3061 Negotiations and Banquet
“How are the negotiations?” I asked the Professor as she appeared. She and the old women were the representatives of the academy.
“Bad, the organizations are fighting for every little inch,” She complained. “You shouldn’t be surprised; it is something we had expected,” I told her.
“Yes, it is not surprising, but I still couldn’t help but wonder how they are refusing to give each other an inch,” she said, to that, I just smiled.
“Well, at least they have agreed to stay away and not to influence minor continents heavily,” I said. To that, she nodded.
The focus on the minor continents has increased tremendously, not only because the minor interference treaty had expired after the war but also because of the powerhouses it had generated in this generation.
Ellen, Jill, Kevin, the twins, me, and a few others are from minor continents, and we are the strongest in the world; one Grand Lord had straight up said that they should be divided by the Supremes.
The funniest thing is half of them have agreed to it, but we had vehemently opposed it even when they offered us the two continents.
Not only us but Ellen, Sarah, Kevin, and others also protested against it. So, they finally agreed to continue with a minimal interference treaty; the minor continents would have independence.
Though it will not be complete, it is far more than they could have with their power, seeing most of the people there are Knights.
“Any other progress?” I asked, “Yes, we had agreed on four more neutral zones,” she said. “We need more, or people will have a conflict for every parcel of land in the future,” I said.
We stayed silent for a few seconds before Professor turned to what I was doing.
“You should be present there with your real body, not with projection,” she said angrily. “It is boring,” I said, “This one is fun,” she said, looking at my hundreds of hands doing hundreds of things.
“Yes, it is. I want everyone to have a taste of a lifetime,” I said.
I am a giant hall controlling hundreds of hands which are cooking for hundreds of thousands of people. I am cooking for Knights to Grand Lord, and it is quite challenging to do it all at the same time.
Managing the sheer amount of energy in each huge pot and pan is really a task that is making me sweat, and I am enjoying it.
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“Do whatever you want; just appear in person when important guests begin to arrive,” she said with a wave of her hand and disappeared, and I turned to cooking.
I am not blindly cooking with hundred hands; I am following a specific method I have read in the library, and I have to say, it is quite efficient; without it, I wouldn’t have been able to cook these thousands of dishes, without compromising their taste in some way.
I am not the only one who is cooking, but also my clones inside the core; had giant cooking formations with hundreds of pots and pans on the heat.
I would have liked to do it myself, but I had to take the help; given the sheer number of guests that are coming, I want them to have a memorable experience, and they will have it.
The important guests will start arriving in four hours, so I should be finished here in three and a half; I don’t think it will be a problem.
Clearing my thoughts, I focused on cooking; the dishes I am most focused on are the ones I am cooking for the Grand Lords. Those dishes are especially the ones being made from Primary-II material.
I had to erect the special field to make them, or the world would have destroyed them.
These dishes are most special, and even among the Grand Lords, only powerful ones like Ellen and Lady Hera would be able to eat them; normal Grand Lords are incapable of eating them, no matter how much I mellowed them.
Time passed, and at about three, I finished the last dish, a dessert, a very delicious one, that I couldn’t stop myself from eating more than I should for the taste.
I looked at all and turned to a Grandmaster; she was waiting respectfully team of Grandmasters and masters.
“Grandmaster Lee, every dish needs to be served perfectly. If served wrong, then a person might die,” I said to her.
“Don’t worry, headmaster. There will be no mistake; academies honor depends on it,” she said. “I hope,” I said and disappeared.
I appeared in my room in a small house on the lake. I have been requested to change the residence, it did not suit me as the leader of the academy, but I declined. I like this house, the calm, and the privacy it provides me.
As I appeared, I immediately went to the bathroom and showered before coming out and wore the suit that Marina had placed on the bed.
Click!
I was adjusting it when the door opened, and marina walked in wearing a red velvet-slitted dress. The dress complemented her scales and made them look even more prominent.
“You look beautiful,” I said as I appeared beside her, “We can’t do it right now; we have to go and welcome the guests,” she said weakly, seeing the look in my eyes.
“It won’t take long,” I said to her and took her lips; she resisted at first before melding her lips into mine, and for the next forty minutes, only mons rang out through the room.
“Didn’t I tell you,” Marina said angrily as she wore her clothes and fixed her make-up. “You enjoyed it,” I said, to which she glared even more intensely.
Soon we were ready, and I took her hands into mine and disappeared, appearing at the gates, where we received by angry eyes of Elina.
“Where were you guys,” she hissed, “Ask your mother; she takes ages to be ready,” I said and immediately got a glare from both mother and daughter.
She was angry at first with our relationship, but as time passed, she got used to it, but even now, whenever we display affection in front of her, she glares.
She had opened her mouth to say something when our first guest appeared.
“Welcome to the academy Lord Whitmore, Lord Gatlin,” I greeted as they materialized. “Thank you for the invitation, Lord Zaar,” said the old man.
We talked to them for a minute before they went inside, and I welcomed another guest that appeared; within an hour, all guests arrived, and the programs began.
Hours passed, and speeches were held before it was time for the banquet.
“Thank you all for gracing us with your presence. I hope you will enjoy the banquet and forgive me if you find any problem with it,” “As it is my first time cooking for so many people,” I said to over a hundred thousand that gathered in the gigantic hall.
My words drew a laugh, but soon their expressions turned to hunger when aromatic trays rolled in giant halls by the golems and the people.
The food and the wine appeared, and when they started eating, they instantly got enamored by it.