Lottie's Ship Wish

CHAPTER 11

"Yes! I did it!" Lottie wiped the sweat from her forehead as she was proudly looking at her food creation in the cooking pot.

"Now for the taste..." She got a spoon and taste-tested the soup and the moment it glided in her tongue, her eyes sparkled.

"Haha! Perfect! It tastes the same as my favorite sinigang! But..." After celebrating, her eyes went to the various wasted ingredients and failed attempts of her cooking.

"...it took a lot of tries." She laughed awkwardly to herself.

It indeed took A LOT of attempts to recreate a Filipino dish because most of the ingredients in the world she was living right now was different to those of her old world.

"It's already morning too. I am pretty sure it was dark when I started," she said as she saw the sunlight from the window glass.

Lottie in her situation won't be able to use the kitchen because she's sure the kitchen staffs would drive her away in the pretense of 'nobles don't work in the kitchen' but in reality, they didn't want her there. So, she waited for everyone, literally everyone to fall asleep before she sneaked inside the kitchen and did her "cooking." However, it seemed like it took hours because she finished at daylight.

"I hope dad likes it..." She whispered with small smile, but it halted when she sneezed.

"Why is it cold even though it's morning already?" Lottie asked herself while warming her arms and covering her mouth from the small cough escaping her lips.

"Young lady! Where are you!?"

This shout caught Lottie's attention. She deduced it came from outside and from someone she knew.

"Flora?" She called back.

The person stopped shouting, but a loud and quick footstep went closer to the kitchen then afterwards, the door burst open with Flora panting in the doorway.

"I have been looking for you, my lady!" Flora said as if she was going to cry, but still walked closer.

"We need to bathe you and pick a dress for your meeting with the Duke!"

Yes, Duncan fulfilled the end of his terms and made an appointment for her. She couldn't imagine how much begging he had to do to get approval, but that was not her problem anymore. She was occupied with cooking all night to please her dad.

"Of course!" Lottie excitedly jumped from the small stool chair she's been using.

This is the time she had been waiting for the whole week.

"Oh! Flora, please make sure to prepare this too." Lottie pointed at the pot which Flora sneaked a peek and her brows furrowed.

"This, my lady?" Flora asked in a confused manner; clearly had no idea what kind of soup she was looking at.

"Yes! I'll eat it with my dad!"

"Oh okay...I'll tell the chef later, but now, BATHE, my lady!"

Afterwards, Flora guided her back to her room, hastily but compared to before, more caring and gentler.

'I am good at blackmailing, huh?' Lottie smugly thought to herself.

She continued to enjoy Flora's sudden change of behavior as they walked inside Lottie's room, and her two attendants were waiting inside.

"Tsk, where have you gone!?"

"Did you know how long we're waiting?"

Of course, only Flora and Duncan changed their behavior, not the others because Lottie had no information to blackmail them. So, it made sense they're still disrespectful.