"This noodle soup tastes really unique …"
Li Ke gulped down the bowl of noodle soup that was said to be unique to a certain village. Apart from the musty and medicinal smell that was unique to the food on this ship, there wasn't anything too strange about it. It was just a little thicker, and there was rum and sugar added to it.
The taste was very unique. Li Ke couldn't quite understand the beauty of it, but it was still acceptable. He had developed a good habit of not wasting food in Freldrod, so he didn't dislike this strange noodle soup. He drank it all in one gulp, causing the waiter who served him to reveal a shocked expression. Li Ke felt a little strange, and even a little embarrassed. After all, his appetite had been increasing rapidly recently. He thought that it was his appetite that caused the waiter to reveal such a reaction.
After all, he had already eaten an entire basket of bread, two foot-long fish, and a large pot of vegetable stew.
"Is there something wrong?"
Li Ke asked the waiter who was staring at him in shock. Then, he noticed that the waiter was staring at the bowl of noodle soup in his hand. He put it down.
"The taste is a little unique, but I don't think it suits me … Hmm, to be honest, is this really made with flour?"
He thought that it was due to the strong smell of alcohol and sweetness that had caused the wheat aroma in the broth to disappear. However, when he saw his captain stirring the large bag of sleeping pills into a paste and mixing it with alcohol and sugar, he simply couldn't understand how the man before him was completely fine!
After all, this bowl of 'noodle soup' had caused the two cooks in the kitchen to fall asleep! Furthermore, they had only accidentally smelled the steam!
"This … It's probably because the cooks didn't do their job well. After all, they … Hmm, their health hasn't been too good for the past two days."
The messenger had never felt so nervous before. Even though guns and cannons were the most important things on the sea, it wasn't as if they hadn't encountered ghosts and magic before. Thus, he was extremely afraid that this man who was fine after eating an entire bucket of sleeping pills would discover that they were trying to make him fall asleep and kill him. Therefore, he subconsciously touched the gun in his pocket and forced himself to calm down.
Moreover, he wasn't lying when he said that the chefs weren't in good health. All the chefs on the ship had fallen asleep because of the sleeping pills. They wouldn't be able to eat their food for at least three days. What saddened this sailor the most was that after the chef fell asleep, the captain and first mate had to cook for him, and the food they cooked...
It was pig food.
The sailor did not doubt this at all. After all, this was information that the boatswain had exchanged with his life.
"If that's the case, then it looks like our voyage isn't going very well."
Li Ke could only smile. Then, he signaled the sailor who insisted on watching him eat to take away the tableware. Li Ke sat under a strange looking 'oil lamp' and took out a bottle of clear water to slowly drink while reading a book called 'Sea Devil'. It talked about the legendary monsters in the sea, as well as the stories of certain fish monsters that were confirmed to be fish monsters.
And the most interesting thing was that the author of this book might be a woman who had fallen to Birgiewater. When he talked about the chaotic port city, he used a condescending attitude, but also revealed his familiarity with the sea. And most importantly, in the preface of this book, he said that he asked an old friend to publish this book. So he gave Li Ke a relatively objective view of the port city where the author lived.
And some fun.
"This book said that greed will attract the devil, and then the devil will eat you. It's a lie … I really don't know what to say. You really think that the fat otaku isn't a devil?"
Li Ke couldn't help but laugh when he saw the place he was looking at. After all, the author of the book said that the catfish-like devil that was circulating in the market was just an excuse for some people to cover up the murder. After all, in such a chaotic city, the devil didn't need to go through so much trouble to take a person's life. Li Ke's strong desire for fame and status didn't attract the monster called Tam. It was obvious that this devil was just making up a story to teach children not to be greedy. Just like the ancient legend of Fedetik in order to prevent children from chasing after unknown figures alone, it was a fairy tale that people without a complete education system in the past wanted to educate the next generation.
And at this point, the author also praised Piltwerf's apprenticeship system. The author said that this kind of education system should be promoted to the whole world. Only Piltwerf's education system could give birth to the freest, most democratic, and most advanced civilization in the world. The author was deeply proud and moved by the apprenticeship system, and he wanted to offer hundreds of 24-pound salutes for the emergence of the scholarly tycoons.
This was indeed the author's intention. Compared to Li Ke's summary, the author's praise for the scholarly tycoons and the Piltwerf system filled ten pages. This was the first time Li Ke read a book in Valoran.
However, the author's contempt for Tam was not the most interesting thing. As Li Ke gradually flipped through the book, Piltwerf's Birtwerf slowly began to appear in front of him. More interesting things began to appear in the book in his hand, and Li Ke also saw many interesting names.
Drizzt, the author met this man in a casino. After losing several gold coins, he could only drink the free low-alcohol liquor provided by the casino while watching this man and another cigar-smoking man squander gold coins wantonly, including but not limited to stuffing gold coins into the chests and tails of bunny girls, or tying gold notes to the straps on their legs.
Of course, the author used two pages to explain that he wasn't envious of them, nor did he gloat over their misfortune when they were approached by the casino owner. However, Li Ke could still smell the strong jealousy from the author's words.
And what interested Li Ke the most was that the author actually wrote the story of Planck in the book, including how he cut his opponent into pieces and stuffed them into his cannon, as well as some rumors about this overlord of the sea. This allowed Li Ke to better understand the situation of this overlord of the sea and his true status in this world.
Of course, according to the author's description of Planck, Li Ke could already imagine the author's fate.
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