Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 66 – Plans of Rebuttal (2)

“Yes. Would you like to try one? This is dried palm that Kurkans eat. I had a hard time looking for this.”

Count Valtein flamboyantly displayed his expertise in date palm eating etiquette. “Eating this is quite difficult. You must learn the proper way! Trying it once or twice without the correct technique will waste the dates. I assure you, many are unaware of this method.”

The unique and interesting goods piqued Finance Minister Laurents interest. He took the fork he was using for refreshment, picked up a date and ate it. Then he drank the tea straight away.

“Oh no, it is quite a bit of sugar…”

“Its not sugar! Date palms are naturally sweet.”

Despite the counts rebuttal, Finance Minister Laurent, could not easily iron out the frown on his forehead. Count Valtein smiled as he watched the minister drink his second cup of tea.

Even though Valtein detested sweet things, he had eaten two dates already—just like season, his taste bud changes. Leah, who was with them, could only look at him in astonishment.

“I think this is popular nowadays because it is good for ones vigor,” Valtein continued to praise the sweets.

“…”

While they were eating, Ishakans memory of eating the dates suddenly popped into Leahs head. Imagining the man, she hurriedly shook it off.

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The culture of Kurkans was getting popular in Estia these days. The foreign customs had been quite appealing to the aristocrats who were awfully fond of new entertainment.

From the rulers perspective, it would not be favourable. However, the more one tries to suppress the people from doing something they wanted to try, the more they wound it fascinating. Thus, preventing the Kurkan culture in becoming a trend was not an option.

All they could do was wait for the Kurkans to return to the dessert after negotiations took place, thus taking the trend with them.

Count Valtein offered the dates to Leah, but the latter only refused to eat them. She instead sipped some lightly brewed black tea and raised the main topic she wanted to tackle.