After drinking tea and eat some potato chips, my sister looks at me with a serious stare on her eyes.
"Henry, you're not come here just to tell me about that pad, right? Come, speak to me about what you want to talk to me"
"You right, sis. It's related to welcoming party for Earl Stamfort arrival. Frankly speaking, I already have some ideas about the reception over their arrival, but since this is our first time have an important person come to visit, I don't have confidence or certainty about the success of this event"
My sister only stares at me and then her smile start blooming on her face
"Sis? Is there anything funny in my words? Why you smile like that?"
From smiling now my sister starts to giggle which make me confuse even more. I just wait until she satisfied with her laugh and explain to me the reason
"Tee hee~ sorry Henry, I can't hold my laugh. I thought my little brother already change into an omnipotent man who can do everything easily, but now there's still something you can't do well too"
"Please don't mock me, sis. This is my first experience dealing with this kind of business. I don't know whether it will succeed or not"
"Mmm…tell me what you already planned Henry, maybe I can give one or two suggestions"
I start telling my sister about my plan from the welcome ceremony in the front yard and the details about what I want to do during the welcoming ceremony. Then send the guest to their respective rooms to rest and refresh their selves after a long journey, the lunch and the banquet in the evening. My sister listening to my story without interrupting, she didn't voice any questions during my explanation.
"What makes me anxious is what we should present during the banquet, sis, I already arrange Clara, Claire, and Carina to do some performing during the banquet and still…I think what I already prepared somehow still lacking"
After hearing what make me worries, my sister didn't immediately answer. She takes time to think for a while before speaking her mind.
"Henry…I think what you've prepared for the welcoming ceremony is already good. As the host, of course, father will make the welcoming speech and also other castle residents should welcome them too. That flower petals shower somehow feel too flashy, but the flower bucket is good. Let our youngest sister be the one who handed the flower bucket to our guest. How do you plan to give that flower bucket?"
"To Earl Stamfort and my fiancée"
"Give the flower to man seem inappropriate, just give it to your fiancé only"
"Oh okay, what else you can suggest me, sis?"
"Time when the banquet is held, you plan it to hold in the evening after their arrival, right? How about making it the day after the arrival? And the banquet will hold at noon, not at night. There're some reasons why the banquet better held at noon than at night. First, other invited guest can return to their own places after the banquet over. They don't have to stay the night in here because I'm not sure if we have room and sufficient inn's room at the town. Second, it's about lighting. If we held the banquet at night, we need to light many candles and oil lamp for lighting, if we held at noon, we don't have to do that right? Third, it's easier to watch people coming at noon than at night. Security will be easier to spot if there's an intruder in the banquet at noon than at night. Four, we can give time for Earl Stamfort party to rest after the long journey and make them familiar with castle people and maybe we can cooperate with the guards that Earl Stamfort brings for security measures"
I look at my sister with an astonished gaze. I know she is smart but I never thought she can think of something like this
"Sis! That's amazing…I never thought about that before. Yes, your suggestion makes sense and give me more time to prepare the menu for the banquet. If you have other advice, just spill it, sis, I'm listening"
My sister's face blushing for my praise and she makes a sweet smile for that. After thinking for a while, she comes up with another suggestion.
"Henry…the menu for the banquet….are they something you will create recently?"
"Yes, why you asking sis?"
"People maybe don't know about those dishes because they will eat them for the first time. We should mention about the name, maybe the ingredients or its good effect for the body too. You want to make those dishes famous as the specialty from our territory, right? That's a good chance for promoting those dishes to our guest. Maybe they will visit again just to eat those foods again and if you open a restaurant, I think that will bring fortune for you"
I can't hold my mouth to make praise for her advice. Yes, in my previous life I have a dream to open my own restaurant after graduated from school and get some experiences by working on some restaurant first. With the position that Henry's father had, it would be easy for me to make a restaurant in town. Maybe after Earl Stamfort return, I can take a tour in town, looking for a strategic place to open the restaurant and start a business there.
"Sis, that's another brilliant idea. Open a restaurant…but will father let me do that?"
"Why not? Maybe he even lends some castle cooks and maids to help you in the restaurant. As long as you can give him some profit, I think he would not mind to let you open a restaurant in town"
"I'll talk with father about this later"
"I'll be your first customer if you really open a restaurant, Henry"
"Hahaha..sure sis, but you will pay after eat, wouldn't you?"
"You must give me discount Henry…this idea comes from me after all"
We laugh for the possibilities and what will happen if I really open a restaurant in town. Watching her laugh happily make my heart feel heavy if I must tell her the news about her fiancée incoming.
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