— The next evening, Ai's room.

The coal dust had dried and adhered to the paper.

"It looks good..."

Ai takes a blank piece of paper, dips the pen in ink, and writes a letter. After a few minutes, she would take the paper and seal it inside an envelope, which she would place on some small boxes where she had previously stored sugar.

"Dorothea, please take these packages and the letter to Clara."

She says as a bat transforms into Dorothea and positions herself behind Ai, who is sitting at her tea table.

"I will, but... Can I have some?"

Dorothea looks exhausted and anxious. As she breathes down her neck, multiple bats enter to take the packages and fly away.

"It's ok-"

The sound of the door being knocked interrupts Ai.

"Tch." Dorothea transforms and exits through the window.

"Come in!"

"I bring you dinner as requested, young mistress."

"Thank you, Vivian."

The servant brings in dinner along with a drink and leaves it in the room before retreating.

At first, to be honest, I wasn't looking to make much money from the sugar sale. However, the demand was exceptional. But now, here comes the important part, the real reason behind all this...

— Mansion's kitchen, a few hours later.

Ai arrives at the kitchen, locks the doors, and turns on the lights. Everyone else would be asleep.

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Ai heads to a shelf and uncovers a jar that appears to be sealed and dirty. Inside, there's a bag containing what seems to be grains. She then gathers other kitchen ingredients and places them on the counter.

"It's time for the main snack of the business."

She opens the bag and pours out the grains.

They are considered trash, and it was hard to find them in the empire. But I finally got them while my father was away. Cocoa!

In this world, chocolates don't exist yet, one of the best snacks from my previous world and so easy to prepare.

There's just one problem. With the increase in buying cocoa beans from the estate and its simple production, they will soon realize the plant has something to do with it and try to replicate it. Anyone can grind it and mix it with sugar, so they could easily make similar versions.

But Aristocrat Heaven's chocolate will be different.

First, I mix sugar with a bit of salt...

[Molecular Exchange: Converting equivalent molecules of N2 to 15g of NaCl...]

You can see white powder falling onto the bowl of sugar.

Salt has the ability to balance and enhance flavor profiles, especially in desserts. In the case of chocolate, salt intensifies and deepens the flavor of cocoa, making the chocolate taste richer and deeper.

Ai stirs the mixture.

Then, I add milk and flour for the filling, and finally, the main ingredient that makes my chocolate irresistible and unmatched. An addictive neurotransmitter I learned about in my previous life in my insatiable desire to manipulate people.

Ai takes a pot, adds soybean oil, water, and brings it to a boil.

In theory, this will cause the oil's phospholipids to rise, and I can separate them from the mixture.

After a few minutes, Ai separates the top layer from the mixture and puts it in a jar.

"Everything's ready." Soy lecithin is my secret weapon. Manipulation is even present in food, and it hasn't reached this world yet. This allows me to use it in large quantities. This would be dangerous in my previous world, as using it in all foods risked causing severe headaches, among other boring effects to explain.

Now, I wash the fermented cocoa beans and crush them.

Miyamoto possesses Ai's body and turns the beans into a thick powder, falling into another bowl that also contains sugar.

Hey, is that even human?

She places the cocoa mixture on the table and spreads it into something like a sheet. Then, she drops a few drops of soy lecithin.

Finally, I mix it with flour for the filling. And I'll make small balls...

After a few minutes, the small snacks were done, and Ai didn't hide her sweat.

"That should be enough..."

— The next day.

Ai puts a ribbon in her hair and starts writing.

"Well... 'Experiment n22, tasting to proceed...'"

Ai tastes the chocolate, and her face soon fills with joy.

How delicious! Damn, that's delicious.

Tears start to flow from Ai's eyes.

I finally brought something from my world to these bland meals...

I can't wait for others to try it...!