Part 1

Hmmm… Squid’s a no-go, octopus is no good either…

Maybe I should use meat after all…?

My little brother, are you hungry?

Woah!? Yukikaze!

If you’re looking for meat, there should be some pork belly. I can make a quick pork bowl for you if you’d like.

Oh, no! I’m not looking for something to eat. It’s for Shumai…!

Shumai?

I wanted to make some kinda yummy treat for him. Y’know how he was the hero at the event with the HAMA Police Station the other day?

I don’t usually cook… But I wanted to give Shumai a reward I made myself.

I see. So that’s why you were having a staring contest with the refrigerator.

…Oh! Now that I think about it, you’ve known Shumai for a long time, right?

Do ya know what his favorite food is? I want something with a special feel to it, like a cake…!

That’s it.

Huh?

That’s exactly it, a cake. A cake for dogs to be exact.

Shumai likes cake?!

I made one for his birthday once. He was so excited at the time he performed a quadruple axel¹ on the spot.

He liked it that much…!?

Okay, the treat is definitely gonna be a dog cake! Thanks, Yukikaze.

Oh, but… I wonder if I can actually make one…

We’ll have to look up the recipe, but…it shouldn’t be that difficult to make. The ingredients seemed surprisingly simple.

Let’s see, for example… How about a cake like this?