Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2097 Fame and local feelings
Next, neither of them touched the earthy pumpkin soup with the unique radiation of the Underdark, but they did not miss the other dishes. Even Xia Duo, who had a lack of incarnation perception, tasted each one as much as possible.

Combined with Niya's reaction, although Xia Duo was a little surprised by the quality of the table meal, he still insisted on his opinion that what the so-called Orientals on the elf side have is the title of "Oriental".

He can definitely say that this is typical elf food!Perhaps it incorporates the chef's superb cooking skills and rich life experience, but it is still very different from the food in his hometown that he expected.

Perhaps this is the so-called oriental cuisine, after all, he is not a real oriental, but on earth!Naturally, the eastern country in the magical world cannot be required to have the same "taste" as the hometown.

After dinner, a young wood elf waitress appeared out of nowhere, handed Xia Duo a bill, and deliberately imitated the appearance of the fellow gold elves in the upper city, and said to Xia Duo with a cold face:
"Guest, you have spent a total of 520 Hillmel!"

Only over 500 gold coins?
Xia Duo was quite surprised. He thought that the Stone Wind restaurant would kill him, but he didn't expect that as long as it was so, although a meal of 500 gold coins is a luxury for most people, but for Xia Duolai Say, that's nothing.

Once in a while, it's totally affordable.

Of course, Xia Duo wouldn't believe that the 500-odd gold coins had no premium at all, but it didn't matter. It wasn't the first time he encountered high-priced restaurants in tourist attractions. As long as Niya was happy, he didn't care about such a small amount of money.

From the portable space, he took out the Comanthor gold coins prepared for the trip in advance, filled a purse full of them (almost the volume of a teacup of water together), and threw it to the wood elf waitress, and then asked to see the chef.

At this time, the wood elf couldn't hold on any longer, showing a sly and wild smile, hid the purse under the apron, and then ran towards the back kitchen with bouncing jumps, and replied to Xia Duo while running:
"Guest, wait a moment, I'll ask Father Shi Feng to come out!"

Xia Duo smiled immediately, and Niya also asked curiously: "Isn't this shop opened by an Oriental?"

"I don't know either, but I have a guess, maybe when Chef Shi Feng comes out, you will understand!"

There are not many customers in the shop right now, except Chardonia's table, there is only one table of dwarves drinking and making gestures, but it is obviously mainly drinking, and they can't serve a single dish for half a day.

Perhaps it is because of the high price, or perhaps it is because the residents of the underground city are not used to activities at night. Although the underground city is also a city that never sleeps, there is still a sharp difference compared to the bustle above the ground.

Not long after the wood elf waitress left, an oriental man dressed as a chef came out from the direction of the back kitchen, followed by a barking waitress, who didn't stop until Xia Duo's table.

"Guest, I heard from Mulian that you came to me because you are not satisfied with the dishes?"

Mulian should be the wood elf, Xia Duo glanced at Mulian who had calmed down, and said to Shi Feng with a suppressed smile:
"No, we are very satisfied with the dishes, just want to meet the chef who made them, and negotiate a deal by the way."

"Deal? What deal?"

Shi Feng suddenly became vigilant, and stretched out his hand to push away Mu Lian who was listening with pricked ears, and Mu Lian also ran towards the back kitchen obediently at this time.

Seeing this, Xia Duo couldn't help revealing the illusion and turned into his real body, "Chef Shi Feng, don't be nervous, I'm very serious about negotiating a deal."

"Are you an Oriental?"

Shi Feng's eyes widened immediately, he sized Xia Duo up and down, and glanced at Niya suspiciously, and finally said:
"Don't tell me you want to settle here, I can't help you! For the sake of you being an oriental, this meal is my treat. As for the rest, the guests don't need to mention it!"

"No, Chef Shi Feng, you have misunderstood. I am here for travel, not for settlement."

"So what deal do you want to negotiate?"

Although Shi Feng didn't really believe that Xia Duo really had such a pure purpose, but he still listened patiently when he thought of the heroism of the other party when ordering and paying the bill just now.

"I am now a lord of Netheril, and I want to promote oriental cuisine in my territory, so what I want is actually your recipe from Chef Shifeng. Of course, if Chef Shifeng is willing to settle in my territory Or short-term guidance, I am also very welcome."

After Xia Duo said his request, Shi Feng's mouth grew loud after hearing this, and he said nervously after a long time: "You are the Lord Xia Duo who purified the land of the abyss some time ago?!"

"It's me, but the purification of the abyss is not my credit, but the envoy from the Kingdom of Glory did it."

"Isn't that the same!"

Perhaps seeing Xia Duo's oriental appearance similar to his own, Shi Feng's speech became more and more fluent, "I heard that Lord Xia Duo has a fortress that can fly in the sky, is it true?"

"You've heard it all here?" Xia Duo was a little surprised.

It's not that there should be no news on Cormanthor, but ordinary oriental people in a dungeon like Shifeng have heard of the Floating Void City, and I'm afraid it's spread even more in other places.

"As far as I know, many Orientals in the Andalite community are paying attention to your deeds!"

Shi Feng's words surprised Xia Duo again, "Why? Why do they pay attention to me?"

"Because there are few such outstanding spellcasters among us orientals. Although we don't live in the same city or country, our orientals have the same attributes."

"I see!"

Xia Duo couldn't help sighing, it turns out that the orientals on the main plane still retain some of the local feelings he is familiar with, and have not been completely assimilated by the elves, but——

"Chef Shi Feng, do half-elfs like you still consider yourself an oriental?"

The moment Shi Feng appeared, Xia Duo had already discovered that the other party was not purely human, but had some subtle elf characteristics, such as hair color, pupils, and even walking posture, which reflected certain aspects of the body. structure.

And the wood elf girl, Mu Lian, is a half-elf with more elf characteristics, perhaps really Shi Feng's daughter.

……

Seeing that Xia Duo discovered his identity, Shi Feng was not surprised at all. He knew that spellcasters always had many methods that he didn't understand to know everything, but in his heart, he was still a little sad.

"Lord Xiaduo, of course I hope that I am a pure oriental, not a mixed-race bastard who is not even qualified to go to the upper city, but there are too few orientals in this world, so few that let us find another oriental partner The chances are extremely slim.”

Speaking of this, Shi Feng suddenly asked Xia Duo a question: "I wonder if Lord Xia Duo has noticed the ratio of Orientals to men and women in the Andalite community?"

(End of this chapter)