Number One Chef In The Intergalactic Era

Chapter 16

The next morning Bella got up earlier than she is used to before. Because she wanted to cook breakfast. Now that her family knows she can cook, there's no way she would drink or let them drink those tasteless and bland nutrition liquid. She is going to let them adapt with the idea of consuming foods. She wants to cook foods regularly and also eat them. Let's kick away those tasteless nutrition liquid and go back on eating food!

Of course, Bella is going to cook simple food for the time being before going to more complex food. She is thinking to cook something liquid but a little heavier than the foods yesterday. So, she is thinking to cook stew. She even ordered meat for stew the night before and currently waiting for it's arrival. The package could come yesterday night since it only takes a few hours to deliver things using teleportation, but Bella request them to send it at morning. Thus, the package of meat arriving 'late'.

Bella wanted to cook in her room today. Alone and away from their watchful gaze. It's not that she feels suffocated before their gaze. It's just she doesn't want her family to worry about her. She can see their worry visible in their eyes everytime she cooks. Besides, if she cooks alone, she can also done the job quickly. When she cooks in front of them, she has to deliberately hide her true talent and pretend like she learned cooking recently, which is a huge waste of time. She can only show her true talent behind the safety of her room. But she knows that she can't do that. It's because all of her ingredients is kept to Blake.

It was actually Blake's idea to keep her ingredients to his space ring. She didn't have any space ring. She couldn't understand why her parents or her brothers didn't give her any space ring. So she had to keep her things inside Blake's space ring. Now, if she wants to cook, either in front of his overworried brother or her family. Bella chooses the former. It's better to cook in front of one member than the whole family. Though Blake is the more cautious one, Bella still chooses to cook with him.

"You want to cook again?" Just as she thought, Blake's brows furrows at the mention of her cooking again. His frown deepens after she nods. He admits that her cooking is delicious. All his life the only thing he drank or ate was the nutrition liquid. They might be different flavors but the taste can't never be equal to the taste of foods. His taste buds are particularly bland for this reason. It was the first time he experienced his mouth exploding with the taste of foods that he never knew before. So, it won't be wrong saying that he wants to eat foods cooked by his sister again. But the problem is his sister isn't like average girls. She is weak and prone to get tired with simple exercise. He is worried that his precious sister would get sick if she continues working.

Bella also knows why her brother doesn't want her to cook. But she also knows that they can't keep her like this forever. To them not only she is cured but she is also growing up. There would be time when they had to let her go and do her own thing. They had to let her escape under their wings and let her spread her own wings. Bella was an independent woman in her previous life. She even left her prison like family to fulfill her dream and be independent. So in this life, she wants to be independent again. She doesn't want to leave such a loving family. She just wished that they would stop their overprotectiveness over her and let her walk own her own. She doesn't know what would she do if one day her family refuses her to cook anymore. She would be heartbroken if that happens. So, she tries to console the first person who listens to her the most.

"Don't worry brother." Bella assures him. "I will be careful. Besides, you will also be with me when I cook."

"Why do have to cook again?" Blake couldn't help but ask. His sister seems addicted to cooking. He thought she learned it as a hobby but right now it doesn't seem so.

"Because...." Bella hesitates a little before answering. "I don't want to drink those nutrition liquid. I don't like them."

Blake sighs at her reasoning. He knew before that his sister didn't like drinking nutrition liquid. But that was the only way to gain energy. If she didn't drink them, she wouldn't be able to move around.