The contest was moving forward in full swing as lina transferred the risen dough to the work surface which she had generously covered with flour. She did not notice the audience around her, nor did she care about Curt's or Felipe's piercing gazes. Her only thought was to make the bread rolls as quickly as possible—ti was not her friend.
She took a rolling pin and began rolling out the dough, spreading it out until eventually almost her whole workspace was covered with it.
I really did make too much. I'll make a test batch first, then continue making the rest.
With a knife, lina began cutting up dough into squares. Once she had twelve of them, she took the cooled down pear and ginger jam and put a dollop of it in the middle of each doughy square. Then she carefully closed each and ford them into a round, doughy ball.
The first twelve balls got neatly lined onto the tray which lina didn't hesitate to put into the oven. When that was done, she returned back to the workstation and ford the remaining dough into jam-filled balls. In the end, she was able to make twenty-four more rolls, which she also put in the oven.
As lina added this second batch to the oven, Roxie hurried to it as well, carrying what looked like a pie. The girl was covered in sweat, and she appeared a bit panicked.
"Let it cook in ti," Roxie prayed after she slid her pie in.
That pie looked rather large and there are only twenty minutes left. Can it really cook in such a short amount of ti? I'm even worried about my rolls, and they are much smaller than the pie.
"Both of our lovely ladies have put their dishes in the oven so all that is left is to wait for them to cook," Auden announced. "If you're not too eager to stand and wait, but want to know the results, then now is a good ti to take a break. Just be sure to co back before four."
So people from the audience did indeed leave, while most still remained, chatting enthusiastically among themselves. lina just turned her attention to cleaning up her workstation. The ss had been bigger than she had anticipated with dirty bowls, a dirty saucepan, and flour all over the place. But the distraction was a welco one, and she didn't have to think so much about the rolls cooking in the oven.
I wonder if they will even turn out good. I've never made sothing like this although I cannot imagine what could go wrong. Maybe the jam could affect the structure of the bread in so way, but I don't know how exactly.
"Five more minutes left. Miss lina and Miss Roxie, you should start preparing to present your dishes," Auden warned. Roxie grew visibly more nervous, and lina began to worry as well. Her station was clean, so she got out four plates.
Co on, co on.
[You've made . You've gained 15 exp.]
Nine more such notifications appeared, and then two more with less experience as the quantity of the sa dish diminished the gained experience.
[Congratulations! You have reached Level 15.]
[New skill obtained: Haste Bake – Rank F.]
Haste Bake? Does it do what I think it does?
lina willed the System to show her the explanation of the skill, while she grabbed the oven mitts and hurried to retrieve the cooked rolls.
[Haste Bake – Rank F: All baked goods cook a little faster without burning. Cooldown: 8 hours.]
That is perfect! I imagine at a higher rank I could reduce the cooking ti in half and maybe even more. I guess the System felt like I needed it because I was worried if the rolls would cook in ti. But I won't actually use any skills for the competition.
lina checked the cooked rolls, perfectly round and golden brown balls, and nodded in satisfaction. Then she noticed how Roxie was nervously pacing by the oven, occasionally glancing inside at her pie. The crust had risen a little bit, but the color of it hadn't changed much—it would certainly not finish cooking in the next five minutes.
For a mont lina considered applying to the pie to help the girl out but quickly abandoned the idea. It was too risky, not to ntion that the skill's rank was too low for it to actually be useful in this scenario.
"Oh! It appears that Miss lina is ready to present her dish," Auden announced, looking at the rolls as she arranged them on the plate, three on each.
"I suggest you wait a little bit. They are still hot," lina said pleasantly, waiting for another wave of notifications to flood her vision.
[You've made . You've gained 10 exp.]
Twenty-four notifications appeared before her in total, but this ti she earned less experience than she had with the first twelve rolls. But there was another pleasant surprise at the end.
[Your skill
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