The gourmet master of the fairy world

Chapter 16 Lotus Root Feast

"Dianxi, can you go and notify the Candlelight Spirits to come to our house for dinner tonight?" asked Angel.

"I'll go right away." Diancie nodded.

"Remember to ask Candlelight and the others to help notify other Pokémon." Angel continued to instruct.

It would be a lot of work for Diancie to notify everyone one by one.

"Know it."

As he spoke, Diancie walked towards the direction of the Candlelight Spirits' home, and soon he disappeared.

Angel lowered his head and said to Snorlax, "Let's go home and take a hot bath, and then start processing these lotus roots." Although they had already washed them in the river, there was so much mud on their bodies, how could they be washed clean with river water alone?

As he said this, he took the lotus roots out of the system backpack and piled them in the corner near the door.

Where did “Gang~Gang~” come from?

Seeing that Angie had conjured up another lotus root out of thin air, the little Snorlax came up to Angie, tugged at his clothes, and touched him all over, trying to find the key.

"Okay, okay." Anjie reluctantly took Snorlax's hand away, "Go home and take a shower."

"Just~Just~"

Snorlax nodded, took Angie's hand and went to the bathroom on the second floor with him.

"Come, little Snorlax, sit down, I'll wash you first." Angel first filled the bathtub with hot water, then took a small stool and placed it in the middle of the bathroom, and said to little Snorlax.

"Just~Just~~~"

Snorlax nodded and sat down on the stool obediently.

Angie first wet Snorlax's body with a shower head. The warm water poured over his body, and Snorlax closed his eyes comfortably.

The Nibel Plateau is still a bit chilly in the autumn. After soaking in the water, even Snorlax felt a little cold.

Now, when it was washed by hot water, it suddenly felt that all the coldness in its body was washed away.

As the steam gradually filled the bathroom, Angel felt his body warming up.

While gently rubbing Snorlax's fur with his hands, Angie asked, "How is it? Is the water temperature suitable?"

"Just~"

Snorlax gave Anjie a thumbs up in response.

After thoroughly soaking Snorlax's body, Angie applied shower gel on it and took out a brush to gently comb its hair.

After rolling around in the mud, its hair was almost tangled.

"Just~~"

After being brushed by the brush, Snorlax felt more comfortable.

After cleaning the little Snorlax, Angie used the shower head to rinse off the bubbles, and then said to it: "Go take a bath in the bathtub. You've worked hard digging lotus roots today. I put a medicine bag in the water that can relieve your body's fatigue. It will be very comfortable to take a bath."

This medicine is naturally also bought from the system store. It is not expensive. You can buy a pack for 5 happiness points, and one pack can be used once.

Anjie looked at his happiness point balance, which was still 14506 points, finally over ten thousand.

These days, Anjie hardly spent any happiness points, except for buying some vegetable seeds when he opened up the vegetable garden last time and the medicine bags he bought this time. Both the vegetable seeds and the medicine bags are very cheap and didn't cost many happiness points.

"Just~Just~~"

After getting up from the stool, Snorlax did not go to the bathtub, but walked behind Angel and pushed him to sit on the small stool.

"Do you want to give me a bath too?" asked Anjie.

"Just~Just~"

Snorlax narrowed his eyes and nodded.

An Jie sat on the stool and laughed, "Then today I will enjoy the filial piety of my apprentice."

Although the little Snorlax didn't understand what "a filial apprentice" meant, he still rubbed Angel's back with great interest. There were soft pads under his chubby palms, which felt really comfortable when pressed on the body, but the force was a bit too strong.

"Little Snorlax, be gentle, be gentle, I'm about to be torn apart by you."

“Gang~Gang~” Is this okay?

Snorlax immediately adjusted its strength.

"That's it. Comfortable."

After a while, Angel's continuous moans were heard from the bathroom.

"Oh my, that's it. It feels so good."

"Yes, yes, yes~~~Rub it a few more times."

……

"Just~"

"Whoo~"

After scrubbing their bodies, the master and disciple lay down in the bathtub together, immersing their entire bodies in the water, leaving only their heads outside. They leaned on the edge of the bathtub, closed their eyes, and felt their bodies warm.

An Jie couldn't help but sigh: "I really made the right choice by buying this medicine bag. It's easy to use and affordable."

After taking the medicinal bath, Angie used a hair dryer to dry his hair and Snorlax's hair, and both he and his Pokémon felt relaxed immediately.

Because the bath was so comfortable, the master and disciple were lying on the sofa in the living room on the second floor with their arms and legs spread out, looking as if they had no bones, and had no desire to get up and work.

"Just~Just~~"

Snorlax's voice sounded a little lazier than usual.

"Little Snorlax, be quiet. Let me lie down for a while and I'll get up to work later." Angel said in a daze.

He and Snorlax lay there until the sun set.

After an unknown amount of time, Andrzej jumped up from the sofa and asked, "What time is it?" He looked at the clock on the wall and found that it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

"It's over, it's over, it's too late!" He hurriedly woke up Snorlax, "Snorlax, wake up, wake up, get up and work, otherwise it will be too late."

"Just?"

Little Snorlax opened his eyes drowsily and rubbed them, looking like he hadn't gotten enough sleep.

"It's almost dark!"

"Just???"

When Snorlax heard this, he suddenly jumped up from the sofa as if his butt was on fire, doing the same thing as Angel just did.

The master and the disciple changed their clothes as quickly as possible and hurried downstairs, only to find that everyone had indeed arrived.

In the hall, the Candlelight Spirit family, the Trumpet Bud, the Little Arrow Bird, the Wonderful Cat, the Colorful Butterfly... all arrived. They gathered in twos and threes, chatting, playing and fighting. It was very lively. The loach and the catfish king also came as agreed.

Seeing Angie and Snorlax coming down from upstairs, they all waved and greeted them.

"Everyone here? Wait, I'll cook for you right now!"

As he said that, Angie took the little Snorlax and ran towards the door, intending to wash the lotus root he had placed at the door again, but the door was empty.

Lotus root didn't have any, but he did see many Pokémon parents, such as the parents of the trumpet bud, Venusaur and Stomper, the parents of the bluebird, two Tanabata, the parents of the little arrow sparrow, Flamehawk and Mookaur... (Note: In the game, the species of Pokémon depends on the mother, while in the author's book, it is randomly determined by one of the parents.)
Obviously, they were worried about their children staying in human homes so late, so they came over to supervise.

Seeing Anjie coming out, all the parents turned their eyes to him. "Hello, everyone!" Anjie suddenly felt overwhelmed.

The parents immediately and quickly looked away.

Anjie didn't have the time to pay attention to these indifferent parents, and shouted loudly to the house: "Dianxi, where is the lotus root I left outside?"

Diancie's voice came from inside the house, "I put them all in the kitchen!"

It turned out that after Diancie came back, she found Angie and Snorlax sleeping soundly on the sofa. She didn't have the heart to disturb them, so she took the Pokémon that had already arrived to wash the lotus root and put it in the kitchen.

Anjie and Snorlax ran to the kitchen and saw that the lotus root had been cleaned and placed there. Anjie smiled and said to Snorlax:
"Little Snorlax, let's get started. Can I leave the steaming of the buns to you?"

These days, Angie and Snorlax go to the cooking training room for one hour every day to train (outside time). Now Snorlax can make steamed buns independently.

There were quite a lot of Pokémon invited to the lotus root banquet, and if lotus roots were used to entertain them all, it would definitely not be enough, so Anjie decided to use steamed buns as the staple food and lotus roots as a side dish.

In this way, everyone can not only eat their fill but also enjoy the deliciousness of lotus root, and Anjie can also earn some happiness points.

Pokémon don't gain happiness points from eating lotus roots, but they do gain happiness points from eating steamed buns!

"Gang~~" Leave it to me, Master!

Snorlax said confidently, patting his chest.

Then the master and disciple began to get busy.

Little Snorlax took out a bag of flour from the cupboard, took out yeast and other ingredients, and began to knead the dough skillfully.

And Anjie started to process the lotus roots.

The first dish Anjie made was cold lotus root slices.

He quickly peeled the lotus root, then cut it into thin slices and soaked it in water for a while to prevent it from changing color when stirred.

Then add clean water into the pot, add a spoonful of vinegar into the water, put in the lotus root slices after the water boils, and immediately remove from the water and put into a basin after blanching.

Because there were so many Pokémon eating, Angie had to make a lot at one time and could only use a basin to hold them.

The next step is to prepare the salad dressing, add chili, chopped green onion, garlic, pour hot oil, then add vinegar, sugar, coriander, etc. and mix well.

Anjie's movements were smooth and efficient, and in the blink of an eye, a dish of cold lotus root slices was ready.

The cold lotus root slices are simple to prepare but taste great. Anjie likes this dish very much.

Seeing that the little Snorlax was kneading the dough while peeking over here frequently, with his nose twitching slightly, looking like he was crying with greed, Anjie smiled and asked, "Little Snorlax, how about you taste it for me?"

"Just~~"

Snorlax's eyes lit up and he immediately nodded excitedly.

"Ah~~"

It immediately opened its mouth wide.

Anjie picked up a few slices with chopsticks and put them into Snorlax's mouth. Snorlax was immediately conquered by the crispy taste of the lotus root slices.

"Is it delicious?" Angel asked with a smile.

"Just~Just~"

Little Snorlax held his cheeks with both hands, his face full of intoxication.

In fact, from a chef's perspective, Angie's cooking skills are not particularly outstanding and are far worse than his grandfather's. Otherwise, he would not have bankrupted his grandfather's restaurant in his previous life. But Snorlax has no knowledge, and the food made by Angie seems to it to be extremely delicious.

"Okay, let's continue working, otherwise everyone will get impatient." Angel said, patting Snorlax's belly.

"Gang~~" Little Snorlax nodded. With the encouragement of delicious food, it worked more enthusiastically.

After the cold lotus root slices were ready, Anjie continued to make stir-fried lotus root slices, fried lotus root clips, sweet and sour lotus root cubes, and fried lotus root cakes...

Soon a rich aroma wafted from the kitchen, and the Pokémon playing in the hall suddenly quieted down. They closed their eyes, raised their noses slightly, and took deep breaths.

"Ya Cha~Ya Cha~" It smells so good!

The naughty panda couldn't resist the temptation of the aroma, and followed the smell towards the kitchen. The turbaned gangster, the little lion, the skunk Pu, the tail cat... all followed behind the naughty panda.

Anjie had just finished cooking a pot of lotus root soup when he turned around to see the little ones' heads pressed against the door frame, leaning into the kitchen like a stack of monks.

An Jie didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It will be ready soon. Go back and wait. If anyone doesn't behave, there will be no food."

"Ya Cha~"

"Meow meow~"

"Lion~"

……

When the little ones heard this, they immediately retracted their heads as if they had heard something horrible.

“Gang~Gang~Gang~~” Hahaha~~~
When the little Snorlax saw this, he immediately burst into laughter with his round belly sticking out.

It was eating steamed buns secretly while others were still hungry, but its belly was already round and there was a piece of green onion at the corner of its mouth.

Anjie took out a handkerchief and wiped its greasy mouth. "Okay, go tell everyone that it's time to eat."

"Just~~"

Snorlax cheered and ran off.

Angie, Diancie, and Snorlax first carried the steamed buns out and distributed them to each Pokémon's rice bowl. After all the Pokémon had received theirs, they each brought out a bowl of cold lotus root slices, fried lotus root sandwiches, and sweet and sour lotus root cubes from the kitchen, and served them to the Pokémon one by one with a spoon.

There are two rice bowls in front of each Pokémon, one for the staple food, steamed buns, and the other for vegetables. Angie felt that he and Diancie were a bit like the uncles and aunts who served rice and vegetables in the cafeteria during his school days in his previous life.

When the food was ready, Anjie announced, "Let's eat!"

The Pokémon couldn't wait any longer. After hearing what Angel said, they immediately grabbed their food bowls and started to eat.

"Miao meow meow~~" It's so delicious!!!
The cat wagged its tail happily.

Anjie opened the system interface and was surprised to find that the happiness points increased very quickly.

+200
+200
+200
……

Looking at the constantly changing amounts, Angie suddenly realized that eating dishes not specified by the system would indeed not provide him with happiness points, but steamed buns with lotus roots would double the deliciousness, and the happiness would naturally double as well.

As the Pokémon's sense of happiness increases, the happiness points provided will naturally increase!

It turns out there is such a loophole that can be exploited! Anjie smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

He walked over to the loach and catfish king with a smile, "How is it? Is our food delicious?"

The loach and the king catfish were eating with great concentration. They had never tasted such delicious food before. It turned out that the lotus roots they usually ate could become so delicious after being cooked.

Aren't they really dreaming?

But when they looked up, they saw Angel looking at them with a strange smile.

The two Pokémon's heads shrank.

Mom, I'm scared. This human's smile is so scary.

"Is it delicious?" Angel asked again.

The loach and the catfish king nodded quickly.

(End of this chapter)