A room in the Duke Albert's family. Lilia and Sieglinde are in the large kitchen, which is typical of a nobleman's house.
　Valentine's Day is approaching tomorrow, and Lilia wants to give chocolate to her lover, Kaito.
　In the Kingdom of Symphonia, or rather in the human world, Lilia is called a genius, but in fact she was not very good at cooking alone.

　Ever since she failed when she went on a trip with Kaito before, she occasionally taught her best friend Zeke how to cook....................but she hasn't seen much growth in her cooking.


I'd like to thank you.
Now, let's crush the chocolate and boil it in hot water.
Yes!

　As Sieglinde spoke in a calm tone, Lilia nodded with an expression of strength and crushed the chocolate 'with a roaring sound' as instructed.

''Ah........''
"........Lili, who told you to break the 'whole chopping block'?　You must first deactivate your body enhancement magic.
Ugh, I'm sorry.
'Anyway, this time you will follow my instructions for everything. Is that clear?
Okay, I understand.
........Then first, please return the 'materials Lili prepared' to their original location immediately and promptly.
...What?

　Sieglinde is well aware of Lilia's cooking skills. She is painfully aware of her lack of too much taste.
　Therefore, she began by putting away the ingredients that Lilia had brought with her.

''I've prepared all the materials here. Please put away the things I have lined up there.
But... but...
Huh, making chocolate?　What do you plan to use 'fish and meat' for?
Oh, the arrangement...
You know what, Lili? You're not allowed to make arrangements today.
'What?　And, but the personality...
Do you understand?
'Yes!　I understand, sir!

　Zeke reminds Lilia, who was supposed to be making chocolate, but for some reason brought fish and meat to the table, with a tremendous sense of intimidation.
　There are multiple types of people who are not good at cooking.
　The type that doesn't follow a recipe, the type that has no taste.......and the type that adds unnecessary arrangements. Lilia was the type that added the odd arrangement.

''I'm not going to make Kite-san eat something dangerous, you know. I'll give you detailed instructions this time.
Wow, okay by the way, Zeke's ingredients don't seem to be the same as mine?
'Oh, I make fondant chocolates. Kite told me once that you liked it.
Well, I'll take it then...
''Unfortunately, I........don't have the leadership skills to make Lili make fondant chocolates in a day. I'm sorry, but you'll have to put up with something ordinary.

　No matter how good Zeke was at cooking, he didn't have the power to make Lilia, who still crushed the entire chocolate cutting board, make fondant chocolates that were quite difficult to make.
　In the first place, she wouldn't have time to make the chocolate if she was giving such reckless guidance.

　So Zeke managed to convince Lilia to use normal chocolate and give her guidance.








　A while later, the chocolate is finished. After tasting it made by Lilia, Zeke looks at Lilia with a shuddering expression on his face.

''.........Lili I'm.......scared of you.
You can't be any gentler than that!
'Why is this happening when I've mostly just melted it down and hardened it..............Lili, you've kept your portions right?

　Sieglinde asked, suppressing the urge to throw a spoonful of the slightly awkward chocolate that Lilia had made, which was supposed to have no strange ingredients in it, but it had a strange flavor.
　Then Lilia nodded with a serious expression and muttered some words that made her head hurt.

''Yeah, yeah.......I added a little too much sugar, but I properly 'neutralized' it with 'salt' and it should be fine.''
....
'What?　Huh?　Jeez, Zeke ... why do you look so scary...

　Seeing Lilia, who developed a super theory that could be said to be the standard for those who are not good at cooking, and who was troubled by the wonder, the mild-mannered Sieglinde also had a blue streak on her forehead.
　However, the actual Lilia didn't understand at all, and was puzzled by Sieglinde's suddenly sharp expression.

''Huh........Lili, I'm going to make it again for now. Also, adding salt won't neutralize the sugar.''
'Oh, really?　So, what do I have to add to neutralize it?
'........My head is starting to hurt. For now, please stay away from the neutralization....

　Sieglinde prepares the ingredients again, while holding her head in place at Lilia's statement.
　Then she watches Lilia make the chocolate with a serious expression, as if to say that she won't miss anything this time.

...
Weigh it out!
What?

　I scolded Lilia who immediately tried to add the whipped cream in an eye amount and made her measure it properly before resuming.


"Use your heating spell!　The magic tool!
Ha, ha, ha, yes!

　Sieglinde handed the special magic tool to Lilia, who tried to heat the fresh cream to be added to the chocolate with fire attribute magic, in a great hurry.

''...........Mix it so that no air can enter?　How could I do that.......if I mixed it so fast that there was no room for air to get in!

Oh, really...

　Sieglinde still patiently taught Lilia, while holding her head in her hands as she acted so dumbly that she thought she was doing it on purpose.

　And a few times of failures.......finally, Lilia's chocolate was finished with a decent taste.

''........Yeah. This will work......Ya, finally, you made it.
I'm sorry to have bothered you.
All that's left to do is to decorate and I'll have some white chocolate cream in there for you to draw the pattern you want.
I understand!

　Finally seeing that Lilia's chocolates were done, Sieglinde let out a big sigh and then proceeded to make her own chocolates, which were behind schedule.
　And as she was deftly cooking, she turned to Lilia when she heard a voice from her direction saying, "It's finished.

''........Lili, what is it?　Is this picture ... a frog?
'What?　It's a dragon, okay?
''I see........''

　Apparently, the Duke, who was called a genius, didn't just have a talent for cooking....................but also a love of drawing.