Upon learning that Xu Milu would be staying at Mandolin for a while, the proprietress, Naya, seemed very happy.
"By the God of Gourmet Food, that's wonderful! I guarantee you'll fall in love with this country! Stay here with me until your house is built!"
Yes, the house I ordered.
The Sand Kingdom may be small, but it attracts a lot of tourists every year. Every visitor to the island will order a candy house built by dwarf craftsmen from the city hall. The candy houses come in a variety of styles and flavors.
For example, "breadstone" is used to make doors, the trunk of "candy tree" is used as the main beam of a room, "chocolate stone" extracted from the quarry is used to make chocolate bricks, and "chocolate lava" is used to pour roofs, etc.
They used "building materials" produced on the island.
Once the tourists leave, the candy shop is almost empty.
Xu Milu ordered a strawberry-flavored cake from a bakery, and the dwarf craftsman assured her that it would be delivered in two days.
...
Naya's shop is a family-run business she runs with her husband William and their son, Little William. Upstairs is a family-run inn, which is highly praised by mercenaries for offering free cactus drinks.
William looked like he stepped out of a storybook, with a messy beard and small hands that could precisely handle any ingredient.
Little William was even shorter, not even reaching Xu Milu's knees. Naya said that Little William was only fifty years old this year, which is equivalent to an eleven or twelve-year-old human.
Xu Milu thought for a moment, then tentatively asked Naya:
"I've heard that there's a famous kitchenware casting master named Sanette in Mandolin. Does anyone know his address?"
Naya proudly puffed out her chest:
“‘Sanette’ is a dwarf name, meaning ‘the most skilled craftsman’. There are countless dwarves named Sanette in Mandolin, but the most skilled ‘Sanette’ is the king of Mandolin. The knives he makes are the best in the world, and even some high-level gourmet hunters will travel thousands of miles to visit him!”
Xu Milu's eyes lit up. This proved that the elf was right; the Sanette she was looking for was the King of Mandolin.
"I heard that Sanette's daughter is seriously ill. Is that true?"
Fearing that Naya might misunderstand, Xu Milu quickly explained, "I came to visit Master Sanate to have a suitable kitchen utensil made. I heard that after Sanate's daughter fell seriously ill, he stopped making kitchen utensils for others, is that right?"
"Yes."
William, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke, his large beard twitching as he spoke, making his expression unreadable:
"Ever since Princess Sunny fell ill, the King has stopped making kitchenware for others. Stranger, you may be disappointed."
Little William was still young, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but clench his fists and look at Xu Milu with longing in his eyes:
"Are you actually a master chef?"
Xu Milu knew that in this world, the most admired people were food hunters and chefs. The former did not need certification from the Food Association, but the latter needed to pass an extremely rigorous exam to be called a "chef".
For example, William, although he is very good at cooking, cannot call himself a "chef" without passing the culinary association's examination and gaining its recognition.
"Sorry, I'm not one yet, but I want to create a set of kitchen utensils that are my own."
Xu Milu shook her head, thought for a moment, and then asked, "What illness does the princess have? Is there no way to cure it?"
Naya sighed:
“We don’t know either. All we know is that since the Queen passed away, the Princess hasn’t eaten properly for a long time. King Sanette decreed that whoever can get the Princess to eat will be granted one request, but—”
She shook her head: "Countless chefs visit the palace every day, and even people from the Culinary Association have tried, but the princess still refuses to eat. She even made a request that no one could possibly fulfill."
"A request that no one could possibly fulfill?"
Xu Milu was somewhat curious.
"Yes. The princess said the food she wants cannot be sour, bitter, sweet, or salty. She doesn't want fermented food, fresh food, food that's been fried, deep-fried, stir-fried, boiled, or roasted—"
Little William counted on his fingers and rattled off a long list, his face full of worry: "At this rate, the princess will definitely starve to death!"
Xu Milu nodded in agreement.
With so many demands, let the princess starve to death.
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Xu Milu judged that the dwarf princess's illness was most likely anorexia. Although she did not have a way to cure the disease, she still planned to try to have her own kitchenware.
Naya told her that Princess Sunny lived in a chocolate palace deep in the desert.
When the princess was young, the doting father, Sanette, commissioned several master craftsmen and chefs to build this palace, and every brick and tile was made of chocolate.
To prevent the palace from melting and deforming, Sanette ordered her subjects to transport ice blocks from the far north into the Yellow Sugar Desert every day, just to please her daughter.
However, Sunny continued to grow thinner, which caused great distress to Sanette, who had just suffered the loss of his wife.
Naya was very worried after learning that Xu Milu wanted to try to solve Princess Sunny's mystery:
"From last year until now, countless chefs have tried to cure the princess's illness, but either they couldn't solve the puzzles she set, or the princess would spit out the food she ate after just one bite. King Sanette has expelled many chefs, so Miss Milu must be careful."
Xu Milu smiled but didn't say anything.
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