my age of magic

Chapter 24
"Actually, we only prepare one piece for each person here. The smoked fish is gone!" The cook reluctantly showed the empty tray in her hand.

Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, I came out and said to everyone: "Only by tasting a little can you keep your memory, and I will look forward to the next dinner together. Please allow me to present the second pine nail fungus soup to you. Chicken soup made from a mushroom called pine nails that grows in autumn in the pine forests of the New Siakis Mountains is very nourishing.”

In fact, I took a chance here because the taste of the chicken soup itself is not too bad, and it is even more perfect with the mushrooms, and I asked the cook in advance to skim off all the fat, leaving only the clear broth.The delicious mushroom soup will wash away the taste left in the mouth by the first smoked fish.

Another small bowl for each person, with a few slices of pine mushrooms floating in the milky white broth, which makes people appetite.

There is no way, the ingredients in the camp itself are extremely limited. The soup can only use a pot of thick soup in the pheasant buns with wings and thighs cut off. The soup becomes plump, oily and lubricated after being sucked enough, and the faint aroma of chicken soup has been released.

The second course and the third course are served closely together, that is, when everyone at the table has just had time to taste the first mouthful of soup, just after tasting the deliciousness of the chicken soup, the two chefs have already taken turns serving the main dish. The dishes were presented in front of everyone, and there was a large white porcelain plate in front of each person, in which there were roasted chicken legs, spicy chicken wings, and fried antelope steaks in sequence.The whole restaurant is immediately filled with the unique smell of barbecue.

"Ahem!" Facing the noisy voice, I had no choice but to cough lightly, but it was obviously useless.

At this time, the seventh girl sitting on the main seat glanced at Singer, and Singer straightened his waist again and said calmly: "Girls, be quiet, I wonder if you are eating this exquisite and unique orc-style meal?" Before that, please listen to our chef's opinion."

Apparently the previous two courses had won everyone over for me and no one was talking weird.The main course is grilled spicy chicken wings, grilled secret chicken legs and black pepper magic chamois steak.In fact, there is nothing special about this barbecue dish. All it needs is a delicious sauce to elevate the dish to a higher level in no time.

But I am worried that some of these girls are afraid of spicy food, and Kurz is very afraid of spicy food. Although he also likes food, he needs to drink a lot of water. Seeing this guy eating spicy chicken wings is more like filling his belly.So I had to stand up and say: "The third dish is secret chicken drumsticks, spicy chicken wings, black pepper lamb chops, the ingredients are exclusively provided by the dance troupe Qiniang, but I have to remind everyone, if you can't eat spicy food, it's best not to eat it." Touch that chicken wing. There will be chestnut cookies for everyone at the end. Well, I wish you all a pleasant dinner."

I turned around and nodded to Singer, and Singer also secretly gave me a thumbs-up. Seeing that I was nothing, I turned and walked towards the stairs, stepping on the soft velvet carpet, and gently brushing the copper on the stairs with my hand. He ran down the high-quality carved guardrail at a brisk pace.When I returned to the kitchen, I happened to see Kurtz and Fred grilling mutton kebabs over an unextinguished charcoal fire. Take a bite in a bunch.

"Those girls...how are the women eating?" Fred opened his mouth, but thought that he was still in the private kitchen of the dance troupe camp, so he held back his words.

Kuz chewed the mutton and said vaguely: "What can I do, I must like it very much. Look at the burning expression on Jia's face..."

I have a headache. The little orcs didn't swear at first, but now they have learned to behave in a good way.

——Beautiful dividing line——

With the moonlight at night, the grassland becomes extraordinarily quiet. There are a few wisps of smoky clouds floating in the clear night sky, and there is a breeze blowing, which makes people feel refreshed.

The moonlight was reflected in the Xinghu Lake in the distance, and it wasn't the dull roar of Thunder Rhinoceros coming from it.Kurz and I sat back to back on the mound, leaning on each other's shoulders and counting the stars boringly.Uncle Fred lay on the side with his legs crossed, humming a little tune happily.

After humming the song, he turned over with You Weijie, lay on his side with his head supported by his hands, and said to Kuz and me: "You two boys are really good at cooking these dishes. It's rare for Miss Seven to be praised, so this time it's my acknowledgment of your love."

I made fun of Kuz and said, "Az, you haven't even touched the title of Hunter King, but you may be the number one chef of the orc clan. Haha"

Kuz, on the other hand, was rarely serious. He didn't accompany me with a silly smile, but just looked at the sky and sighed, "Jia, you actually look really good in human clothes!"

I was a little speechless, and I knew Kurz was lamenting our upcoming separation.I can only change the subject and say, "Tomorrow remember to bring those guinea pig skins to Singer, she promised to help me make a sleeping bag."

"Uncle, are you going to marry Singer?" I don't know why this sentence popped out of my mouth, maybe it's because I'm lonely?Maybe because of the way Singer touched me when he shined my shoes?Anyway, I just wanted to ask.But I always feel that Uncle Fred and Singer do not match, the two people's original life circles are like two worlds.

Uncle Fred was silent for a while before he said with certainty: "Yes!"

I then asked, "Then what about your wife at home?"

"What should I do? Do whatever you want." Uncle Fred pulled out a sweet grass root and chewed it in his mouth.

"Uncle, what is the human world like?" Thinking that I will live alone in a few months, I have an urge to go to the bathroom.Is this the fear in my heart?
My question obviously aroused Uncle Fred's interest. He sat upright beside him, scratched his head and thought for a long time before saying, "Haha, you finally have the mood to understand our world. I thought you were going to mess around with an orc kid." It's over. Let me see how to tell you, this topic is a bit big."

"The city where I live is usually called Sloit City by outsiders, only we call it Sloit Province..."

I was shocked by what Uncle Fred said about Sloit City.

It is located at the confluence of the Benma River and the Baixiang River. The swift and turbulent Benma River flows from northwest to southeast, rushing down from the Pai Plateau, until it turns north to the north of Sloit City and flows into the sea.In the south of Sloit City, the meandering White Elephant River runs from south to north until Sloit City meets the Benma River and slowly flows into the sea.

Summer in Sloitt is short, so people cherish it.Because in summer, men from many families will organize together, board the big boat, and sail down the Baixiang River into the sea to fish. When every cabin is filled with salted fish, it is time to return.Some people say that summer is the harvest season in Sloitt.

So how big is it?As far as the central city alone is concerned, it is 35 kilometers long from east to west and 50 kilometers long from north to south in the shape of a cashew nut. The entire city is built on the north bank of the Benma River and straddles the Baixiang River.It is divided into sixteen large districts, each with a population of about [-].

Every block in the city will be very independent, whether it is a school, a hospital, a commercial street or a pub, it will be very complete.It is also very simple to go to other blocks. You can take those carriages with fixed routes. The starting price is five copper coins, and at most it will not exceed ten copper coins.

The most famous Sloit Ivory Tower School of Magic in Sloit City is built on the north side of the central square in the fifth block of the city. There is a gorgeous marble building in the central square.

This marble building is 30 meters high, and its overall shape is like a crescent moon across the north side of the city square.

There are five statues standing on the stone steps in front of the marble building. They are the greatest magicians in the history of the Sloit Ivory Tower Magic Academy. If they are counted from left to right, they are Xiatun Aili, Qiu Guolie, and Pa Lu Buyi, Ke Mole, Rong Yu.

These five are all legendary mages who have made great contributions to the advancement of human magic. They are also the pride of Sloit City for hundreds of years. They also established the highest school of magic in the northern part of the Grimm Empire.

The largest block is the No.13 block on the northeast corner of the city.It is also often called the Beidaying block, which is the headquarters of the North Wind Corps. This is the most populous block, with more than 100 million people, of which 30 are permanent troops, and the other 70 are mostly military members and demobilized soldiers. , they are very united, but at the same time very exclusive, belonging to one of the most inhospitable neighborhoods in Sloit City.

Uncle Fred's home is in the No.11 block, where there is a leather craftsman's guild, so many leather craftsmen have gathered there.

Most of the shops facing the street are also related to leather.Uncle Fred recently worked as an apprentice in Pudilan Leatherworks, known as one of the three major leatherworks in the city, for six years, as a junior leatherworker for three years, and later as an intermediate leatherworker. , got involved in the private disputes of the local nobles, and offended the second noble family of Sloit City, known as the youngest great magician Kai Ito in Sloit City. (A plot character, appearing at the beginning of Volume 2)
If the owner of Pudilan Workshop hadn't spent a lot of money to ask the Director of Intelligence, Huo Doumu, to intercede, maybe Uncle Fred would have confessed.

Even so, Uncle Fred was expelled from Sloit City, and has been wandering in the caravan all these years.

Every time the caravan passed through Sloit City, Uncle Fred would take this opportunity to meet his family, and it has been almost four years since he came out this time.

I asked Uncle Fred, "Are you going to keep wandering with the caravan like this?"

Uncle Fred smiled helplessly and said: "How is it possible, my child is getting older, and I can't let my wife cook leather for others in the workshop all the time. It's not only tiring, but also doesn't have much money to take. This The next time I go back, I want to move my whole family to the imperial capital. I have collected some money, which should be enough to buy a commoner status in the imperial capital. A commoner like me can live the same wherever he goes.”

"Is that nobleman very powerful?"

"His father is an earl. A nobleman with his own family fief." Uncle Fred said calmly.

It can be seen that even if Uncle Fred still has resentment and unwillingness in his heart, it has almost worn away after so many years.Later, Uncle Fred talked about the hierarchy of the Green Empire: Emperor, Prince, Duke, Duke, Bo, Zi, Male, Knight, Commoner, Untouchable, Vagrant, and Slave.

Barons and above are considered nobles.

Knights can only be regarded as civil servants.

Civilians are those who are able to pay taxes of more than 5 silver coins per year, and who have legal status and are protected by law.

Although untouchables also have legal status, they belong to those prisoners, thieves, street girls, and beggars whose legal status is stained and stamped with a big red stamp.

But they will still pay taxes, they will still be protected by the law, and they will still have their own identity.

And the vagrants further down are people who have never paid taxes, have no official status, and will not be protected by the law, okay!It's me who has no identity.

And the last category is slaves. There are no slaves in the business group, because people in the business group cannot afford to sell slaves. Uncle Fred said that there are slaves in the dance company.

(End of this chapter)