Knock! Knock!
After announcing her presence, the housekeeper then entered the library. Seeing that both her masters were inside, she bowed politely and began to address her concern.
“Duke Salte, Young Lady seemed to be an Enlightened…”
Expression of shock and delight were both visible from the Duke and Duchess faces.
“Explain the things clearly Anie.” Pepper encouraged with soft voice.
“Young Lady went to the kitchen to a while ago to ask for some dessert but when the cook gave her cookies, she suggested making some sweets instead. She explained to the cooks that it would be easy. She then discussed the detail of how it would be done to Cook Bronze. I heard it was only melting the sugar and turn it into a caramelized form… When asked how she knew how to make it, Young lady explained that when she woke up after receiving Sun God’s Blessing, she has this knowledge. I did not get to see the finished product as I rushed here to relay the information.”
Duke Salte excitedly stood and swiftly and moved towards the kitchen. Duchess Pepper and the housekeeper then followed behind.
When they arrived at the kitchen, the servants were cheering for a ‘Sugar Candy’. Everyone has a dessert plate with some cube with varied colors. Some were a little lighter and darker but the eye catching ones were the golden brown color. Noticing their presence, the servants was shocked but quickly saluted and bowed politely.
“I want to taste one of those too.” Duke Salte uttered as he went near Cook Bronze. The assistant cooks hurriedly provided them with a dessert plate. Thankfully, there were at least few cubes left from what the head cook has made.
After tasting the sweetness and freshness at the same time, the Duke was once again delighted. He needs to inform His Majesty about this. His spirit soared and he moved out of the kitchen to write a letter as soon as possible.
Noticing her husband’s excitement, Pepper just shook her head and ordered Cook Bronze to share the recipe with great detail. She was pretty sure the Duke would be back asking for this.
Cook Bronze then swiftly recorded every procedure as Hershey described. Right after he finished writing, the Duke really came back.
Pepper smiled and took the written recipe. “Here dear, don’t forget to attach the recipe.” The duke laughed and walked out of the kitchen hand in hand with Pepper.
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Oblivious of the ruckus the imparted recipe has made, I ate the caramelized pears with relish. Though it could only be considered as a sugar candy, nonetheless I finally had something truly sweet. When I reached for one more, I noticed that the dessert plate that was previously filled with caramelized pears now was fully emptied.
Seated against the headboard, I sighed as I felt bored. There were no entertainments here… no television nor cellphones…
Since technology is nowhere, there should at least be some interesting books here… Ringing the small golden bell at the bedside table, the young maid from this morning came in.
“Hi! What was your name again?”
The young maid fidgeted, unsure whether she should really give out her name. I can’t help but tap my forehead. The previous Hershey would only ask for a name as that certain maid would surely be fired.
“Don’t worry, I won’t fire you. I only need your name to address you properly.” I did not forget to show my smile. The young maid seemed to breathe a relief.
“Young Lady, you may call me Jane. What would you like me to do Young Lady?”
“Jane is a nice name. Hmmm, are there any books here? I meant, story books not those from the library…” Hershey was not really fond of reading but she did spend time at the library learning history. I bet there would be no romance books in that place.
“This Young Lady, I am not sure… Most books where in the library and Young Master Minte has his own collection.”
“Oh Minte has one?” Curious as to what books a 12 year old could keep, I asked Jane to guide me to Minte’s room. Seeing a grin from my face, Jane hurried out and guided me towards my younger brother’s room. Perhaps there could be some fantasy comic book.
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