Life in Another World as a Maid Mage
17 Flowers of the Four Hearts (Baltic, Chef)
The Rovnell family hall, with its beautiful Beverstum-style spire arch, is now crowded with people crossing each table. The table, with its elegant curves and delicate workmanship, is lined up with cuisine prepared by Arold Kronhelm, a specialty chef of the Rovnelle family. The cuisine, which uses plenty of domestic seasonal vegetables such as livestock meat, hunting meat, and fresh river fish, is all just released today.
The invitees to this new culinary tasting were young and old, but what was common to all of them was not the dress, but the tailoring of the servants. They are servants of this castle. Some of them look like officials packed in our main office.
This tasting party also serves as a comfort party for servants. Alold's own cooking was not usually spoken of by his servants, who enjoyed the rare opportunity and the extravagant cuisine. The waiters attached to each table carefully cut the dishes and handed them to the "invitees". And every time they finish eating a plate, they write their thoughts on the food in the box behind the invitation.
"Don't be shy. Give me your opinion. Taste, tongue, scent... but if there's anything that bothers you, write it down honestly."
Arold spoke eagerly as he walked between the tables. Just a compliment doesn't mean a tasting party. It makes sense to improve the drawbacks. Especially this time, it incorporates the rare Oriental seasonings - miso and yuzu pepper - received from the Yangmei Chamber of Commerce. Although the associate chefs pushed the thrill of the dish, many people will not agree with the taste except for the seasoning that is strong in habit. Arold, who decided that more opinions were needed to attend a formal dinner party, consulted the main Annelier to that effect.
The result is "Then let everyone in the Mansion eat it. People vary in age, sex, fertility, and taste. I don't think it would be a good idea to gather opinions."
Some people seem to write their thoughts as to whether they are reluctant or not, such as those who are young and inexperienced, but many understand the purpose of this association and write honest opinions. Some of them stopped Alold and expressed their views directly.
(That's Wine Butler. It seems annoying to the taste)
Looking seriously at the two of them, Balt smiled and gazed at the end of the conversation and approached Alold.
You're sperming, uncle.
After dropping off the wine butler, he looked back and acknowledged Balt standing in one hand on a small plate and waved his hand.
"Baltic boy. I don't even have to ask if you're eating properly."
Cheesecake - a miso dish used for hidden flavors - is on the small platter you get. The fact that it has reached dessert means that it has been eaten all the way.
"They were all very delicious. I thought I'd take another look around."
"... you're so..."
Basically, it is a baltic with the special skill of eating any dish deliciously. There is no way to complain about the dishes of the head chef, a specialty of the Rovnell family. In 26 years of my life, the only dish I thought I couldn't cook was the mysterious stewed dish of my aunt, Dennis's mother.
As I remembered unexpectedly, Balt immediately threw out some eyeballs staring at me with resentment from the suspicious green and blue liquid, and roared after eating a bite of the cheesecake.
"If only the cheesecake had been a little saltier. I thought it seemed good for drinking. Wouldn't it suit the wine?
"I was told the same thing earlier. There are other similar opinions. So next time I try it again, I wonder why I should try to miso the sweet honey goat cheese or powdered snow cheese."
Miso pickled cheese included in the recipe that Dennis taught Ciori. It is said to have a rich and deep flavor. When you put it on crackers and hard bread, it was exquisite, and Alold smiled that he was about to take out his secret liquor in the kitchen.
"If you make a prototype, please let me keep it with your partner. Please don't sneak up on me in the kitchen."
"Well...."
Apparently, the meeting has already been held (...), as Alold and I awkwardly bitterly smiled. Scratching his head to deceive him, he nevertheless changed the subject.
"... who the hell is this little girl? You can cook food from all over the world. I got a copy of the recipe, but I'm not the only one who can suggest cooking just for you in a short time."
"It's rude of you to say that, miss. It didn't look that different from us, but it wasn't strange to have an adult child. But there seems to be a reason, and I don't know anything about it other than that I'm from a country called Nihon."
Balt thinks of that new friend with black hair.
She was a calm and quiet woman who always stood behind her friends. But its presence and amount of knowledge are considerable. A woman with excellent creativity and reflection and no answers.
Annelier and Dennis, during their recent visit to Tris, seem to have deepened the belief that she is not just an immigrant.
Being generously sheltered by the famous S-class adventurer Zach Siel - probably from the aristocratic class - who appeared to know Ciori from the dining trisval border. The Archbishop Oskar Lundgren also replied that he had seen the rough portrait of the altar painting that he had sent ahead of the next meeting - a portrait of the Virgin using Theoli as a model.
No matter how capable they may be, Gentiles less than five years after they were established in the Kingdom have a somewhat too many connections.
In addition, Yae of the Yang Mei Chamber of Commerce was in agony at the meeting in Tris, but Siori herself and her lover Alec were not alone, and even Zach wanted to hide her origin.
Judging from those matters, Annelier said that Theori Izumi was a noble person who had to hide her identity.
In fact, as a result of my covert examination of Ciori, I have found evidence to support my inference.
The fact that the Knights have only briefly investigated the unusual defeat of Orientals. Within a short period of time after the suspect in the serious incident to which she was a victim became unsubstantiated and unprosecuted, the principal character underwent a mysterious disappearance (...) and most of the accomplices were treated as dead. In addition, at the Virgin Mary's Birthday, the lower realm of the landscape coming from the "Throne of God" was displayed, and the rumor that the Phantom Man (God's Messenger) who reflected this landscape appeared to be a black-haired immigrant woman became a topic for a while, but it disappeared in a very short time.
At the time of the investigation, there were a number of minor obstructions. This is not normal to think of. Someone is trying to protect her in secret and hide her specificity. There is only one person in that city who can intervene in the Knights and do so much work.
(An immigrant woman under the protection of Uncle Trisval...? This guy may have gotten to know a really big guy.)
I don't know if my relationship with her will be good or bad. But Balt was telling me what he thought.
― ― The encounter with her was a good sign.
By meeting Theoli, Dennis's recalcitrant relationship was resolved, and Annelier's one-way love was fulfilled. There was also a fat connection to Tris Cathedral. In addition, we were able to get along with the big business association that argued one or two times in the east. The edge is about to give birth to a new specialty dish in Robnell's land.
I don't know if it was coincidental or inevitable, but I am certain that my encounter with her has improved the luck of the Rovnells.
"... I wonder if something good will happen to me."
"Oh, what?
The cheesecake left over from the small plate while appropriately deceiving Arold who asked in suspicion. Slowly crush the moist and smooth fabric with your tongue and teeth. With the aroma of cheese, gentle sweetness and subtle saltiness spread into the mouth. I felt like I had a slight exotic scent in the flavor I was used to eating.
"Oriental, huh... The confectionery was delicious."
Balt thought that the beautiful raw confectionery, which resembled the seasonal flowers that the confectionery craftsmen of the Chamber of Commerce had made, was mild, elegant, and like some mysterious Oriental woman.
Shiori. And Yae.
Soft as a tree, but with a flower that blooms.
Two women with glossy black hair that resembled sweet confectionery and beautiful flowers appeared on their heads.
----At this time, Balt had no reason to know that one of them was a flower he would later have, a woman whose name represented the overlapping of petals.