Chapter 658 - Unexpected Visitors
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After we spent the day in the plaza, we moved towards a tavern where we began to have some lunch in there, although it was a late lunch because it was getting progressively later outside, the night was already getting near, but that's all good on my book, so the faster we get the merchant card, and I can get out of this place.
The tavern seemed filled with people everywhere, of all races all celebrating at the same time while sharing the same place, it was a nice way to see how this country truly was, and it was quite refreshing from the other sects we have visited (and I have conquered). Of course, now that I own those sects, they have begun to change their doctrines, one of the things I did for all of them was abolishing slavery because it really felt like it was wrong to me.
Anyways, enough talking about the past, we were mostly enjoying a nice meal, aside from oranges the locals got a lot of meat from their cattle animals, they got conventional cows and pigs, which is a miracle to see in here, and the meat was very good, we ended buying a bunch of meat steaks and pig cutlets with some rice and potatoes, accompanied by a tasty sour and sweet sauce they accompany their meat, which is also made out of oranges…
There was also more than orange juice, so we bought some conventional grape wine, which was very nice, and it seems that the barrels where they were left fermenting were made out orange tree wood, so the wine had a fruity orange-like scent.
Of course, only adults could drink, the little Benladra wanted to try out the wine a couple of times, but we stopped her and only gave her juice to drink instead, she pouted, but that was it.
"These steaks are amazing, I have not eaten normal animals in a long while, and this orange sauce they add is on point too, it merges well with the steak juices." Said Rakasha. "This tavern got its quality for a small village, I gotta tell you that."
The old Blacksmith Ice Giant seemed pleased with the food, as a man that has traveled far and wide around the world of Yggdrasil, he had many experiences, but even when comparing them to this food, he still found this food pretty good, that's a very big praise to the chef.
"I love the pork, its so tasty…" said Benladann. "It has a more refined taste than wild boar, definitely a good food." Benladann was already in her fifth pork cutlet now, and that's considering they're made into a size for ice giants so they're usually three times as big.
"Twasty!" said Benladra. She was devouring the food with her tiny hands, she didn't knew how to use utensils yet, and she just grabbed the meat and bite it, that's how she usually ate it anyways, it is a very wild behavior of her draconic ancestry but there's nothing we can do over it, at least she's a child so people don't see her as something strange. I have also camouflaged her draconic parts with magic too, so nobody knew she was part dragon and had a tail either.
"This is tasty! And the beer is so nice! I want more!" cried Yuki. "Oi! Bring me more!"
Yuki was already drunk and making a fuss, she was asking more and more beer all the time, it was getting honestly quite tiring to bear with her, but it wasn't as if I had anything else I could do over it, so I let her be whatever she wanted to do for now, she doesn't have as many liberties, usually.
"Ugh… I am already drunk too…" sighed Pekora. "Beast-kin got a bad resistance to alcohol… Only two cups of wine were enough to make me feel a bit dizzy…"
"Ahahaha! You're way too weak, friend!" said Tisha. "Come on, go for a third one or I am going to call you a little cowardly rabbit for a week."
"Ugh… You're really the worst!" said Pekora while pouting, as she grabbed another cup of wine and began drinking it. "Heheh…" she was laughing a bit bizarrely.
"I like this atmosphere. This place is really more freer and welcoming than the sects back then." Said Laddan. "I really like this place, makes me feel like I am within people that doesn't care how our friends look like."
"That's right dear…" said Benlah. "It is good once in a while to see a place where people doesn't make a fuss over beast-kin eating in the same table as us."
Benladann's parents were enjoying the food and the atmosphere, and that's all good for me.
Meanwhile, Fuyu and Belle were eating over the table, as they were small-sized, they could do this quite easily. Fuyu was tasting food for the first times, so everything was always a new experience for her. Belle was just a glutton.
"Hmmm… Meat… Meat… I love meat!" said Belle.
"This is certainly good… Ahhh, eating is really something else- Eh?"
Suddenly, Fuyu stopped eating.
"Drake! Some lizardmen just settled at the side of my body… What do I do?" she asked nervously. "They seem to not fear my presence for some reason, and think it is a safe place to sit at my side… Ah! They're even settling down… I think they might even build a village in there…" said Fuyu.
She suddenly told me that the Lizardmen of the jungle settled down around her, which is super weird because her very presence intimidated most living beings around, so nothing ever got closer to her… But now this entire tribe of Lizardmen just showed up?!
"What? That's weird…" I said. "But that gives me an idea… Perhaps we could make some new allies from these jungles and learn more about their situation…"
I had come out with a plan, how about we just speak with them? They seem to be quite peaceful.
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