As the birthday banquet began, everyone started exchanging toasts, drinking and chatting.
"Um, let me ask—have all the dishes been served?"
"Young master, all the dishes have been served!"
"These dishes look pretty good..."
"Yes, Young Master. Today's dishes were all carefully cultivated, and the meat is refined from Soul Beasts that are over ten thousand years old."
"Mm-hmm."
Qian Xunzong, however, was utterly speechless. On the plates before him sat a carrot, half a sliced cucumber, three pieces of foie gras, a serving of beef, a potato, two lion's head meatballs, and a plate of sashimi.
And then...
That was it!!
"Uh, then... hypothetically speaking, if someone hadn't eaten enough, what should they do?"
"Well, Young Master, if it isn't enough, you can order another serving."
"Only one more serving?"
"Huh?" Hearing Qian Xunzong's words, the maid beside him failed to react for a moment.
"Uh, there isn't actually a limit... Hey, what are you—?"
Before the maid could finish speaking, Qian Xunzong raised his hand and piled the food from several plates together. The contents of all seven dishes filled nearly an entire plate!!!
"Oh, then bring me five more servings exactly like this!"
"Huh? Five servings?"
"What, is that not allowed?"
"It is, it is!"
Clearly, this was the maid's first time encountering such a situation. Every force present consisted of influential nobles; basically, none of them would ask for a second serving. Even if they had not eaten enough, they would not ask for more, because they could not bring themselves to lose face.
"No need to plate them separately. Put all seven dishes onto one plate for me. Thanks!"
Qian Xunzong then picked up a spoon and started wolfing down his food. He did not care about such rules. As long as he could eat