After pouring out the cream melon, Ethan cut open another vanilla fruit.
This vanilla fruit was about the same size as a kind of fruit he had eaten before called passion fruit, but passion fruit was reddish brown, while this vanilla fruit was dark brown. Just from its peel alone, you could smell a rich vanilla aroma.
Once Ethan cut it open, the smell became even stronger.
In an instant, his entire stall was filled with the fragrant scent of vanilla.
This sweet aroma even made the dwarf at the neighboring stall twitch his nose, unconsciously taking a deep breath.
"So fragrant!"
"It really smells good, but this kind of vanilla fruit doesn't have much taste when you eat it."
"I heard that in the city, the beastmen use it to make perfume, and the elves supposedly use it to brew tea. But they definitely don't eat it directly, because it tastes bad. Actually, it basically has no taste at all, just the smell left."
"A fruit with no taste, what's the point?"
"Exactly. I think this big profiteer is definitely going to crash this time. Look at what he bought. Rage cow milk, cream melon, and that vanilla fruit. All of them smell good but taste awful. And he even mixed them together. Ugh!"
"One look and you can tell it won't be good. Let alone buying it, I'm too lazy to even try it!"
While everyone was busy complaining, Ethan had already successfully prepared a universe-level delicacy.
He made another big iron ladle, then scooped the drink into bamboo cups one ladle at a time. Each cup only held half a mouthful, about 20 ml.
Then he raised his head, pulled at his throat, and shouted loudly, "Free drinks! Come and have a taste!"
"To thank all new and old customers for supporting my business and for loving my iron plate takoyaki."
"For this reason, I'm launching a free digestive drink for everyone to taste. One cup per person, first come first served, once it's gone, it's gone!"
"Huh?"
The ore stall owner rubbed his ears in disbelief and said, "Did he just say it's free? I didn't hear wrong, did I?"
"You didn't hear wrong, he really said it's free," The stall owner who had just said he was too lazy to even try it now looked eager to move, "Since it's free, why don't we try it?"
"Sure, let's try it. Anyway, it doesn't cost money."
The two of them said that with their mouths, but their hands weren't slow at all.
Plus, they were originally right next to Ethan's stall. It was basically a case of being closest to the water and getting the moon first, so they naturally seized the advantage. Each picked up a cup and poured it straight into their mouths.
Originally, they hadn't expected this thing to taste good. They were just thinking about taking advantage of something free.
Besides, didn't that black-hearted stall owner say it was for digestion?
So there was no reason not to drink it.
But when that small sip of drink entered the ore stall owner's mouth.
★*☆ｷｬ━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━!!
In that instant, he suddenly felt as if something had struck straight into his heart.
What exactly was this thing in his hand?
An icy cool sensation.
A soft, smooth, and slippery texture.
The aroma of vanilla and cream completely fused together with the milk, plus that sweet, sugary feeling.
"Ah!"
At this moment, the ore stall owner truly felt like he was about to die.
Die from having his heart captured by this delicious drink.
He couldn't believe it…
'How could there be, how could there be something this good to drink in this world!'
It was simply a hundred times better than holy water from the holy spring, a thousand times better.
"My god!"
"What kind of divine taste is this, it's way too good, way too delicious!"
"Wuwuwu~"
The two stall owners beside Ethan were simply perfect shills.
In an instant, all those people who had originally looked down on the drink Ethan made gathered around. They were all extremely curious about what kind of drink it was.
That could make these two dwarves drink themselves to their knees, crying their eyes out.
"I want a cup too!"
"Excuse me, could you give me a cup as well?"
"I want two cups!"
Everyone in the free market once again crowded around noisily.
And at this moment, Ethan had already brought a full cup of the drink to the head butler and said, "Maintaining order will probably have to trouble you, Head Butler!"
The head butler originally had no intention of taking on the task.
But its disobedient nose began twitching again, nonstop. It smelled a scent that made it completely unable to resist.
Then… it accidentally stuck out its tongue and licked a sip.
"Woof~"
The head butler found it so delicious that it couldn't help but bark.
Immediately after, it could no longer hold back. It picked up the cup and gulped down the icy, sweet, blissfully delicious drink in one go.
"All of you line up… Burp!"
The head butler drank too fast and burped in the middle of shouting, but it still did its best to yell, "Anyone who doesn't line up, get the hell out of the market immediately."
"Line up, line up, what's so great about that!", The onlookers muttered, "If it wasn't free, I wouldn't bother lining up!"
"Hmph! I'm lining up only because it's free too!"
"Anyway, it doesn't cost money!"
Under the head butler's coercion and temptation, everyone obediently lined up into a long queue.
Relying on their strong bodies, the pigmen finally grabbed the front spot.
"I want two cups!"
The pigman held out two fingers, but Ethan smiled and shook his head, "Sorry, trial products are limited to one serving per person. If you think it tastes good, you can buy more. No limit on the amount for additional purchases."
"What? Extra ones cost money?", The pigman frowned, "Then forget it, just give me the free one."
Ethan smiled like a profiteer and handed over a cup of the free milkshake.
He wasn't afraid that people wouldn't buy it. He was only afraid that people wouldn't try it.
Sure enough, when the pigman drank the beverage, he immediately widened his pig eyes, "Gugugu~ What kind of drink is this? This is way too good! I'm buying it! I want to buy ten cups!"
"This is called a vanilla milkshake. One cup costs 10 dragon coins," Ethan directly announced the name and the price.
At once, not only the pigman, but all the races behind him were shocked by the price Ethan announced, their pupils trembling violently.
They all sucked in a hundred breaths of cold air.
"Hiss!"
"How many dragon coins did he just say?"
"10 dragon coins per cup!"
"What? It actually costs 10 dragon coins a cup. Even robbery isn't this ruthless!"
"That's outrageous. Even the high priest's holy water only costs one dragon coin. Could this possibly taste better than holy water!"
Just when everyone firmly believed that the debt-ridden pigman would definitely turn around and leave, the pigman actually pulled out a shriveled money pouch with trembling hands.
Clink! Clink! Clink!
He poured out the last ten dragon coins and said with tears in his eyes, "Boss, please give me one serving!"
[A/N: One dragon coin's purchasing power is roughly equivalent to about one yuan/eight dollars in the 1990s for us, about the price of a bowl of noodles. Grass cakes are relatively cheap food and can be understood as flat biscuits, ten for one yuan. As for takoyaki, it corresponds to barbecue. In fact, one skewer of meat for one yuan isn't particularly expensive. Some people might say that 10 dragon coins for a vanilla milkshake is too expensive, but in reality it's just 10 yuan. Although for the poorer races staying in traveler inns it might be a bit expensive, once you enter the city, something that costs 10 dragon coins a serving really isn't a big deal. After all, even a piece of junk scroll sells for 50 dragon coins, and better scrolls start at 200 dragon coins.]
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