Offer blocks to the end times

Thinking about it this way, Senju became happy and continued looking outside while holding his teacup. However, there were no more flowers or plants at his doorway because it was too cold and they had all been moved inside.

With a casual swipe, Senju glanced at Myne, who was now proudly declaring to her sister, "I'm going to make papyrus!"

"what is that?"

"Whew, it's a secret (^^*)"

"..." Dolly was speechless at her sister's sudden madness. She continued peeling bark from the branches in front of the basin, then cut the wood into thin strips along the grain. She then soaked the strips in the water. After watching for a while, Senju finally understood that this was for making cages, baskets, or similar items.

Meanwhile, Myne was staring at a bunch of grass stalks, pondering the books she had read in the past. The making of papyrus seemed to involve crisscrossing patterns. Ahhh, thinking about it, I remembered what the bookstore owner had said: doing this is foolish. But Myne, don't give up!

With her mind racing, Myne slapped her face hard. Dolly, standing next to her, looked at her with a puzzled expression. Then, Myne rubbed her forehead and thought, "Let's make some fiber first. To get fiber, I'll learn from Dolly: peel off the bark of the grass, soak it in water, and then dry it. That should get me fiber."

Myne began her work with great ambition, "Dolly, I want water too!"

"Okay," Dolly brought over a basin of water, but Myne stared blankly at the grass stems. "Dolly, what do you think is the best way to extract this fiber?"

"Well," Dolly helped out, and soon a handful of grass stems turned into countless thin strands. Myne, standing to the side, asked with some concern, "Dolly, won't these fly away after they dry?"

"..." When Myne held up a handful of thin, thread-like grass stems and waved them around, Dolly's expression was somewhat subtle. After all, Myne had only been asking and observing; Dolly had done all the work. Now, Myne, having received the grass stems, was acting as if she had done all the work diligently.

Dolly was naturally a little unhappy about how hard she was working.

Seeing Myne holding a bunch of thin filaments, Senju couldn't help but shake her head. The method was wrong, and this papyrus plan was destined to fail. But Myne, humming a song as she put the filaments in the water, was sure there would be no problem.

Seeing this, Bailey brought out the dishes. It was already dinnertime. After looking at the dishes and tasting them, Senju gave Bailey some cooking suggestions, which she wrote down one by one.

After dinner, there was no entertainment to be had, and the streets outside were mostly dark and deserted, so Senshou hung up the door and window panels and went to bed. Lying in bed, he lamented the lack of spiritual life here.

However, in the middle of the night, Senju heard a lot of people and vehicles moving around on the street outside. He went to the window on the second floor and looked down. Although it was pitch black, many people were carrying torches and pushing carts toward the city gate. I wondered, what kind of event is going on today?

After a moment of confusion, and reading the thoughts of the people below, Qian Shou realized that these people were going to the countryside to process the pork they had bought. After all, even in winter, pork would spoil if left unattended, while it would be better to make it into smoked meat, sausages, or other similar products to preserve it for longer.

The space and materials needed to make these things are not available in this city. There are no places to slaughter pigs or build smokehouses, but in the spacious countryside, there are the necessary facilities. Today is the 'pork processing day' that everyone has agreed upon!

“Hmm, cured meat and sausages both look good, but it’s a pity,” Senju stood there shaking his head. When he went hunting, he processed the animal’s internal organs. Apart from the meat, he kept some blood, heart, liver and the like, and discarded the rest of the internal organs. So he couldn’t make sausages.

As for smoking the meat, it seems unnecessary. The firewood he collected is suitable for burning, but not for smoking. Smoking would make the meat worse.

However, it seems like you could make cold meat. Put the cleaned meat and offal in a big pot and boil it vigorously. Then add seasonings and cook until the meat is tender. Then take out the bones and pour the meat and broth into a large bowl to cool. After a while, it will solidify. Cold meat made that way is also super delicious.

Chapter 1958 Breakfast for Winter

"Tsk," after thinking for a while, Senju suddenly rolled his eyes. Was he starting to adapt to the environment here? He was actually starting to think seriously. Speaking of which, was he some kind of hidden genius? He had selectively forgotten about the incident of causing a ruckus in the temple.

The temple is in chaos right now. The temple chief died inexplicably, which made things even worse for the temple, which was already short of people (referring to people with magical powers). To make matters worse, after cleaning up the mess, everyone discovered that the book of gods that the temple chief always carried was missing.

This is a critical problem. In the temple, that book is the most important prop, representing the history of the gods. Now it has been ruined by the pig-headed temple chief. He deserves to die! After cleaning up the mess, the high priest scratched his head. Now that it's like this, the ceremony that will be held in the spring can't start. We must find someone with magic to join the temple!

However, nobles with magical powers will not condescend to join the temple. Other suitable personnel have already joined the temple. A large number of elites were previously relegated to the central government. Now, finding new people is extremely difficult. Furthermore, the position of temple chief must be filled quickly. Otherwise, no one will preside over the baptism next spring, which will greatly affect the city's reputation and development.

Thousand Hands was unaware of the chaos he had caused. Looking at the carts and people outside, he wondered if he should join in the fun, but then decided against it. Pork processing was probably just about slaughtering pigs, cooking meat, and smoking it.

There's nothing fun to do there, and it's rather bloody. It's better to make some 'winter food' at home, like steamed buns, pancakes, cold meat, cured meat, tofu, etc. Hmm, it doesn't seem to fit the atmosphere here.

However, Senju suddenly became interested and started to get moving. The darkness outside had dissipated, and it was now dawn. Senju called on Bailey to begin today's activities.

Checking the ingredients, there is flour, but it hasn't been sifted and contains a lot of bran. However, this is still very expensive, costing a large copper coin per pound. Carefully sifted flour costs even less, costing a small silver coin per pound. As for ordinary citizens, they eat coarse grains, such as rye, barley, and oats. Of course, there are also boiled potatoes and other foods that can be used as staple foods, but those things can get really boring after a while.

Looking at the flour in front of him, Senju knew that the first step today was to sift the flour. This was no problem for him. He raised his hand, and the magic stone transformed into a huge, fine sieve. Below the sieve was a funnel-shaped sheet of iron, and at the bottom of the sheet of iron was a large basin. After pouring a bag of flour onto it, he shook it vigorously. Before long, Senju had obtained a good amount of flour.

Next, she poured in water and kneaded the dough. Looking at the dough, Senju was considering the issue of fermentation. If the dough didn't ferment, it could only be used to make dumplings or noodles. Hmm, that doesn't seem so bad.

However, I should consider making the dough now, so I need yeast powder. Unfortunately, there isn't any here. Of course, baking soda would also work, but there isn't any here either. Senju, who wanted to eat soft steamed buns and soft bread, started thinking about it and then remembered how to make natural yeast powder.

One glass bottle, sterilized with a high-temperature flame; water

Take a fruit, wash it, slice it, and put it into a glass jar with sugar and water. Seal it. The next step should be a fermentation process of more than five days. However, under the magical impetus, the fungus is extremely active. After five minutes, the water inside becomes cloudy and has small white bubbles. It smells like fruit wine. Hmm, speaking of which, it seems that the fruit wine I bought can be used as a substitute.

Ignoring that, I filtered the liquid to get the yeast stock solution. Next, I added water and flour, activated it with magic, and got the yeast starter. Then I put the starter into the dough, had Belle knead it again, put it in a bowl, covered it with a cloth, set a constant temperature barrier, and then just wait.

After playing for a while, Thousand Hands told Belle to stay here and make steamed buns. By the way, she was going to have big steamed buns for breakfast. Belle, a succubus from the Western demon faction, was very confused. Although she was a very good cook, she was a little clueless about cooking from another system.

After a brief explanation, Senju realized what had happened and then passed on the culinary skills of the Eastern world. Belle's eyes lit up instantly. Well, what Senju was passing on was all the culinary knowledge of Totsuki Culinary Academy.

After summoning the water spirit to wash her hands, Senju, holding a teacup, stood at the door looking outside again. The citizens pushing carts had long since left the city. At this moment, a family slowly appeared; this was the Myne family.

Their car was filled with buckets, basins, bottles, and other things of all sizes. Incidentally, there was also a Myne, well, she was probably the most useless of all the luggage, huddled inside hugging her legs.

Günter was pulling the cart in front, while Eva and Dolly were pushing it from behind. Seeing this scene of hardship, Senju was deeply moved and didn't want to fall into the life outside!

She shook her head vigorously, then Senju and Myne looked at each other, exchanging a strange feeling. Then, Myne rolled her eyes and 'fainted' in the car.

"..." Senju was speechless for a moment. Damn it, was she trying to scam someone by fainting at the door?! Of course, that was a joke. Actually, Myne was 'fainted' for a while before Eva noticed her. "Myne, Myne, what's wrong?"

"Hmm, looks like it's the same as last year," Günter stopped the car in front, looked at his daughter in the car, and touched his forehead. "Phew, it's good that she doesn't have a fever. She's probably just sleepy. I'll ask Ott to keep an eye on her for a while."

"..." Myne, who had just fainted, realized that she had also fainted last year! She slowly opened her eyes a crack. Why wouldn't the people in the bookstore come out and let her in?! She felt that the (eye contact) communication was going well!

"It's a pity. This year was supposed to be Myne's first time participating in the giant meat processing event. She could taste the meat, eat sausages for dinner, and play with everyone. Myne will definitely be disappointed when she wakes up," Dolly said with some pity. Myne was confused. Processed pork? What, tasting meat and eating sausages? Didn't Mom buy meat a few days ago? Why are they processing pork now?

Inside, Senju watched with a smile as the car continued moving forward, still feigning unconsciousness. Inside, a little voice inside her was pounding: "Ugh, I shouldn't have pretended to faint! Now I can't ask any questions! And those people from before, they had no compassion at all! Seeing a beautiful girl unconscious, shouldn't they have invited her into a bookstore and given her a book? Ugh, Myne, you idiot!"

Senju rolled her eyes as she felt the little figure pounding in Myne's heart. She wasn't thinking of the right way to deal with the unconscious beauty!

Chapter 1959 The Temple's Invitation Again

However, Myne was ultimately placed in the guard room at the south gate. After all, Senju was making steamed buns, and if she came in, wouldn't that give them away? For the sake of her breakfast, it was better to let her go to the guard room.

Go to the kitchen and you'll see that Bailey is preparing the filling for steamed buns. The main ingredient is venison, and the side dishes are red lettuce and green eggplant. In addition, there are scallion and ginger seasonings. Bailey chops the ingredients with two knives and quickly turns a pile of ingredients into filling. Then she adds salt and mixes it.

Then she picked up the garlic-flavored white radish, which could even bounce around, but in the devil's hands, it could only turn into a bright red color. However, after Bailey washed it this time, it actually turned white again. Then she added soy sauce, vinegar, and salt to make a plate of garlic paste.

The dough in the bowl next to her had also doubled in size under the magical catalysis, and it was ready to use. Belle took it out to divide it into portions and then started making buns. Thousand Hands was also meddling in the process. After a while, more than fifty buns were made, and now it was time to steam them. Belle would have to do that again.

Meanwhile, Senju was trying to identify other grains. Unfortunately, all they had were various kinds of wheat; there was no rice or beans, which was a bit disappointing. Tofu was out of the question. But wait, tofu doesn't necessarily need soybeans to be made. Almond tofu, peanut tofu, and rice tofu don't require soybeans. Uh, they didn't have those ingredients either.

Speechless for a moment, Senju lost interest in making tofu. After all, the aroma of steamed buns was wafting from the steamer. Hmm, she decided to go eat breakfast instead. Carrying a dish of minced garlic, Senju went to the dining room first. Inside, there was a long table with several chairs and a cupboard next to it. The cupboard contained not only wooden tableware but also various porcelain items. Porcelain also existed in this world, but it was something for wealthy people.

After pouring herself a glass of water, Senju waited for breakfast. Soon, the steamed buns were served. Unfortunately, the succubus didn't like steamed buns, so Senju had to enjoy them all by herself. By the way, they tasted amazing.

While they were eating, someone came in. Belle went out to greet them, and after a while, she returned with a strange expression. She then handed Senju a wooden invitation card. After glancing at it, Senju was speechless. "Uh, an invitation from the temple? This is really speechless. But I'll go this afternoon and see what's going on."

This time, however, Senju decided to act more convincingly, not wanting to be 'rude' like last time. So he started building a carriage in the backyard. With his magic, a pure white, elegant carriage appeared quickly. Then, with a snap of his fingers, two horses appeared in front of the carriage.

"Hmm, it should be almost done," Senju nodded as he looked at the completed carriage. Although it was a white carriage, it was actually made of a high-strength, lightweight metal material, so its defensive capabilities were quite good. As for the two horses, they were just ordinary horses, with some ice dragon blood.

Then, while eating steamed buns, Qian Shou went in and set up cushions, incense burners, and other things. The artificial fur that she made on the spot... well, although people often say that natural fur is precious, hehe, its comfort level can't compare to artificial leather made by humans. Its softness and smoothness far exceed that of natural fur, and it is also super wear-resistant and super warm.

As for the incense burner, it wasn't filled with incense, but with some air-freshening herbs and orange peels. The orange scent felt very refreshing and invigorating.

After tidying up, Senju went back to the house. He glanced at Myin, who was practicing calligraphy, and then at Myin's family. Well, they were slaughtering a pig over there. He shook his head, thinking that Myin, who was terrified when she saw a chicken being slaughtered, would probably be scared out of her wits if she saw a pig being slaughtered.

After finishing breakfast, feeling he still had some time, he decided to make real papyrus. In fact, everything Maine had prepared was correct, except for one mistake: she had cut the papyrus stems, which should have been sliced, into thin strips, turning the whole sheet into thread weaving, which increased the difficulty many times over.

After leaving the city, Thousand Hands wandered through the forest and quickly found a pile of suitable coarse-stemmed grass, followed by thin bark, to obtain white grass stems. He then sliced ​​the stems and began weaving them. With the help of magic, the weaving was incredibly simple. He then used magic to compress the paper, and soon the woven paper was pressed into a presentable shape. However, after making a few pages, he gave up. It was too troublesome and useless; he figured it was better to use the white lining inside tree bark.

He tossed the finished pages aside and strolled around slowly. Making papyrus like this was not as convenient as using wooden boards. Hmm, speaking of wooden boards, one has to mention bamboo slips, which are much easier to carry.

After wandering around for a while, Qian Shou, who had caught a few pheasants, went back. These were perfect for making stir-fried chicken, which tasted great with steamed buns. In the morning, Bailey not only steamed buns but also steamed mantou (steamed bread).

With Belle around, Senju enjoyed her lunch. When the appointed time arrived, Senju boarded the carriage, and Belle drove it towards the temple. She wondered what the High Priest wanted to see her about this time, and hoped that the temple here wouldn't lose another leader.

The grey-robed priest was still there to greet them at the entrance. He was quite surprised to see the carriage, which looked very high-class, powerful, and valuable. He carefully guided the carriage to the 'parking lot', and Senju followed the grey-robed priest toward a building inside the temple. This time, Belle was left outside to watch over the carriage.

The young high priest looked much more pleasing to the eye than that pig-headed temple chief, and standing to the side was a very gentle and respectful young gray-robed priest.

"I wonder what business Your Excellency has with me?" As soon as Senju spoke, the two people opposite him frowned slightly. It was too impolite. Generally speaking, people who come here should say that they are blessed by some god. For example, since it is late autumn, they should say that they are protected by the goddess of wind or something. But Senju was too lazy to say anything, and he was too lazy to even bow. He simply sat down on the bench opposite him.

Although he frowned, the High Priest still appeared calm, at most harboring some inner anger, and looked at Senju seriously, "Did you know that the Temple Master died in an accident yesterday?"

"Hmm? The High Priest is dead? I don't know him," Thousand Hands feigned ignorance, but the High Priest pointed to a wooden plaque on the table. "Is that so? But after checking, it seems the High Priest invited you yesterday, and you came, but then the High Priest died. How do you explain that?"

"Tsk," Thousand Hands rolled his eyes. He had indeed been too careless, leaving many loopholes that were easily found. Thinking that his attitude seemed wrong, he quickly sat up straight. "I didn't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense. How could I possibly be related to the death of the Temple Chief?"

Chapter 1960 A Conversation That Could Not Be Communicated

"..." Seeing Senju's appearance, the High Priest's face darkened. "So it really is related to you? Do you know anything about murder..."

"I don't know! Please don't pin baseless accusations on me!" Senju slammed his hand on the table, his imposing aura instantly filling the room. "I'm not some defenseless commoner! If you want to frame me, you'd better think about the consequences!"

"This magic power... who are you? You can't possibly be a relative of Baron Bain!" Startled by the powerful pressure, the High Priest looked at Thousand Hands warily, a baton inlaid with magic stones already appearing in his hand. Thousand Hands shook his head, raised his hand, and a staff inlaid with magic stones also appeared. "Who I am is none of your business. If you've summoned me here today just for this trivial matter, then I can only take my leave!"

"..." Looking at the long staff the other party had taken out, and the huge magic stone on the staff emitting a strong light, the high priest was silent for a moment. "A divine artifact, with such strong magic power, who are you?"

"This is not something you can know!" Senju said again. In reality, it would be very easy for him to make up an identity, but he didn't want to be associated with some random family name. His tough attitude revealed his impatience; teasing a naughty kid on the street would be much more fun than being here.

“Is that so?” Senju’s tough attitude seemed to have made the High Priest misunderstand something. His expression softened, and he put the baton back into his sleeve. “Please sit down. I personally have no ill intentions, and I will not investigate your background. After all, there were many escapees after the coup in the Central Government.”

"Hmph," Senju snorted coldly, then sat down. "Don't make wild guesses. I have nothing to do with the Central Government."

The High Priest expressed his understanding, while Thousand Hands rolled his eyes. He hadn't said anything, which showed how terrifying it was to overthink things. The High Priest nodded slightly to Thousand Hands, "I am Ferdinand, brother of Lord Sylvester of Elenfest. May I ask who you are?"

“Just call me Thousand Hands,” Thousand Hands said, raising his hand to put away his staff. Ferdinand on the other side nodded. “I wonder what Lord Thousand Hands’ thoughts are on joining the temple?”

"No opinion, no interest," Thousand Hands said curtly. Who would join the temple?! They're just running their shops peacefully, why keep bothering them? Ferdinand rubbed his forehead. Was the person opposite him really a fallen noble? His words were far too rude, but it could also be a disguise. Such strong magic power and superb spellcasting skills—this person must be a high-ranking noble. The Temple Master must know something, and may even have done something to be silenced by this person.

Although he didn't find any concrete evidence, based on clues and deductions, he actually came to the conclusion that Thousand Hands was the real culprit. However, this culprit was quite powerful, and Ferdinand felt he couldn't handle him. He didn't want to die without knowing the truth. In the end, he didn't have a good impression of the Temple Chief either.

Although the former High Priest was the younger brother of his half-brother's mother, the current lord, Ferdinand's brother Sylvester, also disliked the High Priest. He arranged for Sylvester to enter the temple as High Priest in order to seize power, and well, he has probably succeeded now.

After thinking for a while, Ferdinand spoke up, "Lord Thousand Hands, as you know, due to the recent coup in the central government, the number of nobles has decreased sharply. Not only has the House of Nobles been affected, but the temple has also been greatly affected."

Senju looked helpless. What was the other person saying? Oh well, he decided to just listen and pretend to be profound. The temple chief continued, "Priests and priestesses of marriageable age have returned to the aristocratic society, and priests and priestesses with a certain level of magic power have all moved to the central temple."

"Now, there are no priestesses in this temple. The remaining priests are either not of marriageable age or do not meet the requirements of the central temple. Since the people in charge of the main work of the temple are no longer here, I, who have only been in the temple for a short time and am still young, have become the chief priest."

"Oh," Senju looked at the other person with a dead fish-like expression. He looked at Senju seriously and said, "Because of the lack of personnel, the temple no longer has the power to activate the divine tools to perform the prayer for a good harvest. As a result, the prayer ceremony cannot be held next year. You know the consequences of this, right, Lord Senju?"

"No, I don't know," Senju thought to himself, rolling his eyes. Then he looked at the high priest opposite him and said, "So, just tell me what you want, but I won't join the temple."

“I will persuade my brother to grant you a new noble certificate, but in return, you must serve in the temple for ten years and swear allegiance to the Ehrenfest family,” Ferdinand stared intently at Thousand Hands, who simply replied with a disdainful single word, “Heh~”

Shaking his head, Senju walked away. Sure enough, communication was impossible; he'd wasted his time. Watching Senju's rude departure, the high priest's face darkened considerably. "Since you don't appreciate it, don't blame me for being ruthless. Fran, prepare a carriage; I'm going to visit the lord!"

Meanwhile, Senju, who had come to the 'parking lot' on his own, was speechless again. Next to Belle, he saw a group of guys dressed in blue and gray robes. After exchanging glances, Senju knew why. These ignorant blue-robed priests dared to have bad intentions towards Belle, and the gray-robed priests were helping them. Weren't they just courting death?

Shaking his head and waving his hand, the priests on the other side turned to ashes and disappeared. This time, Senju was too lazy to modify his memories. He casually summoned a level 60 chameleon and had it monitor the area. Then, Senju got into the carriage and had Belle pull him home. He had a feeling that a great battle might be coming, but the situation in this city... well, the strongest person there was only level 20! With his level 90 shell, he wasn't afraid at all!

Because the trip didn't go smoothly, Senju was slightly unhappy. Of course, Senju also knew that he had to take the blame, since it was originally his fault. It was wrong for him to be angry; he had to calm down. After carefully thinking about and reflecting on his mistakes, Senju's dissatisfaction gradually disappeared.

After calming down, I looked at Myne. Uh, Myne in the guard room was lying on the table, feverish and unconscious. There was a stone slab with a wooden frame on the table, with some words and long scratches on it. It seems that Myne was too tired from practicing calligraphy and then fell into a fever and unconscious. Just how weak is her body!

Others

Even a child with abundant magic power wouldn't be this weak. It seems that even without the corruption of magic, Myne's body is still quite frail. With a light snap of her fingers, the guard on duty, Otto, seemed to sense something, turned around and opened the door to the rest room, followed by a commotion, "Myne-chan?!"

Chapter 1961 Lord