[One Piece] I heard you can make donuts

"jingle--"

The door of Sweet Home was pushed open, the autumn wind whizzed by, and the wind chimes on the door made a crisp sound.

Anne was passing a tray clip to a little girl when she straightened up at the sound of wind chimes and turned to the door with an impeccable smile.

"Good afternoon——, Denat?" Anne showed a rare look of surprise, and after a moment of surprise, she walked up to her boss under the complex and dodging eyes of customers in the store, and asked softly, "What's the matter? What can I do?" Can I help?"

Since the autumn harvest dinner a month ago, Denat, who doesn't like to see people, has become more withdrawn, staying in the kitchen on the second floor every day, except for the time Katakuri-sama asked the chess soldiers to bring flour. Thank you once, don't talk about customers, even she can't see her a few times.

Moreover, even in the past, Denat would choose the back door when going in and out of Sweet Home. What kind of wind is blowing today that made her leave the kitchen after lunch and come back from the front door in a trance in the afternoon?

"Master Katakuri is back, and I just sent him donuts." Denat seriously told Anne as if she didn't see the ears of customers pricking up in the shop, "I'm going to prepare for tomorrow Prepare your snacks and don't let anyone disturb me."

"Ah, yes." Annie blinked, and agreed with Denat's words with a smirk.

Really, except for Barry, other employees of SweetHome's kitchen are forbidden to enter, so there is absolutely no need to instruct her like that.However, this is not the original purpose of the idiot Denat.

Seeing the customers in the store whispering their ears and trying to suppress the excitement on their faces, Anne exhaled secretly, shuttled among the customers with a brisk smile, handed them things in a timely manner or explained the new products in a soft voice .

It's finally back to normal, SweetHome.

***

"That's all for today, thanks for your hard work, Barry."

After seeing off Barry, who was hesitant to speak, Denat leaned against the newly closed door of the kitchen, staring at the oven with orange lights in operation for a long time, and did not regain consciousness until bursts of aroma came from it. .

"The last batch is braided bread, huh, fortunately, I don't need to do anything later." Through the transparent door of the oven, Denat glanced at the bread that was gradually expanding and coloring inside, took a deep breath and patted He patted his cheek, calmed himself down, and took a good look at what just happened.

At the autumn harvest dinner last month, she still did not attend the bonfire party strongly recommended by Anne, and fled the venue in a hurry.Looking back now, she doesn't even remember how she came back.

Interestingly, in that state, she hadn't forgotten to make donuts for Katakuri, and they delivered them to the east pier on time at six o'clock the next morning.

However, unlike her guess, when she showed up at the port with the miraculously made high-quality donuts that she hadn't closed her eyes all night, she didn't see a single islander who came to see them off.

She thought that according to the popularity of the BIGMOM Pirates cadres, even with her stature, she would have to squeeze in for a while to get to the front and hand the donuts to Katakuri.

However, the fact is that on the coast where the sun has not yet risen and there is a layer of white mist, there are only chess piece soldiers carrying goods in an orderly manner.And she politely sent the donuts back after being accepted by one of them. Looking back now, what happened that morning was almost as dreamlike as sleepwalking.

If it was just like this, it would be fine. From that day on, Denat found sadly that the attitude of the people on the island towards her had changed a lot.Their eyes began to avert when they looked at her, and a meter around where she appeared became a vacuum.

Such an obvious change, no matter how stupid she is, she would know why.

She remembered that the children who came to SweetHome to report every day said that although the cadres of the BIGMOM Pirates, such as Katakuri and Pelospero, have high positions and positions, they never put on airs, and occasionally use their abilities to transform the children. It produces candy, so it has always been loved by the people.

The so-called rules of the BIGMOM Pirates that the islanders are not allowed to privately inquire about the intelligence of the Pirates' cadres are actually useless.Everyone on the island knows that Katakuri loves donuts, Pelospero loves candy, Smoothie loves milkshakes...

In fact, as long as it does not involve the secrets of the pirates, such as the ability of the cadres, the members of the BIGMOM pirates have always turned a blind eye.After all, strong people like them have always lived as they wished and recklessly.If you still have to play tricks to cover up your true preferences in your own territory, this pirate will be too aggrieved.

So obviously, on that day, Katakuri didn't arrest the little boy for violating the rules of the Pirates.He was just using that little boy as a guise to tell everyone in Wheat Island and even Wan Guo that she, Denat, was his pastry chef, and anyone who made things difficult for her was his enemy.

The demonstration effect of this action is also very good, at least after that day, no one felt disgusted at her.Rather, everyone on the island is avoiding her now, as if she is a scourge.

And this is precisely what she fears the most and does not want to see.

So last night, she was stunned for a while after receiving the order from the chess piece soldiers to make donuts and send them to the port. If the oven hadn't been set up, the cake embryos inside would probably be burnt.

She is a pastry chef, but only a pastry chef.Although Katakuri likes the donuts she made, he has paid her far more than what she deserves. No matter how you look at it, she has no right to judge his way of doing things, let alone The other party's starting point is still for her good.

If such a big person is angered, it is not something that can be solved by closing the store and leaving the island.

However, she really couldn't live like this on Wheat Island.Since the day she came back from the autumn harvest dinner, she has not made a new dessert, and even made mistakes in the usual bread and cakes that have been made thousands of times. If this continues, SweetHome will close the store due to losses. Sooner or later.

And once she fled desperately from the dessert kingdom of Wan Guo, no matter how successful she could open a shop in other places in the future, she would not be able to become the world's number one pastry chef.

In fact, she didn't think about what she should say or do until this afternoon when she went out and dangled to the port with donuts in her arms like sleepwalking.

But when the chess piece soldiers took her to the huge room in the ship, when she saw Katakuri sitting on the single sofa drinking black tea, with the usual expressionless face, she got a burst of courage from nowhere, He casually put the donuts on the table, strode up to him, and looked down at him taking advantage of his height.

"I don't like the fact that the people on the island hide from me like a poisonous snake. Although your actions last time were out of good intentions, this is not the life I want."

"Because of my height, I have always been regarded as a monster in the East China Sea. I finally came to the Great Route, finally came to Wheat Island, and met these people who would not treat me coldly because of my height. I can't let you It's all ruined!"

"So?" Unlike Denat, who looked determined as if he was going to die, Katakuri added two cubes of sugar to the teacup and stirred them slowly with a delicate silver spoon, his golden pupils reflected The shadow of the person on the opposite side makes one unable to read any emotions.

"So..." Denat choked, her momentum quickly deflated like a balloon that had been punctured, and she turned back into the pastry chef who was uncomfortable anywhere but the kitchen.

"So, I want to be the same as before. After returning from your castle every day, tell the customers in the store your information." Looking down at her toes, Denat switched to the honorific mode, and her tone was 12 points respectful, "Of course, I absolutely I won’t say information that shouldn’t be said. I, I tell them every day, Lord Katakuri, that you are as perfect, powerful, and noble as ever.”

What the hell is she doing?It would be better to beg Katakuri to let her tell the SweetHome customer his information from the beginning, and now such a sudden change of tone is too shameful, so will Katakuri treat her as a bully?No, she didn't treat Katakuri as a persimmon that could be bullied from the beginning...

Completely flustered, Denat had long forgotten that Katakuri could spy on people's hearts with the color of knowledge and knowledge, and a bunch of messy thoughts flashed through her mind, making Katakuri's hand holding the teacup barely visible in a flash.

"Yes." Glancing at the wall clock on the wall, Katakuri put down his black tea cup and stood up, covering the person opposite him under his shadow.

Denat subconsciously wanted to back away, but remembering her purpose of coming here today, she gritted her teeth and put her trembling feet together, raised her eyes to meet Katakuri's eagle-like golden pupils, stubbornly unwilling to bow her head.

"I have only one request, you must make the best donuts for me." Katakuri's mouth twitched under the scarf, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes, but all of this was not relieved Denat, who looked down, saw it.

"Okay, okay! I will definitely make the world's number one donut for Katakuri-sama." Dena took a long breath and looked up again, showing her happiest and most sincere smile this month.

As long as it is related to desserts, she has absolute confidence.After all, her goal is to spread SweetHome all over the world and become the world's number one pastry chef.She believes she can make the world's number one donut.

"Ding--"

The sound of the oven timer woke Denat from her memory. She took a deep breath and smiled at the sweet smell of bread.

In any case, this month of unpleasant encounters has finally come to an end.Moreover, it gave her a better understanding of Charlotte Katakuri.She always felt that this lord was not as scary as he looked, but she didn't know what kind of face was hidden under his furry white scarf?

The author has something to say:

After thinking about it, let's not abuse the sugar for now (*^▽^*)