[One Piece] I heard you can make donuts

"Squeak-"

The back door of SweetHome was opened with a gap, and Denat poked her head in through the gap. Before she could breathe, she folded her arms and looked at Annie with a smile.

"Annie, why are you here?" Denat, who had failed in her stealth plan, let out a dry laugh, walked in and closed the door, her eyes wandered for a while before falling on Annie in front of her.

"How's your foot?" Annie lightly threw a question back, answering her question indirectly.

"Ah, it's nothing serious, just rest for two more days." Denat remembered the excuse she had left before she slipped away, and said something vaguely, and walked towards the stairs, wanting to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible .

"Ding--"

"If your foot hurts, you should walk less and take the elevator." Annie smiled and held Denat who was walking beside her, and raised her head to signal to the elevator.

"Hmm..." Denat looked at the elevator that had just reached the first floor and slowly opened, her long eyelashes trembled to hide her emotions, "Thank you, Anne."

This elevator was specially installed by her to carry bread and cakes, and it was basically used by Anne and Barry who were responsible for the transportation.It is only a few steps from the first floor to the second floor, so she has never used this elevator since SweetHome has been in business for so long.

When she walked into the elevator, she had to lower her head due to her height, and she happened to meet Annie's smiling eyes.

"Take care, Denat."

Annie's voice was so soft that it was almost overwhelmed by the sound of the elevator doors closing.If she hadn't been staring at her face, Denat might have thought that what she heard was an illusion.

"Ding--"

It took only two seconds from the first floor to the second floor, and Denat passed in a daze.After the elevator door opened, she took a deep breath and let it out slowly, stretched out her hand to hold it when the elevator door was about to close, and strode towards the kitchen.

The sun has exposed most of its head from the ground level, the lights in the aisle have been turned off, and the sun shines through the glass window and casts light orange spots on the white tiles. Denat walks over it, reflecting her tight The corners of the mouth and the slightly wrinkled eyebrows.

There are birds passing by outside the window, and the crisp sound of birdsong echoes in the open sky, making people who wake up early and start their day in Wheat Island smile a little bit.

***

"The Anstoria chestnuts, which only grow in the extremely hot land, really live up to their reputation, and the cream they make is really delicious!" Barry tasted a little of the cream that Denat had just made, and chewed on the spoon happily, "But De Nat Nat, why did you make such a small bowl of cream in advance?"

"Because the remaining amount is used for the donuts that will be delivered to Katakuri-sama this afternoon, the recipe needs to be adjusted."

As a qualified personal dessert chef, Denat has never told others about the taste of Katakuri, so Barry still doesn't know that Master Katakuri he admires is a man who is more sweet than a little girl.

"Well," Barry immediately shut up and nodded when it came to Katakuri's private information, and changed the subject in a cooperative manner, "Nadenat, did you specially set aside such a small bowl, what kind of delicious dessert are you going to give us? ?”

"Well, I'm going to make a simple chocolate chestnut cake." The hour and minute hands of the wall clock on the wall coincide with the number twelve, and it's almost time for people in the shop to take a lunch break. When she finishes the cake, they can just I ate it.

Thinking about it, Denat took out the chocolate cake embryo in the oven and unmoulded it, hung it on the grill to cool, rejected Barry's proposal to go out to eat together, picked up a sandwich from the baking tray on the side, and walked to the corner. The chair sat down and gnawed.

"Denate, if you eat like this every day, you will become malnourished." Barry felt a headache seeing Denat's behavior pattern of shrinking in the kitchen every day. Why is such a beautiful girl so inactive?I don’t go anywhere except Katakuri-sama’s castle every day, and I occasionally go to the market to see the ingredients, which is really worrying.

Everyone in SweetHome has an hour for lunch break. Normally, Barry Anne and the others would take advantage of this time to hang around outside. After all, it would be too boring to stay in the dessert house all day.

But for Denat, spending every day in the kitchen with flour cream butter milk chocolate is the best thing in the world.If nothing else, she could probably spend a whole year in the kitchen.

Also, she didn't think she would be malnourished at all.

SweetHome's sandwiches are based on whole wheat bread, sandwiched with lettuce, tomato and cucumber to supplement the vitamins needed by the human body, and the meat also has chicken breast, cod, salmon and other choices.Barry and Barry they often sneak out to eat grilled deep-fried somehow healthier.

In the past, Denat would talk to Barippi at times like this, telling him to eat less fried food, or he would not find beautiful girls if his stomach grew bigger, but she had something on her mind today, so she just pulled the corner of her mouth reluctantly, After swallowing the food, he said a few words briefly.

"I see, let's talk about it next time, goodbye."

Fortunately, Denat was often immersed in her own world, and Barry only thought that she had thought of some new idea. He didn't notice the difference in her perfunctory farewell. He shrugged and said goodbye before leaving.

In Nuo Da's kitchen, there was only the inaudible chewing sound of Denat.

After a while, Denat, who finished her lunch today, stared at the cooking table in a daze, and then walked over slowly, using a clean spoon to pick up a smooth and shiny brown brown dish from a large bowl. Cream, taste in your mouth.

- so sweet

The cream melted on the tip of her tongue, and Denat could feel every nerve in her taste buds clamoring for sweetness.But it was just the taste buds, her heart seemed to be caught in a shackle and she couldn't breathe heavily, even if she ate the whole jar of candy, she couldn't get rid of the pain.

"Denate~ You are indeed here."

Annie's cheerful voice brought Denat back to her senses. She suppressed the messy emotions in her heart and smiled when she saw Annie who walked into the kitchen at some time, "What's the matter? Do you want some cake and bread?"

"No, I've already finished my lunch." Unlike usual, Annie didn't greet too much this time, and went straight to the topic after a simple answer, "Denate, today I can go with you to send Katakuri-sama Donuts?"

Without laying the groundwork and explaining the reason, Anne just threw this question in front of Denat.

She put away the smile she wore when she entered the door, and she always had a half-smile, as if her talking blue eyes had become dark and deep, reflecting Denat's lowered eyes and lip biting.

The air in the spacious kitchen gradually became stagnant, bursts of intoxicating aroma came from the operating oven, but the breathing rhythm of the two people present did not change at all.

"I can take you there, but I don't know if Master Katakuri will allow you in." After hesitating for a while, Denat finally spoke a second before biting his lower lip to bleed, but His eyes were still flickering, and there was an indistinct reluctance in his tone.

Every woman on this island loves Charlotte Katakuri. Why Annie wants to go with her to deliver donuts to Katakuri is a completely unnecessary question.

After all, that was Charlotte Katakuri.

Inexplicable emotions flashed in Denat's eyes, and the fists placed beside her were clenched tightly, and the well-manicured nails sank deep into the palm of her hand, digging out pale crescents.

"Thank you Denat! I knew you would agree~" Annie suddenly smiled brightly, stepped forward to hug Denat, buried her head in her waist, and rubbed happily, "I am the biggest in my life. My wish is to see Katakuri-sama's true face before I turn 30. Tomorrow is my 30th birthday. I thought I would never be able to fulfill this wish in my life."

See Katakuri's true face...

The corners of Denat's eyes twitched, and she didn't know whether to lament the fact that a beauty like Annie who didn't even have neck lines was in her thirties, or whether to lament for her almost impossible birthday wish.

——Katakuri He enjoys afternoon tea at the Nuomi Shrine every day, let alone the real face of the donuts she sent for so long, he has never seen even half of his face.I really don't know why he covered half of his face with a fluffy white scarf that didn't match his dark metal style at all. Could it be that he suffered some terrible scars from some serious injuries?

Denat raised her hand and touched Anne's head while thinking wildly, and said thoughtfully: "Well, Anne, Mrs. Katakuri doesn't like to have other people around when he enjoys afternoon tea, so even if you can share with me We went to deliver donuts together, and we couldn't see his true face."

Annie, whose smile gradually disappeared: "..."

"But maybe there are too many people going today, and Katakuri-sama will be willing to enjoy afternoon tea with us?" Denat said something that she didn't believe, and patted Annie lightly. back, trying to search for comforting words in my mind.

"It's okay, I'll be satisfied if I can be alone with Katakuri-sama for a while." Annie, who had adjusted from her disillusioned dream, twitched her lips and returned to her usual smile.

After she left, Denat thought for a long time, and sadly came to the conclusion that Annie didn't count her or chose to ignore her, thinking that the two of them and Katakuri together could be rounded as the two of them Alone with this sad conclusion.

***

"Master Denat, who is this?"

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Denat, who arrived at Katakuri Castle on time as in the past, had faint eyes and dared not look directly at the puzzled soldiers.

"Annie is the manager of Sweet Home, and she wants to ask Katakuri-sama to help with some things in the store." Denat, who had never told such a big lie in her life, dared not look up, and stared down at the donut in her arms , as if a flower had bloomed on it, "Because I don't know much about these things, can I inform Katakuri-sama first?"

"So that's how it is, I'm sorry, please come in, both of you." The soldiers of the chess pieces exchanged glances, and under the surprised eyes of Denat and Annie, they pushed open the door, bent down and made a gesture of invitation, "Kata Master Kuri has ordered that in the future, Master Denat, you can exercise your authority on this island, second only to the cadres of the BIGMOM Pirates, and of course it is no problem to bring people into the castle."

Katakuri, he actually gave her such great power...

A few red clouds floated on Denat's fair cheeks, and her fingertips trembled slightly due to excitement. She mechanically followed the chess soldiers and walked in, her mind had already gone somewhere.

Well, when she came this morning, she still had to report before she could enter. In other words, did Katakuri give orders to the chess soldiers after that?And that's after she made that request...

The red cloud on her face faded, and Denat's already fairer complexion was now almost transparent, her hands and feet were cold. If they hadn't entered the dimly lit secret passage now, Annie beside her would definitely have noticed something was wrong. .

"what happened?"

After the door of the hall opened, they were greeted with Katakuri's stern gaze and sharp questions who arrived almost at the same time.

"Good afternoon Katakuri-sama, I'm Annie, the manager of SweetHome—" Annie, who was the first to respond, smiled and took half a step forward, trying to introduce herself with a crisp voice and perfect demeanor, but was caught by Katakuri Interrupt mercilessly.

"What happened, Denat?"

Katakuri's eyes haven't moved since the door opened, and his dark golden eyes stared at Denat without any concealment. Her aggressive eyes turned her face from white to red, and her mind seemed to be in a mess. Hundreds of fireworks bloomed at the same time, stuttering and speechless.

'Denat'

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, why does Katakuri sound so nice when he pronounces such an ordinary name!Speaking of which, this was the first time Katakuri pronounced her name.

The heavy shackles that had been entangled in her heart for the past two days suddenly became much lighter. For Denat now, nothing could shock her more than the fact that Katakuri called her name.

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Happy Lantern Festival, eat sweets after eating Lantern Festival (*^▽^*)