With a forced I smile, I greeted them and seated at the vacant seat in front of Pepper. Now that the royalties are here, they sat at the left and right side of the Duke. With Prince Aero and Princess Lotte at the left side and Crown Prince Lewis at the Duke’s right.
Ghirar sat in front of Princess Lotte and beside him sat the Duchess with Minte and Milka in her side. Seated right beside the Princess, I really don’t know if I should feel glad about it.
The food was sumptuous as usual and the variety of greens and juicy meat in front should have make me drool by now but the nervousness I am currently feeling made it hard for me to eat at my heart’s content!
“We heard, you have introduced variety of desserts by now…” Princess Lotte finally started the conversation in the quiet dining.
“Hahaha yes… thankfully I learned about it…” I replied nervously as I reached for the glass of water.
“So you were really an enlightened.” Ghirar added up nonchalantly as he looked at me intently.
“Hahahaha… yes I guess so…”
Thankfully Cook Bronze and the others brought out the desserts. Rose shaped chocolates were placed on top of the round chocolate cake. Though it was pretty simple, it much less gathered everybody’s attention.
Relieved that the attention clearly on me a while back was now diverted to the round cake, I finally relaxed and explained the dessert.
“This is called cake, a chocolate flavoured one. The rose shaped chocolate on top can be eaten separately and it was added in so it could give a twist to this round cake.”
Cook Bronze also brought in the previously shaped chocolates. The leaf and shell shaped one attracted their attention more.
“This leaf and shell shaped chocolate has almond inside.”
I did not need to urged them to taste it as Princess Lotte already picked one. I also took a few of every chocolate shapes for Almond Joy as she just stared at the ones in front of us.
“Try it, you will probably like it.” I urged Almond Joy.
“It’s delicious!” I even felt my body shook as Princess Lotte tagged my arms. The duke was then very pleased and the previously tense atmosphere turned merry.
The desserts should have been served sooner!
With the Crown Prince in lead, he sliced a part from the chocolate cake. We all look at him in anticipation and his eyes showed his surprise.
“The bread is soft and the sweetness was just right.” He commented. “The chef was very skilled.”
Cook Bronze on the side made a fist pump in delight but he still answered humbly that he was just a cook and that he just followed my recipe.
Right! How could I forget about Milka.
When I looked at the little kid, I was so surprised that instead of eating, she was looking at Prince Aero with her shining eyes. She looked like a love struck teen!
Oi, Oi… Even a young kid was attracted to Prince Aero’s charm!
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