The Cooking Princess - Chapter 94

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When rumors spread that Shurya was actually a ‘fake’ Saint, Chloe also fell into worry and confusion.

Since the original title was 【The Fake Saint Wants to Live】, the fact that Shurya was fake would be revealed someday. But she didn’t expect things to blow up this quickly and suddenly.

‘And I can’t even meet Shurya in the midst of all this?’

With a premonition that something had gone terribly wrong, Chloe frantically thought of someone who might be able to contact Shurya right now.

‘Shuel obviously won’t be reachable… Maybe Eshir?’

Come to think of it, Shurya had disguised her buff magic as healing to act as a fake Saint.

Then now that rumors of Shurya being a fake Saint had spread, wouldn’t Eshir be the one who knew the situation best aside from Shurya herself?

As soon as Chloe finished thinking, she contacted Eshir.

Eshir answered the magical communication device before the signal even rang three times.

[What is it, Duchess?]

“Shurya… No. You obviously know the news, right? The rumors that she’s a fake Saint.”

But surprisingly, Eshir replied indifferently.

[I know.]

“Even if you’re not interested in your friends, you shouldn’t be so indifferent.”

When Chloe pointed out Eshir’s lukewarm attitude, an astonishing answer came from his mouth.

[Well, I’m the one who leaked it.]

At those words, Chloe’s mind momentarily stopped.

‘What? Team killing?’

It was even worse that he casually revealed he had team killed an ally.

‘Really, what? No matter what, I don’t think Eshir’s personality was this bad.’

As if sensing Chloe’s suspicious thoughts, Eshir’s voice rose slightly in defense.

[For the record, I got the Saint’s consent, okay? She asked me to do it. It’s not my fault.]

‘Even team killing that Shurya requested?’

Thinking she would never understand the truth at this rate, Chloe hurriedly asked.

“What happened?”

[I’ll tell you after everything’s over. Come to think of it, it’ll be good news for you too, Duchess? It’s good when someone close to you gains more authority, right?]

Chloe couldn’t understand what connection there was between spreading rumors of being a fake Saint and Shurya’s authority increasing, but she forced herself to accept it for now.

‘There must be some circumstances he can’t talk about.’

Just as she tried to think as calmly as possible, she remembered how in the ‘original’ the Mage Tower Master had subtly held Shurya’s weaknesses against her and pressured her.

‘Of course, Eshir and the original’s Mage Tower Master are strictly different people, so it’s more natural for the development to change.’

It’s deviated so much from the original that I don’t even know where it went wrong anymore. This change must lead to good results.

Chloe couldn’t hide her complicated feelings.

Perhaps that was conveyed through the phone, as Eshir was silent for a moment before speaking.

[Right. You said that to me before. That you were grateful I blocked the Duke, and that you’d personally cook whatever food I wanted.]

“I did.”

When the Saint Shurya and Mage Tower Master Eshir had prevented a scandal involving Claude at her first debutante ball,

She had properly thanked Shurya, so now it was time to make the ‘desired dish’ for Eshir.

[Can I use that wish now?]

“Of course.”

Then Eshir made a really strange request.

[Make some food that looks bizarre but tastes so good that I can’t really complain about it.]

It was such an unusual order that Chloe had to ask.

“What’s the purpose of ordering such a dish?”

[There are some guys I want to mess with.]

It was very like Eshir not to bother hiding his intentions.

Chloe silently prayed for those who had been marked by the ill-tempered Mage Tower Master as she said.

“Don’t think about using other people’s cooking to mess with people.”

[But you’ll still do it, right?]

“It’ll take some time.”

Since she was a chef who had only studied food that was both delicious and visually appealing, it would inevitably take time to conceptualize.

Chloe accepted Eshir’s proposal while harboring slightly uncomfortable feelings.

The reason Chloe, who was serious about cooking, accepted Eshir’s proposal to mess with others,

was because he had asked for food that looked strange but was still ‘delicious.’

‘I’ll be able to try challenges I couldn’t do before for fear of mixed reactions.’

And because she intuitively realized this matter was related to Shurya.

Chloe quickly put her mind to work.

She had already introduced several monsters to the people of this world.

Combined with Chloe’s cooking skills and delicious monsters, people no longer automatically judged food made from monsters as unclean.

‘Even now that prejudices have largely disappeared, what would still look extremely bizarre to people… Ah!’

That’s right, there was that.

Something that induced people’s fear just by its appearance, even giving birth to the legendary monster called the ‘Kraken,’

Octopus!

Yes. Octopus.

Come to think of it, the sailors had once described to Chloe in letters about creatures similar to octopuses.

Since there seemed to be difficulties in catching them, I should go see for myself.

‘I need to see it with my own eyes to know what kind of octopus it is, right?’

Chloe clutched her chest that was pounding for the first time in a while and grinned broadly.

After adjusting her schedule and persuading her family, Chloe managed to make time to head directly to the sea.

“I’ll be back!”

“Take care of yourself.”

Since it was a request from the Mage Tower Master himself, her parents and others didn’t stop Chloe from clearing her schedule to go all the way to the sea.

‘Besides, I’m not going alone anyway.’

Chloe smiled brightly at the familiar blonde hair with an excited heart.

“Shuel!”

“Yes, Chloe. Let’s go.”

Today was a perfect schedule of going on a date with Shuel while also catching sea monsters.

For the Prince to be away wasn’t something to complain about, since he wasn’t even the Crown Prince yet.

Moreover, Claude, Duke who was mentioned as his rival, only did what he wanted and didn’t help with any Imperial affairs, so work was concentrated on Shuel.

Since Shuel faithfully completed his assigned work without delay, no one could criticize him for occasionally going out to rest.

Chloe smiled broadly as she told Shuel about what they would do today.

“The Mage Tower Master’s order was for food that looks bizarre but tastes so good that you can’t really say anything about it.”

After hearing Eshir’s order, Shuel wrinkled his nose and tilted his head before asking.

“Isn’t the order… a bit strange?”

“Right? It’s such a typical order from him.”

Shuel also seemed to recall Eshir’s prickly cat-like personality as he quietly nodded.

The two boarded the ship together, and before long, an unexpected problem arose.

“Sea, seasickness… Ugh!”

…Chloe had seasickness.

Before this, she had only taken ships for short distances, or if not that, Eshir the mage had accompanied her, so she hadn’t realized she had seasickness.

The plan to enjoy romance while intimately riding the ship was scrapped, and Shuel patted Chloe’s back helplessly.

Though Shuel could have rested separately, he steadfastly stayed by Chloe’s side all day as she suffered from vomiting, worrying about her.

And finally, when evening came.

“It’s the sunset, Chloe.”

The crimson sunset reflected on the sea, shimmering golden.

In that golden light, Chloe couldn’t hide her flushed cheeks as she said to Shuel.

“The golden waves are so, so beautiful.”

Having said that much, Chloe hesitated for a moment before throwing out one sentence of sincere flirtation.

“It feels like the whole world is full of Your Highness.”

He quietly blinked his eyes with a surprised expression, then smiled and answered.

“The sunset is red. It’s like Chloe is there with me.”

At Shuel’s gentle response, Chloe couldn’t overcome her embarrassment and avoided his gaze as she added:

“I, I’m feeling nauseous again for a moment.”

Repeating the cycle of looking at the sunset once and vomiting once, Chloe gloomily disembarked from the ship, thinking she had ruined her image in front of Shuel.

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