The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman: Volume 1 by Kamihara

Author:Kamihara [KAMIHARA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2025-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

11: An Inauguration Party and Baseless Curses

Things moved quickly once I’d decided to head back to the capital. I needed to get there quickly. Still, I couldn’t have Arno return in a weakened state, so I began my assault on him the very same day that Six disappeared from the manor.

“Wh-Why are you clutching that knife?!” Arno cried. “W-Wait! I do remember that you had a talent for making sweets, and I’m not doubting your skills, but...!”

“I know what you might think, but I did live alone for two years, and I did pick up some cooking skills in that time.”

As someone who had their food regularly prepared for them, this is not a complaint, but it was nonetheless true to say that Japan was a step ahead when it came to matters of food. When it came to food for the sick, the preparation and the ingredients mattered, but I felt hesitant to request such things from our chef. Food was his domain, after all, and I was not going to intrude on it, but now that I had a goal in mind I couldn’t simply stand around grumbling. I was worried about my brother, and that was reason enough for me to commandeer a corner of the kitchen to call my own and—with the aim of fattening Arno up—handle all his meals besides dinner.

“This is...delicious,” he remarked.

I wasn’t particularly happy at the look of disbelief on Arno’s face, but his reaction was, at the very least, an honest one. I also sent him on daily walks to cure his sluggish lethargy and had him drinking Doctor Emma’s medicinal tea. Within ten days the color had returned to his face. His quick recovery was proof of his youth.

“Great,” I remarked. “As long as I make sure you take care of yourself on the way back to the capital, we’re good.”

“You’re not really intending to cook for me on the way back, are you?” asked Arno.

“Of course! What if you happen to faint for some reason? As long as I’m the one with the knife, you’re making a full recovery.”

“You don’t need to go that far. Surely you can just give the orders, no? You need to consider moderation in this task of yours, or you’ll ruin your beautiful hands.”

“But it’s quite nice having people enjoy the meals you make.”

My cooking was surprisingly well received. All I did was prepare soup from vegetable scraps, stew meat to eliminate its odor and make it easy on the stomach, then flavor it all with a minimal amount of oil and salt. Though Conrad and the capital were on the more bearable side, in mountain villages spice-filled bean soup was very common, and it was a most simple flavoring. I’d tried it back while I was attending school, and there was no real descriptor for it outside of “what the heck?”

Cooking was difficult in that it spurred my desire for rice, but seeing as my efforts had also helped the margrave with his stomach issues, I was happy enough just to see Doctor Emma looking so pleased.

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