As expected, the participants descended into varying degrees of disarray the moment they were given the same instruction that had once left even the cadets staring blankly at their test pans.
Make it pretty.
The problem wasn't the instruction itself. It was that Luca looked thrilled saying it.
With his little wife's eyes practically sparkling at the thought of everyone decorating their desserts, who would possibly have the heart to tell him that this was, in fact, an incredibly difficult task?
Certainly not the Imperial Crown Prince.
And so, in the interest of preserving Luca's happiness and preventing mass panic from becoming too obvious, Xavier calmly stepped in.
"You might want to consider the division of slices when you do this."
"!!!"
The effect was immediate.
Heads snapped up. Hands froze mid-crumble. Several people who had been seconds away from sprinkling mango at random stiffened like they had just received divine revelation.
