Following the warm invitation and persuasion of the old witch Flora, Gus and Annie were not in a hurry to leave immediately that night. Instead, they prepared to rest for a night in that unique treehouse that was said to be able to isolate the smell of the brand, and spend the night together.
Have a dinner.
Of course, in Anne's eyes, rest and other things are actually secondary. Dinner together is the most important and necessary. Otherwise, how could she talk so much with that old woman?
But the result...
When Annie and Gus were led by the green-haired witch girl Shirji, they sat down in the treehouse restaurant that was also decorated with many flowers and plants and looked like a forest park and looked at the food on the table.
She was immediately dumbfounded when she saw the dazzling array of food.
"..."
=('ヮ'=)
Because, the food on the table in front of me was all kinds of colorful leaves, petals, young seedlings, sliced ​​melons and fruits, various nuts and other things. Although they looked extremely rich, they did not look at them.
Eat a little bit of meat or food related to meat.
"what are these?"
(_)ヾ
"Is it Sarah before dinner?"
(゜-゜)
After looking for a while, glancing at every corner of the table, and even moving forward to smell it, Annie asked strangely.
Although they all seem to be quite delicious, if they are just like this, they will definitely not satisfy Annie, because she would rather see those big pieces than what she sees in front of her.
Big chunks of meat!
"??"
"This is dinner!"
"It's delicious and rich. You can eat and see."
The green-haired little witch Shirji didn't know what Annie meant, and she didn't understand Annie's somewhat puzzled eyes. She just started eating and signaled to Annie that she could start.
"..."
(ー`ー)
"Uh-huh……"
o(^～^;)ψ
After hearing that this was all she had, Anne had no choice but to tentatively pick up the wooden fork, pick up two young shoots of unknown nature and chew them in her mouth.
"!!"
!(;~)o
"It's sweet and creamy, and has a refreshing fragrance. It's really delicious!"
()
"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh..."
(~)Chew!
Annie, who found that something was different from her imagination, quickly swept a large bowl of petals, leaves and other messy things into her mouth, chewed it up and swallowed it whole.
"but……"
(ー`ー)
"Is that all there is for dinner?"
(；′⌒`)
"If I eat all these, I won't be full..."
(**;)
"My stomach feels empty. Don't you have any other staple food?"
(.)
Soon, after finishing her bowl, Annie naturally asked about the staple food.
Although, these things are indeed delicious, in Annie's opinion, they are still a bit too bland. Not only do they not have the slightest bit of oily smell, even rice noodles or fried foods with high starch and sugar content are not.
No, so much so that after finishing a bowl, she just felt her stomach was empty, her mouth felt like she had eaten a lonely meal, and she was not happy at all!
Anyway!
These colorful things are definitely very competent as salad fruits before and after meals, but if they are used as staple food, they are definitely unreasonable and very inappropriate.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
(Tibbers said that Uncle Bear has been very unhappy recently, and he really wants to catch the little green-haired witch in front of him and stuff it into his mouth, chew it with some meat?)
"Staple food?"
"But, this is the staple food!"
"Any questions?"
After a pause, he looked at the contents of his bowl, and then at the sumptuous dinner on the table. The green-haired little witch Shirji was a little confused.
"Of course there is a problem!"
(ˇεˇ)
"There is no delicious meat, no fish, no cute little animals in the forest, no eggs, no fried pasta and delicious pastries. There are only these flowers, plants and leaves. It's not like they are here.
Goat or rabbit, how can you only eat this?!"
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
Anne didn't care whether it would be impolite to complain about bad food as a guest. She only knew that she was very dissatisfied with the arrangement of today's dinner. It was not at all the delicious food she had imagined and expected.
'Feast'!
She wants to eat meat, eat a lot of meat, and only when she is full will she have strength, instead of eating grass with the other party like she does now!
"..."
Gus, who was sitting aside and trying to maintain the dining etiquette he learned during his time as a noble in the capital city of Mitlan, did not speak. He just glanced at a certain troubled little girl with his one eye, and then
Just ate his slowly again.
Although, for Gus, this kind of vegan dinner is indeed a little less interesting, and makes him, a big energy consumer, feel uncomfortable, but he can sit down and eat with peace of mind as the evening approaches.
Carrying things, not having to worry about being harassed by those monsters and evil spirits, and being able to sleep peacefully and have a good night's sleep was already very, very rare. He didn't dare to ask for too much.
"ah?"
"Fish, meat and small animals?!"
Hearing this, the witch Shirji was a little surprised, then subconsciously turned her head and looked at her teacher Flora.
"Feel sorry!"
"This is what we eat on weekdays, even simpler?"
"As for what you said..."
"We never seem to eat, and we don't know how to cook..."
I didn't expect that the guests would not like the 'big meal' that I had prepared so carefully, and Witch Shirji couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved.
"What?!"
!(;o)o
"Do you guys usually eat these?"
━(Δ∥)━ン
"is that true?"
(Д≡д)!?
Anne was certainly surprised by this, and looked at the two witches from side to side and confirmed each other's eyes.
"No wonder..."
(ω‖)
"No wonder Miss Shirji, you look so thin and weak, it turns out you are like this!"
(＿＿*)
"However, you can't be picky about food like this. You should eat more meat from small animals, and then you can grow taller and stronger!"
(︵`)
"Like this stupid Uncle Gus, he can sometimes eat a whole pig by himself!"
()
Then, after confirming that the two of them actually ate like this and didn't mean to make things difficult for her, Annie began to point at Uncle Gus who was eating seriously and preached.
"No!"
"I didn't eat a pig in one sitting!"
"Only half at most?"
Seeing that the troubled little girl in front of him was talking about the 'roast whole pig' he had served at one time, Gus naturally corrected her and said that he just ate the other person's leftovers that time, and he felt that
It was so delicious that I ate a little more. It was definitely not as exaggerated as the other person said.
"..."
"this……"
The somewhat embarrassed green-haired little witch Shirji looked at her teacher Flora again, and then she didn't know how to talk to her.
After all, they had never thought about preparing meat, and they themselves did not eat the animals in the forest, because the animals were their companions, so she didn't know what to do at this time.
"Are you the picky eater?"
"You bad boy!"
At this time, the flower spirit wind elf Ibarela who was lying on a small plate drinking nectar finally couldn't stand it anymore.
"These flower dew, honey and spiritual herbs cultivated by magic are very rare. They are much better than eating those innocent little animals!"
"Don't go too far!"
So, she flew directly to Annie and refuted angrily with her hands on her hips.
"..."
(￢д￢.)
"never mind!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"If people don't fight with you, they should settle it themselves!"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"Here!"
(ψ｀▽′)o~
Bang!
Annie didn't want to argue too much with the little goblin while eating, so after thinking about it, she simply took out a large plate of various meats from the gourmet world she carried with her and put it directly on the table.
Everyone was dumbfounded and lowered themselves onto the wooden table, which was not very big in the first place.
"!!"
"?!"
"this……"
"..."
Upon seeing this, the four people present, including Gus as the guest, the witch and the little goblin as the host, were all startled.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh..."
(￣～￣)Chew!
"Ha! Sure enough, this kind of meat is more delicious. Those flowers and plants can only be used as dessert after dinner!"
()
Immediately afterwards, Annie picked up a large piece of perfect beef steak without any politeness and started chewing it. Her hands and face were immediately covered with the fragrant and sticky greasy sauce.
"..."
Not long after, Gus, who didn't want to be a vegetarian at all, reached out silently, grabbed the largest piece of bone-in barbecue on the plate, and put it into his wooden bowl to gnaw on it.
"??"
"What's so delicious about this meat?"
"Tell you what!"
"Only eating these flower dew and petals is good for the body..."
Seeing the looks of the two of them, the little fairy, the flower spirit type wind elf Ibarela, of course flew to the big plate with some arrogance and said those high-sounding words.
"??"
"Wow!"
“Is this what meat tastes like?”
“It’s incredible, it’s even more delicious than flower dew!”
"Uh-huh!"
"Okay, it smells so good!!"
However, when she was attracted by the smell, she subconsciously flew down and tentatively dipped her hand into the soup and took a sip, she immediately flew up with a loud exclamation.
“Really delicious!!!”
"Shirji!"
“You guys try it quickly!!”
Then, after holding a piece of tender and juicy steak that was bigger than her body and taking a bite, she hurriedly grabbed two big pieces on the plate and flew them up with difficulty.
He put it into the bowls of the two witches who were still unmoved and urged them both to try it too.
"..."
"May I?"
Shirji, who had never eaten meat before, wrinkled her nose and came forward to smell it. Then, feeling a little curious, she couldn't help but also opened her red lips and took a small tentative bite.
"!!"
"This is……"
"strangeness!"
"How can such things still have such abundant magic power?"
As soon as she swallowed the first bite, Shirji exclaimed and looked at her teacher who also tasted a small piece, her big eyes full of disbelief.
Because, according to her idea, animal carcasses should not be so delicious and contain such rich magic power.
"Well……"
"This doesn't seem to be ordinary meat..."
"Annie, what are they?"
However, the old witch Flora had more experience, and she could tell something was wrong at the first bite, so she looked at the opposite Annie who was enjoying her meal in surprise and asked strangely.
“It’s a good thing from the food industry!”
(゜▽＾*)
"Anyway, just eat!"
()hey-hey!
"Eat quickly!"
(ψ｀′)o
Now that she is cooking, Annie doesn't want to explain too much, let alone tell the other party that the ingredients taken from the gourmet world are not actually magical, but have the magical ability to allow human cells to evolve and gain strength.
effect.
Otherwise, food hunters like Uncle Alu in the food world would not have become so strong and would tirelessly pursue all kinds of food.
Of course, the effects of evolution and so on are only for ordinary people. For Anne, these things are just delicious. Whether it is body, spirit, or soul, she has no need for that kind of boring food for a long time.
evolved.
“Food world?”
"So that's it..."
Nodding, he saw that his disciple Shirji and the elf Ibarela had already buried their heads in the wooden bowl. Looking at Annie, she seemed to have no intention of continuing to explain, and the witch Flora did not dare to pass.
After exploring more, I just smiled and ate happily with everyone.
Nearly half an hour later...
"correct!"
"Old lady, you told me before that you seemed to know about our arrival?"
"Moreover, you also know about me and Brand..."
"What's going on?!"
Finally, after everyone had finished eating, and seeing that most of the food on the table had been wiped out, Gus, who still had a lot of doubts in his heart, suddenly turned towards the man opposite who had already put down his tableware and was drinking tea.
Witch Flora asked.
"actually……"
"An old friend from the Netherworld came here and mentioned it to me..."
"Although, your arrival is a little earlier than I expected?"
"Besides, the person who came with you doesn't quite fit in?"
As she said that, the old witch glanced at a little girl who was sucking some flower dew after eating and drinking, but why she said that, she was unwilling to explain too much.
"friend?"
"Netherworld?"
"What is the Netherworld?"
Now, Gus had more doubts in his heart, so he continued to ask humbly.
"To put it simply, it is the world that people in this world will go to after death."
"There is a saying among us witches that this world is actually a trinity, a world formed by combining with at least two other different worlds."
"That's the world!"
"Among them, one is the main material world we currently exist, and the other is the nether world, also known as the spiritual world, which is the world where the spirit is placed."
“Another one, the world of soul essence that is the source of all things’ existence?”
The witch Flora did not explain Gus's question, but the green-haired little witch Shirji on the side took the lead and explained it on her behalf.
"In this world, under normal circumstances, you cannot touch or see the existence of the other two worlds."
"but!"
"Once the spirit or soul produces some strong fluctuations that affect the body, the existence of another world can be seen and touched."
"certainly!"
"At the same time, you can also be harmed by beings from other worlds..."
"Like the brand on your neck, Mr. Gus, and us witches who have practiced spiritual and soul power?"
While explaining, Witch Shirji first glanced at Gus, who looked a little unhappy, and then looked at a troublesome little girl who didn't seem to be paying attention at all.
"brand……"
Gus did not continue to ask any more questions, but just lowered his head and clenched his fists, frowning and thinking.
Obviously, after such a long period of time, for him who had killed countless "others", the existence and understanding of the Nether World was more impressive to him than anyone else.
"."
ρ(^^*)
And Annie, who was sucking nectar for dessert, didn't pay attention at all, because she understood the world much more than these wild witches thought, so she wouldn't listen to their boring words.
superficial things.
"..."
()
In Anne's view, not only is the trinity of worlds they live in not a single existence, but also the different plane worlds she has been to, and even some readers outside of those plane worlds.
The world we live in does not exist in a single place.
They are all worlds that influence each other, interfere with each other and are interdependent.
For example, what they are doing now may be shown in the text of a certain book, or it may be shown in other places, but how to express it will be affected by her or the existence of the world itself.
Also, what some people think is the real world, could it be a movie, a TV series that others are watching, or a program called 'universe' that is running and simulating in a supercomputer?
?
Their current world can be composed and expressed by words or pictures, and other people's worlds can of course be composed and expressed by data or particles. They interact with each other in some way that does not affect each other but affects each other.
The complexity of the connection cannot be explained in a few words by Miss Shirji.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"..."
"This world is like a huge puzzle..."
"And accepting this huge mystery and exploring all the myriad phenomena from within the world is the way of our witch's magic!"
"same!"
"Mr. Gus, your brand is also a kind of magic, but it is more primitive and more terrifying!"
"That has touched the origin of the world, thus affecting both worlds!"
Since she had already eaten and drank enough, and was very satisfied with the fresh meat that Annie brought out, the green-haired little witch asked her teacher for permission with her eyes, and no longer cared about what Gus thought.
, not to mention the attitude of a certain bad little girl, she directly started to talk about some common sense of this world and her understanding of magic.
…
The sky outside the tree house has gradually become dark, and the moon has climbed out of the clouds.
At this time, in the tree house, Gus was still curiously and carefully listening to the chats and explanations of the two witches. He did not pay attention to the scene outside at all, nor did he notice that he should have been talking to him in the past.
The 'others' who gathered and launched the attack actually did not appear today.
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Chapter completed!