For the past three months after the festival, Yoona had devoted herself to her training, she made sure that all her teacher's lessons didn't go to waste .
You can say she explicitly followed her teachings like Buddha's teachings.
She has been able to master the art of cookery. She even learnt and cooked all the local delicacies with the addition of intercontinental dishes.
The first day she presented her first food she did as an examination, Teacher Lee beamed with tears of joy and happiness.
At first, she thought that the girl was intelligent but after tasting her food she crowned her with the title of genius.
'She will surpass me very soon' she smiled at her thought.
Yoona ,On the other hand was very happy to have completed her lessons. She had been lonely this past few months that she prayed it would come and go.
Teacher Lee sent Seohwa back the day after the festival with the excuse that she needs all the concentration she can muster.
Already getting used to having Seohwa around, she almost broke down with her absence but slowly and steadily she got used to her absence.
Bustling with activity, she got ready to finally leave the place that has been a home to her for 4 months now, feeling a little bit of attachment to the place, she was reluctant to leave immediately.
Teacher Lee called her to her room and gave her a gift ,a special gift for a special student. She was given an emblem and royal seal of the nation's best cook that was bestowed on her by the previous emperor.
Feeling that it's time to give her own personal gifts, she brought the girl to her bosom for a hug.
"Yoona, you are my best student and I'm very proud of you" she said amidst tears.
Yoona not used to seeing this emotional part of her teacher teared up and held her tighter in her embrace.
"My dear teacher, you will remain my best teacher in this lifetime"
Done with embracing each other, they parted ways and Teacher Lee presented her with the gift, a gift so precious that it will save her life later on in the future if she survives what was coming speedily to her.
Fully packed with everything she needs to go home with, she dragged her luggage outside the gate after waving a goodbye to her teacher and her assistant and met lots of people waiting for her.
"Mother, older brother!" she shouted.
Yes , mother Kim personally came to take her child home and her eldest son tagged along in order to see this sister he hasn't seen for so long.
"Hey! Mother... I can't see my sister, where is she ?... where is she?"
Jae-hyuk placed his hands on his forehead in a semicircle form pretending not to see his sister and feigning that he was looking around for her.
"Yah! Jae-hyuk don't tease your little sister"
Mother Kim sounded stern but doting.
Her son was known for his playfulness all round so nobody gets surprised whenever he acts this way and especially with his younger sister whom he loves so much.
Yoona stood deeply rooted to the ground overwhelmed with the entourage waiting for her ,especially her older brother whom she hasn't seen for the past 4 months.
"Older brother, I've missed you so much"
Yoona ran into the outstretched hands of his waiting brother , but he continued teasing
"Oh Yoona, is that you in my arms? This brother of yours has been looking for you for the past 4 months"
Brimming with tears, she used her elbow to lightly tap on his belly to shut her garrulous brother up.
" Stop teasing me stupid" she whined.
Mother Kim watched her beautiful babies filled with joy on seeing each other and nodded with satisfaction.
"Time to go "she reminded them.
Each of them climbed into their palanquins while jae-hyuk rode the horse home and her luggage was strapped to another horse for easy movement. Obviously,few guards that came also rode their horses.
On getting home, Yoona met a welcome party her father threw for her .
Happy that his daughter was home safe and sound, stood up from his seat and strode towards her to lift her up into his arms.
"Ah! what have you been eating little girl"
A father teasing his daughter brought a smile on the faces of those present.
Remembering that the party was for her, he told her to go inside and refresh before coming out to join the party.
Seohwa patiently waiting for her miss to be free from all the people waiting to greet her miss, jumped on her the moment they were alone .
The party ended real quick to allow the girl rest up because of the long journey.
In 3 days time, there would be another party to celebrate her twelfth birthday, if they had known what would ensue just one day after her birthday they would have prayed that the birthday never came .
Three days flew like a bird and arrived. The Kim's compound was bustling with activities in preparation for the birthday, Yoona offered to prepare the whole dishes for her birthday but her mother wouldn't hear of it .
After a heated argument, they settled that she was only allowed to prepare the side dishes while the servants will prepare the rest as that day was her day.
"I know you are very eager to show off your culinary skills, even l am eager to taste your dishes but not today , we have so many long days for you to show off."
If she had known what would take place the next day, she would have allowed her to cook to her heart's content.
Every preparation done, from decorations to food and then to drinks, the only thing remaining is for the chief celebrant to show herself as majority of guests had arrived.
Still in her room , the chief celebrant was busy but happy that the day she would see the young master again had almost arrived, she has been counting the weeks till it boiled down to days, now she's counting in hours .
Reacting to the question Seohwa asked about the colour of ornaments to adorn her with, she came back to earth and smiled at her own absent-mindedness on her own birthday.
"Any colour you put is fine with me but reserve pink colour for my outing tomorrow"
Seohwa was a little bit confused about this outing but soon remembered the young master her miss likes very much.
They went out to greet the guests after her personal preparations was done.
The party kicked off without much ado .The refreshments were served and the guest enjoyed to the fullest while complimenting the side dishes and asking to meet the chef that prepared it.
Hearing that Yoona was that chef, mothers started meeting with her mother to link her up with their sons while those that have no sons wished to link her up with either their nephews or cousins or any male in their household.
Laughing happily, she told them to check back in the next three years and she might consider their offer.
Once everyone had left, the family members retired to their respective rooms for some sleep as that day was a very long day.
Mother Kim and her husband retired together to one room where she laid her head on his chest and relaxed.
"Do you think my dream might be averted since our child is safe and sound in the house?"
"Whatever that is bound to happen will happen but I sincerely hope it will be averted for the sake of us all"
Trying to distract his wife from having bad thought in his bedroom, he kissed her on the forehead and she froze.
Getting the signal she pushed him away playfully and blushed.
"Dear husband, I'm very tired tonight, can we..."
The rest of her sentence was muffled with the kiss planted on her lips by her husband.
"You pervert! stay away from me"
"Hmm... Mrs Kim , did you just call me a pervert? wait... I will show you what perverts does to their wives that plays hard to get"
Mrs Kim regretted calling her husband a pervert but it was too late as she paid the price of the mistake with the passionate play they did that night.