A Wife's Rules

Zhi Ye carefully took the cookies baking in the oven out.

The cookies on the iron tray were shaped like little bears. Zhi Ye took out some cream and drew faces and mouths on them.

"Very good. You and Wen Enna are my most gifted students!"

Their baking instructor was an old woman in her sixties. Rumor had it that she had once served in a human royal court, making desserts for His Majesty the King's afternoon tea every day.

A baker of her caliber would have been the equivalent of a sage secluded within the Sage's Tower among Spellcasters.

The only reason she had accepted Madam Ma Linna's invitation was because she had heard that Joshua was the director of Hachi: A Dog's Tale. That was why she had been willing to travel all the way to Aserkelo to teach her craft to these completely unrelated High Elves.

As such, the old woman's standards were extremely strict, and she never spared anyone's feelings.

The Little Bear Cookies Zhi Ye had made earned praise from the Royal Baker.

The other person who received her approval was Wen Enna. Zhi Ye only remembered that she was often with Aurelian and was responsible for tending the flowers in Aserkelo's gardens.

As for the other High Elf apprentices...

"Even a three-year-old human child could make something better than this! Do it again!"

After praising Zhi Ye and Wen Enna as though they were her daughters, the old woman transformed into a harsh and vicious stepmother, using sharp words to judge everyone else's work.

"This smells so burnt that even field pigs probably wouldn't be interested! Throw it straight into the oven and use it as firewood!"

Ever since coming to study this baking course, the High Elf apprentices had endured the old woman's