Chapter 74: Living in the Royal City
Chapter 74: Living in the Royal City (Fourth Update)
Ash felt the growth progress of the meridians and estimated that it would take three or four days to complete the growth.
Although he was a little itchy, Ash still resisted the urge to use achievement points to speed up.
There are still a lot of gaps at the back, it's not worth it just to satisfy your snack craving.
Suddenly, Ash felt a fragrant and soft pillow behind his head. He squinted his eyes and relaxed his body.
"Where have you been?" Maria asked curiously.
"We've arrived at the royal city." Ash said.
"Is it beautiful there?" Maria asked. The largest city she had ever been to was Perkel, the largest city in the southern part of Lussus.
(Senmu Town is located in the southern border of Luces.)
"The beauty is reserved for the nobles. The outskirts are just like ordinary cities, dirty and messy." Ash played with his tail. "When I have the ability one day, I will take you to the top of the Sun Palace. The scenery there should be pretty good."
Maria caressed Ash's face lovingly, with a helpless tone: "You want to kill someone again."
Having both had negative distance contact, she knew too well what Ash meant when he said this.
"There's nothing I can do about it." Ash said, "They want to kill me, so I have no choice but to kill them. Do you want me to wait to be killed by them?"
"No." Maria bit her lip, her face flushed, "Just don't kill innocent people."
"Got it, my holy mother." Ash bit the soup bucket in the cafeteria.
"Bad boy!" Maria snorted.
Groans and growls lingered in the crystal palace. In the corner, a figure was hidden there, rubbing his thighs.
The next day, Ash straightened his back. Maria had worked extra hard as the scabbard last night, as if she wanted to wear out all the evil spirit in him.
After checking out of the hotel, Ash took Valentine and Cai Gou to look for a house.
It’s not impossible to stay in a hotel, but since you have money, it’s better to find a private place to stay.
Under the guidance of the dental clinic, Ash rented a small shop that could be used for both commercial and residential purposes at a price of 30 silvers per month.
Ash asked Valentine to find someone to decorate the store, while he went to find suppliers to purchase raw materials.
It took Ash one day to complete these two items, because the store originally overlapped with his positioning, so they could be used after a little tidying up, and the raw materials could be purchased directly from the big chamber of commerce.
The next day, the raw materials were delivered and Ash began to teach Valentine how to make porridge.
On the third day, an Ashu breakfast shop specializing in porridge opened at the junction of the Second and Third Ring Roads in Natan.
Kanda is a porter who usually loads and unloads goods for the Chamber of Commerce.
There are many porters like him in Natan, far more than in other cities.
In addition to the large population, the main reason is that Natan is built on the mountain, and some roads are difficult even for cows and horses to walk on, so they are particularly needed to deliver goods with their convenient legs.
Today, on his way to the Chamber of Commerce to look for a job, he saw that the breakfast shop that had been closed for some time had reopened.
However, the owner is no longer the old couple as before, but a young man with a friendly face.
The stove that was previously used to fry rice in the store has been lengthened a bit, and there are a total of four large wooden barrels emitting steam.
Kanda went to take a look out of curiosity, but the closer he got, the more a faint fragrance entered his mouth and nose, tempting his appetite.
Kanda touched his stomach and found that he had only eaten the leftover porridge from last night, which was not very filling.
If it's not too expensive, it's okay to buy some just for the taste.
Kanda made up his mind and shouted, "Hey, boss, what are you selling?"
"Porridge, leek porridge, radish porridge, red bean porridge and red date porridge. The first two are salty, and the last two are sweet." Valentine picked up a wooden bowl and said, "They are all two copper coins a bowl."
Two copper coins is not a bad idea. Kanda hesitated for a moment and said, "Give me a bowl of leek porridge."
"Would you like it hotter or cooler?" Valentine asked, opening a lid.
"Something hotter, please." Kanda said.
Valentine took a long spoon and scooped a deep spoonful, then handed the bowl to Kanda: "Okay, your porridge, just put the bowl in the bucket when you're done." "Okay." Kanda took the porridge, looked at the green leek porridge, took a sip, and a warm feeling flowed through his mouth, throat, stomach, and then to his whole body.
Kanda immediately felt his body heating up.
Delicious!
This thought involuntarily came to Kanda's mind. In addition to the warmth, the main thing was that the salty taste was really pure, without the bitterness that he had experienced before when eating salt.
Regardless of the burn, Kanda drank the porridge mouthful after mouthful.
After drinking this bowl of porridge, Kanda felt that his body was incredibly hot. In fact, it was true. Visible hot steam could be seen coming out of Kanda's head.
"It tastes great!" Kanda said to Valentine.
"Thank you." Valentine nodded.
Kanda paid the money and turned to leave.
When they arrived at the place where they were going to unload the goods today, Kanda found that his companions were looking at him with some surprise.
"Kanda, you look good today," said his companion.
"Really?" Kanda touched his face.
"Your face looks quite rosy. Did something happy happen to you?" asked the companion.
"No, I just drank a bowl of hot porridge." Kanda said.
"Wow, he's drinking hot porridge early in the morning and he still says there's no happy event." The companion shouted even louder.
This is how poor families live. Living in the royal capital is not easy. Even the firewood for cooking has to be calculated. As long as it is not the coldest day of the year when it is likely to freeze, they cook a day's worth of meals at night, which keeps them warm and saves firewood.
"Really not, I just didn't cook breakfast last night, so I had to buy a bowl of porridge on the way." Kanda explained quickly. If he asked his companions to tell him, many people would come over and ask questions.
"Really?" said the companion.
Kanda nodded vigorously: "Really!"
Seeing that Kanda didn't seem to be lying, his companions stopped teasing him.
Soon, the manager of the Chamber of Commerce came over and arranged the tasks. Kanda and his companions started to work. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that he had extra strength today.
In the shop, Ash looked at the number of people who had increased in the chef's achievement and nodded slightly. It seemed that even if he was only responsible for a part of it, the number of people who had positive reviews could still be counted.
"It will be easy now."
Leaving the rookie to watch the house, Ash headed to the Adventurer's Guild here.
Entering the Adventurer's Guild, Ash took a quick look at the environment. The layout was the same as that of Senmu Town, but the space was larger.
Ash came to the notice board and glanced at the tasks, then he frowned.
Because apart from some bounty missions, mercenary missions are almost extinct, and the only ones left are those with low rewards and high difficulty.
What kind of high-value bounty missions could there be near the royal capital? The truly valuable monsters and materials have probably been killed or collected by the adventurers here long ago.
"The venue is fully booked."
Yaxiu thought to himself, he had played online games as well, and knew that this place was probably just like those big guilds in online games that took over maps and materials. Some of the good tasks had been taken up by the local guilds here, leaving only the best for individual players.
After scanning the tasks, Ash gave up the idea of gaining adventurer achievements here.
"Then let's brush up on achievements in other career series first."
Ash turned and left, with a few figures sneaking up behind him.
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)