Chapter 694: Chapter 693 Eat Up
Kat wasn’t able to properly relax now she knew sothing strange was inevitably going to happen. Because of this, when the doors suddenly burst open Kat leapt up in her seat, everyone else was getting ready to react but when they saw it was just a number of Thys either in butler outfits or maid uniforms, not necessarily with sexual characteristics matching their attire, they all relaxed again and Kat sat down awkwardly.
The serving staff walking in sync like a marching army. They even synced up so that those with wildly different stride lengths would be able to stay together, with those who had longer legs taking ‘smaller’ steps and the smallest Thys skipping slightly to keep up. They all placed a cover al down in front of their respective adventurers before waiting just a mont and lifting the cloche to reveal a very fancy looking salad.
The bowl was designed in such a way to look sowhat like a vase and all the food inside was arranged to look like flowers. Purple lettuce had been cut up and folded to look like roses, cauliflower was left mostly untouched, though the stems were hidden. A strange mix of a carrot for the stem, green cabbage for the leaves and cherry tomatoes for the stan, the part of the flower that contained the bulk of the pollen. There was a light drizzling of so kind of dressing that settled across the whole dish making it look like a rain shower had recently co through the area.
All in all it looked fantastic but Kat saw that it was a fairly basic dish in terms of ingredients. Nothing she couldn’t find on Earth and after taking a bite, Kat found it wasn’t even any better than Callisto’s cooking. Perhaps an unreasonable standard, but as Kat had partaken in Thy’s cooking in the first round, she knew they could do a lot better especially with unique ingredients. So all in all she wasn’t very satisfied.
Kat still ate what she considered a reasonable amount of food so as not to seem impolite. Once she was done and started looking around though she noticed everyone was smiling and really seed to enjoy their als. Green and Nell had even finished theirs completely. *Odd. Is it just that I’m used to these ingredients? Perhaps they are actually a rare thing here... I an, with mana surely the plants all mutate sowhat so really to see them so similar to ho... perhaps this is so great delicacy that I’m just missing out on.*
Kat looked around for soone to chat with but everyone seed fully absorbed in their food. Kat reached out instinctively for a drink just to pass the ti... but noticed there wasn’t anything in her glass. *Huh... odd... I guess I just sort of expected there to be so...* Kat frowned and looked around for sothing to do but found nothing to occupy her hands that wouldn’t be overly rude. In the end, Kat took to staring at the painting on the ceiling again, looking for more interesting things. She managed to spot a few, like the soldier who hid a rock in their pie and the Thy sneaking in a sip from the river.
Eventually the doors opened up again and Kat wasn’t high strung enough to jump this ti. The wait staff marched in again, and swapped out the plate for a new cloche hiding the food. A few more monts, for suspense, or so Kat was assuming, and the al was revealed. This ti they seed to be customised sowhat. Gareth and Kress had a steak of so kind, from the colour it wasn’t normal cow at. Green and Blue had multiple tiny burgers cut into the shape of jasmine flowers. There were a few more dishes but Kat instead focused on her own.
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She smiled at the sight, it looked to be the sa spicy dish she’d had last ti. Kat could see the people closest to her backing away slightly from the heat alone. Kat just licked her lips, barely noticing the Thys pulling a jug from under the cloche they’d just picked up, sothing that shouldn’t be possible without so kind of trick, and poured a glass of red liquid into her cup. Kat smiled down at the ‘Soup of the Sun’ as it’d been renad by Thy. Instead of three lilies like last ti it now had five.
Kat dove into the al happily, knowing that you weren’t ant to eat the lilies till later she attacked the other things floating in the soup, quickly spooning them out and sucking up the liquid at the sa ti. The familiar burst of warmth and savoury taste like nothing else filled her mouth. *I take back every complaint I had about the ordinary salad.* While Kat was enjoying herself, she didn’t notice the slight shimr in the air signalling a barrier was surrounding her. It wasn’t anything malicious, it was simply to prevent anyone overheating.
A good thing too because once Kat ate the final extra ingredient the lilies lted into the soup and the glow doubled. It was now putting off so much heat Kat could feel her eyes watering ever so slightly. With a smile, and not an ounce of grace Kat picked up the bowl itself and happily drank the contents with no regard for how it looked. The tasty liquid found its way straight to her stomach before Kat carefully put it down and leaned back in her chair with a big smile on her face.
Nell, who was directly across from Kat had a rather pinched look before she went back to eating, simply trying to put that nonsense out of her mind. Nobody else in the room would have been able to sit in Kat’s place let alone eat the dish. That was certainly the reason for the barrier around Kat. While Kat was relaxing and savouring the taste, she missed the round of yawns traveling around the table. Nothing unusual for Green, especially when she finished up all bar one of her burgers and decided Gareth, even in plate armour, was a good enough pillow.
Kat stayed relaxed until the doors opened once again. The Thys ca in and replaced the food once again, though the one grabbing Kat’s did have their uniform co alight. It was simply patted down with a hand as if it was no big deal. When the cloche ca off it revealed a wide variety of desserts for everyone, even Green who really didn’t seem to be interested in whatever it might be. Kat could see cupcakes, slices of cakes. *Why both?* What looked to be a large square of fruit crumble, possibly apple and a few other things besides. Kat however, was the only one who got a bowl of ice cream, and the barrier went up.
Kat could see the mist rolling off her bowl and impacted the barrier this ti, and realised it was to stop the cold spreading to anyone else. She had three scoops, one was white, the other green, and the last one brown. Vanilla, chocolate, and... mint perhaps? Kat, having not touched her drink, didn’t even notice it freezing over. Kat scooped up a helping of all three together where they t in the middle and took a bite. Frankly she was disappointed.
It was freezing, and chilled her mouth and body, but it wasn’t really a nice chill, or all that powerful. Unlike the soup, the flavour was in no way enhanced by the temperature. It was just really cold chocolate, vanilla, and pear ice cream. She appreciated the odd choice for the third flavour but there was nothing truly spectacular on display here. Still, ice cream was ice cream and Kat shrugged, eating it all quickly with a smile on her face. It’s not like she was going to let it go to waste.
As she eat, vision obscured largely by the fog, the other tournant contestants started to drop. It was slow at first, but before Kat was a third of the way done everyone had fallen asleep on the table. The only reasons Kat missed it was the building mist obscuring her sight. The barrier also prevented anyone sound from getting inside.
So it wasn’t until the barrier ca down and the mist rushed out, falling to the floor that Kat realised what was happening. She starred out at the sea of unconscious bodies. Kat was about to react when a plate slamd into the back of her head, making a dull ringing sound like the striking of a gong. Kat turned around and raised a confused eyebrow at the Thy waitress who’d hit her that looked just as shocked that hadn’t worked. Another nearby Thy slamd a second plate into her head, forcing it forward but not really dealing any damage. “What the heck was that for?” asked Kat annoyed, not realising that everyone, including her had been eating food laced with a powerful sleeping agent. Her regeneration was more than good enough to fight it off though. Well, the parts of it that wasn’t simply burned away in her stomach.
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