"Ron Your Highness."
"Welcome, come upstairs and sit down."
Four people, Mason, came hand in hand and followed Ron to the second floor.
Seeing Mason and others, Nora, who was sitting on the sofa, immediately stood up, trotted to the dining table, and pulled out the chairs for them one by one.
"What is going on?" Harper looked at the big pot in the middle of the dining table and the lettuce all over the table with a curious look on his face, very confused.
"Should we eat while cooking?" Edith pulled Ilya to sit on the seat, looking down at the three small plates in front of him, "Is this the new condiment prepared by His Highness Ron?"
"Well, you can eat while cooking. Just put whatever vegetables you want into the pot, take them out when they are cooked, and then dip them in the seasonings to eat." Ron asked everyone to sit down and slowly explained, "These three kinds of seasonings are sweet, sour, and spicy. You can dip only one type, or you can try each one."
Mason became more interested. "It's a very interesting way to eat it. His Highness Ron always comes up with wonderful ideas."
Nora sat on the seat on the right side of Ron, silently and without speaking, showing off his cuteness.
Mason is sitting on the left side of Ron, Edith is sitting opposite Ron, and Ilya and Harper are sitting on both sides.
"Hey! You can't eat that directly!" Ron watched Ilya pick up a piece of black fungus and put it into his mouth, and quickly stopped him.
Fortunately, Edith had quick eyes and quick hands and immediately held down Ilya's hand, otherwise Ilya would have eaten it.
"Sister!" Edith couldn't laugh or cry, "His Royal Highness Ron already said that these are lettuces and should be cooked in a pot before eating."
Ilya nodded and put down his fork. His whole body was dull and lifeless, as if his soul was in another world.
Whatever was for dinner was the same to her. Her whole mind was focused on those two mysterious symbols, and she didn't even listen to Ron's introduction to hot pot.
She just wanted to finish eating early and start discussing the magic circle with His Highness Ron early, so that she could find an angle to study the mysterious symbols from the words of this God's favored one.
As for the black fungus... Ilya glanced around casually, feeling a little indifferent.
Elf Race, as a child of Tree of Life, has no problem at all even if he eats lettuce directly.
Maybe it's even more nutritious.
Eating cooked food is just for the pursuit of better taste.
For Ilya, this is optional.
"One advantage of this way of eating hot pot is that you can eat hot food throughout the whole process without having to worry about the food getting cold." Ron poured the previously cooked clear soup base into the large pot in the center, and used a ignition technique to start a fire on the stove. "Just see what you like to eat and put it in it."
"Huh? What is this?" Edith picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table and asked in confusion.
"Well... this is a tableware I made myself. It can be used to hold food." Ron picked up his chopsticks and picked up a meatball to demonstrate.
Edith curiously followed Ron's method and reached out to try to pick up a meatball. However, it fell down several times and could not be picked up at all.
Mason and Harper also took advantage of it. When picking up food, veins popped out on their arms.
"Does this really work?" Mason stared wide-eyed and tried several times unwillingly, "It's too difficult, it might as well be a fork."
"Uh... you can use a fork, but when it comes to eating hot pot, it's more convenient to use chopsticks." Ron laughed, "You just need to practice more."
Nora didn't say anything at the side, he just casually picked up a few pieces of tofu and put them down again, looking very skillful, with a little pride on his face.
After this small interlude, several people began to eat hot pot in earnest.
Goblins and dwarves are both races that prefer meat, so they mostly target fattened cattle, meatballs and meat.
Edith eats more miscellaneous food, which makes her an outlier among Elf Race, but she also helps her sister put the ingredients, so she basically eats a little of everything.
Nora was embarrassed to pick up the food at first, but in the end she found that the four guests didn't pay much attention to her, so she became a little bolder.
"Well..."
"Sure enough, Ron His Highness's seasoning tastes different."
"It's completely different from Barbecue Shop's seasoning."
"But it's still delicious, it tastes great!"
Ron, as the host, raised some topics and chatted with everyone while cooking the meat.
Fortunately, there are three chatty people Mason. Although Ilya and Nora are not online at all, the atmosphere at the dinner table is still very lively.
"Hey!" Ron was halfway through the conversation, watching helplessly as Ilya picked up a piece of tofu from the hot pot, dipped it directly in a cup of pickled plum juice, stuffed it into his mouth, and started chewing it mechanically.
Edith turned his head and saw this scene, and the fat beef in his mouth spurted out.
"Hahaha!"
Edith Seeing that the outcome was decided and unable to undo it, he immediately burst into laughter.
Although Ron and Mason also wanted to laugh, out of gentlemanly demeanor, they covered their mouths and suppressed it inwardly.
Only Harper looked straight and laughed along with Edith.
When Edith heard Harper's laughter, he immediately frowned. "Why are you laughing?"
Harper choked, and his laughter stopped abruptly like a duck getting stuck in its neck.
???
Didn't you laugh first?
Only my sister is allowed to set fires, but passers-by are not allowed to light lamps?
Harper looked confused.
Ron ignored Harper and Edith, but explained to Ilya, "That is sour plum juice, for drinking. Only the three kinds on the plate are seasonings."
"I know." Ilya didn't know why, "I just think the juice tastes good, so I'll try to dip it in it."
She is not a fool, of course she knows that those three are the seasonings provided by Ron.
But the taste of sour plum juice suited her better, so she gave it a try.
"Uh..." Ron was choked immediately, and finally said helplessly, "As long as you like it."
As time passed slowly, the food on the table was visibly destroyed.
Nora After eating, he said goodbye in a low voice, left the table and went downstairs to check out the store.
Mason was also full at this time, but he did not leave. Instead, he sipped the sour plum juice and continued chatting with everyone.
"By the way." Mason said suddenly, "Your Highness Ron, there is something I need to tell you."
"Hmm? What's the matter?"
"Today a student came to me and said that he wanted to ask who invented Elemental Cards and hoped to have a chat with the inventor."
"Students from your college?" Ron wondered.
"Yes." Mason nodded, "I specifically looked through his file and found that he came in through connections. When he enrolled in school, his family paid a large donation, and the family has several Gem Trade Alliance caravans."
"I guess he is interested in the potential of Elemental Cards and wants to invest, right?"
"Ron, if your highness is interested, would you like to meet?"
Ron, who was still enjoying the food, suddenly stopped his chopsticks, turned around and asked, "Gem Trade Alliance?"
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