By mid-October, the weather in Saint-Milon, the capital of the Feysac Empire, had already turned quite cold. Yet inside Aurmir Palace, which resembled a giant's palace, it was as warm as spring.
In the banquet hall, enormous crystal chandeliers hung from the domed ceiling, their countless candle flames flickering and illuminating the entire venue as brightly as day.
In one corner, musicians in waistcoats and bow ties played a cheerful melody. In another, rows of long tables were laden with delicacies such as roast chicken, pan-fried foie gras, stewed lamb, fried whale steaks, salt-baked giant lobsters, and more.
Quite a few of the dishes were named after "Roselle," such as "Roselle Chicken" and "Roselle Duck with Sauce." Supposedly, they were delicacies Roselle had taught local chefs to make when he visited Feysac.
However, in Abner's view, most of these dishes were nothing more than far-fetched fabrications—"cheap knockoffs" trading on Roselle's name.
After all, once he had grown familiar with Bernadette, she had mentioned in passing that Old Huang himself was actually not skilled at cooking. Although he had many "wild ideas" about how to prepare delicious food, what chefs made according to his instructions was often not particularly tasty. The so-called "Gustav court cuisine" of today had been improved by chefs over generation after generation, to say nothing of the food here in Feysac.
Abner withdrew his gaze from the food and turned it toward the nobles gradually arriving.
His first impression of them was that they were "tall"!
The identity he was currently acting as was that of a young bishop of the Earth Mother Goddess's Church. At 1.8 meters tall, he absolutely could not be considered short elsewhere, but among these "giants," who were generally around two meters tall and could individually reach heights of over 2.5 meters,