The Queen, the Dragon, and the... Snores? [private]

"Loser goes out to buy the dinner, and also has to make it."

"B-But Dear, I haven't any experience with cooking!"

"So you anticipate loss?"

"That isn't what I said at all! Dear, prepare to lose~!"

The woman recalled the short conversation, just before the two engaged in the small war on the board. The game was chess, and the blonde that walked along the street knew deep down that she wasn't going to beat her darling, but the sheer amount of infatuation brought her to play, and now she was stuck in a predicament. She'd either upset her master and darling husband-to-be (although her master never agreed to this, the blonde just assumed so) by not cooking dinner, or to possibly give them food poisoning, or even kill them! She had no idea what to do, whatsoever.

The woman was the Queen, one of six living immortal chess pieces that belonged to the Dream-Make Mage Alex Hata. She was infatuated with the mage, even to the point of not exactly taking the hint that Alex wasn't into women. She'd do anything to be with her dear Alex, her king... And that also included cooking. Her strengths and weaknesses in the cooking arts mean nothing, she would do it regardless. Besides, they did have a bet.

The Queen lost in 2 turns, having not seen the obvious "Fool's Mate" coming. This caught Alex a little off guard that her most powerful spell and smartest of the pieces just fell for such a basic trap, but regardless she lost the game and the bet alike. So, she now walked through the streets of Rose Garden with no one else, her elegant dress and queenly attire definitely standing out amongst the crowd, which earned the Queen many looks. Looks that she would be used to, and just ignoring at this point. These were the commoners after all.

"Alright... What do I want to cook... What should I cook!? Oh no, my dear didn't tell me what he wanted for dinner!"

The Queen took a gloved hand and put it to her temples, then continued walking along through a now growing crowd of people as she entered a small shopping district. There were stalls that had various different foods there, and the Queen walked while staring at each of them. None of these looked familiar, and the Queen couldn't even name the most basic of them all like Rice or Apples. She never ate, and never studied cooking, and was never taught to cook. She was an immortal chess piece, and cooking and eating weren't on her top list of priorities.

"What if one of these commoners could teach me a thing or two... What's this?"

The woman grabbed a lemon from a man who just simply let her take it, and stared at it oddly. Then, not knowing the consequences, bit into it, earning the gazes of everyone around her as she spat out the sour and bitter fruit with a few coughs, looking disgusted during the meantime. This gave the Queen the set off that she needed. Soon, dark energy began to resonate around her, as her blade was unsheathed a wave of darkness released, causing the people around the Queen to all gasp or scream. Then, just as the blade was inches from leaving the sheathe, a large surge of what felt like electricity went through the Queen's body, stooping her down and causing her to pant. That was right, Alex didn't have enough strength to sustain the Queen's combat body, so she couldn't use any abilities, or even unsheathe her sword. Every time she did the bond between Alex and the Queen bent a little, and pain surged through her body. So, finding this an inadequate solution, the Queen stood back up, and declared to the people - seeing as she had their potential.

"One of you common folk. Come forth. You are to be my teacher. I don't care which it is, as long as you are at least halfwitted. Come on now, I demand it, lest I level this whole district!"

After the Queen's demand, the people began to stir. Children wept, mothers defended their baby, but no one could take their eyes off of the woman who just blatantly said that she'd destroy the district without much thought put into it - and it was clear that she was being serious. Soon, a man's voice sounded off which caught the Queen's attention. someone standing beside her had delegated themselves to step forward and be the scapegoat, and teach her what she needed. However, before even mentioning cooking, he stated something that somewhat made the Queen angry.

"An... H rank? Heh, you must not know a thing about people like me."

It was true - the Queen wasn't as strong as an H rank. However she had something that no H rank mage had, immortality. She'd always come back, while they would get exhausted. If the H rank came by to destroy her, she'd simply teleport back to Alex's pockets and have a short cooldown. It wasn't like she'd literally permanently die. So, the Queen earned herself a little chuckle from what the man said. Nonetheless, she told the man what she wanted.

"Teach me how to cook, or else I'll-"

Cut off by Taizen's instant reaction and agreement, the Queen stood there baffled for a moment,
but then regained her composure. Watching the man grab the ingredients, she sat there with a look of sheer questioning as the man took the different ingredients for a pie. None of these ingredients made sense, but even then the Queen hadn't the faintest of ideas as to what any of them were,
so she couldn't tell wether or not it was a cynical comment. Nodding her head to the man, the Queen led them both to Alex's house.

Once there, the Queen unlocked the door and stepped in. Hearing running water, the Queen walked into the area where the steam was appearing from behind a door and the sound of water was coming from.

"My soon-to-be marital partner is in the shower, put your things down either by the door, or put only the ingredients on the counter in the kitchen."

The Queen then stepped forward to confront a man with blonde hair that was darker than hers,
wearing red armor and held a mug in his hands.

"When the King gets out of the shower, preoccupy her. Do not let her enter this room before I say so - understand?"

The man nodded, and then walked off to continue drinking and stood against the wall that faced the door with the steam. The Queen, satisfied with the man's compliance, stood in the kitchen now,
waiting for the person that was to be her teacher to come forward and begin their lesson.