"Turkey...chili...hot chocolate..."
Ella's hungry eyes were filled with stars, and she saw a piece of chocolate riding a turkey towards her mouth in a daze.
The priests at the same table all closed their eyes and said nothing, but on Amy's table, hot dishes were served one after another. Aztlan nobles and warriors surrounded Amy, toasting and drinking. It was singing, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.
"Although there are very few female warriors, we also have songs that praise brave female warriors!"
An Aztlan warrior drank several glasses of milky white tequila, drunkenly waved a big chicken leg, and sang loudly:
“Ah, my guest, brave woman/You strike the sky like an eagle/Leap like a jaguar/You hide behind a shield/You are ready to attack/You go into battle like our goddess Sivakoatl .Gyrasterly…”
Maybe he drank too much, but while he was singing, the big chicken leg flew out of his hand and fell to the ground with a "pop". He drunkenly turned his head in the direction where the drumstick landed, but there was no drumstick. He only saw Ella lying on the ground like a frog.
"God... Lord God Envoy?" he asked in a daze, "What are you doing here?"
"Watch the mosquito! I got a mosquito bite on my leg!"
"Did you...see my chicken legs flying over?"
"Chicken legs? Chicken legs can still fly?"
"That's right... I seem to have drunk too much..."
The Aztlan warrior turned his head back unsteadily, reached out and grabbed a tomato from the table, and bit into it. The sweet and sour juice splashed all over the corners of his mouth.
Ella quickly sat back in her seat and glanced around like a rat stealing oil - no one seemed to notice her actions. So, she secretly shook her sleeves, and the big chicken leg that flew out fell into her hand. This is one of the 100 moves of Dast's swordsmanship. It was originally used to hide the sword in the sleeve for surprise attacks. Ella practiced it several times under Dast's guidance. Now it is used to steal big chicken legs. , that’s really appropriate.
Using the skills taught by Dust, Ella grasped the condition of the chicken leg in her hand with just a glance: the tender skin was leaking oil little by little; there was a little red powder sprinkled on it, which must be chili pepper; in addition, there were A little black spot is a bit of mud stuck to the ground when the chicken leg fell.
"Mud...there is actually mud..."
Ella regretted that she was not good at learning. If she could be more skilled, she could quickly hide the chicken legs in her sleeves. Her stomach made an unsatisfactory sound again. She looked at the leg in her hand dazedly and struggled fiercely in her heart: "Eat? Don't eat? No, of course you have to eat! This is food, just If you just throw it away after getting a little dirt on it, wouldn't that be a waste of money? It's just a little dirt, and it's not poison. Just treat it as a special condiment..."
The voice of "eating" soon overshadowed the voice of "not eating". Ella carefully scanned the surroundings again, preparing to use the technique of hiding the dagger in the mouth taught by Dust to swallow the big chicken leg without anyone noticing; and then using the technique of spitting out the hidden weapon from the mouth. , hit the bone on the back of Amy's head - let her leave herself there to eat and drink!
Just as she raised her sleeves and started to do the starting pose, another team of attendants came over dragging plates. But this time their destination was not the next table, but Ella's side.
"Is the food finally served?" Ousalmat opened his eyes, "Master God Envoy, you are welcome, just eat it!"
Ella smiled awkwardly, and at the same time, she unknowingly threw the chicken legs in her sleeves under the table - she must have lost her mind just now to pick up the big chicken drumsticks on the ground and eat them.
"Amy, come here!" Ella waved her hand towards Amy magnanimously, "I also want you to taste the delicious food that only priests can enjoy!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'm full." Amy burped. "I think the food here is pretty good. Your Majesty, you can eat it yourself. But you have to eat slowly. After being hungry for a day, it's easy to eat too fast." …”
Before Amy could finish her words, Ella pounced on the plate in front of her, tearing off the cover like a hungry wolf tearing off prey——
There were a few pieces of light yellow pancakes lying quietly inside. There were no fillings, no oil on them, no wine beside them, and no spices around the plates. At a rough count, there are about five stacked pancakes, which will be enough to feed an adult man.
Ella pointed at the plate with trembling fingers: "What is this...?"
Osomat was holding a pancake and was about to eat it. When he heard Ella's words, he replied without thinking: "Of course it's a tortilla, what's the matter?"
"Corn...is it the name of some animal? Is this a cake made from the meat of that animal called corn?"
"Of course corn is a plant, it grows in the ground!" Osomarit replied confidently, "I promise, there is no meat in it, it is vegan!"
Ella felt that either her brain was broken, or that of Ousalmat was broken—is not having meat such a proud thing?
"Master God Envoy? Do you want to eat?" Osomat pushed the plate in front of Ella towards her, "Although it is just corn cakes, the flour is ground very fine! Just for the flour of this plate of cakes, you need A maid has to work hard for three days!"
"Well...I don't have much appetite right now...I'll wait for the next dish."
"Master God Envoy, what are you talking about?" A priest at the same table opened his eyes in surprise, "The New Fire Ceremony is coming soon. This is a major ceremony held every fifty-two years. All Aztlan's Everyone has to fast, and this tortilla is everything!”
Ella felt like she had been hit in the head. She pointed at Amy with a trembling finger and asked tremblingly: "Since everyone is fasting, why...are they eating and drinking?"
"Master God Envoy, have you been drifting on the sea for a long time and forgotten the time? Nobles and ordinary people only need to fast for eight days before the New Fire Ceremony, while priests have to fast for eighty days. There are still sixty-three days before the New Fire Ceremony. Well, of course they can eat meat and drink wine."
This sentence was like a thunderbolt to Ella.
"There are sixty-three days left...meaning I have to eat vegetarian cakes for another sixty-three days?"
Her eyes unconsciously cast under the table, where the roasted chicken leg she had just thrown away was still hidden. Although it is definitely covered in mud... but it should still be edible if you wipe it off.
Hmm... I just need to use a powerful shovel to float under the table, quickly wipe the chicken legs clean and swallow them into the stomach before anyone can react, and finally say that the chair slipped and fell, and forget about the bones and other things that were not vomited in time. All in all, it’s totally in time!
"Huh? What's on the ground?"
Before Ella could take action, Osomalet stepped on the chicken leg unconsciously.
(End of chapter)
