【𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬】➛𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓑𝓾𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓻

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"Woah! You're a professional at this, [Name]!" A rough voice exclaimed as he took a lick of the batter from the bowl in which the woman was skillfully mixing in, the other servants all surrounding her and watching with great intent, and helping at the same time. Had she come any later, or not helped at all...She was sure that Baldroy's arm would've been broken with the mess.

She had helped them clear the kitchen and set the table, assisting Finny in arranging the roses he had cut from the garden, making them much more presentable. And giving Mey-Rin tips on arranging the table, making it look much more tolerable than what they had originally done, yet still keeping their ideas,
"Mhm! With this, anyone would think you had gone to culinary school!" Finnian exclaimed, adjusting a rose in his hair that [Name] had put there herself while helping him with the flowers.

Mey-rin nodded frantically, agreeing while looking over [Name]'s shoulder, impressed by the sheer speed in which she was working, and being the one to give [Name] the ingredients, "Aha, I'm flattered, but I learnt how to bake in my spare time only a few years ago...Vanilla extract,"

The maid handed over what she was told for sure was the extract, so she wouldn't make a mistake and accidentally grab the wrong ingredient, the others had helped her lay all the things needed out.

"This shall be a three-layered cake, with this vanilla being in the middle and the top and bottom chocolate." her main goal, secretly, was to outdo Sebastian's cake, which she had had a sneak peek of.

"You learnt how to bake all on your own? that's amazing yes it is! You must've known how to cook for a long time!" Mey-rin exclaimed, her hands over her cheeks as she blushed, admiring the woman before her.

"Hm, not exactly...I actually couldn't cook at all...I was...never taught how to do so," The three noticed how her smile turned into a sad one, and let her continue, "My time was mostly preoccupied with other things and...ah...they had only taught me how to fight," she poured the batter into a pre-buttered cake tin, and put it onto a tray where it sat between two other tins already with batter in them,

"they?" Finny piped up, when [Name] lifted her eyes from her handiwork, she pondered for a moment, she knew this could be a way to bond with the servants, but whether it was too early for them to know, she was unsure...

"Ah...I guess for now let's call them...Doctors." she tried to be vague with her wording, but it seemed everyone in the room got the hint, and Finnian's eyes especially softened. "Now, it should be done in about 30-40 minutes, then we shall decorate...How much time do we have estimated before they return?"

Bard thought for a moment, "Well they are hunting...so, I'd guess around a few more hours?" he ruffled his blond hair before looking up to meet [Name]'s gaze,

"Well then, how about you all get cleaned up while I clean up a bit more here?" [Name] turned her back and grabbed the dirty mixing bowls and stacked them near the sink, running the water.