Thinking of the unpleasant memories, Brian laughed and immediately patted his forehead to dispel them. He focused on the food on the stone table and started to fill the bowl with soup.

"What kind of soup did you order this time?" Hesiah took the thick soup handed over by Brian, sniffed it, and asked curiously.

"All the mushroom soup in the Underdark." Brian said to her with a smile.

"What a strange name. Does it have any special meaning?" Hesiah asked as usual.

"In fact, this hearty mushroom soup is named after the tradition of the svirfnebrows, who, in the tense atmosphere of entertaining guests, frantically rush in and out of their pantries and fungus gardens to dish out food for guests, sometimes too much.

It’s called the ‘Welcome Soup.’”

While tasting the delicious mushroom soup, Brian recalled the knowledge in his mind and said to her:

"The mushroom soup itself is a meal for the deep dwarves. It is full of colorful mushrooms, as well as green beans, peas, sweet flint corn, and red bell peppers from the surface world. Once here, the gray dwarves boldly eat the fungus.

, the raw materials of fire moss and luminous mushroom are mixed together to make people feel warm and comfortable when drinking it to resist the damp and cold atmosphere of the ground."

"It looks pretty good." Hesiah looked at the colorful mushrooms in the soup. She seemed to have remembered something, and said with a smile:

"Brian, you know, when I saw the red mushrooms in the soup, I suddenly thought of Timo's favorite song 'Red Umbrella, White Pole'. Did you teach him this song?"

"You are overthinking. How could I teach him such a childish children's song?" Brian said with a straight face and curled his lips in feigned disdain.

"That's true."

Hesiah nodded with conviction. She took a small sip of mushroom soup gracefully, feeling the unique taste of the underground world. She nodded slightly with satisfaction and said:

"Listening to your explanation of the ingredients and origin of this soup, I suddenly remembered that there seems to be similar food in the Sword Coast, but... it took too long, and I couldn't remember what it was called."

"It's all the seafood soup in the Sword Coast." Brian finished the last mouthful of the soup in the bowl, filled another bowl, and said to her:

"I used to travel to the port cities in the Sword Coast region, such as Neverwinter, Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep, and I could enjoy this stewed seafood soup. This ever-popular sea-breeze dish contains cod, black fish and so on.

Cod, clams and mussels, all marinated in a light fish and tomato soup, topped with a licorice-flavored aperitif and a touch of fennel.

Some taverns even make their own special version, adding an Aldani sauce made with crispy red peppers, garlic and olive oil to the seafood. The seafood soup is also perfect for soaking toasted herb bread, and any

Neither an adventurer nor a rogue pirate would refuse such a perfect soup."

Listening to Brian's introduction, Hesiah was so surprised that she was speechless.

She found that the knowledge possessed by this battle mage was too rich.

Although he is a half-elf, it can be seen from his bright eyes and face that he is not even thirty years old.

Hesiah couldn't help but begin to doubt his true identity.

"What a pity."

Brian glanced at her and sighed with fake disappointment, "The surface world leading here is the Kingdom of Cormyr. This means that for a long time in the future, we will not be able to go to the distant Sword Coast to taste this kind of food."

tasty."

"That's not necessarily the case." Hesiah shook his head slightly and showed a mysterious smile to Brian.

"Actually, in our city of Susa, there is also a tavern where you can make this stewed seafood soup. If you have a chance, I will take you to try it."

"Susar City?" Brian raised his eyebrows in surprise, looked at the sword mage opposite, and showed an inexplicable smile. He put down the spoon in his hand and couldn't help but doubt:

"Honestly, I have stayed in the Susar Imperial City in Cormyr for a long time, but I never knew about it."

"That's because this tavern is built on a thousand-year-old oak tree on the marina of Souzal."

Seeing that Brian finally had something he didn't know and asked her for advice, Hesiah was very helpful. She raised a smile at the corner of her mouth and immediately introduced him enthusiastically: "It's called the 'Green Dragon Hotel', and it's a dog of faith.

A hotel opened by the Green Dragon, the god of nature, is also called the 'Last Rest Hotel'."

It is indeed its final destination, because this green dragon died in the Dragon Cult's Dragon Madness Rebellion, Brian thought to himself.

"You were not born in the city of Arabe, so how come you know so much about a hotel in a corner like Susar." He nodded thoughtfully and asked coldly.

"Ah?...That's because I learned my skills as a sword mage in Susar City."

Hesiah was stunned for a moment, then quickly organized his words and explained to him, "When I was eight years old, I was sent to the city of Susar to learn arcane arts and sword skills from the palace mage."

"I see."

Brian did not continue to ask. He chuckled, pointed to another delicacy on the table with his spoon, and said to her: "Try the gray dwarf's special food 'Lotus Cake in the Underdark with Special Fire Moss Sauce'."

"This dish is sometimes called the 'Mushroom Double Feast'. This fiery dwarf delicacy can even arouse the taste buds of tieflings who love spicy food."

He pointed to the food on the plate that resembled chips and petal-shaped slices, "These tubers are made from the bright white roots of the Underdark lotus and bluecap fungus, steamed and cut into thin, crispy slices, perfect for dipping..

....”

Before Brian could finish speaking, Hesiah couldn't help but twist a petal-shaped slice, dip it into the sauce on the plate, and taste it with relish.

However, what she couldn't believe was that this crispy and sweet slice had just been put into her mouth, ready to be chewed slowly.

She immediately felt a pungent taste like a blazing fire, pressing into her throat and stimulating the tip of her tongue. It was so spicy that all the bones in her body felt burning pain, and her throat seemed to be filled with flames and could spit out a ball of fire.

"Why is this so spicy?" Hesiah, who was blushing from the spicy food, looked at Brian complainingly. She threw away the food in her hand, stuck out her tongue, and kept gasping for air like a puppy.

Looking at Hesiah's red face and interesting appearance, Brian couldn't help but laugh out loud. He threw a spherical fungus to her and said to her unhurriedly:

"Actually, the highlight of this dish is the fire moss, which is made from ancient orange fire moss fungi and is ground into a delicious hot sauce. If you can't bear the spiciness, you must eat it with water polo mushrooms. You won't be able to

After I finished speaking, he started eating directly and still blamed me."

"..." Hesiah quickly took the water ball mushroom handed over by Brian and put it in her mouth.

She found that although the ball-shaped fungus was bland and tasteless, it was as chewy as a sponge, and the spicy taste in her mouth receded very quickly.

After the pleasant meal was over, Brian stood up from his seat with satisfaction and greeted Hesiah: "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Hesiah stood up and followed his footsteps, asking knowingly.

"Where else can we go?"

Brian didn't look back, he quickened his pace and said as he walked, "Go to the Smoky Quartz Cave and beat up those stone men blocking the way."
Chapter completed!