Starting with Gou Dan and Cabbage, people gradually began arriving at the restaurant. By the time it was eight o'clock in the morning, almost all the members of the nine academies had arrived.
This left everyone from Bronze Academy rather astonished.
"I really didn't expect this." Bronze Academy's captain, Ba'ersi Copperbeard, stroked his bronze-colored beard and frowned. "The restaurant only hired a temporary chef as a formality. We originally thought only the few of us would be eating, so we didn't hire many people. What a mistake."
The people around him nodded. After all, they were about to enter the Ancient Land. To avoid acclimatization problems, outside students would generally consume the nutrient supplements they brought with them. Normally, very few of them would order food.
A couple of exceptions would have been understandable, but why had everyone come?
"You don't know?" Reina said with a smile. "About what happened yesterday?"
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned. "Yesterday? What happened yesterday?"
They were staying inside the academy, separate from the outside students in the temporary dormitories, so naturally they had no idea what had happened.
Reina said, "Something seems to have happened with the people from Wind Walker Academy yesterday. A group of them chased one person around and beat her. The one being chased was a little elf girl holding a bowl of noodles. She ran all over the dormitory corridors, and the aroma spread throughout the entire passage. Everyone who was drawn over couldn't help ordering a bowl."
Everyone fell silent.
"Was it really that good?" Ba'ersi asked blankly.
"It was indeed quite tasty." Reina nodded. "When I received the news and hurried over, a bunch of people were eating noodles, and I couldn't help ordering a bowl too. Hmm, it wasn't inferior to Old Chef Zach's cooking. That little