36. Meeting a new order (5)
Zeke smiled bitterly.
And soon I fell in love with cooking.
Katran felt a strange feeling as she looked at his profile.
It felt like I was contemplating rather than cooking. Sometimes in joy or pain. I was deep in thought and spent what felt like an eternity.
Signi sighed softly.
“It looks like your brother is worried
. “When I see you standing in front of this old food stall again.”
“Do you think this place has some significance?”
“yes. “This food stall is like my brother’s starting point.”
Signi patted the table.
When Signi returned with a mischievous look on her back carrying the old stall that had been placed in the ruins of Joryx Castle, she sighed just like she did now.
“Worrying isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”
Lakhe opens his mouth.
“It’s worse not to worry about it.”
“What Lake said is correct. “But it’s a bit overwhelming to have concerns that haven’t been resolved for 10 years.”
“There is no need to conclude.”
“The promised day will be 10 years from now.”
“Because there may or may not be war.”
Jushak, who was drinking alone, pushed a glass full of alcohol in front of Katran.
“Do you drink alcohol?”
“I’ve had a drink or two with my parents.”
“It’s a good drink. Lake here is very knowledgeable about all kinds of food in the world. Alcohol also falls into that category.”
Lakhe averted his gaze with a shy expression.
“Enough with the compliments. “But I won’t teach you how to make alcohol.”
Katron, who was listening to the loud conversation, took a sip of his drink.
A sweet yet bitter liquid flowed down my throat.
My stomach felt warm.
Just then, Zeke’s first dish came to the table.
“As expected, start with light meat.”
Everyone burst into laughter at Zeke’s words.
“Mature wild boar meat was stir-fried in spicy oil. “The scent may be strong, but once you become addicted, it’s a taste that’s hard to forget.”
“The meat is always the best.”
Lakhe smiled and put the food on the plate in front of him.
I put another plate on behalf of Signy, who had difficulty moving because of the magic sword behind his back,
and pushed the large plate to the side.
Katran put her portion into a bowl and immediately put a piece of meat into her mouth.
The hot spicy flavor and almost spicy smell of meat filled my nostrils.
It was just as Zeke said. The scent was strong. But I never disliked the taste.
“Is it delicious?”
“yes yes. “Really.”
Zeke laughed at Katran’s answer.
“I’m glad it suits your taste.”
“No, it’s not that bad. It is very
delicious. “I think it tastes better than the food made by the family chef.”
Katran again put a piece of meat into her mouth along with vegetables such as green beans.
It seemed like there was some spice mixed in there. The explosion of indescribable scent felt like pleasure.
Jushak poured me another drink.
Kitran silently accepted his drink. I only had two drinks, but I was already starting to feel drunk.
The alcohol was strong, and the fatigue accumulated on my body was considerable.
With courage borrowed from his drunkenness, he opened his mouth.
“What on earth is Zeke?”
“Is it stagnant?”
“The Ender! How can the hero who defeated the Demon King… become corrupted? Are you really a witch? “What on earth is that demon sword on your back?” Katran picked up a piece of meat again and put it in her mouth.
“The person who can make such delicious dishes is a dark warrior. “People around the world are just as confused as I am.”
SIGNI rested his chin and slowly opened his mouth.
“You mean the story of a warrior corrupted by a witch?”
“I… I can’t think of you, Signy, as a witch. “How could someone so beautiful!”
“Roses are beautiful, but they have thorns.” Lake was shocked by Signi’s words.
“Why do humans hate roses?”
“It’s not that I don’t like it, quite the opposite. “Because I like it, many proverbs arose.”
“I like it, but you’re using it in a bad way? “Isn’t that strange?”
“I guess you’re jealous. “It’s so beautiful.”
Signi looked at Katrun again and spoke.
“I am a witch. “You corrupted my brother.”
“Don’t say that.”
Zeke smiled bitterly.
“This is all my choice. “You didn’t do anything.”
“I should have let go of his hand. But brother, I
have never regretted it until now. “I have never hated him for a moment, except when I had to let go of his hand for a moment.”
Katran felt confused by the confession with blushing cheeks.
Signi says she is a witch, and Zeke admits to being corrupted.
How should we judge the two? But one thing was clear.
I didn’t want to watch Acher’s mean methods.
“Vice Bishop Aker, who came with me, is plotting to poison me. “I’m trying to poison
SIGNI .”
It was a confession that took courage. But the reaction was truly unexpected.
“I know.”
Zeke continued calmly as he prepared the second dish.
“There is nothing here in Neuekahn that Mr. Lakke cannot see or hear. “Everything that happens in that barracks reaches her ears.”
Katrun looked at Lakhe with a surprised expression. I thought they were
using some sort of surveillance magic, but
it was actually because of the vines growing on the walls of the building.
They were connected to Lakhe like a neural network and delivered countless information.
“You know… you know? But why are you just watching?”
Zeke diluted the flour and poured it on a pan lightly coated with oil.
“People outside don’t know what kind of place it is here in Neuekan. “Can you understand the weight of what it means to survive here?”
Jushak smiled and accepted Zeke’s words.
“It means that there is no way that a novice archdeacon could succeed in the assassination. “We’re fighting something bigger.”
“You mean something bigger?”
” distortion.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“That’s literally it. distortion. This world is twisted. Neuekan is a place where those who despair over this gather. “We are creating our own utopia by relying on the superhuman powers of Lord Zeke and his colleagues.”
“This world is twisted. God sent His Holiness down as his representative to establish a kingdom filled with harmony and order. The warrior and the saint always win the war against the demon king under the protection of the Holy Hwangcheong. “Is there a more perfect world than this?”
“If that were the case, we would just be dark warriors and evil villains.”
The existence of the Black Warrior itself was a rift in order.
That was also why Katrun was confused.
“Mr. Jushak, leave it at that. “Cart
Run is suffering.”
Jushak shrugged his shoulders at SIGNI’s words and filled Katrun’s glass.
“It seems like I said something pointless. Mr. Cart Run, forget about this place. Since you are a pureblood, you should return to your family and continue the generations. “Do you have a wife?”
“Oh no. It looks like Holly Gum’s Zero Generation will be one of her nephews. A child with a high level of pure blood was also born. “I’m the youngest.”
“It seems that the Hollygham family tests purebloods as soon as they are born.”
“Oh yeah.”
“Do you realize what a privilege that is?”
Holly Gum tilted her head in response to Jushak’s question.
Zeke placed the finished dish on the table. Zeke said with a smile.
“No matter what, don’t treat it as such a privilege and distortion. “If you just talk about politics, people will ostracize you.”
“Isn’t that why you came here?”
Jushak seemed to have revolutionary blood.
Zeke said.
“It’s complete with stir-fried vegetables and pork wrapped in wheat pancakes.”
People’s chopsticks were moving around busily again.
Zeke smiled happily at that sight.
What would it have been like if you had become a chef instead of a warrior?
Could I have been with him as his cook by now?
next day.
Zeke received a visit from someone early in the morning.
It was a swordsman named Blue Deleuze, one of the ten chief knights.
“Lord Zeke!”
“Mr. Deleuze, are you back?”
“I found it!”
Zeke’s eyes widened at Deluse’s almost shouting words.
“The marks of a dwarf! Equipment made by short charcoal workers is circulating!”
“also! There is no way they were wiped out.”
“What would you like to do?”
“I will leave right now. “Please summon the
main enlisted men.”
“Yes!”
Out of the 10 main knights, 6 were currently staying in the castle.
When the order to gather was given at a time when breakfast had not yet been finished, everyone gathered at the city hall with surprised faces.
“I discovered the whereabouts of the short charcoal men I had been looking for for a long time. “I’m not sure if they are the Southern Root Knights, but God help us, if they are, they will definitely be of great help to us.”
At Zeke’s words, the main knights
looked at each other and nodded.
The fortress city of Neuekan has always felt a thirst for power.
Strong strength was the only means to survive.
Jushak asked.
“How do you plan to organize the expedition?”
“I’m thinking about going alone.”
“Alone?”
“I am the only one who has any connection with the charcoal workers. It doesn’t seem like it would be polite to send a substitute…
“If Lord Zeke is away,
a power vacuum in Noi Ekan will be inevitable. In that case, the smaller the size of the expedition, the better.”
Blue Deleuze said.
“Even so, wouldn’t it be dangerous? On the Jose Continent, Duke Zeke is called the Black Hero. “They were treated on the same level as the devil.”
“Wouldn’t it be okay if I wore a mask? “It just so happens that there are people who can help.”
Jusak clapped.
“Mr. Katran would be of great help. “If it’s a G-class family,
no one will be suspicious.”
“It’s been a while since I got to serve as another warrior’s servant.”
Zeke grinned.
The main knights all knew his past history.
When he was young, Zeke was a lowly person who did other people’s chores.
It was rare to have a job that I didn’t try, from washing dishes in a restaurant, working as a bell boy in a hotel, to working as a delivery man.
I did so much work like cleaning drains and sweeping chimneys that a full-time employee came to me and asked for advice.
Even when he stood out as a warrior, he was not in a prestigious position like a party leader.
If I were to be specific, I would say she is the face of both chores and cooking.
After that, Zeke continued talking about Neuekan’s defense system in his absence.
Still, since I was planning to leave behind powerful horses like Lake and Sadimus Nezar, I thought I would have no problem fending off quite a few enemies.
After the main knight’s meeting, Zeke
went to SIGNI first.
Signy was staying at the mayor’s residence not far from City Hall.
The current mayor’s official residence was far from the mansion of the past.
Instead of a nice garden, there was a vegetable garden. The people who walked around the interior, which was decorated with marble flooring and marble tiles, were not noble nobles but snobberies.
This home was a place for orphans and the disabled.
Due to the long battle, the castle
was overflowing with orphans and disabled people.
Among them, those who were too young, physically disabled, or old to be unable to support themselves were placed in separate workhouses.
