Chapter 5: Cuisine from another world comes to Orario
Today when Ais Wallenstein returned to the twilight mansion, she found many unknown aromas as she headed to the family dining room.
As a self-proclaimed gourmet, she is a frequent customer at street food stalls and can claim to have tried almost all of Orario's food.
She was very surprised to find so many unknown dishes, full of curiosity she arrived at her exclusive seat in the dining room and without even greeting poor Tiona who sat next to her, she began to delight in Noelle's food.
This same scene has been repeated several times by the adventurers in the family since Noelle started serving lunch.
The Loki family restaurant has now been completely conquered by Noelle, and all kinds of novel dishes are placed on the table.
Although many of the recipes she knows use ingredients unique to Teyvat, this world also has its own specialties.
With her culinary talent, it was a matter of trial and error to perfectly replicate the flavors of Mondstadt.
Very few knew that she was a new adventurer in the family and they only thought that she was a new girl among the kitchen workers.
Rumors about Noelle's outburst in the adventurers' guild are already well known, and it only took one night of drinking for the adventurers to spread the word.
But the description of her appearance is not completely clear and adventurers have added many messy configurations, making it impossible to recognize her from rumors alone.
Furthermore, key information such as her name remains a secret and now only talk is about a silver-haired super newcomer.
For this reason, although Noelle has now mixed with the family members, they are unaware that she is now one of their own.
Finn is among the few with inside information and now he has some doubts about her.
Although Loki likes to bring beautiful women into the family, she does not do so capriciously and they are all talented girls with a decent combat level or unique abilities.
Since he arrived at the dining room, he has been silently observing Noelle and soon noticed her abnormality.
Despite her delicate appearance, she has taken on the job that is normally done by dozens of people without showing any signs of fatigue.
The kitchen may seem like an easy place, but the physical effort required to feed the numerous Loki family is no small amount.
Furthermore, her observation skills are very good, it only takes a glance to realize the needs of the people around her and she can help them perfectly.
If she uses this ability to lead a team of adventurers she can achieve unexpected results.
It's still too early to fully understand Noelle. But for now Finn has high expectations for her.
- What do you think of the new girl?
Looking at his old friends Finn asked
- I can see some habits of sword use in her movements, and it seems that she has a lot of hidden strength, I want to give her an ax to see how she does.
Gareth honestly stated his opinion while letting out a laugh.
- Also, I heard from the guys in the kitchen that she has a good foundation in making liquor, after trying her food I'm looking forward to what kind of wine she can make.
In Mondstadt, where even little Diona, although involuntarily, is involved with the liquor industry. The only one who really respects the age rules is the traveler.
And Noelle who is used to serving the citizens of Mondstadt, even if she doesn't drink has a good background in wine making.
When she was having fun in the kitchen, she slipped the idea of making some wine to raise funds and hence the rumors that Gareth heard.
Returning to the small talk between the family leaders, now it was Riveria's turn to give her opinion.
- I heard from Loki that she studied to be a knight so Gareth's observations are correct. It's a shame she doesn't have skills...
Before her next words left her mouth, she felt a malicious presence approaching from behind her.
The instinctive movements developed during years of living with Loki allowed her to deliver a perfect blow to the redhead goddess head.
- Ouch!! It's just a little joke, you don't have to hit so hard.
Riveria returned a blank look and continued with the talk.
- Her manners and temperament are impeccable, it's a shame she doesn't become a magician.
She is very satisfied with Noelle, she even hopes that Lefiya can learn a little from her.
- We don't know if she will awaken any magic in the future and it is not impossible that she will take the path of a magical swordsman.
Loki said with a mischievous look, she could sense a strange magical fluctuation in Noelle but for some reason she is not able to use it.
- She has a very interesting ability, if used correctly it can be considered a very powerful enhancement ability.
Loki has not forgotten the only ability in Noelle's state [Maid Heart].
"Help" is a word that can be interpreted in many ways.
As long as Noelle understands the rules behind this skill she can double her learning speed in almost any situation.
And even if it doesn't work this way, it's still a very good skill.
It almost seems tailor-made for her. Loki has already noticed that Noelle is an all-rounder and has experience in several fields, but she needs to specialize.
However, with [Maid heart] she can become a true master of everything. And the only thing she need is time to accumulate experience.
The difference between practicing every day with the sword and obtaining double the results and not doing it, too obvious.
As long as Noelle perseveres, she can master any skill twice as fast.
And with this alone, she may be able to carve out a place for herself among the best adventurers in Orario.
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On the other hand, completely ignoring the chatter of her future bosses, Noelle bid farewell to the enthusiastic family members after everyone was satisfied with the meal.
After helping in the kitchen and taking care of some needs in the dining room, her main mission counter has gone up and she is now a little closer to the goal of helping one hundred people.
It's a shame that the system is quite stingy and skipped many minor tasks that she thought would be valid.
Now she heads towards the place she least wants to return to, the dungeon.
She has several rewards waiting and can't think of a better place to receive them. Although she knows that Ouranos and Fels have some means to spy on the dungeon.
She is confident in her slime form's concealment abilities. It's not that she wants to avoid them, but she believes that it is not the right time yet.
She feels that it is a bit early to contact these big bosses, and she wants to accumulate enough power in case things get out of control.
Getting involved with the Xenos and Fels will eventually turn into a showdown with the Ikelos family, and this in turn means opening up the Knossos plot prematurely.
This morning while talking to Aki she asked her about Ais's age and confirmed that the current timeline is approximately one year before the start of the plot and the sword princess has just turned fifteen.
It's still too early for the Loki family to confront Thanatos and Enyo.
Ais hasn't leveled up to six, Ishtar hasn't returned to heaven, the Hestia family doesn't even exist, the Kali family hasn't come to Orario, etc.
There are too many key factors that have not been completed and this can negatively affect the situation.
Noelle does not want a catastrophe to occur in Orario due to her recklessness. So until she possesses enough power she will try to maintain the status quo.
The final battle against Enyo is of unprecedented magnitude, in that battle the big three of the Loki family leveled up, which shows how difficult it is to overcome this test.
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