Chapter 463

Episode 463: The Increasing Number of Slaves (3)

In the royal kitchen, he has been giving cooking lessons all day long.

Of course, it’s not like they’re stuck in the kitchen idly.

‘Because the disappearance of a large amount of ingredients from the royal kitchen might have something to do with the Black Room.’

Didn’t I tell you to beat the stone bridge?

A royal cook brought him some vegetables.

“I trimmed the ingredients as you asked.”

The thorns of the stem are visible.

No matter how good a royal chef is, it is far from easy to remove all the thorns from the stem with just a knife.

Ray glanced at it and shook his head.

“Do it again.”

Three days to teach cooks in the royal kitchen.

Now his tone had become that of an instructor.

The royal chef turned around without a word.

“All right.”

They saw another side of the saint, but they rather liked it.

When you teach without being formal and needless, you do it with all your might.

Also, after experiencing a knight whose skills increase just by following his words, he could no longer disobey the saint’s words.

Ray, the person in charge, is boringly guarding the kitchen, but the chefs around him are making progress thanks to him.

“Ugh. This is strange.”

The polite cook with a shaggy beard tilted his head.

“What happen?”

“I think the ingredients have changed a little. I think there were three baskets this way this morning...”

He says and points to a corner where the vegetables are lined up.

Then, only one remaining basket of potatoes was left alone.

On the surface, it didn’t seem like much of a problem.

But this is the royal kitchen, not another place.

As it is the place where food is delivered to the king, it was a place to pay more attention to than anything else.

Several cooks who doubled as inspectors clung to the potatoes.

With a magic tool in the shape of a knife that can detect the presence of poison, it crushes and cuts potatoes.

Eventually, they nodded their heads in relief when they felt no reaction from Mana.

“There is no poison.”

“There is nothing particularly suspicious about the interior. I think you can rest assured.”

After the inspectors said that, the chef let out a sigh of relief.

If poison comes out of food ingredients, even if it is noticed in advance, discipline is bound to follow.

On the day you get a pay cut, you won’t even be able to drink your favorite drink.

When the relieved chef tries to put away the ingredients.

Sensing something strange, Ray stopped him.

“Wait.”

“yes?”

“Would you like to give me that potato?”

When he spoke in a serious tone, the chef was also frightened.

“Here you are.”

Ray was handed a basket of potatoes and put mana into the potatoes.

Ordinary people would have welcomed the intervention of the nobles, but Ray found them annoying.

“I’ll take only my heart.”

From the moment the nobles intervene, the game widens.

Any attempt to investigate secretly could fail because of their presence.

The nobles arbitrarily interpreted Ray’s thoughts.

‘It is clear that the help of the nobles will be of great help. But even so, you’re a great person if you’re trying to solve it yourself without asking for help!’

‘It is Celia’s blessing.’

Once I thought good, his actions looked good.

Unaware of the fact that Celia was slowly forming a force to support her, Ray started the battle with a smile on her face.

* * *

A family embroidered with the White Dragon’s crest and a mysterious force wearing only white robes met.

white dragon.

It was a family that was saved by Ray in the past, and had quite a reputation as a guild, albeit in a remote area.

A figure in a white robe took off his hood and asked for a handshake.

“nice to meet you.”

“I don’t know what to do because you invited me. To meet the satellites with a reputation as a rising force.”

“This is an undeserved compliment. We also welcome allies at any time, so you don’t know how happy we are to meet you like this.”

He says so, but his face doesn’t even show a smile.

I couldn’t even guess what he was thinking, so the family head was a little nervous.

I’ve met quite a few people in my life, but this was the first time I’ve ever encountered such an elusive person.

After taking a sip of tea, he brought fortune to the householder.

“However, inviting the head of the household today is not a proposal as an allied force.”

“Hmm?”

As I drool as if I didn’t know, a figure in a white robe emerged from the darkness and entered the room.

The woman handed over a piece of parchment and disappeared.

“My lord, please come to our satellite base. We are only repeating our steps in the dark, but we may need to be active in the light in the future. In order to do that, we need the power of the family head. If you were saved by the Holy Son, shouldn’t you repay that favor with this opportunity?”

The householder was taken aback by his words.

“Come into the satellite tower... doesn’t that mean abandoning the family?”

“To put it bluntly, yes.”

“...a family that has worked hard all their lives. No matter how insignificant a family is in a small frontier, I never thought of giving up the family either in my father’s generation or in my grandfather’s generation.”

“As long as there is a family head, the family can be raised at any time. If you have faith, even a family made of rice straw will not lose its authority. The head of the household has both, so what are you worried about?”

“...”

“It is difficult to raise a family once it has been ruined. But raising the world is even harder. Please make the right decision.”

He looked stiff, but he lowered his head with a faint smile.

After pondering for a while, the householder sighed.

“Give me time to think. It doesn’t seem like an issue worth deciding on hastily...”

“I see. But I don’t think we can give you a lot of time either. I’ll give you the end of two days. Please decide within that.”

“Two days...”

It’s too short a time to decide the fate of a family.

I was happy when I was invited by the satellite unit and went out on the road, but now my heart is stuffy and heavy.

‘How can I do this?’

When he couldn’t get up from the table, he put on the hood of his white robe again and got up first.

“The names of the satellites will spread across the continent in the future. I promise I won’t do anything that will make the head of the family regret it.”

He left the meeting room with that one word.

Inside, only the grunting voice of the head of the house, left alone, remained.