Arcane Lord

Xia Duo's cooking skills are not very good, but they are definitely not bad. At least there is no problem with ordinary home-cooked dishes. It has been quite a while since time travel, how could he not miss the food of his hometown!

Since the development of Linshui Village, he has tried to restore the delicacies of his hometown. However, except for simple staple foods such as steamed buns, other foods can only be eaten occasionally by himself.

As the saying goes, "You never tire of fine food and fine food," in fact, the hidden threshold is not low. Cooking utensils, craftsmanship, spices, and even time are not easily accessible to ordinary people.

For now, the territory does not have the conditions to allow ordinary citizens to have sufficient "cooking freedom" like the people in Shaduo's hometown.

Except for the steamed buns, all the food served to the elves this time was made by Sha Duo himself. In addition to the reception itself, there was also Sha Duo's testing of Oripus, because he knew that elves generally would not eat finished food that had been handled by humans. of.

Of course, Xia Duo wouldn't test the elves with food that he couldn't even accept. He prepared it himself, which was both sincerity and a little pressure.

There are three dishes in total, two meat and one vegetarian. The meat is braised pork and braised fish. The meat is venison, which was hunted by the Territorial Guard. The fish is a miscellaneous fish from the Wolfburg River next to it. It is very common and is called Nese people. For "white strips".

As for the vegetarian dish, it is fried lettuce. Nese people also eat vegetables, but they are usually mixed with meat, boiled in water to make a pot of stew, or simply eaten raw.

This was unacceptable to Sha Duo.

As for barbecue, ordinary people in Netheril basically can't eat it. It's not that they can't afford it, but only the rich can afford spices. Without spices, barbecue is basically difficult to eat. It's better to make a big pot of soup for the whole family. Share it!

After being busy for almost two hours, Xia Duo put the braised pork in the sauce on separate plates, and then said to Cook who was sniffing at the side: "Do you understand everything?"

Cook was excited and immediately replied: "I understand!"

"Then practice hard. If you still can't satisfy me by the end of the year, then I may have to consider changing to a chef!"

"This, this-"

Cook's eyes were rolling around and he didn't say anything for a long time, but Xia Duo didn't want to listen to him anymore. Anyway, the deadline has been given. If it still doesn't work, he really has to consider changing people. Anyway, the territory is now There are quite a few people on it, and you can always find people with good culinary talents by casting a wide net.

This can actually be regarded as a manifestation of the cost of silence. Sha Duo has invested a lot in Cook. Not to mention how valuable the Arcanist Lord's personal teaching is, the spices he provided to Cook alone are worth selling. I can't even afford to pay back Cook.

It is precisely because he has invested a lot that Xia Duo is willing to give him opportunities again and again. However, Xia Duo's patience will only last until the end of the year at most. In his hometown, even people who have never cooked can cook very well under the guidance of their family members. Almost finished a home-cooked dish.

Although there is a lack of environmental nurturing from childhood to adulthood, people like Cook, who has been here for almost a year and are still not enlightened, are really like rotten trees, and his wholehearted guidance has been wasted time and time again.

The only thing that made Xia Duo feel relieved was that Cook's steamed buns were pretty good, and he might be able to develop into a pastry master in the future. As for other aspects, Xia Duo didn't have much hope.

…

When Chateau set the table in the dining room of the lord's villa and sat for a while, Leiden had already come in with Oripus, bowed, and then left alone.

Xia Duo stretched out his hand and greeted proactively: "Chief Oripus, please sit down!"

As soon as Oripus sat down, he was attracted by a special piece of tableware on the dining table. He raised his head in surprise, looked at Xia Duo, and asked with some uncertainty: "Lord Xia Duo, this is'\u0026%￥ # '?"

Xia Duo didn't understand what the word was, but judging from the way Oripus looked at him just now, he should have said "chopsticks". Xia Duo picked up his chopsticks with one hand and clamped them in a demonstration. , and asked, "Chief Oripus, is this what you are talking about?"

"Yes! That's it!" Oripus nodded sharply, picked up the chopsticks on his side, and pinched them very deftly, "Is Lord Shado an Oriental?"

"Um?"

Shado was keenly aware that Oripus said a special elven word. Muyan's hometown was called "Karatu" in the Nese language, but he didn't know what it was in the elven language yet.

But now Oripus uses "East" to refer to Kara-atu. Does this mean that the elves can really be sure that Kara-atu is in the east?

He quickly asked: "Chief Oripus, what do you mean by 'Eastern' -"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot that Lord Shado is not an elf. In the Elvish language, 'East' not only means 'the direction to the east', it also has a special reference, which refers to the 'Eastern Kingdom'!"

"Eastern country?" Xia Duo repeated.

"Yes!"

Oripus's eyes suddenly became a little blurry, and he narrated in a low voice in Elvish language that was mellow and almost aria-like, "There is a legend circulating in all the Elf countries, saying that there is a mysterious ancient country in the far east. It was magnificent and full of gold.”

Seeing Xia Duo looking at him with a very exaggerated look, Oripus realized that he was probably an Oriental in front of him, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly:

"Of course, legends are just legends after all. There are no longer a few Easterners entertained by the elven countries. The mystery of the Eastern countries has been greatly reduced. If no elves have been able to actually go there and return smoothly, perhaps the legends of the Eastern countries would have disappeared long ago. It’s spreading again.”

"Is it true that no elves have ever been to the Eastern Kingdom?" Sha Duo asked.

Perhaps because he felt sad that the humans in front of him were far away from home, Oripus switched to the Elvish language that could express more complex emotions, "Except for the original high mage, no Elf has ever been to the Eastern Kingdom. In fact, if the original narrator had not been a high mage, such a legend would not have been passed down at all.”

"Who is that high mage? Is he still alive now?" Although Shado is not really from Kara-atu, he is indeed very interested in Kara-atu, the legendary eastern country.

If the high mage is still alive, he might be able to pay him a visit in the future.

But Oripus's answer was not very satisfactory——

"The name of the high mage is 'Saint Nodel'. He is a court mage in the ancient kingdom of Uvellon. He is a very famous scholar. However, the kingdom of Uvellon had already collapsed due to an accident two thousand years ago. And disappeared.

"Two thousand years, even for elves, is a long time, not to mention that the high mage Saint Nodel lived in the early days of Uvellon, which is almost five thousand years ago."

Frequently counting time in thousands of years makes Xia Duo feel that time is so long, throughout the ages, and never-ending. At the same time, it also triggers Xia Duo's desire for immortality again.

As long as you live long enough, anything is possible. (Positive or negative, try to get rid of the negative)

After a moment of silence, Xia Duo did not continue on the topic of the Eastern Kingdom, but gestured to Oripus to move his chopsticks, "Chief Oripus, please try the food from my hometown."

With that said, Chateau introduced the ingredients and methods of the three dishes to Oripus, which can be regarded as promoting hometown cuisine.

"good!"

Oripus did not refuse to eat food cooked by humans, but skillfully picked up a piece of braised venison with chopsticks, put it into his mouth and chewed it carefully. After finishing one piece, he picked up another piece, and then slowly spoke:

"Lord Xia Duo, this meat is fat and lean. It tastes sweet and soft. The spices blend with the taste of the meat itself. Compared with barbecue, it is indeed much better!"

After saying that, Oripus came with another piece, and he picked up the steamed bun on the side and started to bite it.

Xia Duo nodded secretly, glanced at the three untouched dishes on his side, and began to eat, eating vegetables with steamed buns, or eating steamed buns with vegetables.

In fact, the steamed buns were a bit uninteresting. It would have been better if they had rice. Xia Duo grew up eating rice, but unfortunately he didn't find rice in Netheril, so the rice was nowhere to be found.