Chapter 272: Brotherhood of the Hearth
The dinner was held in the lobby on the fifth floor of the Wizard's Tower.
Long tables covered with precious silk-trimmed red cloth fill the hall with enough space to accommodate 1,000 people at a time.
The long tables are filled with a variety of mouth-watering foods just by looking at them. Among them were turkeys roasted to a golden brown, wine as bright as blood, and even dragon meat that even Jiang Feng couldn't handle......
With a somewhat hideous stone statue, standing on the steps in front of the hall, the dinner party was announced. The atmosphere in the hall instantly became lively, and the inferior apprentices who had finally escaped from the Morning Mist Manor kept reaching for their plates, chatting excitedly with the people next to them while feasting.
Many of the food served at the dinner was very helpful for wizards to cultivate their spiritual powers. For example, the most popular ancorre sundae, not only tastes sweet and crispy to the bone, but also can permanently improve the mental power of the eater. Even if the effect of repeated use is very poor, even if the sweet one is about to lose teeth, many apprentices will gobble it into their stomachs, eager to add another stomach to themselves, specially used to digest sweets.
There is also the giant bread, because it can increase the immune effect against toxins after use, even if the taste is mediocre and extraordinarily stomach-occupying, it is also very sought-after among those apprentices.
After all, wizarding is a profession that often takes drugs, whether in cultivation, in combat, or in experiments. The greater the resistance to poison, the more potions you can take, so that you will be more advantageous than others, whether you are meditating or fighting.
Not only the junior apprentices who have just left the apprenticeship status, but also the institute's fellows and mentors are also enjoying it. It's just that in contrast, they enjoy more of the pleasures of the banquet and the food itself, rather than utilitarianly choosing those foods that have a lifting effect.
After all, for them, this is not the first time they have eaten these things. The Emerald Tower controls many secret realms, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas from all worlds have raised their mouths.
As Hanlot said, this banquet was not just for the new wizard apprentices, who were already full-fledged wizard researchers, and the wizard tower had prepared a separate dining area for them, next to the hall where the apprentices were eating.
And on their tables, there was food that the apprentices could not enjoy.
For example, Kodomon's eyeball fried rice.
It looks like a dark food, but it's very popular. Jiang Feng, who was holding the fork, hesitated for a long time, but finally gave up trying this hellish challenge, and chose a slightly less difficult food, as well as a small piece of dragon meat ribs that I don't know what kind of dragon it was, and put it on his plate.
Jiang Feng was very interested in how the chef of the Emerald Tower handled the ingredient of dragon meat, and planned to take this rare opportunity to study it.
The researcher's dinner, like the supervisor's dinner, is buffet-style, and after picking up the food you are interested in at the long table, you can go to the place you are interested in to eat, or even take it back to your dormitory.
The only thing that is forbidden is to put food in the spatial ring.
After all, measured by the value of the magic stone, the food on the long table is expensive enough to be counted in tens of thousands. If it weren't for this celebratory occasion, it wouldn't have been taken out like this and enjoyed for free by the wizards of the Wizard's Tower.
"Cheers to the future of the Emerald Tower!"
"Cheers!"
A crisp clinking of glasses sounded, and Jiang Feng, like the other wizards sitting at the round table, drank all the red wine in the goblet.
Except for Hanlot, all the faces sitting here are fresh. After taking the food from the long table, he took his plate and sat down with Hanlot. I thought I was just looking for a random place to eat, but now it seems that the people sitting here all know Hanlot.
Jiang Feng secretly observed it, and according to the analysis of spiritual power fluctuations, the strongest person sitting at this round table should have the strength of the peak of a three-star wizard. As for the weakest...... If you only talk about the strength of mental power, it is probably yourself.
Although one-star strength wizards are not uncommon among researchers, and can even be said to be the largest group, there is only one sitting at this round table.
In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he did not make any further observations, but found a topic and talked with Hanlot, the only one he knew,
"Speaking of which, what about our dean? The apprentices' dinner has already begun, why don't I see anyone else? ”
"Of course, the dean will not be there in person, he has been in retreat in the secret realm more than a hundred years ago, and he has begun to hit the bottleneck. For more than 100 years, he has been delivering orders through demons, and this is also the case on occasions like this one. See the stone statue right in front of the ballroom? That's one of the dean's demons," Hanlot pointed to the stone statue in front of the banquet hall downstairs, then patted Jiang Feng's shoulder, smiled heartily, and showed a mouth full of white teeth, "Let's not talk about that, I'll introduce you to a few interesting friends." ”
As he spoke, Hanlot looked at the tall and thin man next to him, and naturally introduced him to Jiang Feng.
"This is the one I told you about Tarita, a wizard from another world, a researcher in the Pharmacy Department."
"Hello, I heard that you have made a lot of limelight in the examination room." Tarita smiled.
In temperament, he felt a little similar to Mr. Roland Doyle, and if it weren't for the outlier like Hanlot, he would almost have thought that the whole pharmacy department behaved so politely.
"Where, it's just luck," Jiang Feng smiled modestly, "Lord Roland Doyle's topic happens to be my area of expertise. ”
"Luck alone can't make a Cagarrod cocktail, and it's the first time I've seen such a mesmerizing potion." Tarita laughed.
"If you're going to discuss academic matters, I suggest you might as well go to the lab now," said the sea-blue haired woman in a teasing tone, holding her wine glass, "and there's ready-made lab equipment." ”
Tarita smirked, as if she was not very good at dealing with the lady.
And Hanlot took over the topic at the right time, resolving the embarrassment of the topic interruption and keeping the atmosphere from being cold.
"This is Miss Haylis, a researcher in the Combat Section...... Of course, you can also call her the princess of the kingdom of Renault. ”
"Since you know that I'm from the combat department, are you so unscrupulous in kidding?" Haylis raised an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry, I'm just trying to show our new friend Mr. Jiang Feng that the last title won't work, next time you come to me to dispense medicine, I'll give you a twenty-percent discount," Hanlott coughed dryly, looked at Jiang Feng and squeezed his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Miss Haylis hates people calling her a princess, it reminds her of something bad...... So if you're going to pursue her, it's best to be careful. ”
"I'll take notice." Jiang Feng nodded.
Although she is a beauty.
But if you want to pursue it, you don't have to.
Immediately afterwards, Hanlot introduced a few more people to Jiang Feng, and Jiang Feng also took this opportunity to recognize all the people sitting at the round table.
At this point, he could see that the people sitting at this round table, except for himself, should belong to a small circle. And Hanlot is the person who plays the role of lubricant in this small circle.
Although his strength is not outstanding, it can be seen that he has a good relationship with everyone.
And this also changed Jiang Feng's previous impression of the wizard group, and it can be seen that not all wizards are unsociable types.
For example, people like Hanlot can easily rely on their social skills to gather a group of people who are stronger than themselves into a small circle, and they can be left and right in it.
It wasn't known what he was interested in, but it was clear that he was trying to draw himself into their circle.
Swapping names with several other wizards in front of the round table, Jiang Feng briefly chatted with these people in a tone that would not make people feel raw or overly enthusiastic.
Seeing that the atmosphere was unexpectedly harmonious, Hanlot decided to strike while the iron was hot and got to the point.
"That's right, it's not a secret, the people sitting at this round table are all members of the Brotherhood of Fire. As for what the Brotherhood of Hearthfire is, you can understand it as a mutual-aid organization. ”
"Why is it called the Brotherhood of the Hearth?" Jiang Feng asked.
“…… Probably because we often have parties in rooms with fireplaces? Tarita smiled and said, "Is that so?" Hanlot. ”
"Probably!" Hanlot smiled and looked at Jiang Feng with expectant eyes, "How is it?" Would you like to consider joining us? ”
Hearthfire Brotherhood?
"This is in line with ...... What are the rules of the Wizard's Tower? Jiang Feng asked.
"Looks like you've got a good gentleman who is law-abiding, Hanlot." With her chin resting on her crossed fingers, Haylis yawned and said in a languid tone.
"It's a good thing to be law-abiding, Helis, and I'm sure you don't want to be friends with a troublemaker." Hanlot said in a half-joking tone with a serious face, and then, he looked at Jiang Feng again, and said with a pleasant face, "Of course, this is in line with the rules, your concerns are completely unnecessary, there are many small groups in the Emerald Tower, we are just one of them, and the most peaceful one." ”
Clearing his throat, Hanlot once again changed his sincere tone and sent an invitation to Jiang Feng.
"One person's power is always small, especially in a place like the Emerald Tower, but if a group of like-minded people get together, the situation will be very different. We can make a career together, I don't know what you think? ”