Alien Knights

　　 The last ray of sunlight outside the window disappeared on the western horizon.

In the huge village, the dining room used for banquets is a huge double-slope wooden house in the middle of the village.

　　The decorations and collocations inside are strange and extensive, such as aboriginal totems from the Medieval period, the long crown stone platform from the Tyrol period, and the "cold candle clock" that has recently become popular in the southern countries.

Rachel was half-lying on a recliner made of wood and soft wool, frowning and looking at the house. These items, which were completely unmatched in style, asked the young peasant woman behind him: ""The village chief" and the guests. , Are you still chatting?"

　　 The maid who was questioned, knew that the other party was her identity that she must never neglect, and quickly replied with a respectful bend: "The master and his guests have been in the big house and haven't come out yet."

The woman in a light green long dress clenched her fist and slammed her against the wooden table in front of the recliner. The waves on her chest trembled and trembled like ocean waves with the large movements. Don’t you plan to eat yet?!"

　　 "Uh...sorry, what did you just say?" The peasant woman who came back to her senses retracted her gaze from Rachel's chest, completely forgot about the other party's question, and had to ask for confirmation again.

　　 "Eat, eat! When can I eat?!"

The maid hardly focused her attention on the face of the questioner, and carefully replied: "The chefs have prepared the dishes, I believe the host will come soon..." Watching Rachel turned her face away. After returning home, the young peasant woman drove no one's attention, secretly opened the lapels of her chest, glanced inwardly, and then let out an annoyed sigh.

"What you mean is that these symbols and calculations are not the codes and codes of the alchemists, but they are called..." A loud voice sounded outside the room, and Rachel raised his head from the wooden table, looking like a The little beast who only heard the command "open meal".

　　 "Chemical equation." Todd walked in first. He pushed open the wooden door of the big house, then reached out his hand to block the wooden board, and led Theodore behind him into the room.

　　 The old man didn't seem to care about these red tapes, but when the green-clothed woman saw this move, her eyes rolled, her expression was slightly surprised.

　　 Todd turned his head and saw the curvy "another guest" who was half-lying on a recliner, wearing only a tight-fitting long dress, and quickly looked away, and looked at the president of the relief club unexpectedly.

The latter looked at the person at the table, stroked his beard in distress, thinking about the introduction, and said in a deep voice: "I'm here to introduce, this is Rachel. She is one of my... acquaintances... "

　　 tilted his eyes as far as possible not to look at the other person's body. After Todd nodded to the woman, he looked at the strange dining table and recliner in front of him with a headache.

　　 The dinner table is square, surrounded by three deck chairs with cushions and covers, the edge of which is just higher than the table.

　　 Todd watched Theodore take off his shoes and lay down in the recliner on the left, while the recliner on the right was already occupied by Rachel, leaving him with only one chair facing the front door.

　　 You want to lie down for dinner?

　　 What kind of rules are this? Anyway, wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to lie down and eat?

　　 In line with the idea of ​​going to the countryside, Todd also took off his shoes and carefully lay down in the chair above. His head was facing Theodore. But he really couldn't do it to face the woman who hadn't washed his feet for several days. He simply retracted his legs and feet into his arms and assumed a "curled up" posture on the recliner.

　　 Looking at the strange appearance of the person in front of him, Richelton understood what the other person was thinking. She was so happy that she lay down, covering her mouth with one hand, and laughing out loud when she patted the table with the other.

　　 Theodore glared at the woman opposite, clapped his hands, and motioned to the maids to start the dinner.

The first is a small wooden cup with a narrow bottom and a wide top, which is placed in front of everyone. The maids poured the freshly brewed red wine into the cup. Theodore picked up the wooden cup and raised it into the air, saying, " The first cup is dedicated to the three gods of the sky, war and order!"

　　 After speaking, he drank it all.

　　 Seeing the woman opposite, saying the same thing, drinking the wine in the glass, Todd did the same.

　　 The old man quickly raised the second cup and said: "The second cup is dedicated to Taylor's glory!"

　　 Everyone did it.

　　 "The third cup dedicated to the savior-Sutherland!"

　　 Listening to the content and sequence of the first three sentences, Todd had a vague understanding.

　　 After drinking three glasses of wine, Theodore put the glass to his side and clapped his hands again to signal the next step of the dinner.

　　 The maids brought all kinds of tableware and spread them on the table. There are knives, toothpicks, and various types of spoons, including long-handled spoons, pointed spoons, and scoops that can be used to eat eggs or shellfish.

　　 The sumptuous dinner dishes were brought up one after another, including pre-dinner snacks, two main courses, a barbecue and desserts. The tapas is a salad made of lettuce and onions, with eggs, raw fish, olives and cheese. The main course is fresh meat and vegetable soup, bay hare pot, barbecue is grilled mackerel, and dessert is some fruits such as pomegranate, citrus, plum, blueberry and mulberry.

During the process of pushing the cup on the table and changing the cup, Todd found something strange. It was different from the first three cups of memorial wine. The red wine after that was obviously mixed with honey and spring water, and the alcohol level dropped to an almost negligible level. It is naturally more convenient to drink.

In order to consider the mood of the host and guest on the left and right, Todd discussed with Theodore some phenomena and reactions in the field of microbiology and chemistry; while chatting with Rachel, he remembered some customs and customs in the Middle Ages. Tourist food. He found that the women lacked interest in other topics. They only talked about food and drink. They were the most interested, and they simply fell in love with them, and began to introduce some local snacks and local famous dishes that they had watched on TV in the past life. A table of people chatting naturally is full of smiles, and the host and the host enjoy themselves.

　　 Halfway through the meal, the throat bone pushed in and gave Toddby a "Everything is okay" gesture. The latter was determined that this was Todd asking the former to help check Karin's situation before the dinner. In this way, the girl is fine.

　　 At the dinner, Theodore was chatting, and suddenly talked about the sage Sutherland. His words praised his achievements, and one of the words caught Todd's attention.

　　『…According to Tyro's records, when he was young, Sutherland used to build a hut in the active crater of Albano in order to conduct alchemy experiments and lived there for eight years. This spirit of dedication for the truth is really amazing! 』

　　 Hearing this, Todd's wine glass was hanging in the air, and there was a sudden roar in his head, like the sky after rain, the dark clouds dispersed and the sun was shining.

　　 "Mr. Chairman..."

　　 "Call me Theodore!" The old man squinted at the person next to him.

"Well, Theodore. I have always wanted to know about the great achievements of the sage Sutherland, but you also know that within the sphere of influence of the church, these books and articles are strictly controlled. So, can you please you…?"

The president of the "Relief Society" flushed with alcohol, and waved his hand: "No problem, as a member of the alien species, how can you not know Sutherland's life?! Give "Sutherland History" to Toto De take a copy!"

　　 Looking at Todd's inadvertent excitement after getting the book, the woman in green sipped a sip of wine and smiled slightly. The corner of the former's eyes caught a glimpse of her expression and was startled. He quickly put down the book in his hand and quickly changed the subject: "Miss Rachel, I think you only ate the tapas. edible."

　　 Theodore heard this and looked at the dining table in front of the woman. Indeed, the salad was all eaten, but the meat pot, grilled fish and vegetable soup were basically unchanged. The old man turned around and took a look, and the servants were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground like sifting chaff.

The woman used a small spoon to dial the dishes in front of her, and said absently: "It's not their fault, it's just ordinary food. I can't eat it. If you have alchemy in your mouth, you can make these hard-to-swallow foods better." Just eat some..."

　　 The old man's eyes rounded, and he wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start.

　　Looking at Theodore’s darker face and the horrified and desperate eyes of the people, Todd smiled and said, "Miss Rachel, it’s not difficult."

Um?

　　 Everyone in the room looked at the speaker, and everyone's face had an expression of disbelief.

　　Rachel raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Just a word in advance, I don't want to eat sulfur and mercury water!"

　　 "Don't worry, it's absolutely safe to eat." Todd said as he asked for paper and pen from the maid behind him.

　　 Theodore and Rachel got up from the recliner, their throat bones also moved their heads from the side, UU reading www.uukanshu. The three of com looked at Todd at the dining table, writing the necessary utensils and materials, and the more they looked at them, the more they were frightened.

　　 "These things are really alchemy materials?" The woman looked at the old man and asked suspiciously. The old man nodded, then shook his head: "I know some things, and some I don't know."

　　 It's a matter of life and wealth. The servants quickly prepared what they needed, and Todd also started a gastronomic experiment in alchemy.

First, evenly put the wheat bran into the beaker, open a bottle of reagent labeled "hydrochloric acid" in Latin, dilute the liquid concentration inside to about 34%, then pour the dilute hydrochloric acid into the beaker, pressurize Speed ​​up the hydrolysis.

　　 Next, it is peeled and decomposed in a beaker, a black hydrolysate, which is decolorized and decontaminated with the blood charcoal part of animal bones (activated carbon).

　　 Come again, it is to take the obtained liquid object, carry out high-temperature vacuum (deoxygenation) concentration, and obtain a white crystal (glutamic acid).

　　 Finally, the white crystals are reacted with sodium hydroxide, concentrated for a second time, and then dried under a small fire to obtain a translucent granular crystal (sodium glutamate).

　　 The experiment lasted for almost two full hours, but Theodore and Rachel were not at all boring. The former was because of alchemy and the latter was because of eating.

　　 Todd motioned to the cooks to add the final translucent crystal particles to the soup and meat pot, brush them with the grilled fish, and reprocess them.

The dishes on the table were served again. Within twenty minutes, there was no drip of soup and no meat left. Theodore's eyes straightened, but Rachel swept away all the remaining food alone. And empty. Todd found out that this woman was an out-and-out big stomach king.

　　 When the two of them finished their meal and asked Todd what it was, the latter blurted out: "MSG."