Fuyuko opened the dairy cabinet in the kitchen and removed several bottles of milk and heavy cream from the alarmingly large and diverse supply of milk, butter, cheese, and other dairy products contained therein before beginning the preparation of the milkshakes. He then quickly emptied them into a large pitcher before adding the orange juice to them, taking care to ensure that it was sufficiently homogenized with the milk. Fuyuko subsequently retrieved a short, thin metal rod from a nearby drawer under the counter after finishing; he proceeded to lightly tap it on the rim of the pitcher and cast a minor spell, which caused it to glow faintly blue with cooling magic that he would use to freeze the milkshakes.
Fuyuko had decades of practice making milkshakes and thus knew every ratio and time by heart, allowing him to spend most of his attention on keeping a close watch on the guest in his kitchen. Baldovino struck Fuyuko as seemingly being highly inexperienced with even the basics of cooking; this was, in his eyes, far from normal and strongly inconsistent with what he expected, and he made a mental note to ask about it later when he can. In the meantime, he carefully watched Baldovino to make sure that he didn’t make the common mistake of accidentally injuring himself on the nearby stovetop.
After the milkshake mix was finished freezing, Fuyuko wrapped a thin, long strip of enchanted fabric around the pitcher in order to keep its contents frozen until serving; he then turned to address Baldovino, who had seemingly also completed the task that Fuyuko had given to him.
”I’m finished with the milkshakes now. I’m sure you’ll love them; everybody always complements me on how rich and sweet my milk is, so I made extra for you to drink too. But now that they are done, there is nothing left to do that would be aided by having two or more people; you can go out to the dining room while I finish everything else.”
Fuyuko then gestured to Baldovino that he was free to go to the dining room and wait for the food to be brought out.
After a short wait in the dining room, Fuyuko carried the heavily laden tray of potato cakes out for serving: they looked pan-fried as he had said, and also had a generous amount of melted cheese and cubed ham over the top of them. Despite this, they were only about 18°C; this was a normal temperature for “hot” food by Belsedori standards, but would be noticeable to humans even through the -20°C that was average Belsedori room temperature.
”Here you go! I put extra cheese and ham on top of them for you. I left the milkshakes in the kitchen because they were too heavy to carry, but I will return with them in just a moment.”
Angela and Baldovino were then briefly left alone in the dining room once more while Fuyuko went to retrieve the drinks. While she reached out to start adding potato cakes to her plate, Angela decided to attempt to begin a conversation with him.
”I remember you previously giving some exceptionally basic information about your homeland, but I would like to know more about it. Where is it, exactly? Do you live too far above the ocean?”