder - it just fell into the flour bag.

Shizhi blinked in confusion, never expecting to rummage through the flour sack.She muttered a thank you and took the ring from Gojo Satoru, but he suddenly withdrew his hand.When Shizhi reacted, he put on a kneeling posture.

"Beautiful lady, will you marry me?"

He who was holding the ring said so in an exaggerated tone like a stage actor, and Yuki couldn't help laughing, and stretched out his hand to him.

"It seems that Mr. Gojo is really obsessed with the proposal."

Seriously, this is his fourth marriage proposal, and of course it is also the most useless one—because they are already married.

"I just like to propose to you alone." Gojo Satoru put on the ring for her confidently, "Okay, you have nowhere to escape now. Stay by my side obediently."

Yes, he covered his mouth and snickered.

"I never thought of leaving you!"

The author has something to say: it's sugar, I added sugar!