Chapter 17: The Cold War at the Dinner Table
The Mermaid King smiled and said, "It's not too late, it's just the right time, and Aterina and Condell have just arrived." ”
Italina couldn't help but scoff, and muttered softly: "The distinguished guest you value the most, of course, is just right at all times." ”
Although she lowered her voice very low, how could anyone present have the strength to take her words into their ears, Long Zhongyang's face was slightly hot, and the mermaid king glared at Italina with a frown.
Italina was still reconciling the relationship between Condell and Long Zhongyang before to avoid a conflict between the two, but this did not mean that she did not dare to offend Long Zhongyang, he had just helped the mermaid clan kill a strong enemy, but his unstoppable recklessness really made it difficult for her to have a good impression, besides, she firmly believed that even without foreign aid, she could still defeat the opponent with the strength of the mermaid clan, and the true essence of the mermaid clan was not used at all.
The anger in Long Zhongyang's heart was about to burn and stop, he saw that the Mermaid King had already given Italina a warning, although he was arrogant, but he was unwilling to really offend the Mermaid King, at least not before he became the Dragon Emperor, the Mermaid King's strength may be slightly inferior to him, but he represents the entire Mermaid Clan, one of the five subsidiary races of the Dragon Clan!
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince, Etrina is still young, and her words are unscrupulous!" said the Mermaid King apologetically.
"Oh, it's okay, I'm actually underage!" Long Zhongyang said.
"What...... What ......" Long Zhongyang said lightly, but the mermaid king listened to the turbulence. The dragon clan is very powerful, as long as it is one hundred and eighty years old, it is a ninth-order cultivation, but in history, there has never been a dragon clan that has reached a ninth-order cultivation before it is a minor!
The Dragons have an unwritten rule that no coming-of-age ceremony will be held for the Dragons as adults, even for the most loyal subordinate races, in order to prevent the outside world from knowing how many adult dragons the Dragons have. At the same time, there is also a clear stipulation that all the coming-of-age ceremonies of the core members of the subordinate races must be notified to the dragon clan and an envoy must be appointed to participate.
"Alright, we're all here, let's have a meal!" said the Mermaid King in a loud voice.
The most interested in this sumptuous dinner party is naturally none other than Condell, because most of the food here is unknown to him, and it is no wonder that this is the deep sea, before coming here, the deep sea is a very mysterious existence in his heart, and everything here is naturally very different from the mainland.
Leaving aside the food for the time being, the decoration of this table alone is the only one he has ever seen in his life, even the table that once stood in the palace of the Barrow Empire cannot be compared.
At the center of the dining table is a colorful six-pointed star pattern, inlaid with colorful pearls, inlaid with gemstones of different shapes, scratching the head, and a group of mermaids are embossed on the surrounding blue walls.
Then move his attention back to the dishes, most of them are fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish, there are also a small amount of aquatic algae, among the aquatic animals he still knows a few, all of them are some seafood that is rare on the mainland, as for aquatic plants, he only knows the blue spirit algae. Whether he knows or doesn't know, without exception, they are extremely delicate.
The mermaid king was the first to pick up the dish in front of him, and then everyone was ready to move the chopsticks, Condell was suddenly embarrassed, the reason is very simple, he can't use the chopsticks in front of him, aren't the chopsticks a product of the Huasheng Continent, why do you use the same tools as the Huasheng Continent when eating in this deep sea palace?
Seeing that he was reluctant to move his chopsticks, Eterina thought that he was more restrained in an unfamiliar environment for the first time, so she picked up a piece of fatty and thornless fish and put it on his plate, and smiled faintly at him.
Condell did the same, trying to open and close the chopsticks with his fingers, and on his first attempt, he dropped the freshly picked fish back onto the plate.
At this moment, all eyes are focused on him, to be precise, on the hand that is clumsily holding chopsticks, the mermaid king laughed kindly, but Long Zhongyang is a trace of ridicule flashed from the corner of his eyes, the leader of the Shenyin white-sided dolphin Bai Ying is still that habitual smile, not a beautiful face but gives people a sense of looking forward to life in a gesture, and the most honest smile is Iterina's cousin, the mermaid son Igabela, vividly showing the character of a good old man who does not offend anyone and no one is too good.
Condell was slightly embarrassed, and the second time he didn't try to clip it again, but put a pair of chopsticks together and carefully "picked" the piece of fish into his mouth, finally avoiding another embarrassment.
As soon as the fish meat was in his mouth, it suddenly slid into his mouth like a fresh stream, giving him a strange contradictory feeling that he couldn't wait to swallow and was reluctant to let it leave his mouth.
With the perseverance of his heart, he couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart: "Good taste!" Although he is not a gourmand and has no unique taste for food, he often says that "it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books" This sentence is also used in the taste of food is the same reason, food is divided into regions, one side of the water and local products and one side of the special food, he has followed the mercenary group since he was a child, and the things he has eaten may not be very high-end, but they are the most original, and then on the mainland, whether it is a famous coastal city, or a large river basin, none of the aquatic foods eaten can be compared with this, you must know that this is still in the mermaid clan in terms of seasonings and cooking equipment is far less abundant than the human world.
Long Zhongyang pursed his lips and said contemptuously: "Ignorant human beings are rare and strange. ”
Condell took the case and glared at Long Zhongyang angrily, he has never been a good-tempered person, before he treated him politely, but in exchange for the other party's disdain, he tolerated it once, but in exchange for the other party's inch, it was bearable, which was unbearable, uncle could bear it, aunt couldn't bear it.
Itrina couldn't sit still, stood up and said solemnly: "Condell, calm down, this is the mermaid clan." ”
Of course, Condell knew that he was here as a friend of Etrina, and the conflict with the dragon clan here was undoubtedly very disadvantageous to Italina and the entire mermaid clan, which was also the most fundamental reason why he did not have the same knowledge as Long Zhongyang for the first time.
If it were somewhere else, no matter how strong his opponent was, he would not hesitate to challenge and defend his dignity, and even if the moth was burned by the flames, he would weaken its fire for a moment, and he would smash it all over his body with eggs.
He is a knight, a knight who values his dignity more than his life!