“Nnyuu.”

Hearing the sound, she opened her eyes.

The owner of the voice was her younger sister.

Looking closer, her younger brother was right there beside her as well.

What was this situation, she wondered, but she carefully slipped out of bed so as not to wake the two of them.

Judging from the darkness outside the window, it seemed she had slept for quite a long time.

‘Now then.’

Just as she was wondering what to do, a powerful urge to pee hit her and she hurried off at a light jog to take care of it. As a noble daughter, accidents were unacceptable.

Feeling refreshed, the next thing to speak up was her stomach, loudly.

She wanted to eat something.

Thinking that, she busily left the room and headed for the kitchen.

From how dark it was outside, it must have been deep in the night.

It was her first late-night snack in this life.

Feeling a little excited, she stepped into the kitchen.

“Huh? Lady Li?”

Amazingly, there were people working in the kitchen even at this late hour.

Thinking about it calmly, that made sense.

She remembered that even in her previous life it was well known that bakers, whose preparations took time, started their mornings early.

“Um…”

She was still a maiden.

Even though they were female servants, it was difficult to come right out and say she was hungry.

“That’s a relief. So you’ve recovered. Not just your family, we were worried about you too.”

The woman chuckled, looking a little older than her.

She was a girl with dark red hair in braids, freckles serving as her charming feature.

Her lively expressions spoke of her friendliness.

“Thank you. By the way…”

“Something light to nibble on, right? But we’re still in the middle of prep, so what should we do?”

“Leftovers will be more than enough.”

“What? We can’t give Lady Li leftovers!”

Even so, she was at a loss.

She was hungry.

“Then could you tell me what ingredients are available in the kitchen?”

“Um… the ones I’m allowed to use freely are…”

Tomatoes, eggs and cheese—ingredient names came out one after another. Hearing them, an idea sparked in her mind.

She could make tacos.

No, since there was cheese, pizza would work too.

She used to make it often in her previous life.

Delivery pizza was expensive, so she would make pizza using tortilla dough sold at the supermarket.

The thin crust was crispy and delicious.

If you had corn flour, water and salt, you could make unleavened tortillas.

Since they weren’t fermented, they didn’t take long to make.

Once she decided that, there was no time to waste.

[Synthesis]

She used synthesis magic on the corn to turn it into powder.

Normally, an alkaline process called nixtamalization would be used to make nutrients like amino acids easier to absorb, but this was her magic.

A no-questions-asked solution.

“We’ll mix water and salt into this powder to make dough.”

“Whoa. Lady Li, you can cook too?!”

Chatting casually, she quickly finished making the tortillas.

She spread the dough thin and piled several kinds of cheese generously on top.

Using her magic, she baked it and once it looked just right, she drizzled honey over it.

A golden, gleaming quattro formaggi was complete.

She had a servant brew some tea and they decided to eat together.

“Muhahaha! Lady Li, this is delicious!”

She thought so too.

The saltiness of the cheese and the sweetness of the honey were addictive, her hand reaching out again and again.

The crisp texture of the thin crust was fun as well.

The two of them held a pizza party until the other kitchen staff gathered.

That day, the female servant was thoroughly scolded for forgetting the bread preparations.

But there was not the slightest hint of regret in her heart.

That the pizza made with her tortilla dough was later added to the ducal house’s menu is another story entirely.