Chapter 64 - This is a troll chap. I dare you read it. (1/2)

(The night before)

Surrounding a low rectangular table, a group of 10 people of all ages were feasting merrily. On the table was nearly all food imaginable, including even seafood!

”Come on! Drink up! It's a feast!”

”Cheers!!”

”Hey! The kids are still here! Stop drinking so much.” Mikan reprimanded the two men of the house, one of which is her own husband. But seeing it yielded no result, she glared at them once last time before asking the new guests with concern. ”Do you guys enjoy the food? Tell me if there's anything wrong alright?”

”Food is great ma'am.” Furlan was the only one acting like a gentleman, a clear contrast to his close friend, Isabel.

”*Nom* It's amazing!! *Nom*”

”What about you Levi? Do you want anything?”

”I'm good, just tea is fine.”

”Sure, just wait for me a bit.” But before Mikan could stand up, Athanatos beat her to it.

”Wait Mikan. Let me do it. Since Levi is my uncle, I should show him some respect.”

Hearing that, Mikan's face bloomed into a bright smile. Her son was growing more mȧturėly everyday. Why shouldn't she be proud?

”Sure. Remember to boil the tea leaves until it gets a clear greenish-orange color.”

”Okay!” Athanatos replied back before running off to the kitchen.

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(Meanwhile in the kitchen)

”Alright. First step is to get to tea leaves. Done.”

In front Athanatos, was a bunch of freshly picked tea leaves. No... rather than calling it tea leaves, it'd better to called them normal leaves instead. Worse... they also weren't just one type of leaves, there were 5 of different types, with one being grass.

Why did he do this? Well, according to Athanatos' logic, 5 are better 1, thus it should taste better.

”Hmm. Second step: use water. Huh? Why water? Wouldn't the taste be too light then? Mikan also didn't said I have to use water. Right! I will use whiskey, after all, it already has a orangish color. But how would I get the green color if I do that? Hmm...”

It was at that moment, Athanatos' eyes landed on something nearby the sink.

”How could I forget! The dishwashing liquid!!! It's green!!”

”Right. I should use a proportion of 1:10, soap to whiskey, since the taste of the soap would be overpowering otherwise.”

And finally, Athanatos had ȧssembled all the ingredients together. In front of him were 5 different types of leaves, a small cup of dishwashing liquid, and a bottle of whiskey.

”Third step is to boil it. This should be easy.”

But instead of putting in the liquid first, Athanatos just then remembered that tea leaves are usually best drinking dried.

However, the tea leaves in front of him are too fresh, thus, he improvised and decided to fry the leaves instead!

”La lala lala~ Lalalala~ Huh? Why are the leaves releasing smoke? Is this normal. Well, I guess that means I need to put in the whiskey and the soap now..”

No... Athanatos. The leaves are not just releasing smoke... It's fking burnt to a crisp!

But he didn't care. Although the smell was a bit weird. It was still bearable. Worst comes to worst, he'd just have to improvise a little more. He's a genius after all.

”Done! This tea is so marvelous! I guess I should name it, 'Ambrosia of the Cooking God, version 68.9'. An amazing name indeed. As expected of me.”

Right after naming it, he was just about to pour the tea(?) into a cup, but stopped the moment he had a sudden epiphany.