Nozomu and his group were seated at a table in a small dining room that a servant guided them into. Small was a matter of speaking because he and little Takanari were looking around, completely blown away by the size of that room. The entire lower level of the Guild would fit in there, with enough empty space around.
Taisetsuna took a sip from the glass of water in front of her, and as she was about to say something to the Guild Master, the doors that led them into that room were opened by the old servant who guided them to the Throne Room, and Princess Mere entered, making everyone stand up and bowing at her.
As Nozomu stood up again, he didn’t fail to notice that the Princess was wearing a different set of clothes. She was no longer in the shining dress that she was using in the Throne Room, but inste
After lunch, Nozomu and the others followed the Princess to her office, which was right after the Throne Room. In there, a scribe was already waiting, finishing writing a set of papers.He bowed at the Princess and delivered the papers for Nozomu to read, “I finished the contract related to you teaching the Princess’ Cooks, and the licence to other Cities. Please confirm everything and sign at the bottom, over the line.”He then pointed to a small sphere over the Princess’ desk and explained, “After you signed, put your hand over that sphere and infuse it with some Magic. The sphere will record your Magic and everything will be according to the laws.”
Taisetsuna made a huge effort to sound calm, but Takanari felt Taisetsuna squeezing her little hand and flinched, trying not to scream from surprise as Taisetsuna spoke, “He is not, and I am not available to be taken by you or anyone that sounds or resembles like you. You are too pretty for a boy. Were you born a girl and suddenly decided to be a man, or you always looked like that?““Impressed, are you? Well, that is not a surprise. I am the one-day-to-be Viscount Robert Keskula, and I am yet to meet a woman that doesn’t become infatuated by my beauty or my speech. I take great pride in my natural beauty, and I go to enormous lengths to keep looking as good as I do. I don’t mind if you are a commoner or not, because I just love Cat-kind women and their insatiability in a bed.”
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,
The Nobles noticed the Princess looking at them with Magic around her, a clear sign that she wasn’t joking, and they immediately gave the gums they were chewing to a Cook’s assistant that went to them, and also gave him the wrapped gums they still had.She left the kitchen in a hurry, with Nozomu running after her. Taisetsuna stayed in the kitchen, dumbfounded by all that had happened.The Guild Master cleaned his forehead from the cold sweat that was piling and he spoke, making every set of eyes look at him, “What about if we went outside to let the Cooks finish things here? The Princess didn’t say it, but I am sure she won’t be pleased if we are still here when she returns.”The Nobles realized he was definitely right and followed a servant that guided them to the garden again.Along their walk, a young Noble approached Robert Keskula and whispered, “Can you imagine what we would be able to do if we managed to put our hands on that? The feats we could do with a group of Beast-kind w
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
Dinner time arrived, and while Koyaga was serving cups of ale to the thirsty Adventurers in the main room, Taisetsuna entered the kitchen to check if the food was ready.Nozomu was filing the wheeled cart with plates of food while chewing something. Near the stove, the big Cook was filling a plate with the stew he made and also chewing.Before she could ask what he had in his mouth, Nozomu blew a bubble with the chewing gum and she stared at the increasing air bubble until it exploded. She looked in amazement as Nozomu used his tongue to pull the pieces of gum into his mouth, to chew again.He smiled at her and explained, “We managed to make a recipe that doesn’t have any side effects on Beast-kind. I think the problem with my previous version was the disinfectant I used in the Castle. The Cooks there gave me one that had something mixed with it to smell like flowers, and to make these, I used regular disinfectant that smells like alcohol. With the fruit juice in the mix, my new versi
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,
Nozomu quickly wiped his tears before Takanari noticed and kissed her forehead. With a last smile, he went to the columns where Koyaga and the Unicorns were. As they waved to the happy Dog-kind family, the old Mage activated the rotating disks and Nozomu watched in amazement as the Magical Dome appeared on the Circle, right in front of him. When the extremity of the Dome touched the Circle on the other section of the Magical Circle, the portion in front of Nozomu retreated, and the Magical Circle was now empty.Nozomu thanked the old Mage for the help, and went to the middle of the Circle, with two frowning Unicorns at his side.Koyaga stood next to him and asked, “You were crying when they were leaving, weren’t you? Takanari really got a place in your heart. You