Before long, Linde returned to his mansion before dark.
At this moment, the two sisters, Jie'er and Jieluo, had been waiting at the entrance of the mansion for quite some time.
"Master, welcome back."
A clear and melodious sound can always soothe the soul.
Linde handed the bronze light to the servant leading the horse and handed the contents of the bundle on the horse's back to Geral, who was standing in front.
"Send these things directly to my room. Be careful, these are all magical materials."
"Yes, Master."
Geral took the food box and gracefully left. Linde looked at Geral beside him and asked:
"Is dinner ready? I'm looking forward to seeing what new dishes we can have."
Jieluo replied:
"Sir, the kitchen has prepared some dishes today using new ingredients found in the territory. We hope you will enjoy them."
Upon hearing this, Lin De exclaimed, "Oh? There are new ingredients? I'd better have a good taste of them!"
After taking off his outer garment, Linde came to the dining table, and a rich, savory aroma filled his nostrils.
"This is... fish soup?"
Linde looked at the somewhat clear fish soup in front of him and asked a question.
"Master, you're amazing! You smelled it right away."
Jieluo placed the soup spoon into the fish soup and then said:
"These are fish that the kitchen caught in the river outside today. The head chef tried cooking them and found them to be very delicious, so we decided to make them for you to try."
Linde picked up a spoon and stirred the fish soup, then scooped out the fish bones.
After observing it for a while and confirming that it wasn't a pufferfish or anything like that, I breathed a sigh of relief and thought to myself:
The way they cook fish in this other world is so crude, or is it a problem with the chef's skill level?
Previously, in the Earl's Territory, because the Earl's Territory was located inland, there were relatively few fishery resources, and few people would use expensive mage resources to preserve food.
Linde had hardly ever eaten fish in the Earl's territory, and had never known how the people there cooked fish.
Looking at it now, it's incredible.
Linde took a sip of the fish soup. The taste was acceptable. The fish was cleaned very well and had no fishy smell. The natural freshness of the fish saved the soup.
Therefore, Lind commented:
"The taste is alright, but I need to ask the chef to change it. He should pan-fry the fish after cleaning it before stewing it."
Linde explained his point of view in a language that was as localized as possible, while Jieluo, who was listening nearby, seemed to understand only part of it.
Lind then added:
"Theoretically, the fish soup should be milky white after cooking, which would make it taste better."
Jero nodded, noting down Lind's method, intending to tell the kitchen staff later.
Finally, Lind finished off all the bread and roast meat on the table with the fish soup for dinner.
After finishing the last sip of ale, Lind returned to the second floor of the mansion, feeling full and satisfied.
"I won't drink Coke tonight; this stuff is a bit too strong compared to Coke."
Linde glanced out the window. Although the moonlight from the two moons was quite bright, it still seemed a bit dark in the open field.
Linde abandoned his plan to take a walk under the moon and instead sat down at his desk, intending to study the magic book that Alice had given him.
He took out the magic book from his pocket; its exquisite cover gleamed under the crystal chandelier.
Linde jerked his head around; he had felt it when it was on him earlier, it was quite thick.
"It's quite heavy, the weight of knowledge."
The reason he didn't put it directly in his mage sleeve was because Linde's mage sleeve was still at the trick level, and it consumed a lot of mental energy, so he simply put it on his body.
Upon opening the cover, a sentence similar to that in the previous apprenticeship books immediately catches the eye:
"The path of magic is endless. Congratulations on taking the first step."
Lin De smiled knowingly, thinking to himself, "Could it be that the intermediate mage book and the advanced mage book are the second and third steps?"
Flipping further, one finds a massive catalog of spells, categorized by school of thought, with even more detailed subcategories within each school, leaving Lind dazzled.
After looking through them briefly, Linde selected a few spells that he thought he could use.
The first one is the Shield spell, which is the spell that allows mages to gain a foothold on the continent of Tiel, and it is also a must-learn skill for almost all mages.
Imagine if a mage didn't have a shield spell; a skilled marksman lying in wait, along with a powerful crossbow, could easily take down a mage who had spent years honing his skills.
Without shield spells, the mage class would almost be doomed.
The second is Spell Counter, a classic skill from the Protection school. Its purpose is to counter a spell when you are about to be affected by it.
Linde felt that learning this skill would greatly help him develop his own deconstruction aura.
As for offensive spells...
Linde doesn't really need it for now. He's a warrior by origin, and the low-level spells he can learn now don't do as much damage as his javelin throws.
"Let's learn these two defensive spells first. After all, I'm a lord, so it's normal for me to learn some life-saving spells."
After deciding on the spell he wanted to learn, Lin De noticed it was getting late and decided to wash up and go to bed.
Lying on his comfortable bed, Lind began to meditate.
Meditating before bed and falling asleep is quite nice; at least it saves you the effort of tossing and turning.
Nothing was said that night.
…………
Meanwhile, the fortified city.
"No one is allowed to sleep! No one is allowed to sleep until we find the Holy Blood Beastmen!"
A stern, sharp shout came from a secluded courtyard in the city.
In the courtyard stood a group of trembling beastmen servants and two gorgeously dressed fox-girls.
One of them was angrily berating the servants, while the other stood by, seemingly unconcerned and joking.
This menacing woman was none other than Nazra Adan, the fox-woman who had met Lind once before.
Since entering the city, Nazla's mood has gradually changed from full of confidence to slightly irritable, and now to furious.
The reason is simple: she has yet to make any progress in her search for the Holy Blood Orcs in the Fortified City.
At this moment, the fox-woman beside her, who looked much more mature than Nazra and was dressed in very gorgeous clothes, said with a smile:
"My dear sister, don't be so impatient. There's still plenty of time. No rush..."
Her tone was full of sarcasm and mockery, and judging from her words, she was a member of the fox-people royal family, just like Nazra.
Upon hearing this, Nazla was furious. She gritted her teeth and said fiercely:
"I think the information you provided was wrong, Tamalin! You deliberately misled me; there are no Holy Blood Orcs here at all!"
Upon hearing this, Tamalyn on the other side smiled even more broadly and said:
“My dear sister, don’t frame me. You know yourself that the Spirit-Scented Beast must have smelled the scent before, but as for why it stopped working, that’s your problem.”
After listening, Nazla took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, and her expression returned to her familiar smiling face.
Just then, an orc wearing a cloak returned from outside the courtyard and whispered something to Nazla.
Nazla suddenly became delighted and said:
"Really? Is the information guaranteed?"
The cloaked man said:
"Absolutely true."
Nazla's smile gradually broadened, and she commanded:
"We'll rest and reorganize the troops tomorrow, and then we'll leave the city the day after tomorrow!"
Tamalyn, who had been smiling the whole time, suddenly turned grim, as if she were plotting something in secret, while saying aloud:
"Then congratulations, little sister."
Then, Tamalin turned and walked out of the courtyard with her servants.
Nazla didn't intend to pay her any attention. Watching her departing figure, she sighed, then looked up at the night sky and said:
"I hope everything goes well..."
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