The Cooking Princess - Chapter 5

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The Princess Who Cooks

Episode 5

“Don’t you need anything else?”

After that, he seemed curious and expectant about what Chloe would have him do and what she would create with it.

Chloe had obtained a capable young mage as planned.

From her parents’ and Eshir’s reactions, she could tell that it wasn’t that people’s taste buds were wrong, but rather that they had been eating the wrong food all along and simply didn’t know what delicious food was.

Chloe ran over quickly and presented the milk shaved ice to her parents, saying:

“This is food I was able to make thanks to the mage you supported me with. It’s called ‘milk shaved ice.’ Please try a bite!”

Now the ducal couple no longer felt any resistance to Chloe’s food recommendations and quickly picked up their spoons to take a bite of the milk shaved ice.

Even though the Duke didn’t particularly like sweet things, he was amazed by the sweet yet refreshing taste of the milk ice and emptied his bowl,

and the Duchess, who was usually more talkative than the Duke, unusually said nothing at all as she emptied her bowl, then asked Chloe:

“Isn’t there more of this?”

The Duchess ate the milk shaved ice several times like that, and only stopped at Chloe’s warning that eating too much might upset her stomach.

The Duchess, suddenly feeling embarrassed about having eaten too much food as a noblewoman, praised Chloe profusely while feeling shy.

“How is it that our daughter makes desserts so well too. There’s nothing she can’t do. It would be perfect to serve this exact composition at a party.”

Chloe was flustered by the Duchess’s sudden suggestion and asked back:

“A party?”

She had indeed liked the milk shaved ice to a suspicious degree. But to serve it at a party?

‘Just how delicious did they find the hamburger steak and milk shaved ice?’

To hold a party and serve the hamburger steak and milk shaved ice she made to guests.

“I’m a bit embarrassed…”

“Embarrassed? It was so delicious that I want to brag about it to everyone I know.”

The Duchess, who had now gained firm trust in Chloe’s cooking, said confidently.

“Of course, we’ll hold a small party. We’ll only invite people who are worthy of enjoying the food made with your amazing talent.”

“…”

Chloe fell silent at the even more burdensome words. But there was no one who could stop parents who wanted to brag about their daughter’s talent far and wide, especially not a ducal couple.

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Eventually, a party was held regardless of Chloe’s wishes.

The hamburger steak proudly took its place among the main dishes, and the dessert was naturally shaved ice with honey sprinkled over milk ice.

The guests tasted the hamburger steak and milk shaved ice and were uniformly shocked.

They had only come to the party without much thought to humor Duke Garnet’s doting behavior of ‘wanting to show off his daughter’s talent to everyone.’

With each bite, it felt like waves of flavor they had never experienced before were striking their taste buds.

The Duke pretended not to notice people’s shock while enjoying it and proudly bragged about his daughter.

“Haha. This is the first food my daughter has made, and I hope everyone enjoys it deliciously.”

“The Princess’s talent is amazing, Your Grace!”

“It really is. I’ve never eaten food like this before!”

The Duke didn’t stop at food, but also proudly introduced the ‘refrigerator’ that Chloe had developed to the nobles.

“An object that can keep ingredients fresh for a long time… hmm.”

“Ho, the young Princess has come up with quite a clever idea.”

“It’s an interesting concept, but how useful such a magical device would be is…”

Unlike the food that everyone ate deliciously, reactions to the refrigerator were somewhat divided.

Nobles who cooked directly were rare, so most were lukewarm, but nobles with territories involved in agriculture or trade recognized the value of the refrigerator and their eyes lit up.

“That thing called a ‘refrigerator,’ could I hear about it in a bit more detail?”

“I’ll arrange a separate meeting later.”

“Thank you. You truly have a wise daughter.”

The Duke couldn’t hide his pleased expression and smiled broadly as praise for his daughter poured in.

At just twelve years old, it was the moment when Chloe Garnet imprinted her own name in people’s minds, not as ‘Duke Garnet’s daughter.’

Of course, Chloe herself was indifferent.

‘I have an adult mind and even remember my past life, so I should be able to do at least this much.’

If she were only comparable to an ordinary child, that would be more of a problem.

After enjoying the sumptuous dinner filled with Chloe’s food, it was time for socializing. The young ladies who were acquainted with her competed to talk to Chloe.

Among them, two approached most familiarly.

“It’s been so long, Chloe! You’re really completely better now, right?”

One was a friend she had been close with even before awakening to her past life, Rodessa Peppermint, Viscountess.

‘I didn’t realize when I had no memories of my past life, but her surname is quite unusual.’

Latiere Chabette, Baroness, who had been standing behind her like a shadow, also bowed her head when she made eye contact with Chloe.

Since both Rodessa and Latiere were favorable toward Chloe, she also smiled brightly and spoke to them.

“Did you both worry about my health? I’m very grateful.”

When Chloe, who was usually bright and outgoing, responded maturely, Rodessa looked confused for a moment before answering:

“Your health is really okay, right?”

It could have sounded like a diss asking ‘did you eat something wrong,’ but Rodessa seemed genuinely worried about Chloe showing such a gentle attitude unlike usual.

“Of course. While I was recovering from illness, I had various thoughts. About things I could do for this territory and my parents.”

Saying that, Chloe quietly thought:

‘I did assert myself a bit too much before remembering my past life.’

The consolation was that fortunately, she hadn’t caused any major incidents or made many enemies.

Rodessa also brightened at Chloe’s mature words and replied:

“I see. Anyway, if Chloe is satisfied, then I’m happy too. I wanted to come visit you right away, but I had urgent business in my territory, so I’m only seeing you now.”

Rodessa and Latiere were Chloe’s close friends in the ‘original work’ too, and they maintained their friendship until the end without ever betraying Chloe, so Chloe’s expression softened slightly.

‘Talking with peers isn’t entirely bad either.’

So Rodessa and Latiere spent a long time catching up with Chloe, then returned home late at night with reluctant hearts.

The other children had already gone home long ago, so there were no more conversation partners, and only adults were around.

Chloe, who felt uncomfortable in the setting with alcohol and deep conversations, looked around and quietly slipped away from the gathering.

‘I’ll take a walk and then go to my room to sleep.’

It was when she came out to the garden thinking to walk for a bit.

‘Hm? Who is that?’

There was another visitor to the garden besides herself. Judging by the small build, it seemed to be a guest around her age.

Chloe approached closer, wondering if one of the few children invited today might have gotten lost in the garden.

“!”

It was a blonde boy. Only the moon was shining in the dark night sky, but his blonde hair was vivid enough to catch the eye first even in the dim moonlight.

With such striking blonde hair and being a boy around her age, there was exactly one person who came to mind. Could it really be that person?

“Shuel Siclamene…?”

As if he heard her small murmur, the boy raised his head and looked toward Chloe.

“Do you know me?”

It was a seemingly innocent question that didn’t even scold her for calling his name without permission. Chloe immediately bowed her head and greeted him with the most perfect etiquette.

“I greet Your Highness the Prince.”

Because he was none other than the male protagonist of the original work and Shuel Siclamene, who would later be appointed as Crown Prince.

With golden hair that sparkled as if sweet honey had been poured over it and even pale golden eyes.

‘He’s definitely the male protagonist.’

It was indeed Shuel, the undeniable male protagonist and current prince of this country, future Crown Prince.

The moment she saw his face, Chloe understood why ‘the original Chloe’ had been so obsessed with Shuel, even acting so wickedly.

Because his face was the plausibility itself.

It wasn’t a joke – including her current life, past life, and even celebrities she’d seen on TV, she had never seen a man as handsome as Shuel, who looked like he had jumped out of a comic book.

Anyway, this isn’t what’s important.

Chloe recalled.

The reason why her parents had deliberately included some children in the invitation list for the party they held to show off their daughter.

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