Chapter – 11 Proposal “Lucia, would you like to come to the royal capital with me?” Lord Ricardo said that to me some time after I woke up. “Together, you…

Chapter 20 It Was a Critical Hit SMACK!! A sharply echoing slap. And… a split second later, what I felt on my cheek was heat rather than pain. “Brother?!” “Dearest…

Chapter 19 The Person You Must Never Make an Enemy Of, Continued “My, how delicious.” Placing a hand to her lips, the mature lady seated before me displayed a thoroughly…

Chapter 18 Indebted Beyond Measure Cheers to a full house!! For what? For the shop I opened, of course! Did that happen fast? Well, I am a man who gets…

Chapter – 10 The Weight of Life ──It’s tough. I’ve never had to manage vital signs for this long. And not in a normal state, either—practically a suspended animation. No,…

Chapter 17 What a Feast for the Eyes You Were …And that is how we end up in the middle of making sweets. First step: making the choux pastry dough….

Chapter 16 You Were Glowing in Every Sense of the Word …And that brings us to the present: I am currently in the middle of baking sweets. First step, making…

Chapter 15 Sweet Temptation In the kitchen, enveloped by a sweet aroma, hands moved back and forth in a swift, rhythmic motion, producing a light shaka-shaka sound. The tool held…

Chapter 14 Annoying Noise (Garnest’s Perspective) The lingering gazes turning to follow me and the high-pitched squeals were a daily occurrence. I was well aware that my appearance was reasonably…

Chapter – 09 Distraction Three days since the landslide. No progress on Cecilio or the (suspected) spy. Cecilio—I tell myself that I simply can’t get in touch with him until…