Royal Banquet

"Well, i want you to make a few meals... i don't think is that big of a task, is just cooking dinner for about a hundred people, that's all..." - Percy replied with a malicious smile that caused Alice to flip out, she really couldn't believe she had to cook for a hundred people and thought Percy was just joking like always but his expression didn't seem to change so he led her to realize that he was probably being serious.

"What??!! You have to be kidding!! I can't cook for that many people!! How much time do i even have?? - Alice asked while she started panicking, now that she was slowly starting to believe Percy was being serious she quickly put on the apron he gave her and tried to listen to him.

"Well yes, you have about one hour so you better start now if you don't want to make my guests angry " - Percy responded with an evil grin, a little distracted by Alice's cute outfit while she got scared from the amount of work she had to do in such little time, she still couldn't believe as she was in shock so she started refusing to do such a difficult task.

"Are you crazy?!! Are you really trusting my cooking skills to make dinner for a hundred people in an hour?... there's no way i can do that, did you even think if this was possible??.." - Alice exclaimed as she started looking around the kitchen to find something to either start cooking or to kill the demon king right there in the kitchen.

"I know you will do a good job, i believe in you..." - Percy replied with a playful smile that irritated Alice, even though he was encouraging her she couldn't do anything but panic and curse him in silent as she started planning what she was going to do.

"Alright then, i'll leave you to it and i guess i will return in an hour to see what you have prepared" - Percy said as he realized he wasn't going to get a response from Alice since she was already getting busy with her gigantic task so after chuckling maliciously again he left the kitchen to do some other things around the castle and wait for Alice to be finished cooking.

For a moment, right after Percy left, Alice considered the idea of escaping since he wasn't there anymore and even tried to run out of the kitchen but before she could get away two orc guards appeared and blocked the entrance, they were sent to supervise her and make sure she didn't do anything other than cook the royal dinner and also prevent her from putting poison on the food or something.

So as Alice realized she had no way out of the kitchen she accepted her job and started cooking, even though she spent the last few months making basic meals with her sister to survive as they slowly sneaked in The Wicked Crimson she was quite experienced at cooking from before they got the quest of assassinating Percy, she would often make delicious meals for Faye when they trained at Skylight City so she was hoping she could remember her skills to make this huge dinner, although she needed to be quick here to make so much food and not focus on making them so delicious.

She spent a whole hour intensely cooking, trying to make dozens of basic meals that didn't take much time while also using quality ingredients to make it tasty, it was very difficult and she wad sweating by the time she was almost done, she managed to make a little over 100 meals in less than and hour and right before she finished an orc guard walked up to her and told her the time was up, she got everything done before the orc took it away from her and almost fell on the floor from exhaustion so after her job was done she could only watch as her food was being taken to another part of the castle, she was very proud of the legendary task of cooking 100 meals she had accomplished but she also got a little anxious from not knowing what was going to happen or how Percy was going to receive it so she decided to wait in the kitchen until he could come to see her.

The royal banquet she created was being taken to the huge dinner room in the middle of the castle, where after a lot of preparation it was all decorated and ready to receive all the guests Percy had come over, he invited most of his friends but also authorative figures like generals or other kings to discuss some evil stuff he was planning, he didn't have to wait much for them as some of them had arrived right on time, he chatted with them while they waited for the others to arrive and that's when he not only noticed Alice's food was ready but also that one of his guests that he was so eager to see had come to the event, he inmediately got excited so he tried to talk with them, it was a fancy demon lady that had caught Percy's attention for a while now and seeing how she was seemingly alone he took the opportunity to talk to her and even flirt a little to hopefully take her to bed tonight but they couldn't talk for that much as all the guests had arrived and the dinner was served so everyone sat on the table and prepared to eat the huge amount of food that Alice had cooked for all of them.

It seemed like all of his guests were enjoying the food, even Percy, he was eager to taste the meal Alice had prepared as he believed she was a good cook so he didn't waste time to start eating and get a taste of how good of a cook Alice really was. Without hesitating it for one second Percy inmediately fell in love with the food, he didn't even think if she had poisoned it or done something bad to it, he was too fascinated by his meal that he could only continue eating it with joy, the meal was surprisingly simple but full of flavor that filled Percy with excitement, he honestly believed he was tasting the best food he had ever eaten in his life so it would be an understatement to say that he liked it, he absolutely loved it, and so much that he devoured it in no time, leaving him with just one regret, that was not being able to enjoy his amazing food for longer.

After the dinner ended and everybody had finished Alice's delicious food Percy called her to come out of the kitchen and while being escorted by the two orc guards she was brought to the dinner room where Percy was waiting for her, she got a little nervous as she didn't know what he thought of her food and she couldn't really tell for his emotionless expression that made her worry a little.

"So, i see that you have finished eating... what did they think about it?" - Alice asked in a slightly shy manner as she was more nervous than ever to find out about Percy's opinion on her food, specially because she made food for a hundred people and probably not all of them were going to enjoy her cooking but after he smiled a little, which only confused her even more as she couldn't tell if he was pleased or not, he finally decided to respond.

(-100 Alice's Affection Points)

(Alice's Training Style Became Harsher)