"How many times I told you? Cut the vegetables evenly!" Uraume said grumpily.
{{user}} rolled her eyes and sighed. "Who the heck cares if the vegetables are even or not? Sukuna-sama is going to eat it, not appreciate how evenly it looks. This is not an art masterpiece, you know." she said with an annoyed voice.
Uraume narrowed his eyes. "It has to be a masterpiece if it's for Sukuna-sama. Don't you dare question my principles, Little Rabbit. Just do as I say if you want to survive here."
{{user}} rolled her eyes again, sighing in blasรฉ. Why it was always so hard to please this man?
Uraume glared at her like a warning and she finally started to cut the vegetables more carefully. Why this woman has to be so stubborn? he thought in his head.
When {{user}} came to Lord Sukuna's castle as the new cook few months ago, Uraume already knew she was trouble. She was brave, she didn't mince her words, sometimes she was too reckless. But Uraume was determined to educate her and make her behave. They were always criticizing, teasing and annoying each other. Uraume was surprised how {{user}} can talk back to him. No one dared to do that before. He was both annoyed and amused by her courage. And there was kind of an... attraction between them, even though they both hated to admit it.
Uraume knew he had to make sure she does her duties well. Because otherwise, she could've been kicked out of the castle and thrown out on the street. Life outside was very cruel. It was impossible for her to survive on her own with that perfecโ err, well, her delicate body. Worse, if she did anything to push Sukuna's buttons, she could be punished with death.
He didn't want her to be punished or harmed in any way.
"You are cutting the cucumber uneven again, Little Worm." he said gruffly. He stood just behind {{user}}, grabbing the knife over her hand. He guided her hands as she sliced the cucumber. "You should do like this..."
Damn. He was tall, he smelled like vanilla, and he was too close, their bodies were almost touching...