Chapter 79 - Purple Quest Triggered (2/2)

Roland found this somewhat strange. The maidservant bent down slightly in apology, and said, “Master is inside the kitchen. This is originally something that I should do, but the things I make are too unpalatable.”

The young girl hung her head, looking very disappointed and ashamed.

This was Betta’s maidservant. Roland wouldn’t console her—what if Betta was interested in her? Roland would be put in a suspicious position then.

Roland fetched himself a chair and sat down.

The young girl immediately served up a cup of warm water. Roland took a sip. Betta was definitely the one who taught her this kind of etiquette of serving guests with warm water.

After two sips, he saw Betta emerging from the kitchen with two small dishes.

The dishes were placed on the table. Roland discovered that one of the dishes was salted fried peas, and the other was cabbage and fried meat.

Then, the maidservant placed two yellowish-white chopsticks on the table.

The chopsticks were quite new, clearly recently made.

Finally, the maidservant carried two cups of fruit wine to the table.

“Eat, don’t stand on ceremony,” Betta said with a somewhat smug look.

“Frying vegetables!” Roland looked at the things on the table for a while and said, “These past two days, this is what you were fiddling with?”

Betta nodded. “After all, we Divine n.o.bles don’t need to learn skills the way mages do. Anyway, I have lots of time to explore this world. Besides, these past few days, I’ve gotten quite sick of eating the things here—the tavern’s cooking skills are too terrible. I honestly couldn’t stand it, so I requested a blacksmith to make an iron pan and spatula. Although the bottom of the pan is a little thick, under the heat of Fire Spewing, the pan can still be heated up quickly.”

Roland frowned at these words. “I discovered that your Fire Spewing is either used for roasting meat or stir-frying. It’s not being used for the proper purposes.”

“I actually feel that this is the proper way to use skills—to use them in daily life. Isn’t that much more interesting than using them in battle?”

“It’s not wrong to say so.” Roland picked up a slice of meat with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth, then let out a sound of surprise. “The flavor isn’t bad.”

Betta smiled quite smugly. “In this world where culinary skills are lagging behind, I’m a master chef.”

Roland clicked his tongue. He picked up a salted fried pea and placed it into his mouth, then took a drink of fruit wine. As expected, there was an indescribable refres.h.i.+ng sensation. Then, he asked curiously, “What’s up with the quest?”

“This is how things went down.” Betta ate as he spoke. “Roughly two hours ago, I was at the fair searching for ingredients that could be used for flavoring, like fresh ginger and things of that sort. In the end, I b.u.mped into a bandit stealing a pedestrian’s wallet, so I chased the bandit down and gave him a beating. When I searched the wallet, I found a smelly parchment with some signs on it, then the dungeon quest was triggered.”

This luck… Roland shook his head helplessly.

This guy’s hidden talent should be great luck.

“Hold on, I’ll share the quest with you.”

After a few seconds, Roland received a system notification, and after he chose to accept the quest, he saw a purple quest on the system display bar.

Unlock The Secrets to Delpon’s Necropolis (party suggested) (recommended level 3).

It was actually a purple quest. Roland thought for a moment and said, “With only the two of us, it might be somewhat problematic. How about we add others?”

“Hawk and them?”

“Naturally,” Roland said and nodded.

Betta thought for a moment and said, “But that’s only four people; five people is the standard for a small party. Besides, we’re lacking a healer.”

“How about we go on the forums to search for a healer.” Roland pondered and said, “See if there are any priests near Delpon.”

Betta thought this was a good idea. “You can post about recruitment. After all, you’re more renowned.”

Roland contemplated this, then agreed. “Sure.”

At this moment, a faint smile surfaced on Betta’s face. “This should be the first dungeon quest on the whole server. Recruiting in the name of F6, this will definitely set off a heated discussion on the forums.”