Today was a happy day for everyone, so it naturally called for a proper celebration-and a chance to make up for the five feasts Yucheng owed Paimon. He was now the dignified Regent of a nation, after all, and a promise made could never be taken back.
And so, Yucheng, Ei, Miko, Lumine, and Paimon, along with Yucheng's four subordinates, Sara, Ayaka, Kokomi, and Kuki Shinobu, held a private outdoor banquet at the Regent's Office.
Kuki Shinobu was naturally the banquet's head chef, but Lumine was also an excellent cook. Inazuman and Liyue specialties were therefore left to Kuki Shinobu, while Lumine handled Mondstadt's specialty dishes.
When Kuki Shinobu learned that the Shogun would also attend and taste her cooking, she was tremendously excited and put more than her full effort into the preparations. The other subordinates also took the matter very seriously.
After all, although Ayaka, Kokomi, and Sara were all high-ranking figures in Inazuma, this was their first time dining with the Shogun. How could they not be excited?
During the banquet, the women were surprised to discover that the Shogun, whom they remembered as stern and imposing even without showing anger, seemed a little more down-to-earth. The atmosphere gradually shifted from its initial stiffness to lively warmth.
In particular, the Shogun seemed to have developed an interest in cooking and personally grilled some meat skewers to share with everyone. Whether because she had poor control over the heat or for some other reason, however, they did not look very good.
Yucheng and Miko, who knew the Shogun's cooking skills, immediately paled when they saw the skewers Ei had grilled herself. Miko, in particular, vanished in the blink of an eye.
Yucheng had originally wanted to slip away too, but Ei called him out by name and asked