New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 191 The Blacksmith and the Elf Mother

Vegetarian noodles in clear soup.

This was the first meal he made for Loya that year. Lei Ye just suddenly remembered that the elves had been vegetarians for a long time, so he replaced the fried rice and luxurious dragon meat feast he originally wanted to take out with the clear soup vegetarian noodles in his hand.

But to be honest, it’s nonsense that elves don’t eat meat. Loya also said at the beginning that she only ate vegetarian food, but since she started eating meat, she has been eating meat like crazy, and now she eats more than pigs.

Then Lei Ye made a set of tables and chairs with cheap but sturdy materials. For an engineer, this was a simple task. He then looked at Luokexi and patted the stool next to him, motioning for her to sit down.

"You're welcome. This is yours."

Roxie stared blankly.

She was stunned when she saw Lei Ye taking out the pot just now. She felt that it didn't look like he was making a potion, but she didn't question it because the taste was so delicious. If Hephis could suddenly eat a bowl of noodles like this when he couldn't even get enough food, he would be happy indeed.

Isn't this a kind of happy medicine?

There is no land suitable for growing crops nearby, and the elves' food source mainly comes from the various fruits in the big forest. Even without the help of the chef, a bowl of ordinary vegetarian noodles is a novelty for any elf.

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"Is there a share for me, too?"

"Well, she's still sleeping, so don't disturb her. If you're not in a hurry to work, you can try my craftsmanship first," Lei Ye was still sitting next to the tool table, tapping the bed board without raising his head and said, "I'm not in a hurry either. If the elves don't mind, I even hope to live here for a long time. Of course, I won't eat and drink for free. You can pay the room fee and work."

Roxie didn't answer right away.

She blew away the hot air and took a mouthful of noodles. Although her clothes did not burst, tears fell silently.

The chef started to exert his strength.

She turned her head and looked at Lei Ye. He was hammering away at the moment. From the looks of it, he was going to make a new bed for Hephis. Not only was this man's cooking terribly delicious, he also had such great cooking skills.

"If it's just money to buy a potion, I should still have some, but you've made so many things, I may not be able to pay you," Roxie said in a panic, "and don't expect her to pay you. She is now barely surviving on relief."

"It's okay. I just need to pick up some food and cook some noodles. I don't need to be paid. It's just something I do."

No reward?

Roxie was stunned, and then moved. In the education she received, she was not allowed to accept gifts from others casually, but should repay others for their efforts. So after eating the bowl of noodles, she wondered if she had enough money to pay for it. As a result, this human said that he didn't need any compensation.

The elders said that the world outside is very dangerous and there are many very bad people, but there are still good people.

But Roxie had never seen any good people in the big forest. In her nearly two hundred years of life, she had seen traveling merchants coming here several times. They almost always came alone, and brought all kinds of necessities that the elves needed, so the elves would still welcome such merchants.

Originally, she also welcomed these merchants. When these people came, she could trade her hand-made longbows and arrows for some money. The other party would accept them in a friendly manner every time. After several transactions, she had a good impression of these humans. Until one day, she saw what the elders and the merchants were secretly trading.

The goods that the elders sold to the merchants were not the fruits of the big forest, but the elves' underwear and socks!
Humans really are.
But maybe this human who came to learn magic wasn't bad? Although he didn't look good, after a brief contact, the hostility she had for humans completely disappeared. No other human had ever changed Roxie's opinion so quickly.

It's good to be plain-looking, as long as it's not disgusting. After thinking about it, Roxie decided to do one last test. She rubbed off her shoes under the table and then stuck out one foot.

Lei Ye's gaze locked onto him instantly.

?

Roxie met the gaze of Raino who slowly raised his head.

"Taking off shoes while eating is a lack of manners," Lei Ye said.

Roxie bowed her head.

Yes, yes, he was eating and suddenly took off his shoes. Is he crazy? How is it possible that all humans are perverts who like this kind of body part? I'm really thinking too much.

This gentleman looks like a good person. It's embarrassing that I would make such an assumption about him.

Finished.

With the furniture, the tree house looked brand new. Lei Ye sighed. In fact, if it was another elf, he might help, but he might not help so much. It was only because he heard that this Hephis was a fool and had the opportunity to provide a lot of information that he was so concerned and worked so hard.

I always feel that doing good things now is no longer just doing good things purely for the sake of doing them, but has a utilitarian purpose of trying to increase favorability.

Now let's talk about the foot problem.

After experiencing the days of being imprisoned and focused by Greti, Lei Ye found that although he liked it, in the final analysis, he just wanted to unlock more gameplay with his lover, and he could just watch the other people's.

If you are on the Internet, if you want to see someone else's legs or feet, you have to send a message, "Look at the legs" or "Look at the feet", but when you go out to play on weekdays, the QQ idiot can look at you as he pleases, and looking at your feet is none of your business. Why do you need to expose your XP?
It would be terrible if you really met a pervert like Grady who was willing to be eaten.

So now Lei Ye has learned to remain silent, not expose himself, and just stare.

Lei Ye sat opposite Roxie and saw that she had almost finished eating. He took out the Nadari from his chest and placed it on the table.

"do you know it?"

One of the purposes of coming here is to investigate Nadori's situation. Now that I've had my meal, I'll ask about it.

"Of course I know her," Roxie stared at it and nodded vigorously. "As for the Naidori, this plant is not very common in the Great Forest, but it can still be seen from time to time. It has a little intelligence but poses no threat. Some elves even dig it up and raise it for fun."

"But not as well as your Nadori. You actually have a hobby that only elves have. You are so good at cooking and can do handicrafts. Maybe the elders will really let you stay."

"I'm full, thank you for your hospitality," Roxie said, looking at the bowl that had absorbed all the noodle soup, and put the bowl away shyly, saying in a lower voice, "I'll wash the bowl and return it to you."

Looking over with the magic eye, this bowl of noodles directly increased Roxie's favorability towards him by ten points, from a hostile stranger to a friendly stranger, and even the tone of her voice softened a lot.

It's a pity that the information she provided was useless. Grady said that the elves were very familiar with various plants, but what Roxie said was all nonsense, such as that Nadolli was well taken care of.

Nonsense, if it grows up eating legendary materials, of course it will grow up well.

So Lei Ye changed the subject. He stared at Roxie's hands as she put the dishes into the storage bag with an expression of surprise and admiration.

"Wow, this storage bag you made is so beautiful."

"Huh? Oh hey" Roxie was stunned at first, then smiled embarrassedly.

Of course it looks good, and it cost her several gold coins.

I heard that there are some male elves in other elf tribes, but this tribe is inhabited by elf girls because of the existence of the elf mother tree, and girls always want to compete with each other. Half of the money Roxie saved was used to buy this unique storage bag, and the other half was used to buy a magical potion.

After taking this potion, she became one of the few big elves.

"Then where can I buy it?" Lei Ye asked again.

Roxie was stunned again and opened her mouth subconsciously.

Then he reacted and quickly shut up.

The connection between the elves and the witches is the biggest secret of the elves. After all, the elves are only coveted by slave traders, while the witches are targeted by all kinds of people. Once exposed, the forest will be in unimaginable trouble.

But the elves will not move, not because the elven mother tree is here, but because the elves and witches are interdependent. The witches rely on the elves to maintain necessary contact and exchange materials with the outside world, and the elves rely on the witches to obtain high-level equipment to resist slave traders. Even if they encounter a particularly strong group of slave traders, the witches will take direct action and kill them all without leaving a single one alive.

There are actually not many things that elves need to do, and the most important thing is to keep secrets.

She shook her head. "I bought this from a traveling merchant. The whereabouts of traveling merchants are uncertain, and it is unknown when they will return."

"Really? That's a pity," Lei Ye sighed, "The laser cannon I saw just now couldn't have been bought from the traveling merchant. Who made it? Let her teach me."

"It's such a pity, the producer is dead, and the cannon is her legacy." Roxie silently said sorry to the producer of the laser cannon.

He still didn't get anything out of the question, but he did get the attitude of the elves. Lei Ye realized that for the elves, the existence of witches was a big unspeakable secret.

So if you want to find the answer, you can’t start with smart people.

Just at this moment, someone woke up slowly, and the subtle sound of him getting up from the ground attracted Lei Ye to look over.

Hephaestus sleeping over there by the anvil.

The magic eye was activated and a look was seen, showing that her intelligence value was only 8.

Not mentally retarded, but certainly a fool.

Maybe it was because of this intelligence problem that her favorability towards this stranger was not negative, just a stranger.

"What is the taste?"

She didn't actually care about the stranger who appeared in her house. Instead, she came over following the smell and looked at the things on the table. Her dull eyes brightened.

"Hephis, Roxie has just introduced you to me. My name is Lei Ye, nice to meet you."

Lei Ye took out the noodles he had just cooked from the storage bag and placed them on the table. "Just consider it as a greeting gift. I'll treat you to a meal."

As he spoke, he took a quick look at the elf.

Hephis is not particularly slender like other elves. She has a figure similar to that of Buyad, but with a thinner waist and the same chest.

He has a good figure, but looks weak as if he is malnourished.

Her face looked a little stupid, and also revealed a sense of melancholy. Facing the face that Lei Ye pushed towards her, she sucked her saliva, was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.

"I have no money left. I still owe a lot. I can't afford to buy you food."

Very good!
This kid really doesn't look smart at first glance.

"They said they were treating you," Lei Ye walked around behind her and pushed her down, his tone as gentle as an old cadre who went to the countryside to help the poor, "eat with confidence, we won't ask you for money. Look at your room, these furniture are all for you."

Hephis sat down stupidly and looked around, only then he found that there were tables, chairs, benches and beds in the room.

She turned her head again blankly and looked at Roxie.

Roxie also hesitated for a moment, holding her forehead and sighing.

".Eat it. This human who suddenly came over here is a little weird, but he is unexpectedly a good person?"

Hephis trusted Roxie very much, and after saying this, she started eating slowly.

As I ate, big tears began to fall.

"It's delicious, right?" Roxie stroked Hephis's soft hair.

"No," Hephis shook his head, "I have eaten so many of your apples that I don't know how to repay you. How many iron ingots should I mine to pay you back for such delicious food?"

"I told you that I'm treating you." Lei Ye was stunned and interrupted their conversation.

"I don't want you to treat me," Hephis said loudly, "My mother said that we can't eat other people's food for free. Thank you, elf without ears. When I find new ore, I will definitely give you money."

Lei Ye opened his mouth, and in an instant he suddenly thought of Luoya.

There really is no harm without comparison.

The elves are prejudiced against humans, but because of Loya, Lei Ye is also prejudiced against the elves.

But the two elves he met after arriving at the elves' tribe were really great. They were the kind of elves that Lei Ye would be happy to make friends with.

Okay, then please really take the time to help.

"What do you mean by new ore? I see your furnace is already covered in dust. Do you have no raw materials?"

"Yes," Hephis nodded, "Because many people suspected that I stole the money in the storage bag, so the elves who graduated after that were unwilling to bring things back to me. There is no iron ore near the mother tree, but I can't go out. The elders said that I will be arrested if I go out, but I don't have iron. I obviously didn't steal anything, why is this the case?"

As Hephis spoke, he showed a look of childish grievance, with tears in his eyes.

Lei Ye really hated such tears. After thinking about it, he took out a small piece of black iron stone from his storage bag and placed it on the table.

"I don't know much about ore forging, is this okay?"

It is not a real iron ore. Black iron stone is a material that is unique to the underground maze of Hillius and is one of the materials commonly used by Lei Ye.

Engineers also need to use furnaces to melt metal, so Lei Ye knew that this was a very good material, but he was really not familiar with traditional forging materials and was not sure whether it could be used.

"Ahhh"

Staring at the black iron stone, Hephis immediately stopped feeling aggrieved. He even dropped his bowl and chopsticks, and stood up while holding the stone.

"This is the stone I bought from a traveling merchant. It contains very pure iron. This is very good iron!"

"That's it. How about I give it to you? I will use this iron in exchange for your forging skills? You teach me how to forge iron, and I will provide you with the materials."

"Really!" Hefeis almost jumped up with joy, "Okay, then, let's get started now. Can I see how many of these irons you have, brother Leiye?"

The sound of "Brother Lei Ye" made Lei Ye tap his toes in embarrassment. God knows how many years this elf with a face full of collagen has actually lived.

But let's forget it since her mental age is probably just that of a child.

"You eat first, and we'll talk after you're done." Lei Ye sighed and waved his hand.

Having iron made Hephis happier than having food. When she sat down again, she became visibly more lively.

At the same time, she was still thinking about money, eating with big mouthfuls and mumbling to herself.

"Brother Lei Ye, don't worry. I can make money again if I have iron. If you want to learn how to forge iron, I can teach you, but I still have to give you the money. These ores are too valuable. Mom said that we can't take advantage of others."

Lei Ye's heart moved again.

The gap is really revealed by comparison. Compared with Loya, this idiot is like an angel.

"I really don't know what Luoya's mother taught her, or maybe she doesn't have a mother." Lei Ye sighed.

Hearing this, Roxie was stunned.

"Xiaoya's mother?"

Some brothers, yes.

She clapped her hands and stood up.

"Oh, come to think of it, you know the news about Xiaoya. Wait a moment, I'll go call Aunt Luo Lin over."

(End of this chapter)