A Colossal Bread Haul!
“You guys don’t have this, right? I’m going to eat it all right now...”
The box Hanseong Foods had sent was stuffed full of bread—at least thirty pieces, maybe more.
The ten-thousand-won premium cakes had been shipped separately, too, which meant about five of them were now being reverently housed in the refrigerator.
What did that mean, you ask?
It meant that, for Kwon Seah, the chaebol family’s youngest daughter, collaboration bread was one of those annoyingly perishable foods that had to be demolished before the expiration date!
But, but!
To the people who loved Galaxy Train, this collaboration bread had ridiculous value right now.
The thought of casually tearing open the wrapping and eating it as if it were nothing already made my chest and lower belly go all tingly...!
“Now then, everyone! You don’t seriously think I’d have gone out of my way to get special bread, do you? I just—got it at the convenience store by my house, okay? So don’t ask me weird questions!”
- lololol
- True, they don’t sell it at department stores anyway, yeah
- Didn’t she say she worked at the popup store? Maybe she got it there?
- Look at this guy, thinking a popup store is open 365 days a year
- Where the hell did you get it????
- Damn, I’m so jealous, fuck
The chat was heating up nicely, the mood bubbling along with it.
“All right, then I’ll start with Renako’s Tangy Lemon Madeleine?”
I made a point of holding the bread with both hands—hands that Elodie had carefully kept looking presentable—and shook it from side to side.
- You said this was good, right?
- What even is a madeleine?
- Did Heretic draw the Renako art too?
- Heh heh, where did Renako’s madeleine come from?
- Go go go go go
The instant I tore the wrapper open with both hands, I stuffed the madeleine straight into my mouth.
The taste was, of course, exactly the same as the one I’d tried in the development room—but still!
When people get this worked up and start asking, even the exact same flavor begins to feel different!
“Mmm~! It’s an incredibly moist, soft madeleine, more than I expected. There’s jam inside, so it’s got this nice tangy freshness to it, you know? I’m sure there are plenty of people who’ll love this.”
- Wow, that sounds good
- There are three of them in there?
- Convenience-store madeleines are usually trash, though
- Why are Labellehar’s hands so pretty? She even put on nice nail polish
- Heh heh, the boss’s hands are so white, heh heh
“Ah, right. The sticker we got was this one? A perfect match—Renako singing her heart out!”
The sticker Heretic had worked so hard on was definitely cute!
- Wow lol
- I heard if you collect twenty of these stickers, you can flex hard???
- Wouldn’t the streamer not need them?
- Duplicate, lol
- I’m jealous of the sticker too;
“Next up, I’ll try Nanaka’s Cookies-and-Cream Roll Cake!”
- They said this one’s good too
- Isn’t it not just chocolate flavor?
- This girl really has everything
- Hurry up and taste it already
I fetched a knife and cut the roll cake in a way everyone could clearly see.
“You can see it, right? The cream inside isn’t really chocolate cream—it’s cookies-and-cream cream. I tried it earlier, and the cookies-and-cream flavor definitely came through.”
“Of course. You think I’d stand here and do a review without trying a single bite? What if there’s something weird in it~? And I’m an otaku for Galaxy Train, too—how am I supposed to resist when it’s right in front of me?”
- No, lolololol
- True, if you bought it, you’ve gotta rip it open and eat it right away
- It’s bread, after all. No one can resist, seriously lol
- Bread lovers gonna bread~~~
- Bread! Bread bread! Baaahd! Bread lol
Anyway, I kept showing the roll cake being neatly cut in front of everyone.
Well, “showing myself eating” is a stretch—the camera could really only see my neatly arranged hands and the plate holding the roll cake!
And I’d already tested this plate with Elodie several times, trying to figure out whether my face would show up in the reflection or not...!
“Mm-hmm~ I know for a fact that you can’t see anything. Thanks for the thousand won.”
- You checked that? lol
- The plate color alone makes it impossible to see anything lololol
- Hah lol, and here I was hoping
- No, just show your face already -_-
- What, are you hiding it because you’re ugly?
“Guys~ I’m not planning to show you my face, so stop trying to poke me on purpose, okay? Got it? Just enjoy my pretty hands to your heart’s content.”
I fluttered my hands airily, as if playing in water, even though I wasn’t holding anything at all.
Of course, everyone was terribly disappointed, but so what?
There was no way I was going to let this side be known as Kwon Seah, only to end up on the news or have a bunch of weird creeps show up begging to borrow ten million won.
“Ah, come on! I already said I’d graduate you the second you said something weird!”
I deliberately cut the cake in half and took another bite.
“And how could this be that thing when it isn’t even jelly? Please make at least a little sense with your jokes from now on~!”
- Wha—what—what—what—what—what—what—what
- No, fuck lol why do you know that???
- Dude;;;
- Normally you wouldn’t know that, would you???
- Shit, it’s not like “I’m going to make princess brownies and be right back,” dammit lol
- Are you insane lololololol
Ha. As expected, once a woman started making sex jokes, they completely lost their heads.
“Next is Brunhilde’s Custard Danish!”
This time, too, I showed off the wrapping like it was something to be proud of, displayed the sticker, and only then took the bread out.
It was already the third item, but the viewers’ reactions of sheer envy showed no sign of dying down.
“Mmm~! This custard Danish is really tasty too. The bread is soft and moist, and the custard has a similar texture, plus it’s sweet, so if you’re craving something sugary this would be absolutely perfect.”
- If you eat this with coffee, that’s a whole meal right there
- Sigh...
- Isn’t this convenience-store bread? Why does she make it sound so good?
- No, lol I want one too!!!
- Why is everything sold out in our neighborhood???
I honestly never expected that, while eating these tiny two-thousand-won breads, I’d be showered with this many comments about how jealous everyone was...!
“All right, then for the last one, I’ll review Spring Returned Again Cake! Waaah!”
I clapped energetically with both hands and brought the cake into the center of the screen to show everyone.
- The last one?
- Isn’t there one more bread?
- Even Labellehar is skipping Selebread, huh
- lolololol
- That one’s a bit hard to review, yeah
“Everyone! Honestly, don’t you think the heart of this collab is this cake? First of all, it has a sticker you can only get from this cake...”
I deliberately flaunted the marketing angle to everyone, and made sure, right there and then, to show off the cute sticker of Sere and Brunhilde holding hands.
“This cake is really well made, too, so I’m totally satisfied!”
“Ah...”
Just as expected, a donation came flying in, clearly meant to needle me, but there was no need for me to even answer it.
- ????
- Yo yo yo, the gaming nutjobs lol
- lol look at Labellehar doing well and still wearing a mask just to come poke at her
- Sigh lololololol
- They wouldn’t know because they haven’t played the game!
“Exactly~! That’s it! This collaboration is being run for otaku like me who love Galaxy Train, after all, right? It’s better to faithfully recreate the original!”
- Heh heh, then is Selebread also a faithful recreation?
- Makes sense
- Right, right
- Seriously, what do people who haven’t played the game know, calling the cake stupid and ugly?
- Hurry up and eat it already
“Okay~ Then I’ll go ahead and try the cake!”
With a fork, I carefully cut into the cake and showed them how I slowly lifted the whipped cream and fruit onto it.
“The more I look at this cake, the more I can’t help thinking about something, don’t you guys? Sere and Brunhilde must’ve eaten it like this too, right? They were probably excited when they made it, but then when it came time to actually eat it, it probably looked different from what they’d imagined and threw them off, don’t you think?”
- lololololol
- No, look at this imagination lol
- Who thinks about that normally???
- Yeah, that does sound about right
“That’s part of the fun of collaboration bread, I think. For me, anyway!”
I shoved the clumsily made cake into my mouth and chewed away.
“Mm...! See? This cake... there’s a reason the people who made it piled so much whipped cream on top. If you guys ever get to eat it, make sure to—definitely—definitely put the cream and fruit properly on top of the bread part! That’s how you get the balance just right!”
“Ah~! Seriously! Everyone! These breads aren’t gone forever! Just wait a little! They’ll be back in convenience stores in no time, ta-da!”
- There aren’t any right now, though!!!!
- Bwaaaaaaah!
- What does the streamer know!
- Boo-hoo, that’s so mean, boo-hoo
“Anyway! Since I’ve now tried and reviewed every bread...! There’s one more thing I have to do, right?”
I deliberately asked Elodie to bring over the little album I’d bought and showed it to everyone.
What did they call this again? An album card-game people buy, I think? I wasn’t entirely sure, but to me it was the perfect thing for slipping the stickers inside and sealing them away like something on display in a museum.
- What is it?
- Wha—what—what—what—what—what—what—what
- You won’t show your face, but you’ll show pictures from your childhood?
- What is it what is it?
“Ta-da! Everyone knows how much, really really, I love Galaxy Train, right? So I wanted to show this off too!”
In truth, I hadn’t even collected these myself!
Hanseong Foods had just sent them over so I could see whether the stickers turned out well...!
I spread the album open for everyone and showed them that all twenty kinds of stickers had been collected!
- ???
- Holy shit, what is this
- Fuck lololol
- Are you insane—did you collect all twenty???
- Wait, is this the guy who posted that you could flex if you collected all twenty through random pulls???
- What, you really got them all???
“How is it, everyone? Aren’t there a ton of adorable, super-cute stickers in here?!”
“Ah, come on! Everyone! I only bought the bread in front of my house!”
- Man, fuck lolololololol
- How many did you have to buy to collect all twenty?
- Crazy bitch, crazy bitch, crazy bitch, crazy bitch
- lolololololololol
- This girl is seriously legendary lol
- Even finding these secondhand is insanely hard
- There weren’t even any giveaways, so how many breads did you buy???
Ha... yeah. This was it.
This was exactly the reaction!
What even were these stickers worth, honestly?
And yet seeing people go absolutely feral over how jealous they were made my heart pound so hard I nearly blushed from the attention!
When they reacted this satisfyingly, I couldn’t help it—my lower belly tensed up before I even realized what was happening.
- Go go go go go
- We know you skipped it on purpose.
- Hurry up and finish Selebread already -_-
- Boo-hoo, Labellehar, keep your promises~~~
- Hurry and get to the cherry blossom bread!
“Ah, fine! Fine! Then I’ll finish with one last item—Sere’s Strawberry Cream Cherry Blossom Bread!”
I clapped once, then immediately tore open Selebread and showed everyone its embarrassing little shape.
“Just looking at it, doesn’t the bread seem kind of pretty? It makes you think of pink petals, so it’s all lovely and adorable, right?”
- Dude;;;
- This bitch again, again, again
- Hm;;;
- It is pretty, I guess, yeah
- It’s cherry blossom bread, so it should be pretty lol
I tapped the cherry blossom bread a few times with my knife, as if showing it off.
...Doing it like this, even I had to admit the visuals were a little embarrassing. I should just eat it quickly and get it over with.
“I can’t exactly hold the whole thing and eat it like this. So I’ll just cut off this one gorgeous little petal clump and eat that, okay?”
“It only feels painful if you cut it horizontally~”
- This is killing me lol
- Her voice is pretty, but how does she never miss a beat when it comes to sex jokes?
- lololololololol
I proudly showed everyone the bread, now properly transformed into a beautiful cluster of petals.
“Then I’ll enjoy this de... ...”
Bright red raspberry jam suddenly started pouring out of the bread.
In an instant, sticky, crimson jam ended up splattered all over my chest.
- ???
- What, why did she stop talking
- Streamer~ streamer~ did you die of embarrassment?
- Dude, dude, dude???
Normally, having jam spill all over my chest would’ve annoyed me...!
But this was a broadcast, so I might as well make use of the situation, right?!
“Ugh...! Everyone, look at this!! There’s so much raspberry jam inside that it’s literally spilling out like this!”
It wasn’t part of the plan, but I stood up a little so the camera could catch my chest smeared with that bright red jam.
Well, I said “chest,” but there was no problem since I was wearing a comfortable white blouse anyway!
- ???
- Ooooh damn
- Wow, tits!!!
- Haha, look at how huge those boobs are lololol
- Aruaruya;;;;
“Ah...! Seriously! You all like this, so what are you acting like that for!”
I considered rubbing the jam on my chest back and forth with my fingers for no reason, but I gave up before I could accidentally speedrun getting banned.
“I’m going to wipe off what got on my chest first, then we’ll do the character gacha! Please wait just a moment!”