The Cooking Princess - Chapter 91

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The Princess Who Cooks

Episode 91

Shuel returned in the most splendid manner, announcing his victory.

In that place where everyone welcomed and cheered for Shuel, the Emperor asked.

“I’m proud of you. Is there anything you wish from me?”

He looked at his grown son with genuine pride and spoke in an affectionate voice, and Shuel answered without hesitation.

“I already have reliable allies who will support me, so I’m fine. However.”

The Prince first looked toward Chloe with a smile and added this.

“My fiancée may be vulnerable to external attacks, so I ask for Your Majesty’s protection whenever that happens.”

Not protection for himself, but protection for his fiancée.

The young ladies were delighted by this romantic scene, and the older nobles laughed, saying it was a good time.

The Emperor also readily accepted Shuel’s request with a satisfied expression.

“Our son has especially loved his fiancée since long ago. Yes, I shall grant it.”

At this readily given permission, one of the nobles muttered.

“Come to think of it, didn’t Cloud, Duke also make a wish related to Chloe Garnet before?”

Someone maliciously planted that seed, but.

“When was that ancient history? Besides, Chloe Garnet has been engaged to His Highness the Prince for a long time.”

No one sided with those trying to slander Chloe.

The clear trend in the current social circle was not the Empress but Chloe Garnet, and the legitimate Prince’s love for her was guaranteed.

Moreover, that legitimate Prince’s stock was particularly high these days!

The unwholesome sprouts trying to climb up were now trampled by those around them without Chloe having to step on them herself.

Although Claude had achieved numerous military merits compared to Shuel, Shuel’s victory had great value.

Because the number of casualties on their side was overwhelmingly fewer compared to Claude’s campaigns.

In this era where labor was important, heavy consumption of manpower was tantamount to great loss.

In the midst of this, Shuel had succeeded in driving out the pirates so they could never set foot on western land again while preserving almost all his manpower.

People whispered that compared to Shuel, Claude was excessively cruel, causing many casualties.

“That makes sense, doesn’t it? Just look at the atrocities Cloud, Duke actually committed against Chloe Garnet.”

Indeed, while Shuel was at the frontline, the noblewomen had become quite close to Chloe, and among them were noblewomen who had attended volunteer service with Chloe for long periods.

They defended her, saying the Duchess’s nature was good and she was even capable.

“Exactly. Under the pretext of war, imagine how cruelly he must have acted… Ugh, how frightening.”

The Empress, who noticed people’s murmuring faster than anyone, spoke sarcastically.

“Since it was a small-scale naval battle that was settled, naturally there would be few casualties.”

The Empress claimed that Shuel had few casualties because he fought a small-scale naval battle using only a small number of troops, and that Claude’s army was normal.

Chloe couldn’t stand the Empress nitpicking and diminishing Shuel’s achievements, so she immediately objected.

“Doesn’t that mean His Highness achieved great results with only a small number of soldiers?”

At those words, the Empress gritted her teeth and glared at Chloe, but couldn’t openly check and ostracize her like before.

Because in that short time, all the real power in the social circle had come into Chloe’s hands.

High-ranking nobles avoided the Empress and wanted to become close to Chloe.

Opportunists who felt the tide had turned also abandoned her as if they had never followed the Empress, and were busy fawning over Chloe.

Moreover, unlike the Empress who only received the Emperor’s favor, Chloe had deep friendships with the Priestess of the Temple and the Master of the Magic Tower, so from the nobles’ perspective, maintaining friendship with Chloe seemed better.

Literally, it was a complete reversal.

Chloe looked at that scene and thought indifferently.

‘She relied only on the Emperor’s favor and acted tyrannically, so everyone else left. That’s all.’

Chloe had no intention of stopping here.

She planned to create a salon that fully utilized her cooking to check the Empress more decisively.

‘Special desserts that can only be tasted at the salon I host. People love enjoying something special.’

At the party celebrating Prince Shuel’s victory, Chloe came to the balcony for a brief rest while the Emperor and Shuel were talking.

And not long after, she saw Shuel entering the balcony where she was.

Chloe, who had been watching Shuel’s mood for a moment, opened her mouth with difficulty.

“Um, well. Congratulations on your victory. How was… life at the frontline?”

No matter how excellent the original Shuel’s abilities were, it was still war.

And the one who had sent Shuel to that war was, strictly speaking, Chloe, so she was being a bit cautious.

When Chloe carefully observed Shuel’s complexion, Shuel looked surprised for a moment, then smiled and cupped her cheek before speaking.

“Why are you being cautious with me, Chloe.”

When Chloe still hesitated despite his gentle voice, Shuel added with a smiling face.

“You don’t need to be cautious at all.”

In a soft tone, he conveyed the fact he had noticed to Chloe.

“You were the first to recognize my talent that no one else knew. That’s why I must have been obsessed with military studies from before.”

After saying that, he added somewhat playfully.

“This time too, the Duchess has succeeded in business again, so how do you feel about it.”

At that playful tone, Chloe also relaxed a little and said.

“Thank you for saying that. Still, you must have suffered a lot… I was worried.”

He subtly moved his body closer to Chloe and whispered affectionately in her ear.

“You’re the one who suffered a lot, Chloe. It couldn’t have been easy to lead the social circle to treat the Empress coldly.”

He seemed to have quickly noticed that the position of power in the social circle had shifted from the Empress to Chloe.

And as if intuiting that this wasn’t the end, he added with a serious face.

“Is there anything I can help with.”

Chloe was pleased that Shuel was subtly asking if there was anything he could help with before she had even said anything specific.

“I’m thinking of opening a salon. The number of people should be at most ten. Five or so would be sufficient if fewer. I plan to debut dishes there that I’ve never given to anyone else first.”

Having said that much, Chloe added this.

“People go crazy for premium things. And my cooking now seems to be at a level where it can have a premium attached.”

A high-class salon with a ‘premium’ attached.

The invitations would be limited in number, not many, and they could taste and interact with each other before Chloe’s dishes that the Prince had liked were released to others.

Given that Chloe was engaged to the Prince, they could observe not just Chloe herself, but also the movements of Shuel, whose stock was currently high.

And since the Prince and Chloe didn’t get along well with the Empress, nobles who were ‘on good terms with the Empress’ would naturally be distanced from that premium information and premium desserts.

Shuel, who understood Chloe’s intention like a ghost, nodded.

“That’s a good idea. I want to help too.”

Shuel never opposed Chloe’s affairs.

The only time he had refused Chloe’s words was when she said she would follow him to war, and he refused saying it was dangerous.

Moved anew by that fact, Chloe smiled brightly and added.

“Yes, there is. The very first dish is planned to be made in Shuel’s image.”

“…Huh?”

When Shuel asked back in bewilderment, Chloe pulled her flushed cheeks into a smile and pulled his hand while whispering.

“I’m thinking of making a very, very… beautiful cake to celebrate Shuel’s victory.”

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