Chapter 352: Is Edelweiss Actually a Natural Airhead?
"Huh? Oh… thank you."
Looking at all the desserts laid out before him, Luke smiled somewhat helplessly.
He remembered now.
During their chat after his first battle with Edelweiss, she had indeed said that she loved eating sweets, and that she also loved making desserts.
However, when the sight of the world's strongest swordsman personally making desserts in an apron actually appeared before his eyes, Luke still could not help feeling something subtle.
Edelweiss herself clearly had not realized this.
Not only that, she even seemed extremely happy about inviting someone to her home to eat desserts.
A blissful smile unconsciously bloomed on her face, and that expression made Luke unable to interrupt her.
"Here, try the apple pie first. Freshly baked apple pie is the most delicious food in the world."
Humming a tune, Edelweiss cut open the apple pie, placed a slice on a small plate, and handed it to Luke.
Luke did not refuse.
Under her expectant gaze, he took a bite.
"Mm!"
It was incredibly delicious!
This was absolutely not polite flattery.
The dessert Edelweiss made was definitely one of the most delicious foods Luke had ever eaten in his life.
The cross-section of the pie was filled with honey-colored baked apples.
The rich fruity aroma drifting from the cut, paired with the crisp crust, was unbelievably tempting.
The faint milky fragrance from the pie crust first filled his mouth, followed closely by the sweet flavor of the baked apples.
"How is it? Does it… suit your taste?"
While making it and bringing it over, Edelweiss had been very happy.
But the instant Luke truly began eating, she became nervous again.
The pretty face that had originally been filled with happiness gradually turned uneasy and apprehensive.
Although Edelweiss loved making desserts and considered herself fairly skilled at it, this was her first time inviting a friend to eat handmade desserts.
She was genuinely afraid that it might not suit Luke's taste.
Was the flavor too light?
Or was it too sweet?
All kinds of thoughts lingered in her heart and refused to disappear.
Fortunately, Luke did not make her worry for too long.
He nodded firmly and gave her an approving expression.
"It's really delicious! This is the first time I've ever eaten apple pie this good!"
Hearing Luke's evaluation, Edelweiss immediately sighed in relief, and a happy smile appeared on her face once again.
This apple pie was something Edelweiss's grandmother had taught her to make.
After so many years of improvement and innovation, it could be called the dessert she was most confident in and best at making.
"I'm so glad you like it~"
"Here, try the cookies too. The black ones are chocolate, and the white ones are vanilla. These are also something I'm confident in!"
"And this cake too…"
It seemed Luke's approval had given Edelweiss confidence.
With a smile covering her face, she continuously recommended the handmade sweets she had made.
Luke accepted everything without refusing.
After sitting on a plane for so long, then rushing straight to Sword Peak, and finally climbing several thousand meters up the mountain path, Luke was indeed a little hungry.
Moreover, every dessert Edelweiss made was delicious without exception.
Although some were ordinary desserts that did not use special ingredients, they were still far beyond the products of ordinary high-end shops.
However, what surprised Luke the most was not the desserts themselves, but Edelweiss's attitude and expression when recommending them to him.
It was truly difficult to imagine that a peak powerhouse whose very existence surpassed nations, and whose twin swords could stand against the world, would show such a girlish side.
Combined with the stunning impression from when they met earlier, the powerful, sacred, and dignified image Edelweiss originally held in Luke's mind was quietly changing.
It was not that her image had shattered.
Rather, this Edelweiss was even more alluring.
Before he realized it, Luke once again stared at Edelweiss's face and froze.
That blissful expression on her face seemed to possess a strange magic that drew Luke's gaze onto it.
Gradually, Edelweiss's slightly excited voice grew softer and softer.
After noticing Luke's gaze, she slowly became fidgety.
A faint redness climbed onto her fair cheeks, and Edelweiss asked Luke in a very small, embarrassed voice,
"Luke, why… why are you looking at me like that again…"
"Huh? Uh…"
With the previous experience, Luke did not stay dazed for too long this time.
The moment Edelweiss asked, he came back to his senses.
Smiling somewhat awkwardly, Luke did not dodge the question and answered her directly.
"…I just thought you looked very happy."
The instant Luke's words fell, Edelweiss's entire body froze.
Her cheeks, which had only been slightly red before, instantly turned bright crimson.
She froze like that for several seconds before letting out a tiny whimper.
"Uu…"
"D-Do I really look that excited?"
She shrank back awkwardly, secretly glanced at Luke, then asked in a small voice.
That pitiful appearance made Luke too embarrassed to continue speaking, but the subtle expression on his face told Edelweiss the truth.
For a while, the atmosphere fell silent.
However, neither Luke nor Edelweiss was the overly indecisive type.
Although the atmosphere was a little awkward, the two of them still did their best to move the conversation forward.
"S-Sorry. I made you laugh."
The first one to speak was Edelweiss.
After a brief silence, she had already sorted out her emotions.
"I told you before that my hobby is making desserts, and I also really like letting others eat the sweets I make myself."
"But… although I like it, in reality, I haven't had many chances to invite friends over as guests… O-Or rather, I don't really have many friends at all…"
When she said this, Edelweiss's mood visibly dropped.
"You're the first person to come to my home as a guest. It's not that I never invited anyone before, but in the end, they all refused."
"It was such a rare chance… S-So I accidentally got a little too enthusiastic…"
Looking at Edelweiss's cute appearance as she averted her gaze and let her eyes wander, Luke endured and endured, finally managing not to comment.
After all…
You built your home on a peak over eight or nine thousand meters high. Normal people can't possibly come visit, right?
Who would be so bored that they'd come all the way here just to drop by…
Huh?
His flowing thoughts suddenly paused, and Luke felt as though something was not quite right.
No matter how one thought about it, an altitude of over eight thousand meters was not an environment normal humans could survive in.
And even without considering the living environment, simply from the perspective of danger, how many people could safely climb all the way here?
In fact, over all these years, not one of the challengers at the foot of the mountain had succeeded.
The terrifying sword energy spread across the entire mountain and the Desperado's power of fate intertwined together, directly blocking everyone outside.
Facing Edelweiss, who had personally created this situation and still looked forward to people visiting her, Luke seriously suspected that she might be a natural airhead.
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