Princess Seraphina
CHAPTRE 14
Then Seraphina looked around, the atmosphere at that time was so quiet because it was raining heavily. Using magic power, the two of them move to a place that is foreign to Safy. There are hills filled with grass, large trees rarely to towering, and there is no rain. In the previous place when it was still morning, but the weather did not support it until it rained so hard. However, in this new place when it was afternoon, the sky was orange with white clouds. In front of them was one of the trees quite large but not too tall, underneath it was a table and a chair, there was also a swing made from the roots of the tree. Seraphina took Safy to the seat, “Sit here, we just enjoy the time.“
Seraphina prepared the food they had bought at the minimarket, chocolate wafer and potato chips. Safy saw that the food was taken out of the magic storage, then he also asked for something, “Master Princess, can you take the suitcase from my room? There's something I want to eat with you.“
“Of course,“ said Seraphina with a smile. His hand wrote magical letters in the air, when writing had formed, a flash came out. Simultaneously, Safy's magic suitcase appeared. Seraphina gave the suitcase to him, then Safy took something from her magic storage. A sizable pouch was removed from the suitcase, the rope that bound it was decorated by pearls. When opened visible in it is a dry bread with the aroma of honey.
“Safy, what bread is this? Never once have I seen a strange loaf, perhaps from the smell of honey sponge, but this dry textured,“ Seraphina observes every part of the bread. Try it a little, “Hmm. Can you explain about this bread?“
“Of course, Mr. Princess.“ Safy has prepared herbal tea from its storage, “This bread is called Spichiel or known as dry bread. This bread includes the 6th row of the most delicious common food. Why so? Because before the government succeeded, the poor people made their own recipes using ingredients that were mainly wheat. By the time the nobles had sold the price too high, so the commoners could not afford it. They only had income from the sale of wheat, and when winter came, everyone had stockpiled as much grain as possible. All of that is done to avoid hunger, because winter will make the fields freeze.“ Safy drank his tea and ate a little of that dry bread.
Then he continued, “Well, the food at that time was just wheat porridge and whole-grain milk, there was no snack whatsoever. And a famous cook among commoners, named Jorche, came up with an idea for a winter snack. The snack was Spichiel, a wheat bread baked to dry. The first taste of spichiel is just sweet plus a sprinkling of sugar, then honey. It was then that this food was successful until it was accepted among the nobility, but was not accepted by the palace kitchen. Even so, other foods from the Jorche recipe have changed the lives of commoners into the middle class. Like the herbal tea I often make for you, all of it is a recipe from Jorche. And also, this bread was cooked by Dad himself before I left, so that makes it so special.“
Seraphina stared at the dry bread, “It is true what you said, food will be more delicious if made by people we care about. My father also often gave a dish on his birthday, it does not taste good but somehow there is a pleasure of its own that cannot be said, and one day I will definitely miss that barbecue. When I return to the kingdom, I will give this bread.“
Safy was happy to talk to Seraphina, she was like a special person among the other servants. Looking at the view of the sunrise while eating snacks and drinking tea was their most beautiful moment, Seraphina suddenly called out to her, she said,
“Safy! Please help me a moment.“
“Good, Princess!“ Safy turned his head, apparently Seraphina was sitting on the swing.
As soon as he ran towards the back of the swing, using both of his hands, Safy pushed slowly so that the swing moved forward. Seraphina yells even louder, “More powerful, Safy!“
“Alright, Princess. Please hold firmly, yes.“ Safy gathers his strength, holds the swing bench firmly, “One.... Two.... Three!“.
When he was satisfied, Seraphina told Safy to take turns sitting on the swing. Safy did not reject him, he sat down while his hands held the roots of the tree. Then, Seraphina prepares to push, “Close grip!“ Both of his hands pushed the swing with all their might. Safy swung quite hard, his feelings slowly starting to enjoy the moment.
“Mr Princess, even firmer! Before the sun really rises, let me here longer.“
Seraphina replied, “Then the handle is strong, don't fall because it will be much firmer!“
This time the impulse was not to use physical strength, but rather from magic. Slowly the swing begins to move, until the speed increases to a safe limit. “Waah... The wind is strong once!“ As Safy moved even tighter, he laughed out loud.
Not feeling the sun had set, the orange glow in the sky turned dark with thousands of stars in the sky. Although the sun had set, but the moonlight was shining so brightly. The magic moving the swing had stopped, then Safy faced Seraphina while kneeling, “Mr Princess, thank you for being willing to grant my selfish request, I felt like playing was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. All these memories I will always remember so that later I will not forget that we have played together.“
Seraphina also knelt down, Safy said loudly, “Master Princess! Don't kneel in front of the waiter.“.
“I'm also grateful for all your help during this time. We made a deal before, didn't we? So today is not a once in a lifetime opportunity. We can still play again tomorrow, or tomorrow the day after, or next year.“ said Seraphina.
That way, it ends when they play. Using her magic power, Seraphina made a teleportation circle under them. A light shot out from around the circle, then within a second the two of them had moved into the living room. The stars still gathered in the room, sensing a familiar strength, they all headed straight for the living room.
“Mr Princess! Princess Sir! Forgive us, forgive us. Don't leave us all! Don't leave us!“ They all spoke to each other using magical language.
Seraphina answered him, “I'm also sorry for scolding you so hard. Will you forgive me?“
The stars gathered in Seraphina's hands, they all shouted, “We forgive all the mistakes of the Princess. And welcome back.“