Magical Journey: The Other Shore Blooms on the Other Shore

Bread eating contest – if you have a big stomach, come and join us!

This long-established bakery has been operating in this kingdom for a century, and is renowned throughout the country for its unique bread recipes and distinctive leavening techniques.

To commemorate this pivotal centennial celebration, the current owner of the bakery decided to hold a bread-eating contest as a way to give back to the public.

The news spread like wildfire, and everyone in the country knew about it.

On this special holiday, a legendary bread connoisseur passed through the kingdom.

"Free bread." Elena glanced at the words on the flyer and read it carefully over and over again. Once bitten, twice shy.

That damned, heartless haunted house promoter actually played word games with himself.

Thankfully, Qin had already inflicted psychological trauma on his colleague to help her get revenge, otherwise she would have been sad for a while longer.

This time, it shouldn't be a trap, right?

Free + Bread = ?

That's me, Elena.

There are only bakeries that can't stay in business, not bread that I can't eat.

Elena immediately signed up for the competitive eating contest. She might not be able to eat much of other things, but bread? Bring me one, I'll devour it.

"Didn't you say you wanted to lose weight?" Qin suddenly asked.

"Did I say that?" Elena's clear eyes resembled those of a model student who had just entered society and hadn't yet suffered any hardship.

“Yes,” Qin insisted.

"No, you're mistaken."

"some."

“At this point, you should admit you’re wrong and not argue with a girl. That’s what a gentleman does, you know?” Elena said, spouting nonsense.

She just wanted bread, that wretched witch. Qin didn't bother to argue further.

"If only that magic could be successfully researched," Elena murmured absentmindedly. The magic that could render food devoid of nutritional value while retaining its flavor had always been Elena's research focus.

With this magic, you can eat as much bread as you want without gaining weight.

Unfortunately, there is still a long way to go, and I underestimated the difficulty of this magic - more importantly, Elena rarely has enough time to devote to research.

"What kind of magic?" Jean asked.

"It's nothing—it's just a little secret of mine."

Forget about that unfinished magic for now—now, even God couldn't stop me from eating bread, I said. Elena cast aside her dieting worries and chose the broad road of eating bread.

……

"Welcome everyone to the Bread Eating Challenge!" the host announced enthusiastically. "Today is the 100th anniversary of the opening of Old Master Q Bakery. Let's congratulate this store on achieving such an accomplishment."

The audience applauded.

Even Elena clapped her hands; after all, having eaten his bread, she had to show him some respect.

"Alright—let's get straight to the point." The host looked at the script in his hand, "Whoever eats five hundred croissants first will be awarded the title of Old Master Q's Big Eater—with this title, you will receive a 30% discount at Old Master Q's Bakery in the future, and you will have priority to try all the new breads launched by Old Master Q's Bakery."

"Now let's introduce our contestants," the host said.

"The first one is our kingdom's president. As everyone knows, he is a huge fan of Old Master Q's Bakery. According to him, he has eaten more bread than you have eaten rice and salt. Therefore, it is clear that the president is our favorite to win this time."

Then, the host turned everyone's attention to another girl wearing a bow: "This lady is a demon named Exia. She is a demon gourmet who has traveled all over the world. She has not only tasted the giant whale of the deep sea, but also the seven-colored pegasus. Now, she will challenge the bread of my bakery. Wow, a formidable opponent."

"Finally, there is the bread terminator known as the most beautiful, the most refined, the most stunningly beautiful, the most powerful and capable bread-killer, the Gray Witch Elena! Just look at her lovely face, making all the bread want to become her captive. Her participation makes the already fierce competition even more exciting."

The host shoved the magic megaphone into the mouth of the old-fashioned bakery owner next to him: "Boss, who do you think is more likely to win?"

The bakery owner finally managed to pull the megaphone out of his mouth: "The winner takes all. Everyone is very strong right now. I only care about the final result! The winner will receive the title of Old Master's Big Eater! Good luck, you good eater!"

As the game begins.

A continuous stream of bread piled up like mountains, turning the place into a veritable ocean of bread.

Mmm—it's so delicious!

"Exia, are you eating so fast because you want to be reincarnated?"

"That piece of bread is mine, don't try to take it from me!"

"Delicious, delicious...hehe..."

Just as Elena was enjoying her bread, she suddenly felt someone pinch her cheek—what's going on? I was having a great time eating my bread.

Elena continued to chew her bread in large bites.

But now the pinching sensation is more pronounced. Who is it—disturbing me?

Irene pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Time to get up, Elena," a voice called out.

get up?

When Elena came to her senses, the sea of ​​bread in front of her had all disappeared. Where was the bread she had bitten?

If what I'm biting isn't bread, then what is it?

It tastes salty.

Unappetizing.

"Can you let go now?" Qin asked speechlessly.

Irena quickly let go of Qin's elbow. Had she been biting Qin's elbow the whole time...? Ugh—she suddenly felt a little nauseous. What should she do? Would it be impolite to spit it out?

Wait, what is this place?

“Am I participating in a competitive eating contest? I’m almost the champion,” Elena said.

"Oh? It's already over, it just ended. I thought you went to participate, but when I came in I found you were sleeping in bed the whole time. It seems you missed it," Qin said.

it's over! ?

Bread Man...

I was wondering what a coincidence it was that I ran into Exia.

This dream really is...

"If you get hungry, just go downstairs and buy some bread. It's leftover bread from the big eater event that's being sold at a low price," Qin said.

"Isn't it free?" Elena asked, puzzled.

"Hehe, is there such a thing as a free lunch? Free participation doesn't mean free food. You have to pay for every meal," Qin said. "It's just that the price is a little cheaper, you didn't know that, did you?"

Irene lowered her head in shame.

Haha, I don't know.

Oh well—it's true what they say, being greedy for small gains is the worst thing you can do. Thank goodness it was just a dream.