In no ways did a girl in a Bear Suit look like a chef, an adventurer, or a merchant.

Whether it was Japan or another world, being a Bear wasn’t really an occupation even though my guild card might say otherwise.

I silently swore not to share my ‘Bear’ occupation with anyone.

Still, it would be annoying to let Botts-san keep looking at me with such suspicion as we made pudding.

Maybe I could have him taste one?

"Botts-san, here, this is pudding."

I took out a pudding from the Bear Box and put it on the table next to him.

I had quite a large stock of it in my Bear Box, after all.

It was actually more than enough for the party on its own, but it would be more fun to make it with the girls.

"This is pudding?"

Botts-san looked like he was going to reach for it before realizing he couldn’t.

I forgot that he couldn’t eat it because his hands were hurt.

One of the maids noticed his struggle and came over.

"Head Chef Botts, want me to help you."

"I’m sorry, but please do."

Had she helped Botts-san eat since he had been injured?

The maid scooped up some pudding and brought it to Botts-san’s mouth, who carefully ate it.

"What is this?!"

"Botts, it’s delicious, isn’t it? Both His Majesty and Her Highness enjoyed this dessert very much."

Zelef-san commented while the maid brought another scoop to Botts-san’s mouth.

"It’s delicious indeed. Did that bear really make this?"

He now looked at me curiously rather than suspiciously. Wait, that didn’t make much of a difference for me, did it?

"Head Chef Botts, is it really that good?"

One of the other maids asked.

When someone said something was delicious, it always made others want to try it.

Making the maids share Botts-san’s leftover would be rude, so I gave them one cup each.

"Is it really okay for us to eat them?"

"Yup. Eat it and do your best helping Zelef-san, okay?"

"We will."

The three maids responded and started to eat their puddings.

"Yuna-sama, it is very delicious."

"Yes. This is the first time I’ve ever had something so tasty."

I was glad to hear that they all liked it.

"Yuna-san is amazing! She can make many other delicious things, too, not just pudding!"

Noa proudly announced for some reason, with Fina and Misa nodding next to her.

I was happy to receive their praise, but I would have prefered it if they didn’t raise the bar of expectations too high.

"What do you think? Even if you don’t allow me to serve it at Gran-san’s party, I will still make it for Misa’s party."

I had no problems with simply not serving it at Gran-san’s party. This idea was merely a way of killing time and lifting the girls’ mood. All I wanted was for him to lend us a place where we could cook it.

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