Lord of Arcane

Chapter 640 The Oriental Legend of Entertaining Elves

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 a long time 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, but except for simple staple foods such as steamed buns, only he can occasionally eat other foods.

The so-called "never tire of fine food, never tire of 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 yet have the conditions for ordinary citizens to have enough "cooking freedom" like the people from Xia Duo's hometown.

Except for the steamed buns, the food for the elves this time was made by Xia Duo himself. In addition to the entertainment itself, Xia Duo also tested Orepus, because he knew that elves generally would not eat finished food that has been handled by humans. of.

Of course, Xia Duo would not try to test the elves with food that he could not accept, preparing it by himself is both sincerity and a little pressure.

A total of three dishes, two meat and one vegetarian, the meat is braised pork and braised fish, the meat is venison, hunted by the territory guards, the fish is miscellaneous fish in the nearby Wolfburg River, very common, Nether people call it For "white bars".

As for the vegetarian dish, it is a stir-fried lettuce. Naeser 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 is unacceptable to Xia Duo.

As for barbecue, ordinary people in Netheril can't eat it. It's not that they can't afford it, but only rich people can afford spices. Barbecue has no spices, so it's basically difficult to eat. It's better to cook a big pot of soup for the whole family. share too!
Busy for almost two hours, Xia Duo put the braised pork that had collected the juice into separate plates, and then said to Cook, who was constantly sniffing his nose, "Do you understand everything?"

Cook was shocked, and immediately replied: "I see!"

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

"This, this—"

Cook's eyeballs rolled 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 doesn't work, he really has to consider changing people. Anyway, the territory now There are not a few people on the Internet, and you can always find people with good culinary talents by casting a wide net.

This is actually a manifestation of the cost of silence. Xia Duo has already invested a lot in Cook, not to mention how valuable the personal teaching of the Lord Arcanist is. Even Cook can't afford it.

It is precisely because he has invested a lot that Xia Duo is willing to give him another chance, but Xia Duo's patience will last until the end of the year at most. In his hometown, even people who have never cooked before can cook very well under the guidance of their family members. Fast forward to finishing a home-cooked dish.

Although there is a lack of environmental edification from childhood to adulthood, Cook, who has been around for almost a year, is still not enlightened. He is really a rotten tree, wasting his time and time again.

The only thing that reassures Xia Duo is that Cook's steamed buns are not bad, and maybe he can develop into a pastry master in the future. As for other aspects, Xia Duo has not expected much.

……

When Xia Duo set up the table in the dining room of the lord's villa, and sat for a while, Leiden had already brought Orepus in, and after a salute, he backed out alone.

Xia Duo stretched out his hand to pretense, and greeted him actively: "Patriarch Orepus, please sit down!"

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

Xia Duo didn't understand what the word was, but judging from Orepus' gaze just now, he should have said "chopsticks". , asked back, "Patriarch Orepus, is this what you are talking about?"

"Yes! That's it!" Orepus nodded sharply, picked up the chopsticks on his side, and nimbly picked them up, "Is Lord Xiaduo an oriental?"

"Ok?"

Xia Duo keenly noticed that Orepus uttered a special elven vocabulary. Muyan's hometown was called "Karatu" in Nether language, but he didn't know what it was in elven language.

But now Orepus uses "East" to refer to Karatu. Does this mean that the elves can really be sure that Karatu is in the East?
He hurriedly asked: "Chief Orepus, the 'Eastern' you mentioned means—"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot that Lord Shaduo is not an elf. In the elvish language, 'Eastern' not only means 'the direction of the east', but also has a special meaning, which refers to 'the kingdom of the east'!"

"Eastern country?" Xia Duo repeated.

"Yes!"

Orepus' eyes suddenly became a little blurred, and he narrated in a low voice in an elf language that is almost aria, "There is a legend circulating in all elves, saying that in the far east, there is a mysterious ancient country. It’s magnificent and full of gold.”

Seeing Xia Duo looking at him with a very exaggerated look, Orepus realized that he was probably an oriental man in front of him, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly:
"Of course, legends are legends after all. There are not a few oriental people entertained by elf countries, and the degree of mystery in the eastern country has been greatly reduced. If it is not that no elves have been able to go there and return smoothly, perhaps the legend of the eastern country has long since disappeared. spread it again.”

"It's true that no elves have ever been to the Eastern Kingdom?" Xia Duo asked.

Perhaps because he felt sad that the humans in front of him were far away from home, Orepus switched to an elf language that could express more complex emotions, "Except for the high mage at the beginning, no elves have ever been to the Eastern Kingdom. In fact, if the original narrator was not a high mage, such a legend would not have survived at all."

"Who is that high mage? Is he still alive?" Although Xia Duo is not a real Karatu person, he is indeed very interested in Karatu, the legendary eastern country.

If the high mage is still alive, maybe he can visit in the future.

It's just that Orepus' answer is not very satisfactory——

"The high mage is named 'Saint Nordel'. He is a court mage in the ancient kingdom of Uverren, and he is a very famous polymath. And disappeared.

"2000 years, even for elves, is a very long time, not to mention the high mage Saint Nordel, who lived in the early days of Uviron, which is almost 5000 years from today."

The time is often counted by thousands of years, making Xia Duo feel that the time is so long, from ancient times to the present, there is no end, and at the same time, it has once again triggered Xia Duo's desire for longevity.

Anything is possible if you live long enough. (Positive or negative, try to get rid of the negative)

After being silent for a while, Xia Duo did not continue on the topic of the Eastern Kingdom, but motioned to Orepus to move his chopsticks, "Chief Orepus, please taste the food from my hometown."

With that said, Xia Duo introduced the ingredients and methods of the three dishes to Orepus, which can be regarded as promoting the cuisine of his hometown.

"it is good!"

Oripus did not refuse to eat the food cooked by humans, but skillfully picked up a piece of braised venison with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully. After eating one piece, he picked up another piece, and then slowly opened his mouth:
"Lord Xia Duo, this meat is fat and thin, it tastes sweet and soft, and the spices and the taste of the meat are blended together. Compared with barbecued meat, it is indeed much better!"

After finishing speaking, Orepus took another piece, and even without a teacher, he picked up the steamed bun on the side and bit it.

Xia Duo nodded secretly in his heart, glanced at the three dishes on his side that had not been touched, and he also started to eat, eating vegetables with steamed buns, or eating steamed buns with vegetables.

In fact, steamed buns are still a little bit interesting. It would be even better if there was rice. Xia Duo grew up eating rice, but unfortunately he didn't find rice in Netheril, so there was no way to find rice.

(End of this chapter)