The "crunching" sound of the carriage wheels running over the uneven ground gradually faded away.
Lu Yu and Sigrid looked up at the mansion in front of them.
It is a three-story brick and wood structure house facing north and south, with a triangular roof and a bell tower about five stories high.
The blue-gray exterior walls of the two buildings have traces of entangled vines. As time goes by, the original color of the walls is no longer recognizable, and only the thick green-brown color can be seen.
The key to the basement had already been handed over to Sigrid, but the kind-hearted noble housekeeper reminded them before leaving.
"The ventilation in the basement is not very good, please pay attention to your safety."
Sigrid said that the reason why the rent of this mansion is cheap is because there are a few unlucky magicians who are developing potions in the basement, causing collective gas poisoning.
Two of the seven magicians died.
After the surviving magician woke up, he shouted in terror and said many absurd and weird words.
Wrapped and entangled by a thousand tentacles.
The other companion's face was split open, and hidden behind it were densely packed fangs.
Yellow-brown pus flooded them...
Although doctors have determined that it is the residue of the medicine that is affecting their thoughts, such bizarre words always have a strong market among the people at the bottom.
For a time, the small house rented by the Turner family became a gathering place for urban legends.
If the Turner family hadn't been a viscount, someone would have wanted to break into it and find out.
Because of this incident, the house here had been abandoned for a long time, and the price dropped again and again, until Sigrid finally bought it at a low price.
This is the first time Sigrid has played a role since becoming Lu Yu's servant, and her performance is satisfactory enough.
Lu Yu's play also unfolded very smoothly.
The servants who helped the nobles rent out their houses all knew that a nobleman from a distant country came to the royal city with his servants.
He is poor and loves to show off.
Obviously he didn't have much money, but he just picked around with a few silver coins.
After picking and choosing for a long time, I finally moved in because "I like the style of Turner's house very much".
That’s pure nonsense. Isn’t it just that Turner’s is cheap? It can really be faked!
The master is not that good, but his servant is very good-looking, but it is a pity that he is covered in robes all day long and cannot appreciate his figure more carefully.
Sigrid can naturally see the dirty hearts of these servants, but once she enters her identity, everything she says and does must be consistent with Lu Yu's script.
Her character is the most capable servant of Lu Yu, an "arrogant" and "show-off" aristocratic lord.
Lu Yu was sarcastic and sarcastic when he was a bad guy, so she had to stand up and speak his truth to Lu Yu as a good guy.
She had just regained her freedom and was still in the adaptation period to her identity. It was really challenging to suddenly take on such a role.
For example, when she was verbally teased by a rental agent, her eyes were looking at the other person's fingers.
Instead of Lu Yu coughing, she might choose between breaking her fingers or biting them off for stimulation.
After closing the slightly musty door and checking the entire house to make sure there were no outsiders, Lu Yu released Lulutis and asked her to check again with the rich experience of a seventh-level magician.
After Lu Yu called Sigrid to his side, he gently pressed his hand on her shoulder.
Perhaps some memories from the slave period were too deep, so Sigrid suddenly grabbed Lu Yu's hand and tried to break it off. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and stopped this move, otherwise Lu Yu would have inevitably dislocated his arm.
"Sorry..." Sigrid lowered her head in fear.
Lu Yu didn't take it seriously and didn't intend to care about it.
He twisted his aching shoulders and reminded: "If you really don't know how to get into the role, go find a mirror, look at yourself in the mirror, and think about the expressions you want to show in various situations."
"Also, I have a message for you."
"What determines your height is your ability, but what determines your life or death may be your acting skills."
Lu Yu didn't criticize Sigrid's impulse too much. It takes time for people to change. They can't be the same today and the same tomorrow.
Unless you are adding points to a character, there is generally no instantaneous growth.
Lulutis floated a large piece of key to Lu Yu's side with her tentacles.
"The inspection was completed and no abnormalities were found."
Lu Yu walked up to the third floor and looked into the distance through the huge window.
Because it is located on the eastern outskirts of the royal city, there are relatively few residents here. There are only six or seven households within the visible range, and most of them are rented by noble families to powerful adventurers and foreign businessmen.
It is said that there are two earls' manor not far away, and many serfs nearby belong to them.
Just as the sun was going down, in the mountains and forests in the distance, many serfs were being urged by the guards to return to their farms.
Viewed from a high place, carrying all kinds of goods and tools on their shoulders, they looked like hardworking ants.
Lu Yu looked at it carefully for a while and then drew the curtains.
When she returned to the first floor, Sigrid had just moved all the large and small bags of purchases into the house.
Seeing Sigrid busy sorting, Lu Yu said to Lulutis: "Tentacle monster, please help, you have many hands anyway."
"Oh...wait, what about you?"
Lu Yu found seasonings, ripe tomatoes, and a large piece of beef brisket from the package.
"What did you ask just now?"
Lu Yu waved the beef brisket in front of Lulutis' eyes, and Lulutis immediately fell silent.
This was Lu Yu's area of expertise, and Lulutis had no room to interfere.
During the days in the tree cave, Lu Yu relied on limited materials to prepare delicious meals every day. Now that he has so many tools, he doesn't know what good things he can eat tonight.
Sigrid, who was busy unpacking and sorting items, saw Lu Yu walking into the kitchen humming a tune, and subconsciously wanted to follow him.
Sigrid, who has accepted her status as a servant, simply believes that cooking should be her own business.
Although her cooking experience is basically limited to grilling, frying, and stewing.
Just as she was about to stand up, her hand sank.
"Lulutis…sir?"
Lulutis's tentacles swayed back and forth.
"Are you asking me to leave it alone?"
The tentacles form a small circle.
According to Lu Yu’s previous assisted conversation, this is what it means.
Is it possible that my master is really good at cooking?
He didn't dare to say that he was good at it, but Lu Yu simply felt that the food cooked by the other two people would only be indescribable.
Perhaps the word "hard to describe" is a euphemism, and one needs to be careful to beware that their mature skills may leave a deep impression on themselves, so that they summon the ancient gods after becoming a summoner.
Lulutis is just a person who has eaten at palace banquets and is pampered. She is not familiar with worldly affairs and has little experience...
It’s too far off topic, Lulutis definitely doesn’t know how to cook anyway.
While in the tree hole, Lulutis treated him to a meal of slime potion soup.
Not knowing how to control the heat, she just let the soup boil into a magic green paste.
Lulutis insisted that it was edible and asked Lu Yu to try it.
Lu Yu spooned out a spoonful of magic green paste and asked Lulutis to eat it first.
Lulutis immediately shrank into a corner.
At that moment, a classic clip from the movie appeared in Lu Yu's mind.
And Sigrid...according to her description, the sixteen-year-old has been living with a group of elves for as long as she can remember, and she was named after this group of elves.
Although she learned some food cooking knowledge from the elves, it was only to the extent that a beginner could satisfy her hunger.
Lu Yu was a naughty man, and for the sake of his stomach, he had to cook the food himself.
Use a pot of hot water to scald the tomatoes, peel them and cut them into cubes.
Put the beef brisket in a pot and blanch it once, then begin to simmer until tender.
Lu Yu felt that the flavor might not be enough, so he broke off a head of garlic, sautéed it with butter, and then poured in diced tomatoes.
After the chopped tomatoes are sautéed over high heat, add sugar to make it a little sweeter.
The beef brisket on the other side is now soft and can be taken out and put into the pot with tomato juice.
Lulutis and Sigrid, who had sorted out their belongings, came up behind Lu Yu at some unknown time.
They watched Lu Yu methodically operate the two lines, preparing dinner with concentration, and then smelled the aroma of vegetables and rice gradually filling the entire kitchen...
Sigrid drooled and kept staring at Lu Yu's movements, planning to learn this set of procedures so that she could use them in the future.
After a while, a large plate of beef brisket with tomatoes, a jar of beef brisket stew soup, and a plate of stir-fried vegetable sprouts were placed on the table.
After seeing Lu Yu pick up the vegetables, Lulutis picked up a spoon and started to eat formally, Sigrid also took a piece of beef brisket with a spoon and put it into her mouth.
This bite made Lulutis and Sigrid couldn't help but marvel at what a wonderful taste it was.
The viscous tomato soup is wrapped around the tender beef brisket. As soon as you enter the mouth, you will first feel the slight sourness and sweetness of the tomatoes, followed by the rich meaty aroma of the beef brisket melted into the juice.
The beef brisket rotted in your mouth with just a sip, and the juice absorbed inside flowed out...
Seeing Sigrid and Lulutis taking the spoons faster and faster, Lu Yu was also glad that he had made a lot, enough to feed three people.
"You guys try it with the soup mixed with rice, it will be more delicious."
After the two of them tried this, they immediately felt that the rice was almost out of food.
This was the first time that the three-person team had settled down to eat, and everyone enjoyed this meal which was particularly delicious.
After Lulutis finished eating, the black mist dispersed faster, and she burped when talking to Lu Yu, obviously full.
Sigrid also had a bulging belly after eating, and said with blurred eyes: "It's been a long time since I've eaten so comfortably."
Lu Yu liked this atmosphere very much. Seeing everyone eating so happily made him feel happy.
There was supposed to be enough for five people, and there was still some soup left for making noodles next morning. There was no tomato beef brisket left.
Everyone ate the original soup and lay on the chairs to rest for a long time, and then the trio began their first meeting in the Kingdom of Yas.
In order to facilitate recall and association, Lu Yu gave this meeting a name.
Beef Brisket Session with Tomatoes.
Although Lulutis said that she would be hungry every time she thought about it, Lu Yu did not intend to change it.