Observation

Torin’s first reaction was that his job was completely over, and he and this stupid blonde girl were going to be fired.

But he quickly remembered something.

There were no distinguished guests coming today.

Even if there were, they hadn’t cooked so much high-end food.

So he took a closer look and soon recognized that these seemingly high-end foods were still the ordinary servants’ “pig swill.”

However, unlike his random scooping into bowls and plates, the blonde girl arranged the food in a very high-standard and artistic way.

The reason he described it this way was that the chef hadn’t taught Torin how to plate, and he couldn’t tell how good the blonde girl’s skills were.

But at least at first glance, the presentation wasn’t much different from the dishes the chef usually made for the Crown Prince.

“I’ve finished, is there anything else to do?”

What was even more terrifying was that the blonde girl wasn’t slow at all… Had she really not learned cooking?

Could she be pretending to be weak to fool him?

This was wrongly accusing Flora.

She hadn’t learned much cooking, but her memory was very good.

She had memorized what excellent plating looked like and quickly understood the meaning of various combinations.

“The Adorable Maid’s Guide” said to capture the master’s heart with delicious food.

It was naturally impossible for her to learn how to cook right away.

But how to make the food at hand look more appetizing and beautiful… That was a very simple matter.

So she decided to start by trying with the food for ordinary servants.

But aside from her own selfish motives to win over the Crown Prince, Flora also wanted to do it this way.

Because she had always believed that food had a strong motivational effect on people’s work and life.

Not to mention the poor quality of food for ordinary servants, the plating was also so careless… Eating such “pig swill,” no matter how much there was, people would definitely not be motivated.

It is said that a good day starts in the morning, and a good morning starts with a delicious breakfast.

It was fine before when Flora wasn’t responsible for kitchen work, but now that she was doing it, she couldn’t just get by.

“Take these out.”

Torin couldn’t ask directly, so he suppressed his doubts and gave new instructions.

Whether servants or guards, they usually got up early to eat, so that they had the strength to work for the Crown Prince later.

Next to the kitchen was a restaurant for the servants.

Flora quickly took the food over—of course, she couldn’t avoid falling on the way, but she had gradually figured out when this body couldn’t hold on and was about to have an accident, so she tried to fall when her hands were empty.

Back in the kitchen, Flora left the portion Torin had originally demonstrated for herself and took the five beautifully plated portions to the apprentices.

“Let’s eat first.”

The chef ordered.

The Crown Prince’s food was naturally made by him personally, but at this time the Crown Prince was not awake yet.

If he made it too early, it would all cool down.

He could only do the preliminary preparations first, and then proceed with the second half after filling his stomach.

As a result, as soon as the chef walked to the table, he was stunned.

How could these brats serve themselves such good food!

But he quickly realized something was wrong. On closer inspection, he found that the high-end-looking food was still the ordinary servants’ food.

He couldn’t help but angrily ask:

“Which guy is slacking off!”

In the chef’s opinion, it must be which apprentice put down his work and was doing something meaningless like plating for ordinary servants.

“We didn’t.”

The apprentices quickly shook their heads.

The apprentice with the best plating skills immediately passed the buck, “Torin is responsible for breakfast today!”

“It was that maid, not me.” Torin said in a panic.

The chef was slightly taken aback, and then, looking at the ingenious plating, he turned his gaze to the blonde girl who had been gobbling down her food, and asked, “Can you cook?”

“No, I can only plate, but I will work hard to learn other things!”

Flora immediately put down her cutlery and answered properly.

She didn’t like to chat while eating, and would stop her actions to show respect when speaking.

The chef didn’t say anything, just nodded slightly and sat aside.

Seeing this, the apprentices also quickly took their seats, because the work after breakfast was the most important.

But for some reason, even though it was still the same dishes as usual, they tasted particularly delicious today…

At least the high-end atmosphere of the plating made them feel for the first time that they were indeed servants of the Crown Prince’s family.

Before long, someone barged into the kitchen, an angry trainee knight.

“Mr. Cooke, why is our food so bad today?”

The guards in the mansion were mostly trainee knights. In terms of status, they were one level higher than ordinary servants, and the food they ate was also more high-end.

So today, when they saw the ordinary servants eating so well, their first reaction was that the kitchen had made a mistake.

“No, the specifications of the food are the same as usual, but our apprentice practiced the arrangement of ingredients on what they ate.”

The chef pointed to a plate of dishes in front of the apprentice that hadn’t been eaten much.

The trainee knight carefully checked the dish and the apprentice’s bowl, and then left, not quite satisfied.

After eating, the chef and the four apprentices began to concentrate on preparing the Crown Prince’s breakfast, while Torin took Flora to the next restaurant to clean up the dishes.

“Um… are you Locke?”

A trainee knight stopped Torin.

“My name is Torin, Sir Knight.” Torin said respectfully.

Martial arts required a lot of money, so trainee knights were either from noble or wealthy families, so he naturally dared not be negligent in the slightest.

“Could our lunch also be made to look like that?”

The trainee knight had an expression he couldn’t hide his envy,

“We know that the quality of the ingredients has not changed, but the visual experience is completely different… We also want to taste it.”

Torin couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed.

It wasn’t his turn to distribute the food for the servant level today, and he didn’t know how to plate either.

He couldn’t help but turn his gaze to the blonde girl, but found that the latter had no intention of taking credit at all, and was just silently cleaning up the dishes.

But the blonde girl quickly noticed Torin’s pleading gaze, stopped her work, and walked over to give the trainee knight a light salute.

“Mr. Kelly, please rest assured, we will convey this request to Mr. Cooke.”

The trainee knight took a step back in fear and said somewhat flusteredly:

“No, we’re just mentioning it casually, it doesn’t matter even if it can’t be done… I have to go perform my task, goodbye.”

The trainee knight hurried away.

“What’s the situation, why does that servant gentleman seem so afraid of you?”

Torin couldn’t help but say, but after saying that, he regretted it a little.

No matter how you looked at it, such words were not suitable to ask the person involved.

The blonde girl didn’t care and said frankly:

“Mr. Kelly is afraid of being implicated by me, who likes to cause trouble… Mr. Pigg, let’s continue working.”

“I see… Wait, you know my full name?”

Torin was often scolded by the chef for making mistakes, and other apprentices would always stay far away for fear of being affected.

Therefore, compared to the first half of the sentence, he was more surprised that the blonde girl knew him, a newcomer who had been here for less than a month.

“Yes, Mr. Charlton has a roster of all the servants.”

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

Flora, half observing and half inquiring, plus the simple descriptions on the roster, memorized the appearance and name of everyone in the mansion.

Not only that, but before, when she could dine in the restaurant, she memorized what everyone liked to eat, what they didn’t like to eat, their general personality, and their speaking habits…

If she didn’t have the time or permission, she could prepare different plating and different foods for everyone.