After the tea, Princess Mere went in search of Nozomu, to see what he was up to. The entire court followed her along the corridors, in the direction of the kitchen. A servant quickly opened the doors for her, and the Princess entered, and the smell of chocolate being Cooked reached her nose and made her smile.A Cook’s assistant bowed to her, and answering her question about what was happening in there and what was that strange and delicious smell, he guided her along the large kitchen, in the direction of a line of stoves.Taisetsuna was looking around, amazed by the size of that kitchen and the equipment available.In the middle of the kitchen, there was a long counter, with five assistants occupied in several tasks. One was choosing the best looking cocoa seeds, two were turning the seeds into powder, and the others were either filling bowls with cocoa powder or bringing more bags with cocoa seeds.From a door on the left, a servant came with a pushcart full of logs to the stoves,

Without Nozomu or Taisetsuna noticing, the Guild Master was hearing them, together with the smiling Takanari and an old, bald Mage.A noise of someone clearing his throat called their attention, and the Guild Master said, “To answer your question, in one week from now, it starts the first batch of tests. One week later, there is another. If you don’t have money to pay the tuition, you will have to wait for the next month, but you will miss one entire month of classes. It is still doable, but you have to study harder than the others.”Nozomu nodded with a smile, “I think we will make it, considering that tomorrow I need to visit a few Cities. The Princess said she was going to send some messages today, and she gave me a list of places to go that will keep my mornings occupied for the rest of the week. I hope that is not a problem, considering I was supposed to be working in the kitchen.”“With all the money you are earning for the Guild with your food, I think we can manage without you

In the morning, Nozomu woke up feeling a weight on his chest. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Koyaga’s head leaned over him.He caressed her forehead, and she opened up her eyes with a smile. “Hello. You slept well?”“I think I did, but why are you using me as a pillow? I don’t even remember falling asleep!”Koyaga slowly rolled over and looked down at Nozomu’s groins. “I think we both passed out in the middle of something. That was one heck of a night! We must do this more often! It is better if we get out of bed to open doors. I bet there is already a crowd outside! Again!”Nozomu sat on the edge of the bed, only to be hugged from behind.Koyaga bit his right earlobe and whispered in his ear, “Thanks for this night, ‘yuuu’ buddy! That chewing gum you made is awesome! It doesn’t hurt down there? You didn’t get a burn from so much rubbing?”“Maybe a little, yeah. You had a lot of wax to prevent this, but even with it, we probably had ‘yuuu’ a bit too much. Not that I am complaining,