Chapter 202: Raymond's Past
In Raymond's bare skeleton eye socket, the green flame suddenly fluctuated violently.
He didn't seem to expect such an answer.
"I see, absolutely neutral camp? It's really rare. ”
Raymond muttered quietly.
"What did you say?"
"I said I wanted to order bacon and potato bisque."
Qian Chen thought for a moment and nodded.
"It's easy, wait a minute."
At this time, Raymond seemed to remember something again, and specially admonished.
"By the way, don't add bacon to the soup."
“。。。”
Qian Chen's first reaction was that this guy was teasing him.
However, when Qian Chen subconsciously looked at Raymond, he found that his eyes were very serious.
Well, although this request is very strange, since it is a request from a diner, Qian Chen decided to try to accommodate him as much as possible.
"Wait a minute."
Qian Chen turned around and walked into the kitchen.
Potato bisque is a very common Western soup dish, whether it is in a high-end French restaurant or on the dinner table at home, the difference is only in the fineness of the ingredients and preparation.
Since it is bacon potato soup without bacon, what Raymond wants to taste is naturally the simplest home-style method.
Qian Chen took out the ingredients first and prepared them.
They are the main ingredient potatoes and the auxiliary ingredient onions.
Salt, pepper, vanilla, whipping cream and butter are used for seasoning.
Pepper can be large for a richer flavor, butter can be used instead of bacon to add a meaty flavor to the soup, and if butter is too greasy, you can also choose vegetable oils such as soybean oil, corn oil, etc.
Peel and dice the potatoes and onions, then heat the butter in a pan and sauté the diced potatoes and onions until fragrant and tender, then add water and start cooking.
After Qian Chen felt that the heat was enough, he beat the potatoes into mashed potatoes, then added light cream to continue boiling, and at the same time, he could use water to adjust the viscosity of the soup.
When boiling, you need to stir constantly to prevent the soup from being too thick and the bottom will stick to the pot.
Finally, add salt and black pepper to taste, and serve in a bowl with a sprinkle of vanilla to enhance the flavor without making the soup too monotonous.
And so, a bowl of fragrant potato soup was finished.
Qian Chen brought the potato soup to Raymond.
Raymond picked up the spoon and took a sip, his eyes showing a hint of amazement.
Soon, a bowl of potato bisque bottomed out.
Raymond put down the spoon and began to be stunned, his eyes full of reminiscence, and after a while, he slowly spoke.
"Boss, you make good soup. But it's still Nina who makes the best. ”
Qian Chen glanced at the empty soup bowl and smiled.
It's like if you ask someone 'where is the best barbecue?' and most of the answers you get will always be 'the best downstairs in my house'.
The upper limit of the emotional bonus is always equal to infinity.
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
After a while, Raymond suddenly spoke.
"Boss, would you like to hear my story?"
Then without waiting for Qian Chen to answer, he spoke to himself.
Looking at his reminiscing eyes, a flash of realization flashed in Qian Chen's eyes, Raymond just needed a listener, and it didn't seem to matter who this listener was.
With a hoarse voice, the past hidden in Raymond's heart slowly appeared in front of Qian Chen...
"My sister Nina and I were born in a small village, and our parents died when we were very young.
This is also the norm in our world. In order to compete for faith, the gods frequently waged holy wars. If there is no war in the whole world in any given year, we may wonder if the end of the world has come. ”
There was a hint of sarcasm in Raymond's flat eyes.
Ever since he recognized the gods for what they were, he no longer believed in them.
The gods are just a group of thieves who ascend to the throne of the supreme god in order to compete for their beliefs, and use all the living beings on the continent as props.
"Since I was a child, I vowed to get ahead and live a good life with Nina.
Aren't you curious why I don't add bacon? Quite simply, because we can't afford to eat meat.
As we both grew up, everything seemed to be getting better. It seems that luck is starting to favor me, and I was taken in as an apprentice by a mage.
Mage is a noble profession, but it comes with high tuition fees.
Although my tutor waived most of the fees for me, our family environment could not afford even the most basic tuition.
Just when I was at a loss, Nina suddenly handed me two gold coins, which she said were inherited by her parents, and she had hidden them before.
I actually believed it.
With this money, my teacher and I returned to the Mage Tower and began our studies as a mage.
Nina would send a letter every once in a while, and a sum of money would be sent with it.
This money, combined with my part-time job as a teacher, was barely able to maintain my studies as a mage.
Three years have passed, and I have successfully completed my studies.
Nina cut off contact with me a few months ago.
After successfully becoming a full-fledged mage, I hurried back to the hut where we had lived, and the door was opened by a stranger.
When I pressed me, the man told me the truth.
It turned out that there was no inheritance left by his parents at all.
Nina has been lying to me, for the past three years, she has been working as a female branch in the tavern, and the money she exchanged for her flesh.
Just two months before I graduated, the two mercenaries got drunk and got into a fight in the tavern, and Nina was swept in, and by the time the tavernkeeper dragged her out of the rubble, she was out of breath.
The priest of the God of Light, who was in charge of the public sale, refused to bury Nina in the public sale on the grounds that the defiled soul would tarnish the glory of the God of Light.
They had to bury her by the lake.
By the time I found the cemetery, the grave had already been opened by animals, and this was the only one I found. ”
Raymond said as he pulled out a necklace from his bosom, which was actually a human finger bone.
"Next, I killed the man who had taken over our house, and killed the priest of the God of Light.
In order to get revenge, and to resurrect Nina, I gave up my belief in the goddess of magic and began to study necromancy while searching for the whereabouts of my enemies.
Then I found them and killed all the people of the two mercenary regiments with the most brutal necromancy, and then imprisoned the souls of the two regiment leaders and made them into Horcruxes, so that their souls would be tortured for eternity and eternity.
In order to resurrect Nina, I sacrificed a person from the principality as a sacrifice.
And I'm going to do it a few more times.
Because, it seems that I have already found a way to resurrect Nina. ”
Raymond's eyes looked straight at Qian Chen.
From beginning to end, Raymond's emotional fluctuations don't seem to be very obvious, as if he is telling someone else's story.
But Qian Chen saw the steely persistence in the eyes of other people's faces, and the desperate madness in the green flames of the skull face...