The last rays of sunlight outside the window disappeared into the western horizon.

In the huge village, the dining room used for banquets is a huge double-slope wooden house in the middle of the village.

The interior decoration is strange and rough, such as the aboriginal totems of the Middle Ages, the long-crowned stone platform of the Taylor period, and the "cotton candle clock" that has recently become popular in the southern countries.

Half-reclining on a chaise longue made of wood and soft wool, Richer frowned and looked at the inside of the house, which did not match the style at all, and asked the young peasant woman behind her, "Are the 'village chiefs' and the guests still chatting?"

The maid who was questioned knew that the other party was her identity that she could never neglect, so she hurriedly bent down respectfully and replied: "The host and his guests have been in the big house and have not come out yet." ”

The woman in the light green robe clenched her fists and slammed into the wooden table in front of the chaise longue, the waves on her chest trembled like ocean waves with a large movement, and the maid who watched was stunned: "The sun has already set, aren't they going to eat yet?!"

"Uh...... Excuse me, what did you just say?" the peasant woman, who came to her senses, withdrew her gaze from Rachel's chest, completely oblivious to the other party's question, and had no choice but to ask for confirmation again.

"Eat, eat! When can I eat?!"

The maid struggled to pay her attention to the questioner's face, and replied carefully: "The chefs have prepared the dishes, and I believe the master will be here soon......" Seeing that Rachel turned her face back, the young peasant woman took advantage of the lack of attention, secretly lifted the placket of her chest, glanced in, and then let out a sigh of annoyance.

"You mean to say that these symbols and formulas are not the codes and codes of the alchemists, but the ......" A loud voice sounded outside the room, and Rachel raised her head from the wooden table, looking like a little beast that had heard the command to "open the meal".

"Chemical equations. The first to walk in was Todd, who pushed the wooden door of the house open, then reached out to block the plank, leading Theodore behind him into the room.

The old man didn't seem to care about these red tapes, but when the woman in green saw this move, her eyes rolled, and there was a hint of surprise in her face.

Todd turned his head and saw "another guest" half-lying on a chaise longue, wearing only a tight-fitting robe and curvy "another guest", and quickly looked away and looked at the president of the relief society with some surprise.

The latter looked at the people at the table, touched his beard in distress, and said in a deep voice while thinking about the words of the introduction: "I'll introduce you, this is Richell, and she is one of my ...... Acquaintance ......"

Tilting his gaze as much as possible not to look at the other person's body, Todd nodded to the woman, and then looked at the strange dining table and chaise longue in front of him.

The dinner table is square in shape, surrounded by three upholstered and covered chaise longues, the edges of which rise just above the table.

Todd watched as Theodore took off his shoes and reclined into the chaise longue on the left, which was occupied by Rachel, leaving only one for himself, the main chaise longue facing the door.

Do you have to lie down for dinner?

What kind of rule is this, but then again, isn't it uncomfortable to lie down and eat?

In line with the idea of following the local customs, Todd also took off his shoes and carefully sat down in the chaise longue above. His head was facing Theodore. But he really couldn't put his pair of feet, which hadn't been washed for several days, at the woman who was headed down. He simply tucked his legs and feet into his arms and assumed a 'curled' posture on the chaise longue.

Looking at the strange appearance of the person in front of him, Richel suddenly understood the other party's thoughts. She was so happy that she lay down with all her body, covering her mouth with one hand and slapping the table with the other to laugh.

Theodore glared at the woman opposite, clapped his hands, and motioned for the maids to start the dinner.

The maids poured the freshly brewed red wine into the cups, and Theodore took the cup, raised it into the air, and said, "The first cup is dedicated to the three gods of the sky, war and order!"

After saying that, drink it all.

Looking at the woman across from her saying the same thing, she drank the wine in her glass, and Todd did the same.

The old man quickly raised the second cup and said, "The second cup is for the glory of Taylor!"

And they did so.

"The third cup is dedicated to Sutherland, the Lord of the Savior!"

Listening to the content and order of the first three sentences, Todd had a faint understanding.

After three glasses of wine, Theodore put the glass to his side and clapped his hands again for the next step in the dinner.

The maids brought all kinds of utensils and spread them out on the table. There are knives, toothpicks, and a variety of spoons, including long-handled spoons, sharp-cornered spoons, and scoops that can be used to eat eggs or shellfish.

A sumptuous dinner menu was served, including tapas, two main courses, a barbecue and dessert. The tapas is a salad made with lettuce and onions, served with eggs, sashimi, olives and cheese. The main course is fresh meat and vegetable soup, bay leaf hare pot, the barbecue is flavored grilled mackerel, and the dessert is some fruit such as pomegranate, citrus, plum, blueberry and mulberry.

In the process of pushing and changing the glasses on the table, Todd found that unlike the first three glasses of memorial wine, the red wine after that was obviously mixed with honey and spring water, and the alcohol content dropped to an almost negligible level, and he naturally drank it more easily.

In order to take into account the mood of the host and guest on the left and right, Todd discussed with Theodore some phenomena and reactions in the field of microorganisms and chemistry, and chatted with Rachel about some of his impressions of the customs and tourist delicacies of the Middle Ages. However, he found that the woman lacked interest in other topics, but when it came to eating and drinking, she was the most interested, so she simply gave in to her liking and began to introduce some flavorful snacks and local famous dishes that she had seen on TV in her previous life. The people at the table chatted naturally with smiles and joys.

Halfway through his meal, he pushed the door open and made a "all right" gesture to Todd. The latter was convinced, and it was Todd who asked the former to help check on Karin before the dinner. In this way, the girl is fine.

At the dinner, Theodore was chatting and chatting, when he suddenly spoke of the sage Sutherland, and praised his exploits, including a passage that caught Todd's attention.

『...... According to Taylor's account, when he was young, Sutherland built a hut in the Albano active crater for eight years in order to conduct alchemical experiments. This spirit of dedication to the truth is truly impressive!'

Hearing this, Todd's wine glass hung in the air, and there was a sudden roar in his head, like the sky after rain, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sun shone down.

"Mr. President......"

"Call me Theodore!" the old man glanced at the man beside him.

"All right, Theodore. I've always wanted to know a thing or two about the great work of Sutherland, but you also know that the Church has a very strict control over these books and articles, so could you please ......?"

The president of the "Relief Society" was flushed by the alcohol, and waved his hand: "No problem, as a member of the alien species, how can you not know Sutherland's life?! Give Todd a copy of the 'Sutherland History'!"

Looking at Todd's inadvertent excited look after getting the book, the woman in green took a sip of wine and smiled slightly. The former caught a glimpse of her expression out of the corner of his eye, and his heart was shocked, and he quickly put down the book in his hand and quickly changed the subject: "Miss Richel, I see that you have only eaten tapas, and the main course and roasted food do not seem to have been eaten. ”

Theodore heard this and looked at the table in front of the woman. It is true that all the salads were eaten, but the meat pot, grilled fish and vegetable soup were largely untouched. The old man turned to look, and the servants were so frightened that they fell to their knees like chaff.

The woman flicked the dish in front of her with a small spoon and said absentmindedly: "It's not their fault, it's just ordinary food, I can't eat it." If only the alchemy in your mouth could make these hard-to-swallow foods delicious......"

The old man's eyes widened, and he wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start.

Looking at Theodore's darkening face and the frightened and desperate eyes of the people, Todd, who couldn't bear it, smiled and said, "Miss Richel, it's not difficult. ”

Well?

Everyone in the room looked at the speaker, and everyone had a look of disbelief on their faces.

Rachel raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Say it beforehand, I don't want to eat sulfur and mercury water!"

"Rest assured, it's definitely safe to eat. Todd said as he asked the maid behind him for a pen and paper.

Theodore and Rachel got up from their chaise longues, their throats tilted their heads to the side, and the three of them watched Todd sit on the table, writing the utensils and materials they needed, and the more they looked at them, the more terrified they became.

"Are these really alchemical materials?" the woman asked with a puzzled look at the old man. The old man nodded, and shook his head again: "There are some things I know, and some things I don't know. ”

With his own life at stake, the servants quickly prepared what they needed, and Todd began experimenting with food in alchemy.

First of all, put the wheat bran evenly into a beaker, open a bottle of reagent labeled "hydrochloric acid" in Latin, dilute the liquid concentration to about 34%, and then pour dilute hydrochloric acid into the beaker and increase pressure to accelerate hydrolysis.

Next, a black hydrolysate is peeled off and decomposed in a beaker, and decolorized and impurities are removed from the blood charcoal part of the animal bone (activated charcoal).

Next, the obtained liquid-like object is concentrated in a high-temperature vacuum (deoxygen) to obtain a white crystal (glutamic acid).

Finally, the white crystals are reacted with sodium hydroxide, concentrated twice, and then dried over low heat to obtain a translucent granular crystal (monosodium glutamate).

The experiment lasted almost two full hours, but Theodore and Rachel were not bored at all, the former because of alchemy, the latter because of eating.

Todd motioned for the cooks to add the last translucent crystals to the soup and meat pot, brush the grilled fish, and reprocess it.

The dishes were served again, and within twenty minutes, there was no soup left, no meat left, Theodore's eyes were straight, but Rachel swept away all the food that was left. Todd realized that this woman was an out-and-out big stomach.

When the two finished their meal and asked Todd what it was, the latter blurted out, "MSG." ”