Chapter 27.2 - A Gentry Banquet Held in Adrian Empire’s Palace (Part 2) (2/2)
After taking a seat, Clyde’s attention was quickly attracted to the wonderful-smelling delicacies on the table. Looking at those rare, cooked dishes, there was cuisine of the highest quality: golden and crispy roasted pig, turkey with exotic fragrances, aromatic steak, and rare red wines. Compared to these, the food served in his palace was simply not meant for humans to eat. Those dishes had no way to compare to the dishes here. Every plate and every bottle could only be valued in silver coins, an unreachable luxury to poor people.
What made Clyde even more speechless was, that the high-level personnel of Light Church casually took a few bites, symbolically eating a few mouthfuls, nothing more. Even the Saintess Maria and Saintess Tiffany beside him just tasted a few mouthfuls and stopped eating. While drinking fruit juice, they chatted with the other priestesses.
“Maria, Tiffany, why aren’t you two eating?”
“Clyde, you can eat if you are hungry. Normally, we don’t eat such cheap dishes.”
“Eh… fine!”
After Clyde heard them, the table knife in his hand almost fell. This was too much! Why did they have to tell him this? Maria and Tiffany looked sincere and didn’t seem to be deceiving him. Now, he confirmed that the usual food and drink of the higher-ups of Light Church were calculated in gold coins, several grades higher than the dishes here. Thus, there was no problem in saying the dishes here were cheap.
Thinking about how these two saintesses wanted to be stationed in his fief for the long-term, Clyde sweated profusely. He deeply feared that these two foodies would eat his fief poor. The saintesses participating in this banquet were only Maria and Tiffany. The other members of Light Church’s seven saintesses didn’t come because they were too far away. If not for the distance being close, Maria and Tiffany would have also given an excuse. Despite the strength and status of the Adrian Empire, it was still far from the level where Light Church had to send a saintess out of respect.
When Maria and Tiffany left their seats to chat with the other priestesses, Bishop Nichols moved over without anybody knowing and sat beside Clyde. Afterward, he arranged a small-sized sound insulation barrier around them. The other Light Church’s members on the scene didn’t find this scene unusual because they believed that Bishop Nichols wanted to discuss secret matters with Clyde, so they pretended to see nothing.
“Your Excellency Clyde, are you interested in any priestesses? As long as you have enough money, you can bring them back… heh heh!”
“Bishop Nichols, you must be joking, They are your Light Church’s saintesses…”
“Nom no, everything has its price. As long as you pay enough, my teacher, Archbishop Edmund, can help you get whichever priestess you want, even saintesses.”
Clyde endured the surprise in his heart and tried to behave naturally. Bishop Nichols beside him didn’t resemble a devout bishop of Light Church, but rather a veteran pimp by directly having such a discussion with Clyde. As long as he paid a sufficient price, he could even purchase a saintess!