Lunch at Karazhan consisted of two meat dishes and one non-meat dish... Bread was the staple, with a plate of boar meat, a plate of grilled fish, and a fruit platter as the non-meat dish.
Just as Moroes had mentioned earlier, the cooking was rather poor, and the food was not particularly tasty.
The cook, Kuke, was a plump human woman in her forties. She looked lethargic and kept nodding off, but she was kind and very welcoming!
She kindly forked a piece of boar meat weighing nearly two pounds straight onto Karin's plate:
"Eat more. This boar meat has a very good texture!"
But there's far too much salt, and it tastes strange, like cured meat... Karin quietly grumbled to himself.
Outwardly, of course, he still had to express his gratitude enthusiastically!
While Moroes and Kuke were not looking, Karin secretly used Levitate to move most of the boar meat into a corner of the dining room... Then he pretended to have eaten his fill with great satisfaction!
"You have quite an appetite, Mr. Karin!" Kuke said in some surprise.
"Heh heh..."
Scattered footsteps sounded on the stairs. Karin put down his knife and fork and looked up.
It was Medivh. He had actually come downstairs so soon...
Medivh looked rather unwell, very, very pale, and his expression kept shifting... As though he had just gone through an intense internal struggle!
Medivh slowly paced over to the dining table.
Moroes hurriedly set down his utensils and dashed toward a small room on the other side of the dining room!
He was so fast that he crossed the entire dining room in just a few seconds...
As though he had activated Sprint.
A few dozen seconds later, he returned to the dining room carrying a mug of ale.
"Your