As promised, at dinner that day, the princess hosted a banquet for Shade in the restaurant of Sophia Mansion. The table was filled with silverware plates, and Shade got to know more dishes and experienced this era.
The luxurious life of the top nobles. Compared with dangerous adventures, this is the real "long experience".
The species in this world are very similar to those in his hometown, and the different cooking techniques can also bring him some new tastes. The dish that impressed Shade the most was the "Cold Water Harbor Ice Fish", where the stewed fish was placed in a hot fish soup.
, but the fish belly actually contains frozen cream, and the frozen cream contains caviar.
The cold and warm flavors and the umami taste of fish are mixed together. The unique taste brings out the taste of fish, cream, caviar and soup to the extreme.
Unfortunately, Shade doesn't like caviar, so he doesn't like this dish.
Compared with this complicated fish dish, Shade prefers the white bread as a side dish. He has eaten so many breads in this world, and it was not until this time that he really tasted the taste of his hometown.
Using the light of the candlestick and seeing Shade's stunned expression, Lesia thought there was something wrong with the piece of bread, so she immediately asked the maid on the side to check the bread.
Shade shook his head and told the maid not to come over:
"Thank you very much, Lesia."
The princess blinked, not knowing what Shade meant. But seeing the happy look on his face, she didn't ask any more questions. After all, Shade had always been very secretive.
In the middle of the dinner, a hurried middle-aged man wearing a Delarian Army uniform knocked on the door and walked in. He lowered his head and handed Lesia a folded letter, then turned around and left.
, without even looking at Xia De from beginning to end.
Shade did not curiously inquire about other people's affairs, but Lesia took the initiative to tell Shade the content of the letter:
"It's a letter from Tobesk. My father intends to sign a new trade contract with Kasenrik next week to allow the export of the previously controlled Type III special alloy. Oh, this special steel is the barrel of a steam cannon.
The main material for the piston of super-powerful steam engines, although both countries can produce it, Delarian's technology is better."
As she spoke, the middle-aged maid Ms. Hers, standing behind Lesia, handed the princess a box of matches. Lecia nodded apologetically to Shade, stood up and came to the window, originally standing next to Shade.
The young maid handed her an empty plate.
Lesia lit the letter in her hand with a lit match, then placed it on the plate. After confirming that all the letter was burned to ashes, she turned back to the dining table.
She didn't say anything, and Shade didn't ask anything. Having the surname Cavendish brings not only a noble birth, a rich net worth, and unimaginable power for ordinary people. Shade understands this.
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"Thinking about it this way, among the ring magicians I know, only Miss Carina seems to have the most comfortable life."
【But she bears the curse of the witch.】
"She" reminded softly in Shade's ear. Shade nodded and swirled the grape juice in the wine glass:
"Sure enough, no one's life is perfect. My life now is good enough."
By the time Shade, who was all wet, returned home, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. After dinner, Lesiya originally wanted to keep Shade for a while to discuss the "little match girl" with her, but Xia De
De was thinking about his cat at home, and Dorothy was still helping him look after the house, so it would be inconvenient for him to go back too late.
While walking up the stairs, Dorothy heard the footsteps and stood on the second floor holding Mia, looking down.
Seeing that it was Shade who was back, Mia was extremely excited. She broke away from the writer's hand and jumped down the stairs. However, when she got closer, she found that Shade was soaked and standing on the higher stairs.
After hesitating for a moment, the cat actually turned around and went back along the stairs, and was hugged by the blonde girl who couldn't help laughing:
"Good evening, Shade, look, your cat is really heartless. Oh, tell me, did you swim from the basement of your house to Coldwater Harbor?"
"Guessed it right."
Shade wiped his hair with the towel he had placed on the shoe cabinet:
"Have you had dinner?"
"Of course I will eat. Lecia told me that she will invite you to dinner. Your cat and I will have to solve the problem of eating by ourselves."
"Mia is not my cat yet."
Shade whispered something and walked into the room on the second floor with Dorothy.
She was not prepared to stay here any longer. It was already dark. After simply packing up her belongings, Dorothy, who was helping to look after the house, was ready to leave.
But before leaving, she said one more thing:
"Do you know what little Mia likes to do when you leave her alone at home?"
"Maybe lying on the sofa and sleeping?"
Shade guessed.
"No, no, it was acting very strange when I was at your house today."
The two of them were standing in the hall downstairs. Shade planned to send Dorothy off before taking a bath.
"What happened to it?"
Shade pointed upstairs and asked suspiciously:
"Did he suddenly fly? Suddenly talk? Or suddenly have some extraordinary ability?"
He had not forgotten that this cat had absorbed divine power.
"Of course not, why do you think so? Little Mia likes to go to Room 2 on the second floor."
That is the room where a mass suicide case occurred and where there is no furniture yet.
"I don't know what it wants to do. After following it inside, I can only see it sniffing around..."
The blonde girl lowered her voice:
"Shadow, there aren't any mouse holes in your house, are there?"
"It's absolutely impossible. My kitchen can't even feed me and little Mia, so how can I still raise mice? And, Dorothy, do you really think that timid cat has the courage to find trouble with mice?"
Dorothy thought about it and laughed:
"That's no problem. Oh, when will you go see Lesia next time and have you made an agreement with her?"
"I'll go back on Monday. There's nothing for me to do there right now. I'm still 15 credits short. Even if I defeat the Evil God in Coldwater Port, I won't get a single point."
It's Wednesday night now, and there are still two and a half days until Saturday afternoon. Shade is not particularly panicked. Priest August invites him to go on an adventure tomorrow, and Iluna is coming back. He just needs to complete the containment
A relic of clerical level or above, and then paying for a mercury vial, 15 credits are completely sufficient.
If it doesn't work, he can even ask Miss Carina for help. The generous duchess will definitely be willing to take action.
So Thursday came, and Shade woke up half an hour earlier than usual. When he got out of bed, he woke up the cat who was sleeping in a ball next to the pillow, which made him very dissatisfied.
Today is the day when Iluna returns from the Holy See of the Church of the Sun. The brown-haired girl's brave performance on the night of God's advent in Tobesk proved her identity as the chosen one. This time she returns to the Holy See, firstly, she must accept
The second reward is that the old gentlemen stationed in the Holy See have to talk to her about the chosen one.
The train was expected to arrive at Tobesk Station at 7:30 in the morning, but since trains in this era were never punctual, Schade planned to leave earlier.
He hurriedly finished his breakfast. Seeing that the cat, who had a very punctual schedule, had not yet woken up, he put the cat food and goat milk next to the dining table and let Mia eat it directly. Then he grabbed the newspaper and coat and hurried out.
It only rained for half a day in Tobesk yesterday, and even the road surface was completely dry this morning. Today is the first day of August. It was the end of June when Shade came to this world, and June is called the Moon of Sunshine.
, and the following July is called the Thunder Moon, because there is more rain in July. August also has a nice name, which is the Flower Moon.
This is the middle month of the year and the last month of summer. Flowers bloom most vigorously in August, and there are celebrations and customs in various parts of the Old World.
Of course, you can't see it in the city.
It was only six-twenty when we left home, but looking out from the carriage with a newspaper, the city was already bustling with activity. The lower-class citizens who were running around to support themselves and their families did not have flexible working hours.
Shade is also accustomed to enjoying early mornings. In this progressive and crazy era, most of the achievements are actually achieved by these people who are used to seeing the early mornings of five or six in the city.
The carriage passed the street where Shade was shot half a month ago, and placed Shade at the door of Tobesk Station. Shade stood at the door of the post office next to the station and waited for a while, and the purple-eyed fortune teller also arrived.
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"Good morning, Shade!"
Hearing the voice saying hello, Shade put down the newspaper in his hand and walked over with a smile.
"Is there any big news in the newspaper?"
Luvia seemed to be in a good mood today, and could not see the residual effects of the divination the day before yesterday.
"There's not much news in the newspapers. The mayor's speech, some roads in the southeastern suburbs of Tobesk are closed for repairs, the Peace Church collects poems for Armistice Day...but there's news in Coldwater Port."
He raised his eyebrows.
"Is it related to seafood?"
Luvia asked, and Shade pointed to the street restaurant that was already open:
"We can come here to talk. This cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences."
When Iluna comes back from the Holy See, her friends from the Ring Warlock team will also come to pick her up. Therefore, Shade and Luvia have already made an agreement with Iluna. After she greets her friends, they will come to pick her up.
Meet at the restaurant on the street.
Taking advantage of the waiting time and leisure time in the early morning, the strangers and fortune tellers sat at the table by the window and talked about Shade's experience in Coldwater Harbor yesterday. Although the city was still foggy, the weather was still foggy compared to the rainy weather.
Quite good. Luvia listened carefully to Shade's speech, until at 7:20, a lot of people carrying luggage suddenly poured out from the station door.
