Gourmet Emperor: Master Of Culinary World 78 Preparing The Welcoming Party

It's not that my room becomes full of the spider web, covered with thick dust or something like that, instead it's very neat and clean. The candle that still burning over the table giving enough light for me to see there are two girls that sleep in my bed, Clara and Claire. I did ever say to consider my room as our room, but with they both slept in here I feel pity to Carina that must sleep alone. If I was in the castle, I understand if they secretly sneaking out from their room to sleep with me, but I was on a journey. What business they have in my room without me? Moreover, it seems that the bed sheet is still the same bed sheet that I use the night before I go on a journey. Did they deliberately not changing it?

Looking them sleep peacefully in my bed makes me don't have the heart to wake them up. I just fix the blanket to cover their bodies. When I take a closer look at their face while fixing the blanket, I see their face a bit paler than when I leave them on the journey. Did they get sick?

I touch my finger on their forehead to check their body temperature, and it's normal like a healthy person. I secretly sighed a relieved breath, they are not caught a fever so something alike. I need them to stay healthy until Earl Stamford finished their visit to our castle. Maybe they just too tired from their activities during the day. So I let them occupy my bed, and I had to accept to sleep on the couch instead.

I take the extra blanket from the cupboard and prepare to get some sleep after changing my clothes with my pajamas. Although I already lie down myself on the couch and try to sleep, my eyes just don't get closed. My mind is full of thinking of many things, like the visit of Earl Stamfort this time. I'm still not sure how long they will stay in Harvard castle. One day, two days, three days, or maybe more? If they stay more than two days then what I should prepare for them to make them enjoy they visit on Harvard territory. Besides the menu for welcoming banquet, I must think the menus for the other days. It would be better if the menus can be varying of each serving, and the most important, they must delicious enough to impress Earl Stamfort and his party.

I don't think this menu problem is hard because I believe I can make something about that with my culinary knowledge. For example, the ramen that I taught for Craig at salt camp, I can modify it to become spaghetti or fried noodles. Who will complaint it about the taste? Unless they ever eat the real dish in an Italian restaurant (which I'm 100% sure that impossible) and really knows the differences between ramen and spaghetti, as long as the dish is delicious, I believe no one will complain.

The most important thing on my mind is how to entertain the member of Earl Stamfort party during their stay in Harvard. My father can accompany Earl Stamfort, I must accompany my fiancée, and then who will accompany the rest of the guest? I can't send Clara or Claire to accompany them because I'm sure most of them surely male. Let them roaming around the castle town? I'm afraid they will get bored soon because of the size of our city and their city of absolutely different. Their city must be bigger and have a more interesting place than ours. If I have Claude with me here, maybe he can help me solve this escort problem.

This time I feel that one song that I prepare for entertainment during the banquet seems insufficient. If one song keeps played sing sung every time, people will get bored right? It would be better if they have something to play with during their free time.

Wait….something to play?

I almost forget that I have one on my disposal, that go-moku board game. It also can be used to play Igo games too. All I have to do is provide enough amount of board games for them. Yes, that's it! Tomorrow I must ask my father to order the carpenter in castle town to make the board and the pieces. But I must retrieve that board from my portable warehouse first and show it to my father tomorrow.

So I take the identification stone from my pocket, hold it on my hand and start to chant the spell…"STATUS"!

Name : Henry Harvard (Ikki Isaku)

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Age : 17

Physical status : healthy, fatique

Physical power : 170 (200)

Mental status : weary

Mental power : 80 (100)

Nature affinity : Fire, earth

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(Charm : 10 - max)

(Luck : 8)

(Special skill : Cook, farming, blacksmith, commanding, trade, negotiate)

(Inventory) :

Backpack (1)

Silver sack (1) – Silver coins (132)

Magic Sword (1)

Plastic Bag (3) – bird nest (326)

Paper (1 box) – 500 sheets

b.u.t.ter (1 kg)

Cheese (1 kg)

Soap (15 bars)

Black pearl (1)

White pearl (2)

Wooden Board (1)

Jars of salt (4)

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I take a look at the panel first to see the changes in there. I see my condition, which exactly like what I feel and after that look at the inventory. I see the number of silver coins is decrease, well, I already give some to my uncle and for my return trip, so that number is correct.

After see there's nothing wrong with the status, I proceed with retrieve things from the inventory. Not just taking the board games, I also take the soap, birds nest, salt jars, the pearl, and the paper box. When all that I need already retrieved, I see the status once again to see what still stored in there.

Name : Henry Harvard (Ikki Isaku)

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Age : 17

Physical status : healthy, fatique

Physical power : 170 (200)

Mental status : weary

Mental power : 80 (100)

Nature affinity : Fire, earth

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(Charm : 10 - max)

(Luck : 8)

(Special skill : Cook, farming, blacksmith, commanding, trade, negotiate)

(Inventory) :

Backpack (1)

Silver sack (1) – Silver coins (132)

Magic Sword (1)

b.u.t.ter (1 kg)

Cheese (1 kg)

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After see only four items remain there, I close the panel and start to keep the item that I just retrieve from my portable warehouse. Some item is alright to see, but some other item I must keep from people eyes, like the pearl for example. I decide to give the black pearl to my fiancé and the white one for Clara and Claire for gift.

So, here's the arrangement:

One box of paper – goes to the drawer in my desk

Jars of salt – go to the table

Sack contain bird nest – goes to the corner of the room, waiting to deliver to the kitchen tomorrow

Soap bars – goes to the table with salt jars

Board games – goes to my desk

Pearls – go to my secret vault in my room

Hey, it's common to have a secret vault, alright? If they don't have it, where else the n.o.bles keep their valuables and important doc.u.ments? They have maids and servants coming in and out from their room every day, what if they tempted to steal it if they see those valuables only keep in the drawer, for example.