Chapter 18 - 18. Walking Encyclopaedia. (1/2)

”Wow... What's brewing in the kitchen, my good friend? I could smell that sweet scent all the way from my room upstairs earlier. It seems you have a good cook here to whip up several good dishes, eh Pat?” Prius remarked as he entered the Great Hall and sauntered over to sit next to Patricia while giving her a friendly nudge.

”You two are awake earlier than usual. So what is this breakfast called? My goodness, this soup is thick and looks so savoury that I could eat the whole bowl. Haha Haha.”

”It's called a 'Pengat', a Dutch Colonial dish and it's meant to be breakfast cum dessert. Best eaten hot or cold, doesn't matter. Try it, don't worry, there's some more inside the kitchen where it comes from. It's good for another 3 more servings like this.”

”My goodness, these balls here are so chewy... It is super delicious. We never had such dishes before, it is not that Pat here doesn't know how to cook but she would simply prepare the simplest dishes and there's only 2 of us before. Now that you're around, I think our palate would be much better. Haha Haha.”

”Hmm... Hmm... Hmm...” Patricia tries to say something but since her mouth was full, she could only smile and nod her head. Just by looking at her shows how deprived these two of having a great breakfast. I made a note to make something else later on each day, at least I could earn a 10% progress every morning.

The moment the food entered my mouth, my eyes started to water a little. Not because of the heat, but reminiscing the past lives when I leapt through from one series to another.

”Do you have a steamer here? I mean a stackable, bamboo steamer where I could whip up some good ole dumplings. We could have a variant of fillings and it may look simple from the outside but it's going to be a surprise every time you bite into them. It would make a great morning and afternoon tea.”

”No, we don't have that kind of steamer here. I could ask from the local general store if they do have such thing,” replied Patricia after she had slurped down the coconut milk, drinking using the bowl instead of using her spoon and her brother laughed at her demeanour.

”Don't mind Pat here, when it comes to great food, she forgot she's a lady. Haha Haha.” Prius said as he too kept stuffing his face with the breakfast. ”So what's your plan for today, my friend?”

”I'm heading out to Pointus' first in the morning, then I would be heading to Blake's about 2 hours later. Then I would be heading to the fields to get myself some game. I'd be back for lunch later then would head back out again and explore the goblin's hideout as mentioned by you.”

”So, non-combatant by day and a combatant during lunchtime eh? Haha Haha. Well, I don't think with your capabilities, you would have no problems dealing with those goblins there at all. Good luck to you my friend. And thanks for the wonderful breakfast.”

”Yes, Audemars... It was nice of you to help me out in the kitchen earlier. I had a stroke of an idea but I totally forgot about it. This breakfast is surely delicious, and we would be having this again during afternoon tea. By the way, how many meals do you actually take per day?”

”You won't believe it if I were to tell you. Hah Hah Hah...I'd be off then, be seeing you both later then. Cheers...” I said after completing the huge breakfast and I headed out of the door, with just a dagger on my sides.

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”Pat, it is quite unusual for you to prepare such breakfast in the morning. What type of 'a stroke of genius' did you get early on the morning today?”

”Oh, I was in his room earlier this morning before he was awake and he was sort of talking and mumbling in his sleep. So as what Mother used to say, if you hear someone talking in the sleep, you can talk and converse with the person as if the person is awake and you could find out secrets from him.”

”So what kind of secrets did you find from him? I do find him a bit off since he was eager to go out to the dungeons even he had just awaken from his long sleep. Furthermore, I expected him to last 3 hours there but in the end, he makes up half of the time there.”