Chapter 256: You shouldn’t drop a spoiler in the middle of a meal, Sis!
When you’re in Rome, do what the Romans do. When you’re in the land of gluttony, stuff your mouth with food as often as possible!
That was my impression of the culture here.
There was a reason why there was a dining table in the court hall. It was because they liked to do everything while having a meal, whether it was just a snack or a full-course dinner. From conducting negotiations to policy making, most important talks happened surrounding the dining table, and of course, the food on top of it.
And when they had a feast, it was a FEAST.
I wasn’t just talking about the amount of food, but the quality. It was a gourmand’s wet dream, I imagined, seeing all of these foods made of rare ingredients such as the ten-thousand-something root, the meat or something brewed in hundred-essence something, or the wine made of a fruit that only appeared in one island once every fifty years.
Look, I wasn’t a gourmet, okay? I couldn’t remember all of this fancy stuff. My only job was to put them in my mouth.
But they were as tasty as all the magic property inside. The mana in the raw ingredients itself was enough to give a boost to someone’s core and circuits, but after being processed in the right way, both the flavor and the benefits increased.
How do I say this...
It was like having a feast of food buff in the game?
No wonder this Vampire Lord opted to receive rare ingredients as...umm, visitation tax.
The feast wasn’t like the big banquet Natha held in L’Anaak Eed, however. It was just us, the Vampire Lord, and her vassals, who were born of her blood—so they called her ’Mother’ and it felt weird, but who am I to talk about the otherworldy law of creation when I have a whole seed bearing my child hanging around my neck.