Volume 1: The Land of the Dead Chapter 77: The Dinner at Sea (2)
The strange scene behind him was obviously unaware of Roger at this time, without Andre's leadership, it really took Roger some effort to find the restaurant, but after asking a slave who was submissive, he finally stepped on the wooden escalator to the third floor.
On both sides of the escalator, a slightly extravagant pink glow illuminates the long corridor here, and the wall-hung magic crystal lamp bursts out from time to time with small dazzling sparks, buzzing against the glass cover of the magic crystal lamp.
This isn't Gregory's personal taste, in fact, if you walk around Vikz at night, you'll notice that the streets of the city will also be dyed a faint crimson because of the impurities in the Magic Crystal, the fuel of the Magic Crystal Lamp.
In the large-scale refining process of the magic crystal in the workshop, it is inevitable that there will be residual unreacted materials solidified into the finished magic crystal, and the deep processing of the magic crystal to remove impurities will undoubtedly greatly increase the cost of the cheap magic crystal lamp.
Therefore, in places such as public lighting, which consume a large amount of magic crystals and have limited benefits, this kind of inferior magic crystal lamps are quite marketable, and as for those expensive magic crystal lamps that emit snow-white light, in Vikz may only be installed in small quantities on King's Road and the Holy Light Church.
People who have been in this crimson light for a long time will always become inexplicably irritable, and those well-fed and well-fed boatmen leaned against the cabin door in twos and threes, and did not dodge when they saw Roger's unfamiliar faces, and some of the bold ones whistled at Difana and Alley.
"Sister, don't be like them, wait until you finish negotiating with Gregory, they will suffer. Hearing the foul language of those boatmen, Roger hurriedly whispered to reassure Alley, who had never seen this meeting, if this ancestor went crazy here, wouldn't he be unlucky.
Alley glanced at Roger with cold eyes, and said lightly: "Meaningless behavior, Roger, you better hurry up and find where the banquet hall is." β
was not lightly rejected, Roger touched his nose in embarrassment, looking at her intimacy with Difana in the afternoon, and thought that this sister had become a little more popular recently, why is she still like this?
Shrugging, Roger led the group briskly through the noisy hallway, his eyes darting over the hatches on either side of the corridor, and finally, his gaze fixed on a cabin near the Midlands.
"The banquet hall on the third floor........ Found it, it should be here, heh, this kind of transformation is a bit interesting. β
The space above the deck of the ship, named Suzuka, on the first and second floors, apparently retains the appearance and layout of the Predator-class flagship, serving as functional cabins.
Only the original crew dining hall on the third floor was expanded under the command of Gregory, and became his exclusive banquet hall on the ship, but Roger clearly felt obvious magic fluctuations from the banquet hall, and I am afraid that Gregory used it to hold a Hongmen banquet.
Through the hatch, Elway's sensitive ears heard Brandon's wanton laughter in the room, and after taking a deep breath, Roger knocked lightly on the hatch a few times, and after receiving a response, he led everyone into the banquet hall.
In the rather spacious room, a long table with a snow-white tablecloth was placed in the middle of the banquet hall, with six chairs on either side, no more and no less, while Gregory and Brandon sat on either side of the long table, apparently having been waiting for a long time.
Under the flickering candle flame, the two people who were still tense in Gregory's room in the morning are now raising their glasses with a friendly face, and they seem to be chatting happily, about what kind of agreement the two reached in the afternoon to share the spoils, seeing the fat on Gregory's face shaking with a smile, Roger knew that there was no good feast.
"Haha, the little brother is here, you sleep very comfortably, the brothers can't wait for you, but they are all about to starve to death. β
The bald Brandon seemed to have lost the eager desire of the morning, holding a wine glass like a keg in his hand, pouring a sip of ale into his mouth, and then wiping his mouth in a dashing manner, smiling at Roger.
"It's rude, it's rude. β
Smiling apologetically, Roger walked quickly to the table, and the rather gentlemanly helped the ladies pull out the chairs, and then said, "We could have arrived earlier, but I didn't want my brother to lie down for a while and still be a little seasick, so he slowed down for a while, and now he has time to come up together." β
Brother Roger, you're going to trick me, so you can discuss it with me. Ryan muttered to himself with a bitter face, but still sat down with the back of his chair propped up, pretending to be very weak.
Glancing at Ryan, who was ruddy-faced, Gregory who was sitting at the other end of the long table was stunned, no matter how bad the light of the magic crystal lamp was, he could still see it if he was seasick and vicious in his eyes when he ran on the sea all year round. The young man named Ryan was clearly in good spirits and steady on his feet, so he looked a little seasick.
Secretly said strangely, the fat merchant still greeted warmly, "It's okay, Brandon, he's joking, we've just arrived." Let's all sit down, the conditions on the ship are simple, and it is not a formal dinner, just everyone gets together for a light meal, everyone is casual. β
Seeing Roger and the others sit down one by one, Gregory took a breath of sepiolite pipe in his mouth, and the smoke drifted in the soft light, and the fat merchant patted his fat palm, and led everyone to praise the storm lord Lady Tina according to the rules of the sea, and then signaled that the dinner could begin.
"Roger, do you feel it? Staring at the open hatch and the attendants rushing in, Elway perked up and leaned slightly, approaching Roger, who had a smirk on his face, and whispered.
"Well, I found out, I didn't expect that guy to be mixed with the Suzuka, but it looks like he was deliberately reminding us that he was coming. Otherwise, I don't think a master-level thief would make such a low-level mistake of revealing his aura, hmph, it's really arrogant. β
Roger looked at the waiters holding the food in their hands with bad intentions, and among these people who brought up plates of delicacies, there was a third-order shadow dancer, like a shark mixed in with a school of fish, which made people feel a chill down their spines.
"What do you think his goal is this time? is it us? or the fat man over there?" Elway reached out to stop the squire from pouring himself a drink, and continued to communicate with Roger quietly.
"I don't know, there doesn't seem to be hostility in the breath, maybe the target is not us, or they won't show off their breath to them, but anyway, it's too much of a coincidence to meet him for two days in a row. β
After thinking about it, Roger smiled and raised his glass at Brandon, and said softly: "Let's wait and see what happens, anyway, we can't beat him for the time being, if it's none of our business, let him go, and the evil spirit seems to have come over, and there is a smell of decay in the corner of the room, it looks like it's lively tonight." β
In the midst of this, the orchestra in the corner of the banquet hall sounded a crisp note, and by the circle engraved on it, no one needed to play it, and the strings were pulled, and the famous song "Coronation of King Brahm of the Mass" by Maestro Evenlik was played.
The melodious sound of music echoed in the banquet hall, and the dishes that had been prepared for a long time were placed on the table one by one, and then removed like water.
AndrΓ©, dressed in a black and white deacon uniform, appeared out of nowhere, stood respectfully beside Gregory, and thoughtfully told everyone the name of the meal and how to eat it, which undoubtedly made the dirt buns from the ruins of Amanda very grateful, to be honest, Juan has eaten the fruits and vegetables of the side dish several times.
"Good evening, let me introduce you, Mr. Gregory has prepared a menu that begins with cold cuts, using Vikz's local caviar with brioche crepes, triangular toast and smoked fish, accompanied by violet champagne. β
"Next up is the vegetable beef broth, and the Shelley wine, and the fish is trout, and if you have special requirements for the taste of the wine, there is also a ripe Meursault dry white for you to enjoy. β
In AndrΓ©'s thoughtful introduction, wines from all over the continent were served to accompany the foie gras parfait that followed, and the final meat dish, a pie made of quail and grapes wrapped in a pie crust, and the feast came to an end when salads and desserts were served.
It is worth mentioning that, except for the deliberate aura of the great thief Josel Jas at the beginning of the banquet, neither Roger nor Alway noticed his traces, and all the waiters had humble smiles on their faces, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.
No matter how unwilling Roger is, he has to admit that the great thief's disguise and stealth are not something that few people can see, unless Roger ignores his right eye, which was burned by the concept of holy light yesterday, and looks into this place again, maybe he can detect the clues of that guy.
"Hey, hey. β
When the wine and food were full, it was time for the 'main dish' to be served, and the whole banquet was basically untouched, and Brandon, who was just drinking the wine silently, laughed suddenly, which lifted everyone's spirits.
He bared his white teeth, grabbed the pie on the plate with his hand, and took a bite hard, the plump gravy made him lick his lips, "Gregory, you can really enjoy it, it's rare that you can still prepare so many ingredients on the ship, it tastes good." β
"The Suzuka is a merchant ship after all, not to mention other aspects, this warehouse must always be bigger, if there is less goods with me, won't I run an ocean voyage in vain in the past six months?" Shaking the crystal clear red wine in the goblet and taking a sip, Gregory squinted his eyes and responded with a smile.
"Haha, this is also, the gods are above, the cutest in this era is always Huang Cancan's Jin Langer, as long as he is not a fool, no one will do a loss-making business, do you say, little brother Roger?"