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Chapter 6: They Met (2)

Ron entered the room when the other servants were done cleaning up their plates. Arabella perked up at the sight of the glasses and the singular plate at the tray. Apparently, the concept of steel straws isn't a thing yet. So Arabella dragged Cale to a smith shop, the younger twin was determined to have metal straws and chopsticks.

"Oh, what are these, Ron?" Violan asked the old butler. The old man chuckled as he placed each glasses to their intended recipient as well as the small plate, "These are made by Young Master Cale and Young Miss Arabella,"

They then turned to the twins. Cale had a blank look on his face, "Bella was the one that made this, I just helped whipping the coffee,"

"Ho," Their father looked amused, as the younger twin may have the same look as her brother but the tips of her ears were pink, "Is this why you both were late?"

Arabella nodded, "The beverage is one I called whipped coffee, and the one on Lily's plate is called salmon rice ball... I just want to make something for everyone, but since my limbs are still a bit weak, Big Brother helped with the whipped coffee,"

"A metal straw?" Violan looked impressed as well.

"Well, I thought that instead of constantly throwing the usual straws away after using it, these metal ones could be washed and sanitized..." Arabella mumbled shyly, "For the environment,"

The parents and Ron couldn't help but chuckle at that. The Arabella of the past likes nature the most, her favorite pastime when she was a child was running around the garden with her twin and mother. Violan may not have seen such a scene, but she was told enough by Deruth (who then she realized was a doting father to a tee) when they got together.

Basen experimentally tasted the whipped coffee and perked up, "Noonim, it's good!"

Arabella smiled, "I'm glad you liked it,"

Deruth was very vocal with his praises, a bit different from before; mayhaps because the missing part of his life was finally awake. Their family was complete. Violan was impressed, as Lily was praising the rice ball.

"Are you interested in making this a business?" Violan, taking the opportunity to bond with her step twin children, asked the redheaded girl, "This drink and the rice ball is very innovative, do you have more?"

"Of course!" Arabella smiled.

— Is this your way of having the cuisines from your previous worlds to be brought here?

Her brother sounds amused within their link.

— I will make you eat all the spicy Korean dishes. I can't have my Big Brother be a wuss and not handle the spice.

She was having fun when she felt his dread. The step mother and daughter duo were now both talking amicably as they talked about the future business. If asked where she got the ideas and recipes, she simply said that during her sleep, it feels like she was living two different lives and wished to bring those foods and drinks to life now that she was awake.

(Cale was just curious about the concept of alcohol and mixers. Or maybe the taste of the alcohol of her previous world.)

(Arabella is in despair. What do you mean they don't have roll cakes here!? And napa cabbages!? How was she supposed to make kimchi!? She supposed pickled kimchi would be enough... Do the pears in this world taste the same as the Asian Pear? Does this world even have shrimp paste or fish sauce?)

After all that business talk, Arabella decided that she wants to go out alone. Which, everyone immediately disagreed with. But she countered with the fact that she wants to try going out alone in the territory to familiarize herself without any help. Beside, she trusts the knights of their territory (debatable, she trusts her Big Brother who's a sword and aura master).