I Didn't Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 53
RP: Haebaragi_syk
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Chapter 27.2
Asher, who had been listening quietly from the sidelines, showed interest.
“Wow. So, are we making that dalgona thing today?”
“Ung, that’s right. Let’s start by making the dalgona to put on the coffee as a topping.”
The dalgona cream, made by whipping, tended to deflate after some time. So, she decided to make the dalgona first before proceeding to make the dalgona coffee.
“I’m curious too. I’ll quickly prepare the ingredients.”
After Hans brought out a ladle, sugar, and baking soda, April filled some sugar into a ladle before she approached the fire. However, contrary to her bold start…
“…It’s burnt.”
“It smells strange.”
Hans and Asher, who were watching from behind, muttered. April awkwardly laughed as she looked at the ladle, now blackened.
“Why is this happening? I used to be good at this when I was younger…”
Rubbing his chin, Hans quickly analyzed the cause.
“I think the fire was too strong. Let’s reduce the heat as much as possible… No, let’s cook it with residual heat.”
Saying so, he led her away from the blazing fire to the red-hot charcoal and then handed her a new ladle. In the meanwhile, April felt quite embarrassed. Although she was an adult, she had burned the ladle while making dalgona like this.
“I’ll compensate for the burnt ladle.”
“No, it’s okay. We have plenty of ladles, and if anything, I’ll just claim it from the Duke.”
“Wouldn’t he get angry?”
“The Duke isn’t the kind of person who would get upset over such trivial matters.”
‘Well, I guess that’s right…’
From Claude’s perspective, burning a ladle was indeed a trivial incident.
With such unwarranted thoughts, April began melting sugar in the gentle heat rising from the charcoal. As the white sugar grains began to melt from the edges, she stirred it slowly with a wooden spoon, and the sugar gradually melted into a golden hue.
‘Now is the crucial moment.’
Once all the sugar grains had dissolved, she stirred in the baking soda with a wooden fork and swiftly stirred the sugar solution. The next moment, a circle was drawn in a yellowish hue, and the sugar mixture began to swell gradually. Finally, the dalgona was complete.
However, there was still one more step left.
April urgently shouted.
“Mr. Hans! Please bring the cookie sheet!”
“Yes? Oh, here.”
She quickly spread the dalgona onto the cookie sheet before it could harden. Using a rolling pin, she flattened the dalgona, which was bubbling up, and it flattened out into a shape she recognized. In a short time, the kitchen was filled with a sweet aroma. Even the maids, who were doing their own jobs, also glanced this way, wondering what was going on.
“Wow.”
Asher sniffed the air.
“It smells like heaven.”
“Heaven?”
April chuckled. She had noticed before, but Asher had a rich imagination for a child her age, and it was always amusing to hear him express his thoughts like that.
“Yes. I hope it smells like this when I go to heaven!”
For a child, a place filled with candies and snacks must be heaven. April burst out laughing when she saw the child who stood in front of the completed dalgona with a look on his face that said, ‘I want to eat it.’
Hans seemed to find Asher cute as well, as he chuckled heartily.
‘I want to make a more special dalgona for Asher…’
April thought to herself. However, since the first dalgona had already solidified, she couldn’t make it as she wanted. While she was feeling disappointed, she decided to try the dalgona as it was and broke it into several pieces.
“Now, try it.”
As she put a piece the size of a thumbnail into her mouth, the familiar taste lingered in her mouth. The Bitter yet sweet in the end… At the same time, scenes from childhood, playing in front of the stationery store with friends, flashed through her mind. It was the taste of nostalgia.
Hans, who had no such memories, simply marveled.
“Just simply adding baking soda to sugar water gives it this taste… It’s unusual. At first glance, it almost tastes like crème brûlée.”
“Oh, both are similar in that they use sugar and have a burnt taste.”
April nodded excitedly. As Hans said, the taste was bittersweet, similar to crème brûlée.
Then, she turned towards Asher this time.
“How about you, Asher?”
The child, who was savoring dalgona with his eyes closed, smiled broadly.
“It feels like I’m really in heaven.”
“Really? All right. Then, I’ll make something a little more special this time.”
“Really? How?”
“Watch closely.”
April rolled up her sleeves and grabbed a ladle again. Before she started making dalgona again, she asked Hans.
“Mr. Hans, do you have any cookie cutters?”
“Yes, of course.”
Even though he didn’t know what she was doing, Hans dutifully handed over the cookie cutters. There were various shapes—stars, gingerbread men, hearts, and many other patterns that made me wonder if the Duke’s mansion, which had no children, really needed such designs?
“Asher, do you have a favorite design?”
Asher replied shyly as he stood up from his chair and looked down at the cookie cutters.
“I like the heart shape.”
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