Cooking with Wild Game: Volume 26 [Complete] by EDA

Author:EDA
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“All of the sweets prepared today were simply outstanding. Once again, allow me to express my gratitude for making our time together so wonderful,” Eulifia declared to start things off.

The majority of the noblewomen happily nodded along. Of course, though it was probably repetitive to mention this, I still couldn’t tell what Arishuna, Lefreya, and Odifia were thinking.

“Allow me to stress once more that you should not concern yourselves too much with the results of our taste testing. Not a one of us was at all dissatisfied with anything you made. Just like with sword fights between gentlemen, there is glory in winning, but that does not mean there is any shame in losing. Shilly Rou, Toor Deen, and Rimee Ruu, you are all chefs that do Genos proud. In fact, there are likely few who could measure up to you when it comes to making sweets.”

I felt like the preamble was longer this time compared to the previous tea party. Perhaps Eulifia had a hunch about how the results would be received. That was what I had to think, based on how she was talking.

“Well then, Sheila, please go ahead and make the announcement. Who won today’s excellent tasting competition?”

“Right away... The seven noblewomen present were each given three points to award as they pleased. The dish that received the most points shall be the winner of this competition.”

We weren’t too familiar with such events, so the explanation must have been for our sake. Since there were seven noblewomen present and they each got three points, that meant there were twenty-one points in total, and that was what the chefs were competing over.

“Now then, allow me to proceed with the announcement. First place for today’s taste test...goes to Lady Toor Deen, who received thirteen points.”

Somebody breathed a deep sigh. Toor Deen was fidgeting a lot, and was obviously trying very hard to suppress her desire to hide behind me.

A moment later, I was surprised to feel Shilly Rou bump into my shoulder on my other side. I turned my head to look at her, and the chef muttered, “My apologies...” as she straightened up. Though the look on her face remained the same, she had gone very pale.

“As for the breakdown, Lady Odifia gave her dish three points, Ladies Eulifia, Lefreya, Merrim, and Arishuna gave it two points, and Ladies Littia and Diel gave it one point.”

That was an even more overwhelming victory than I had anticipated. Toor Deen had earned thirteen points out of the twenty-one available, which was more than half. On top of that, all seven participants had awarded her points.

“So that really was Toor Deen’s work. I thought that might be the case, from the way the look in Odifia’s eyes changed... Ah, but just so there are no misunderstandings, let me say that Odifia was not told in advance which dessert Toor Deen made,” Eulifia said.

Odifia—who, much like Lefreya, bore a striking resemblance to a French doll—had her expressionless gray eyes firmly fixed on Toor Deen.

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