Artificer Adventure Guide

After studying from the afternoon to the evening, Carl finally woke up from the ocean of knowledge in a hungry state.

There was no light in the yard, which meant that the tower spirit had extinguished the light source inside the demiplane.

Or in other words, the lights in the dormitory were turned off.

Along with the light, the space gates between the various wizard towers also disappeared.

As for why there is such an inhumane rule...

I can only say that every school rule is a lesson learned by predecessors.

Who knows what happened before this rule was formulated!

"Oh no, I studied too hard and forgot to go home! It seems that I have to spend another night on your sofa here."

I slept in the bed for a day yesterday, but I didn't expect to fall to sleeping on the sofa again today.

Rubbing his stomach, Carl lay directly on the floor.

"I still have bread and water here, do you want some?"

Hearing the gurgling sound of Carl's stomach, Nia said as she got up and walked towards the kitchen.

When he heard that there was food, Carl stood up from the floor with a somersault.

However, when he saw the baguette that Nia took out from the refrigerator, Carl fell silent.

"Why are you eating this again? Why don't you buy some soft bread?"

Reaching out to take the piece of bread that could be used as a blunt weapon, Carl frowned and took a bite of it.

The cold and hard taste was exactly the same as in the distant memory, and Carl once again thought, "Who the hell would like to eat this kind of thing?"

"If you don't like it, forget it."

Taking the baguette, Nia didn't mind that it had just been bitten by Carl, and put it back in the refrigerator.

"Alas~ I was thinking about what you have here, but I didn't expect you to be worse than me! Wait a minute! I'll make you a midnight snack!"

Running back to the backpack, Carl quickly took out the fire snake meat, giant lizard bacon, and various seasonings and vegetables bought in Sarn.

The experience in the dungeon left a little shadow on Carl and Hope. Now no matter where they go, they will carry half a backpack of emergency food.

"Why do you carry so much food with you?"

Looking at what Carl took out, even Nia, who had always maintained a cold expression, showed a look of surprise.

"Heh! You will know why when you fall into the dungeon without any preparation. We were operating under the noses of the goblin army and the mind flayer for some food."

Although there is a lot of water in this statement, if you look into it, there is nothing wrong.

Carl took the meat, seasoning and vegetables and squeezed Nia out of the way and occupied the kitchen.

"By the way, use magic to heat up your broken bread. I will make soup and we will eat it later."

Before Nia replied, Carl had already "aggressively" cut vegetables.

Perhaps dissatisfied with Carl's evaluation of "broken bread", Nia took out the bread angrily, and then heated the bread with a flame arrow and fire control.

She is indeed a genius. The energy of magic becomes extremely docile in her hands. The cold and hard bread slowly becomes warm under the scorching flames, and a scent of wheat fills the kitchen.

"Swish~"

Seeing Nia so skillful, Carl also speeds up.

Use an iron pan to stir-fry the steak until it turns brown-red. Carl adds water and seasonings in turn. After boiling over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer.

After a while, the rich aroma of meat overwhelms the aroma of wheat.

After about ten minutes of boiling, Carl puts in the vegetables. When the vegetables are cooked, he turns off the fire and pours the broth into the clay pot.

This clay pot was made by him in the dungeon. Because of its good quality, Carl brought it from the dungeon all the way here.

"Come on! Don't be shy, try my cooking skills after I strengthened them in the dungeon. I'm not bragging to you. If there were no seasonings at that time, Hope and I would have had a very comfortable time in the dungeon."

Glancing at Carl, Nia tore off a piece of bread and dipped it in the broth, then put it in her mouth.

Just one mouthful, Nia's eyes suddenly widened.

It obviously didn't take long to cook, but the soup had a "sticky" taste that had been cooked for at least two hours!

Licking her lips slightly, Nia could clearly feel the adhesion between her lips.

The rich meaty aroma echoed in the cavity along with the sweetness of the vegetables, and the faint aftertaste made the baguette, whose only advantage was the wheat flavor, suddenly reborn.

"This... how is this made?"

Although she was not a person who coveted food, Nia still subconsciously tore off a piece of bread and dipped it in the broth and put it in her mouth.

"Hehe! Do you feel the crushing of the difference in food culture? The answer is a kind of snake meat that has been hybridized with a salamander! This thing is rich in collagen, and is not inferior to those high-quality fish glue."

Sitting at the table, Carl also started eating.

The fire snake meat stew was a way of eating that he and Hope discovered when they were lurking in the Traveler Tribe, but the two of them really didn't have the leisure to pay attention to this method at the time, and because there were no other seasonings, the stewed soup was a little bland.

If Carl hadn't done it himself today, he would have almost forgotten about it.

After eating the broth with bread for a while, Nia took a short break and then said:

"It seems that you and Hope are doing well in the dungeon?"

Nia felt bad that her only friend had a new good friend.

"What? Are you jealous? Don't worry! I won't ignore you just because I have Hope!"

Speaking like a scumbag, Carl madly swept the portion in his bowl.

Just as he was about to continue to serve some broth, he found that Nia had already covered the earthenware basin.

"Humph! It's as if you will be very sad if I don't have you. Don't forget that your final exam depends on me!"

After threatening Carl a little, Nia looked at Carl who put down the bowl, and filled her bowl with the remaining broth with satisfaction.

"If I poison you to mute you, you will definitely be very popular!"

Lying on the dining table, Carl looked at Nia who was eating in small bites, and sighed with some regret.

Busy eating, Nia ignored Carl. Not long after, she put down the bowl, wiped the last bit of broth with bread, and then put it in her mouth.

It was hard to imagine that a girl of her size could finish half a clay pot of broth and a large baguette.

However, considering that everyone was growing up, Carl was not so surprised.

"During my absence, you didn't just live on bread and water, did you?"

Compared to Carl, Nia's family background was more ordinary.

Her father was a retired soldier from the Kingdom of Karrnath, currently working as a doctor-type magician in Aundair.

Her mother was a private detective.

Both of them belonged to the elite class and their income was indeed not bad.

But compared with the consumption of mages, their income was still a drop in the bucket.

Nia obviously used her originally sufficient living expenses to buy materials for experiments, so she fell to the point of living on bread.