Chapter 23 - A Certain Chef Apprentice POV (part 6)

It was lunchtime, and when I get into the kitchen, the head chef and the assistant chef are angry at me because I coming late.

"Where are you going? Did you have become arrogant because the Viscountess liked your idea to torture those thrash?" The head chef angrily said.

"I'm sorry for coming late. I just found out that the lady suddenly gets sick. I only want to look at her condition." I responded with a vague answer.

But I never expect that his anger quickly change when he misunderstood my vague answer.

"Hahaha, I never thought that you also hate her but it is not used even you gloss your words and call that thrash as a lady. She did not deserve to be called as our lady, that vile thing. I'll quickly report it to the Viscountess. She definitely loves to hear this good news." The head chef said happily and leave the kitchen.

I could only continue with my work with the assistant chef. I don't know why he was angry at me but he keep glaring at me from this morning and this time he put more job for me to do before he leave me with these things and leave me alone in the kitchen.

After I finished my job, I quickly cook some soup while following what my lady had told me before. I feel lucky that I follow her words and made some preparation in the morning.

As I do my job, I keep thinking about what my lady's mother said. I think she knew something about the strange thing that my lady do.

For example, I found out that she just started learning how to read and I also saw the title of the book in her room this morning. Strangely I couldn't find out any book that relate to cooking. Then how could she get that knowledge from?

Is this also her reason to not involved us?

Should I ask her mother about it because she seems to know something?

As I finished my cooking, I quickly went to the slave quarter. I give her, her lunch and ask her about her daughter.

"She is just a bit different from the other. Her destiny had been decided from a long time ago. I can't say it but you will understand that she always be a good child."

She smiled at me while answering my question.

Although I feel a bit dissatisfied with her vague answer, but I think her answer also gives me the answer that I seeking for. I didn't care where she gets that knowledge as she never use it for bad things like the people in this mansion.

As I feel much lighter, I went to my lady's room.

Knock, knock, knock.

I decided to knock on her door before entering.

"Come in." My lady reply came from inside.

As I come in, I saw the maid fidgeting and my lady who raise her body from the bed.

"Have you calmed down? Don't get up. Why don't you tell me that you have a fever?" I looked at her condition carefully.

I was really worried about her condition.

"I am sorry!" The maid cut our conversation and apologize to my lady with a bow.

Although I have heard from the maid about what happened, I am still suspicious about how scared she was.

So I decided to ask my lady about it. "Did she do something terrible to you?"

"No. She just helped me to bring all of these books to my room because she thinks I am stealing from this house and said that my room is like a prison room." My lady gives me a quick and simple answer.

Her condition seems to be getting better than before. The maid seems to be taking care of her. But if she didn't do anything,...

"Then why did you cry like before?" I try to hide my emotion and smile at her as I asked her.

"That's because she helps me...and I just want her to stop helping me. I also want Brother Winslow to stop giving me more helps. I don't want you to get hurt because of me..." She answers with a weak voice.

Her answer is unexpected to me.

But when I think about it, I remember. Although my lady seems to be mature, but after all, she is still a child.

"I see. As expected of a two-year-old child. Why do you care about us?" I said it with a smile.

"Why don't I care about you? I am not some ungrateful bastard that doesn't know how to repay others' kindness." My lady said while pouting with her almost expressionless face.

"But as you care about us, we also care about you." I couldn't help myself chuckling at her reaction.

"..." She was speechless after hearing my answer.

"That's right my lady, you should also think about our feelings. And I'm really sorry for saying something like that without even knowing your condition." The maid quickly adds her opinion with a troubled expression.

"Right, you should learn how you speak to others. How can you make my lady cry like that!" I decided to tease the maid who react with a dejected face.

"You're talking like that when you also almost made me cry this morning," My lady grumbled in a small voice.

"Little girl like you just need to eat well, sleep well and play well." I ignored her grumbling while giving her, her lunch.

I also give the maid share of her lunch.

"So, who are you?" I asked the maid as I give her lunch.

"Oh, right! I haven't introduced myself. My name is Ancelina Terra. I'm still training to become a maid in this mansion. I choose this job to help my family. I'm sorry for my previous behaviour but when I look at my lady, it reminds me of my younger brother." Ancelina shyly said.

"...Did I look like a boy?" My lady asked me with a teasing tone.

I know that she was joking because she likes Ancelina.

"Eh! I didn't mean it that way! I mean you remind me of my five years old brother. I have to raise him because my mother get sick and my father just died in an accident last year. I decided to become a maid because it has the highest salary." She said it proudly.

"Can you tell me about your mother's sickness?" Suddenly my lady was interested in her story.

"My mother started to get weaker not too long after my father died. I remembered she also eat less than before, she also had difficulty sleeping. I have tried to get her a doctor and healers but they are unable to heal her. I don't know what to do to heal her and I still need to raise my brother." She said it with a sad face.

When I hear her story I could emphasize with her because we have similar reasons to work in this mansion.

But something expects to happen.

"I know a way to cure your mother," My lady said it with confidence.

As my lady told Ancelina about the method to heal her mother, I could only suspiciously try to find out about where she learned about it. Of course, she try to hide it so I decided to not pry about it. But after a week Ancelina said that her mother getting better.

Ancelina started to secretly help my lady and I need to cook one more portion because she has tasted the foods that I cook with following my lady's tips.

My lady get some books about the plants in this world and she started to tell me to find them.

I never expect that she told me to make a dish with mushrooms. When I told her it might be a poisonous one, she only told me that I need to differentiate it from the colour of the spores and the shape.

When I try to cook it in the kitchen, the head chef only warned me not to kill her.

But the result is beyond my imagination. It was a unique taste and texture.

I also learned more new recipes from my lady. As I continue to cook with the new ingredients that she told me, I learned a lot of cooking methods and my sense of taste seems to get sharper.

Even my siblings are able to eat better because of her help.

I'm really glad that I can help her with my cooking. But I decided to keep helping her in the future.

Right now I could only help her with my cooking but I will try my best to help her.

I have too many things that I need to thank her for. Because of her, I could find out the ideal future that I want to reach.

I hope she could also find her way to her future.

I wish she will find happiness and be able to live happily.