"Your Majesty, where is Prince Alex?" Richard asked, making small talk.
"Out for a walk," the Red Star Empress replied casually.
She entered the back room of her house while tying her hair into a ponytail.
Richard continued following her, since the dining table was there and he planned to sit and wait.
"Your Majesty, there's no need to cook too much. I just want grilled meat," Richard said.
"Is that all?" the Red Star Empress asked.
"That's enough. Too much would only make me wait too long," Richard replied with a chuckle.
"It's still a long way to noon. You seem very impatient. Well, fine—I'll grill it as best as I can!"
She lit the charcoal until it glowed, then put out the flames, leaving only the embers.
After that, she took out a large slab of red meat heavily marbled with fat.
She placed it on the kitchen table, then took out a variety of spices—from sea spices to tropical forest herbs. They were incredibly fragrant even before being cooked.
