【Chapter 466】 Muddy Waters
Odd!
That's the only feeling that Natalie has here, and even though Alice is still Alice and Leah is still Leah, everything else seems to be different.
And these changes cannot be hidden.
Alice smiled, walked over to the table, opened a cloth bag, picked up a plate full of sweet fried sunflower seeds, and placed it on the table in front of Natalie.
"Things are always going to change, taste?"
"What is this? Is this what you call novelty?" Natalie's attention was drawn to the plump melon seeds on the plate, and she smelled a wonderful sweet fragrance in her nose.
Alice picked up a melon seed, skillfully peeled it off, revealing the pale yellow kernel, and handed it to her: "It is the fruit of a plant, which has been fried in a special way, and it is very delicious." ”
"Well, I haven't seen it. Natalie put the nuts on the stone and chewed them tentatively, and it was full of different flavors.
"It's addictive to eat this. Alice sat down with a smile, picked up the melon seeds and put them directly in her mouth, the white little teeth pressed lightly, clicked, and the kernels fell into her mouth: "Eat one, it may not be so obvious." But if you eat it, you will feel like you can't stop. ”
"I'll try. Natalie's curiosity was strong, and she sipped the melon seeds like Alice, and the subtle sensation slowly accumulated, and the whole mouth was filled with a sweet fragrance.
Her eyebrows raised.
"It's delicious, and it feels like it's building up on your tongue. Natalie's eyes lit up, "Alice, where did you buy this?"
"We didn't buy it, we made it ourselves. Alice smiled slightly: "Blackstone specialty, you can't buy it anywhere else." ”
"You're lying, it's not like I haven't lived in Blackstone. Natalie's face was full of disbelief.
"I didn't have it before, but I only made it recently. The girl you just met, Luna, was made by her own hands. ”
"Luna, that beautiful girl with blue hair?" Natalie's mind flashed Luna's figure, "It's even stranger to talk about her, I don't remember you Blackstone Collar having this girl, dressed so beautifully, like a nobleman." And that Elena. ”
"They weren't here before. ”
Not only Luna and Elena, but also Linda, Shakia, Veronica, etc., but Linda and Shakia have recently led the soldiers to clear the remnants of the orcs in the depths of the forest and have not yet returned. Veronica is in charge of managing and teaching the newly selected girls.
"We've known each other for about three months. They are very nice people and good friends of mine. I'm sure you can be friends with them, too. ”
As she spoke, Natalie looked at Alice's expression, her cheeks glowing with pleasure and her eyes sparkling with a look that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
Still the same feeling, strange.
But strange is strange, the action of eating melon seeds has never stopped.
"It's delicious!" A crisp laugh rang out from outside the door, and Luna carried a wooden tray in her hand, and behind her, Elena and Monica each carried one, with a mysterious dish on top of a silver plate.
"Let's eat first, let's sleep together tonight, I have a lot to say to you. Alice cherishes the time she spends with Natalie because she doesn't know what tomorrow will bring.
"Dangdangdang~~" Luna lifted the first tray, which contained a delicately plated tomato slice sprinkled with maltose syrup, and the second tray was a stewed lamb, which added up to one meat and one vegetable.
Elena and Monica also opened silver plates, a large pot of fresh trout porridge with green vegetables, and a pot of freshly squeezed juice, plus a plate of boiled corn on the cob, and the main food was a stack of cut oil cakes.
Time is in a hurry, the ingredients are limited, and it is too complicated to prepare in time. But their appetites are relatively small, and these foods are enough to eat enough.
But for Natalie, everything here is enough to subvert her perception and conquer her stomach by the way.
Sure enough, Natalie's eyebrows furrowed, except for the bowl of fish porridge and green vegetables, the rest were unfamiliar.
However, she saw something stranger.
Alice picked up two small wooden sticks, accurately picked up a piece of oil cake, and elegantly placed it on her plate, adding two slices of mutton, a chopstick greens, and rolling up the oil cake.
"Natalie, don't ask what it is, try it?"
This is not a very authentic bread roll meat, which is a way of eating it that the witches themselves have researched. Natalie looked at the strange cake suspiciously, but the smell went straight to her nose.
"Just pick it up and eat it. Luna leaned over and smiled.
"Pick it up?"
There were no knives and forks on the table, Natalie always felt a little weird, and the lovely Lisi was her good sister, and that trust was unquestionable.
Carefully pick up the bread and roll meat, put it in the mouth and chew, the sunflower oil baked out of the thin dough cake, soft and fragrant, with the addition of salty and delicious vegetables, and stewed mutton, the taste is simply unexperienced.
Delicious?
It's not as simple as deliciousness, but subversive, like opening the door to a new world, allowing her to experience the wonderful taste that still exists in this world.
Looking at Natalie's gradually stretched eyebrows and cheeks that were chewing faster, everyone smiled knowingly.
Before Natalie could comment on the meat, a glass of freshly squeezed apple juice was delivered to her, and Luna winked at her with a sweet smile.
Natalie, who was slightly choked, picked up the cup and tasted it shallowly, and her pupils dilated suddenly.
Sweet and refreshing, indescribable.
Luna was full of confidence, with a smile on her face, the apples used in this cup of freshly squeezed juice were the mutant varieties she had cultivated, and they were large, crunchy, and sweet, which were not at all comparable to wild apples. The juice squeezed out with a juicer is filtered with a cloth to make the juice clear and even, and the sweetness is off the charts.
Mom~~~
What kind of water is this?
Natalie's eyes are full of incredulity, in the era when sugar did not debut and honey was rampant, this pure fruity sweetness had too much impact on the taste buds.
Natalie couldn't help but take another big sip.
It's so refreshing, it's so thirst-quenching.
The little greasy meat of the cake roll is washed away by the juice, and the sweet fragrance lingers in the mouth, and the whole person's spirit is refreshed and clear.
"Alice, what are these?" Natalie couldn't hold back her doubts anymore.
"It's all our specialty here, and we make it ourselves. Alice's eyes were bent into crescents, and there was a hint of desolation in the bottom of her eyes, and she wished that she could be with Natalie all the time and enjoy all the good things together.
The identities of the two sides are an insurmountable gap.
"Here, try this again. Alice took a juicy spill of red tomatoes with malt syrup hanging on them.
"Oh my God! What is this?"
......
The small room was filled with a joyful atmosphere, but the dinner party in another place ended in an extremely solemn atmosphere.
Instead of bringing the strange food to Bor, Leah served her to a normal dinner, accompanied by Karrick and the attendant Tevin.
Borla, who was preoccupied, had no interest in eating, nor did she directly negotiate the ransom. I can only remember Lia's father and talk about a few old things.
In short, a meaningless dinner party.
Until the dinner party contact, Leah silently sent Heller to a temporary accommodation. The bearded knight stood in front of the door for a long time before he turned around and said in a dry voice: "Leah." ”
Leah kept a polite smile: "Uncle Heller." ”
"I'm here on command. Heller observed Leah's expression, "I hope you understand. ”
"Understood. Leah replied briefly, calmly.
"If it's convenient, can you arrange for me to meet them tomorrow? Just to make sure they're safe, you know, that's the rule. ”
"Rules, I understand. Leah nodded, "I'll arrange it." ”
"And ......" Heller looked at the courtyard door, and stopped talking.
Leah smiled knowingly, "Are you worried about Natalie? Later, I'll bring her to you myself. ”
"Hmm. Heller squeezed out a far-fetched smile.
"Good night, then. It's been a long journey, so get some rest. ”
"Good night. ”
Back in the room, Heller fidgeted with the door closed, and Leah looked calm and elegant from beginning to end, as usual, and without the gloom of the pagans who were exposed and judged.
But what I saw today is very different.
Natalie may not have much idea of territory, but he is an old aristocrat and knows everything about the situation. The high-walled compound you see along the way, including the guest rooms you live in now, occupy the territory of Daotan Town.
In other words, the rebellion of the Blackstone Collar is a fact, and they occupy Daotan Town in a grand manner.
What's behind those walls?
An evil and filthy pagan altar?
A slaughterhouse littered with corpses?
Or is it an evil place full of poisonous miasma?
What powers did they use to defeat the Holy Spirit Knights and Templars?
What will be the direction of tomorrow's negotiations?
Tearing the skin, or is it a ball of harmony?
The extermination of heretics is a rare apologetic honor for knights. Especially for a small noble knight lord like Heller, who is only one step away from being promoted to Holy Spirit Knight, once he has great apologetic merits, even if his age is missed, his two sons will be reused, and at least one of them can be promoted to Holy Spirit Knight.
But this time, Heller didn't even dare to think about it.
Let's not mention the kinship, can you do it? Even if you can do it, you can't beat it.
It's almost as good as being wiped out.
He already knew the bottom line of the ransom, but Thaiwen apparently had another secret order that made it impossible for him to speculate.
If it was assassinated, then he would not be able to get away with it.
Damn it!
I really shouldn't have come to this troubled water.