Chapter 187: Wizard's meal (c)

A moment after Varth said those words while looking at him, Nevis smiled and sheepishly rubbed the back of his head before saying, "Can I learn how to create a Wizard's dish?"

The oddness of this profession has got to him. Cooking itself wasn't something out of the ordinary, but dishes that can increase strength and provide different effects to a combatant were what piqued his interest and made him want to become a chef that can create a wizard's meal.

"Why not? Though you need to read a lot of books and memorize the necessary ingredients, the amount used, and their combination to create a wizard's meal. Wizard's meal recipes are also pricey. So unless you can get a mentor that is willing to guide you for free, you will be paying hundreds or even thousands of contributions points to learn how to prepare one such meal."

After digesting Varth's words, Nevis came to realize that it wouldn't be easy to jump into this profession. He was also hesitating to do so because not only was the earning of a wizard's chef less than that of a chef that prepares evolution materials for humanoid consumption but the price he needs to pay to learn it is equal to any other high-level profession.

"It's too costly for the current me. I'll see what I get after we split up the loot. If the profit is too much and I can get my hands on what I prioritize and what I am interested in, then I would learn it." By taking the fact that he only earns enough to make ends meet through streaming into account, Nevis made this rational decision.

"Can I get a refill?" John asked after he finished his meal and gained a buff.

"There's plenty of it, so sure but don't overdo it. Excess of anything has harmful effects. The same goes for a wizard's meal." Varth motioned him to help himself.

There was plenty of meat on the tray on top of the stand beside the griller, waiting for the destined one to eat it.

"Can you get some for me too?" Iris asked after John stood up.

"Sure, I will," John replied and took the plate from her hand before going towards the stand.

Everyone got a refill, including the girls, as the food was too good. Vincent followed suit as he didn't want to stand out from the crowd.

"I am already feeling stronger and full of stamina after the first meal, and I haven't even had the second. It will be easy to face the last trial with so many buffs, and it's all thanks to you." John said while looking at Varth with a thankful look on his face.

"Yeah," Vincent said. "It's a blessing to have a wizard's chef in our team!"

"Haha guys, stop embarrassing him," Nevis said.

"I'm not embarrassed." Varth's eyebrows raised.

"Really? Then take off your mask and let us see your face." Nevis demanded that with an evil smirk on his pretty-boy face.

"No way." Varth declined as removing the mask meant going full-on basilisk, and with him having new feelings towards them, he didn't know what the demon would do to them. It might take control of his body, kill them or torture them till their minds break to get back at him.

"See, he is embarrassed," Nevis said after Varth refused to take off his mask.

"Hahahaha!" Everyone couldn't help but laugh a little, and that made Varth's eyes twitch.

After finishing the meat on his plate by sneaking more than half of it to the plate in Leilani's hand at a speed so fast that she didn't even notice and eating the rest of it, Vincent shoot Varth a glance and said, "You don't look like the type of guy who would spend a lot of time reading books to learn something like this."

"It's a hobby that I picked up from an old friend while I was touring different planets and learning more about their culture with him."

That was the background his family made for him when in actuality, he was not a tourist, and he didn't visit those planets to learn more about their culture. He did travel to the planets mentioned in his official records, but it was for an impure purpose, and that was to take out the people on the kill list, a list with the names of the enemies of the Hollow family and the people the Hollows want dead.

"Visiting and exploring planets, that's the dream of many. But you did it at a young age. You must have enjoyed it a lot." Vincent said those words because he didn't know what Varth has gone through or that he wasn't touring planets for the fun of it but assassinating enemies of his family.

"It's pleasant but not as much as you think. Though it does have a sense of novelty to it," Varth replied to him.

"It's too good to be rich! After we make big bucks, let's go and explore the other worlds!" Nevis said.

"Hey, even if we get rich, it's useless now," John said with a sigh.

"Huh?" Nevis looked at him with a bewildered expression on his face.

"After twenty-two months, we'll be working our ass off in the army," John said, "You're a Great Royalty, and thus, you can back off from becoming a soldier or quit the army as you want. But the three of us need to fulfill our obligation before we can retire. So, it will be a while before we can travel together to tour other worlds."

"That is, if we manage to survive."

The moment that sentence left his mouth, the dizzying happiness evaporated in thin air, and coldness invaded the surrounding.

Nevis's mouth was left hanging.

"Let's talk about something else," Leilani said.

"My bad," John said, realizing that he had made a mistake by saying that.

"Varth, that friend who taught you how to create a wizard's meal, who is he? Can you tell us more about him?" Vincent said, trying to change the subject.