I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Roland was stunned for a long time before he finally asked, "Why is she drinking soup?"

Helena said, "Because we use potions to make soup and cook our dishes!"

Roland's vision went black again. He pressed on, "So, we've been exposed? Did she say anything?"

Helena said, "She asked if a little beer was added to the soup for flavor."

Roland: “???”

The Nightmare Hourglass contains an ingredient called 'Hell's Dew,' which can be used to brew 'Decadent Wine,' giving the Nightmare Hourglass a faint, pleasant aroma of alcohol.

Obviously, because Olivia's resistance was too strong, she didn't taste the Nightmare Hourglass after taking a sip, so she assumed that a little beer had been added to the big pot of soup for flavoring.

Can a stew seasoned with a little beer really knock someone out?

How much would someone have to drink to get them drunk?

Helena said, "Senior, she probably didn't see the problem, but I feel that the dosage we originally assessed for the drug's effectiveness might be a bit too low."

Our previous plan was to add more potion to the soup and then mask the taste with spices. That plan was too conservative; we shouldn't have added water to the soup!

And one dish simply isn't enough; we need to make several. Sigh, Theresa and the others must have realized this problem too; let's see how they adjust things.”

Roland nodded solemnly.

They got a whole chest of potions from Maldore this time; they could fill a bathtub with them all.

With so many potions, surely they'll knock her out?

Olivia probably won't stay in the kitchen all the time; Theresa and the others should have a chance to do the work.

Furthermore, the Nightmare Hourglass has an antidote, and Marrod also mentioned that there's a three-hour delay before the potions take effect. Therefore, even if Helena and the others consume these potions, they will have time to drink the antidote.

Therefore, since I'm not afraid of being 'poisoned,' eating some dishes is fine, and I can add magic potions to all the dishes.

But the key question is, how do we get Olivia to eat all those dishes?

Cook twenty dishes for her and let her eat them all by herself?

Roland felt overwhelmed.

He planned to go check out the kitchen.

Roland rubbed his forehead and asked, "So, Olivia isn't in the kitchen anymore? You just tricked Olivia out to create an opportunity for Theresa and the others to 'cook'?"

Helena said, "No, Olivia is still over there."

Roland asked in astonishment, "Then what are you doing out here?"

Helena said, "The nine of them chased me out."

Roland: “???”

Helena told Roland what had happened.

It turns out that Helena was nearly scared to death when she saw Olivia enter the kitchen. After all, Olivia already suspected Roland of trying to drug her, and if Helena stayed in the kitchen, it would arouse Olivia's suspicion.

Fortunately, Helena happened to be sneaking around in the kitchen eating something at the time. So she pretended to have been caught red-handed, and with everyone's help, she was kicked out.

"Don't worry, don't worry, senior."

Helena said confidently, "The things are all in Theresa's hands. They are reliable and there won't be any problems."

I reckon Maria and the others have already confessed to betraying us. Olivia went to the kitchen to keep an eye on you and me.

She's already gone to the kitchen herself, and she'll probably be out in a bit.

Even if she left the people she trusted in the kitchen, they still couldn't beat her sister Teresa.

When the time comes, Teresa and the others just need to secretly replace all the water in the kitchen with potions, pretend that the potions are water, and then help the cooks prepare the dishes.

However, senior, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, we need to prepare for both possibilities.

As she spoke, Helena added through gritted teeth, "Have someone from Malrod bring over the entire stock of Nightmare Hourglasses—didn't she say Nightmare Hourglasses are alcohol? Let's make her a 'cocktail'!"

Roland's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what Helena meant. He gave his junior a thumbs up.

Roland said, "I remember that among the boxes the wizards sent onto the train were several cases of my favorite 'Rotten Holy Blood' (wine) and 'Water of Oblivion' (brandy). Olivia must have loved these too."

Helena chimed in, "Yes! This train is very bumpy, and the nights are long. How can we sleep soundly without a drink?"

The two hit it off immediately and got to work. Soon, they had completed all the preparations.

Looking at the cases of wine prepared in the storage bag, the two began to discuss how to have a drinking contest with Olivia.

After some discussion, the two became very confident about tonight's dinner.

A dozen minutes later, accompanied by Maria and Joan, the goddess Olivia, who had rested well, stepped into carriage number 2.

At this moment, Roland and Helena were enjoying wine in the carriage.

Seeing the two of them standing near the bookshelf enjoying wine, Olivia frowned slightly, seemingly a little annoyed.

With so many books here, what if wine is spilled on the Old Testament? Olivia, who already had a lot of complaints about Roland, became even more dissatisfied.

But then she sniffed again, raised her eyebrows in surprise, and couldn't help but glance at the wine glass in Roland's hand.

'So this is the kind of liquor. No wonder those two guys were drinking so enthusiastically, drinking and drinking until they were drunk to death!'

Olivia glanced at Roland and the 'Helaka (Helena)' beside him, snorted inwardly, and went to look at the old texts.

Two hours later, a group of priestesses pushed a large cart into carriage number 2.

It seems that dinner tonight is different from lunch. Therefore, the usual food cart was not used.

Roland and Olivia looked at the dinner on the cart with strange expressions, their faces gradually becoming quite interesting.

On this 'flatbed cart' was a large wooden barrel filled with 'soup'.

This is tonight's meal.

That's all there is to this dish.

Looking at the huge tub of thick 'soup,' Roland and Olivia's expressions became quite interesting—wasn't it obviously made with magic potions? Olivia wasn't stupid; how could she not see that?!
Roland gave Helena a meaningful look, his expression quite grim. It was unclear what they exchanged, but after a moment, Roland's expression improved slightly.

On the other side, Olivia seemed to be subtly giving one of her teammates a wink—it's unclear what they exchanged, but a moment later, Olivia's expression improved slightly.

Regardless, their teammates' reassurances did not completely put their minds at ease.

Roland cautiously observed Olivia's expression, only to find his eyes meeting Olivia's. The moment their gazes locked, a chill ran down their spines – "Damn it, I should have kept a closer eye on her. In just a moment of inattention, this whole mess has happened."

Those unreliable guys made things so obvious, even someone with a screw loose should be able to see the problem by now!

Seeing Olivia looking at him with a suspicious (and guilty) expression, Roland preemptively spoke up, pretending to be a thief, "Ahem, Miss Olivia, I heard you went to the kitchen to check on tonight's dinner?"

"cough."

Olivia forced a smile and said, "Well, Theresa said she'd be making my favorite dish tonight, so I went to check it out."

Roland, using the steps as a springboard, feigned curiosity and asked, "Oh? Is this some kind of special dish? I haven't eaten much in the South, and I've never seen this kind of food in Vermik."

After saying that, Roland felt a little regretful.

What I just said was so fake!
What kind of food is served in buckets? That's so fake!

However, Olivia followed up on Roland's words with a very reasonable answer, directly making Roland's point!

She chuckled and said, "Oh, this dish is called 'Angel's Fall.' It's similar to witch's stew, but with the addition of seafood to the mountain delicacies, making it incredibly delicious."

Historically, there was a king of Mald who preferred cooking to governing, and historians gave him a derogatory nickname—'The Cook King'.

According to rumors, this dish was one of his creations.

Legend has it that after he made this dish, a beautiful angel appeared. The king was overjoyed and invited her to dine with him.

The dinner was very pleasant, but the despicable king got the angel drunk and defiled her.

The angel lost her chastity and broke the commandment. She can no longer return to heaven.
However, the story has a happy ending—it turns out that the two had been in love all along, and that night was a consensual affair.

When the gods learned of this, the king, in order to protect the angel, lied and said that he had gotten her drunk and blasphemed her, hoping that the gods would spare the angel from punishment.

But the all-knowing and all-powerful Father already knew the whole story; He knew that the two were united by love. But the commandments of the Kingdom of Heaven cannot be profaned.

Therefore, He sentenced the angels to remain on earth forever and never return to heaven.

And so the angel and King Malod fell in love forever and had ninety million children.

Olivia, quoting classical texts, led Roland to his seat. Both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the fact that the protagonist of the story was the 'King of Malrod' made Roland a little uncomfortable—the church had promised 'Lorenz (Roland)' that he would become the King of Malrod.

Although the last part of the story, "ninety million children," sounds a bit strange.

But Roland had no time to think about it.

Besides, this is a mythological story, so it's normal for the content to be a bit exaggerated, isn't it?
At this moment, the priestesses pushing the cart had already set out the tableware and served soup to Roland and Olivia.

Roland looked up at the priestesses and then realized that they were Teresa's servants.

"Huh?" Roland blinked in surprise, thinking to himself, "Helena only has my, Joan's, and her clothes in her hands. When did Theresa and the others change into their divine robes?"

Suddenly, Roland stared at Maria, who was serving behind Olivia, and froze on the spot.

Seeing Roland staring at her with a lecherous look, Maria rolled her eyes, her eyes seeming to say—Sir, please have some self-respect.

Roland's expression suddenly became quite interesting.

The six holy servants were originally spirits with very blurry faces. Although their faces gradually became clearer as their cultivation levels increased, they still gave the impression of having 'a thousand faces in one person'.

So much so that even after spending two or three decades with them, Roland still didn't have a deep impression of their faces—his deepest impression was of them rolling their eyes at him and lifting his skirt.

After they acted as the Six Holy Spirits once, this vague impression of 'a thousand faces' became stronger, which sometimes gave Roland a strange feeling that they had an inexplicable relationship with the Six Holy Spirits.

When Roland boarded the train at noon, he didn't even recognize them.

He thought at the time it was because they hadn't seen each other for too long, because he was face-blind, and because they had inexplicably become physical corpses.

However, even after spending so much time with them that afternoon, Roland still felt that they were still spirits, and their faces remained blurry and indistinct.

But now that feeling has suddenly disappeared, vanished inexplicably.

After seeing Theresa and the others, the faces he remembered suddenly became crystal clear.

This is what the Holy Servant Mary looks like!
However, Mary covered her long hair completely with a nun's headscarf, while the servant Mary was dressed very fashionably, with beautiful long, curly blonde hair. So the two looked very different.

But now, when the servant Mary also put on a nun's headscarf and wrapped her beautiful hair, Roland suddenly realized that the two looked like twins (exactly the same)!

At that moment, Roland's heart pounded wildly. He vaguely sensed something and began searching the carriage for another Maria.

Just then, Olivia thoughtfully placed a pot of soup in front of Roland, interrupting his thoughts.

Olivia chuckled softly, “It hasn’t been long since I last tasted this dish, but I always feel like a whole world has passed.”

Today I returned to the riverbank and missed this taste so much that I asked Theresa and the others to make it.

But they couldn't remember the taste.

Fortunately, I remembered it clearly, so I personally directed things in the kitchen.

It was a great success, so my efforts weren't in vain—would you like to try some?

Looking at the dish served in a small jar, Roland was shocked to discover that it was actually 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall'!
Roland fell in love with cooking after she cooked Chinese food for her senior, Miss Yingtao, in Straw Town.

No wonder, no matter how many years he has lived in this world, he still doesn't like eating Western food every day.

During his years at sea, he honed his culinary skills to perfection.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a dish he developed based on his own imagination. Although he had never eaten authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall before, as an alchemy master with a great variety of ingredients at his disposal, the various dishes he developed were all quite good.

The maids had served Roland for so many years and had indeed learned a lot. This dish was no exception.

This time, Teresa and her friends were troubled by the matter of the poison and felt they needed to make a large pot of soup. So they remembered this dish, which was somewhat similar to 'witch stew'.

The so-called 'fall of the angels' must have been a name they made up on the spot to fool Olivia.

But Olivia said that was its name, and that she had specially asked Theresa and others to cook it.

At first, Roland thought the woman had gone mad again.

But then Roland's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately thought of another possibility—Olivia was lying.

She didn't know that Teresa and the others were Roland's people, let alone that they were sent by Roland.

So she was lying to Roland.

And then there's the fact that Olivia spent half the afternoon busy in the kitchen.
Roland looked at Olivia with suspicion. He thought to himself, 'Damn it! This woman drugged my medicine!' (End of Chapter)