Chapter 841: This Is A Dangerous Prize
Obviously, she got a full ten points from everyone for that cake and I wasn't even surprised to hear that.
I mean… This cake was definitely made by Mary and there was no way I wasn't going to enjoy it.
In fact… I even caught myself licking not only my fingers but also the plate that the cake had been on before I put it down.
They didn't even need to explain the reason behind the score and Emilia had a smug smile on her face like she had already expected such a result in the first place.
Ugh… Now that I've eaten this… I kind of wish I had more…
"Mistress."
I turned to Katsuki and she held a box that had several different kinds of pastries inside it.
Waaaaahhh!! I love you Katsuki!! You're the best!!! Om nom nom nom!!
When I returned to myself again, I realised that the sweets contest seemed to have ended and they had already finished giving out the prizes for the other students.
The last person to receive their prize was Emilia who had the highest score.
Some might even say that she cheated or something since she did not make the cake herself, but it looks like there's no rule against someone presenting a dessert that they did not personally make.
Most of my schoolmates did not think of doing that, mostly because Delmare made that small competition of having people make their sweets for her to decide who to give an invite to.
I also learned that the people who got the invites later received letters that detailed what events were planned for the party so I was the only one that didn't know anything about what was planned.
At least that was what Katsuki told me after I recovered from eating sweets.
Well, this was supposed to be a surprise party anyway so I didn't really mind.
When it was Emilia's turn to receive her prize, I realised why she had participated in this.
The prize was a Small Silver Coin. That's a hundred Creas just for making sweets… Though I wonder what she had to give in order to get Mary to make that cake for her?
Apparently she would also get a 'secret prize' that would only be given to her later on so she has to participate in the birthday party if she wanted to receive it which she had no problem with anyway.
Obviously there were quite a number of my schoolmates who were wondering who Emilia was since she did not look like a student. But a few of them actually recognised Emilia for who she was and I believe they were wondering what she was doing here.
Especially since… You know… She's now supposedly a wanted criminal thanks to her family.
But the good thing was that they kept their thoughts to themselves and did not ask any questions about it so no one protested Emilia joining us.
Katsuki got everyone's attention again, "Thank you all and congratulations to the winners of the first event. Please help yourself to the food and drinks that we have provided."
The crowd of students surged forward towards the tables and they started filling their plates with food.
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They must be excited to try out the food that was prepared by my family for themselves.
I was going to join them as well but Katsuki once again stopped me.
"Please wait here, Mistress."
Err… Ok? What else do they have planned for me?
Right then, one of the girls who was a top five winner was escorted to me by a maid while holding a plate piled high with different kinds of food.
No, it wasn't sweets but food like roasted chicken pieces, mashed potatoes, green vegetables and other types of filling food.
I was looking at the girl in confusion, wondering what they planned for me to do here.
Just saying, I remember this girl got the fifth position for the cream puff that she made for me.
A chair was brought out to be placed in front of me and I realised that it was for the girl to sit across from me.
She placed the plate of food in front of me and I noticed that she was bushing up to her ears in embarrassment for some reason.
Katsuki then took over the plates and started cutting the food on the plate before sticking the fork into a piece of the roasted chicken and presenting the fork to me, handle first.
I looked at the fork before looking at the girls in front of me who was leaning forward with slight anticipation.
Oh… This must be part of the prize that they got for being one of the top five where they get me to feed them.
Eh… Why not I guess? This is actually pretty cute.
I took the fork from Katsuki and brought it over to the girl who enthusiastically opened her mouth to allow me to feed her the piece of chicken.
She closed her mouth over it and our eyes met for a second.
Her face actually got redder and I slipped the fork out from her mouth, leaving the chicken in her mouth for her to chew.
But instead of chewing, she seemed to have been so distracted that she tried swallowing right away.
That's why I wasn't surprised when she coughed and grabbed her throat as she started to choke.
I quickly moved behind her and pulled her up to her feet, placing my right fist on their abdomen with my other hand clasped around it.
I took a moment to make sure my fist was below her ribcage before I thrust my hands inward and upwards.
Of course, I made sure to limit my strength so that I don't accidentally crush her spine with my strength.
I thrust my hands a few more times and the piece of chicken that had been lodged in her throat got dislodged and flew out from her mouth to plop on the table.
There we go, remember to chew your food properly everyone otherwise you would choke.
I patted her back a few times as she coughed to clear her airway, giving her some time to recover.
"Take your time… Breathe," I told her.
"Tha… Cough! Thank you… Sis… Err… Lady Aster…"
Right then, Odeta suddenly appeared beside me and hugged my arm, "Sister Aster!! Not fair! I want you to wrestle with me too! Do me next!"
I gave her a look, "That… Wasn't a wrestling move… She was choking and I was just saving her from choking…"
"Aww… Does that mean I have to choke for Sister Aster to do that to me as well?"
"Please do not intentionally--"
I didn't even get to finish my words when a whole bunch of coughing came from behind me.
I turned back to see a whole bunch of my schoolmates now clutching at their throats while coughing painfully.
Seriously?! What the heck is wrong with you people?!
Wait… You as well, Lisa?! Are you even trying to hide our relationship anymore?!
But really, why the heck do you all suddenly want me to do the Heimlich manoeuvre on you guys?! Did you guys think this was the next event or something?!
I turned to the servants and gave them a look.
Thankfully, they knew what I was asking them to do and all of them quickly went to the choking students and helped save them from choking.
Good thing the servants were all competent in their work so everyone was saved from choking quite easily.
Lisa was saved by Delmare, ironically… And she even tried to choke herself again but Emilia went over to her and slapped the chicken bone out from her hands before she could try to put it in her mouth.
I'm going to spank that Infrid later just for trying to do that…
I turned my attention back to the girl I just saved from choking, "Are you alright?"
She let out another cough before speaking, "Ye… Yes… I'm ok now… Umm… Can I… Can I continue?"
To think she still wants to continue this… It already feels like it's a punishment game instead of a reward but I guess if she wants to do it…
I went back to my side of the table and Katsuki started cutting another piece of the food again, this time making it even smaller than before which I most certainly noticed.
I took the fork she presented to me that had a bit of mashed potato at the end before bringing it to the girl. She opened her mouth gingerly and allowed me to place the mashed potato in her mouth.
This time, she didn't choke but because I had been standing instead of sitting down, I had to lean a bit closer to her.
She took the bite of mashed potato in her mouth, looked up to see me looking her in the eyes… And then promptly fainted after swallowing the given mashed potato.
…
What the heck did I do now?!