Chapter 13 (1/2)

Ch.13 I Fit In More and More

Now that, while a little belatedly, I discovered that head maid Dahlia and head chef Carthame, and head maid, Mimosa and head gardener Bellis are each a married couple, my awareness towards them (T/N: Carthame and Bellis), being hard to deal with, had suddenly diminished.

Yeah, I’d say I’ve grown accustomed to it.

After consulting about today’s menu with Carthame in the kitchen, I watch the situation in the kitchen.

In the kitchen, besides Carthame there are some other chefs.

I heard they are all people who came from local areas for the sake of training under Carthame.

Cooking is like war.

“Where’s the meat?!”

“Yes, it is being prepared over here!”

“Not over there, you should prepare it over here!”

The usual  fickle attitude went somewhere, and with his now seemingly strict master face, Carthame’s angry voice echoes. (T/N: in the kitchen)

Using his skill the piece of meat is splendidly handled and cut up.

Three times a day it is Carthame’s precious time to be serious. And the apprentice cooks go around the kitchen in this way and that without a break. During this, those in charge take turns at making dinner for all the servants alone.

Dinner preparations are particularly difficult.

Carthame carefully makes the detached building’s dinner.

While this takes up his focus, so as not to be a hindrance, I watch the chefs in charge of the supplies work.

“What are today’s supplies?”

It is one of my pleasures!

“Yes, mistress. Today’s supplies are organised local cuisine from the nearby Roussillon”

A young (although he is older than me) cook cheerfully answers.

“Well, Roussillon? Are you from Roussillon?

“Yes I am”.

“It’s very far from Rosia, right?”

“Yes, it takes an hour by coach”.

“That is far away! I have never been before and I have also never eaten the local cuisine so I’m  looking forward to it.”

“Yes, I will try my best so please look forward to it.”

Because it is his own home town’s cuisine, he answers with his ego overflowing.

“Which reminds me, I wonder, are all the apprentice’s hometown different?”

I speak the question that I suddenly  think of.

“That is correct. Carthame is from Rosia but there are also those from Reine, Waal and Lovens,”

he answers while moving his arms. That is each and every direction, south and north, they are all provincial cities far away from this kingdom’s capital, Rosia. The territory of the kingdom of Fleur is vast, so it seems that while being in the same country, in those regions, the climate and natural features and character is different. I only learnt by studying the country so I do not know whether it is true or not.

“Pretty much everyone comes from scattered places~! Surely each region’s local cuisine is probably a different cuisine.”

Local cuisine is simple but has that warm mother’s charm. In that sense, the taste of my Earl family is also a fine regional cuisine. Oops, it was not.

“That’s right. Because the raw materials used are different, unique seasonings are merged.”

What kind of dishes are they?! I never seen any, so I cannot even have wild ideas.