Unlike the liveliness in the Rosewood summer manor kitchen, the cooks in the Schauss residence watched in trepidation as Lady Cassiopeia Schauss busied about. They were afraid she’d get hurt and they’d get blamed, but thankfully, nothing terrible happened.
The cooks hid their surprise about the Young Miss’s sudden baking ability (although she didn’t know how to use the ovens, but that meant one of the cooks could deal with that part, thus reducing the risk of injury). Where could she have learnt to cook?
The cooks relaxed a little when the Young Miss started decorating with creams and fruit and chocolate. The little designs that she made were unexpectedly aesthetically pleasing, unique and delicate.
“My Lady, your skill is amazing,” one of the cooks said.
Cassiopeia smiled brightly. “Thank you.”
Over the last few days, Cassiopeia had been settling her past and current memories together. The more she settled into her new identity, the harder it was to think about her past family, which always came with an unpleasant suffocating feeling.
She liked her current family a lot more, from her parents to her two older brothers. Her current family showed her exactly how families should be like. She couldn’t really pinpoint it, she simply felt more comfortable here.
One of the few redeeming factors of her past life was that she liked to eat a lot of different foods and was good at baking, so she decided to make some small things for her current family to enjoy.
Of course, canon was king, and she wasn’t one of those people who disrespected the canon. But baking was such a little thing, and there was nothing problematic about it, so Cassiopeia felt that it was fine for her to make these desserts.
After the decoration was complete, Cassiopeia laid each small cake on individual gold-gilt plates. She had one of her maids prepare tea.
The servants had called her family members to the Sunflower Sitting Room for her. Her father and mother sat on one sofa while her two brothers sat on the opposite sofa.
“Cassiopeia, what is it that you want?” Duke Schauss asked, concerned. “Did you encounter trouble?”
Cassiopeia shook her head and smiled. “No, I made something for you!” She walked smoothly over and lowered the tray of little desserts on the coffee table.
Duchess Schauss placed a hand over her mouth in surprise. “You made these, darling?”
“Yes! Father likes coffee, and Mother likes cherries, and big brother Orion likes apples and second brother Perseus likes cheese, so I made something for each of you!”
“Oh, darling!” Duchess Schauss felt distressed at the thought of her young daughter cooking, as did the other family members.
“They look good,” Orion said, clearing his throat.
“Please, big brother!” Cassiopeia carried each plate and gave the right desserts to the right people. She also took over the tea serving, her movements elegant and well learned. “I think they’ll be delicious, I feel that I’m good at baking. I also decorated them myself!”
The older Schausses looked at each other, silently agreeing to like the desserts no matter what. They picked up a small forkful to taste. To their surprise, it tasted delicious!
“Little sister, this is really nice! Not too sweet, the saltiness of the cheese is very good!” Perseus reached over and rubbed Cassiopeia’s head.
“This is delicious, we should give the recipes to the chefs to make,” Orion said.
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“Darling, this is lovely, I do so love cherries,” her mother said.
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He expected to return to peace and quiet, but instead, there was a crowd outside his door. On one side was Prince Rian Azure with his group of guards, and on the other side was Kel.
“Young Master Rosewood, His Highness would like a private meeting with you,” Kel said, lowering her head. She had gone away on an errand, only to return and find that Young Master Rosewood had left! While she was trying to ask the nearby Rosewood guards if they had seen the young master, the Eldest Prince suddenly came!
“I was down in the kitchen,” Ren Xiyang said calmly. “Kel, you can go to the kitchen if you are interested. Your Highness, how can I help you?”
“Let us speak inside,” Rian said. This was the first time he had seen Ayden Rosewood with straight black hair. It suited him. Red hair was too bright for that serious little face.
“Hm.” Ren Xiyang unlocked his door and walked in first, leaving it open for the prince.
Rian walked in. He made eye contact with his guards and close the door, leaving his guards outside.
Ren Xiyang sat down on the sofa and made a vague motion to the prince. “What is it? Do you need to consult me on agricultural matters?” He wouldn’t mind that, earning money talking about farming was pretty good. Unfortunately, the prince shook his head.
Rian sat down opposite him, his eyes sweeping across the room. “An interesting selection of books you have there.” The room was smaller than the one assigned to Rian, so the desk and its contents were close enough to read the book titles.
“There are many things that should be read,” Ren Xiyang said. He looked at the prince pointedly, unspoken imperative of get on with it.
Rian relented. “I have received some news,” he said.
Ren Xiyang didn’t even blink.
Rian felt the urge to twitch his lips at that deadpan face. He wanted to pinch those cheeks and make Ayden show a different expression…But then again, maybe Ayden would remain deadpan even if he did that.
“As Earl Roland Rosewood is now dead, the new Earl Rosewood needs to be officially decided. The letter you wrote to Manager Gregory raised concerns and was handed over to the Capital Investigators. Tomorrow afternoon, a team will come to test your lineage.”
Ren Xiyang’s eyes darkened slightly. ‘Concerns’, hm? He inclined his head. “I see.” He looked at Rian directly. “You want a favour from me in return. What is it?”
Rian’s lips did twitch now, the corners going up slightly. “How can I define the terms of the favour immediately? What if my information is incorrect?”
Ren Xiyang gave him a bland look. “Then you wanted to offend me?”
“Should I be afraid of offending you?” Rian responded with the lightest smile. Unfortunately, the definitely un-cute Ayden didn’t smile back. Rian’s pinching fingers became twitchy.
“That’s your risk analysis, not mine.” Ren Xiyang glanced at his piled-up desk. “If you truly want a favour, then there is something you can do for me first.”
“Oh? Go on.”
Ren Xiyang gathered his words. “Historically, Sedaveria has faced major outbreaks of diseases every few hundred years. Last time, a Saintess rose and saved the kingdom, but not before many thousands of people died.”
Rian’s pupils narrowed. His heart started to thump.
Ren Xiyang noticed that the air temperature around Rian suddenly dropped, but his complexion remained the same, so he continued. “Angio Kingdom has good magical medical researchers. If Your Highness wishes a favour from me, then invite those researchers to Sedaveria so that our kingdom’s healers can learn the latest knowledge in preventing and treating disease.”
A hundred thoughts raced through Rian’s head, the biggest of which was WHO WAS AYDEN ROSEWOOD?
Rian forced his racing heart to slow down. “That’s a very big favour you’re asking for. Are you not afraid of what I would ask in return?”
“If it’s something damaging, you will’ve tied your fate with me,” Ren Xiyang said coolly.
Rian’s lips went up. “I’ll see what I can do, and ask for an equivalent favour in return.”
Ren Xiyang inclined his head. “Is there anything else, Your Highness?”
Rian had a hundred other things he could talk to Ayden about, but he needed time to think it through rationally first. “So eager? One thing at a time, Master Rosewood.”
“As you wish, Your Highness.”
Rian stood up. “We’ll speak more later.”
Ren Xiyang also stood up. He strode over and opened his door. “Let me pre-emptively thank you, Your Highness.”
Rian nodded. “Thank you for meeting with me on such short notice, Master Rosewood.”
“Have a good afternoon, Your Highness.”
“And have a good evening, Master Rosewood.” Rian walked out. His Royal Guards flanked him again on the trip back to his own suite. The guards remained outside, leaving him alone in the suite.
He sat down on a sofa and clenched his fists, suppressing the magical energy in his body.
He analysed every piece of information he had gathered so far about Ayden Rosewood.
Ayden Rosewood hadn’t appeared in his first life. Ayden Rosewood was concerned about disease outbreaks. Ayden Rosewood was interested in the Angio kingdom.
However, Angio Kingdom wasn’t the only country with magical medical researchers. Sedaveria had many such researchers too, residing either in the Capital or in the Schauss fief. Other neighbouring countries also had their researcher mages.
It was very likely that Ayden Rosewood had some information similar to Rian and had at least one similar goal: preventing the plague-curse. Ayden’s request was not what Rian had in mind, but it still fit in with the overall direction he had been planning.
Maybe there had been an Ayden Rosewood in his last life, who had been sent away in secret. Maybe Ayden had died like Rian, and read the novel, and came back, and decided to do things differently.
Regardless…
There was another person who knew.
Rian wasn’t alone.
With another person, Rian felt there were so many more possibilities. The task of preventing the plague-curse suddenly seemed a lot less daunting—he hadn’t even realised how daunting it had felt.
Of course, Rian wasn’t naïve enough to blurt out his circumstances to Ayden right away.
Assuming that Ayden knew ‘the future’, Ayden must have mentioned the matter of Angio kingdom and diseases to Rian as a way to test him. After all, in his previous life, Rian hadn’t shown interest in the Rosewood murders, let alone accompany the Investigators out to the Rosewood summer manor. If Ayden had known Rian in his first life, then Ayden might even have noticed his personality changes.
Rian needed to scope out Ayden’s character some more, to understand his motivations precisely.
But deep in his heart, he felt he already knew which path he was going to take.
Cassiopeia: I finally appeared again! *bright smile*
Author: Well, you are a main character *shifty eyes*
Cassiopeia:…Wait, ‘a’ main character? I’m the main character! What, who are these other people….
Author: *slides away*
Also, do readers prefer “Young Miss Schauss” or “Young Lady Schauss”?
Glad to see that the girl won’t become a green tea b!tch 🥲
And i thought the title meant to start of some feelings… guess it was too early 😭
I do like clickbaity titles~~~~ 🤭🤭🤭
Thank you for the chapter!
I prefer young lady, having the three s sounds from Miss and Schauss come one after another doesn’t sound nice
Thanks for reading!
I see, noted!
Thanks for the chapter! Generally “miss” would be the title or honorific used for a noble child who hasn’t come of age, especially by servants close to them. But it’s up to you. Someone pointed out it might sound weird, although I don’t find it so, but that’s just my opinion. It’s less to type…
I didn’t find it weird, probably because I’ve read a lot of CN novels with it translated like that XD
It really needs to be the equivalent of ‘Young Master’…
Then that would be “young miss”…
I feel that when they talk about her, it should be “young lady Shauss”, as in a title.
But when they speak to her, it should be “miss”, “young miss” or “my lady” (my lady is more for at least teenagers I think)
I dont think any of the 2 is wrong, it just depend on context.
Ohhh, I see
No había caído hasta ahora de que en realidad Ren y Cassiopeia transmigraron al mundo de la “novela” desde dos mundos diferentes
Yep! There are a lot of different characters thrown together XD
i agree w/alya abt the young miss/lady situation
anywayyyy omg our mc’s are so cute!!! i love them interacting <3
takes note
Hehehe I’m glad you like them interacting~
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Thank you for reading!
Miss Schauss is a whole mouthful of “sssss!” Hahahahaha! Hanks for the latest. 🤣❤️
*Thanks
Lol, that’s true! But for other young noblewomen, it would be fine then? XD
Thanks for reading!
Why do I always read ‘Schauss’ as Sauce ??? 😂
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Wait is that not how it’s pronounced with just a bit more accented ‘sh’?
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for reading!
A wild FL appeared!!
You’re not alone anymore, Rian~
Thank you for the chapter!! <3
That female lead is going to stay far away for a while 🤣 Thanks for reading!
Another +1 for Alya’s point, with additions: the use of a name (“Miss Shauss”) would be indentify when there might be other misses about. “Young miss” would indicate there was and older miss (older sister) as the mother would be Lady or madam. Young master is used for young men because the non older master would be their father (whereas mother would never be miss.) Similarly, for an older girl you might say “young lady Shauss” if the mother was present, but if not she’d just be “Lady”… Complicated but logical? I hope!
Thanks for the chapter!
*non young master 🤦🏽♀️
OHHH I didn’t think about that! Thanks for reading!
Young Lady Shauss is cute!
The Master and Mistress of the House should be addressed as “Sir” and “My Lady”The eldest son should be addressed as “Mister ——” and the youngest son as “Master ——”. The daughter is “Miss ——”. The Butler is Mr, Housekeeper is Missus, Lady’s Maid is Miss, Guests should be greeted either by title and Family name, or as “Sir” or “Madam”.
I’m glad someone finds her cute 🤣
I literally did not think about searching up what daughters of dukes should be called, so Cassiopeia should be called Lady in that case XD
¡Ah, caí en la trampa! Supongo que muy temprano para el romance. Y, ¡wow! Parece ser que Cassiopeia (nombre muy difícil, ahora que lo escribo, por cierto) tuvo una familia difícil, ¡por lo menos tiene una familia más agradable ahora!
Bueno, Ren (Ayden) y Rian siguen igual de OOC que siempre, pero es reconfortable que Rian ya no se tenga que sentir solo contra aquella plaga.
You fell for the clickbait title? 🤭
Yes, Cassiopeia has a much better family now! HAHAHAH Ren Xiyang in particular doesn’t care if he’s ‘OOC’ since he’s a “new” character 😂
Thanks for the read.
Thank you for reading!!
I prefer Young miss for a noble child not yet of age but if she’s older, like 16+ then Young lady sounds appropriate.
That sounds pretty cool!
Since I get an European feel from the worldbuilding, names, etc. I think Young Lady would fit better than Young Miss (since she’s from nobility, and just Miss for non-nobility girls and young adults).
Also, the title was the worst teaser, I had no idea it would go this way! >.>
Yeah, Cassiopeia is indeed nobility not just from a rich family XD
Hehehehe I like making clickbaity titles~
Aight do it bet pinch his cheeks(ʘᴗʘ✿)
maybe some time in the future XD
I’ll be looking forward to it (◍•ᴗ•◍)(✯ᴗ✯)
young lady. young miss seems more like an affluent but not noble girl from a well to do family.
It should be Young Lady or just Lady now!
When I read the title, I thought Cassiopeia was a green tea b*tch, however I was wrong! She’s cute!!! (//>//<///)
She is quite earnest….
Dammit, I got tricked, you had me hoodwinked in the ‘Thump’ …… not what I was expecting…. nhe, too early, i should have predicted!
😆😆😆😆 I do like my clickbait titles hahaha
Wait, is she gonna be one of those naive female leads. Like a “I’m only trying to follow the story! Why don’t you understand me!! 🥺” type of person. I like that she’s nice tho, it’s a good change. I hope it stays that way 😭
hehe, wait and see~~