Bonus Short Story
In the Kitchen of the Silver Star
“Unbelievable! I am deeply, deeply disappointed in that Asuta man!” Shilly Rou groused after returning from the noblewomen’s tea party.
She was currently in the kitchen of The Silver Star, a restaurant in the castle town. One of her fellow apprentices, Tatumai, was out purchasing ingredients, leaving just Bozl and her master Varkas there to listen.
“Hmm, so he made a shoddy sweet, huh?” Bozl questioned.
“Was it ever!” Shilly Rou loudly replied. “I’ve never had such a miserable sweet before in my life! I’d expect even a little child to be able to make something better, no matter how young they are!”
“Sir Asuta truly prepared something that unsatisfactory?” Varkas questioned rather emotionlessly, but then gave a sad sigh. “It’s a terrible shame that I was unable to taste what sort of sweet it was personally.”
“Why would you say that?! There’s no point in eating something like that!”
“Regardless of how it turned out, it would serve to help me better understand Sir Asuta. He is most mysterious, and I wish to know more about him.”
Shilly Rou’s shoulders were trembling. Bozl gave Varkas a strained smile while also watching her out of the corner of his eye.
“Sir Varkas, you’ve been rather fixated on Sir Asuta lately. I think I can understand how that might make Shilly Rou feel somewhat out of sorts.”
“Is that so? Shilly Rou, I suspect that you have a very promising future ahead of you as a chef. As such, I can see no reason for you to feel that way.” Varkas’s words caused Shilly Rou to break out in a smile that positively glowed, but the master chef paid that no heed and continued on. “However, Sir Asuta is someone incredibly special to me. When I think of him, my heart starts pounding like a love-struck maiden.”
And just like that, Shilly Rou was left stamping her feet and grumbling “Uggghhh!” to herself.
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