Two days before the cake shop opened, Firefly ordered a large quantity of raw materials such as eggs online.
The startup capital was running dangerously low, and everything hinged on this one attempt.
Firefly carefully used a pair of tongs to insert the butterfly wing-shaped chocolate onto the cake, and thus a cake with Firefly’s personal style was finally completed.
Looking at the cyan and white-themed cake, Firefly could see her own profile covering the entire surface.
In the lifelike cream painting, her eyes were slightly closed as if she were praying.
A few words were written with fondant in the corner of the cake.
“Firefly, happy birthday!” “Congratulations on completing your first custom commission.
Client: Firefly-1.
Commission details: Customizing a cake with Firefly’s style.
Client happiness level evaluation: Ecstatic.
HQ’s evaluation: A simple custom cake, but HQ approves it.” Over the past few days, Firefly had been completely immersed in learning cake making, and her Dennies were decreasing at a visible rate.
“Firefly-1, please taste the cake.
Perhaps the level of happiness can be increased even further.” Hearing this, Firefly cut a slice of the cake.
Having studied for so long, she had cut cakes many times, but no matter how many times she did, she always felt that every cake was perfectly tender.
The knife would fall gently without destroying the structure immediately, and a light tap on the surface was needed to pierce that thin film.
Using a fork to pick up the cut piece, the soft and dense bread wrapped in cream was brought into her mouth.
The cream was slightly cool upon entry, allowing her to taste its original flavor, followed by the edible coloring Firefly used.
As for the cake itself, just a gentle press with her tongue and upper palate would completely mix it with the cream, and under the engulfing torrent of bursting taste buds and saliva, it slowly slid down her throat.
Two drops of water fell to the ground.
This was definitely not saliva, but Firefly’s tears.
At this moment, she had little expression, but deep down beneath that expression, her heart had grown bitter and aching.
She remembered how she used to love eating oak cake rolls, and recalled the days of fighting, eating, and sleeping together with everyone.
But now she was all alone, which made her feel so achingly sorrowful, especially since everyone was celebrating her birthday—though that day wasn’t her actual birthday, but the day she arrived.
Back then, when she ate an oak cake roll for the first time, she felt it was the most delicious thing in the world.
But now, she was willing to taste something even more delicious than an oak cake roll.
Clearly, everything in her mind was something that would make her sad, yet an indescribable sense of happiness unreasonably filled her heart.
She ate half of the entire cake.
After all, it was a custom cake meant for sharing, and she couldn’t possibly finish it all by herself.
“HQ’s evaluation of the client’s happiness level: Reminiscence cannot compare to this very moment.
You successfully made the client recall the past, and your actions successfully made the client feel that her happiness at this moment has reached its peak.
Your first commission has been completed very successfully; please keep up the good work.” HQ repeated this sentence like a machine.
Anyway, Firefly couldn’t process human words right now; when a person is enveloped by endless happiness, no matter what others say, they remain entirely unshakeable.
At this time, HQ also fell silent until Firefly ate until she was stuffed and finally recovered from this state.
Now her face was stained with tears, looking like a weeping little kitten.
“The other half is left, you can share it with others.” Hearing this, Firefly suddenly remembered that she wasn’t completely alone here; she had friends here too.
“That’s right, such a delicious cake shouldn’t be wasted.” Thinking of Belle eating such a delicious cake, Firefly couldn’t stop smiling.
Saying and doing, Firefly quickly cut the remaining cake into five equal parts, packed them into plastic boxes, put them in the freezer for a brief five-minute freeze, and then took them out to place them in a box.
Then she carefully hugged it in her arms to prevent the cake inside from tipping over.
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Meanwhile, in the back room of the Video Store, Belle and Wise were discussing this month’s bills in front of the HDD.
“Only half a month has passed, but the electricity meter has already spun as much as a whole month.
Do you have any thoughts, Belle?” Wise touched his chin while staring at the HDD and said.
“That’s right, what on earth is going on?
Fairy?” Belle also mimicked Wise by touching her chin and looking at the HDD.
Before long, a circular logo resembling an eye appeared on the screen.
“Master, Fairy needs a large amount of electricity to maintain high computing power.
As long as Fairy still has power, she can answer all of Master’s questions.” “Little sister, what do you think?” Wise tossed the question to Belle, since Fairy listened to Belle after all, while he, Wise, was merely Assistant Number Two.
“Master doesn’t need to evaluate; Fairy does not possess human values.” If she hadn’t said anything, it would have been fine, but as soon as she spoke, Belle’s conviction solidified.
“How about we just turn it off.” Just as Belle was about to cut off the power, Fairy suddenly said: “Detected a cute girl rapidly approaching the Video Store.
Fairy guesses that the probability of her returning a videotape is 20%, the probability of her promoting products is 30%, and the probability of her eating the Masters is 50%.” Hearing this, Belle stopped her actions, exchanged a look with Wise, and walked out of the back room together.
Soon after, they saw a tall yet delicate and cute girl pushing the door open and entering.
Belle instantly relaxed her mood and walked over to take the box from the other person’s hands.
“Thank you, Belle.” Firefly smiled all over her face.
She had been holding things in her hands earlier, pushing the door open forcefully with her body.
Only after Belle took the things did she finally allow herself to rest for a moment.
Belle saw what was inside the box: finished cakes packed individually in plastic boxes, extremely exquisite and obviously ready-to-sell finished products.
It seemed Firefly was ready to open her shop, and Belle could already guess what Firefly was going to say next.
“Belle, this is a cake I just made.
I’ve already tasted it and it’s definitely better than the previous one.
Oh right, the shop will open in two days, be sure to come.” Firefly said it all in one breath without pausing.
Seeing Firefly in this state, Belle was also infected by this wave of excitement.
“Of course, I will definitely go.
I can’t miss it, if only for Firefly’s sake.” Wise also nodded silently, but he didn’t say anything.
Firefly happily took out two packaged cakes and handed them to the two of them.
The remaining three were meant for the Cunning Hares, but suddenly realizing that Billy from the Cunning Hares was a robot and couldn’t eat cake at all, Firefly found that there seemed to be one extra piece.
Suddenly, she felt someone tugging at her sleeve.
Firefly looked over in confusion to find a blue-skinned, white-haired girl with horns on her head.
“Um, can you let me have a taste?” Soukaku started drooling just from smelling the alluring aroma and mustered up the courage to ask for some.
What Firefly saw was just a cute girl with food filling her eyes acting spoiled, and since there happened to be an extra piece, she handed it to her without hesitation.
“Thank you, pretty big sister.” Soukaku took the cake, decisively opened it, held it to her mouth, and took a bite.
Instantly, her whole person lit up, and she shoved the rest of it all into her mouth at once.
Firefly watched, and seeing the other person eating so happily made her very happy too.
Seeing the little girl eating with such delight, Belle and Wise couldn’t help but open their plastic boxes too.
They took a gentle bite and were instantly stunned—this was the first time they had ever tasted such deliciousness.
Only upon hearing Firefly’s voice did they snap back to their senses.
“In two days, a cake shop will open in Sixth Street.
If you think it’s delicious, be sure to come.” Soukaku nodded.
She had eaten many things, but something this delicious was definitely a first!