Today is a cloudy day.
If you are indoors, it will inevitably be a little dim without turning on the lights, but even if you turn on the lights, you still don't feel that there is enough light.
All in all, it was a not so bright and slightly muggy day.
It had been a week since the last meeting, and Tasia finally brought over the cookies she prepared.
Wayne, Chris, and Tasia sat together at the wooden table and chairs in the courtyard, sharing food.
"Tasia, you are amazing!"
Chrissy stared at the small box in Tasia's hand with joy and anticipation.
"Sorry... I may have kept everyone waiting a little long."
Tasia opened the box and found cookies of various shapes neatly stacked inside.
Stars, moon, bears, rabbits... to name a few.
"Wow - so cute." Chris asked excitedly: "Can I eat it?"
"You two, please do as you please."
Tasia held out her hand for them to take.
Wayne also picked up a star-shaped cookie and took a bite.
It has a slightly crisp texture in the mouth, but soon the biscuit melts during chewing, and the sweet taste overflows into every corner of the mouth, giving people a strange feeling of happiness.
"Hmm! Good time!"
Chrissy said in surprise.
Wayne kept nodding in affirmation.
Tasia showed a faint smile: "It would be great if you two like it. I was worried that this kind of ordinary food might make everyone uncomfortable..."
"No such thing!" Chris categorically denied, "It's really delicious, even better than what I've had in the dessert shop."
As she spoke, she asked curiously: "Can you know what special ingredients are added to it? I can't taste any difference, but the feeling is indeed different from other biscuits."
"Oh, if it's not convenient to say it, it's okay not to say it!" Chris added.
Tasia thought for a while and said: "Actually, there is nothing inconvenient. I use the most common materials...it may have something to do with the ratio of raw materials, baking time and temperature!"
"Also, the feeling of happiness when making it."
Wayne was confused.
Happy mood? ...very metaphysical cooking knowledge.
Chris looked down at the cookies in her hand and said sadly: "It seems that the reason why I can't make delicious enough food is because I didn't put enough happiness into it when I was making it!"
"No, sometimes you can still produce a good finished product." Wayne defended her. "For example, hot pot, isn't it very good?"
"Huh? Hot pot?" Tasia said in surprise: "Can Miss Chris also cook it?"
When he heard this word coming from Tasia's mouth, Wayne's heart tightened instantly.
Could it be... is there anyone else in this world who claims to have invented hotpot? !
Next to her, Chris's expression also stiffened for a moment.
Tasia was unaware of the intense activity in the hearts of the two of them, but continued to speak thoughtfully.
"Recently, many restaurants in the royal capital have launched hot pot dishes. I heard that they were invented by a certain noble lady who loves food..."
Having said this, she looked at Chris with surprise.
"Could it be that it's Miss Chris's work?"
Wayne breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that someone had leaked it to an outside restaurant... Wait, this seems to be something not quite right!
"Ah, ah haha..." Chris said with a dry smile, "I did find the original recipe from a personal travel journal, and then tried to improve it, but I don't know the kind of hot pot you mentioned and the one I made. Isn’t it the same?”
"If you have a chance next time, please invite Miss Tasia to have hot pot with us!" Wayne invited.
"Eh?"
For some reason, Tasia didn't seem to be particularly happy, but hesitated: "Can I...?"
"Of course." Chris waved her fist, "Next time, let's try a new snack recipe together!"
She was probably thinking that if she invited her classmates to play at home, her mother would be too embarrassed to forcibly drive her away from the kitchen.
Chris's methods of evading punishment have been updated again.
After happily enjoying the cookies between classes, Wayne and Chris said goodbye to Tasia.
Under Chris's pressure, Tasia finally revealed her home address.
A very ordinary street bakery in a civilian area.
"We will pick you up at your home on Saturday morning!"
Chrissy turned back as she walked and waved goodbye to her.
Tasia stood there, stretched out her hand, and shook them.
Gradually, her figure was hidden by the bushes on both sides and became invisible.
Walked for a while.
"I always feel like Tasia is unhappy." Wayne suddenly said.
"Is there...?" Chrissy's footsteps slowly stopped, "When you said that, I feel like there is a little bit."
The two looked at each other and saw that the other's expression was a little solemn.
At this time, several girls came over from the opposite corner and were laughing with each other.
They are well-dressed and arrogant.
The topic of the conversation was not concealed, and it reached the ears of Wayne and Chris here.
"That civilian!"
One of them said in a very funny tone, "She really overestimates her abilities and dares to seduce His Highness like that. A good show is about to begin~"
Another person said: "Yes, yes, someone warned her last time, but she still turned a deaf ear. It seems she hasn't suffered enough..."
Chris frowned tightly and stopped in front of them.
"you!"
When the girls saw Chris, their expressions immediately changed. They suppressed the malicious smiles on their faces and turned into a timid and harmless tone.
"Lady Chris!" they shouted timidly.
Wayne stood behind Chris and witnessed the girls' face-changing skills, and couldn't help but feel his heart sink.
"Who is the person you just talked about?" Chris asked.
They looked at each other and whispered, "It's Tasia Louie."
After mentioning Tasia's name, one of the girls suddenly felt courageous again, and her voice gradually became louder.
"That commoner, she approached His Royal Highness Prince Richard without authorization. This is an act that cannot recognize her identity! Lady Chris must also be disgusted with such a shameless woman!"
"ha?"
Chris had an incomprehensible expression on her face.
"How did she get close to Richard?" Wayne asked.
The girl glanced at Wayne and said, "Someone saw her talking to His Highness the Prince."
"What's wrong with talking? Is that a sin too?!"
Wayne was a little angry.
In the plot, Tasia was indeed bullied by some nobles, but with the relaxed and interesting presentation of the animation, he only thought it was funny at the time.
For those sidekicks who didn't even appear in the game, the problem was solved before they even had time to feel disgusted.
However, this must be a very painful experience for Tasia now.
