The banquet was held at the mayor's house. As a respectable man in Rome, the mayor's house had the facilities to host a real banquet, with a huge semicircular table, with the mayor sitting in the middle as the ceremonial and physical host. As a guest, Shangluo and other guests sat in a row on the right, and on the left were other people in the town. In addition to Titus, the mayor's daughter Karin Kelso also attended the banquet and sat closest to the mayor.
Like many Roman girls, Karin has long black hair like satin. This is a noble feature that can only be seen on Cathayans and Romans. It is the common denominator of the world's rulers.
Wearing the same traditional loose robe, Karin bowed before taking her seat, as polite as any other Roman.
However, Lu Huaiyang was also sitting on the other side, making the other side seem a bit crowded - because there were six Titus. However, Lu Huaiyang was not a participant in this ceremony, so he could only attend as a "local" and could not sit on the side of the outsiders.
"Dear strangers, welcome to the town of Alicia on the shores of Lake Nemi!"
Mayor Kellus Kelso practiced this line for a long time. He, like many other Romans, had learned Cathay, which he could recall with some practice.
According to Roman custom, a banquet-level reception was arranged on the table. On the linen tablecloth scented with flower petals, all the dishes of the meal were placed one after another, and the whole table was piled as full as a flower basket. Appetizers, small stews, large stews, flavored stews, roasted meat, roasted poultry, grilled fish and finishing dishes to embellish the entire banquet are placed in front of each guest from far to near. Today’s final dish is wine-braised Bordeaux lamprey, a whole piece for one person.
Ending with the lamprey from the class Cylinostomata, the table was filled with the classes Birds, Thera, Cartilaginous Fishes, and Bony Fishes. The representatives of each of the seven classes of vertebrates were neatly presented. We put together a family photo.
This is not the most advanced banquet. The luxury of Roman banquets is often not reflected in the cooking method, but in the richness of the ingredients. The sausages must be collected for a family portrait, the cheese must be collected for a family portrait, and everything that flies in the sky and swims in the water must be collected. If you gather together the Chordata phylum, you can only consider it to be average. If necessary, you have to choose representatives from the Arthropoda and Mollusca phylums, and put together a whole table of Noah's Ark to celebrate your birthday.
However, thanks to the extra meals provided by the interior guard, the banquet still included Belon oysters from the Mollusca phylum and Brittany blue lobster from the Arthropod phylum. Let this meal be worthy of being called "a fine feast."
——This is how Mayor Kelso introduced it.
Shangluo looked up at the dish, and then at Wen Yuan next to him. Both of their eyes were filled with doubts. To be honest, these stewed fish and barbecue are quite appetizing. It takes skill to describe something as delicious, but it also takes skill to describe a table of top-notch delicacies as unappetizing.
"Hey, this guy doesn't want to eat it all for himself, so he deliberately makes us nauseated, right?" Wen Yuan muttered in a low voice, "What the hell is the class of cartilaginous fish and the class of bony fish? This is not an anatomy class. Let's just talk about sharks and cod. Die?"
"Maybe it's a Roman custom."
"Are you still eating?"
"Probably, just eat something." The dishes were placed in front of him, and the one closest to him had a plate of barbecue, which looked pretty good.
"How about connecting to a phone first?"
"Someone get a room."
Han Xingzhi on the other side responded: "Okay, it's still Tetris, but twice as fast."
"Five times speed." Lu Liang suppressed his voice.
Fivex speed Tetris started. All four of them were concentrating on rubbing the glass with their heads down.
Mayor Kelso looked at them for a while, and then looked at them again.
Suddenly, a teardrop fell from the corner of his eye: "You are still practicing so hard during meal time. This is a professional. You are a professional."
"Yes." Titus, who was sitting next to him, nodded, "I'm ashamed of myself. It really makes us ashamed. When I was as old as them, I could still queue for an hour for an ice cream cone. Well, it seems that this is why the mystery Abandoned us. Start eating."
"Everyone, everyone. Please take the time to enjoy the offerings given to you after practicing. Please."
Wen Yuan muttered again: "Why do I feel like I am about to be sacrificed to Chen Guanbao, the King of Inspiration?"
"Tsk." Shangluo shook his head, "Three Chen Guanbao and one gold. This inspiration king has a really good appetite. So what, take a bite, at least one bite of apple."
He made the offer, but no one reached for the table.
"It's not that easy to trick me into putting down the sign first." Lu Liang had beads of sweat on his forehead, as did the other two. However, Shangluo was pressing back and forth on the number keys from the beginning, and he didn't feel nearly suffocated like the three of them.
"This is... this is the dignity of a Qi practitioner." Wen Yuan squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Whoever loses is the one who is not good enough."
"Is it that important?" He pressed the keyboard with one hand and reached for an apple. According to the requirements of the ritual, at least one apple must be eaten.
Only then did Wen Yuan realize that Shangluo was actually fighting them with one hand.
"Is this the strength of Ouchi Swordsman? You can actually hit three of us with one hand?"
"Cough" Shangluo also felt that the pretense was too outrageous, so he put down the apple and pressed the keyboard with both hands.
[Eat, you keep eating, just let me continue to take care of you. 】
"Are you hurting them a little by doing this?"
[I am doing it for their own good and helping them train. Oh~~Han Xingzhi can't hold on any longer and will decide the outcome based on points immediately. Player Apollonia is far ahead with 1.16 million points! 3, 2, 1, power outage~]
With a "pop" sound, Wenyuan's sign fell on the table:
"I actually lost to my Lei Xiu, and I actually lost to you in terms of hand speed."
"I'm still a Xuanxiu. I turned on the 1.5x speed locally and still lost."
"I ate a bottle of Qihai and still lost."
Mayor Kelso's eyes suddenly lit up: "Everyone, have you decided the winner?"
"He won." Lu Liang pointed at Shangluo, "He scored higher than all of us combined."
"It turns out that this one is the most professional!" The mayor turned around and held Shangluo's hand, shaking it violently, "Great, great, this hero, this adventurer from a foreign land, I... "
He originally wanted to speak, but seemed to realize that there were six Titus sitting next to him, so he swallowed his words:
"You eat first, eat first. I will arrange the largest room for you, next to my daughter Karin's room. Please enjoy the supper in the guest room."
"Is it a side mission?"
"Yes, yes, from the perspective of the "Heroes Parade" game, I have a side mission to release to you. Don't go to bed too early, please."
(End of chapter)
