BXBX NOVEL Chapter 9 Scarlet Out!
[I have seen potatoes, but I cannot afford them.]
[We have potatoes at home but no knowledge on what to do with them.]
[Are you going to be a food anchor?]
She continued to explain. "I was also lucky to get a few and I experimented with them. I am also going to introduce a new rare product called oil.
I discovered a plant here on the blue star and spent time researching it before discovering that it could be squeezed to produce this oil.
She had poured oil into a bowl and she brought it closer to the camera for observation.
"First, we are going to peel our potatoes. I am using an old dagger but if you have a potato peeler, you can use it. When we are finished peeling the potatoes, we slice them carefully into this shape and wash them.
Some people like to add salt to their fries before frying and others like to add it after. Those of you who do not know what salt is can send a request to my inbox and I will upload a video explaining salt and teaching you how to make it.
We are going to add our oil to a heated pan; I turned this on a while ago. You should be careful because hot oil burns and even though the med bed will cure you completely, you will feel immense pain from the burn".
While Scarlet was explaining the steps to follow in the preparation of fries, her live broadcast had caught the eye of numerous people.
For starters, Adler and Carolyn who would be notified every time Scarlet\'s name popped up online were watching the broadcast in shock. They were completely shocked that they stopped working and sat under a thorn tree because they could not describe what was going on.
When did Scarlet learn how to cook and when did she start considering divorcing the mecha king her number one obsession.
The broadcast was so alarming that the rest of the siblings and their father all came looking for Adler to see if he could explain this abnormality.
The second person to be shocked was Esong Wu, the mecha king who was currently situated on the Red planet delivering a group of dangerous fugitives.
When his secretary Dez Miao showed him the video, he dismissed it as another attention seeking scam by Scarlet but she surprised him by proving to be knowledgeable. She was not like her usual arrogant stupid self.
He was satisfied to see that his son was being taken care of, the last time he saw the boy, he had begged to follow him but of what use was a child to him on a space ship? He travelled from one dangerous planet to another fighting beasts, space pirates and dissidents so having the child with him was not wise.
"The boy looks skinny." General Esong also known as the mecha king said. "Tell my sister to raise the monthly deposit of five million to ten million coins to Scarlet\'s account."
"Yes general." Dez replied.
He watched the video for about five minutes more minutes before switching it off to resume his duties.
Another group of people who were alerted every time Scarlet\'s name popped up online were members of the royal family in the capital.
Some of them were princes, others princesses, others duchesses, etc. They usually gathered to discuss political affairs, fashion, celebrities, relationships and anything else. They were discussing an upcoming marriage of a duke when someone came in and said Scarlet was doing a live broadcast.
They all loathed Scarlet and started watching it out of curiosity waiting to see her make a fool of herself but somehow they stayed for the rest of it while commenting about various things.
[I can\'t believe that she has said she will announce a divorce when she is ready?]
[She is lying, after everything she did to marry Esong there is no way she will divorce him.]
[Who cares about their divorce, if she can really cook tasty potatoes we won\'t have to keep throwing them away because they keep rotting.]
The third princess called a chef and told him to note down the save the recipe and try it when the broadcast was done.
[She is taking the fries out of the oil, they look crispy.]
In her kitchen, Scarlet was indeed taking out the first bunch of finished fries from the oil.
"You can all see our finished product, right? It has the perfect color and it probably tastes just as sweet. I wish you could all taste this with us."
[Turn on the sensor.] A comment accompanied by one silver castle passed by.
She recalled that these bracelets have sensors which allowed the viewers watching a live broadcast to taste, feel, smell and hear whatever their anchor was eating, holding or listening to.
She turned it on, allowing them to smell the fries and taste them.
[They smell better than I imagined.]
[I can\'t wait to taste them, please eat something already, I beg you.]
"We are all going to taste the fries together, but first I am going to add some ketchup. Those of you who have questions about ketchup I will answer them later."
She dipped the first fry in ketchup and gave it to Justin who opened his small mouth and gobbled it up greedily.
"Yummy." He said after swallowing.
"Do you want more?" she asked him.
He nodded and she gave him half of the fries. "Eat slowly, don\'t burn yourself."
"Thank you mummy." He nodded and stuffed his mouth like a starving wolf.
She ate one fry, allowing the viewers to taste it. "Now, I am going to dip one in ketchup."
[Such an amazing taste, I will migrate to the blue star just for the fries.]
[I am offering you one thousand coins for one handful of fries with ketchup.]
[I am offering double.]
Someone sent ten golden castles. [One plate for ten thousand coins.]
"Since we have few potatoes for now, I will be rewarding one serving of fries with ketchup to this viewer called ten thousand rich men. I will be ending the live broadcast for now, thank you for watching, see you all next time, Scarlet out."
She made the peace sign and decided to use a catch phrase at the last moment. Maybe if it caught on she could sell t-shirts with a peace sign or the phrase Scarlet out.
Under the thorny tree, the family members could not believe what they had just experienced.
"I knew Scarlet had secrets but food!!! how did she afford food?" Carolyn asked.
" She seems to be calmer and happier. What is happening to her?" Baron Su asked Adler.
Adler shrugged and said, "Maybe she was not lying to Justin and she really was sick before. We should go home and ask her these questions."
"Yes, let\'s go home." Baron said eagerly.
All of their eyes were shining, hoping they would taste those fries.