Side story: Mutter's food
At the beginning of each season, a grand feast is held in the largest square of the halfling city of Mutt.
There is no leader or patron of the feast, and all the dishes and ingredients are donated by the halflings themselves, and when they are made delicious, they are open to all the attendees who come here, whether they are dwarves, humans, elves, or the ogres most often employed by the halflings.
Over time, even the ogres who would actually eat people would become calmer here, and they would just stare at the little chefs with their drools instead of throwing them into their big mouths in a hurry.
In fact, by now, many ogres have settled in Mut, and although they initially coveted the cooking skills of the halflings, they have now become part of Mut's military power.
Depending on the race, even the weakest ogre is more powerful than the strongest halfling, and the halflings are only doing what they are best at and what they love about cooking.
Even many halflings quickly fell in love with the ogres after careful contact, because no matter how bad the dishes they tried for their innovation, the ogres would only give the only answer, which was a thumbs up and a smile on their faces.
Of course, they also welcome donations from any other outsiders, and it would be great if there were specialties from other cities, as halflings are always eager to try some fresh ingredients and make some delicious food, which can constantly improve their cooking skills.
In previous years, such outside contributions were rare, as it was already very difficult for most of the inhabitants of the Old World to live.
But this time was different, because the neighboring vampire kingdom was completely destroyed, and Mutter no longer had to be threatened by those abominable undead, and the inhabitants seemed to be extraordinarily enthusiastic, as if they wanted to vent their feelings in this way.
Moreover, Mutter also received an unprecedentedly generous donation, which even alarmed many halfling elders, some donations were for the support of the event, but such a large amount of donations was even comparable to Mutter's long, long time taxes.
Because there are many ingredients in it that halflings have heard of but have never really seen, and they even thought that those ingredients were just legends, which were unique ingredients from the distant Aurora Empire!
However, when a huge, flaming terrifying creature flew through the air, and a human in armor jumped down from it halfway through, and after a few words of conversation with the elders, the elders immediately let down all their guards, and very optimistically called on all halflings to work together to make sure not to waste these precious ingredients.
And they also immediately said that they will also go down in person and join the carnival together, because they have received an even more precious gift, a recipe from the Aurora Empire, and they want to try some new methods!
Soon, the whole city was in real revelry, and as half-souls came and went, the smell of delicious breadsticks stuffed with cheese and onions, and delicious stews made with crispy shallots and tender meats, began to waft through hundreds of fires.
Then came the colourful bread and the abundance of fruit coated in cream and sweets, but this was just the beginning, as more delicious food began to appear, all free of charge and infinitely available to all participants, not because of the wealth of the halflings of Mutter, but by the generosity of the donor.
Then the elders took out the halfling's treasure of the town, a super cauldron taller than the city walls, and they would personally select the most precious ingredients from all the donations, and combine them with their own treasures to stew a once-in-a-lifetime soup.
In a corner of the banquet, after drinking a few sips of what is said to be the best wine from Bretonnia - solo, he casually threw some unrecognizable, but fragrant food into his mouth, and the high elf Reiner looked at Zhou Jin who was pouring wine into his mouth with a smile.
"Sienna is on her way, and the reason why she has been delayed is because our Lord Duke has bought her an island in the south, on which are placed half-elves from all over the Old World, and perhaps the next time we meet again, we will call her Her Royal Highness."
"But what I'm more interested in is that after a trip back to Aurora, this time you have completely decided to settle in the Old World?"
After a long journey of adventure, countless hard battles, victories over many powerful enemies, and even repelling the invasion of the Chaos Demon God, he has grown from the young Calledo Knight to the Caledor Dragon Lord of today, and now he can finally take a break.
The black-haired and black-eyed Zhou Jin took a sip of wine very depressed again, and glanced in the other direction, after a certain demure and elegant young woman, he spoke, "I didn't expect that Hong Chufu, the famous Aurora Messenger in Marienburg, would be a high-level believer of the Tzeentch Demon God, I actually abandoned everyone under his bewitchment, abandoned her, and chose to return to Aurora, she must be very angry now." ”
Reiner took another bite of the other dishes before happily replying, "You also said that it was a demonic temptation, after all, we are still mortals, and there is no way to resist it." And didn't we all go together to save you at that time? Being angry means that she still cares about you, she won't be angry with some inconsequential stranger, and then you just need to continue to be nice to her as before. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Jin couldn't help but glance at Reiner, "It seems like you understand it very well, but how do I feel that you are gloating?" Or are you finally done with you and Princess Belinda? ”
"Ahem, ahem!"
Reiner was choked on his face, his face full of embarrassment, "This, you know, even for us High Elves, this is not a big problem. ”
Perhaps at first, his sister Princess Belinda behaved normally, but later, as the battles they experienced continued to become more dangerous, she began to pass by frequently as reinforcements, which began to make everyone a little suspicious.
Later, she simply gave up her identity as the commander of Fort Marion and joined the adventure directly, and even disregarded her own danger several times in the battle to cover Reiner, which had to make people even more suspicious.
It wasn't until one time, when they were fighting against a Slaanesh Demon from the Slaanesh Demon Domain, that she finally confided in her heart under the other's magic.
It's just that even for the High Elves, this relationship is a little awkward for them, especially the kind that Reiner is still more conservative.
But Princess Belinda didn't care too much, because for the High Elves, they had enough time to change and accept.
Especially after Moras, the mother of the dark elf witch king Melkis, fell in love with the High Elf Prince Tyrion, and then chose to elope without hesitation, just because he looked the same as her deceased husband, Princess Belinda was even more disimpressed.
Even two alien elves from different races, thousands of years apart, and who once had a blood feud, they could end up together, so would it be more difficult for the two of them of the same race, who were very different in age?
Looking at the embarrassment on Reiner's face, Zhou Jin suddenly laughed, is there any efficient solution when he is uncomfortable? Yes, that is to make others uncomfortable too!
After sneaking a glance at the beauties who were smiling happily over there again, Zhou Jin couldn't help but tentatively ask another question, "So, our duke, how is his matter?" ”
Reiner also smiled when he heard this, "Yes, compared to us, our Duke is more troublesome, after all, we only need to deal with one, but he?" May the goddess Lilith bless him ... ”
The two of them looked at each other, and then laughed in unison.
"But fortunately, we have time after all, and now that Nurgle has been completely annihilated, Tzeentch has been battered, and Slaanesh has been captured by the gods, only the Blood God Horror is a problem, but I believe that the real victory is not far away, and we still have enough time to enjoy life."
"Yes, it does." Reiner couldn't agree more, he has never regretted joining this team, and it is because of here that he has had such an epic experience, and it is now and will be the same.
Dozens of meters away, after Levi glanced at it, he secretly made a note in his heart.
Dare to murmur about me behind my back, and still want to enjoy life now? It's so beautiful! The battlefield isn't the only one.
But there's one thing they do, and they're right.
My idea has succeeded, and there is indeed enough time to do it. And this time, I am afraid, will be much longer than they think, perhaps, it will be eternal ...