Chapter 4: Special of the dish
Quartz opened the front door and started cleaning when she saw a man of average build, wearing a full set of iron armor from head to toe so his face could not be recognized, standing outside waiting.
The iron helmet turned towards the house and saw her, he raised his hand to greet her in a familiar voice.
"Oh, female innkeeper, good morning!"
Such an excited voice seemed to be a friendly person, Quartz warmly walked over to greet.
"Good morning to you too, Sir Knight"- Quartz
"Please call me Eowyn. Sorry to bother you, it seems like you haven't opened for business yet?"- Eowyn
"Oh, I was just preparing, are you here to buy sandwiches? Wait a moment, I'll go bake some!"- Quartz
"Wait, could you please make a lot of those sandwiches? My friend who went with them last time also wanted to eat your food"- Eowyn
When the Sir Knight said that, a feeling of excitement rose in Quartz's heart.
"Of course"- Quartz
"Great, could you please make about fifty? But can you change the fillings? Some of us don't like some of the dishes"- Eowyn
"Why don't you try this menu, I just made it yesterday so there are some dishes you should be able to eat"- Quartz
She held out a simple menu and Eowyn took it and opened it to look. Inside were some sandwiches along with strange languages he had never seen before, only hand-drawn pictures of food.
"This sandwich has eggs in the middle... this one has a lot of meat... there's one with all the vegetables for vegetarians... which one should I choose..." - Eowyn mumbled
While waiting for the customers to order, the freshly baked bread gave off a delicious aroma that made Eowyn glance at the large, golden brown toasted bread, and his stomach growled, attracting Quartz's attention.
He was embarrassed and immediately took the menu to cover his face, he only ate one small loaf of bread that morning, and not only that, it was dry and bland, every time he took a bite, Eowyn felt like his teeth were about to fall out. He was hungry and had to go on a mission, Eowyn was a responsible person so he couldn't let his colleagues worry.
Although he had avoided his colleagues, his stomach growled in front of the female owner, making him even more embarrassed and not knowing where to hide. Not only that, the piled up work made Eowyn very tired, so she kept thinking about work
"Or let me make something for you to enjoy, so you can calmly choose your food"- Quartz
"Can I bother you to make me a drink?"- Eowyn
"Very willing"- Quartz
So Quartz searched in the cupboard and took out a bag of pure coffee beans, along with a coffee grinder, after grinding the coffee beans into powder, she carefully flattened the coffee powder and then put it into the machine. The machine would pour water through it and the coffee would flow out little by little into a cup, the bitter aroma wafting in the air soothing the tense mind.
As she brought out the cup of coffee, the armored man was about to take off his helmet when he looked up at Quartz. The girl seemed to understand what the man meant and quietly turned her head away, perhaps for personal reasons, she didn't want anyone to see his face.
The sound of the helmet being removed, Eowyn picked up the cup of tea, looked at the bitter brown liquid and began to slowly and curiously enjoy it.
When he tasted the coffee, the bitter taste touched the tip of his tongue and then flowed down his throat, making Eowyn surprised by this strange drink. Although the taste was bitter, he felt that it was very suitable for him, so he continued to drink. After finishing drinking, he put on his iron helmet, then Quartz turned his head to look and saw that the cup of coffee had been finished.
"Thank you, shopkeeper, honestly, this divine drink makes me feel less tired. What is this?"- Eowyn
"It's not divine water, it's just coffee"- Quartz
"Coffee? What is that? I've never heard of it before?"- Eowyn
Quartz was quite surprised when he heard that, could it be that there was no such thing as coffee in this world?
It was strange, coffee was an extremely popular thing in her old world, so it was a bit strange that it didn't exist in this world.
She took out the mirror to search for the keyword coffee, and sure enough, there was information related to coffee here, but it wasn't very popular so not many people knew about it.
"Ms. owner, can you bring me some coffee?"- Eowyn
"Of course, it'll be easier for me to get the coffee bags mixed with boiling water like that"- Quartz
"I didn't expect there to be a way to make such a drink, it really opened my eyes"- Eowyn praised
"It's nothing, just a normal drink. Have you chosen your food yet?"- Quartz
"Ah, I almost forgot, I've already chosen"- Eowyn
Give the menu back to Quartz and she immediately got to work, doing each operation very quickly and quickly, the sandwiches were wrapped in a thermal paper, completing a full meal in just a few minutes.
Looking at these bags of food, Quartz couldn't help but wonder, how could he carry all this food alone?
To answer the female innkeeper's gaze, Eowyn explained that he came here by a beast of burden from outside. Suddenly, a horse came forward and lightly nudged Eowyn's armor, almost making him fall off his chair. He turned to comfort the horse.
"Calm down, girl, don't be like that. Don't you like eating weeds anymore?"- Eowyn
"Maybe she wants to eat something else? Want to try carrots, girl?"- Quartz
Quartz held out a carrot, the horse sniffed it and took the carrot from the girl's hand, the horse happily ate it deliciously, then rubbed her muzzle against Quartz's hand as if she was acting spoiled and asking for more.
The girl saw this and immediately took out two more carrots to feed the horse, which seemed to love Quartz very much and kept rubbing its head against hers.
Eowyn felt it was time to leave, so she paid and then coughed the sandwiches into a large bag on the horse's back.
"Thank you for the food and drinks, landlady. I'll bring more people when I have a chance to come back."- Eowyn
"Anytime."- Quartz
The armored knight immediately urged his horse to gallop away, Quartz breathed a sigh of relief and then returned to the counter to clean up and then went to tend to her vegetable garden.
Inside the house, Aster finished her breakfast and immediately put the dirty dishes in the sink, since she had nothing to do, she took out her musical instruments to practice. Normally she never took her musical instrument outside, but today she felt inspired to enjoy the fresh air of nature.
As soon as he sat upright on the table, Aster took a deep breath, his fingers began to move and strike each string. Each melody played brought a sense of peace, Quartz stood in the kitchen preparing food and listened in response.
A peaceful scene of the house with two siblings.
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Meanwhile, away from their house, Eowyn rode his horse to where a small army of knights was waiting for him. When they saw the figure of the captain, they ran out to greet him.
"Captain, you're back. Where did you go?"
"Just went to buy some food" - Eowyn
"Buying food? Ah, isn't that the place where a house appears in the middle of nowhere?"
"I've been there before, the owner is very young and gentle!"
"She also has a younger sister, they treated us very hospitably."
While they were discussing enthusiastically, Eowyn took out a paper bag, which contained coffee powder. Seeing something strange, the others approached and looked at it very curiously.
"Captain, what is this?"
"The owner said this is coffee powder, this drink is very delicious. She also thoughtfully added milk and sugar, saying that if no one likes the bitter taste, they can add it to the coffee to soften the bitterness. Quickly take out your cups."- Eowyn
"How curious, I heard that the food from that place has very special abilities. What is the taste like?"
After dividing the sandwiches and coffee, everyone enjoyed it, only trying a little but everyone praised it as delicious.
"It's really delicious, just like you said!"
"No wonder you insisted on going to buy food, it turns out there's really good food!"
"I feel better!"
"My energy has gradually recovered!"
The knights continued to devour the food in joy.
"Captain, why don't we recruit that lady, and her sister too. With her by our side, we can eat delicious food like this every day!"
"That's right, every time we go on expeditions, we have to eat dry and bland food, no one has any cooking skills"
Hearing that, Eowyn just smiled behind her helmet.
"I don't think so because her house is there so I can't force her to come along"- Eowyn
"That's boring, I really don't want to go on expeditions and eat bland food again"
"Don't be so gloomy, when we're done, let's go eat there. The female owner said there will be more dishes on the menu"- Eowyn
"Really?!"
"Then what are we waiting for, hurry up and finish the mission and come back soon!"
Hearing such a powerful voice made the other knights even more enthusiastic.