It was another morning, and Elysia got up as usual, tidied everything, and then went downstairs.
Only today, there was one more person in the kitchen.
Rita, was also in the kitchen.
Mei and Rita seemed to be competing for something, both diligently making their… breakfast?
"Are both of you making breakfast?" Elysia asked, looking at what they were doing with confusion.
It was clear that both of them were making breakfast, but the quantity… seemed a bit off.
"Good morning, Elysia, I'm definitely making breakfast." Mei said, giving Elysia a strange look, as if asking, what else would food made in the morning be if not breakfast?
"Good morning, Miss Aili, as you can see, Miss Mei and I are making breakfast." Rita was still the same as ever.
"Do both of you not feel that something is wrong?" Elysia asked, looking at this battlefield without smoke. (No smoke, only fragrance)
The two stopped, looked at the food they were making, and then looked at Elysia with confusion.
"Both of you, don't you think you've made too much!" Elysia said, with her hands on her hips.
"Mei, what you've made is already enough for all of us, but you're still making more." Elysia first pointed at Mei's breakfast.
"And then there's Miss Rita, you're a guest, so you shouldn't be cooking, unless you volunteered." Then the finger that was pointing at Mei pointed at Rita.
"But, you've also made a lot of breakfast!"
"There are seven of us here in total, but what the two of you have made would even be enough for our lunch!" Elysia looked helplessly at the pile of food they had made, which was even already portioned out for everyone!
"I am very sorry, Miss Aili, but since the food has already been made, it's best not to waste it. The excess can be packed up to be eaten for lunch." Rita had more experience and directly offered a solution.
Although Elysia didn't know why the two had started arguing, leading to so much food being made, she could only go along with what Rita said.
"Elysia, I'm sorry." Mei, on the other hand, didn't dare to look at Elysia; she also knew she had been provoked.
"There's no need to say sorry. If you made a mistake, just fix it quickly." Saying that, Elysia took out lunchboxes one by one from the cabinet.
"Although I don't know what happened between the two of you, but now, let's put the food into the lunchboxes together." Elysia carried the lunchboxes to the sink and washed them one by one.
After washing, the lunchboxes were handed directly to Mei and Rita, so they could pack the food for lunch.
By then, the two had calmed down and said nothing more, just silently packing the breakfast they had made into the lunchboxes.
After confirming the quantity, Elysia nodded, "Alright, that's enough. Now, let's bring the remaining breakfast to the dining table ♬ ~"
After speaking, Elysia directly carried two plates of breakfast, which were already arranged, out of the kitchen.
The two behind her exchanged glances, then followed, carrying their own plates, out of the kitchen.
After all the breakfast was arranged, it was still quite early, so the three sat down in the living room.
"Why did you two get up so early? According to when Elysia came down, you two must have been awake for a long time." Elysia asked, frowning.
"I am but a maid, and I am responsible for everyone's breakfast." Rita said directly.
"But you are a guest, Miss Rita." Mei retorted directly.
"When Rita first entered this house yesterday, she was indeed a guest, but now, Rita is staying here as Lord Theresa's temporary maid." Rita explained unhurriedly.
"So, ladies, can you now explain why so much breakfast was made?" Elysia said with a smile, only this smile, to the two of them, seemed a little frightening.
"I'm sorry, Elysia, it's my fault." Mei said, lowering her head.
"I am very sorry, Miss Aili, I also bear responsibility for this matter, as I did not explain it to Miss Mei beforehand." Rita was giving a formalized apology.
"I'm not blaming you two." Elysia sighed, "I'm just asking how you two ended up making so much breakfast."
Then the two told Elysia what happened while they were making breakfast.
Originally, only Mei was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, and after a while, Rita also came downstairs and entered the kitchen.
At first, Mei thought Rita might have come to the kitchen because she was hungry.
But she didn't expect Rita to come to snatch the kitchen from her!
Then the two argued over who should make breakfast.
Finally, it formed the scene Elysia saw.
After listening, Elysia didn't know what to say anymore.
They were clearly two very mature people, so why would something like this happen?
It was Elysia's first time seeing people fight over a kitchen. Generally speaking, isn't it a very good thing when someone else cooks and you don't have to do it yourself?
After Elysia asked this question, both of them looked at Elysia very seriously.
"Elysia, this is different." Mei said seriously.
"Yes, Miss Aili, for us, the kitchen is like a battlefield." Rita's expression also changed from a smile to seriousness.
"But isn't it enough to just have delicious breakfast? Why do you have to fight over this?" Elysia still didn't quite understand their thought process.
"Elysia, this is a war between her and me!" Mei looked at Rita.
Rita also looked at Mei.
Elysia could even see sparks flying between their gazes!
"Alright, alright, just take care of each other when cooking, okay?" Elysia quickly clapped her hands to get their attention.
"Although I don't know what kind of struggle you two have between you, but!" Elysia held up one finger.
"When cooking, both of you must pay attention to the quantity issue, and don't make the same mistake again!"
"Understood, Elysia, I'll be careful." After speaking, Mei also glanced at Rita.
"Okay, Miss Aili, I will control the quantity when cooking from now on." Rita said, then also looked at Mei.
Then the two, whose eyes met, began their battle of gazes again.
Indeed, the war between chefs, Elysia did not understand.
"Sigh, then you two need to communicate well with each other and control the amount of food you cook, after all, you wouldn't want everyone to eat stale food every day, right?"
Both of them turned their heads to look at Elysia after hearing that, and then, not knowing what they thought of, they looked at each other again.
Then it was time to wake people up.
Indeed, Kiana and Himeko, whom Elysia saw yesterday morning, were an illusion; this was normal.
The three went upstairs to call Kiana, Theresa, and Himeko respectively. As for Bronya, she was already awake and washing up.
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