Lyria wrote numerous ideas for her business on the jotter. After a lot of fussing and contemplation, she canceled the ideas that were not feasible. She then used her Holoclaw to draft a simple business plan. Lyria decided to name the brand "Moonpetal Coffee & Confections." The logo, which she created using the Holoclaw, is a crescent moon cradling a blooming petal.
A wave of relief washed over her, and a triumphant smile spread across her face as she checked the mission task; the fulfilled tasks had been ticked.
TASKS:
Identify one profitable business path.✔️
Draft a simple business plan using your Holoclaw. ✔️
Make your first ₤1000 Elyria within 14 days.
The last task should be completed after I sell my coffee and pastries.
"Now the only trouble is how to get bakeware and other baking tools, which are necessary before baking," Lyria thought.
The following day Lyria followed her fathers to the market, which was not really different from that of Earth. She browsed through the farm product section where she found cocoa, which was named kharava, but could not find coffee beans. She found an alternative: duskbean. This bean is very similar to how coffee beans from Earth look. Since she was not very sure it could be brewed, she used her skill, Trade Sense.
[TRADE SENSE (PASSIVE) ACTIVATED]
Duskbeans: high value potential if brewed correctly.
She then bought flour, eggs, butter, and flavorings like starberries, moon fruit, and frostmint. After which, she moved to the kitchenware section, where she got something similar to cookie cutters, a spatula, and a mixing bowl.
Thorn looked towards her and said to Cyris, "Did she tell you what she wants to use those ingredients for?"
"I am as confused as you are," Cyris replied.
"Wife will definitely accuse us of spoiling her too much, but who would not spoil Lyria? She is so adorable," Thorn said with a proud smile.
After getting all the available items in the market, Lyria decided to visit the craftsmen's section. After arriving at a stall, she saw baking pans of different sizes and shapes . She then asked for an oven, which was available but it was very large since most of the ovens in this world was used in the bakeries. She explained what she wanted, drew a blueprint of a smaller version of the oven, and was told to come two days later.
"So, Miss Snowpelt, your bill is ₤27 , but you have to make a down payment of ₤10 ," the sturdy fecund craftsman, whose name was Pete, said.
"Okay, here have it," Lyria said as she paid the ₤10 before leaving for the carpenter shop to get flat board and rolling pins. She was surprised they had this, as they were no use for it in this world, only to hear the carpenter say he had just invented it. Lyria made a mental note to come get them after she had gotten a shop for her business.
After getting home, she immediately went to the kitchen to roast the duskbeans, and fortunately, though it tasted not like Earth's coffee bean, it was almost it. Lyria was overjoyed that all her ingredients were complete, so she tried making coffee.
Her first trial ended with a bitter, almost acid brew. She had boiled the water to a furious rolling boil, which is not suitable for the delicate duskbeans which demanded gentle treatment. Then she added too much moonfruit and lots of sugar, leading to a bitter mixture that burned her tongue, and she frowned, and noted that water temperature should be lower.
The second trial made her miss Earth's coffee maker machine so much . She adjusted the water temperature, not letting it boil for long. However, she ground the duskbeans too coarsely, hoping to avoid bitterness, and then reduced the moonfruit, which was a very minute amount. The coffee dripped lazily through the filter, resulting in a weak, almost watery cup. She grimaced at the flat taste, realizing that precision mattered.
The third attempt was measured more carefully, but she messed up the ratio, pouring too many duskbeans for the amount of water. The drink was overly strong, almost overwhelming. Lyria's ears twitched in frustration as the smell of duskbeans filled the air too powerfully. After this failed trial, she was banned from the kitchen for the whole day.
"I think it failed due to you not having rested since morning, Lyria. It is high time you went to rest, and for today, I don't want to see those legs of yours in my kitchen," Rowan said, which earned laughter from her brothers.
"Lyria, Daddy Rowan is not lying, you really have to rest," Finn said with a smile.
"I will go rest, but duskbean, don't worry, I will make you into a lovable drink and show everyone I have the upper hand over you," Lyria said dramatically before going to her room, where she had to go take a cool shower as sweat made her clothes cling to her body.
When Selena came home that night, she almost choked on her food due to laughter as everyone had something to say concerning Lyria's looks after failing to make what she called a coffee.
"Mom, when I become successful in making my coffee and dessert, I will display it in the flower store to see if people will like it, and if they enjoy it, then I will have to rent a store," Lyria said, ignoring her brothers' description of her defeat.
"Lyria, where did you learn these strange things? It is not like anything I have heard of," Selena asked with a raised brow.
"I saw an old couple make it in a remote village we visited during one of our many field trips back in college. When I tasted it, I liked it, so I asked them to teach me, and I acknowledged them as my masters. So they actually taught me a lot of things and even gave me their note and taught me cultivation. That was why after my internship I came home to start a business," Lyria said, lies flowing from her mouth.
After she said this, everyone at the table stopped eating. Then Selena said, "Things like this must not be said outside, as it could cause us trouble." Then her mother looked at her siblings with warning eyes. After which, she glanced at Lyria with a complicated gaze. After dinner, everyone dispersed.
"Do you think she has awakened?" Cyris asked. Her other husband turned towards their wife.
"Not yet. I can't sense lunar essence from her," Selena said before laying on the bed, and her husbands looked at each other before going to join their wife in the bed.
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