The Dragon King’s Harem System

Chapter 111. A Brain on My Plate I

Dragon King's Harem Chapter 111. A Brain on My Plate I

"Our chef's recommendation, sir. Our famous Grave Digger dinner plate," said the waiter proudly.

"Thank you," I said.

Our eyes were fixed on the food in front of us. Some plates contained three different foods. A pale green throbbing brain complete with a reddish-transparent sauce. A piece of human hand with a clean cut on the wrist. I could see the bone in the centre clearly and a hole in the palm. Its nails had been removed. A bit of blood red sauce on top made it look like it had just been cut from a corpse and served. And another one, some black and red eyeballs the size of a ping-pong ball. Despite their hideous appearance, the smell said otherwise. Not to mention the mugs which contained a red liquid that looked like blood with bubbles coming out of it.

"Enjoy your dinner, good sir," the waitress said politely before they bent their heads slightly and left.

Eir sniffed the food deeply and rubbed his hands impatiently.
"Oh, the smell... I bet this food is on par with the palace's," he said. And I agreed with him.

But not with Evelina and Jyne.
"Argod...Are you sure this is edible?" Jyne squeaked. While Evelina stared at the food in disgust.

"Despite their appearance, it's edible," I assured them. Indeed, the food in the palace looked awful with monster heads and such. But this food made us literally feel like eating corpses and since the women didn't like horror things. I bet they didn't want that on their plate either.
"The eyeballs and the brain are actually vegetables. But they have a unique texture similar to the delicacy. As for the hand, it's monster meat. Just like what we usually eat," I added.

There were no normal plants here. They usually followed the corpse's shape or something. It was affected by the Mana flow in this area. It was the same as the Undead tribe's plants. As for the hand, it was simply a chicken, for this territory, at least. It was one of the common low-level monsters in this environment.

The fingers were their feet, their eyes were on the palms and their heads were on the wrists. But because their eyes and heads were inedible, the chef threw them away. That was the reason why the palm had a hole.

Evelina and Jyne didn't answer me. They just stared at the food on their plates with disgust. Especially that brain. But the smell indeed showed something else.

"Just try it. You won't be disappointed," I said. My hand took my cutlery. My eyes stared at the food. Somehow, I could understand Jyne and Evelina's feelings. But since palace food was as weird as this to me, I completely ignored the appearance.

I pierced the hand with my fork and cut it with a knife, just like how I ate a normal steak. While the truth I felt like a forensic doctor who cut up a mutilated corpse. But as I expected, as soon as the food entered my mouth. The taste of tender meat mixed with sour and sweet-filled it, as if I was eating baked chicken from the best restaurant in my original world.

"Oh, this is so delicious," I complimented. After a few days of eating tasteless food and crusty bread, I even thought of taking a second portion after this.

"You are right. The shape is indeed a little strange, but the taste is surprisingly good," said Eir in agreement.

Upon what we said, Evelina and Jyne finally took the cutlery and ate it in hesitation. But their doubts changed after tasting it.
"It's not as bad as it looks," said Evelina in shock.

"Indeed," Jyne agreed.

After that, things got easier. Although Jyne and Evelina were still disgusted by the appearance, they decided to put their food in their mouths with their eyes closed. It was only a matter of minutes before we finished our food and our drink.

I even ordered another mug since I couldn't get enough of it. The real Argod indeed has great taste. As for the food, it was more fulfilling than it seemed. So I undid my intention.

After drinking another half glass, I placed my second mug on the table. Likewise with Eir.
"How is it? Did the food change your view of this place?" I said, hoping the food would dispel their fear.

"The food is delicious, but this place is something else. There's no way our minds can change that quickly," said Evelina. Her fear was still clear from the tone of her voice.

"That's weird. Why I feel the place is awesome. I mean they have some nice decorations, good food, a warm bed and more colourful scenery," Eir tried to explain this place's positive side.
"If I had to stay, I would choose to live in this place rather than in the previous villages and towns," he added.

"Living in this place?" Evelina shuddered.
"I prefer to live in the previous village even though I have to be cold every day."

Jyne, who had been silent before, finally let out a voice.
"Um... But I do feel better after my stomach is full." Her hesitation was evident from the tone of her voice and the awkward smile on her lips.

Her words managed to make Eir and me almost let out our laughter. We even had to look the other way to cover it. While Evelina turned to her in disbelief.

"Only better. It doesn't mean I'm not scared at all. I still don't want to live alone in this place," Jyne clarified.

"You don't have to worry. This place is a big inn. We can take the biggest room for the night. It's enough for 4 people. So you two can sleep in one bed with me," I said as I could swallow my laughter.

"Oh, that's a good idea! At least we'll feel a lot safer," Jyne welcomed it happily.

"Are you sure, sir? I can stay in another room so I don't disturb all of you," Eir made sure. Of course, he meant our night activities. Well, that was a great idea, but I didn't know about the others.

"It's fine, Sir Eiron. You can stay with us," Evelina said.

This time, it was my turn to turn to her and repeat Eir's question.
"Are you sure?" Previously, I thought she would use this to get intimate with me.

"Yes. I mean... This place is creepy. Who knew this place was haunted? Sir Eiron could protect us from them," Evelina said. Even though her face was facing me, her eyes glanced around me in caution.

"Isn't His Ma---I mean, Sir Ar uses the alarm parchment every night? Shouldn't be a problem, right? Besides, all spirits are in the underworld," said Eir with a frown. Well, I was sure Evelina knew about it. The problem was she was afraid of this place so her mind was filled with unreasonable things.

"But that parchment can't detect ghosts." Then Evelina shuddered again.
"What if one of those ghosts managed to escape from the underworld and come here?"

I sighed. Although a little disappointed, I could understand their situation. Besides, we had to concentrate on our trip since full moons were about to appear in a few days. It would be bad if I hadn't returned to the palace when that happened.
"Fine. Let's sleep in the same room for the night," I said.

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