Chapter 5: Dinner and Family
"Father! Mother!" When Rhodes walked into the hall of the restaurant, he looked at the family waiting for him under the light of the magic lamp, and hurriedly greeted his father and mother in this life.
"Well, Rod, come and sit down!" Baron Ernst sat on the front seat of a large wooden table the size of a conference table, covered with a blue tablecloth, and after watching his proud eldest son walk in, he nodded in satisfaction and asked Rhodes to sit down quickly.
Whether as a father or a knight, Baron Ernst is very satisfied with his son's growth, after all, this magical world is not a peaceful world, as the first heir of a noble family, if you don't have an excellent cousin, you can't expect to be able to inherit the title and family at all. And Rod's hard work and progress on the knight's path show that his hard work and talent are quite outstanding!
Therefore, in the face of his eldest son, who was quite good and satisfactory, the baron, who had been quite dignified in front of his subordinates, was quite amiable to his son.
"Rhodes, sit down! There's your favorite food for dinner today," and on the other side, Rhodes's mother, Baroness Ernst, also looked at her son distressedly for a while, and then said softly to her eldest son.
At the big table, a pair of cute-looking little boys and girls of five or six years old also looked at Rhodes with a hint of adoration and fear in their eyes - these were Rhodes' twin brothers and sisters.
Baron Ernst didn't say much, and the Baroness was a beautiful young woman with long blond hair, and when compared with her husband, it was easy to think of the word Beauty and the Beast - of course Rhodes would not think so, after all, it was his own father and mother in his life.
Rhodes's younger siblings in this world, the little guy is a little different from Rhodes' situation.
The younger brother Anriel Ernst inherited the characteristics of his father, and although he was not as strong as the innate advantages and acquired efforts of a reborn person like Rod, he was much stronger than children of the same age.
The younger sister, Anne Ernst, inherited her mother's genes and looked as cute as a cute blonde doll.
However, for the two little ones who have just turned five, they are at most in the stage of cultural learning, and there are generally two to three years before the test of whether they can step into a combat career.
After listening to the words of his father and mother in this life, Rod answered and greeted his brother and sister with his eyes, and then sat down at the table opposite them.
After the family arrived, the dinner that had just been prepared was officially announced at the shout of the Mongol butler who had received the order.
One by one, the dishes and soups were brought up by the servants and placed neatly on the table. In addition to the main dishes, everyone has white bread in front of them, and there are other things that vary according to their tastes and preferences.
For example, Rhodes's father, Baron Ernst, had a jug of fruit wine in front of him, while the Baroness had a glass of juice in front of him, and the two little ones had two plates of fruit slices corresponding to their age.
As for Rhodes? Well, in front of him is a bowl of fragrant broth!
"Water rabbit broth?!" After seeing that the servant brought him not his usual meat steak but his favorite rabbit broth, Rod was a little surprised in his heart, but he was very happy.
The water hare is one of the characteristic species in this magical world, and it looks a bit like a hare in the real world.
However, compared to a hare, the water hare is the size of two adult fists, and belongs to a special kind of beast that inhabits rivers and lakes in this world.
Although this water rabbit is not a monster and can't do magic, it has a lot of reputation for its freshness and deliciousness, and the vigilance of this little thing is quite strong, even Rhodes himself can only taste it a few times a year.
After seeing the water rabbit broth in front of him, Rod couldn't help but look at his father and mother gratefully, this water rabbit broth is estimated to be difficult to put all of them directly in front of Rod except for the baron and the baroness, and the others didn't see it in front of them.
However, in addition to the juices, fruit wine, and fruits on everyone's side, the most basic food is the freshly baked white bread full of wheat aroma, and the steaming white bread has some nuts and a layer of vegetable oil on it, which is quite excellent in appearance and taste, and belongs to the staple food that only nobles and knights can often eat.
On the table, there is an appetizing light mushroom soup, a few spiced dishes such as bighorn antelope steak and grilled fish, and a plate of fruit and cheese for dessert for dinner.
In Rhodes' eyes, although these dishes were not as good as the level of the great foodie empire in his previous life, they were already at a high-end level in this magical world - at least compared to most commoners and freedmen who relied on black bread, vegetables, dried fish, and a small amount of meat to fill their bellies, this kind of meal could only be stored in their dreams or festivals.
After dinner began, five people, including Rhodes, talked while eating food in a relaxed atmosphere.
It should be said that the family banquet of the nobles in the magical world is not as strict as outsiders think, at least chatting and talking can be done like this, but it is not allowed to disturb other people's meals.
"Rod, how did it feel to train today?" Seeing her eldest son cut a piece of meat chop with a knife and fork and chewed it in his mouth, the baroness asked with a hint of distress in her eyes.
As the only daughter of a middle-class merchant who was originally a noble descendant, she married the Baroness who is now known as Louise Ernst, but she knew that in addition to the beauty of her wrinkles and her ability to control family affairs, the most important thing she relied on was her sons and daughters.
Rod Ernst, the eldest son, was unusually good, and the Baroness was of course unusually concerned.
"It's not good, I can't even leave a trace on the Knights of Ter now," Rode, who had just chewed and swallowed a small piece of meat steak, said in a somewhat frustrated tone after listening to his mother's words of concern.
Although Rhodes is still a few days away from being 12 years old, he is much stronger than the adults who barely got rid of the sub-health state in the earth world before he was reborn. It's a pity that even so, Rhodes has no power to fight back against the Ter Knight in the confrontation, and if it is a real battle, he will be knocked out by the other party at once!
"Haha, Rod, you've just stepped into the knight apprenticeship of the gray iron rank for less than two months, if you can do damage to that guy in Terr, then the official knight is too cheap!" Listening to his eldest son's words, Baron Ernst, who had just taken a sip of wine, couldn't help but smile and expressed goodwill persuasion to Rod's target.
The Ernst Grey Iron Rank refers to the common division of the continent through the era of the Orc Empire and the Elven Empire, and belongs to the most elementary stage in the magical world. In the most vivid words, it is still fighting with one's own body, and has not yet developed a hierarchy of supernatural powersβfor the melee class, of course.
As for the official knights? Well, it belongs to the red copper rank above the gray iron rank, and it belongs to the existence zΓ i who has awakened the corresponding fighting spirit of its own attributes!
According to the four divisions of the lower, middle, upper, and peak positions in each rank, Rhodes, who has just reached the lower rank of gray iron, is at least one large stage away from the Ter Knight. The difference in strength may be an exaggeration in terms of a world difference, but it is estimated that there is still a difference in strength by tens or hundreds of times -- note that it is a gap in strength, not simply a difference in strength or physical quality, which is tens or hundreds of times.
In this case, it is no wonder that Baron Ernst said this to his son, after all, as a practicing knight, he really knows too well how big the difference between the two is.
"Uh-huh" Knowing that his father was correct and was also good for himself, Rhodes did not refute it, and grabbed a piece of white bread and hesitated.
Of course, for Rhodes of the traverser, it has been twelve years since he was reborn in another world before he barely reached the rank of miscellaneous soldier, and it is really a shame for him to be compared to the predecessors who killed the gods at a few years in the magic novels, and Rod, who also belongs to the traverser and is still reborn, is really a shame for the traversers now
Full of resentment, Rod used the white bread in his mouth as a way to vent, chewed the white bread vigorously and swallowed it with the tender rabbit broth.
Baron Ernst saw what was going on with his son, and after a few words of explanation, he smiled at his wife, and then went on with his dinner. As for the two little ones? Well, a little kid of a few years old basically has no say when it comes to eating at the table.
However, when the dinner was over, Rhodes was called to the study by Baron Ernst for a while.
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At night, when Rod lay on the bed in his bedroom, he looked at the ceiling above his head with his eyes open, thinking about the important thing that his father had just said about his future.
"Courage to test," Rod muttered to himself, looking at the dressed wooden ceiling.
Just by looking at Rod's now tangled face, you can understand how tangled his mood is. And Rhodes himself understands this, but for Rhodes, who has known about the Courage Trial of the Five Countries of the Northland for more than ten years, his feelings are quite complicated.