True King's Ecstasy

Elda kept looking at Velian with an anxious look, as he reached the table with his eyes looking at the things on it.

She gulped her saliva hoping that she didn't mess up too badly, as Velian reached for the metallic fork, next to the plate with his eyes travelling across the table searching for the most alluring item on the table.

Sticking his fork on a piece of juicy meat, which had a lot of meat on it, he brought it close to his mouth and with a graceful bite he started to taste it, with his eyes closed hoping to capture every single mistake in it.

*Gulp

Elda wasn't the only one who was waiting for Velian's response. Her group which she appointed also waited with their hands shaking.

"This meat!" Keeping his fork on the table, Velian looked at them without any expression in his eyes.

Some of them were on the verge of fainting thinking that their whole career is over because if the originator of the recipe criticised their food, they knew it is like an immortal black mark in their career.

"Good work everyone! Meat is juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside,"

"It is medium rare and perfectly cooked, and this buttery taste and well-seasoned nature, I think this is better than my cooking,"

Elda knew he was exaggerating a little because she knew nothing can beat Velian's cooking, but still, she ran in Velian's direction and quickly hugged him with tears coming out of her eyes.

"Veli, thank you for teaching me all this, because of you I found the passion of my life,"

While she was muttering all these other servants also had tears coming out of their eyes, showing how relieved they were.

"Now let me taste sides and salad, and the main dish," One by one he ate all the food items.

Even though he highly praised some of the food items like steak, sometimes he had harsh criticism,

"Who put chilli jam in fried rice? Are you crazy?" Looking at the servant, who did a severe mistake, Velian questioned with a dissatisfied look.

"You're going to make my ancestors cry," Elda also looked a little conflicted because she didn't want to drop anyone from her staff, lucky for that servant, she managed to get away with a wage cut.

"Dismissed, I will send her after a few minutes, you can go work on the food now, and-" Velian looked at all of them and smiled.

"Good work, everyone, I'm proud of all of you,"

Velian managed to flutter the hearts of all the young maidens in that group, but they knew they shouldn't be chasing things that cannot be obtained.

"Elda, come and sit here," Tapping his lap, Velian signalled Elda to which she happily reacted.

"Why didn't you eat anything? Did I ask you to work without eating?" Caressing her belly, which was growling in hunger Velian questioned as he kept his face on her shoulders.

"I wanted to be useful to you, all the other girls are really helpful and talented unlike me, so-" Before she can't talk further, Velian bit her ear.

"Idiot! I understand wanting to be useful but did I ask you to work in hunger? You should be strong enough to be useful to me, and you know-" Velian for close to her ear and whispered.

"Even if you're not useful, I will love you to death, so don't worry about those things, now open your mouth," Releasing her body, Velian went for the food and brought the spoon close to Elda's mouth.

"Veli, I have work to do, tomorrow is the banquet, I can't waste my time eating," Sje tried to leave but, Velian didn't let her as he kept holding her tightly with one hand.

"Hmm~ would you be happy if I fed you mouth to mouth?" He brought his lips close to her slim and beautiful lips and kissed her.

"Eat! Or I won't let you go," This time without any hesitation, Elda opened her mouth but her whole face was a mess as she tried to hide her cheeks which looked like a bursting volcano from how bright they were.

"Nice, who and help others so they won't mess things up and make sure to come back tomorrow at the correct time," Letting her stand up from the awkward position, they were in Velian also tried to leave the room.

"You always cared for me, even when I was an unknown girl to you, how can I even repay you for all the things you did for me?" But before he could leave, Elda hugged him from behind and questioned with a heavy heart.

She always felt like she didn't deserve this much love because of her inferiority complex.

"Just be yourself, you don't need to pay anything, we are a family, inside family, there are no debts or no holding back, If I have a request or help, I will ask you don't worry," Leaving those words the worried girl, Velian left the room and observed the whole city through the balcony of the castle, which looked like a carnival.

Since there was no electricity yet in this era, most of the time they used fire magic to light up the roads and rooms. And lucky for them, the full moon also shined brightly in the sky, giving a natural illumination to the whole city and adding another layer of beauty to it in these festive times.

"Looks like people are enjoying," He tried to find some familiar faces using his extraordinary vision.

"Ohhh~ looks like something interesting happening," Velian saw how Akiyo fighting with some goons in the alleyways.

"Maybe, I should observe his skills, before putting him in the army,"

Velian knew for sure that, training cannot be completely parallel to Akiyo's skills since it wasn't that hard for people to mess up real fights even if they are good in training.

"I wonder who these people are, maybe they tried to steal something,"

Thinking about the possible cases, Velian jumped from the balcony and sneaked out of the castle to meet Akiyo and observe his fight closely.