Volume 1 The Land of the Dead Chapter 141 Magical Cuisine
"Why? Mr. Gregory, won't you try it? It's not good-looking, but it's my pride. ”
Roger held the plate, the pale blue flames were still lingering in his palm, but the strange thing was that the frost on the dragon's flesh did not melt under the flames, but under the firelight, the smooth and mirror-like incision exuded a deep luster.
Seeing that Gregory was holding the knife and fork with some hesitation, as if he didn't know how to move his mouth, Roger shrugged his shoulders as usual, and put the fork directly into the flame, inserted a thin slice, dipped it slightly in the sauce, and then stuffed it in his mouth, revealing a satisfied look.
Now that Roger had demonstrated himself, even though he was still beating a drum in his heart, Gregory still had the good idea of sticking a piece of dragon meat as thin as a cicada's wings with a fork.
Staring at the slices of meat on the fork, which I don't know whether it was steaming cold or hot, the fat merchant unconsciously swallowed saliva and sent it into his mouth.
It wasn't as soft as he imagined, like a large piece of butter, and the cold and smooth taste filled his mouth in an instant, along with a slight numbness on the tip of his tongue, although it wasn't very delicious.......
Just as the thought came to Gregory's heart, a dense touch burst through the tip of his tongue, and as his teeth chewed, the dragon's flesh turned into puree, followed by a strange ....... Breath?
Andrei, who was serving on the side, saw Gregory's strange expression when he saw him eating, and the most important thing was that a faint breath of magical elements flashed on his master's body, which made Andre feel like a wave in his heart.
After all, according to Goode's theory, although there are trace amounts of magical elements in mortals, they are undoubtedly in an inert state of inactivation and cannot be activated in any way, which is a factor that restricts the use of magic by mortals in addition to the factor of mental power.
Although the theory of magic has been constantly evolving over the millennia, this iron law has never been shaken.
And today...... After eating the dragon meat cooked by Roger, Gregory unexpectedly appeared on his body with an activated magical element!
Andre stared at the plate on the table, ignoring the problem of etiquette, grabbed a fork from the table, and sent the dragon meat slices on the plate into his mouth, after the initial coldness and slight numbness, the burst out with the meat puree was indeed a magic element, although these tiny amounts of magic elements were slightly violent, but they could indeed be absorbed into the body.
This undoubtedly made Andre a little confused for a while, it is not impossible to restore the magic element through eating, but this kind of material is all priceless, take the tea 'Cuixue', a specialty of rest, as an example, as a plant that mutates under a high concentration of magic elements, it will inevitably be mixed with a little magic element in the growth process.
This insignificant element of magic is nowhere near the amount that an apprentice can accumulate in a moment of meditation, but it has the magical power to calm the mind and revitalize the mind.
For some apprentices who don't have a lot of money, it is common practice to add a small amount of tea to incense and then meditate in a closed environment.
In addition to the application of 'Cuixue' to professionals, drinking this magic material for a long time can't make people without magical talent become magicians, but it can barely make mortals become pseudo-magic apprentices, although they may not even be able to release a level 0 magic trick every day, but it is enough for that group of noble lords to brag at the banquet.
These factors have resulted in similar magical materials being less affordable, and a vast, short-supply market.
And the magic materials represented by 'Cuixue' are all cultivated and improved by several generations, and it took a huge investment to find out how to cultivate and use them, but the young man in front of him .......
Andre subconsciously glanced at his pocket watch, it had not been a quarter of an hour since Roger entered the main hall, deducting the gap between him and the gossip with everyone, in such a short period of time, he had created such a kind of food, although he knew that there was a gap between himself and this seemingly first-order young man, he really didn't expect the gap to be so big.
Seeing Andre's changing expression as he swallowed the dragon flesh, Gregory did not blame Andre for his transgression, but waited for Andrei's evaluation, because he also sensed that this familiar aura might be related to magic.
Taking advantage of the time between Andre and Gregory whispering, he felt sorry for the dishes he had made up, and the flames and illumination on them gradually dissipated, and Roger simply did not stick to the sauce, and ate one slice after another.
What Andre and Gregory said, Roger could probably guess, was nothing more than to emphasize how incredible this thing is, and how commercial it would be if the technology was monopolized, but the principle of this matter is not so complicated.
Even if ordinary people hunt magical creatures, except for the materials and blood in their bodies, they can rarely absorb the magical elements they contain, and even if they are barely eaten, there is no effect.
Generally, magicians interpret this as the magical elements in the body of the monster escape into the surrounding environment with the dissipation of the soul, but many experiments do not support this hypothesis, and no matter how sophisticated the instrument is, it is impossible to measure the significant change in the concentration of magic in the surrounding environment after the death of the monster.
However, according to the conservation of mass and energy, the rank of these magical creatures does not disappear out of thin air, so Roger speculated that in addition to some of these magical elements transformed into materials on his body, in fact, most of them remained in his flesh and blood.
Now that this is clear, the long course of life is enough for the idle Roger to have plenty of time to turn around, and finally let him come up with a way to catalyze these magical elements.
But knowing that this little magic element is not enough to even stuff his teeth, Roger's hard show is purely ...... He wanted to eat.
Tut-tut, sure enough, since I ate it once in Tallinn, I've been thinking about it for three hundred years, although it's not the freshest, but it's not much different, and sure enough, the taste of food with magical elements will never get tired of eating.
While Roger was munching, Gregory's expression changed after listening to Andre's story, but his expression was a little flattering.
"I didn't expect Mr. Roger to have such a stunt, please allow me to take the liberty of asking, this should belong to Mr. Roger's secret secret, right?"
Roger swallowed the meat puree in his mouth, wiped the oil stains on the corner of his mouth before nodding, and said: "Although it is not that the dragon meat I cook does not have this characteristic, but there will be a lot of simple gimmicks that will be hooked, such as 'the young man in such and such a town has a magical talent after eating dragon meat' or something, I think Mr. Gregory will not be unfamiliar with these little tricks, right?"
"Of course, of course ......"
Gregory muttered softly, no one knew what thoughts were flashing through his heart, but after a moment, the fat merchant seemed to have made up some kind of determination, and got up to help Roger fill the wine glass with a flattering face, and the slightly light green syrup of the bone fish rum soaked the wine glass, and the rich aroma of wine filled the air in an instant.
Holding the wine glass, Gregory toasted: "Then thank Mr. Roger in advance, I hope this business can make us a lot of money." ”
Strangely, Winnie, who was accompanying her, did not get up, but rubbed her fat body on the chair.
"Mr. Gregory is too polite. ”
Roger picked up the glass and drank it without looking, and a smile immediately appeared on the corner of Gregory's mouth, but he quickly froze there, and Roger chewed the wine in the glass twice before swallowing it, and smashed his mouth with a sigh of relief.
"Now that the wine has been tasted, can Mr. Gregory tell us a little bit more about what has happened at Wickz lately?" said Roger, smiling as if he had not yet seen it, to Gregory, who was suddenly sweating profusely.
"Ahh.......h
Ignoring Gregory's inexplicable nervousness, Roger still had a warm smirk on the corner of his mouth: "Sir, you haven't said anything about the follow-up to the group of people who came to Vikz to pay homage to the 'miracle'." ”
"Yes, yes, this is it, let me think," Gregory tried to keep his eyes away from Roger's burning gaze, "the team from the north turned down the Marquis Somerset's invitation to live in the official residence, and now they are all staying in the old abbey. ”
"As far as I know, they did nothing except to visit the site of Brother Dilson's martyrdom under Somerset on that day, and to communicate with several inhabitants who had been favored by the great miracles, and that the old abbey had been closed since that day onwards, and that prayers were not accepted. ”
Roger pondered for a moment and asked, "So does Sir know who the leader of this team is?"
"This .......," Gregory frowned and thought for a while before he spoke, "I heard that it seems that the Holy City of Kaya sent a cardinal and a pivot bishop, and it is not clear which of the thirteen exactly, but strangely, a notice was posted at the door of the old monastery the next day, and the new abbot of the monastery was not one of the two, but a young nun. ”
"Oh?"
Roger suddenly became interested, and was able to overwhelm two church leaders to become the abbot of the old convent in the center of the vortex, and this nun could not be the illegitimate daughter of the Pope?