As the moon emerged in the night sky, Weed was stirring with a ladle.
In the past, the True Blood Vampire Clan inhabited the bleak and luxurious black giant castle in the background, but now he was cooking in the middle of Morata village.
In the north, traveling in the night was no better than suicide.
Because he didn’t know the area very well, it was best not to move around and risk stumbling into strong monsters. It was also much more tiring to endure the cold, during the night.
Even though he had eaten the sweet potatoes he was given by the village elder, the fullness bar was gradually disappearing. Thus, Weed decided to cook some food in Morata.
'Better make some nice, hot food that can defeat the cold.'
The meat of the various beast he had hunted in the Yurokina Mountains, vegetables and seasonings were all mixed to make a soup!
'Mixing makes it much more delicious.'
The open-air fire burned majestically, with a pot hanging above it to be used for boiling the broth.
Depending on the fire, the food can be prepared in numerous ways.
Weed started slicing the meat, before dropping it into the pot.
As soon as he dropped the toppings into the broth, it changed to a reddish colour.
A spicy smell exploded into the area.
*Gulp*
He saw the Pope candidate, swallow his saliva. Even though he was a priest of Freya, it was hard for him to resist his appetite in that situation.
'This time I will be able to give you some real cooking for a change.' Weed thought as he glanced a look at Seoyoon. She was squatting next to the fire, watching the broth boil.
In the past, they had never had time to cook any meals properly, as they were always in a hurry to get back to the Yurokina Mountains.
Being an Orc decreased his craftings skills tremendously.
As Karichwi the Orc, his dexterity was also weakened a little, which also affected his cooking skill. It was however sufficient for grilling meat.
Seoyoon delightedly ate the grilled meat.
'Previously whenever we met each other, we were so busy hunting that I didn’t get an opportunity to cook. We just ate the bread that I had made beforehand. Therefore, even if it’s this meal, it might still appease her.'
'Through the means of this meal I could apologize to Seoyoon.'
Paladins and Priests started gathering around the place where Weed was cooking.
The paladins started exerting divine power, in order to keep a straight face! The noble priests drooled at the look of the mixed soup. The ideal of maintaining dignity was lost in front of a temptation this big.
Then the villagers of Morata started to come out of their houses, even though Weed had thought they were sleeping.
“This savory smell……”
“I don’t know how long it’s been since I smelled anything this good.”
The villagers started to stare at the pot with greedy eyes. The children were grabbing their stomachs.
Weed shook his head.
'I can’t give this to anyone.'
'To obtain the seasonings and cooking ingredients costs money. Therefore I have no intention of handing any of it over.'
At this moment, the children started to cry.
“Mom, I’m hungry!”
“Bear with it for a little longer. Your father’s going to be home soon.”
“Is it grass again?”
“Yes, he said he’ll be going a bit south of here where you can easily pick up good tree bark and grass roots, so just wait a little longer.”
“WAAAH!!!”
The children burst into tears.
Even though Morata was no longer in ruins, it was still really poor. Due to the cold they could not grow crops, and since it was inhospitable like the towns in the areas around it, trade wasn’t improving either.
The town was just barely scraping by!
It wasn’t truly dead, but only by living off the distributions from the church of Freya, did the village manage to survive.
In actuality, for the village elder to hand out the sweet potatoes was an astounding act of kindness.
Weed frowned.
'Why did we, out of all the places have to come somewhere this poor.'
Memories of barely being able to feed the paladins in the past started to surface.
'I struggled so much in order to fill their bellies. If this had been a normal situation I wouldn’t even have been noticed.'
However, the children were starving.