Volume 1 - Magic and Growth ②

While on the early afternoon, I was supposed to be going outside the Maid Quarters when Mama Clara quickly came up to me and said...

[Emi-chan, bring the book that you're reading right now, the chalkboard, and the chalk that you have last night... We'll be showing what you drew and explaining it to the three of them... Do you understand...?]

[Y-Yes, Mama... One second...]

As I went upstairs, I immediately did a gut pose as the plan that I made worked as expected. I then took the three things that Mama Clara said that I should bring. When I came back down...

[That's good. We should be going now.]

[Y-Yes, Mama...]

The two of us walked from the Maid Quarters back to the main mansion is quite a high pace. When the two of us reached the back entrance of the mansion and made our way to where it seemed to be the reception room mansion, I can see Mama Diana and Papa Edmund there with an individual in front of the two of them.

From what I can look at him... He's a calculative person... I've known a lot of people like him in the past who are calculative just to attain whatever their goal is. So that face can't deceive me... I need to be careful when speaking in front of him...

[Oya? She is just a 3-year-old brat...]

[Come on now, Moloch-san... Don't scare her like that...]

[......]

No, I wasn't scared of him... But I'm more or less wary of that person...

The person called Moloch-san then approached me and Mama Clara as she then kneeled in front of me to meet eye to eye and said to me.

[Emi Meire Schultz-san... I'm Moloch, a close friend of Duke Edmund's, and I'm the president of the Moloch Magic Tools Company. Your idea would be revolutionary since the dawn of the magic tool's existence. 

To be able to idealize a tool utilizing an antimagic crystal's extracted power to power the said tools... The possibilities here are endless.]

[......]

I stayed silent for a moment before recalculating my position there. Since the four of them have recognized the work itself, then I'll just appropriately interact with them.

[U-Unn...?]

[Anyways, Clara-san.]

[Yes, Moloch-san?]

[I'll leave 75% of the profits of the future products that'll be released by this kind of technology to you for your daughter's sake.]

[[75%?!]]

Ohooooo... 75% of net profits would directly go to Mama Clara herself... To be honest, it would probably be somewhat an unfair cut for him... But since he's the president of a magic tools company, then this means something like the magic stove idea to be a best-seller.

[B-But... Moloch-san... Isn't 25% kind of a bad deal for you...?]

[Ah... That? I think it's a fair deal considering that it's Emi-san's idea that came out... The magic circle that's needed to control not just the extraction of mana from the antimagic stone, but also the output of mana that the elemental crystals are experiencing on.

Plus, I'll be personally funding the research involving that idea to make her idea more streamlined in the magic tools industry.]

If he's going to further lengths for this one, I think I should step up my game... I then told Moloch-san in a whispering manner...

[I have a lot of ideas too, in regards to that... Cold storage with ice crystals...]

As I said that, Moloch's sans widened and immediately chuckled a little bit.

[Emi-san, have you been taught personally about magic?]

[Uhmmm... No! Mama Clara showed me this book yesterday night!]

[[[Yesterday?!]]]

[U-Unn...]

The three of them exclaimed as they can't believe the fact that I learned the basics of magic in a single night. In my past life, I can remember a lot of events happening inside a light novel once I've finished the entire volume.

In the end, Moloch-san invited me and Mama Clara when the research for the magic stove developed with maturity. Moloch-san immediately left after the discussion between the five of us inside the room went through pretty smoothly.

...

 Just before my 4th birthday, things got a little bit busy after that first meeting between Moloch-san and the others. His magic tools company has already sent some working prototypes of the magic stove to the mansion's kitchen room that they have made.

At first, the chefs and maids within the mansion were quite perplexed about the magic stove themselves, they got a hang of using it after a few days. The cold storage box as well, or what I called "the refrigerator" has also been finished too and was delivered just yesterday.

Since there have already been enough kitchenware and other kitchen tools that a noble has, it's no easy surprise as to where I'm going with this...

After lunchtime has ended, I was about to go to my self-study sessions back in my room when I sneaked out from Mama Clara's view and moved towards the kitchen to see only Chef Lois inside the room while eating his dish on his own.

[Uncle Lois~!!]

[Ah, if it isn't Emi-chan... What can I do for you...?]

[I want to cook!]

[Yes?]

Shocked by what I said, Uncle Lois asked a question again which I answered...

[I want to cook, Uncle Lois...! I want to eat something...!]

[I-Is that so... But a nearly 4-year-old kid who would like to cook... It's a little bit of a stretch for that to happen at all...]

[That's why you'll be following my instructions as, Uncle Lois.]

[Following...? Have you read any recipes...?]

[It's really simple, Uncle Lois... Have you done any sauces...?]

[Y-Yeah... I did some sauces on my own. But why do you ask...?]

[Then, we're going to make mayonnaise~!]

Yes... I often used mayonnaise with other kinds of spreading like chicken meat, or even tuna meat for added texture.

[Mayonaisu? What's that, Emi-chan? Is that something that Clara-sama has made?]

[W-Well... Y-You could say that I've read a b-book about it... It's a white sauce that has a mild and clean flavor while sour enough to not be overly sour or smell acidic in itself. It can be used in conjunction with a lot of dishes that are being made for the main household.]

[Ah, is that so...? I thought you were doing it on a whim as a child's play, but it seems that you're a lot more knowledgeable compared to your age...If that's the case, then what ingredients do you need Emi-chan?]

And so, the two of us began making mayonnaise sauce as a whim of my own. Although it's something that I dearly miss, I think that making that sauce would make things a lot livelier for me and for the main household...

This might be the first time in recorded history that a miracle sauce called "Mayonnaise" has been introduced to the world of Tierra, but I don't really mind about it. Though history said otherwise when everyone else was crazed about the "miracle sauce" that can be used for a lot of dishes. But that's another story for another time.

After an hour of making not just the mayonnaise sauce and also Uncle Lois making chicken fillet as well, we have finished 3 servings of fried chicken fillet with mayonnaise sauce. When Mama Clara have seen me with a scary expression on her face in the kitchen room when Uncle Lois and I were on our way to serving it to the three of them... 

Ah... I forgot that I sneaked out of my self-study session... She's going to kill me...

[Emi-chan, what are you doing here...?]

[Awawawawa...! Uncle Lois!! Mama Clara's scary!!]

[Why in the world are you sneaking here... and going behind... your Uncle Lois... for... protection... Uhhh... Lois, what's that thing you're going to serve?]

Oh, sh*t! The mayonnaise!

Oh, wait... That's actually perfect... If Mama Clara were to taste it and she approves of it, then I probably won't go to that self-study session anymore! It's not like I didn't like doing it, but even I need a break too...

[Uhhh... Emi-chan taught me how to make this mayonaisu sauce... The sauce really enhanced the flavor of the chicken fillet here as she said. Would you like a taste since one serving's actually for you, Clara-sama?]

[Oh really? I mean... Sure... Let me grab a fork first.]

As she said that, she grabbed a fork from one of the pantry closets inside the kitchen room and then cuts through the chicken fillet that Uncle Lois have made.

[Is that the mayonaisu sauce that Emi-chan told you to make?]

[Yeah... She said that she has seen a recipe like that in a book or something... You can dip it if you want.]

[Is that so...?]

As she said that, she then dips the slice of chicken fillet that Mama Clara has on her fork into the mayonnaise that was on the sauce plate. After that, she's taken the entire slice of it into her mouth with the first reaction that she has is her face having the expression of being shocked.

[Is it not to your liking, Clara-sama...? When the two of us taste-tested it, Emi-chan became a really good fan of it...]

[N-No, Lois... The sauce itself is quite remarkable... It's not too creamy but also not too custardy... It has a mild sour flavor that's not too acidic. And since it's a white sauce, it can be used in multiple applications as well for a cleanly-made dish...]

I sighed in relief as I'm glad that Mama Clara really likes the mayonnaise as I said...

[I helped too, Mama~!]

[Y-Yeah... It's really impressive... Lois, can you serve the remaining two servings to his Highness and her Royal Highness...? I'll talk with Emi-chan for a little bit.]

[Yes, Clara-sama.]

After Uncle Lois left, Mama Clara and I sat at the table with her helping me sit on that high seat with her serving of the chicken fillet and starting eating it.

[Mama... Are you angry...?]

[Yes, I am. You've disregarded your self-studying sessions.]

[B-But... I'm bored with it...]

[If that's the case, then there's no problem to skip it for today if you just said so...]

[Eh?]

[Eh?]

Oh... I guess it was really a mistake for me to think that I need to earnestly self-study like I usually do in my past life.

[But... Even though I might have forgiven you for making that sauce, I would still need to lightly punish you for sneaking out... Alright...?]

[Yes, Mama...]

As I said that while I looked down to the ground, Mama Clara immediately patted my small head and responded after taking a small bite of the mayonnaise-dipped chicken filet portion...

[Don't worry about it, Emi-chan... I know that you're a genius when it comes to whatever you've found with books that you were reading for... and since you've made such a wonderful sauce, I think that this is the right time for you to become like Mama...]

[Like... Mama...?]

[Yes... Like Mama...!]

She smiled at me while saying that... Is she saying that she's going to teach me magic and be a magic swordsman like her?! Like sparring with her every week?! I'm really excited to learn it~!

...

It's the next day now, and boy... have I expected myself really high for me to be disappointed like this... Why you may ask...?

I would also like to ask the same thing... Why am I wearing a tailored small maid outfit?!

[Emi-chan... His Highness Edmund and Her Royal Highness Diana have approved my decision of making you Clarence's personal maid when he turns five. So as early as possible, I'll be training you on the ways of serving Master Clarence.]

Mama Clara... Papa Edmund... Mama Diana... Are you seriously going to make me Clarence's babysitter?!

I reincarnated in another world to fight the Demon Lord against my own will, so I have to defeat the Demon Lord without fighting it myself... But first, I have to take care of my little brother first as a maid...