Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 19 The Restless Dinner
They divided into two groups and went together to check the houses carefully one by one. Even the cellars and wardrobes in the house were checked one by one, but no residents of the small town were found.

By the time they finished inspecting all the houses, it was completely dark.

They chose a tavern in the town as a place to rest for the evening, the food in the cellar of the tavern was well preserved and had not been taken or destroyed.

Not only was this the case in the tavern, during the search, Rhodes found that everything in the house was well preserved, and there were many valuables still in the house, and there were no traces of blood or fighting in the town.

It's as if the residents of the small town suddenly put down what they were doing at a certain time and left the town suddenly.

Hammer rubbed his growling stomach and asked, "When is dinner?"

The tavern is very small, and there is no separate kitchen. The food is cooked on the brazier in the middle of the tavern hall.

"It's almost ready," said Weber, stirring his spoon over the pot.

Rhodes looked at the food in the pot and fell into thought. If there is no accident, he will eat cooked food again tonight. For Baron and the others, Weber's craftsmanship is already very good, but for him...

Since time travel, I have never eaten fried dishes. When I have money, I must find a blacksmith to make an iron pot and put it in the space ring.

Baron brought up two barrels of wine from the cellar, and said with a smile, "Is there any place to warm up? I brought two barrels of the best wine from the cellar."

The middle-aged knight sitting on the bench next to the brazier warming up moved the bench and said, "Although drinking is not good at this time, I think we need some wine to warm up. You Nord winter nights It's just too cold."

"The weather has been pretty good recently. It's been a warm winter this year, and spring is coming soon. It's much warmer than the previous few days." Baron said while pouring the wine into the glass and handing it to the middle-aged knight. Are you still taking off your armor?"

"We didn't bring any attendants this time. It's very difficult to wear plate armor by ourselves, so we usually don't take it off. This is also a kind of practice for us." The middle-aged knight said after taking a sip of wine.

He just took off his helmet now, and he was still wearing heavy full-body plate armor behind him.

"If I stay in the tin can when I sleep, then I will definitely not be able to sleep. By the way, we don't know your name yet." Baron said.

"My name is Harvey Lannis." The middle-aged knight replied.

"You can call me Baron." Baron said.

Baron pointed at Hamer, who was staring at the wine glasses in their hands, "This is Hamer, a powerful berserker."

He pointed to Weber who was cooking next to the pot, "This is Weber, he is an experienced stalker, and he is also very good at cooking."

Baron finally pointed to Rhodes who was in a daze, "This is my nephew, Rhodes."

"I remember that the Lannis family is a prominent family in the Roman Empire. I didn't expect to meet one in such a small place." Baron said after taking a sip of his wine.

"I'm just an illegitimate son of the third son of Lord Marquess of Lannis. Lord Marquis of Lannis saw my bravery in the war against Fish Kingdom, made me a knight and allowed me to use the family name." Harvey said self-deprecatingly , "Later I gave up my territory and joined the Knights of the Radiant Cross to serve my god."

There are many knights on the mainland, and each knights have different beliefs. There are not many people in each knights who really have the title of knights. After all, knights are also nobles.

Most of the "knights" in the knight order are actually just riders with horses. In addition to these combat members, there are also some logistics members and priests who are responsible for sacrifices in the knight order.

There are also churches on the mainland that are dominated by priests and priests, but the churches are all forces with weak armed forces.

At this time, the other two knights had just finished feeding their horses and entered the tavern from the outside.

"Then what are their names?" Baron asked.

Harvey pointed to the young knight, who was very arrogant to Rhodes before, and said, "His name is Sven Arryn, and he is the youngest son of Earl Arryn. The family is overly doting, but he's still a good fighter."

Shi Wen was very handsome, with blond naturally curly hair, pale green eyes, and a straight nose.

Rhodes thought that as long as he looked better, he could barely rival himself.

"What about him?" Baron asked, pointing to another knight.

All but the knight had their helmets off, and he didn't even have his visor on.

"Hahaha, he is a shy child. He grew up in the Knights and didn't have much contact with outsiders. He doesn't like us telling his name to people outside the Knights." Harvey explained.

"Okay, so what should we call him? Does he have a nickname or something?" Baron continued to ask.

"You can temporarily call him the 'silent knight'." Harvey said.

"You can start eating," Weber said.

Baron moved a dining table from the side, and everyone gathered around the dining table and began to eat.

For this meal, there was only a large vat of venison and vegetable stewed soup. There was no food such as bread in the cellar, and Weber had never learned how to make bread, so everyone could only eat these.

Weber divided a bucket of broth into seven equal parts, put them in clean wooden bowls, and placed them in front of everyone.

Rhodes took out the tableware that had been in the boiling water for a long time and distributed them to the people on the table.

When he was in the wild some time ago, he would simply disinfect the tableware before using it, usually after washing it with water, and then roasting it to burn it with fire.

In this era when illness is completely dependent on physical resistance, he can only find ways to keep himself from getting sick as much as possible.

The middle-aged knight Harvey took a sip of the soup with a spoon and praised, "This is the best soup I've ever had in Nord. Even the soup I drank in the lord's castle before was not as good as this."

"I'm honored that you compliment my food, ser," Webber thanked.

The young knight Shi Wen also picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup, commenting, "It's better than the pig food before, and it's barely as good as my servant's food."

Hammer's face turned green when he heard what Sven said, "You mean that we Nords generally eat pig food?"

"I apologize to you on his behalf. Please forgive this child who doesn't know how to be grateful. He is spoiled too much by his family, so he always does this to others." Harvey said quickly.

Baron laughed and patted Rhodes on the shoulder and said, "We are a little flattered to have a noble like you apologize to us. I can understand his behavior, just like my nephew before. He doesn't know how to deal with him. Get along with other people."

Rhodes felt very strange about Harvey's voluntary apology. He had always heard that nobles and commoners in the Roman Empire were similar to slave owners and slaves, while nobles and their serfs were people and animals.

"You have really disgraced our nobles, so I will not apologize to the humble commoners." Shi Wen said angrily.

"Let go of your former aristocratic airs, your family sent you to the Knights, hoping that you can become a man who can stand alone.

In the Kingdom of Nord, we should also do as the Romans do, where strength is the most important thing, and the nobles here are respected by the people because of their honor and strength. " Harvey said patiently.

"I don't believe that even one of them can defeat me. Even together, they are not my opponents. They are just a group of untouchables with weapons." Shi Wen said disdainfully.

Hammer slapped his hands on the table angrily and stood up, "Boy, do you need me to discipline you for your parents, so that you know that the sky is high and the earth is strong?"

Baron stopped Hamer and said, "We may be in danger at any time now, let's forget it, it's normal for children to be ignorant, and it will be fine when he is dragged into the alley and beaten a few times."

Shi Wen continued to sneer: "It is already a great honor for you to sit at the same table with you, and you still want to discipline me for my parents?"

"In front of us, apart from your family, what capital do you have the nerve to be proud of? In terms of strength alone, I guess you can't even beat Rhodes." Hammer said angrily.

Ignoring their quarrel, Rhodes, who was burying his head in eating, felt himself lying on the ground, and looked up at Shi Wen helplessly.

"I don't bother to bully the weak." Shi Wen said loudly.

"It's obvious that you don't even have the courage to fight Rhodes, the weakest among us. If you have the ability, you can go out and compete now." Hamer continued.

What is the weakest among us, I think I should be able to fight you [-]-[-] now, Rhodes looked at Hamer and thought.

Rhodes was also a little upset seeing Shi Wen. He picked up his long sword, walked to the door, and said back, "Come out quickly, don't make me wait too long."

Shi Wen felt that he was going to explode in anger, so he picked up his sword and shield and walked out angrily.

"Let's go and have a look too, eating is too boring." Baron suggested.

Harvey also nodded and followed out...

(End of this chapter)