‘Why are the two of them acting like that?’

Could it be that they really met yesterday?

However, the atmosphere seemed chilly to consider that they had fallen for each other at first sight.

Especially on Mikael’s side.

Through the crack in the door, Eliseus’s voice could be heard.

“Yesterday, I was a bit harsh. Will you forgive me?”

Eliseus, burdened with guilt, leaned toward Mikael.

The tight-fitting red dress on her body was revealing, unlike the priest’s robe.

“…No.”

Mikael, averting his gaze, took a step back.

Eliseus’s face stiffened for a moment. However, she quickly recovered and stuck close to Mikael.

“What are you making? I want to see too.”

“I’m chopping. It’s dangerous, so stay away.”

“Oh, just chopping vegetables? I’m good at chopping too. I don’t want to, but…”

A sigh followed her laughing tone.

Mikael silently moved the finely chopped green onions to another container.

As he tried to move closer to the fire, Eliseus, who had preemptively advanced, blocked his way.

“So, what are you making? I asked twice.”

It was an attitude that said if he didn’t tell her, she wouldn’t move.

Mikael’s gaze was cold.

He opened his mouth as if unwilling.

“Fried rice with kimchi.”

“…What?”

“Lady, you probably don’t know this dish. Now that I’ve told you, please step aside.”

Next to the fire, already finely chopped kimchi was in a dish.

It was the famous brand, Byuljip’s cabbage kimchi that I had brought.

There were also two eggs, finely chopped green onions, ready-made rice, minced meat, gochujang, all the ingredients for kimchi fried rice.

“What on earth…”

Eliseus, who stared at it with a dumbfounded look, belatedly came to her senses.

“No, no. I know. No, I don’t. Since I don’t know, how about making something else?”

Then, she began to suggest various other dishes.

“Foie gras or steak! Anyway, something luxurious!”

The dishes Eliseus mentioned were mainly served at noble banquets.

But for Mikael, who was accustomed to facing such luxurious dishes, they were not at all appetizing.

“Kimchi fried rice is much more special than those.”

“I don’t like it!”

Eliseus let out a disgusted sound.

It was the moment when Mikael’s fatigue was accumulating.

“Lady, you seem to have some misunderstanding. This is not a dish for you, but the princes’ lunch.”

“…Princes? Ah.”

She remembered what she had forgotten.

With a short mumble, Eliseus clapped her hands as if she had made up her mind.

“I said I was doing maid’s duties. Fine, leave it to another servant. Then, can you make food for me!”

Mikael’s gaze at her was awkward.

She was an utterly incomprehensible opponent.

After sighing consecutively, Mikael asked with a genuinely curious tone.

“What I want to eat is… um… first, T-bone steak and mushroom soup…”
“Why do I have to do this?”

“What?”

Eliseus, who was listing my favorite foods, widened her eyes.

Mikael spoke as if commanding her to listen carefully.

“I don’t want to cook for the Lady.”

“Why?”

However, she was not a receptive audience.

Eliseus completely misunderstood Mikael’s reaction.

“You fell for me, right?”

“Me? For you, Lady?”

A bewildered question followed.

In response, Eliseus immediately nodded her head.

“Yes. Isn’t it obvious? It’s destiny.”

Eliseus’s eyes sparkled as she mentioned destiny.

When Mikael, once again failing to understand, made a face indicating his lack of comprehension, she kindly explained.

“Regardless of what I do, no matter your current condition, fulfilling the predetermined purpose is destiny. Eventually, everything will return to its original place.”

It was a meaningful statement.

However, Mikael considered everything Eliseus said as nonsense.

“I have no idea what you’ve been talking about since yesterday.”

In the end, putting down the ladle, he stood right in front of Eliseus.

“Weren’t you the one who told me to get a grip, Lady? Like a lowly dreamer, immediately discard trivial dreams like being a cook.”

The reason why Mikael dug into the ground yesterday was there.

While there was someone who was hurt, the one who caused the harm was completely unaware.

“Oh, is it because of what I said yesterday?”

Eliseus covered her mouth as if she didn’t know at all.

As if it was nothing, she lightly patted Mikael’s shoulder.

“I apologized earlier, right? And you said it’s okay.”

The way she genuinely thought it was okay was fascinating.

While I was surprised internally, Eliseus was going a step further.

“Moreover, the protagonist of a big event shouldn’t be so petty!”

“…Big event?”

“Yes. Rescuing the kidnapped Lady, defeating the Demon King! In the end, becoming the Emperor and marrying the Lady!”

Eliseus giggled, blushing as if it were a delightful imagination.

“Kidnapped Lady…?”

“Yes! She’s going to be imprisoned soon!”

Upon hearing Eliseus’s claim, Mikael seemed to lose energy altogether.

“…You seem to have read too many fairy tales.”

“Fairy tales? No! That’s reality.”

Although Eliseus corrected herself, Mikael retorted with a stronger attitude than before.