Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords! - Chapter 458

That night, people came and went in the captain’s office. All the people on the Epic were talking about what kind of meal Horatio had prepared.

This young captain was very thorough and did not leak any information.

The secrecy was so good that even the person next to him didn’t know what kind of delicacy he had prepared so painstakingly.

His girlfriends even got together secretly and asked each other if anyone had any information about the dinner.

“Welcome, everyone aboard the Epic.” As the captain, he finally appeared in the chief position. People looked at him and raised their glasses in greeting.

The Captain’s Office of the Epic is not too big, but fortunately there are not many officials on the ship, so it does not appear crowded. The space provided is just the right size, and it feels as warm as dining in the restaurant of your own mansion.

As the captain, Horatio sat at the narrow front end of the long arc-shaped table.

To his right, sitting on his right side is the ‘Agent of the God Emperor’, the alien judge Thei.

Next to Thei was Louise.

Because most of the officers are young people and most of them are classmates and alumni, the seating arrangement on the Epic does not appear to be hierarchical. Compared with a normal Imperial Navy banquet, everyone’s seating arrangement can be said to be casual.

And on his left side.

The first position was reserved for Chief Tech-Priest Ratti.

To everyone’s surprise, a plump mature woman actually sat on the seat of the technical priest who had almost never appeared in the impression and had been absent during meals.

There is no doubt that most people have never seen the Mechanicus come to dine in the official hall.

This time, this technical priest was personally invited by the captain to dine. This scene did not conform to the stereotype, which surprised many officers.

Father Ratty sat calmly and generously in her place, chatting and laughing with Horatio.

She behaves and speaks more like a wealthy lady of noble birth than a technical priest.

The position to the left of Ratty should have been reserved for the state church or the chief of the nuns, but Sister Arabella was unable to board the ship because she had to escort the pilgrim ship. Her position was replaced by Farida, the military supervisor.

She was obviously dissatisfied with the fact that there was a beautiful and mature woman she had never met between herself and Horatio.

Especially her “fufu” laughter full of mature charm and temptation, and the way she looks very familiar with Horatio.

In Farida’s vigilant eyes, this was another big fox who seduced her lover, and she was not a traditional technical priest.

As the diners arrived one after another, the people at the long table gradually became lively.

The diners were whispering, wondering what kind of surprise the captain had arranged for being so tight-lipped.

“Now that everyone is here, let’s get started!”

The elevator began to creak as Horatio tapped his fork.

The diligent head chef Yin Yuanshan appeared first. He rolled out several large copper pots, and underneath each copper pot was burning a blazing fire filled with refined liquid.

The copper pot was filled with red oil, and the spicy smell spread throughout the captain’s hall in just an instant.

“Sneeze!” Faxia couldn’t help but sneeze when she smelled the spicy smell. She quickly rubbed her nose and then said with a complaining expression.

He looked at the captain with questioning eyes.

Louise has received some training since she was a child to deal with harsh environments or tear gas, so she behaves relatively calmly.

But she didn’t understand the connection between the pot and food. Her first thought was to pour the liquid into the prisoner’s nose during interrogation to force him to confess.

“What kind of dish is this? It looks like there are only chili peppers in it.” The erudite judge Thei asked Horatio what everyone present was thinking.

“Of course not, Miss Inquisitor.”

Horatio also deliberately raised his voice when answering: “This is a Sinian dish called ‘hot pot’, please don’t worry, we are not eating chili peppers.” “

He snapped his fingers and helped the cook and boat boy to bring the thawed, cleaned and processed meat and vegetables from the back kitchen.

Of course, Horatio did not make this dish available only to the officer class.

As a celebration banquet, the entire ship can enjoy this Sinian-style meal before setting sail.

It’s just that so many hot pots lit with juicy sauce are definitely out of place in a cabin full of torpedoes, and pose a considerable safety hazard.

To avoid fire accidents, what sailors and sailors enjoy is a “buffet” that is cooked in a hot pot and placed on a heated plate by the chef.

Although the essence of hot pot is missing, “shabu-shabu” is missing, but meat and vegetables are all available.

It’s just another form of hot pot – “Maocai”.

The officers were very surprised when the rich dishes of lettuce were neatly placed on the cart and served.

This was the first time they saw raw food being served to the table that should have been cooked in the kitchen.

In most cultures of the empire, this is a behavior that has nothing to do with civilization.

“Captain, what do you mean?” Sister Farley turned her head to look at Horatio in confusion.

She saw a Chinese delicacy in the morning and guessed that it was another flower job done by her dear ones.

She kept smiling calmly. The question she just asked was just to spark some discussion, she just wanted to see how he could handle this task.

Seeing that most of the people were staring blankly at the lettuce on the table, they secretly wondered if the captain was going to hold a banquet in a primitive and wild style. There seemed to be such a trend in the nest recently.

Veronica, who was confused, moved her left hand on the table in a sneaky way. With the cover of the plate and water cup, she slowly moved to the side of the green vegetables in front of her, and then quietly took a leaf into her arms.

Just as she coughed and took the spoils that she thought no one had discovered into her mouth, she met Horatio’s eyes awkwardly the next second, and a little green leaf quietly popped out from between her fingers.

Veronica’s almond eyes suddenly widened, and she hurriedly used her eyes to signal Horatio not to make a sound, regardless of whether her silly expression of holding a leaf in her mouth and winking could effectively convey information. Fortunately, Horatio did not expose her plan.

So Veronica, who got tacit consent, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and slowly ate the leaf like a rabbit.

The fresh taste of the lettuce, but it was indeed not delicious, made her frown in confusion.

She originally thought that the leaves produced in Zhendan could have some special taste.

She also turned her head and quietly chewed the juicy leaves while asking Faxia in a slurred voice whether this was a diet meal that she asked the captain to arrange for her.

After Faxia’s teasing, Veronica immediately expressed her protest.

She claimed that her thigh muscles and breasts and buttocks had developed better recently, and this was not called fat! This was called plump and plump!

Facing the whispers and more and more questions at the table, the captain just kept the corners of his mouth raised, as steady as a mountain, as if waiting for something.

Until the bottom of the pot began to bubble up, he said: “Everyone has been waiting for a long time, please allow me to introduce to you, this is a local specialty food in Zhendan with a long history, called “hot pot”.

Because it tastes spicy and requires a lot of spices to cook, so in the vast universe of the Emperor of Gods, you rarely see such a “complex and convenient” delicacy. “

He picked up a pair of long chopsticks and demonstrated the correct way to use them.

The female accountant corrected the chopstick holding posture among the diners.

After almost everyone could use this uncommon tableware in a relatively correct way, Horatio continued to explain the next step.

“Use the bread clips on the plate to pick up any food you want to eat and put it into the pot.

The cooking time can be based on the suggestions on the menu or your own taste, but it is best not to exceed the maximum boiling time written above, otherwise the texture of the dish will make your dining experience very bad.

But it should not be less than the recommended minimum time, otherwise it may cause food poisoning. I don’t want those who survived the battle to go to the doctor for the celebration banquet. “

After this, everyone hesitated.

“Then I won’t be polite. “

Horatio took the lead and put the sliced ​​​​frozen Grox meat into the boiling pot in front of him. After the bright red meat slices were put in, they were quickly blanched in the hot and boiling red oil and turned white. They rose and fell with the rolling heat flow, dancing.

It wasn’t long before the meat slices were cooked to the right degree. He picked up the paper-thin cooked meat slices, put them into the prepared sesame soy sauce dish, dipped them once, and put them directly into his mouth without caring whether it was hot or not.

“Hmm! Very fresh, very delicious! “He couldn’t help but sigh after chewing and swallowing carefully under the crowd’s gaze.

On both sides of the table, a group of officers who didn’t know how to eat watched the captain eat with relish, and many of them couldn’t help but move their Adam’s apples.

‘I’m starting.” Anya Fasha took the lead in trying. Taran itself has a lot of spicy dishes, so although she hadn’t eaten spicy food for a long time after serving with the flight team, the irritation to her nasal cavity was a bit strong at first, making her a little uncomfortable at first.

But the new way of eating in front of her was not enough to dispel her courage to try, just like her radical air combat tactics.

“Then I’ll do it too!” Veronica was like a shrewd person, following the captain, and put another plate of Grox meat slices with even fat lines into the soup pot.

The pilot sisters followed the captain’s rhythm and started to eat, and the prelude to this celebration banquet was opened.

Seeing that someone had already started, others also began to get excited in the tempting spicy fragrance.

Among the naval officers, Louise swallowed her saliva, took the lead in picking up a plate of meat slices, and put it into the boiling pot in front of her.