I reforged the glory of the magic ring in Middle-earth

Chapter 59 Banquet
Since Tanes and his companions were too tall to move around in Bag End, the task of moving the dining table and food to a more spacious room was given to these dwarves.

Fili, Kili, and Dwalin worked the hardest.

The other dwarves skillfully entered Bilbo's food storage room and chattered about what food they wanted to eat.

A short, white-bearded dwarf named "Dori" came over with a pot of tea and asked, "Would you like a cup of chamomile tea, Mr. Gandalf?"

Gandalf stood against the wall, to avoid interfering with the dwarves moving the table, and smiled as he shook his head: "No, I'd like some wine myself."

Thorin happened to be passing by carrying a stool. After hearing the conversation between Gandalf and Dori, he immediately said, "I want a glass of red wine too."

Dori nodded respectfully to Gandalf and Thorin, then retreated with the teapot.

The dwarf Bifur, with the broken axe blade stuck in his head, said in Dwarven: "I want raspberry jam and apple pie."

His brother, the hooded Bofur with the long black beard, said, "And mince pies and cheese."

Bombur, the fattest dwarf, belched and cried out, "And there better be lots of pork pies and salad."

"Oh my God, Bombur, you've already eaten a whole leg of lamb! It would have been fine if you didn't help, but you actually asked them to help you get food!" Gloin, who was busy moving wine barrels, saw Bombur slowly licking the lamb leg bone in his hand clean, and couldn't help but curse.

To which Bombur replied: "Hiccup—"

Well, he burped loudly.

"Oh, my God..." Groin, who passed by him, made a disgusted sound, covered his nose and walked away holding the heavy beer barrel.

"Give me a few more eggs, my good man! And if you have any frozen chicken and pickled cucumbers, bring them out too!" Bombur ignored all this and continued speaking loudly.

Groin ignored him. When he passed by Tanes, he immediately stopped and stood at attention, greeting him happily: "Lord Tanes! We meet again!"

Tanes naturally still remembered the dwarf guard captain with whom he had a small misunderstanding when he first arrived in the Blue Mountains, and he smiled back: "I hope you have a pleasant evening."

"Haha, of course!" Groin replied happily and left with the barrel.

Bilbo walked up to Tanis with an incredible look on his face, and looked at Gandalf standing opposite Tanis and said loudly and confusedly: "Why do these dwarves know what is in my food cupboard as well as I do?"

He was really confused and even felt that it was not a group of dwarves but a group of terrible thieves and robbers who entered his home.

Judging from the dwarves' behavior, Bilbo had no problem thinking so.

Gandalf blinked and said nothing, while Tanis said to Gandalf, "Gandalf, you really should have told Bilbo in advance that these dwarves would also be attending the dinner. You should know that not everyone can tolerate the dwarves' familiarity."

Gandalf said innocently, "But before I could tell him about this yesterday, our hobbit stormed into the house and shut the door on me."

Bilbo pointed back and forth between himself and Gandalf in surprise and said, "Me? But I invited you to tea today! I didn't expect you to bring so many people! Look at my kitchen now! There's dirt all over the carpet!"

Then Bofur and Dori happened to be passing among them, and looked over when they heard Bilbo's cry.

This made the duplicitous Hobbit immediately change his tone and say, "Oh, I'm not picking on you. I welcome you to my home, and in fact I'm doing that already."

Then he immediately muttered in a very low voice: "Of course it would be better if we knew each other."

Bofur smiled and said, "I know," and walked away.

This time, Dori took the red wine jug and two small wine glasses that Bilbo had just placed on the dining table. He carefully poured the red wine into them and handed the small wine glasses to Gandalf and Thorin respectively.

Dori said proudly, "Mr. Gandalf, Lord Thorin, this is a small glass of red wine, just as you requested. It has a very fruity aroma."

Bilbo pointed at Dori, opened his mouth in disbelief and whispered to Tanis beside him: "Tannis, did you see that? That dwarf is actually using my own treasured red wine to entertain my guests."

Tanis also lost his composure and glared at Gandalf deliberately.

Gandalf looked away, took the wine glass with a smile, and clinked glasses with Thorin beside him.

The dwarves were very skillful and quickly piled bottles, plates, forks, knives, cups, dishes, spoons and all kinds of food and drinks on the long dining table.

Thorin sat at the head, Gandalf sat on his right, Tanes sat opposite Thorin, and Benar and the others sat in their previous positions.

Of course, the dwarves also greeted Bernal, Millicent and Egon warmly, and did not ignore them just because they didn't know them.

Bilbo sat on the stool by the fireplace, feeling a little sullen, nibbling on a piece of butter bread that he had rescued from the dwarves' plates, but trying very hard to act normal.

After Thorin saw that everyone was seated, he raised the beer mug in front of him and looked at Tanes with a smile.

He first solemnly expressed his happiness and gratitude to Tanes, and then said loudly: "The banquet has begun, everyone!"

Fili and Kili cheered together, "Good! The party is about to begin!"

"Oh, how come we've just started? Bombur is already gnawing on the second leg of lamb!" Gloin exclaimed as he watched Bombur's mouth never stop moving.

Bofur noticed Gloin's exclamation, looked at his brother Bombur, and raised his chin: "Hey, Bombur, go on!"

Then he threw a peeled hard-boiled egg into Bombur's mouth.

Bombur opened his mouth directly, and the boiled egg was accurately bitten by his teeth. He then chewed it a few times and swallowed it into his stomach.

"Yeah!" Bombur cheered triumphantly.

The other dwarves noticed the interaction between the cousins ​​Bombur and Bofur and clapped their hands on the table with joy.

Except for Thorin who was watching all this silently, smiling as he ate the vegetable soup in front of him.

Bilbo moved closer to Tanis, looked at the noisy dwarves and asked, "Are they always like this?"

Tanis looked at the dwarves throwing food into their companions' mouths as if it were a "weapon" and said politely, "To be honest, Bilbo, I think they have calmed down a lot."

"Converge? Hmm? Am I sure I heard correctly? Do you call this situation 'converge—converge—'?" Bilbo asked in reply, emphasizing the pronunciation.

Millicent, who was sitting to Tanis's left, said to Bilbo with some sympathy, "Tannis is right. If you spend more time with these dwarves, you'll know. If they didn't respect Lord Tanis's eating habits, they would have already put their feet on the table and started asking if anyone wants a glass of ale."

Bilbo opened his eyes wide, pursed his lips, and raised his head, as if thinking.

"Let's count down to three, two, one and drink this glass of wine!" Duvalin shouted with a loud laugh.

The dwarves, who were originally making noises, suddenly quieted down. After Dwalin's countdown, they extended their wine glasses to the middle of the table, clinked glasses with their companions, and began to drink in big gulps.

Each dwarf who clinked glasses drank the wine in his cup in one gulp, and then burps came from their mouths one after another.

"Hiccup——"

The relatively small and quiet-looking dwarf, Ori, actually burped the longest, causing Fili and the others to applaud.

Bernard placed his empty glass on the table and poured himself a drink while raising an eyebrow at the dwarves. He was somewhat interested in the lively scene. Fili and Kili happened to sit next to Bernard, so Bernard took the opportunity to chat with them, asking if they had neglected to practice their fighting skills since returning home.

Gloin sat to Kíli's left. Although two dwarves separated him from Bernal, he raised his glass to Bernal. "I heard from Fíli and Kíli that you are their combat instructor! I toast to you!"

Fili took the initiative to introduce, "Teacher Bernal, this is Groin, the most outstanding guard captain in our Blue Mountains."

Gloin laughed and said, "That's all in the past, Fili! The most outstanding guard captains now should be you and Kili!"

Bernard smiled, clinked his glass with the other person's, and took a few sips.

After finishing his drink, Groin said, "This is all thanks to you, Mr. Bernard, and Lord Tanes. Without your careful cultivation, Fili and Kili would probably still be young boys."

Kili laughed and shouted, "Why are you suddenly speaking like my uncle Thorin!"

Gloin's brother, Oin, the dwarf holding the iron hearing aid, interrupted their conversation and said, "That's because Gloin's wife gave birth to a fat son not long ago! He's a father now!"

Qili said in surprise, "Is this true?"

Groin showed a fatherly smile, took out a pendant from his arms, opened the pendant and showed the portrait inside to Fili and Kili.

He said, "Look, this is my son! Isn't he as short and wide as me?"

Kili asked, "What's this cute little fellow's name?"

"Gimli, in some ancient language, the name means 'fire'!" laughed Gloin.

Bernard chewed on the name meaningfully, then smiled with satisfaction. "Gimli, Flame... well, Flame. Honestly, I really like this name. Flame, it sounds very good. If you don't mind, I hope to become this child's combat instructor."

Groin's eyes widened, and he looked at Bernard in disbelief: "Really?"

Bernal nodded: "I don't need to lie."

Qili excitedly pushed Groin's shoulder and said with a smile, "Hahaha, now I'm your son's senior brother!"

Philip silently prayed in his heart that Groin's son could withstand Bernal's devilish training.

Bernal had a pleasant conversation with the dwarves, and the same was true for Aegon.

He had already been drinking with the kindly dwarf, Balin, who was sitting next to him. It seemed that these two men who looked the oldest had a lot of topics in common.

"Mr. Egon, it seems that the armor on you has many stories." Balin said with a smile while clinking glasses with the other party.

After Aegon drank the wine, he said, "Yes, none of these armors are mine. I pieced them together from scraps I scavenged on the battlefield."

Balin showed an interested look. "Oh? Can you tell me more about it? I'm very interested in the stories of these armor masters."

Egon nodded: "Of course."

Although Millicent was also infected by the liveliness of the dwarves at the banquet, she was not as relaxed as Bernard and Egon.

The dwarves ate, drank and chatted. Time passed slowly and the various delicacies and drinks on the table were rapidly decreasing.

Finally, the dwarves stood up and moved their chairs back, signaling the end of the banquet.

"Oh, it's finally over."

Bilbo, who had been watching the dwarves devour his food, finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked forward to clean up the cups and plates.

He tried to maintain the calmness and politeness of a host and asked, "Are you all full? I mean, if it's not enough, I think there should be some left in the cupboard."

"We are full, Master Baggins!" cried the dwarves, all in great satisfaction.

Someone shouted, "Even Bombur is full, which means we are full!"

Then the dwarves all burst into laughter.

Thorin coughed lightly, and the dwarves immediately quieted down.

He said, "Help our generous host, Bilbo Baggins, to clear the table and tidy up this place and the kitchen. Bifur and Bofur, blow your recorders. Fili and Kili, your fiddles. And you, Bombur, bring your drum from the door, of course. Let us make music for Bilbo Baggins's supper."

Bofur, when his name was called, stood up and said, "Bombur has eaten too much tonight and can no longer stand up. I will go and fetch his drum from the door."

Then the other dwarves who were not called stood up and cooperated with each other, and skillfully stacked up all the things on the table like a circus performance.

They piled up high, and a tower consisting of several plates, forks, teacups, etc. appeared on the dining table.

Then Bofur brought the drum to Bombur, and the fat dwarf looked at the other dwarves who had taken up their instruments, and began to play the dwarven song.

The other dwarves simply lifted the piles of tableware, placing a weight on the plates at the top of the 'tower' to maintain balance, and walked towards the kitchen to the sound of their companions' singing.

Bilbo's eyes widened when he saw this scene, and he followed behind worriedly, shouting at the dwarves to be careful, be careful, and be careful again.

"Break the cups and break the plates!"

"Dull your knives and bend your forks!"

"That's what Bilbo Baggins hated—"

Of course, they didn't do any of these scary things. Everything was tidied up and washed clean, and they did it at lightning speed, as if it was not their first time doing this kind of work.

Of course, Thorin did not participate in these things because his status was more noble.

After the dwarves' music ended, Thorin spoke up, "Well, now it's time for us to talk about Bilbo Baggins joining our expedition."

Bilbo was puzzled when he heard this and asked, "Expedition? What expedition?"

Dori, who poured wine for Gandalf and Thorin:
Bifur, who only speaks Dwarvish:
Bofur the recorder:

The Fattest Bombur:

Ori the Hiccuping (the dwarf who died holding the book in the mines of Moria in the Lord of the Rings movie is him):

Gloin's brother Oin (who died in the Water Watcher before the Fellowship of the Ring):

　In the original book, Thorin even played the harp and took the lead in the performance.

　　Gimli's name comes from the Old Norse poetic word gimm, which is believed to mean "flame".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)