The Cooking Princess - Chapter 84

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The Princess Who Cooks

Episode 84

Suppressing her anger toward the Emperor and Empress with effort, Chloe calmly organized her thoughts.

‘Unlike the northern barbarians, the western pirates remained a MacGuffin even in the original story.’

Then here, Shuel would have to step forward now.

Just as the Garnet Family dragged Claude to the courtroom only to give him wings instead,

this time the Empress’s wickedness would give Shuel wings.

Chloe responded to the Empress’s words with eyes that had grown coldly settled.

“Hearing your words, it seems my thoughts were short-sighted, only worrying about His Highness the Prince’s health. May I hear a bit more of Your Majesty the Empress’s wise opinion?”

At Chloe’s attitude that was cold but clearly affirming the Empress’s words, both the Emperor and Prince stopped eating and looked toward Chloe.

The Empress showed her anxiety clearly with a startled face, wondering ‘why is this one agreeing with my words?’ but Chloe was relentless.

“Since Your Majesty the Empress and His Excellency Duke Cloud always worry about defense, thanks to that we can rest safely, right?”

“…That’s, right. The Duchess understands that well.”

Even while answering reluctantly, question marks floated on the Empress’s face.

She looked puzzled as to why Chloe was agreeing with her words.

“Then does Your Majesty the Empress’s words mean you want His Highness the Prince sent to the frontline as well?”

It meant to stop beating around the bush annoyingly and just quickly say what she wanted.

Chloe’s face asking this was smiling, but the atmosphere had sunk heavily.

‘This insignificant little girl.’

While finding it unsettling that she seemed to have gained a venomous edge somehow since the poisoning incident, the Empress opened her mouth.

“Yes. Since only the Duke is at the frontline, His Highness seems quite anxious.”

Even at the Empress’s sarcastic words, Chloe’s face showed not a hint of wavering.

She asked Shuel with the same smiling face.

“What do you think, Your Highness?”

As if he hadn’t expected to be asked a question here, Shuel pondered for a moment before answering.

“…Hmm. Well.”

For Chloe to urge Shuel to go to the frontline here would make the picture look strange.

Shuel would have to understand Chloe’s hint right now and follow the Empress’s words…

“I do think Your Majesty the Empress’s words have merit.”

After hesitating briefly, he seemed to have reached the conclusion that Chloe wouldn’t push Shuel to the frontline without any thought.

Having gotten the answer she liked, Chloe smiled warmly at Shuel and replied.

“Is that so indeed?”

Chloe’s green eyes glinted darkly.

She continued speaking calmly without removing the smile from her lips.

“His Highness the Prince’s will seems to match Your Majesty the Empress’s. How truly delightful?”

As if she was truly delighted, she clasped her hands together and placed them against her left cheek, smiling cutely.

At those words, the Empress, finding it absurd, urgently said to the Emperor.

“Since the Duke settled the northern barbarians, it seems appropriate to entrust the western pirates to the Prince.”

“Hmm.”

The Emperor also couldn’t fully follow how the situation was unfolding, but seemed to think it would be good to use any opportunity to settle the frontlines immediately.

Chloe spoke to the Emperor and Empress with an accommodating attitude.

“You two ultimately want His Highness the Prince to achieve merit, right?”

It was the Emperor, not the Empress, who responded to Chloe’s words.

“Yes. As the Empress said, this time I’d like the Prince to prove his ability by defeating the western pirates.”

At those words, Shuel answered with a calm face.

“I will do so.”

Chloe suppressed the urge to cheer and only wore a gentle smile as she ate lunch.

And when it became time for just Shuel and Chloe to be alone, he immediately asked about Chloe’s intentions.

“Earlier… why did you do that?”

At those words, Chloe blinked and asked back.

“What are you referring to?”

“The frontline matter. To my eyes, you looked very pleased the moment the Empress brought up the pirate story.”

At those words, Chloe grinned as if she had no intention of hiding it and answered.

“Your Highness’s words are correct. Just as I chased Claude to the frontline and unintentionally gave him wings, shouldn’t the Empress experience something shitty at least once?”

At the harsh words that came openly from her pretty lips, Shuel looked startled and kept his mouth tightly shut while watching Chloe’s mood.

Regardless, Chloe’s eyes continued to gleam with madness as she spoke.

“I need to bring down Claude’s arrogantly raised nose. I’ve already made plans.”

Though Chloe’s mouth speaking this way was still harsh, she still had a smiling face.

Shuel found that more frightening.

“So that bastard can no longer act chee… I mean. So he can’t act up in front of Your Highness.”

Seeing Chloe, who had always smiled brightly and cheerfully, truly angry for the first time, Shuel answered bewilderedly.

“Uh, yeah.”

Seeing Shuel frozen stiff, Chloe tilted her head slightly and asked.

“If you’re scared of war, I’ll go with you.”

“That’s, not it…”

“Then what?”

To Chloe asking directly why he was so frozen, Shuel eventually honestly said that Chloe’s atmosphere had changed since lunch, making him tense as well.

“How so?”

“A little scar… y, I should say.”

‘And actually, even now…’

Afraid she might get angry if he said scary, Shuel timidly watched Chloe’s mood.

The cheerful Chloe who had never gotten angry was truly frightening when she got properly mad.

Though Chloe’s coloring was certainly intense, until now he had never once felt her impression was strong, but when she was determined, even her atmosphere changed.

“Just joking.”

Chloe seemed to take his words as a joke, but Shuel was utterly sincere.

She hadn’t yet realized how much presence she had as the ‘original’ villainess.

Having laughed off Shuel’s words as a joke, Chloe thought about the ships she owned.

Chloe had ships that caught sea monsters.

They weren’t anything grand, but she had made them large with the intention of catching even tuna, and who knew they would be helpful like this.

‘I’ll have to modify them all into warships with magic and money and sweep everything away~’

Though Chloe’s outward appearance looked utterly cold, she was actually half out of her mind with anger toward the Empress.

“I have several ships, you know. Besides what the Imperial Family will support, take those too. I plan to strengthen them with magic as well.”

“Quite thorough. Since when have you been strengthening them?”

“I plan to slather money on them and strengthen them all from now on. Don’t worry about durability. I’m thinking of asking Eshir.”

At her words about asking the Mage Tower to strengthen ordinary ships into warships, Shuel answered reluctantly again.

“Uh, yeah.”

Answering that way, he suddenly asked as if puzzled.

“Then Chloe, won’t the people who supply your cooking ingredients be consumed in war?”

“Haha. Don’t worry. I plan to give lots of money and divide people into those who will participate and those who won’t.”

There needed to be people who knew ships well for Shuel to manage Chloe’s ships more efficiently.

Bringing down the Empress’s arrogance was more necessary right now than ingredient supply.

Having become convinced that leaving the Empress and Claude as they were would endanger her and Shuel’s lives, she had become resolute.

Chloe recited to Shuel the various things she had and would support him with.

“And I’m going with you too. That seems like it would be good too.”

For Chloe, it was purely because she wanted to see the original male protagonist’s amazing schemes right before her eyes.

Shuel refused flatly.

“It’s dangerous, so that won’t do. I’ll solve it alone and return.”

And after hesitating for a long while, he asked.

“…Chloe, do you believe in my abilities?”

For none other than the ‘male protagonist’ to say such words.

Chloe’s face naturally showed an expression of disbelief.

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