"It's time to make something new!" I said excitedly. I was currently in the living room. We may go to take care of that war situation and fix our relationship with the Stein kingdom but that doesn't matter now. I trained for 3 long years and only ate rice and curry and some simple bread while training.
"Yeah!" Alice also cheered with me. Although Mine and Alice's minds have very little in common, We have the same respect towards good food. So you could say, it's one of the traits that really charmed me.
Everyone in the mansion already knew, when I got this excited, it could only be some new food, but I really just copied my earth culture…. Well I should stop feeling guilty since it's more about spreading happiness…
"Master, everything you wanted has been Prepared." Mai said from beside me.
"Yeah let's go then! I swear today's dessert would rock your mind!" It was still after lunch and since making this dessert wasn't too time consuming, I could say this could serve as our snacks.
"I wanna see too!" Alice waved her hands with excitement.
"Yeah that's the spirit! Let's go!" To live is to eat! And since I like to live my life to the fullest, there was nothing more exciting than cooking and finding new flavours to expand your palate. As I ushered in everyone to come and find the wonders of the culinary world, we proceeded to a day of blissful tastes and savouring desserts that never had been tasted before.
That's how following Alice nearly all the girls in the mansion came to the kitchen. I kinda felt like I was doing a circus…. But when I saw the serious look on everyone's face, as if it was going to be a big discovery, I made a wry smile while taking in all the ingredients.
The one thing… The one thing that was lacking in this world, the flavours were missing, there were so many different flavours yet to be discovered, I who had recreated such flavours that never existed here yet was someone godly to the girls. And as the legend said… if you can catch a man with delicious cooking then you can certainly capture a girl with just as many sweets.
"Alright, Cream?"
"Check!"
"Sugar!"
"Check!"
"Eggs!"
"Check"
I was calling out the name of ingredients and Ayna, our resident chef, was confirming the ingredients…. it was cute how she ticked off each ingredient in her note pad as she said check. she was nervous with soo many onlookers, so I was trying to get as much spot light as I can, that way, Ayna can keep herself more in the dark.
In Front of me is a big pot of cream… and I really do mean big! It was practically for 100 people!
And The same quantity of eggs could be seen….. And the other ingredients were also placed the same way….
Leaving those thoughts behind, I started cooking. First we will have to heat the cream with some vanilla beans and its pulp…
As I worked in the kitchen which was made like a modern kitchen, the people who were seeing me cook looked like they were watching someone cook for the first time in their life.
I was wearing a white apron and chef hat which also garnered some rather predatory gazes from the maids… Well I kinda feel like I understand those handsome guys' pain too.. Somewhat at least. Being ogled at isn't always what you would want is it? Nevertheless, I have really gotten used to this feeling.
Today I was making a French dessert called Crème brûlée. It was a light dessert. France was one of the leading culinary countries on earth. I was always fascinated by their dishes. It had so much variety and beauty in it, not to mention the exquisite flavours were out of this world…
As I brought out the cream from over the stove, I let it cool down. The maids were in charge of those works. So the wind mages with their wind magic started to cool down the cream. On the other hand I started to prepare the egg batter which would mix with the cream after it cooled down a bit.
In these types of situations magic is like a cheat for cooking fast and without any wait.
I was doing some swift work since I was easily breaking 100 or so eggs. I was using Miasma lashes to break the eggs and drop them in the big mixing pot and throw out the shells.
[just kill me now, my great miasma is nothing but a egg destroyer....] Amanori's depression increased as more eggs faced their doom.
coming back to reality, This was all about control, I can now use Miasma whips like my own hands after all, everything that you can do in a fight can enhance your everyday life's experiences too. These are the life hacks one needs the most.
Whoaaa!!
Yeah it looked like I was doing a live kitchen show. After breaking all the eggs, I started to mix the egg yolks with sugar. I was doing it with a big mixing spoon by hand. And I had to say this, the batter was turning pretty big!
If I could post a video of me cooking like this on social media back on earth, I would probably get millions of views...
"My, it certainly looks like hard work." Leila said while chuckling… all the girls were here too. They were watching with great curiosity. Lana looked extra excited looking at me cooking. I guess she really likes cooking and making new dishes.
"Originally this dish only needed 15 minutes of working but since I am making a huge batch, I guess it can't be helped." As I said so, the maids went red out of embarrassment.
When the first time I cooked in this house, they were extra worried since I was still small and rather it was their work, still, when I said that whenever I would cook we would enjoy it together while also making it together, they agreed seeing my assertiveness.
Well back then I just showed them some cute young boy eyes and they would do a complete 180 and listen to me. I was a devil in disguise!
Anyway, since I liked cooking, seeing that I had so many customers really felt good. Still, it's not like all the maids are just sitting and watching, everyone here has a job to do, some help me while I am cooking, some help serve the dishes and some even help with washing the dishes and getting everything neat and clean after the work is done.
As the batter looked ready, I mixed in the cream which had been cooled down to normal temperature. After stirring the whole dough into a fine mixture, I started to pour it in small cups…
It was a long work pouring in 100 cups of dough and then getting them in the oven to bake, everything went smoothly because of all the help I had, and As talented as Ayna was, she easily understood the way I wanted the cooking to happen.
After the baking was done, the cups were brought out of the oven and left in the freezer. It was a big box enchanted with ice magic. The cups filled the freezer in no time at all.
All was done and now it was time to tidy up the place and wait until the Crème brûlée cools down.
I wanted to help with the cleaning too but the maids said.
"We have to do this on our Own master! You have already done too much!" As they said this, I was removed from the kitchen to the 2nd floor balcony where Alice, Leila, Systy, Ridge, Rose, Lana, my grandparents, Lilith and of course the king of Stein were also here. Everyone was here when they heard I was cooking something new. All the members had gathered for the new dish.
One could say. It wasn't an exaggeration that my foods could stop a war. In the future I should look over this new found dominance. As I noted it down, I listened to King Claude.
"At this point, I don't really think there's any more surprises you can give me Rekka!" The king of Stein said with a smile. He had become pretty easy going just like Lilith was… I guess the rulers of these kingdoms were similar in this way..
"What can I say? My grandson is certainly the most talented in the world!" Granny was puffing her chest feeling proud of me.
"Say Granny, you and King Stein look like you know each other." I said since they looked quite familiar.
"OOH! I didn't tell you? You see he is something like my little brother actually. Back when I was living in Stein, you could say he was someone very close to me, like a younger brother." Granny said such news as if they already had this type of connection. I wonder why they were so worried in the first place.
"Come on elder sister, I can't believe you say that after you vanished and didn't even say goodbye?" ooh it looked like the king was sulking. He really was like a younger brother!
After the party, I had gotten to know the reason for this long dispute. These two countries were one at some point in history but because of different ideals sprouting, the kingdom of Stein got broken in 2 parts, thus Treastein was born. The 2 countries had waged a long war until my gramps and granny put a stalemate to it. and the war finally came to a stop when my granny and grandpa finally got married.
It had been more than 40 years since then. The whole war had ended on a high note. Since then, the Stein kingdom started to think of Treastein as a traitor to their country.
Eventually after years passed, Treastein forgot about their grudge and started to think about ways to get stronger as a country. Whereas, the Stein kingdom was not able to do that. There was a lot more to the story like how Stein's nobles became more and more barbaric but for now, I was not told of anything else. As boring as the subject sounded, I thanked god that I didn't have to learn more about history.
The nobles who were getting more and more unruly by the day, The Royal family first also had the same rage as the nobles towards our country but since the Royals were educated and were always given proper sense of right and wrong, in time, their broadened mind changed into the current state where the Royal family and nobles were as good as arch enemies. of course there was more to the story, but I hardly wanted to know more. it was better to watch maids with Mai.
"Hey then does that make Lana my aunt?" As I made such a question to joke around Lana who was also near granny, she became stiff… Since she was cute granny was doting on her for quite a while now. She really liked little girls didn't she?
Since I grew up, Granny did stop pestering me with hugs and kisses, although she never stopped wanting to have a bath with me… I know what she wanted, she really wanted to see me in my naked glory… aah…. What a troublesome individual she was...
"Hmm…. seeing that's the case, guess you are right?" the king said while nodding which made clear sweat run down Lana's face…. I was looking at all the different expressions she was making… Even though Lana might really like me romantically had crossed my mind, I dunked the idea since she was a sheltered girl. It was actually notable that she could just be grateful to me for saving her life…
"Ha ha ha…. Rekka I don't know how you really made Alice cook clean and do the dishes while you guys were training!" Lilith was talking about the things I had made Alice do as part of her chores.
"Mom! It was also a part of training I had to do!" Alice was trying to stop her mom from saying these things since it would practically ruin her Haughty image. with her face contorting in pain just from her history being put in front of everyone, I felt the sense that Alice really did come a long way, had it been the past her, she would have destroyed this place with a straight up explosion.
"Yeah… I can't believe Alice… you really hung in there. I never thought you would do the things I told you but I have to say you surprised me too. I am really proud of you.." I said as I patted her head.. As unruly as she was, she had done everyone of her chores to the last day.
As if getting embarrassed but liking the head patting, she got silent and went to a chair and took a seat looking to not care about things anymore.
"Wow! I have to say whatever you did! Makes me feel proud that as a mother I really selected the right husband for my daughters!" Lilith seeing her unruly daughter act in a ladylike manner was practically crying blissful tears as she patted my back for a job well done…
Well Alice was the one who changed so in this case, I have to say she grew up into a girl like this. Alice really did charm my heart. Also as a mother she really should have made Alice learn all these. I wonder how Lilith could be so haughty at this point.
As we chatted and found out about each other and spent a nice afternoon before sundown,
The Crème brûlée was done, I had used a flame spell called kindle to caramelize the sugar. Of Course since I can't use fire spells, the maids did it but they did a fine job. The caramel was perfect and it looked like melted gold on the Crème brûlée.
At last the dish that came out looked appetizing and it was delicious!
"Oh my god! What is this?" I have to say for a dish which was fairly simple to make and needed not much preparation, it was Delicious. The cold custard felt great in this semi hot weather. As everyone took a spoon full of the desserts, sounds of fascination and delight filled the area.
It was great to see everyone enjoying my cooking.
"Where do you get these unusual ideas?" the king asked. Milk and eggs are quite normal ingredients but they really were ingredients that could change how you cook as if it was night and day. I can't think just how many deserts I could make with just these two. I haven't even touched on cake, and breads.
So if only this much makes him ask how I could think up these unusual ideas… yeah… I think my food industry project is going to skyrocket in this world… although… I got all the money I could need…. Well lets just shelf it for now.
[With foods like these, I wonder how many would want to sell their souls for it.]
Sheesh… someone got high regard for the food...
"how I come up with these idea? That's a secret!" I replied to King Cloud as I winked at Lana. in all this she was observing me the most. From the time I said I would be cooking, to everyone eating the dish. We even talked about cooking and I can't believe she is a food enthusiast too. She did say that she was not allowed to cook.
"That's nonsense Lana, cooking is not a battle you know! Don't worry, I'll give the staff some good talking to and let them get you into the kitchen! One should do what they want to, as long as it does not cause trouble for the others, that's fine." As I said, it was as if a ray of hope became apparent on her face but a while later that face became sunken again as she said.
"But my cooking would trouble the others… because I am a princess…."
What kinda logic was that?
"Yeah that's right, why would a princess cook? That's a commoner's work!" Alice chimed in with a comment which made Lana even more shudder in defeat. She really was living the high horse, as soon as she got back from the training, she brought all her servants here. And I knew just how much she did all day….
Currently Alice only trained… apart from that, I guess she didn't take care of a single thing, all her cleaning and clothing was being done by her servants… and I have to say… those servants really liked doing that.
It was apparent that they worshiped this lady who didn't do a single thing but train.
"Alice, you know you are a princess aren't you but why do you fight?" As I asked her she looked at me as if I was a fool…
"You have to be strong and fight to be a noble of course!"
"Really? But aren't you a princess, you should use strong warriors to defeat the enemy, aren't you a noble? Since that is what nobles do. Your life could cause unrest if it were lost in battle. Your mother is the Overlord, as such I believe nobody would let her go and fight at the front line… if you think like that… you shouldn't do so too." As I cornered Alice with such comments, she became limp…
Alice was someone who never tried to depend on anyone since she was a princess, what about depending on the warriors or the guards that are supposed to protect her? For someone like her who loved fighting and hated hiding behind soldiers, it would be the worst nightmare!
But as I said, that's the thing that a noble or more to that, a princess does, she falls to her knees in defeat. In this world the princess and Prince are the most important members since they would normally be the successor, no wonder they tend to get sheltered like that.
"I get it. If there is something you love to do, it doesn't matter whether you're a noble or not…" Alice said, looking at Lana. She admitted that what she did was not what a princess should do.
"Good girl, look what nice advice you gave! I am so proud of you!" I said, patting Alice on the head.
"D-Don't treat me like a child!" As she said so, she removed my hand and looked at me blushingly.
"Ooh! You don't like patting? So what do you want?" thinking that she had grown up, so it was probably right to say I treated her like a kid... thus hearing me want to learn what her preferences were now, Alice got a bit red and meek but since she liked to demand, the thing she wanted would always make her really say what she wants.
"I-I….want a hug, I am a grown up now aren't I? you could kiss me too!!" as She said so, she tried to lounge out of the balcony…. Oh man I must have embarrassed her. My grandparents were here no wonder she got embarrassed.
But… Alice had grown up… I know I treated her like a kid until now… more to the point, she was oblivious about love and skin ship… but her current comments weren't half assed like before when she told me she'd give herself to me…
"Haaah…. Like me everyone's growing up too…" even though I accepted many girls… I can't fathom how I could get close to all of them at the same time… as such I heaved a sigh naturally.