In the northern region of the Mycroft continent, the second Sunday in March every year is used as the dividing line, marking the end of the cold winter and the arrival of the real spring. At this time, both commoners and nobles will choose to invite relatives and friends. They held a grand party to celebrate the arrival of the warm wind. They sang and danced and held celebrations, which seemed to burst out the energy accumulated in the long winter.
From the border fortress in the south to Wallachia in the far north of the North, from the Great Plains in the west to the bright sea in the east, all people, regardless of their identity, are cheering, praying and looking forward to the new year. May everything go well in the new year and avoid disasters.
The hustle and bustle of the distant sea wind and the undercurrent surging in the imperial capital have nothing to do with the Moldavia Territory in the North for the time being. The people living here have long been accustomed to the rule of the new lord, although there are still some old people who miss the old lord. During his reign, as time went by, such words became less and less common. Gradually, everyone no longer said the words 'new lord'. Everyone naturally regarded the young warrior as Called the only 'Lord Lord'.
At this time, in the Lord's Mansion in the main city, Joshua, who was respectfully called 'Sir Lord' by the people, was waiting for his lunch at the dining table.
Today's Radcliffe family is not considered a branch. Only Joshua and his cousin Chris are left in the family. Since the warrior killed his cheap uncle, Cliff's father, that family A young man who dreamed of becoming an alchemist no longer dared to appear in front of his cousin.
You can’t even say that you don’t dare, because Chris has just disappeared from the world now. Even if Joshua asked some people to search for him, there was no news for such a long time.
Therefore, now, the huge lord's mansion is completely empty. Apart from the maids and guards, there are only four people. Joshua estimates that this should be the smallest number of Radcliffe family members in the past four hundred years.
However, although there were relatively few people, he was still accompanied by Yingying and No. 3. The number of people could not be said to be large, but there would definitely be no problem in having a dinner party to celebrate the arrival of spring.
After waiting for a while, Joshua, who was sitting at the head of the table, heard footsteps. He raised his head and saw Rin slowly walking to the table carrying a plate of roasted whole pig that was larger than his body. Before.
This whole roasted pig is red gold in color, with golden fat dripping from the skin. The aroma is overflowing, exuding steam, and the meat looks tender and delicious, which will whet your appetite.
This pig is made from the giant wild boar king in the Black Forest, which Joshua personally hunted a few days ago. Although according to the hunters in the North, the flesh of the wild boar king is extremely hard, and even swords cannot cut it. It can't be eaten at all, but that's for ordinary people. After using a special method to soften the meat, the hardness and toughness of the meat are just right for a golden warrior like Joshua, and it is exceptionally chewy.
"That's right, Rin. I didn't expect that in addition to handling official duties, your cooking skills are also so good."
Joshua was never stingy with his praises. He expressed his admiration for the magical boy's skills: "The Almighty Butler is indeed worthy of the title."
"Haha, thank you for the compliment, Master." After receiving the compliment, Rin looked very happy. He had carried such a large plate of roasted whole pig before, but he didn't seem too tired. After all, the black-haired boy was a genius, even though he was petite. , Dang also had silver-level strength, and he said with a little pride: "Actually, my memory core contains cooking information about the Far South, the Eastern Plains, and almost all regions in the empire. The person who compiled the database for me back then The mage once traveled throughout the Mycroft continent and collected a lot of food culture from various places, all of which were input when writing."
As he spoke, he leaned forward slightly, closed his right eye slightly, and said with a smile: "If my cooking skills can make the master happy, it will be the best."
"Okay, there's no need to be so respectful."
Joshua was really in a good mood to be able to eat delicious food, especially when he thought about being able to eat all kinds of delicious food from all over the country in the future, he even showed a smile. The soldier waved his hand and gestured to the mysterious boy: "Here, sit down. Get off."
According to Rin's introduction, there is another saying about this roasted whole pig - in Mycroft's myths and legends, the big wild boar is a symbol of fighting to the death in desperate situations and never retreating. Whether facing a tiger or a hunter, this creature will fight Until the end of life, so food made from it can only be enjoyed by those with the highest courage.
Joshua naturally took full advantage of the euphemistic praise for his weapon, and he happily started cutting the ingredients.
The golden roasted meat was fat but not greasy, and very delicious. However, after eating it for a long time, the soldier noticed something was wrong.
Beside him, Hotaru, Rin and No. 3 were all sitting in their seats, looking at him with smiles on their faces, but no one was ready to pick up a knife and fork and enjoy the food.
- Of course, you will know after thinking about it for a moment. The two divine machines do not need to eat, and No. 3 is completely a projection of magic power. Her body rune core will automatically absorb the surrounding magic power for consumption, making it completely impossible to eat.
The scene was a little awkward now. Being watched by his three subordinates while eating, even Joshua felt a little weird, but he was a big-hearted person after all. Although something was not quite right, he quickly dealt with it. Eat the whole roasted pig.
The food intake of golden warriors depends on how much they want to eat. As long as the energy is not completely saturated, they can quickly digest all food to supply their bodies that have been initially energized and store it.
In any case, this slightly weird early spring banquet was over. Rin and the other maids took away the plates from the table and began to clear away the scattered tableware, while Joshua took out his notebook and looked sideways. He looked at the event plan above, then nodded slightly and said to himself: "Yesterday, the auction in the Imperial Capital ended. If there were no accidents, Alfonso should have destroyed the Ares Fortress in his previous life. The evil things were bought and sent to me."
Thinking of this, Joshua couldn't help but sigh: "Compared to sweeping away the black tide and closing the door of time and space, this is probably the easiest way to protect the world. It's really shameful to save fifty or sixty thousand people so easily. Real feeling.”
"Master, there is something you want to get? Then let me get it for you!"
The silver-haired girl sitting aside stood up and said energetically. Although she didn't understand what the evil thing that destroyed the fortress was, she did seem to want to do something.
"Thanks a lot."
Yingying was willing to help, and Joshua would not dampen her enthusiasm, so he nodded and let her go.
Generally, the homes of nobles with some wealth will be equipped with communication arrays and transmission arrays for transmitting small objects, letters and crystal stones. Before the Northland, it was impossible to lay down the transmission arrays because of the turbulence of time and space caused by many time-space gates. However, Now, with the help of Nostradamus, almost everything has been set up.
This kind of teleportation array, used to transmit small objects under ten kilograms, generally only requires a miniature magic gathering array to operate smoothly. If the runes are optimized, it can be transmitted continuously. This does not include the current magic in the North. The energy concentration is slightly higher than other places, making it easier to operate.
No. 3 sat aside, watching the interaction between the master and the servant. His blue eyes blinked, smiled slightly, and then canceled the projection, leaving only a rune core as tall as one person parked in the cart. The light flickered, as if he was thinking about something.
Soon after, Hotaru came back with a book.
"It turns out to be a book, not a shining cubehedron or a silver key."
Looking at the book that looked ordinary but had a strange aura that only a person with the power of order like Joshua could feel, the warrior nodded slightly and said: "According to the information in the previous life, this should be called The Book of Ebon, right? It does look weird."
After all, it was the evil magic book that destroyed a fortress and caused [The Fall of Ares]. Thinking of those huge abyss worms with peak gold-level strength, the warrior couldn't help but feel a little excited. He stood up and prepared to escape from Yingying's body. I took the book in my hand.
But something strange happened
Before Joshua could get closer, the book that seemed to be made of sheepskin or ape skin trembled on its own, and then broke away from the girl's hand and fell down with Yingying's soft cry. On the ground.
(End of chapter)