When I Saved a Girl Who Was About to Be Kidnapped and It Turned Out to Be a Princess Who Had Come to Visit in Secret
“…..♪”
Luna is currently mixing the yolks and whites in the bowl with chopsticks while humming a tune.
She was surprised when I put sugar in the bowl when I was adding seasonings, but when I told her that it was sweet and tasty and that it tends to make fluffy omelettes, she seemed to agree.
“Is this about right?”
Luna shows me the contents of the bowl after she finished mixing.
“Yes, that’s enough. Then, I’ll strain the egg mixture with this.”
The seasoning in the egg mixture was well mixed and dissolved, so I showed Luna the strainer that I had put away.
“You’re not going to bake it as it is, are you?…”
“You can cook it as it is, but by adding this …… step, it becomes smooth and fine, and you can make a fluffy omelette.”
Since I was going to the trouble of feeding it to Luna, I knew it would be better if it tasted better.
Honestly, if I were alone, I would think it would be a hassle and wouldn’t bother with it, but that’s just the way it is.
“It is because of this that your food always tastes so good, isn’t it?”
Luna looks at me with passionate eyes as if she respects me.
Yes, my heart aches.
“Hahaha …… okay, I think I’m done.”
A few times, I went ahead and heated up a pan for frying eggs.
“So this is just one more step. ……
Seeing how the frying pan was being heated without any food added, Luna was nodding along with her bent index finger on her chin.
She is concentrating and understands quickly, partly because she is seriously trying to learn to cook.
“This is another trick for baking fluffy cakes. It’s called preheating, and by warming the eggs beforehand, the eggs are cooked right away and the dough is nice and fluffy.”
“I don’t know anything about this. ……”
If you are someone who doesn’t usually cook, it’s no wonder you don’t know about this kind of prep work.
The only way to know is to learn from someone else, or to look it up yourself, or to learn by making your own mistakes – and to do that, you need to be willing to cook.
Luna, who is learning diligently, will soon become a better cook.
“Okay, it’s warmed up. Now let’s add the salad oil—”
I decided to let Luna take it from here, so I explained to her and gave her instructions.
“–Here, you don’t put it in all at once, do you? ……”
When I stopped Luna from putting all the egg mixture in at once, she shuffled off.
“Yes, it’s better to put the egg mixture in three separate batches. You should put in about a third of the egg mixture and cook it first, then fold it into the pan a third of the way through, and then put the egg mixture back in and cook it again.”
After explaining this, Luna threw one-third of the egg mixture into the pan as she said.
And when it was nice and cooked, she followed my instructions and folded it well.
She must be very skillful, because it turned out better than I expected.
As it was, Luna proceeded to fry the eggs–
“It’s ready. ……!”
–When the fluffy, beautiful yellow omelet was done, Luna showed it to me as if to say, “Look, look!”
“Yes, you did a good job. Luna has a talent for cooking.”
I praised her with a smile because it was done so well without flattery.
With that, her elegant and demure face turns into a cute smile like a child’s.
“Hehehe …… is that so…..? I think it’s thanks to Seito-sama for teaching me how to …….”
I could really tell that Luna was happy to be praised, and my cheeks softened as well.
She’s a really cute girl.
“Even though I just explained how to bake without showing a model, Luna was able to make it beautifully, which is amazing.”
I think I really should have shown her a model, but then she would have had to do a lot of work.
That’s why I verbally explained it to her, and actually asked Luna to do it–she was able to do it beautifully in a real performance, so Luna has talent.
“So let’s get on with the chopping, shall we?”
I took out a kitchen knife, thinking to let Luna experience the knife before cooking the next dish.
This caused Luna to gasp when she saw the knife.
“Is it scary after all?”
Since she’s not used to cooking, she would normally be afraid of handling a kitchen knife.
However, Luna is–.
“It’s okay, I’m fine …….”
She was nervous, but she took the knife from me.
“Don’t take it too hard, okay? The way you hold it…”
I taught her how to hold the knife just in case, and I also taught her the shape of the left hand that supports the knife when cutting food – the so-called cat’s paw.
Luna, imitating me, put her left hand on the omelet.
“Um, ……, may I ask you one favor?”
Just as we were about to start cutting, Luna looked me up and down.
“What’s wrong?”
“Could you put your …… hand on that ……?
“Eh?”
I don’t understand what Luna is saying, and I tilt my head back.
Putting my hand on it means …… me to hold down the omelette?
That’s indeed scary…….
There’s nothing wrong with it if I’m the one cutting it, but I’m afraid to support it with my left hand when a girl with no cooking experience is cutting it.
If that’s the case, I’d even prefer to cut it myself.
But I guess I was wrong about that–
“I would like you to take my hand from behind and show me how to cut it like in the anime. ……”
–It seems that Luna wants me to take her hand from behind, just like in the anime