After dinner, Anna walked into the kitchen with a large bag of bird's beak mushrooms.
These white mushrooms were all picked by Maisie from the Hidden Forest. Unlike ordinary mushrooms, bird's snout mushrooms usually grow on the tops of huge trees. They survive by sucking the nutrients of trees, and they are also a favorite food for some birds. Although its taste is extremely delicious, and the thick umbrella handle is as delicate as tender meat, due to its high growth position, it is difficult to detect it when standing below.
And her mother always picks up some more or less on her birthday and makes two mushroom dishes to celebrate her birthday. Compared with moldy grits and bland oatmeal, the unique taste makes She is unforgettable. Although she no longer has to worry about not being full now, and she has a lot more food every day, she still wants to make these two delicious dishes that can only be tasted in the western town, and share it with people who have been busy every day recently. His Royal Highness Roland in the evening.
The stove in the kitchen had gone out, but it was not difficult for Anna. She threw the wood into the stove and called out a black fire, and soon the fire in the hearth was burning vigorously.
At this moment, Nightingale suddenly came out from the wall, "Hey, what are you doing?"
"I want to make some food for His Highness. He has been sleeping late recently. How about you?"
"Ahaha," she stroked the back of her head, "I just wanted to find some snacks to eat... I'm a little hungry." After a pause, she came over curiously, "What are you going to do?"
"Well... Honey-roasted mushrooms and mushroom soup." Anna opened the package, revealing the bird's snout mushrooms inside. "They are all unique foods in Border Town. Would you like to try them?"
Nightingale nodded and quickly replied, "Can you teach me how to do it... I want to learn to do this too."
"Okay," Anna laughed, "it's easy."
After slicing the mushrooms, she grabbed a lot of them and gave them to Nightingale. "First spread a layer of butter on both sides of the mushrooms, then put them on the fire and bake them carefully until both sides are golden brown. Be careful not to bake them for too long, or they will be charred."
"Well," Nightingale took the bird's kiss mushroom slice and smeared grease on both sides, following Anna's example, "His Royal Highness has been working late lately?"
"Yeah, in order to resettle the refugees and draw some new machinery drawings, he doesn't sleep until midnight almost every day. Several times when I pass by the office, I can still see light shining through the crack of the door." Anna nodded. " You have been away for almost half a month, and you miss His Highness very much, right?"
Nightingale shook her hand slightly, and the mushrooms fell into the butter, "Uh... it's actually okay..."
"It's not just you, Lightning, Lily, Echo, and Wendy miss your Highness very much. They said that there is no place to take a bath, and they wanted to come back for a long time." Anna suddenly felt that the other party's expression was a little strange, "Hey, why? already?"
"No," she shook her head, picked up the mushroom, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "So that's how it is, indeed... I really miss it."
"That's right," Anna directly squeezed the oiled mushrooms with her hands and probed into the fire, "If I leave His Highness for more than half a month, no, maybe in a few days, I can't wait to see him again. "
Meeting Roland Wimbledon in the dungeon was the most incredible moment in her life, and even today, looking back on it, she still feels warm and grateful in her heart. If it weren't for His Highness, even if she could continue to live, she would only live in ignorance and confusion, just like those numb townspeople.
It was His Highness who taught her the beauty of this world, whether it was pepper steak dipped in sauce, or "The Theoretical Basis of Natural Science", his appearance filled her life with a new thing, making her finally feel that she was not. Just like everyone else, but a unique witch.
The other sisters must also think that as long as they get along with His Royal Highness for a long time, it is impossible not to fall into his whimsy and unique charm. For this, Anna is convinced.
"Ah, have I baked this for too long?" Nightingale lifted the iron fork, and the mushroom side had turned brown.
"A little..." She couldn't help laughing out loud, "The bird's beak mushroom is very delicate, so the grilling time must be not too much or not too much. You can master it by trying a few times. I will prepare the ingredients for the stew first."
Nightingale dipped the slightly mushy mushrooms with honey and salt, and threw them into her mouth, "Well, it's delicious." Looking at the girl who was skilled in mixing various herbs and ingredients, she asked curiously, " Did you do this often before?"
"Well, pickling food, grinding wheat flour, doing day labor for the nobles, bathing and shaving the neighbor's sheep," Anna said. "Except for attending classes at Mr. Carl's academy, I spend most of my time doing these things." She After a pause, "But after my mother died, my father never let me go to the academy again, or even allowed me to leave the house."
"Feel sorry… "
"It's nothing, it's all over," Anna's eyes were bright, like a blue lake in the moonlight. "Compared to the big logarithmic witch, I'm already a very lucky one, isn't it?"
The greased mushroom slices curled up slightly under the flames, making a slight crackling sound. Sprinkle a little salt, and after roasting for two times, you can smell the delicious aroma. Finally, rotate the honey jar one more time, even if the production of a piece of roasted mushrooms is completed. Whether it is the bird's-beak mushroom itself or honey, it can be collected from the hidden forest. For the local people, if they just saw down a big tree with a honeycomb and bird's-beak mushroom at the top, it can be regarded as a tree. It was a very lucky day.
The two also finished their respective mushroom roasting and seasoning as the pots used for the stew belched out white air.
"You're done, at least it looks pretty good," Nightingale shoved another piece into her mouth, "So I'm also quite talented in cooking... Pfft, this piece seems a bit salty."
"The time is almost just right," Anna looked at the night outside the window, "Let's send it to His Royal Highness."
"Please help me hand it over to him," she said with folded hands, "please."
"Aren't you going with me?"
"No," she laughed, "because I don't know what to look like when I see him now."
Anna was stunned, and before she could ask the meaning of this sentence, she just disappeared into the air. Does what kind of expression matter? It's fine to smile, be depressed, or have a blank face. Even though he had just come out of prison, his appearance when he had lost confidence in everything and was in despair, did not make His Highness feel bored, so why should he avoid it? After thinking about it for a while, she couldn't understand it, so she shook her head and walked to the office alone with her plate and soup bowl. (., Your support is my biggest motivation.)