The peaceful Desmond mansion, today as always.
-Caw!
-Caaaaaaw...
A beautiful day, with birds chirping brightly and the sumr breeze blowing gently, was dawning upon Desmond.
And.
"Shut up!!!!"
It was dawning upon Olivia as well.
"Hoooom..."
At the loud noise coming from the kitchen, Rosanna, who was about to go for a walk, poked her head out and looked at the kitchen. And her eyes began to tremble at the sight of the ssy kitchen.
"What in the world is going on...?"
Because the utensils in the kitchen were scattered all over the place.
"..."
The culprit who had made a ss of the kitchen looked at Rosanna, blinked her bright eyes, and tilted her head.
"...What are you doing?"
"Hm?"
Olivia, holding a plate in her hand, smiled brightly and replied to Rosanna. Saying that there was only one reason to be in the kitchen.
"I'm going to cook."
"...Cook?"
'Cook.'
Rosanna clutched her heart upon hearing the words that she thought would never co out of Olivia's mouth.
-Mom, I'm hungry.
-Where's Ricardo?
-He went to practice swordsmanship with my brother.
-It's mom, not 'mommy.' And I'm busy right now, so if you're hungry, go to the kitchen and grill so beef.
-Mhm.
-Can you do it?
-Mhm.
Because she rembered Olivia eating raw beef because she was too lazy to cook with her own hands.
Rosanna, who recalled Olivia's eccentric behavior in her childhood, looked at Olivia, who was holding a plate up to the sunlight, and said in a cautious voice.
"Olivia?"
"Hm?"
"Are you hungry?"
She had eaten lunch 30 minutes ago, but knowing that Olivia, who had a gluttonous appetite, would be hungry again soon, she had said this.
Because she herself used to get hungry again after eating when she was young.
The mont Rosanna, who had passed down her excellent genes, rolled up her sleeves to solve Olivia's hunger, Olivia shook her head and replied to Rosanna.
"I'm not hungry."
Rosanna, who heard her daughter's answer, floated a giant question mark above her head and looked at Olivia.
"Then why are you in the kitchen? If you're not hungry...."
"I said I was going to cook."
"So, why is our daughter cooking...."
Rosanna's eyes, who was continuing her words, slowly began to turn red. If she wasn't in the kitchen to eat a snack, there was only one other reason to be there.
"Are you making dinner for mom and dad?"
Olivia nodded her head and smiled.
"I'm making dinner for mommy and daddy."
"Our daughter... it's mom, not 'mommy'."
"Mhm."
"You've really... grown up."
"Mhm. I'm all grown up."
Olivia told Rosanna, who was tearing up, to leave quickly and pushed her back. Because she thought she wouldn't be able to concentrate on cooking if she was next to her.
"I'll make dinner, so wait for . Got it?"
"Should mom help?"
"No. I'll do it."
"Be careful with the fire."
"Mhm."
"Be careful with the knife."
"Okay."
"And... be careful not to break the plates when you get annoyed."
"Mhm."
Rosanna, who was wiping her tears, told Olivia the location of the utensils and ingredients and then left the kitchen with a worried look.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?"
"Mhm."
"If you think you can't do it alone, call mom...!"
"Mhm."
After Rosanna left.
Olivia, with a serious expression, sat on top of Gomtang and let out a long breath from her nose.
"What should I make...?"
Because she didn't know what to do from now on.
She had thought about what to make for Ricardo when he returned. In fact, it was a lie that she was making dinner for her mom and dad.
"Hiiiing..."
She had already said she would do it, so what could she do. Olivia had decided to make dinner for today as well while she was practicing cooking.
Anyway, Ricardo could co back tomorrow or in 10 days, but she wanted to practice cooking diligently until the day he returned and make it for him.
Not only had he disappeared after writing a strange letter, but he had also made her cry.
Olivia, who wanted to repay the foolish butler for the letter he had written, was in the kitchen for this reason.
'Remorse' was not sothing that should be done only with the heart.
For that, she had to cook. Olivia, who had decided to make a dish filled with sincerity rather than money, nodded her head and began to rummage through the cupboards. To cook, she first had to prepare the equipnt.
"Gom."
-Gom?
"Let's go over there."
-Gom.
Olivia, who had taken out a kitchen knife from the cupboard, began to raise her eyebrows as she blew on the blade to see if it was sharp.
"Hooooong..."
She also checked to see if it was well-honed by holding it up to the sunlight. She cut so of Gomtang's fur and nodded her head.
-Gom?
"It's very sharp."
-Goom?
The kitchen knife was ready, now for the pot.
"Go over there."
Olivia, who had taken out a pot from the right corner, clenched her fist and began to pound on it.
-Clang clang!
"Hk?!"
Olivia was smiling with satisfaction at the hard pot.
Olivia smiled with a pleased expression and pressed the pot on top of her head. Because it was a hassle to move, she thought it would be more efficient to wear it on her head.
"Hmph...!"
Olivia, who had finished her preparations, once again pounded the pot she had pressed on her head with her fist and rolled up her sleeves.
-Clang!! Clang!!
Gomtang, whose fur had been cut, let out a lazy yawn and moved as Olivia ordered.
"Eeeek...?"
Because he was curious about what kind of eccentric behavior the kind master who shared her beef jerky would show today.
With a pot on her head.
"Hoooom..."
Gomtang was amazed at the sight of his mistress, who was looking at a book with a more serious expression than ever before.
Olivia, who was holding a cookbook, pushed up the pot that was sliding down her eyes with the back of her hand and puffed out her cheeks.
She had finished her preparations, but she hadn't decided what dish to make.
"What should I make...?"
She was going to cook for Ricardo, but because her mother had found out, she had to cook enough for the family to eat.
So, a small amount of cooking like a cake was rejected.
She thought it would be good to make a at dish so that many people could eat it, but she thought she couldn't do it because she felt sorry for the at with her desperate cooking skills.
One of the things that people instinctively feel is their belief in their own abilities, but Olivia had given up on steak early on because she didn't believe in her cooking skills in the first place.
Besides, wasting at was sothing only bad people did, so Olivia, who had decided to be a good person, couldn't do sothing like wasting at.
[Steak with a good Maillard reaction]
"This is dangerous."
In the first place, she couldn't stay in front of the fire for a long ti, so Olivia decided to give up on at dishes. Because if she made it, it would definitely beco a steak from hell.
"Hoooom..."
There were many dishes in the book.
Western food.
[Orc at pasta.]
[Sli covered risotto]
[Lizard barbecue, good for stamina]
Eastern food.
[Snake wine, good for energy]
[Orc bone soup]
[Orc tartare]
And tasteless greens.
"This..."
Olivia folded the page with the dish she wanted to eat and smiled. She was thinking of nagging Ricardo to make it for her when he returned.
"Ugh...?"
Olivia, who had lost her mind and only looked for what she wanted to eat, barely ca to her senses and swallowed the saliva that had pooled in her mouth. She had been doing a foolish thing instead of studying as she should have.
"Hmph."
She had to think.
A dish that Ricardo liked and was easy to make.
Olivia pondered and thought about a dish that didn't require her to stand in front of the fire like a steak and would be delicious if she just threw all the ingredients into a pot.
-What do you like the most, Ricardo?
-I like you the most, my lady.
-I know.
-That's all that matters.
-I an... what do you want to eat? We eat what I want to eat every day.
-Hmm...
Ricardo had definitely said sothing.
"Ughhh"
Olivia, who couldn't rember with her foolish head, let out a deep breath and tapped the pot on her head. She thought it would help her think better.
-Clang!
"Eeeek...!"
-Clang...
"Eeeek..."
-I'm a bear...
"Bear?"
At the word that ca to her in a flash, Olivia looked down at the Gomtang that was carrying her.
-Gom...?
-Staaaaare...
-Gom?
Gomtang's legs trembled at his destructive master's gaze, and he began to shake his head from side to side. He didn't know what she was thinking, but with the will that the answer his master had just co up with was not the right one.
"Bear..."
-Gogogom...
"Gomtang?"
-Gom?
"Goom... at?"
-Gom?!
"Gooooom..."
Olivia, who had been staring at Gomtang for a long ti, turned her head with a 'hmph' sound. Since Ricardo had said that Gomtang was not for eating, she thought it probably wasn't a dish related to 'bear'.
Not a bear.... It must be a food that starts with the letter 'G'.
Olivia, who had co up with a keyword, flipped through the cookbook and quickly looked for a dish that started with the pronunciation 'gom'.
[Boiled bear at.]
[Bear soup.]
[Bear barbecue.]
"Eek?"
-Gom?!"
The more she flipped through, the more Gomtang's cold sweat appeared, so Olivia swallowed a bitter smile and decided to change her course to find an easy dish.
That was.
[Curry.]
Olivia, wearing a pot, began to cook with shining eyes.
"Right."
Along with Gomtang.
At the sa ti.
"Saint."
Elysia, who was preparing to go to the mansion, smiled slightly and asked a question.
"Is there any dish you would like to eat?"
"Pardon?"
"I was thinking of making it for you when you return."
"Ah..."
I smiled slightly and replied.
"I like a rich gomtang made with beef bones."
For a long ti, Olivia had taken 'gom' as in 'simring' to an 'gom' as in 'bear'.
"Well then, I'll be off."
Having finished preparing to return to the mansion, I put my bag on my back and bid farewell to Elysia and Hans.
"Shall I take you there?"
Elysia, smiling faintly, said that I shouldn't worry and that she would see off. With her ability to cross space, it would only take 3 minutes to arrive in front of the mansion.
I was tempted for a mont, but I lightly shook my head at Elysia's words and replied that it was okay. I felt that if I, with my black magic resistance, entered Elysia's space, it would cause various problems.
"Thank you very much, but I'll just accept the thought. I have a rather unusual constitution."
"Certainly, I don't know what would happen if the Saint-nim entered my space."
"Haha... I'll ask you for a favor when there's an ergency."
I expressed my gratitude to the considerate Elysia and smiled at Hans.
"Then Hans-nim, please take good care of the class."
Hans, who heard my farewell, smiled regretfully and bid farewell. While telling not to worry and to co back after a good rest.
"The task that the Saint-nim requested has been decided to be carried out with Elysia-nim, so please don't worry and co back after a good rest."
"With Elysia-nim?"
"Yes, Elysia-nim also heard the story and said it sounded fun, so we decided to do it together."
"Haha... both of you are participating."
It seed like a chaotic scene would unfold in many ways. If the two of them were to get serious, sothing big could happen.
Well, they'll do fine on their own.
I smiled as I looked at Hans and Elysia standing side by side. Because they were the most reliable people.
Knowing my people, who seed like they wouldn't fall even if a storm of blood raged, the burden on my shoulders felt lighter today.
"Well then, I'll be off."
It had been about 10 days since I had left the family, so my steps back were light.
Because I hadn't been away for a long ti since the young lady had collapsed.
I had been away for a long ti when I was young, either to catch slave traders or to kill the villains who would appear in the novel in advance, but this was the first ti I had been away for a long ti since the young lady had gotten sick, so my steps back to the mansion were more exciting than ever.
As the capital drew closer, I smiled faintly and let out a drowsy sigh.
"Just a little more and we'll be there."
In my past life, there was an item called a navigator, but in this world, I had to move by looking at a map, so it was easy to get lost in many ways.
Today, too, it took 2 hours to get to a place that would have taken 1 hour to run to.
"Can't I make a navigator..."
After letting out a short complaint, I decided to talk to Malik later and focus on the young lady who would be at ho.
Because I was curious about what the young lady had been doing while I was away.
If I think about the usual young lady...
-Fly, daddy!!
She would have been playing a ga of flying with Darvav, but now Darvav was the busiest person in the empire, so there was a high possibility that he wouldn't be able to play with her.
Then...
"What is she doing..."
I was now worried about leaving the young lady behind. Because she was a young lady who couldn't stand being hungry or bored.
I was worried that the young lady, who couldn't overco her boredom, would turn into a sli. No matter how much Rosanna, Gomtang, and Tangtang were at the mansion, I didn't think they had the power to satisfy the young lady's boredom.
-Ricardo... I got so bored that I turned into a sli.
"...She wouldn't do this, would she?"
I, who had imagined the young lady turned into a sli, let out a low, faint sigh and hurriedly made my way to the chocolate shop near the capital.
Because it was the first ti I was going ho in a while, and it was not a butler's virtue to go empty-handed.
"Give the largest and most expensive one."
"What...?"
"A person's life is at stake."
"...What?"
"My future might disappear if I go back empty-handed. So please give sothing fancy and delicious."
"Well... there is a 1000 gold gift set here, but it's too expensive..."
"That's great. Give it to ."
I, who had chosen a gift for the young lady with a large sum of money that I wouldn't have dared to spend in the old days, headed towards the mansion with a giant chocolate teddy bear.
"She probably won't kill for this."
The mansion can be seen in the distance.
[-Congratulations- Celebrating the Desmunt family's successful subjugation of the ferocious beast.]
The Desmunt mansion, a black fortress-like mansion with a vast site. The mansion of the most notorious family in the empire was slowly getting closer.
Soone might say that the Desmunt mansion in front of is a demon's den where villains live, but to , Desmunt was a place more comfortable than any other, like my parents' ho.
Of course, the most comfortable place was the young lady's mansion in Hal, but still, I thought it was good to be back in Desmunt, where my heart found peace.
I approached the ducal residence with light steps, thinking of the young lady who was waiting for with her neck stretched out.
And.
"Hmm...?"
I looked at the kitchen, where black smoke was billowing out, and smiled awkwardly.
-Hweeeek!!!
It's a fire.
A fire.
-Hweeeek!!!
Why is there a strange sound coming from the kitchen and black smoke billowing out? And why does it sll like burnt food waste?
-Gomtang, eat!
-Gom... (I'll die if I eat it.)
-Eeeeek!! Eat!
-Gooooom!! (Save , master.)
Whatever it was, I ran towards the sound. Because I heard a familiar voice from inside the kitchen, I felt like I had to run.
And so, one step.
-Eat!
-Gom...
Two steps.
-Eeeeek! Then I'll eat it!
-Gom!!! (Master, you'll die if you eat that.)
After taking a third step, I was able to see the witch sitting sprawled out in the kitchen.
"Huh?"
"...Huh?"
"Uh...?"
Awkward gazes et.
The young lady, with soot all over her face, was looking at .
"Eek...?"
And Gomtang's gaze, trembling with fear, t awkwardly in mid-air.
-Gom... (Master...)
I don't know how to describe this situation, but what is certain is that the situation unfolding before my eyes is a scene from hell.
"Sniffle..."
And that the young lady had created this scene from hell.
I slowly raised my head and organized the experintal tools spread out in the kitchen in my head. If she was making biochemicals, I needed to be careful when cleaning them up.
-Boggle... boggle...
A pot boiling sothing purple.
-Sizzle...
An unidentified purple soup with a lot of solid ingredients in front of Gomtang. And the cutting board and potato peels on the kitchen counter.
'No way...'
The sll was reminiscent of chemicals, but seeing the cutting board and kitchen knife, this was unmistakably 'that.'
Yes, 'that.'
I raised my trembling eyes and was about to speak to the young lady in a choked voice. To ask if she was 'cooking.'
"Young Lady..."
A miraculous thing happened to , who had given up on ever eating a dish made by the young lady, even if I died and ca back to life.
-Boggle... boggle...
Of course, it seed like my body wouldn't be well if I ate it, but at the situation unfolding before my eyes, I was about to speak with shining eyes.
If I hadn't seen the young lady's strange expression.
"Young Lady...?"
"Sniffle..."
I hadn't said anything, but at the sight of the young lady's eyes, which were becoming moist, I lost my words. Because I didn't know why she was crying.
"I'm... back."
Whether she missed that much, the young lady, who seed like she was about to cry, didn't even wipe her running nose.
"Why... are you crying?"
"Sniffle..."
"Ah... no.."
Even at my question, the young lady kept her lips tightly shut and was rubbing the soot on her hands on her face.
"Ricardo...?"
"Yes, it's ."
"...Ricardo?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
At the sight of the young lady rubbing her eyes, I felt like I was about to burst out laughing.
"...Young Lady's face."
"Sniffle... you shouldn't have co now."
"That's not it, your face."
"I haven't practiced yet."
Looking at the crying young lady's face, it was definitely a moving reunion, but the more she rubbed her eyes, the more soot got on her face, and I felt like I was going to laugh.
Endure it, Ricardo.
"Ugh... you shouldn't have co."
"..."
"Sniffle... can't you go out and co back?"
I shouldn't laugh now.
That was when.
-I'm a panda.
The face of a panda eating bamboo ca to mind. I desperately pinched my thigh, bit my lip tightly, and soothed the young lady.
"Young Lady, don't cry. It's been a while since we've seen each other, so isn't it embarrassing for if you're crying?"
"Uuuu..."
"Why are you crying? Are you upset because I was away for a long ti?"
"Uuuuuuuuu..."
"Pfft... no."
I had to either cry or laugh, but at the young lady's unpredictable behavior, the mont I was about to choose laughter.
"Olivia!!!"
With the appearance of Rosanna holding a bucket of water, our reunion after a long ti ca to an end.
"Huh.."
Because Rosanna, mistaking the soot-covered young lady for an ember, had poured water on her.
"Eek...?"
The young lady, who had suddenly beco a drenched rat, looked at with a dazed expression, bit her lip, and spread her hands.
"Welco back?"
I looked at the young lady and replied kindly.
"Yes, I'm back."
It seed like there was a lot to talk about.
First, after cleaning up the kitchen.
After Ricardo left, the students, who had free ti until lunch for the first ti in a while, were enjoying their leisure with happy expressions.
"I wish it was always like this."
"Haa..."
Shuen, who had woken up early in the morning and set her cinnamon roll hair, spoke lowly to Folkner, who was talking with another departnt.
"Hasn't the green algae woken up yet?"
She was asking where the insolent Luin had gone.
"Luin-sunbaenim? He studied until late last night, so I didn't wake him."
Chartia, who had heard that Luin, who had overdone it by studying until dawn last night, was sleeping, let out a long sigh and shook her head, making a grim face.
"It seems he has finally decided to beco one with the river."
Because the green algae was the green algae.
Just when they were wishing for the leisurely ti to last forever.
-Ah...
With a cool voice, the students' expressions slowly began to harden.
-Are you having a good 'rest'?
"..."
-We ask for your understanding that the class will start late today because there is a lot to prepare for today's class. We were originally planning to finish it at dawn, but we were late because we wanted to show you a perfect image.
"What is he talking about?"
Malik, who was drying his hair, raised his head and looked at the magic speaker from which the broadcast was coming. He had a bad feeling that they were trying to do sothing more when he was already satisfied with the current quality.
But as always, bad premonitions were bound to co true.
-From now on, in 30 minutes, the class will begin. Students who are showering or in the bathroom, please change your clothes quickly and wait inside the dormitory.
"..."
The mont 30 minutes passed.
The students opened their eyes in different places.
"What... is this?"
[Siege Team]
In a place where a strange sign was stuck.
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