Chapter 07

I turned my head and saw her.

Wow, every time I see her, I always think that if she lived in my previous world with that look, I dare to bets that she will become a famous person with a lot of fans.

I can take my eyes off her black hair that looks like a night sky with glittering stars when the sunshine shines at it. Her almond-shaped and onyx-like black eyes. Pale skin that contrasts her eyes and hair colour. Her beauty did not fade away even though she was using rag-like clothes.

If Renneshia's mother is this beautiful, I think Renneshia when she grows up will be able to become as beautiful as she was. No, if only she was in another territory, maybe somewhere except the Eastern part of the Empire.

It has been three days since we haven't met each other because of the Viscount's order and she seems to have a hard time with the servants bullying. I feel sad when I saw her thin body. If only I have the power to protect her.

"Mom..." For some reason suddenly I cry out and approached her.

She hugs me and caresses me. Her touch makes me feel calm and her warmth helps me to feel safe. I remember how my mom was in my past life.

As I started crying, I feel like something make me unable to control myself. Is this Renneshia's emotions? Or it's my past life emotions? Or it's mixed emotions from my past and current emotions?

I think I need to accept the fact that I became Renneshia now. Although I still feel that everything was only a dream. Part of me is still unable to accept my current situation. Although I feel reluctant, I think I need to accept the reality. Right now I'm Renneshia and I should cherish everyone that cares about Renneshia.

I still miss my family in my past life. I miss my normal life and my cute niece. But I could not meet them again. Right, I need to accept the fact. It makes me feel sadder. I cried for a while in my mother's embrace.

"Let me help you, Renne." She said.

My mom helps me with washing my clothes and putting the clean bucket and rags in the storage. I can feel how much she cares about Renneshia (me). For some reason, it makes me keep seeing my previous life's mother in my current mother.

"It's hard, right? But please endure it. Mom will search for a way to save you." Mom said to reassure me while forcing herself to smile.

"Un, I understand. I will also think of a way that will let us live happily together." I answered while nodding my head.

"This child, where do you learn to speak like that?" My mother laughed while caressing my hair.

I know that my mother and I were in this situation because of the Viscountess who ordered the servants to do this to us. And the Viscount is only trying to use us as tools and he just ignored the whole things that happened to us. But I also think that the servants in this house are mostly psycho too.

Logically speaking, I wonder what those servants feel when they do all this. Oops, my mind seems to jump to another topic again.

"Bye Mom, I will see you later," I said to my mom and went to the kitchen.

I need to hide that I met my mom. If the Viscountess know about it, she will punish both of us. My mother cares about me. I decided to resolute my decision to save her and run away from this damn place together.

When I arrived at the kitchen, there was a fuss from the kitchen.

I decided to peek at the opened door.

"How dare you said that to me!" The chef angrily shouted.

"I didn't mean to do anything that would give you trouble, Teacher."

I recognize the voice. It was the kind-hearted brother Winslow's voice.

"What do you mean when you said that you wanted to make a new recipe? Do you think it's something that a twelve years old kid like you could easily do?" The chef berated him.

"I didn't mean to create a new recipe but to make the existing recipes taste more delicious. I think some recipes need to get some revision to make them taste better." He explained.

Is he became like this after our conversation last night?

I feel a little guilty because I told him some of my views about the soup last night.

"Have you thought about who would taste your experiments? Do you think that the other servants would help you?" The chef is getting angrier.

Brother Winslow became speechless at his teacher's words.

I think I could help him. No, I need to help him.

"How about if I would volunteer myself as the taster?" I said it as loud as possible while raising my right hand like an enthusiastic good child.

"You!!!" The chef angrily glared at me but suddenly he makes a suspicious smile.

"Of course, you can. OK, I'll let you use a bit of the ingredients. And you must remember that you could only give your cooking to her." He said to both of us. For some reason, his face became more sinister.

I'm glad that finally, he let Brother Winslow cook his dishes. And I will also be able to get my food easier. Isn't it like 'shoot two birds with one stone'...it's not two but three. Because I will be able to eat the food from my previous life.

My, my. This is the best decision I've made so far after I turned into Renneshia. No, if I think about it carefully, didn't this also means that I can get a good diet for Renneshia (me) with Brother Winslow's helps?

I never thought that the diet program class that I am forced to take because of my mother is useful now. At that time I'm forced to learn about the theories and followed the assistant coach class and I just remembered it because it was useful for maintaining our health and keeping our bodies and minds in good condition. I remembered my mother said that as a woman, I need to learn how to keep my beauty before forcing me to attend the dieting class.

Kufufufu..., let's use the Viscount household resources...suddenly I hope that my (Renneshia) mom could also eat it.

"Head chef, why do you let him do such a thing?" The assistant chef said with a surprised face.

I think he never thought that the head chef would let Brother Winslow cook his dishes.

"You don't have to worry about that. He will only cook a small portion for himself and that thing. I think the Madam will also be happy because no one will get harmed by it. As a good adults, don't we need to support the children's creativity?" The head chef said with a sinister smile on his face.

"How kind heart and great person you are! I will need to learn more from you to be able to help you with your work. I feel embarrassed for my short-sighted thought." The assistant chef said with an embarrassed tone.

Should I retort it? Maybe I should say something like 'If you are a good person then the psychopath criminals from my previous life is all an angel. At least they didn't gang with other people when they torture a two-year-old child like you (if I remembered correctly).' But I don't know about those psychopaths in my previous life because what I know is something that I read from the books.

So I decided to just silently at both of them. Suddenly I got a good idea.

"Um..., Mister Head Chef, can you also let my mother to also try this brother cooking?" I try to act like a shy and innocent child.

I feel embarrassed by Brother Winslow's strange gaze who is surprised by my acting. I need to endure it. If I can get their permission, I can let Mom eat good food.

"Hmm, you are right. He would be able to improve if he had at least one more taster to his foods. But I need to report it to the Madam first. She will be the one who will decide what will happen." The head chef said with a serious face but he didn't realize that his lips are twitching.

I think he tried hard to suppress his sinister smile. I hope he will make a good (bad) report about Brother Winslow's talent for cooking. If the head chef slandered Brother Winslow in front of the Viscountess, she would definitely let us do it.

The head chef might say the possibility of us being poisoned by the new food that Brother Winslow cooks or how horrible the taste of the new recipes will be and make the Viscountess really happy from her imagination. If it really happened, won't I get the last laugh from it?

That's the possibility when you don't have a recipe. But I am someone who has my previous life memories. Even though I'm barely able to cook, I like to read recipe books from my previous life because I like to try new foods or different tastes that show me the difference in the culture.

Food tasting is also one of my stress relievers.

I'm not a gourmet so I never know about the taste of the best foods in my previous life. But I remembered the recipe for the cuisines from a few countries because I have a curiosity about those foods described in some books that I read.

I'm not like some genius characters in the story but I am just someone who likes to read. That's why my knowledge is limited. I just remembered most of it because I got interested when I read the information. I was only able to remember about communication skills, marketing skills, some philosophy, human psychology and a bit of animal psychology, some emergency treatments, and some daily life that I think I need to have skills such as cooking, sewing, gardening, knitting and some other art related skills.

Although I just remembered it because I like it. Some of it was really good as a stress reliever.

Oops, my mind jumped to another topic again.

I hope that my intuition will still be as sharp as my previous life.