I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace

The cycle of watching the hidden talent show, judging it, and receiving a gift by lottery continued, and now, the hidden talent show has reached its final group.

“Well then, we’ve reached the final entry in the hidden talent show! Closing out the event is…… none other than the Underworld King herself, Kuro-san!”

“Eh? Kurorin? Isn’t this event unfavorable for Kurorin? I mean, nothing would be surprising coming from her…… Wait, isn’t she supposed to be a judge?”

“Indeed. So for the final act, I’ll be taking Kuro-san’s place as a judge.”

To everyone’s surprise, the final performer was Kuro-san. And just as Fate-san said, she was in quite the disadvantage. After all, no matter how impressive the act was, at Kuro’s level people would just assume it’s something she could naturally do. With surprise being the key scoring criterion, this puts her at a clear disadvantage.

“And so, the final performer is me. Just like Fate-chan and Shalltear said, I know I’m at a disadvantage when it comes to the surprise factor…… but since we’re here, I thought I’d show you a hidden talent I’ve never revealed to anyone before.”

“So, what are you going to do, Kuro-san?”

“I’m going to bake a regular castella in 5 minutes! Actually, I’m really good at it~~”

“Whoa! And here we have Kaito-san preemptively throwing down a 5-point card!”

The Baby Castella Demon just said she was going to bake normal castella instead. That alone is already abnormal, so I threw down the 5-point card early.

[Well, that just sounded like something you’d say when there might be something wrong with your health or something……]

“That bad!? Just saying I’m going to make a regular castella is enough to make people worry about my health!?”

Choosing to make a normal castella instead of her usual baby castella, an area she treats with obsessive madness, is already an abnormal situation. And to make it worse, she seems confident in baking normal castella. That’s abnormal situation number two.

“Well, I understand how Kaito-san feels. Even I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen Kuro-san eat regular castella……”

“There’s a sad story behind that, you know. It all began when I discovered the true potential of baby castellas……”

“Okay, we’re starting. Time limit: 5 minutes.”

“Wait, what!?”

As Kuro-san started going into what would definitely be a long tangent about the potential of baby castellas, Alice made a perfect play by cutting her off and starting the timer. Kuro-san looked a bit dissatisfied but began making her castella.

To get it done in 5 minutes, she appeared to be accelerating time at key steps, so there were parts I couldn’t follow with my eyes…… but her technique looked very polished.

Before long, the castella was finished. Kuro sliced it up and placed portions in front of the judges, including me. Since she clearly wanted us to eat it, I took a bite…… and wow. This castella is insanely good. Honestly, I’d believe it if someone told me Ein-san made it.

Alice, who was serving as the Demon Realm’s representative judge in place of Kuro-san, also took a bite. After nodding once, she spoke.

“……This tastes like something I or Ein-san would make when we’re going all-out…… It’s definitely better than your usual baby castella.”

“That’s exactly why I don’t want to do this regularly!”

Ah, I see now…… Kuro really is obsessed with baby castellas to an extreme degree. She’s chasing its infinite potential on a whole other level, but for some reason, when it comes to making it herself, she ends up being better at making regular castellas than baby castellas.

That’s probably why Kuro didn’t want to show it off too much and had been keeping it a secret until now.

“Alright, now for the scoring. Kaito-san gives 5 points…… oh, Canalis-san, Lilia-san, and Chronois-san give 4 points…… I and Kaito-san both gave 5…… okay, I’ll give the first comment…… How about you just make castellas from now on instead of those dark matters of yours?”

“Well, castellas at this level is rare, sure, but you see, baby castellas have infinite potential……”

“Alright, now from the 4-point group…… Canalis-san, your comments, please.”

“Let’s see…… According to the reading from my God-Eye, I believe Kuromeina-san may be subconsciously holding herself back when it comes to baby castellas, out of fear that she’s chasing its potential too obsessively. I think if that mental block weren’t there, she could probably make baby castellas just as well. Tahaa~~ but man, pursuing infinite potential really is an endless theme huh? Honestly, even from what I know, there are countless seasonings and ingredients that don’t exist in this world yet would probably go great with baby castellas……”

“Tell me more about that!”

“Ah, yes yes, it’ll take a while, so let’s save it for later, when you’re talking about that privately. Okay then, let’s all give a round of applause for Kuro-san~~”

Kuro immediately latched onto Canalis-san’s words with great intensity, but Alice cut off the discussion before it could get out of hand.

There are already strange finger foods out there, and if she starts incorporating ingredients from other worlds…… well, the future’s looking kinda terrifying……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [Well, I mean, just bringing some financiers was enough to make Kaito worry about her health, that’s how much of a baby castella maniac she is……]

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!