Chapter 79: Wonderful wife (1)
Rehabilitating the Villainess
After talking with the Mage Tower Lord, I quickly went back to Shael.
On the way, I also bought the ingredients for the desserts in order to avoid any suspicions.
As soon as I entered the room, I was greeted by Shaelâs voice.
âYouâre late. Did you really go out to buy ingredients?â
It seemed like she had been waiting for me for a long time, as she gave me a sharp stare, with eyes full of suspicion.
I didnât know why, but her words gave me goosebumps!
âI stopped to have some talk with the Mage Tower Lord.â
Thatâs why, I told the truth. Even though I couldnât tell her the contents of my conversation with the Mage Tower Lord, I didnât really want to lie to her about anything.
ââ¦is that so.â Shael nodded her head in response.
âSheâs not asking what happened?â
It was quite unexpected. If it was the usual Shael, it wouldnât have been strange for her to ask questions about what happened with the Mage Tower Lord.
Anyways, I halted my thoughts for now. Because Shael had suddenly held out her hand.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âPlease come here.â
More accurately, her hand was reaching out for the bag full of ingredients for the desserts.
I handed the bag to Shael, thinking that she just wanted to see what I had bought, but she didnât even look at what was inside.
ââ¦what is it?â
âFollow me.â
Unexpectedly, Shael headed to the kitchen attached to the room. As a dukeâs daughter, she must have never had to put on an apron, but she put on the apron with the air of an expert.
However, contrary to her skillful actions, the apron was turned inside out. She even adjusted her hair, which was tied in two pigtails, to one ponytail.
Then she spoke to me with a serious expression, âCut the vegetables.â
âAre we not making the desserts?â
Shael nodded her head.
An unexpected answer, but I also felt the firmness in Shaelâs expression. So I took grabbed some vegetables, and began to cut them without any further questions.
Now that I think about itâ¦arenât the roles reversed?
Originally, I shouldâve been the one to cook, and Shael would have just âhelpedâ. It was the norm, because Shael was not good at cooking at all.
Of course, this âattemptâ from Shael was quite admirable, so I didnât bother pointing that out.
Trying to cook would be a good experience for Shael as well.
I swiftly pealed and diced the vegetables and handed them over to Shael, who then plopped them all into the stew she was apparently âcookingâ.
Soon, I was able to feel the spicy scent wafting over from the stew.
They were all from the various spices that were placed all around Shael.
âI donât think she put the spices in proper amount.â
As I was thinking about it, Shael, who had been glancing at me from time to time, handed me a bowl of âstewâ she had âcookedâ along with a spoon.
âTry it.â
Usually, Shael wouldâve felt embarrassed to do such a thing.
And currently, she was blushing as well. Nevertheless, it was quite unexpected that she was offering me to have a tasting without feeling embarrassed.
âAaahnâ¦â
Shael made a cute sound as if she was telling me to open my mouth.
And, I unconsciously took the spoonful of âstewâ in my mouth and ate it.
âHow is itâ
âI think you added a bit too much spice.â
I thought that Shael would immediately proclaim that her cooking was the best and would ignore my opinion.
However, Shael immediately added water to her stew.
And, I couldnât help but stare at Shaelâs changed behavior with wide open eyes.
After that, Shael asked me for my opinion a few more times.
A few questions and a few answers later, Shaelâs cooking gradually came to an end.
It wasnât long before the mysterious âstewâ was completed.
To be honest, it didnât look that appetizing, and it was the same for the taste.
âTry it.â
âI understand.â
I ate a spoonful of the spicy-looking stew. It was obvious that it would be tasteless, so I was going to swallow it as soon as I put it in my mouth.
But I didnâtâ¦because the stew tasted a lot better than I thought!
After taking another spoonful of the stew, I looked at Shael.
ââ¦â
Shael was frozen and silent.
At the moment, she seemed quite anxious, as if was worried about the result.
She wanted to ask if the food was good, but then she looked down at the stew as if she wasnât confident. It wasnât how Shael would usually act at all.
It was hard for me to watch her suffer like that, so I said, âItâs very tasty.â
ââ¦really?â
I immediately nodded to assure her. It was for the sake of lifting Shaelâs mood, but also because the food really was delicious.
âTo the extent that I want to eat it for the rest of my life.â
Usually, such a compliment wouldâve been enough to make Shael blush.
But this time, she didnât.
She just looked at me as if she was lost in thought.
âWhatâs wrong?â
I didnât know. I even complimented her for how delicious the food was.
I tried to think differently, âIs my praise the problem?â
That could be true as well, because Shael had a unique way of thinking.
âIâm speechless.â
So I remarked without much thought, and after that, I added in a hurry.
Goblin: This chapter was supposed to come out yesterday, but I was going through some issues at the time, and I didn't have the time to translate. So, sorry for the delay.
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