Chapter 33 Dining elegantly!
When Mr. Holland turned his attention to Catherine, who was preparing lunch for Brand.
Mr. Holland suddenly discovered that he had never seen many things used by Catherine.
"What kind of vegetable is this?"
"This is chili pepper."
"What about this? What is this powder? It has a bit of a pungent taste."
"This is powder made from ground Chinese pepper."
"Then what is this yellow thing?"
" This is ginger, which can be used to remove the smell."
After some questioning, Mr. Holland was surprised to find that these strange things are actually used for cooking!
And judging from Catherine's skillful movements, this is obviously not the first time!
Mr. Holland couldn't help but wonder where Brand bought these things.
But Catherine's answer made him frown slightly.
"You said that not long ago, Brand circled a small piece of land in the family's most advanced medicine garden, specifically to quickly cultivate these... seasonings?" After knowing the
origin of these strange seasonings, Mr. Holland felt a twinge of joy in his heart. Silk dissatisfaction.
I originally thought that Brand's personality had changed after going to the Mage Academy, and he knew how to fight for the honor of the Holland family!
But now it seems to have gotten worse!
Is the family's most advanced medicinal garden used to satisfy one's appetite?
That is used to grow family strategic materials!
Yersen should have listened to Yersin's advice to limit Brand's "authority" in Holland Castle!
But let’s talk about this later!
The first priority is to find where the magic sauce is!
On Catherine's side, after discovering that Chef Como made such "horrible" smelling food.
She had an urge to escape from the kitchen.
Afterwards, Catherine breathed a sigh of relief when the "horrible" dishes were thrown away.
I thought that I should be able to make lunch for my young master smoothly next.
However, when she discovered that Mr. Holland had not left the kitchen, but instead turned his attention towards her.
A bad feeling arose in Catherine's heart.
She knew what a powerful "impact" the next dish would have on the Viscount's spirit.
Even though he was an elegant Viscount who always paid attention to his image, Catherine could not guarantee whether he would lose his temper at all!
Then, when Mr. Holland began to ask about the names and origins of the various "seasonings" she used.
Catherine thought, you ask as soon as possible, and leave as soon as possible after asking!
However, it is a pity.
Although Mr. Holland did not find the magic sauce in Catherine.
But now that he's here, Mr. Holland is still ready to take a look at what kind of delicacies his second son eats every day.
Out of curiosity, Mr. Holland found a chair and sat down in the kitchen!
On Catherine's side, although she was dawdling all the way, she wanted to wait until Mr. Holland left before cooking.
But as time goes by, it finally comes to the last step of cooking with oil in a hot pan.
She raised her head and saw Mr. Holland still sitting there, looking at her with a smile on his face, showing no sign of leaving.
Desperate, Catherine had no choice but to hope that Mr. Holland would be an "elegant gentleman" who could perfectly control his desires!
However, when the smell mixed with spices and meat overflowed from the oil pan,
Mr. Holland also looked like he had fallen under the "charm spell".
Catherine gave up the last bit of luck in her heart.
The eyes are getting firmer!
——She is ready to defend her young master’s lunch with her life!
When she finished cooking, she was ready to take the dishes "immediately" away from Mr. Holland who made her feel uneasy.
She found that everything around her stopped.
Only the elegant Mr. Holland picked up the knife and fork and walked slowly over.
Piece by piece, piece by piece, she swallowed the food she carefully prepared for Brand!
Catherine's eyes also lost their brightness.
For a long time, Mr. Holland, who looked enjoying himself, gracefully put down the knife and fork stained with oil on his hands.
After pulling a tissue to wipe the oil stains around his mouth, and gargling his mouth with lemon water, Mr. Holander finally sighed with satisfaction:
"What an unimaginably delicious meal!"
After that, Mr. Holander finally turned his gaze. Turning to Catherine, whose eyes were empty.
Although he was a little embarrassed when he "elegantly" snatched away the lunch dishes carefully prepared by the little girl for his son.
However, as the well-informed Viscount Holland, there are various ways to boost Catherine's "morale"!
Just listen to him say:
"It's almost noon, and poor little Brand is still hungry!"
Hearing this, Catherine's eyes quickly focused, and her sad and angry look seemed to say: What do you want?
Seeing that Catherine was finally a little more energetic, Mr. Holland smiled and pointed at the remaining condiments and asked: "Tell me in detail, what has Brand done recently?"
Because Brand specifically asked him to , There is no need to hide his affairs from Mr. Holland.
Therefore, facing the curious Viscount, Catherine had no intention of hiding anything.
Catherine told the truth about Brand's recent movements.
...
A few days ago, Brand successfully opened up a spiritual space and became a junior mage apprentice.
Afterwards, Brand couldn't wait to test the specific functions of the mental space.
Although Brand was a little surprised by the results of the test, he also frowned a little.
The reserve of mental space is about 4 times the upper limit of mental power.
If you fill it up.
In a short period of time, Brand can have 5 times the upper limit of mental power.
This is good, but the problem is that storing mental power will cause the loss of mental power. Only one of the two mental powers can be successfully saved in the end.
Without the awakening potion, it would take about 3 to 4 days for Brand to fill up his mental space.
——This is a bit slow.
However, after all, he has a higher limit of mental power, and the size of the items that can be embodied is also much larger. From this point of view, Brand is quite happy.
In the next few days, Brand used his ability to manifest dreams and used the awakening potion to "improve" his living conditions.
Among them are young plants that have produced a batch of seasonings.
Considering that his family is already engaged in the planting industry, Brand will certainly not let go of such good innate conditions.
After some inquiries, Brand set his sights on the Holland family's most advanced medicine garden, which has the effect of accelerating plant growth.
...
"Those are the original plants of the seasoning!"
Arriving at his most advanced medicinal garden, Mr. Holland was very surprised to see the various plants growing in a small area in the corner of the medicinal garden.
Originally, Mr. Holland was very dissatisfied with Brand using the highest-grade medicine garden of the Holland family to grow whatever spices he wanted to satisfy his appetite.
Because after hearing Catherine's description of the growth and yield of those plants.
Mr. Holland is very sure.
That’s not some “priceless” “magic sauce.”
Just some ordinary plants with unknown uses!
After all, in a medicinal garden with accelerated growth, whose magic spices can be harvested in just a few days?
However, after Mr. Holland "personally tasted" the dishes Brand eats every day.
He felt that his previous judgment was still a bit arbitrary.
Even if it is an ordinary plant, it does have its value.
Mr. Holland now understands the inner thoughts of the two count families in the North better now.
After all, if Catherine didn't know the inside story.
Who would have thought that something that could make food taste so delicious could be nothing more than a common plant?
Thinking of this, Mr. Holland pointed to the various plants in front of him with an unquestionable expression, and then said to Catherine who was anxious to go back to cook: "Catherine, you go back and
tell Brand because he used my Medicine garden, as my son, although I can exempt him from the cost of using the medicine garden, the 'plantation tax' still has to be paid." At this point, Mr. Holland opened his palm and made a gesture, and
continued Said: "For the sake of Brand's lunch, I only need 50% of the seasoning here!"
(End of Chapter)