ladyjlb's manga / #food(14)

Read ch 40 as of 23/04/21 - art is ok, story is average ** ch 49-50 really bad translation. DROPPED. “Nothing will change unless I change myself.” - FL had a childhood full of abuse and neglect but grew up to manage a small restaurant and became highly skilled. Died in a traffic accident, age 20yo. - FL reborn as Senianna, the unloved illegitimate daughter and youngest child of powerful nobility that suffered from severe depression and had attempted suicide more than once. - She has 2 x older brothers (Lancelot, Gawain) and her grandfather Naverius is still patriarchal head of the Frenciff / Franciff family. Her father is Marquis Arthur. - During a family dinner discussion on the strategy against rebel forces, FL warning about the risk of the river being poisoned is taken well. - She uses her cooking skills to thwart her evil would-be-stepmother and keep the political ambitions of her house in check too. FL wins the best dish for her grandfather’s bday banquet and FL asks for the evil cow to be investigated for all of the cruel abuse FL suffered. - FL faints and is unconscious for 3 days due to exhaustion and poor health. When she recovers, she goes shopping for new shoes w/ Gawain. - FL next challenge set by her grandfather is to make seafood dish palatable to Prince Dominique who doesn’t like seafood. He’s staying as a guest w/ the Franciffs. She’s asked for access to her personal assets once this job is done. - FL and the Prince did discuss marriage, but she said she had no intention of marrying him. - FL hopes to eventually save enough so she and her faithful maid Citron / Citronne can leave together and she’ll set up her own restaurant. - The cook burnt FL’s dish for the Prince but she improvised in 20 min. and served fish cakes, rice cakes in spicy sauce directly from pot on table. Her brothers later punished the cook and he was fired. - FL notices issues with her grandfather’s health and he is diagnosed w/ HBP. She offers to help regulate his food intake and goes with him for walks as regular exercise. FL also offers a helping hand as he walks with a limp. - After seeing off her Grandpa one night, FL is surprised by the Prince who hides her from stumbling into some mysterious spies. Later these are revealed to be his men and they’re searching for another mana source for a portal. - After receiving a large sum from her Grandpa as part of her unlocked assets, FL starts to look for a shop to buy. - Following an insulting proposal of marriage as part of a property purchase from a Viscount, the FL is gifted the property as an apology by his stepmother who was a former comrade and knight to her grandpa, now vassal. - Trade access dispute of their sea port vs someone else’s magic portal? Monopoly attempt? - Seem to be monopolies on different types of mana / magic stones (for electricity, heating, water, etc) - FL goes for a walk that evening and finds a secret passageway and a cave with features very similar to a fairy tale concocted with her teacher in her other life. She is temporarily transported to a strange ancient world. She decided to return before others worry and is magically gifted a necklace with the dark gemstone in the cave. It reacts to the Prince’s bracelet with the same rock when she bumps into him later and becomes absorbed into hers. These are portal keys made from the mana source. - FL is able to open portals and is hailed as a Saintess.

Ch 26 as of 29/05/21

Read ch 13.5 as of 24/06/21 - complete?