Their commission was suspicious.

"Moreover, since the bar automatically increases skill proficiency by two levels, making a dish is equivalent to simultaneously undergoing a master chef-level learning experience. Therefore, when I actually make food, I feel that I am improving very quickly."

"I see..."

Chen Luo suddenly remembered the Judah Oath's special effect of doubling proficiency when learning non-combat skills.

“When things aren’t busy and the customers aren’t in a rush, you can make the food yourself. Of course, the most important thing is not to tire yourself out,” Chen Luo said after thinking for a moment.

“Your Highness is alright. I quite enjoy learning skills outside of combat,” Judah Oath said.

"This is probably what they mean by 'interest is the best teacher,' right?" Chen Luo roughly understood.

"The Oath of Judah, having you is the second luckiest thing that has happened to me in the past few years," Chen Luo said quite seriously.

"Huh?! Your Highness. I understand, Your Highness. I will certainly not let you down." Judah's Oath said solemnly after a moment of panic.

After saying this, Judah Oath headed toward the bar's kitchen.

"What's the luckiest thing?" Wendy asked curiously.

The raven sitting at the bar was also quite curious about the answer, so it came over as well.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and drink your wine. Or I'll confiscate it later," Chen Luo said, waving his hand.

"Tch." Although Wendy felt ashamed of Chen Luo's evasive behavior, she decided to back down for the sake of her wine.

"jingle!"

"Oh, Fran, you've arrived?" Chen Luo saw the person he had been waiting for.

"Teacher, can I have that blonde girl as a toy now?" Flandre asked excitedly.

"That's about enough, shall we go now?"

"Yes!" Fran said, raising her hand.

"Let's go then."

"Where are you going, Your Highness?" Judah's Oath, having heard Chen Luo's words, poked his head out from the bar's kitchen.

"Oh, let's go to the world of Akame ga Kill!"

"Then I will accompany Your Highness."

"Hey, wait a minute, can you stay at the bar and keep the Judah Oath?" Chen Luo said.

"But... Your Highness, I am responsible for protecting your safety."

"Please, the Oath of Judah, this is my lifelong request. Without you, there's no one to be the head chef." Chen Luo clasped his hands together.

“Very well. But Your Highness, you have a long life ahead of you, so don’t speak such things lightly,” the Oath of Judah cautioned.

The Judean Oath will not refuse Chen Luo's request.

"Xiao Shi..." Chen Luo called out to the Herrscher of Knowledge who was playing chess with Fu Hua.

The person who knows the rules has already falsely accused me of going out without her twice. I can't not call her this time.

"Here it comes. Old antique, let me tell you, it's not that I can't beat you, it's that I, the Herrscher of Knowledge, don't want to play with you anymore." The Herrscher of Knowledge, who was deep in thought in front of the chessboard, suddenly stood up, then scrambled the chess pieces on the board with his hand before turning and running away.

But he didn't forget to make a tough statement before he ran.

"..." Fu Hua, who was waiting for the perfect kill on the Herrscher of Knowledge, reluctantly put down the chess piece in her hand.

Chapter 869 Chen Luo's fiercest and hungriest enemy!

"Xiao Shi, didn't you finish a memory bread with master-level chess skills? How come you still lost?" Chen Luo asked curiously as he pushed open the bar door and headed towards the world of Akame ga Kill!

"Oh, what we were playing just now wasn't Go, it was Gomoku," said the Herald of Knowledge, holding Chen Luo's arm.

"..." Chen Luo's expression instantly became quite interesting.

"What's with that expression? Let me tell you, Gomoku is also very difficult!" the Herald of Knowledge said defiantly.

You can't beat them at Go, and you can't beat them at Gomoku either. Shibao, you should leave the group.

……

"Damn it, after paying for the meal, I'm completely broke. That damn big boobs... that bastard woman! If I ever see her again, I'll make her pay!"

"You can lie to my feelings, but you can't lie to me about money!"

"Damn it, we don't have any swindlers like that in our village."

"Forget it, I'll just sleep on the streets tonight. I can fall asleep anywhere anyway."

With a long sword slung over his back, Tatsumi threw the huge bag he was carrying against the wall, then squatted down next to his luggage and curled up, ready to start his homeless lifestyle.

For Tatsumi, whose village is located near the border and where snow can be seen all year round, the environment in the capital is already considered warm and suitable. So even if he sleeps on the street, his well-trained and strong body will not freeze.

Today, Tatsumi received a real lesson from the people of the capital.

Having just arrived in the capital, I found the recruitment office, only to be told that I had to start from the bottom as a soldier.

Unconvinced, Tatsumi wanted to show the recruiting officer his strength, so he drew his sword to see if he could conquer him with his own power.

Then... he was kicked out as a troublemaker.

The ordeal wasn't over after he was thrown out. Soon after, he encountered a blonde, busty woman at the entrance of the recruitment office. She claimed to have connections in the military and said that if he paid money, she could get him into the army and start him off as a squad leader.

So Tatsumi handed over all the bounty he had earned from his journey from the village to this place to hunt down the dangerous species.

Then?

Then there is no more.

He waited from noon until night, until the tavern just closed. Only after being kicked out by the tavern owner did he realize, after being reminded by the owner, that he had been scammed.

The city is full of tricks, it's better to go back to the countryside.

"Tatsumi, Tatsumi?"

"Hey, Tatsumi!"

"Hmm? Am I hallucinating? Where are Sayu and Ieyasu? I wonder if Ieyasu, who has a terrible sense of direction, will even lose track of Sayu." In his dazed state, Tatsumi muttered to himself as if he heard Sayu and Ieyasu's voices.

"boom!"

"Ouch!" After being attacked, Tatsumi reacted immediately, trying to draw his longsword, but was then subdued.

"You bastard, why are you making fun of me here? I've been looking for you for two days!" Iyeas roared in fury.

"Huh? Iyeas, what are you doing here? Am I dreaming? And Sayo too." Tatsumi released his longsword, stood up, and said with surprise.

"Dream on. I was able to find you thanks to this kind stranger. Of course, I also owe a debt of gratitude to Miss Arya for taking me in," Ieyas said, arms crossed.

"I knew it! I'm really good at finding people," Chen Luo said, holding the soul lamp.

"It's really amazing, but I wonder how my relationship with this Soul Lamp is progressing? Can I touch it now?" Arya asked, looking at the Soul Lamp with some longing.

Arya wasn't interested in the Soul Lamp's function of finding people; she preferred its function as a torture device.

Arya was the only one who had actually been burned by the Soul Lamp's soul fire, so she knew just how painful the Soul Lamp could be.

Because she knew how painful it was, Arya was looking forward to seeing what it would feel like when the soul fire was inflicted on the person she was torturing.

As for the first person, let's choose the original owner of the Soul Lamp.

I am grateful to him for bringing me the Soul Lamp.

“Of course.” Chen Luo handed the Soul Lamp in his hand to Arya.

Arya excitedly took the Soul Lamp, her trembling fingers caressing the lamp as if she herself was equally excited.

However, the reasons for their excitement were different.

Arya was excited because she was thinking of using the Soul Lamp to torment others.

The Soul Lamp was excited because it could swallow Arya into its body at any time to use her as "fuel."

Seeing Arya's excited expression as she held the Soul Lamp, Chen Luo smiled without saying a word.

The Soul Lamp in Arya's hand is a fake, a weakened version of the Soul Lamp that Chen Luo deliberately weakened to have a function very similar to what Chen Luo said.

This soul lamp only has the ability to activate the soul fire, but it has also become indiscriminate in accepting anyone who takes it.

However, the Soul Lamp's desire for sinful souls still exists.

“Emmm…” Sayo was just as happy to meet Tatsumi, but she also felt a strange unease.

Come to think of it, when did Chen Luo appear next to us?

When did he use the Soul Lamp to guide them to Tatsumi?

Never mind, it's good that the person has been found.

[Ding! Mission complete]

Now Chen Luo has finally helped Sayo find Tatsumi, so the mission is complete.

"Miss Arya, are you really willing to let me stay at your home? Thank you so much. It seems there are still kind people in the capital." Tatsumi said, quite moved.

Having just been emotionally and financially deceived by a blonde, busty older woman, Tatsumi is now finding solace and healing in a blonde young woman. He feels his luck isn't that bad.

"Were you fooled after coming to the capital? That's pathetic. Let's go home. I can't wait to test the effects of this Soul Lamp," Arya said kindly to everyone.

There were five people in total: one dad, one mom, and three of us.

[That Sayo is definitely mine. She's clearly a lowly country bumpkin, yet her hair is better than mine!]

[Little Fran is mine too! She's so cute, it'll be fun to bully her, right? And why does a country bumpkin have blonde hair like me, and even cuter than me?]

[This Lolo... he should be mine too, but I just can't bring myself to do it. Oh well, I won't kill him. I'll just torture him with the flames of the Soul Lamp.]

"..."

Thank you so much.

Upon hearing Arya's inner thoughts, Chen Luo had a million complaints he wanted to vent.

Don't worry, as a way of repaying you, I'll just torture you with soul fire.

No, that's not right either. The main body should be kept for Fran to use as a toy, so let's just throw the gold and silver clones into the soul fire.

Arya's reluctance to kill Chen Luo might be due to Chen Luo's high level of friendliness.

However, since Arya was truly inhuman, she had no intention of letting Chen Luo go.

Initial favorability is important, but it's impossible to completely distort someone's mind.

This person remains the same as always.

Now that the inferior version of the Soul Lamp has fallen into Arya's hands, Arya no longer has any reason to keep Chen Luo, Fran, Sayo, and Iyeas alive without taking action.

"Master, have you investigated the identity of Luo Luo's only clan leader sister in the capital?"

"Why bother checking those things? It was just a casual remark. Being a country bumpkin and a woman, what kind of future could she possibly have in the capital? She'd probably be dead in some alleyway by now. By the way, is the medicine for dinner ready?"

"Don't worry, sir, I used the strongest medicine this time. It might take a little longer to take effect, so we'll have to wait a while after they finish eating."

"That's good! As long as we can ensure everything goes perfectly smoothly," Arya's father said to Arya's mother.

It's a joyous occasion that Tatsumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu have reunited.

It's a joyous occasion that the Soul Lamp has finally reached Arya's hands.

So during dinner, Arya's family and the three country folk chatted happily.

The nobleman was not only quite kind, but he also told the trio of country folk that he had already spoken to his friends in the army and that they could go to the army as squad leaders tomorrow.

Sayo, Ieyasu, and Tatsumi were all very happy about this.

After all, once they made a name for themselves, they could earn more money, and with more money, they could save the village. So the three of them were completely unsuspecting and happily started eating.

In the capital city at night, the poor have little entertainment.

In addition, since they were going to join the army the next day, it was best to go to bed early the day before to recover their energy. So, after feeling a little sleepy, the trio of country folk returned to their assigned rooms.

"The effects of the medicine have almost kicked in; it's time to get started. Arya's really greedy; there are only five people, and she wants three for each of them. Oh well, let me think about which medicine to use this time. I haven't written in my diary for days; I'm getting itchy." A blonde woman in pajamas walked down the wide villa corridor, her face full of anticipation.

Moonlight streamed through the window, creating a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. The thought of using special drugs to torment those country folk was even more delightful.

But the next moment, the sound of a sharp blade slicing through tattered cloth rang out, and blood gushed out instantly, bringing the blonde woman's pleasure to an abrupt end.

"Huh?" The blonde woman was stunned for a moment, then felt dizzy.