"Give me another one!"
"I want two more!"
"Wow, this is really good!"
On Moon Village, the villagers were very excited. All the pedestrians were on the commercial streets even in the cold weather. But they didn't even care, thanks to the new drink stall that was set up a few days ago.
Like a week ago, Felix was using the kitchen under the strict supervision of Mother Rosie. Heaven knows how frightened she was when her youngest said that wanted to use the kitchen. Also, he wanted to cook those bitter seeds!
But no matter how she tried to persuade Felix, at the end she could only watch as he made some kind of brownish drink.
At first, all White Family and Fang Yu included were very anxious about Felix making that brownish drink. What if it was poisonous? But to be fair, the ingredients that Felix asked weren't that bizarre. Apart from the bitter seeds, Felix asked Mother Rosie for milk and honey. Felix originally wanted to use sugar, but it seems that in this time sugar was a luxury that only people with money could afford, so honey was the best next option. Felix had one idea when he saw the cacao beans. Now that winter was almost upon us, the people would want something hot to drink. Of course there is always the boil water and the good old tea, but Felix had a severe case of sweet tooth, so the tasteless water and the teas weren't enough for him. He was accustomed to the sweet hot chocolate. Now that he had the cacao beans, it wasn't just a dream anymore!
Fortunately, these cacao beans were much softer than the ones back on earth. So Felix took a stone mortar that was basically like a Mexican molcajete, so he could grind up the cacao beans. Later, the chocolate powder was added to the milk and some honey...and it was ready! A perfect chocolate milk.
To the people of a small and far town, this new sweet flavor was something that they never tested before. It was more popular with the kids, but the grown-ups would also enjoy some sweet and warm drink during the cold days.
After Fang Yu and the White Family tasted the drink, they were very surprised.
It was so good!
Never, in their wildest dreams, they would have thought that those bitter seeds could make something so delicious.
The next thing that they knew was that Felix wanted to sell the drink in the town. So Miles and Father Lewis bought some wood and built a wooden cart, so Felix could make business on the commercial street. On the other hand, Fang Yu went to the northernmost part of the forest to collect more cacao beans for the drinks, meanwhile Mother Rosie and Felix stayed at home to make more hot chocolate and try other ingredients to make more variations. Unfortunately, Anne, who was pregnant, couldn't help much, so she only cheered on the side.
Days later, Felix took Fang Yu to the commercial street to sell the hot chocolate. At first, there weren't many people interested in trying the drink made by the bitter seeds. It wasn't very appetizing. But that was before Aunt Susan and Aunt Vilma had a say.
"Oh my! Little Fel this is so good!" Aunt Vilma said as she had the wooden cup on her hand. Even in the cold weather, the hot drink at hand felt very warm.
"Yeah! This is the best thing that I had in ages!" Aunt Susan said. She was skeptical at first with the drink. But now she was very happy with this weird brownish drink
So, with the influence of the two gossip aunties, the excellent flavor of the drink made by Felix was known by all the people on Moon Village.
...
Fang Yu was helping Felix taking care of the wooden cart. Now that it's been two weeks since they started to sell the hot chocolate, fewer people came to buy it like in their first days, but it was still very popular.
Looking at Felix who had a red scarf on his neck while looking at the pot with the chocolate, Fang Yu couldn't help but ask worriedly. "Little Fel, are you worried? Now that the other restaurant is starting to sell hot chocolate too, is your business going to get less customers?"
This was one of the worries Fang Yu had in recent days. Indeed, Felix hot chocolate is very delicious, and it was very easy to make. Felix and the White family had earned a lot of money this past two weeks. Obviously, other big businesses had come to check the new product, but in Moon Village a very remote town didn't have big restaurants, and it wasn't a very big deal. A few days ago, some waiters from the only restaurant in town came to check, and they were very excited when they drank it. Felix had never concealed that the drink was made with the bitter seeds, so now the cacao beans were in high demand.
But of course Felix had also thought of this, fortunately, this world had some good laws in it. Apparently from what Qiu had said, in this kingdom if one person makes something or makes a discovery in order to protect the right of the creator or owner, one has to go to the village head or major of the city to present proof of what you made and put it under your name.
After that, the official document would be sent to the Royal Capital and would be stored. The owner would receive a copy of the document or a token if the person was illiterate. As the other people who said it was theirs. Sorry, first comes, first serves. Even someone steals the inventions or puts the discovery by their names first. There's nothing that the original owner could do.
And of course, Thanks to Qiu's reminder, Felix had the recipe for the hot chocolate under his name days ago.
But of course, that would not stop the greedy people. Even more like someone like Felix, a common omega without backup in a remote village, it was useless if someone in the big city claimed something similar but different and sold it there.
And that was exactly what had happened three days ago. Thanks to Aunt Vilma, who heard that a man that came to buy some hot chocolate was an employee of a big restaurant in Springshade City. A now they started to sell hot chocolate two days ago.
Fang Yu couldn't help but worry, and he was also angry. This was something that little Fel had come up with by himself, how dare they try to steal it!
On the other hand, Felix wasn't even a bit concerned. And again it was thanks to his cute rabbit system.
When they heard the news that a restaurant in Springshade City was selling hot chocolate, Felix was puzzled about what to do. Originally, he only sold the hot chocolate to collect money to fix Fang Yu house. But, after seeing how much this could make, Felix wanted to make other recipes and maybe open a small coffee. Like the pet cafe from his last life. In essence, his concern wasn't about the hot chocolate, after all it was very easy to make. But what would happen if he made another recipe, and it got stolen too? Even if he has the token, it would be hard if someone had a big backer like the restaurant in Springshade City wanted to replicate it too.
But like a hero, Qiu said proudly.
Felix: ...
So he would have to do it all by himself?
Even if it wasn't a perfect solution, it was still a very good thing. If he opens a small coffee, he could work in the kitchen.
Looking at the worried face of Fang Yu, Felix felt warm in his heart. So with a little shyness he said. "Brother Yu, let's close it for today. I wanted to show you something."
Fang Yu was full of question marks, but he still obeyed Felix and closed the stall and took the wooden cart back with them. He had thought that they would go back to Felix house. But to his surprise, Felix was walking to his house. (Fang Yu's)
And when they arrived, Fang Yu was shocked. Some people were working on the walls of his house and also his roof.
"Come on boys! Had some hot chocolate to warm up!" Felix said as he approached the workers at Fang Yu's house.
Fang Yu at his side finally reacted and said, "Little Fel this..."
"Well, we made some pocket money this last two weeks, so I hired some people to repair your walls. Winter is just around the corner, and it would be horrible to live here. But now with the exterior and interior completely fixed is going to be way warmer for you.
"But... you didn't have too. It was your money after all."
"Just take it. I just didn't want my Brother Yu to freeze to death. Also, you had help every day with the wooden cart and to sell hot chocolate too. As far as I know you earn that money as well as me."
Fa g Yu didn't say anything more. But his eyes were a little moist and his heart was warm.
Whatever it was, it felt very good. Looking at the beautiful omega by his side and the house in front of him. Fang Yu collected a bit more of courage.