Chapter 8 (2/2)

「……high places?」

「Yes. Even if the height got bigger, that is only the perks for it」

………

I, for some reason.

Somehow, got very embarra.s.sed. Was I, such an immodest girl.

For the mean time, I pa.s.sed by the entrance of the dining room, and went towards the kitchen.

Natalia was like “A-re?”, and was tilting her head, but without saying anything, she followed me walking.

Natalia who was ordered by Father to call for me, basically needs to follow that order. But, Natalia is also my exclusive maid, so between Father’s orders and my orders, she needs to give priority to my order.

It means, if there was something more important that I needed to do rather than going to the dining room, it is Natalia’s job to follow that.

But that being said, the thing that I was going to do, was really a simple thing.

「Excuse」

「Hey, you there!  Isn’t that dirty again!  Clean it properly!  Hey, newbie!  Until when are you planning to peel off the potatoes!  I told you many times to wash them after you peel them right!  Don’t stand there and start moving!」

「……Chris」

「Ah〜, my gosh……oh, Ojou-sama?」

The one who was making a ruckus even if it was morning, was out House’s exclusive cookーーthe person who takes commands for them, the Chief Cook.

Even though she had not reached her thirties, she was a brave woman who commands men older than her with her chin.

That is, Chris.

「Good morning, Chris」

「Good morning to you too, Ojou-sama. Then, what did you came for? The breakfast will be ready soon, so please hurry up and go to the dining room」

Chris was probably using honorific words to talk to me, but it had somehow crumbling here and there. I mean, I think it was better to say that she was only taking the pose that she was using honorific words.

Well, I do not mind such trifle things, so I really do not mind.

And also, Chris was the teacher that teaches me how to cook.

「Before breakfast, I came to ask something of Chris」

「Haha〜, I see. Then, what is it? We’re just starting the preparation for lunch right now, so there’s not a lot of time」

The cooks that our House was hiring was, three.

The head cook, Chris, and two others, a man who was over his thirties, and a man who was around his forties. There was someone who stopped working recently, so the newest newbie was the oldest, it had become a really weird situation.

But regardless of that, Chris, even if it was older men, she was a brave woman who can stand with her chest out.

「There is no need to hurry. I have no scheduled appointments for the whole day today, so I just thought that I would like to ask Chris to teach me how to cook」

「Ahh, if it was like that, it should be okay around noon. I mean, for the whole day today? Ojou-sama, what about school?」

「School is, I do not need to go there anymore」

「……Hmmm〜」

She looked at me suspicious of something, but Chris did not say more than that.

Well, that should really be the case.

I had asked her to teach me many times before, but recently, there was really no opportunity. Because of the Queen’s education, I was also tired.

「Then, what of food does Ojou-sama requests?」

During the morning, I will tell Chris the food that I want to be taught. If it did that, she would buy the ingredients from the market.

The one that she taught me before, was fish Meunier if I was correct. It was easy to cook it, but I was not able to prepare the fish properly.

「Food that can catch a man’s stomach, please」

「Oh, it means, you’re making hand-made food for Denka?  Men at his age, deeply seasoning meat should be enough. I’ll prepare for it」

「No, the person that I am going to make it for is not Denka」

「……ha?」

Chris narrowed her eyebrows, and looked at me.

Well, that should really be the case. My fiance, known publicly, is Denka after all. To think that the engagement was discarded last night, that was probably not yet well known throughout the House.

But regardless of that, I need to say it properly.

「The person I am making it for is a man, who is 62-years-old. Thinking of that, please」

「Ha〜, 62-years-old……62?!!」

For some reason, Chris was overly surprised, she was so surprised she choked.

Was I really saying something that strange?

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