Chapter 584

Indulging in Parfe Milk Sweets
The matter of Young Lady Bern’s escort was immediately passed along—first from the Kiblinki Saltas guarding this room to the ones outside, and then to the coordinating leader. Before long, two escort Kiblinki Saltas had arrived.
That really was fast.

(Nice to meet you, Bern.)

“Thank you very much. I look forward to being in your care.”

(Mm. Unlike your sister, you’re polite.)

“Uh…”

… Comparisons to Lady Kou aren’t really fair.
It’s not that Kou is rude.
She’s just far too honest about her own desires and doesn’t grasp the refinement expected of a noble.
… Yeah, that’s probably no good after all.

“My lady, the tea sweets are ready.”

“All right. Come, everyone, please help yourselves.”

Just as things were getting awkward, Modalphas stepped in with a lifeline.
I’m not entirely sure the timing was coincidental, but the sweets had indeed been prepared.
Saved by the bell.
Of course, the pancakes and milk bread were fresh from the oven.
Naturally, I made these in smaller sizes since they’re quite filling.

“Are these Lady Lily’s new creations?”

“They’re sweets made with the milk of a monster I recently tamed called a Parfe. Well… it’s kind of like a cow. Amira and I already tested them yesterday, so you can eat without worry.”

“Oh my, truly? Young Lady Amira?”

“Yes. They’re very delicious.”

Yesterday’s samples really were tasty.
I wonder how they’ll turn out today.

“Then, I’ll try this bread first… my, it’s so fluffy, and sweet!”

“And this round cake is sweet too! Not like sugar-sweet, but more of a gentle sweetness!”

I’m glad to see they both like them.
Not just the milk bread and pancakes, but the pudding and cream puffs as well are a hit.
A complete success!

“Still, I don’t recall there ever being monsters that produced milk like this. And Lady Lily, I thought your tamed beasts were spiders?”

“This spring I traveled to a country called the Isles of the Eight Gods and brought them back. I helped them with an evacuation, and they grew fond of me, so they just came along.”

“Oh my. But was it not a problem to bring back a monster that didn’t originally exist in this kingdom?”

“I got permission from the Tamers’ Guild. They even came all the way to the Isles of the Eight Gods in advance to check.”

“Then there’s no issue. In my domain, we’ve suffered from crops being damaged by a monster that came in from other territories, so I was concerned.”

“There were monsters like that? Was everything all right?”

“The people weren’t affected. The crop damage was minor, and once the guards drove it off, they never approached settlements again. I ordered a mountain hunt, but no traces were found, so it seems they moved on into yet another domain.”

Hmm. A monster that wander from territory to territory.
That’s pretty interesting.
Since Rumaja is in this town too, maybe I should ask her about it if I get the chance.
Though right now she seems busy, so probably not possible at the moment.
Still… are there really monsters that move around in that way?
It’s really piqued my curiosity.

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