The Return of the Iron-blood Sword Hound

c manner, but there is no taste at all.

So, the children of the Baskerville family are crazy about sweets, candy, and chocolate that sometimes fall out when they get good grades in basic education.

It is a system that can inspire children’s learning motivation at a very low price, cultivate a sense of competition, and further develop them into great members of Baskerville.

Knowing that, Hugo asked Bikir.

“Do you have any snacks you want to eat?”

Then Bikir answered with an innocent smile typical of an 8-year-old child.

“Chocolate!”

Hugo looked at him and nodded his head.

You must be thinking to the extent of ‘I even have a cuteness suitable for my age’.

Barrymore also smiles heartily as if a child is a child.

Hugo beckoned Barrymore.

“Go to the food pantry and take out as much chocolate as you want.
But, don’t be too greedy.
Just enough to carry.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Barrymore took Bikir’s hand and headed for the door.

at that time.

said Hugo, turning around with his back to the door.

“Perform well during the evaluation.”

It is unusual to receive such encouragement.

But what followed was even more unusual.

“… … Don’t lose to your direct descendants.”

At those words, Bikir’s eyes began to emit red light.

like two suns.

* * *

“I greet Young Master.”

Barrymore took Bikir to the kitchen outside the little fang castle.

A few chefs followed suit, politely presenting themselves.

The food storage deep underground is always cool.

The cold air blowing through the cracks in the stones met with the warm air that came in when the door opened, creating condensation.

Barrymore held up her lamp to light the inside of the warehouse.

It’s just a matter of managing mana, but it’s not something that makes you feel embarrassed when the old butler does it this far.

Bikir went inside.

It can be seen that the ingredients eaten by the guardian knights in the family, family members over the age of 15, and other servants are neatly arranged.

“Candies and jellies are here.
If there is a menu you would like to cook separately, I will ask the chefs to prepare it.”

At Barrymore’s kind invitation, Bikir shook his head.

“Just chocolate.”

At that, Barrymore looked down at Bikir with a slightly sorrowful look.

How much chocolate do you want to eat?

“If you’re over 15, you’ll be able to eat as much as you want.”

It was a sincere consolation.

The chefs in the back took out the finest chocolates from the shelf while paying attention to the butler.

“This is the finest chocolate that the women of the House of Morgue who are reputed to be gourmets enjoy eating.
This time, we also got a few cans from our side.
It is said that the flavor becomes more intense if you add nuts from the south and honey from the west.”

But Bikir shook his head.

“I don’t need anything processed.”

“… … yes?”

Towards Barrymore and her chefs, who looked puzzled, Bikir opened her mouth.

“I need cacao beans.
A species with a very strong flavor.”

Hearing that, Barrymore tilted her head.

The raw material of chocolate is cacao beans.

However, unprocessed cacao beans are bitter and astringent rather than sweet.

It was clear that even a paper with a strong flavor would only taste bitter.

After a while, after hearing the chefs’ report, Barrymore said.

“Ugh.
If it’s paper with a strong flavor… … It is said that there is.
In the past, the family lord personally led the senators in the family to subdue the barbarians on the western front of the territory and cultivated the vast jungles of the area as farmland.
It is said that one grain of ‘Bloody Bean’, a local specialty, can make 100 liters of chocolate.”

“Good.
bring it.”

“How much should I bring?”

“As it is.”

At Bikir’s command, the chefs moved.

Before long, one of the chefs came with a small leather pouch in his hand.

The pouch, barely big enough for two fists, was filled with bright red beans.

It looks like more than 100 grains.

This is Bloody Bean.
One bean has a consistency comparable to 100 liters of chocolate.

Bikir tried chewing a bean.

… Knock!

Reaction comes right in the mouth.

It was astringent and bitter enough to tingle your entire tongue.

Bikir spat out the peas and nodded in satisfaction.

Barrymore nodded his head.

‘You really like chocolate.’

Anyway, Hugo told Bikir to give him as much food as he wanted, so it wouldn’t be a problem even if he took all these cocoa beans.

However, this single cacao bean is the amount that can produce 10,000 liters of chocolate.

Barrymore admired the 8-year-old’s greed and wisdom.

Maybe Bikir will gorge on his favorite chocolate for the rest of his life.

“young master.
Shall I process this and bring it to your room?”

… … however.

Bikir gave an answer that made everyone wonder.

“No processing required.
This is enough.”

Apparently, he didn’t ask for the beans to eat them.