Laughter is Born From Madness

Chapter 29

"What was that?!" Soma exclaimed. "You've created a divine curry!? In just one night, you've found a way to give it that kind of body!?"

Ciel perked up at the mention of Sebastian's supposed success, Lau beside him and Red asleep in her seat.

"Just in my own way, but yes." Sebastian smirked as he removed the cover over the plate on the tray currently in front of the prince. "Please, have a taste."

It looks the same as yesterday, Soma thought as he scooped a piece of the curry into his mouth. Can this really be anything like Agni's curry of the gods?

His eyes widened at the sight before him. A grand ballroom with dancing couples surrounded his being as he stared in amazement.

This is-! This isn't my palace. Why, this is Great Britain. But I wonder why, somehow...I feel at home.

Shock covered his face as he watched an Indian man and English woman dance, smiles gracing their faces.

An English lady and an Indian fellow are dancing together so happily, he thought as a smile covered his face. I see. This curry does not simply copy Agni's curry. This is Indian curry with a particularly British ingenuity thrown in. The two don't clash, but instead, melt together tenderly.

"What do you think?" Sebastian asked, bringing Soma out of his fantasy.

"This isn't Agni's...divine curry." Soma began, the smile still on his face. "But the complex savouriness created by the spices in Indian curry remains the same while flavouring that only an Englishman could devise brings out a whole new kind of body in the dish. This curry is worthy of being called divine in its own right. It was delicious, Khansama. But how did you manage to get it right in the span of an evening...?"

"With this." The demonic butler replied as he took out a bar of chocolate from the Funtom company.

"Th-That is..."

"Chocolate?!" everyone in the room exclaimed.

"Bloody hell!" Red screeched as she fell out of her chair from the noise.

Sebastian ignored her as he explained, "The cacao of which chocolate is compromised was originally used as a spice due to its uniquely aromatic and savoury flavour. Along with cacao, fats and oils, milk, and sugar are masterfully blended to create chocolate, which in turn contributes a rich body to the curry."

As Red was helped up by Soma, she threw a shoe directly at the demon's head. He dodged it swiftly, walking over to retrieve the item from where it landed.

"Moreover, Funtom's chocolate, being top-quality as it is, contains the purest cacao. One would be hard-pressed to find something better than this chocolate to make the ultimate curry, I daresay. I realised this as I was cleaning up from making the young master's requested gâteau au chocolat. Thus you ended up assisting me."

A "tch" came from the earl as he scowled off to the side.

"Amazing Ciel! Your Khansama has caught up to divine curry in just one week! Maybe he can win against Agni-"

"I doubt it." Interrupted Red.

The room filled with silence as everyone stared at the female.

"Come again, Miss Red?" Soma asked, confused.

"I hate to break it to you, but this won't be enough to beat them." She replied sighing as Sebastian narrowed his eyes at her. "'Catching up' and 'winning' are two different things entirely."

"She's correct." Ciel nodded. "You've only just gotten to where you can compete equally with Agni and his curry of the gods. Right Sebastian?"

"Just so, sir," the butler smirked. "that is currently where I stand."

"That face...have an ace up your sleeve, do you, master butler?" Lau questioned.

"Indeed."

"You'd better not be lying, you know?" the young earl warned.

"Of course. I have never told a lie."

"That right there, is a lie." Red muttered, an irk mark appearing on the demon's forehead.

"I shall obtain the royal warrant for Funtom Corporation. I stake my title as butler to the Phantomhive household upon it!"