Well... I shouldn’t be surprised... But yeah... The food here is nice enough to eat but I can’t shake off the feeling that it’s missing sothing...
It was the sa with rina’s cooking so it honestly wasn’t really that surprising...
I guess my lack of a reaction must have made Vieretha realised that sothing was amiss as she gave a pointed look, "Was the food not to your liking, Lady Tera?"
I briefly considered lying to her but the Dragon woman was staring at so intensely that I had a feeling that she would instantly figure it out even if I were to lie.
Thus, I just let out a sigh instead, "Well... To be honest... It could be better..."
I noticed the chef tense up out of the corner of my eye, right before all the colour seed to drain out from her face.
On the other hand, Vieretha looked like soone just told her that sothing had just ruined her soup that she had left to simr for hours or sothing.
Vieretha then slowly turned her head towards the chef and even without anyone saying anything, the girl had already rushed out from behind the counter to prostrate herself in front of Vieretha.
"Lady Iceborne! I did my very best, I swear! I did not cut any corners! Please believe !"
What’s going on?
Vieretha didn’t say anything to her and reached out her hand towards her.
I didn’t feel comfortable with this sight and I felt that if I didn’t say anything here, the chef girl might actually lose her life.
"Wait," I called out, surprisingly causing Vieretha to freeze in place.
She turned her head to look back at and tilted her head slightly, as though asking why I had stopped her.
"She’s telling the truth. The fault does not lie with her," I continued.
Vieretha did not respond to what I said imdiately and just remained just staring at from across the table and needing quite a while before she managed to recover.
"What do you an?" She asked.
I gestured at the food that we had just eaten, "If you were to get another similar chef with the sa competency as her to prepare the food, the result would have been the sa as well. I said that it could be better because I was aware of what is the norm for this type of al and I have tasted sothing better and another that is equivalent to the quality that she has presented here before, so I know that she has done what she is expected to do. It is not a fault of hers."
I even had to repeat the last part to assure her that it was not her fault because I wasn’t sure what Vieretha was trying to do to the girl.
The girl was even shooting a grateful look and I think I just saved her life as Vieretha eventually pulled back her arm.
"I see... That’s interesting... Leave us," Vieretha commanded while looking at the chef.
The woman let out an audible sigh of relief before she quickly sped off without another word, not willing to stay around to see if the woman in front of changed her mind.
Did she really intend to kill her or sothing over this? Guess I’ll never know.
Vieretha turned back to and that oppressive feeling earlier dissipated as a smile appeared on her face again.
"To think that Lady Tera is able to cook as well~ Which cooking school did you go to? Maybe it is one of mine?"
I paused.
"Wait... What did you just say?" I asked.
"Hmm? I asked if you might have attended one of the cooking schools that is under my managent? I have a few of them within the Inner Colonies here."
I blinked again before pointing in the direction of where the girl had fled, "Could she have... Perhaps... Been a graduate at one of your schools?"
"Of course. Why wouldn’t I source for workers that have been molded in my own places of education?"
I sucked in a breath, "I’m afraid... The reason why the food felt inadequate is tied to the school."
Vieretha frowned slightly, "Is that so... Very well, I shall proceed to remove that school from existence right this instance."
Ok... For so reason... When she said remove that school from existence, I get the feeling that she wasn’t just talking about closing down the school but actually literally wiping it from existence like how soone would fire an orbital laser to wipe sothing off the map kind of removing...
I raised my hand again, "Wait, wait, wait! While it is the school’s fault for teaching her, it is not because of that one school that is the problem! It’s the entire history and the culture behind it that has led to most if not all cooking schools perpetuating an idea of cooking that is entirely inadequate. Also... Why are you trusting so easily? Do you not think that maybe I’ve been lying all this while?"
She tilted her head at , "Were you lying to , Lady Tera?"
"Well... No? But you didn’t know that, right?"
"Hmm... I did not get the feeling that Lady Tera was lying that’s why I trusted you."
"I an... I was fully expecting you to ask to show you that I know what I’m talking about by preparing so food for you or sothing..."
She gasped, "Will Lady Tera cook for ? Oh my! That is wonderful! If you don’t mind, I would very much like to partake in sothing that was made personally by Lady Tera!"
Well... I already thought that it would co to this so I wasn’t really surprised...
I made the action of rolling up my sleeves and walked over to the counter before gesturing towards it, "I can use this right?"
Vieretha imdiately dragged her chair over so that she could sit directly in front of it to watch , "Please go ahead~"
SinceI have permission from the owner of this place...
I went over to the sa wall where the panel had appeared earlier and a screen popped up right as I got close to it, showing several windows that had various different ingredients waiting to be picked.
I licked my lips as I scrolled through the list, realising that there was a huge variety of stuff to be chosen here.
From fish to red at to fruits and vegetables... All of them would be delivered to the counter with a press of my finger~
I quickly picked a few of them, including so pieces of fish since I also plan to make food for my girls and Ries would definitely want to have so fish as well.
The mont I was done, the counter top slid open and the food I ordered appeared there, all arranged neatly and waiting for .
The fact that it got delivered this quickly ant there must be so kind of automated process here that sorts the food and delivers it.
That’s cool~
I then went ahead to start preparing the ingredients under the watchful gaze of everyone in the room, which included Vieretha, her bodyguards and also my girls.
Ironically, I could feel that only one out of the three ntioned groups was watching warily to make sure I wasn’t going to screw up making the food or attempt to poison it.
Since everyone was watching so closely, I decided to put on a show for them as well and try to do my usual performance on the teppan grill.
But the mont I tried to do a flip with my spatula, there was a loud ’bang’ and I found the utensil being struck and deflected out of the air to clatter onto the ground a short distance away from .
I looked in the direction of the sound to see that one of Vieretha’s bodyguards, a red Dragonling, had pulled out his gun to shoot in my direction, his bullet having struck the spatula that I had thrown into the air.
So these guys are allowed to keep their guns... I guess that makes sense. It would be stupid if they were disard as well and needed to fight against intruders while unard.
He still had his gun up and was pointing it at while he cried out, "Lady Iceborne! Please get down!"
Instead of listening, the black Dragonling turned to narrow her eyes at her bodyguard, "What... Do you think... You’re doing?"
The guy froze up before he stuttered, "That... She was doing sothing suspicious... She might be after your life..."
The sa oppressive feeling she was giving out earlier with the chef appeared again and I could see all the bodyguards tense up and avert their gaze.
I cleared my throat, "Ahem, sorry. I suppose I should have explained earlier. It’s my fault. I will be doing a performance with the utensils here so there’s no need for you to be alard. Please don’t bla him, Lady Iceborne."
She turned back to and pouted a little, "If that is what Lady Tera says... But please, call Vier~"
The bodyguards all sucked in a breath collectively when they heard that.
Err... Maybe I shouldn’t call her so casually?
Whatever, I’m just going to cook now.
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