I Reincarnated as a Baker with a Dragon Familiar, and Now Every Recipe Gives a Buff

Karl Schneider has a bakery. Now he has to survive its success. Three months after restoring The Dragon & Crumb, Karl's quiet second life has become considerably less quiet. Adventurers line up before dawn. The guild wants provisions. His magical bread is developing a reputation far beyond River Market Lane. And Karl has found his next challenge. Croissants. With an ancient Imperial Crescent Laminator, cultured mountain butter, a Dragonfire Oven, and more than a lifetime of professional baking experience, Karl intends to recreate one of the most unforgiving pastries from Earth. Unfortunately, butter infused with mana does not obey the same laws of pastry science. His first batch is a greasy catastrophe. His second could save lives. When a reckless adventuring party enters a deadly volcanic cavern believing magical bread will make them invincible, Karl must transform an unfinished recipe into something no adventurer has ever carried into a dungeon before: a lightweight, instantly digestible pastry capable of granting enhanced agility and protection against toxic air. Suddenly, croissants aren't just breakfast. They're adventuring equipment. And as word of Karl's magical pastries spreads, The Dragon & Crumb faces a new kind of problem: success. More customers. More guild contracts. More recipes. More responsibility. Karl can no longer run everything himself. Lysa begins her journey from counter clerk to true artisan. A sharp-eyed halfling named Nessa joins the growing bakery family. Ember continues his sacred draconic duties of controlling the oven, inspecting butter, and stealing anything left unattended for more than six seconds. Meanwhile, Karl discovers that magical food comes with dangers of its own. Buffs can conflict. Adventurers can eat too much. Guild bureaucrats want control over valuable provisions. And every breakthrough pushes Karl, Ember, and the bakery toward another level of progression. Karl still has no interest in becoming a legendary hero. He'd rather feed them. Volume 2: Croissants for Adventurers is a warm, food-filled cozy LitRPG progression fantasy featuring magical cooking, detailed crafting, bakery and business progression, found family, an experienced adult protagonist, practical problem-solving, adventurers with terrible nutritional judgment, and one very spoiled dragon familiar.