Synopsis
“Lucy, the year you turn ten, a typhoon will strike the South Sea. And when you turn eleven, sugar prices will skyrocket. We should stock up in advance.”
Luciela’s mother was a transmigrator who had once been a food engineering researcher.
Thanks to having such a rare “transmigrator parent,” Luciela not only learned detailed knowledge of the Empire’s future, but also gained access to her mother’s greatest invention: MSG, the ultimate essence of umami, more powerful than any delicacy in the world.
However, while searching for her missing mother, Luciela was captured by a cruel employer who stole all the food she created. When she finally reached her limit and struck back at him, an entirely unexpected person appeared and said something even more unexpected.
“So it was you. Long ago, you once saved my life.”
The man standing before Luciela was Baron Bellaon, a celebrated war hero and the nephew of the Empire’s most prestigious noble, the Duke of Bellaon.
Then, after making that mysterious claim, he declared:
“We’re going to the ducal residence in the Imperial Palace. My nephew needs your cooking.”
And just like that, Luciela was kidnapped(?) and taken to the duke’s estate!
But Luciela’s cooking possessed a special power.
“The key to saving the Empire is in the ducal family. Though he’ll die before reaching adulthood.”
“Really?”
“He was a child with incredible potential. It’s such a shame his body was so frail.”
[Activating Skill: Buff (Peaceful Repose)]
Anyone who consumes the prepared food immediately gains mental stabilization and mana recovery effects.
Using that power, Luciela saves the boy her mother once spoke of—the one cursed and unable to move.
[Target Preference Analysis Complete]
Preference: Sweets. Extremely sweet and soft foods. Particularly fond of chocolate.
She even gains the ability to read the hidden feelings of the duke, who appears cold to everyone.
‘…You’ve got to be kidding me.’
Who would have guessed that this old man, who looked like he lived on nothing but coffee and alcohol, had tastes like these?
Luciela stared at the status window with a bewildered expression.
