Chapter195: Does the owner enjoy night raids?
Chapter195: Does the owner enjoy night raids?
"They seem really in love."
Vivian stood at the door, watching the two of them get on the carriage, and murmured.
"Yeah." Charlotte's lips also showed a hint of a smile.
Just yesterday, they were still a pair of ill-fated lovers living under the same roof, but they hadn't seen each other for a year.
But next, Leo's series of adventures with his servant and mermaid maid, Arbin and the Mermaid Maid, should be coming to an end, right?
After all...
An excellent hareman novel author must be a single dog who hasn't experienced the torment of a tigress, only then can their imagination of love be adorable and innocent.
Likewise, a competent hentai manga artist must be the same, right?
Charlotte turned to Kasha and asked, "Kasha, do you currently experience severe difficulty in breathing? Does the condition worsen at night?"
"During the day, there are hardly any noticeable symptoms. Occasionally, I have difficulty breathing while sleeping at night, and sometimes it wakes me up from my sleep," Kasha said.
"In that case, take a bottle of this potion and try it today to see if there's any improvement tonight." Charlotte handed her a bottle of potion.
"Mumm."
Kasha nodded obediently and hesitated for a moment before asking softly with a hint of curiosity, "Master, is Linda Leo's maid?"
"Well... it's possible."
Charlotte wasn't sure how to define their relationship, but Linda kept the cabin tidy and, in practice, acted like a maid, or rather, like what a mistress would do.
"Why do you suddenly ask?"
"I'm just a little curious. Is Leo called Arbin his nickname? Besides being a doctor, is he also a manga artist?" Kasha tilted her head and looked at him with curiosity in her eyes.
"Does he record their daily lives? The interaction between the master and the maid, is it like that?"
Charlotte: ??
Wait a minute!
Something doesn't seem right.
"You... read that picture book?" Charlotte asked cautiously.
"If you're talking about the story of the mermaid maid, then yes." Kasha nodded, her big watery eyes looked at him innocently.
"You told me to read more books and learn about the world on land, so I picked some books from the bookshelf. This one was especially interesting."
"Um..."
Charlotte was at a loss for words. This kind of adult manga is interesting.
But, would Kasha think of it as a documentary work?
And try to use it as a learning template?
No, no...
This doesn't seem right.
"Leo is a full-time doctor. He didn't draw that, as you just saw. He's a very skilled healer." Charlotte clarified Leo's occupation first.
If someone familiar found out about drawing explicit manga, wouldn't that be too socially awkward?
This guy is pretty decent and easy to get along with.
Charlotte wouldn't be so rude as to spread this kind of thing around.
Moreover, if it was supposed to be a template based on their lives, it would be somewhat disrespectful to Linda. Such gossip should not be spread.
"Oh, I see."
Kasha nodded. "Linda sister is very pretty, but Leo is so chubby. He doesn't look much like the boy named Arbin."
Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief, but Kasha had already approached him, hugging his arm.
Her two soft mounds leaned against his arm, and she spoke in a soft voice, "But, Master is even more handsome than Arbin. Does that mean Kasha should also feed, bathe, and sleep with the Master?"
The girl's soft and delicate body leaned against him, and the soft touch of her arms against his made the heart sway.
Her exquisite face still had a hint of innocence, and her big watery eyes were filled with anticipation.
Who could resist such a mermaid maid?
"Huh? What are you guys doing?" Vivian appeared next to them; her face full of scrutiny as she looked at the two.
"Kasha wants to bathe the master..."
Before Kasha could finish her sentence, Charlotte covered her mouth and stopped her.
"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll go out and see if I can buy some meat." Charlotte forcefully changed the topic.
"Meat! It would be great if we could have meat!" Vivian's eyes immediately lit up, and her attention was immediately diverted by the mention of meat.
She declared confidently, "I've been eating bread all day today, and I feel so unsatisfied. If we have meat tonight, I'm sure I can eat four bowls of rice."
Charlotte let go of Kasha's hand and turned to leave.
The sky outside was getting dark, and the adventurers and mercenaries who went hunting in the wilderness were returning one after another.
If they were lucky, they might even come across a fresh game.
"Originally, the master liked to play quietly, so...he must enjoy sneak attacks, right? It seems like there's this kind of plot in the book."
Kasha watched Charlotte's figure and silently thought to herself.
Charlotte was lucky.
When he reached the meat stall, there happened to be a mercenary squad selling game meat with the butcher.
On a makeshift cart was a wild buffalo over five meters long, bearing multiple wounds.
The fatal blow was a spear that had pierced its eye, and the most valuable horns had already been taken.
The transaction was already complete, and the butcher handed a bag of money to the captain of the mercenary squad.
Several mercenaries then moved the wild buffalo off the cart and placed it in front of the butcher's shop, removing the spear that was stuck in its head along the way.
Only after the mercenaries had left did Charlotte approach and say to the butcher who was about to start processing the massive wild buffalo, "Boss, this buffalo is huge. Can you prepare two pieces of beef for me first?"
The butcher looked up and immediately smiled when he saw Charlotte. He nodded and said, "Doctor, if you want it, there's no problem. But you'll have to wait for me to process it first. Take a look and tell me which parts you want, and I'll cut them for you once I slaughter it."
"I want ten kilograms of beef steak, ten kilograms of beef brain, and ten kilograms of beef belly," Charlotte said.
"No problem," the butcher nodded, took out a knife, and immediately began to process the enormous wild buffalo.
At this hour, the sky was getting dark, and many neighbors were getting ready to prepare dinner.
Seeing the butcher processing such a fresh and large wild buffalo, they all came forward to buy some.
Charlotte thought he would have to wait for a while, but the butcher promptly demonstrated his exceptional skill in butchering the buffalo.
Wasn't there a legend about Butcher Ding?
Where the hand touches, the shoulder leans, the footsteps, the knee bends, with a "huh" the blade moves with precision, hitting the right notes!
In just ten short minutes, the buffalo, the size of a small mountain, was dismembered into a massive skeleton, and not a single strip of meat clung to the white bones.
"Doctor, this is the meat you wanted, a total of thirty kilograms, for 1500 copper coins," the butcher handed three pieces of meat to Charlotte, all of them cut from the best parts.
Charlotte took them in his hand and could tell instantly that the butcher had given him an extra one to two kilograms of meat.
But with so many people crowded around, he didn't want to say anything. He quickly paid the money, thanked the butcher, and left with the meat.
1500 copper coins for the meat, he rarely spent so generously.
When he paid, it felt like his heart was bleeding.
But this beef was indeed top-notch. The steak was cut from the tenderloin at the rib bones, without a trace of fat, and would surely be delicious when fried.
Especially the beef brain, with its delicate and beautiful marbling, was the best for hot pot and grilled beef skewers.
As for the beef belly, it was a must for braised beef, with its firm and chewy texture, which was the essence of braised beef.
At 50 copper coins per kilogram, it was not expensive at all.
Yesterday, he had lost a lot of blood, and although he had replenished it with potent potions, he still felt that he should treat himself to something good.
This fresh, red meat was the best tonic.
"Wow, so much beef! Boss, did you strike it rich today?" Vivian looked at the meat in Charlotte's hands, her eyes widening.
As a genuine foodie, she already had a good understanding of the price level in Baka Street, and beef was a luxury item that would not usually end up in Charlotte's shopping cart.
But today, he brought back three large pieces of beef!
"Everyone has been working hard lately, so I bought some beef to treat you all," Charlotte said as he carried the meat upstairs.
"Is beef tasty?" Kasha had never seen beef before.
"Of course! The beef is super delicious. You can stew it in a pot with some seasonings, and it's incredibly flavorful," Vivian said with certainty.
"In our place, if we hunt down a water buffalo, we usually eat it sliced raw," Kasha said after thinking for a moment.
"What does it taste like..."
Vivian felt a little uncomfortable, but quickly looked forward to it and said, "The boss should bring some new cooking methods, right? After all, his cooking skills are much better than those of the chefs outside."
Upstairs, Charlotte first cooked the rice in a pot and then started to prepare the beef.
The steak was set aside, it could be fried and served as breakfast tomorrow.
The beef brain was diced and lightly marinated with seasonings for later use. It would be skewered on bamboo sticks and grilled directly as beef skewers.
The beef belly was cut into chunks, boiled in cold water to remove impurities, and then used for braising.
With over thirty kilograms of beef, he had planned it all out clearly.
The beef belly was simmering in the pot, and Charlotte found a few thin iron rods to DIY a grill himself.
Then he took out some charcoal from the bottom of the pot to make a fire.
The meat skewers with snowflake-like patterns were placed on the hot grill and immediately began sizzling and oozing oil, without the need for extra oil brushing.
The aroma of the grilled meat spread out, teasing the appetites of those nearby.