Chapter 16: One Thousand and One Nights

Soon after, the bread was also baked.

Compared to the scary fish soup, the appearance of the bread is obviously much more normal.

According to Lillian, the bread is made from a plant called "dome wheat", which was originally called "dandelion wheat".

Wild dandelion wheat grows in the sky and drifts around with the air currents. Later, a witch discovered that the seeds of dandelion wheat were not only usable, but also delicious and could replenish a small amount of magical power, so she collected them and cultivated them artificially.

Later, under the improvement of various magic, dandelion wheat became today's dome wheat, they no longer flutter in the wind, but fixed on the dome of the city, the seeds of dome wheat are not only fuller than dandelion wheat, but also have a high yield, and now it has become one of the staple foods of witches.

When the weather is fine, as long as you look up, you can see that in some parts of the dome, there are small white squares, which are the wheat fields of the dome wheat.

On a summer night, tear off a small piece of the dome wheat bread that is crispy and golden on the outside and soft on the inside, put it in a bowl, let it dip it in the fragrant fish broth, and throw it into the "mouth".

Chew Chew Chew ......

Unlike the wheat bread of the pre-world that traveled through the world, the bread made from the dome wheat has a faint bitter taste. But this bitter taste is not unpleasant at all, but like coffee, it is bitter and fragrant, and after eating a few pieces, it will bring a refreshing feeling.

According to Lillian, this is because the Dome Wheat has a higher amount of magic than any other food, and when its magic is released in the body, the witch will feel the pleasure of replenishing the magic power.

"Greasy and greasy...... Mud provoking Chu Ha card cloth poke ......"

It's only when you eat the food that you realize that you're really hungry. The summer night of feasting disregards table manners, and while stuffing the "mouth" with bread and thick soup, he vaguely praises.

"Hehe, it's good if Sister Xia Ye likes it." Seeing that Xia Ye ate so energetically, Lilian was also very happy, "Although I am quite confident in my cooking skills, but when it is really time for you to taste, I am actually quite nervous." ”

"Why?" Summer Night swallowed another bite of bread and asked.

"Because Sister Summer Night is a traveling witch! You must have been to many cities and tasted a variety of different cuisines, right? Even if the memory is lost, the feeling brought by those delicious foods must still be remembered in the body. Maybe what I thought was a delicious specialty was just ordinary compared to the ones you've eaten in the past? ”

"Hmmm......"

Summer Night has indeed eaten a lot of food in the past, but not in this world, but in the world before the crossing, because of work, she often needs to fly to various places, and at the busiest times, she can't even go home for months on end.

"I've been to a lot of places and tasted the food of those places." Summer Night said as she slowly stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon.

"There are places where the food is really delicious and it's unique...... However, even so, they did not make me feel more delicious than this bowl of fish soup. So, Lillian, you're really good at cooking—that's an affirmation from a traveling witch. ”

"Is this—Is that so...... Sister Xia Ye's high evaluation, I'm a little embarrassed. Although Lillian said this, the expression on her face did not show any embarrassment at all, but it was like writing, "Come and praise me more!" "A few big words are the same.

"Ah, yes." The girl clapped her palms again and said with a smile: "Since Sister Xia Ye likes to eat my cooking so much, then I will cook it for you every day from now on!" In addition......"

Summer Night didn't wait for her to say the next word "Other", then interrupted: "Okay, maybe I will be completely inseparable from your cooking in the future, and at that time, even if the deal between me and you is completed, I will be reluctant to eat you." ”

"Huh......?"

The girl's smile froze suddenly, "So that'...... Does it still count? ”

"Of course it counts, I promise not to hurt you until I fulfill your wish, but after the wish is fulfilled, what to do with you depends on the mood of this witch......"

Summer Night's gaze locked on the girl, slowly moving as if there was substance, "But you don't have to be too nervous, have you ever heard a story called 'One Thousand and One Nights'?" ”

Lillian shook her head.

"Well—that's a story I once heard in another city. The story goes that once upon a time there was a king ......"

"What is 'the king'?" Lillian couldn't help but ask.

"It's the ruler of a place, similar to a city lord."

"Oh......"

Seeing Lilian nodding obediently, Summer Night continued: "That king was betrayed by the queen, and after the queen was executed, he was still angry with others. He announced to the nation that he would choose a woman to be his queen—that is, his wife. On the first day, of course, many women went to the army, and the king, having chosen one of them, took her in marriage during the day, and put her to death the next morning. Then he announced that he needed to marry a new ......"

"That...... What is Wife? Lillian asked another question.

"Uh......"

Summer Night suddenly remembered that witches were oviparous creatures that reproduced asexually, and as such, they had no concept of "mate" at all.

"That's a custom unique to that place...... "Summer Nights began to add a setting to One Thousand and One Nights," "and the custom says that when everyone grows up to a certain age, they must find a companion they like, well, but they may not like it...... In short, you must find someone to live with you day and night. That person is called a 'wife'. ”

"Oh......" Lillian nodded as if she didn't understand.

"Ahem, keep the story. After taking a second wife, the king put her to death on the morning of the third day...... After repeating this for a while, no one in the whole country dared to apply for the draft. Although it is said that becoming a queen means countless glory and wealth, even if it is a lot of wealth, it must be a life flower. Seeing that no one dared to come again, the king announced that from the next day if the woman he had chosen did not come to his palace of his own free will, he would have the guards arrest her and put her to death immediately. And so, every morning there would still be a woman who, whether she agreed to be his wife or not, would be put to death by him......"

"Wow! This king is cruel, he's a big badass, isn't he? Lilian couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right." "But he's a king, and he's so powerful," replied, "that even if he did, no one else would be able to resist." ”

"While the whole country was in fear, the Prime Minister's daughter, a woman named Sanruzod, stepped forward—the Prime Minister was the one who assisted the King. She volunteered to go to the palace and offered to be the king's wife.

Of course the king was pleased, and immediately married her. Unlike the other women, that night Sanruzod told the king a very fascinating story, and when the story was at its best, when it was just dawn, Sanruzod asked, 'Do you want to continue listening to the story tonight, or will you put me to death now?' Naturally, the king was reluctant to kill her, so he spared her for not dying that day, and let her continue to tell stories in the evening.

The next night Sanruzod continued the story until the next morning, when it came to the best of the day. The king had no choice but to forgive her for not dying...... In this way, her story was told for a thousand and one nights, and the king was finally moved and promised not to kill her again in the future, and the two grew old together. ”

"That's the story." Summer Night said to Lilian.

"Ah...... So, this story actually has a good ending. Lillian looked at Summer Night with some surprise.

"That's right."

"But the king was so bad that I thought he would be killed in the end......"

"Well, it's true that many people think that king is very bad, and there are many people who think that Sanruzod is smart and kind, why did he marry such a bad king and be his wife......"

"Uh-huh!" Lillian nodded her head in agreement.

"Still, I like to see the story from a different perspective." Summer Night said while playing with the trash fish in the bowl with a soup spoon.