Chapter 40: The Song of Paglis, Lamb Chops, and Prices
The green-eyed girl, who came and left with the same confidence, ultimately failed to sell any drinks to Moriarty and White in the first round. Because these two strange guests seemed to have made up their minds to come to Roland.
Dinner at the bar.
"Moriarty, are you really not going to order a drink? Or a glass of ale to go with the meal would also be a good idea." As if he couldn't stand the strange look the waitress cast on her when she left, White whispered after the girl walked away.
suggested.
"Haha, let's have dinner first. After all, after two weeks of travel, we haven't had a decent meal for a long time." Moriarty shook his head, indicating that White didn't need to pay so much attention to the waitress, and then concentrated on admiring the mini stage.
Come on to the show.
"Okay, I have no objection." White spread his hands and stopped insisting.
In the center of the hall, the red-haired singer's singing has become more and more blurry, ethereal, and decadent, like a shadow of a bird passing through the sky on a midsummer night, passing through thick dark clouds and warm rain lines, in a trance.
Time has flown into your heart, but when you look at it again, it is nowhere to be seen.
"Snapped…!"
"Great singing, Paris!"
"Sing one more song, please!"
Finally, when the red-haired singer ended this wonderful and unusual singing with a distant but slightly playful vibrato coloratura, the bar hall suddenly burst into thunderous applause and cheers mixed with various accents and dialects.
After giving a beautiful smile to the guests in the audience, the red-haired mature lady Pagliese lifted up her black mesh dress, walked slowly off the mini stage, and then walked straight towards the bar. At this time, a smile could be seen
The short clown also stepped onto the stage from the other side and started a new performance.
At this point, Roland's Bar, which had been unusually quiet just now, suddenly began to be filled with all kinds of noises, and this was more in line with the atmosphere of a normal pub.
"That song is really nice." After watching Pagliese's slim back disappear behind the narrow door behind the bar, White took a deep breath and sighed sincerely.
"It's indeed very moving." Moriarty also praised: "It's like the soul is singing."
"Of course. But I have to say that you two are really lucky. You know, Mrs. Pugliese only appears on stage very rarely. You must have been blessed by the goddess of luck to hear her singing today.
His favor." At this time, the green-eyed girl quickly came to Moriarty's table carrying a large plate full of food. She seemed to have heard the conversation between the two, so she couldn't help but interject.
"Is Mrs. Pugliese the ace singer at Roland's Bar?" Moriarty didn't care about the girl's rash interjection. He just smiled and asked.
"Ace singer? Hehe, you can also say that." The green-eyed girl smiled nicely, but did not answer Moriarty directly, but placed the dishes on the dinner plate on the round table one by one.
"You two, please use it." He carefully placed the dinner in front of Moriarty and White respectively, and the girl turned around and left without stopping.
"Haha, it seems that girl is angry because you didn't order the drink she recommended." White looked at the girl's slender back walking away briskly, curled his lips at Moriarty, and "complained".
"Don't worry, she will come again soon." Moriarty glanced at his companion confidently and started today's dinner.
According to the long-standing tradition of Erathia, the meal-sharing system is adopted when dining. This is true for both nobles and commoners. Therefore, on the table in front of Moriarty and White, there is a wooden
Large disc.
In the center of the plate, a piece of golden roasted lamb steak exuding a rich aroma is impressive; around the plate, there is a circle of milky white tender mashed potatoes and a long strip of greasy sausage; and on top of the lamb chop,
A small pile of black, translucent particles the size of grape seeds, as lonely and beautiful as hillocks.
"This is the best dinner at Roland's Bar? Moriarty, you just asked the girl for the best one, right? It looks like it's just a grilled lamb chop with mashed potatoes and sausage." White took it with both hands.
Holding the knife and fork, looking at the food on the plate, he seemed a little disappointed.
"Maybe." Moriarty leaned forward slightly and sniffed the steaming aroma from the dinner plate, but showed a slightly surprised expression: "Come on, give it a try."
Slowly cut into the golden lamb chops with a clean silver table knife, and the slightly burnt skin will make a slight crunching sound. And when the blade of the knife slowly cuts into the mutton, a clear oily juice will involuntarily flow out*
The blood surged out and wrapped the knife edge carefully.
He cut off a piece of lamb chop about two centimeters square and put it into his mouth along with some small black particles.
"Othello's one-year-old ram is fresh and elastic front leg meat; roasted over fine charcoal fire until medium-rare; well, some truffles from the Bertin forest were added during the roasting; and finally those black
Granules, ah, black caviar from the southern coast of Bracada..." Moriarty chewed carefully for about a minute, swallowed it silently, then raised his head and said to White.
"You can actually eat it!?" At this time, White's mouth was filled with lamb chops and caviar, and his expression was full of admiration. He didn't know whether it was for Moriarty's tongue or the delicious food in his mouth.
"It's just because the taste and characteristics of these ingredients are too distinct." Moriarty tasted the mashed potatoes and sausage slices again, but did not continue to comment on the food.
Within ten minutes, the plate in front of White was completely emptied. Later, White even used a knife to sweep all the debris and grease remaining on the plate into his mouth.
"Hey, it seems that the kitchen workers can wash a few less dishes tonight." At this time, the green-eyed girl suddenly appeared next to Moriarty again, uninvited.
When she saw White looking so gluttonous, the girl immediately showed an expression of a high-spirited winner, and her pretty eyes seemed to say: "You are nothing more than that."
However, when the girl turned back to look at Moriarty, she was surprised to find that the other person was enjoying the golden lamb chops in an unhurried and extremely gentlemanly manner. If it weren't for the bustle of people around her, there would be so many people.
As people passed by, the green-eyed girl even suspected that she was standing in a noble banquet hall instead of Roland's Bar.
"Don't you think it's delicious?" the girl asked Moriarty incredulously.
“The lamb chops here are very good, both the meat quality and the barbecue skills are almost top-notch. The truffles are seasoned very well, and there is no burnt smell due to overcooking. The caviar is also a rare Diamond Coast product, which is equally important.
High-end delicacies with the same price as gold have always been hard to find in Erathia, but I didn’t expect to find them in Roland Bar today. It’s really a dinner of quite a standard. If possible, I hope to personally introduce it to the chef of your restaurant.
Express your gratitude." Moriarty put down his knife and fork, rinsed his mouth with a glass of water on the side, and then said to the green-eyed girl.
"The same price as gold?" Before the girl could react, White on the opposite side suddenly shouted in surprise. I'm afraid he has never eaten food worth the same price as gold in his life.
"Of course, what do you think Diamond Coast caviar is? Are they eggs laid by hens on the roadside, and you can easily grab a dozen?" White's exclamation suddenly woke up the green-eyed girl. However, at this time,
The girl no longer dared to lose her temper with the incomprehensible Moriarty, but directly directed her anger at poor White.
"No, that's not what I meant." I don't know why, but the majestic fifth-level crossbowman on the battlefield can't even talk about the level of a low-level peasant soldier when it comes to dealing with the opposite sex.
"So, how much does this lamb chop cost?" Because he has become a follower of Moriarty, White's food, clothing, housing and transportation are basically all covered by him, so there is no need to pay special attention. It's just about tonight's big meal.
It was both delicious and ridiculous, White couldn't help but ask.
"Not expensive." The green-eyed girl looked at White and took a deep breath, making people feel like a lioness that had been lying in wait for a long time was finally about to attack: "The price of a Roland Golden Lamb Chop Set is: five
Ten Kingdoms gold coins!”
"Fifty gold coins!" White opened his mouth wide, as if he had been punched hard.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that, in addition, each guest needs to pay an additional 10% service fee." However, the girl continued to open her "bloody mouth" mercilessly, showing White an expression that was more demonic than the devil.
, added: "So, thank you both for your warm patronage. The total cost of the meal is one hundred and ten kingdom gold coins. Please pay."
The green-eyed girl actually started asking for money for the meal on the spot, which made people wonder whether her job was a waitress in a bar or some special profession specializing in debt collection.
"This..." White had no doubt that Moriarty would not be able to pay the money, but he still looked at him with a struggling face, because the crossbowman really couldn't accept that he had eaten five or sixty gold coins in just a few bites.
The cruel reality.
"Hmm? Are you two having trouble paying the bill? I would like to remind you that since the day Roland's Bar opened, I have never heard of anyone walking out of the bar without paying the bill. I remember last month
Well, a group of big-eared monsters from Crulod drank in the bar but couldn't pay. In the end, it seemed that each of them had his left hand chopped off to pay for it. However, you two don't have to worry too much, we
The bar's kitchen is recruiting workers, and if you two apply enthusiastically and can work hard without being lazy, you should be able to pay off the food in a few years."
As if she was excited to finally catch Moriarty and White's pigtails, the green-eyed girl chirped like a lark for a long time. As she spoke, her beautiful green eyes kept focusing on the two of them.
He stopped and scanned back and forth, as if he was trying to persuade them to be aware of current affairs, but the look in his eyes was more of the joy after the prank was successful. Because just now, when Moriarty refused to order a drink, it was the girl who tried to "seduce" them.
"The other party ordered Roland's Golden Lamb Chops. As for the terrible price of the lamb chops, hey, it won't be announced until after eating the lamb chops.
