Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 19 The Dining Banquet of the Lamp God

After listening to Lumino's description, Jiatu went to look at the Bavaro on the plate, and what he felt was a completely different impression from before.

The milky white pudding-like food body is wrapped in golden blue olive oil, dotted with pink salt grains and green basil leaves.The golden fruit, like a mulberry, looks fresh and delicious, but half of it is trapped in the pudding, fully demonstrating the amazing softness and proper elasticity of this appetizer.

Jiatu looked up at Lumino, and the fat blue man looked at him with a smile, neither urging nor expecting, just silently watching him eat.

Jiatu knows that in the western food marketing industry, there is a habit of deliberately talking about ordinary ingredients as particularly high-end.

So he was not sure that the ingredients in front of him were really as precious as Lumino said.

He picked up a silver spoon, cut a piece from the bavaro dripping with olive oil and sea salt, and dared not put it in his mouth carelessly.

At the moment of entrance, the fragrance of olives and the sweetness and saltiness of sea salt exploded on his taste buds, while the frankincense of goat milk and the mellowness of egg white gradually spread, wrapping his taste buds and letting him feel Arrived at the kind of soft and silky Q bomb taste.

Lumino looked at him without saying a word.

And Jiatu didn't care about the reaction of the alienated body, and cut off another large piece from Bavaria.

This time, he also cut golden berries.

Put it in the mouth again, and it burst out with chewing, and there is more fruity aroma of berries.

The golden mulberry tastes like sweet caviar. The pulpy pulp is wrapped under the distinct grains of the fruit. While chewing, they burst open one by one, like natural jam, diluting the goat's milk Valu's own indifference.

In order to alleviate the strong fruity aroma in his mouth, Jiatu cut off two more pieces of Bavarro.

When he raised the spoon again, he found that Lumino's appetizer had already been eaten by him.

There is still a hint of the fruity aroma of golden berries, between his lips and teeth, making him very eager to drink something to moisten his mouth, or——

Start the tasting of the next dish.

"Since the appetizer (appetizer) has been eaten, then please taste this—"

"Long arm shrimp porridge."

The moment Lumino's voice fell to the ground, he had already served a steaming porridge.

This clear porridge was dotted with green diced vegetables and whole shrimp bodies that were cut into two. Jiatu lightly smelled the heat steaming from the shrimp porridge, and felt a scallion aroma similar to shallots.

"Leek?"

He looked at Lumino tentatively and asked.

"Yes."

Lumino nodded with satisfaction: "Because your body is very weak, so I improved the long-arm shrimp soup and added some long-grain fragrant rice from the Songnen Plain to make this long-arm shrimp porridge .”

"Because it's just a temporary improvement, I don't know if it suits your appetite, but the warming effect of shrimp soup and rice porridge should be able to ensure that your body will not suffer from vomiting and diarrhea due to eating too much meat. .”

"Thank you so much..."

Jiatu nodded, picked up the spoon next to the shrimp porridge, scooped a spoonful of rice porridge into his mouth.

The moment he entered, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Because this porridge looks like a white rice porridge without any color from the outside.

It wasn't until the tip of his tongue touched the porridge itself that he felt an extremely mellow shrimp flavor blooming on his taste buds.

Different from the blandness and focus of Bavarro, the fresh aroma of Longarm Shrimp Soup is all-round.

It spread from the top of Jiatu's tongue to both sides of the base of the tongue, and then entered his throat cavity along the swallowing, and spread out around the neck.

The umami smell exuded from his throat, wrapped in the fishy sweetness of leeks and the heat of rice porridge, rushed to his head, making the back of his head numb, and broke out in a sudden sweat.

Almost unable to stop, Jia seemed to be possessed, and continued to drink the shrimp porridge in the bowl mouthful after mouthful.

There were only about three taels of shrimp porridge, but he ate them up in an instant.

Halfway through eating, the sweetness of the shrimp porridge itself gradually faded, but as he put the long-armed shrimp in the porridge into his mouth and chewed carefully, the process of eating the shrimp greatly eased the speed of eating the porridge. resulting in laziness.

The sweetness of the shrimp meat itself and the umami taste of the shrimp porridge further enriched the level of the dish itself, making it just right, and when it was all eaten, there was still a hint of unsatisfactory taste left.

"If there is any shortcoming in this dish... it's only too bland."

Jiatu put down the spoon, savoring the aftertaste in his mouth a little bit.

Yes, although the long-arm shrimp soup itself is very sweet, there is not much salt in it. Instead, it is all based on the original taste of the rice porridge, which highlights the freshness of the shrimp porridge itself.

For diners who are used to eating big fish and meat, they may feel that it lacks oily smell.

And even Jiatu was aroused by a dessert appetizer and a delicious shrimp soup.

"So, as I expected—"

When Jiatu started tasting the long-arm shrimp soup, Lumino was already busy.

Its figure flew up and down beside the kitchen cabinet in front of the dining table, like a blue streamer.

And following his movements, Jiatu smelled a strong aroma of oranges and barbecue.

"The special main course of the lamp god banquet—"

"Charcoal-grilled orange-flavored barbecue!"

From its very modern oven, the blue fat man brought out a plate of grilled meat with sauce that was rolled up like a towel.

Jiatu watched as it raised the kitchen knife to work for a while, sliced ​​the roast meat into slices, put it on a plate, poured a lot of sauce on it, garnished it with sliced ​​oranges, and placed it in front of Jiatu.

"Compared to appetizers and soups, this dish is simple and crude."

Jiatu made a brief evaluation, but saw Lumino wagging his fingers and denying:
"No, no, the key to this dish is not the baking stage, but the early stage."

This time it didn't explain first, but smiled and motioned for Jiatu to taste it first.

Jiatu smelled the aroma of barbecue and oranges, without hesitation, he cut the knife and fork in his hand.

The swirly slices were so tender that he almost split them in two with just a little force.

Put one-third of the meat slices into his mouth, and the moment Jiatu took his mouth, the meat juice with a strong orange flavor sprayed out from the gap between the fat and thin meat, which made him feel a real "juicy burst" Taste,
The charred layer on the outside and the tender meat heated inside formed a very rich layer, coupled with the sweet and sour orange, he felt a gushing appetite.

He calmly and quickly cut the barbecue, forked it, and put it in his mouth. With the rich taste constantly bursting in his mouth, he finally ate up the third dish.

"How do you feel? Want another dessert?"

Looking at the young man leaning on the back of the chair with a satisfied face, Luminor looked at Jiatu with a smile and said.

"Any dessert?"

Jiatu subconsciously felt a little happy. Indeed, as soon as Luminor said, he noticed that he seemed to be only [-]% to [-]% full.

The three dishes served by the blue fat man follow the characteristics of French western food, and the amount of each dish is less than 200 grams. Even for a young man like Jiatu, the amount of dishes is still a bit too scarce.

It's just that he was about to open his mouth to agree to Lumino's invitation, but suddenly remembered a sentence——

"Then what's the price?"

Everything has a price, why does Lumino take care of himself so meticulously?
Jiatu absolutely didn't believe it, it was out of kindness.

This made him vigilant.

Although he was still barely able to eat enough, he still remembered that the agreement with Lumino was only "three courses", and "dessert" was also considered a course in the rules of French cuisine.

If he accepts Luminor's suggestion, then they will enter the "fourth course", so it is hard to say how Luminor will react with the "extremely rule-based" characteristics shown by the alienated body.

So he deliberately looked at the lower right corner: "Speaking of which, how long has it been? I remember I said, I only have 10 minutes?"

"Please don't worry about this. It's just right. I kept the time within 10 minutes."

Hearing Jiatu's answer, Lumino couldn't help sighing softly: "However, because I didn't make an appointment in advance, if you want to eat the fourth course, I will have to prepare it for more than 10 minutes. If you have the patience Wait a minute, I promise you, there will be a dish more precious than alpine goat milk bavaro.”

"...No, forget it, I said I was in a hurry."

Hearing Lumino's assurance, Jiatu couldn't help but feel a little moved.

But he still kept in mind Heiyin's advice, and did not relax his vigilance.

Although sometimes the rules are meant to be broken, but in front of such a magical existence as the alienated body, he is not so arrogant that he feels that he can cross the line a little bit without paying any price.

"Okay, then as agreed, at 29 minutes and 30 seconds, you ended my dinner."

Luminor waved and curtseyed to Cato.

In the next second, the time in front of Jiatu seemed to be speeding up, flowing quickly.

And as time passed, he felt that the food he ate in his stomach turned into a steaming stream of heat, flowing from his stomach into his limbs and bones.

This made him hiccup, but he couldn't help letting out a rough breath.

This made Jiatu feel a little embarrassed in front of Luminor.

Fortunately, Lumino just looked at him very gently, and said with a smile:

"It seems that the effect of the golden berry has worked. It should improve your depleted body."

Hearing Luminor's words, Jiatu realized belatedly that the strange ingredient emitting golden light should really be something very remarkable.

This made him look at Lumino and asked:
"May I ask? Why are you treating me like this? Even if you can't take away my 'time'?"

"'Take your time?'"

Hearing Jiatu's question, Lumino couldn't help but chuckled a little: "So that's how you see me?"

It looked at Jiatu, and said indifferently:

"I just love cooking and watching other people eat."

"You know, I am the 'Deng Shen of Wishes', and the destiny of our family is to listen to other people's 'wishes'."

"To put it bluntly, we are slaves to our wishes. Because of this awareness, there are not a few people who have degenerated into 'Chaos' or 'Demons'."

"In order to avoid this kind of fate, I set a rule for myself, that is, I only accept 'food' wishes, that is, as long as you make a wish to me, I will do my best to satisfy all your 'appetites' .”

"Whether it's the banquet of the gods or the bone marrow of the devil, I can present it to you."

"But the premise is that my abilities can be done, and their uses are all for 'eating'."

Having said that, Lumino winked at Jiatu:

"You see, I'm just a cook, not good at fighting and unleashing miracles."

"So the little trick of time is just a tool I use to protect myself."

"..."

Hearing Luminor's answer, Jiatu couldn't help being a little silent.

He could understand Lumino's caution.

But there is one thing that he still doesn't quite understand:
"Why do you accept other people's wishes, can't you just refuse them?"

"Because that's how we live."

The Genie patiently explained: "Just as you humans need to 'live', we Gengrui also exist by 'fulfilling the wishes of others'. The greater our wishes are, the stronger our own abilities will be. "

"For example, the legendary 'Three Wishes' is left in every universe. Its wishes are almost omnipotent and all-encompassing except for the limited number of wishes, so its ability is also omnipotent and all-encompassing. .”

"And I consider myself a 'cook' who satisfies other people's desires, so naturally my only ability is 'cooking'."

"Is the contented person always happy..."

Jiatu gradually understood what Luminor meant.

"Is such that."

The Genie nodded, obviously satisfied that Jiatu understood:
"However, if you get any very precious ingredients, you can also bring them to me. I will help you make dishes that are delicious and at the same time exert 120% of the efficacy. The previous 'golden berries', even if It's the deposit for the contract between me and you."

"If I don't agree, can you still get the golden berries back?"

Jiatu glanced at Lumino angrily.

But he saw the other party looking at him with a smile without saying a word.

This made him subconsciously feel a chill down his spine, so he shook his head and said:
"Let me think again, and my 'friend' hasn't spoken since just now, did you do something?"

"A small 'seal'."

Lumino said with a smile: "Whispering at the dinner table is against table manners."

It snapped its fingers again, then looked deeply at Jiatu with golden eyes and said:

"However, your purpose is to go to the third underground floor, right?"

"Then I don't know if that 'friend' of yours knows the details..."

"But on the third basement floor, there is an 'existence' that is much more dangerous than us."

"Are you sure you are ready to face it?"

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