Chapter 36: The Shock of Taste

In fact, Don still underestimated the impact of mints on Fiona.

It feels like a small change, but it's an unprecedented innovation for the locals of Plandal.

The combination of the sweetness of the sugar and the cool freshness of the mint made a wonderful change that conquered the girl in an instant.

Donn asked, "Do you have any plans for this mint?" ā€

"Can it be made in large quantities?"

"It's not difficult to make, it depends on the supply of raw materials, sugar is okay, but mint grass is not currently promoted to be planted in large quantities by people here, and it is estimated that only those by the river can only produce a batch, and it will not work if there are more."

Fiona thought about it for a moment and said, "If we can, we can open our own workshop to recruit workers to produce mints, and in terms of sales, I can contact the peripheral members of the previous Golden Rose family and reorganize a chamber of commerce to operate." ā€

Tang En raised his eyebrows: "The Golden Rose family has been disbanded, are they willing to come if you look for them?" ā€

Fiona is very confident in this: "As long as there is profit and prospects, I believe they will be willing to come." ā€

"Well, I'll leave this to you, you can write to those people now, and then make a proclamation in my name to urge the residents of Ellington to collect and plant mint grass, which we can buy for a kilogram of silver, but restrain them to protect the river beach and not dig and dig indiscriminately."

Fiona looked puzzled: "One kilogram? ā€

Don patted his head: "I forgot to tell you, this is the unit of weight I formulated...... Well, forget it, I'll get a set of standard tools later, and a new standard of weights and measures for you, and you will publish it together with the announcement, and all kinds of statistical standards in Ellington will follow this set of standards in the future. ā€

"I see, is there anything else?"

"Not yet."

"Good...... I still want to eat! Give me more! ā€

Before Fiona got up to leave, she stretched out her little white hand, like a greedy little girl, and she fell in love with the taste after just eating one.

She felt that after eating the mints, the feeling in her mouth was much more refreshing.

Don smiled: "Eat so much sugar, be careful of tooth decay." ā€

"Tooth decay? What is tooth decay? ā€

"That's it...... Uh, forget it, I'll make you a toothbrush. ā€

As he spoke, Don used the remaining horsetail hair to make a toothbrush for Fiona, and as for the toothbrush handle, poor World Tree Branch......

"What is this?"

"Toothbrush, for cleaning teeth."

Don took out his toothbrush and demonstrated, Fiona immediately understood the function of this thing, and her eyes lit up: "Good thing! ā€

Even if you don't know the benefits of brushing your teeth for your mouth, you know how uncomfortable it is to stuff things into your teeth.

"I've got you."

Don casually tossed the toothbrush to Fiona.

As soon as Fiona was out, Don used an iron ingot to get her a standard set of tools, including a meter ruler, a set of weights, and a simple scale, as well as the names of weights and measures, and a few simple formulas for calculating.

With these things, in Ellington, Don can be considered to be able to avoid having to worry about units for the time being.

After getting this, Don looked at the mints that were still left, and he remembered Illya, who had joked about inviting her to eat lollipops, but now there were no lollipops, but mints did.

Anyway, there was nothing to do, Don put away some mints, and then took the rest and put it in a small bag, intending to send it to Illya.

As soon as I went downstairs, I saw Tina cleaning there, and Don said hello: "Yo, Tina, I'm still busy." ā€

"Your Lord."

Tina turned and saluted Don, and although the girl still had a little resentment in her heart, she had figured it out now.

Things are actually very simple, the lord is a good person, seeing that she is tired, so he just wants her to rest, but she thinks too complicated......

All these misunderstandings are actually because she thinks too much.

The lord doesn't even know that he misunderstood now......

Tina sneaks a glance at Don, only to find that Don is digging something in a bag.

"Reach out."

"Huh?"

Tina was stunned, and there were already more than a dozen round candy balls lying in her hands.

"This is the mint I made, you can take it and eat it."

Don waved his hand, and by the time Tina came to his senses, he was already out.

Sugar balls?

Tina looked confused, hesitated for a moment, and pinched one and put it in her mouth.

And then......

Lightning strikes through my mind! The pungent and cold taste spread in her mouth, and in an instant, the maid was actually made to tears by this strange taste.

Is this poison? It must be poison!

What the hell am I doing wrong? Why did your lord poison me?

Tina was cranky, and stood there dumbfounded.

It took a long time for her to come to her senses.

"Huh...... I'm not dead? ā€

Tina blinked, froze again.

The taste in the mouth has long since changed from the initial stimulation to a very strange, but fascinating taste.

"Mint ......?"

Tina found that she had fallen in love with it in the blink of an eye, and she carefully held the mints, found the good sisters, and distributed them to share.

"Oh my God!" Marlene exclaimed in surprise and covered her head, "I feel like lightning is flashing through my head!" ā€

"My whole body seems to be frozen! Cool silky! ā€

"Magic, this must be some kind of magic!"

"It's wonderful, it's fascinating! Tina, this thing was really made by the lord!? ā€

"Yes," Tina nodded vigorously, "Lord said it was called mints. ā€

"Anything else? I'd like to bring one back to my brother. ā€

"My sister wants it too!"

"And me!"

Tina didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic, and in a hurry, the large handful of mints that Don grabbed for her were all divided in the blink of an eye.

"This is what the lord gave me...... I—I want to stay and eat slowly......"

Tina wanted to cry without tears, but seeing everyone's happy smiling faces, she sighed, quickly put it down, and happily discussed it with everyone.

Everyone was talking about mints, about the lord, about the kindness of the lord, about the wisdom of the lord, and about the gossip of the lord......

Don didn't know that he was being discussed by the maids, and he swayed all the way out of the Lord's Mansion, and then he was dumbfounded.

He didn't know where Elijah lived.

"By the way, ask Edgar."

Don clapped his hands and ran to Edgar's blacksmith again.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Brian yelling there, "You're moving too slowly!" Keep it up! No, I can't finish it before the day! Humans are such a nuisance! ā€

"You get molds there, leave all the work to me, of course it's slow!"

Edgar was full of complaints, but he didn't dare to make a conversation with Brian, he suddenly saw Don and was stunned for a moment: "Lord Lord, why are you here again?" Rest assured, the task will be completed. ā€

Tang En looked at the semi-finished products on the ground, in just an hour, more than a hundred have been made, and after estimating, the time is still sufficient, so he smiled: "I know, there is still plenty of time, don't be too tired." ā€

Edgar flashed his muscles and smiled, "Thank you Lord for your concern, I'm fine." ā€

"Well, do you know where Elijah lives?"

"Elia? That little orphan girl with a somewhat withdrawn personality? ā€

"Orphans?"

"yes, I don't know who her parents are, but when the people in the town saw her, they were in the woods west of the town."

Edgar scratched his head: "After bringing her back to the town, because some strange things always happen around her, everyone gradually distanced herself from her over time, and her personality became very withdrawn. ā€

"Strange things?"

"Yes, strange lights, strange whispers, and people are injured because of this, so some people think she's the embodiment of an ominous person and want to expel her." Speaking of this, Edgar's heart jumped, and he hurriedly added: "But that's all in the past, since the Albertons adopted her, with Elsa by her side, she is now a lot more lively." ā€

"I see......"

Don pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is Elsa's house?" ā€

Edgar stretched out his hand: "Go out and walk along this road for about two hundred steps, just on the right hand." ā€

Don nodded, then turned and walked out.

Illya is an orphan, and she was treated unfairly when she was a child, so it's normal for her to be withdrawn, but it's not normal to be trained by Elsa to be a lively little girl now.

However, the anomalies that Edgar said, I'm afraid they all appeared because of Elijah's magical affinity, the elements around him are too rich, and if you don't know how to manipulate and channel, there will be anomalies, if any mage sees it, she must have been brought back as a closed disciple a long time ago, but unfortunately here in Ellington, there are few adventurers, let alone magicians, and Elijah is naturally regarded as a monster.

Poor little one......

Don shook his head and came to Elsa's door.

"Huh? Big brother!? ā€

Before he could knock on the door, he heard Eliya's surprised voice, and Don turned his head to see the cute little girl sitting in the yard with a basin of water washing clothes.

The inhabitants of Plandal are generally precocious, but it's too cruel to let a girl as young as Illya wash clothes, right?

Don frowned slightly.

"Ahem...... Ilia, who's coming? ā€

A woman's voice came from inside the room.

Illya said crisply, "It's the big brother - the lord's big brother." ā€

"Your Excellency?"

The woman was a little surprised, and then said, "I'm very sorry, lord, I'm Elsa's mother Clara, and I'm not in good health, so I can't greet you......"

I see! Because she wasn't feeling well, Illya was volunteering to help.

Tang En suddenly realized, touched Illya's head, the little girl is really sensible!