While the older sister and the rabbits were doing their work, Aster, the little sister in the room, was scrolling through social media on the magic mirror.
The world worked quite similarly to the modern world, just with a little magic added to it, which didn't impress Aster much because these kinds of fantasy genres weren't really to her liking, only her older sister Quartz was excited.
That was fine, as long as her older sister was happy.
Aster was scrolling through the magic mirror when she saw something that caught her attention.
[Registering for admission to the music academy]
This sounded pretty good, music was her favorite subject after all, for Aster, listening to the melodies of music was very pleasant. Every time the rhythm sounded, Aster could tell what kind of melody it was. When she was in the old world, her mother suggested that she learn music because her mother loved traditional Vietnamese music.
The zither is one of the Vietnamese musical instruments that originally came from China and was improved and developed in Vietnam. Its sound brought a feeling of ancient times. Every time a string was plucked, her heart would vibrate with the sound.
A thought popped into Aster's head. If this world had magic like her sister said, why didn't she try to see what her magic was?
"The god who blessed me is Medolie, the Goddess of Melody. It's related to music, so it's good for me." - Aster thought.
Aster put on fake nails and sat down properly, gently placing her hands on the strings and breathing gently to calm herself.
*Ting**Ting**Ting**Ting*
The melody of the zither was gentle and slow, filling the room, then resounding outside the house.
While Quartz and the rabbits were working, they heard the sound of music, the older sister knew that her younger sister was playing the zither and smiled slightly, the curious rabbits didn't know what kind of sound it was and just listened.
The sound of the zither spread further and coincidentally reached the ears of a luxurious palanquin passing by.
"Oh my, I didn't expect to hear such beautiful music while walking around somewhere"
"Sir, it seems like that sound is coming from that house in the distance. How about we stop there and ask for food"
"Then let's go straight there, what are we waiting for!"
So the palanquin procession went there together.
After walking for a while, the palanquin procession saw a strange house placed in the middle of nowhere. Feeling something strange, they readied their weapons and prepared to face the danger. Three rabbits were struggling to carry the baskets outside when they saw the group of people holding weapons, so they were scared and dropped the baskets on the ground.
"Danger! Danger! Danger!!!"
The rabbits shouted loudly, startling the group. The rabbits hurriedly ran inside the house to hide, then Quartz and Fenech came out from the back garden when they heard the noise. Looking at the group of people dressed formally in European style and holding weapons, they seemed to be knights. Moreover, they did not seem dangerous so they should be fine.
"Hello, are you here to eat? Please wait a moment, let me prepare the ingredients" - Quartz
"Is there anything to eat here?"
"Of course there is, please take a seat. Fenech, please lead these guests to their seats."
"I understand. Please follow me."- Fenech
The person sitting in the carriage stepped out with a white cloak covering his body, his eyes observing Quartz leaving, at first glance, this girl did not seem like an artistic person, more like a laborer. The music was coming from inside the house, which meant that the girl was living with another person.
After everyone was seated, Quartz came out to take down the food that the customers wanted to order.
"Tell me what you guys want to eat?"- Quartz
"We want to eat something light to avoid hunger on the road"
"Something that is just enough"
"A light and just enough snack?"- Quartz
She thought for a while and then came up with an idea, if the customers want to eat a snack, then with fruit, Sweet Soup is the most suitable.
Sweet Soup translated into Vietnamese is Vietnamese Sweet Soup, according to the male writer. To avoid confusion with drinking tea, foreigners translate it into English as sweet soup. This dish is not only a snack, but also popular because of its sweet and cool taste. There are many types of Sweet Soup that can be put into a cup.
"Let's see, can you guys go out there and ask them what they want to eat? Here's the list of things we have" - Quartz
"I see" - A brown rabbit named Nub took the list and ran outside to give it to the other guests
Nub gave it to the other rabbits to divide it up and give it to the guests, they were surprised.
"Didn't we already order the food?"
"Our master said that the food is a bit different because she needs to know everyone's sweet taste" Nub
"That sounds worth a try, then give me Sweet banana with coconut gruel"
"I want Black beans sweet gruel"
"Made from mango sounds pretty normal, I want to try it"
After Nub wrote down all the dishes, he brought them inside and gave them to his master.
Today, he had just harvested a lot of fresh fruits so he made use of them, for the dish that Quartz is, it needs to rely on the freshness of the fruit. She rummaged through the refrigerator and found a variety of ground beans, cut the fruits into bite-sized pieces.
Then she put the food into a glass cup and the Vietnamese Sweet Soup was done.
"It looks gorgeous, master"- Fenech
"It's normal, quickly bring it out to the guests or the ice will melt"- Quartz
"Yes!"
The rabbits took the ice cream cups and brought them out to the customers sitting outside. Just as the sound of the zither stopped, she noticed that her younger sister had finished her lesson. Quartz went to make her younger sister a cup of her favorite sweet soup.
Aster finished playing the zither and was very bored and tired when she went downstairs when suddenly a cup of sweet soup appeared before her eyes.
"You've worked hard, it's better to eat something sweet" - Quartz
"You're really thoughtful, you know what I want" - Aster happily took the cup of sweet soup
While the guests outside were enjoying this strange food called sweet soup, when they tried a bite, the first feeling was the coldness in their mouths, which startled them. After the coldness was the sweetness of the pureed beans and the sourness of the fruit.
The heat from earlier had cooled down, replaced by a cool feeling as if they were standing in a cold place, the snowy wind blowing on their faces made them very satisfied. In a moment, the cup of sweet soup was gone, replaced by the smiles of the guests.
"It's so cool"
"It's like heaven"
"Is there really such a thing as food?"
"The rumors about this place are true, no wonder the knights talked about it so much"
"Especially the fruits, they're fresh and crunchy. Unlike any fruit I've ever eaten"
"There's this sweet thing, what is it?"
"I'm glad everyone likes this food. The fruits and beans are all grown by us, so the quality will be much different from what's outside"- Quartz
At this moment, the man in the cloak didn't seem to care much about what Quartz said, his eyes were fixed on the small figure beside him. Just now, the sound of the music stopped, and the little girl appeared, immediately understanding that the one who had just played the music was her.
So he stood up and approached the girl. Aster noticed someone approaching and her hand tightly grasped her older sister's sleeve to signal.
Quartz immediately stood in front of Aster to protect her little sister from the man in the cloak.
"May I ask what you want to say?"- Quartz
"Excuse me, just now there was a musical sound coming from your house that I have never heard before. Were you the one who played the music?"
"Yes, I did play the music, what's the matter?"- Aster
Suddenly the man in the cloak knelt down and raised his hands towards Aster, startling both of them.
"From the moment I heard your beautiful music, I was captivated by you. The music you play is like a fairy descending to earth, may I know your name?"
"Before you ask for someone else's name, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"- Quartz
Hearing such a request, the people around fell silent, and the cloaked man didn't seem to care at all.
"Oh my, where are my manners? Please forgive me, beautiful ladies, let me introduce myself more properly."
The cloaked man immediately lowered his cloak's hood to reveal a handsome face and a head of blue hair as shiny as the ocean.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Asherah. I am a noble who loves music."- Asherah