Chapter 147 [0145] Dinner for Young People

Victor and Skye followed Ike out of the Alchemy Association building.

Without walking too far, they arrived at the place where the dinner was held - standing outside the building, looking at the gaudy graffiti on the wall, Victor suddenly felt a subtle familiarity.

Although these graffiti were all red and different from the graffiti in Victor's memory, the exaggerated lines and slogans with unclear meanings made Victor feel a vague kindness.

This is Zu An!

"Is this your home?" Looking at the graffiti on the outer wall of the building, Victor asked with interest, "I'm going to your house for a dinner...you want to cook? Does an alchemist also help with cooking?"

"This is a youth dormitory." Ike shook his head and explained in a low voice, "We have made a reservation to use the public restaurant to get together."

"Youth dormitory? Public restaurant?" Victor blinked, "What is that?"

"The youth dormitory is a dormitory for young people who have just completed their education and have not yet turned it into wealth." Ike opened the door and waved to the doorman's aunt, "A small single room for free living. Separate toilet and kitchenette, with hot water supply - but you have to move out when you get married.”

"The public restaurant is the large kitchen that you can reserve to use?"

"Absolutely. It's mainly used for dinner parties. You need to register and make reservations in advance. It's a coincidence that you came here."

Victor nodded and followed Ike to sit in his single dormitory for a while. What surprised Victor was that Ike seemed to be very interested in sculptures. There were actually many small sculptures in the dormitory, many of which were sculptures. Colored.

Some of these sculptured figures were known to Victor (such as his, Jace's, Fander's, and Wei's), and some were unknown to Victor.

"Haha, how are my craftsmanship?" When Victor looked at the little sculptures, Ike showed a very proud expression, "How are you, do you want one?"

"Did you make all of this?" Victor's eyes widened in surprise, "Alchemists... also need to study sculptures?"

"It's a hobby that combines work and rest!" Ai Kehun waved his hand nonchalantly, "As long as your hands are steady enough, it's not difficult to do such a small thing as carving."

Are your hands steady enough?

For some reason, Victor suddenly remembered his former teacher - although Singed was usually a thin and shriveled old man, his hands could be said to be quite stable.

So, he shook his head and didn't ask any more questions.

Soon, Ike packed up his things and took Victor and Skye to the public dining room.

When they pushed the door open, there were already two people busy here.

"Mello, Blast!" Ike's steps were brisk, "I brought two new friends!"

Victor and Skye waved to them, and their eyes naturally fell on the two young men who were washing vegetables.

They all looked to be about the same age as Ike.

The girl named Bangbao has a slender figure and has long blue hair of astonishing length. The front half of the smooth hair is fixed by a hairband, with only a bunch of stubborn hair sticking out; the back is braided into two. A long braid.

When Ike and the other two pushed in the door, she was washing dishes and humming a song. Her two braids twitched to the beat of the music, making her look extremely lively.

After hearing Ike's voice, Baobao turned around, revealing a delicate little face - but it seemed that she had not slept well before, and her eye sockets were obviously a little dark.

After meeting Ike, Bakuro looked very happy, and then noticed Victor and Skye.

"Oh ho, there's a new customer!" After Bao Bao turned around, another person who seemed to be mixing the ingredients also turned around, "Hello, I'm Milo, this is Bao Bao - eh, you It looks familiar, have we seen it somewhere?”

This is Milo, a young man who is not much stronger than Bakubo.

"In Ike's room." Victor smiled, "He has good sculpting skills."

"Ah - I remembered it!" Milo snapped his fingers, "Are you that...Jace?"

"I'm Victor."

Called by the wrong name, Milo rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Victor."

Beside him, Bao Bao raised his face slightly and turned the corners of his mouth downward, showing undisguised contempt: "Mi Luo, you have recognized the wrong person again - for the fifth time this month."

"Shut up and blast it!" Milo retorted very naturally, "It's better than you blowing up the laboratory five times this month!"

Bombed the laboratory five times?

Hearing these words, Victor and Skye's brows trembled involuntarily.

"That's just the result of a necessary experiment." Bangbao said indifferently, "Miss Lux didn't even say there was any problem with this, but you are gibbering here... By the way, Ai Ke, have you reminded Wei?"

"I told her that she will come after get off work." Ike nodded, "Don't worry, she will definitely come - I heard at the Law Enforcement Bureau that her salary was deducted again this month. This kind of She will never give up the opportunity to make a living.”

"Hahahaha!" Milo gloated when he heard that Wei's salary had been deducted again, "But it doesn't matter, Fandel will take care of the food - as long as Wei can stand his nagging..."

"Shut up." Boom Boom stepped on Milo's foot without hesitation, "No one will think you're dumb if you say less. If you like to talk so much, you can talk to the Noxians as much as you want next time the caravan goes to Beljuin!"

"Tsk! I'm too lazy to laugh at ordinary people!" Milo retracted his foot quickly, then curled his lips in disdain, "The Noxians were just beaten to a pulp by the Ionians. Do you think I'm laughing?"

"When the newspaper just reported it the day before yesterday, you laughed the happiest, even your gums were exposed."

"Nonsense, I won't show my gums no matter how I laugh..."

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Once Boom Boom and Milo started, they couldn't stop bickering, which made Ike a little embarrassed - he was used to it at ordinary times, but now there were guests after all, so it was not good.

However, Victor and Skye didn't care much.

Victor had few friends since he was a child, and he only felt fresh about this kind of laughing and joking mode of getting along.

As for Skye, she envied this relaxed communication even more than Victor.

Neither of them was the kind of guy who strictly followed etiquette - and, Boom and Milo looked like they were only about 17 or 18 years old, so it was not bad for such young people to be more lively.

Amid the noise, Victor and Skye briefly introduced themselves, and then, just as they asked if there was anything they could help with, the door of the public restaurant was pushed open again.

"Sorry, there are no live frogs left. I only bought peeled frozen ones. I heard from the boss that it has become popular recently to make... dry pot frogs. Fresh ones are out of stock early - hey, are there customers?"

"This is Craig!" Ike pulled the big guy who just pushed the door in and was holding a lot of ingredients to his side, "Super reliable Craig, Zaun's future building star! The Alchemy Association building was built by him!"

"I'm just one of the builders. Sir, you must be Victor, right?" Craig freed one hand and twisted his goggles, turning them from sunglasses to transparent glasses, "I've seen your sculptures - is this your wife?"

"Uh, I'm just Mr. Victor's assistant!" Skye's face turned red instantly, and he waved his hands in a panic, "Not yet - uh, not the wife..."

There was no expression on Craig's face with goggles, but Ike, who was very familiar with him, always felt that the corners of this guy's mouth were slightly raised.

Then, just when Skye asked with a red face if there was anything he could help with, another member of the dinner came.

"Ah, I'm finally off work, thank God. You don't know how much effort I put into convincing Fandel not to come... Hey, Mr. Victor is here too."

Wei pushed the door open and looked at Victor and Skye who were also here. Even though she was mentally prepared when Ekko took them away, she still looked a little embarrassed.

"Wei!" Victor didn't mind at all, "See you again!"

At this time, Skye finally spoke at the right time: "Do you guys cook for the dinner? I also have a few specialties!"

"It's ready!" Ekko glanced at the stove, "Today we're having a dinner with Zaun hotpot. The ingredients are almost ready. Just light the fire and start eating!"

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The so-called Zaun hotpot is a hotpot with Zaun characteristics.

This kind of food, which is between shabu-shabu hotpot and spicy hotpot, is one of the few dishes that can be called delicious in Zaun, the food depression of Runeland.

This delicacy, which was born with New Zaun, was originally just to allow hard-working workers to eat more vegetables in one meal and improve everyone's enthusiasm for work.

After boiling the water, various spices and vegetables that can be found are added into it, accompanied by fried noodles - although the taste is different every time, as long as the fire is on and water is added in time, it can be cooked continuously.

With the end of the three-year plan, the living conditions of the Zaun people have been significantly improved, and the Zaun hotpot has gradually become more sophisticated.

Not only have the types of vegetables increased, but the fried noodles that are easy to fill the stomach have also been gradually replaced by various fried meatballs. After signing a meat supply agreement with Beljum last year, Zaun has its own slaughterhouse, and fresh, thinly sliced ​​mammoth lamb has also been added to the regular ingredients of the hotpot.

In addition, there are some things that often appear in the hotpot that a few people like, such as Wei who likes to eat the magic frog. According to her words, the blanched magic frog, with sauce, is simply a delicacy that is worth a thousand gold.

Now, Wei, Boom, Craig, Milo and Ekko, five young people who grew up together and are now heading in different directions, sat together with Viktor and Skye in front of a big pot that was scrubbed clean.

As the soup began to boil and the steam began to rise, Ekko was the first to raise the juice in the cup high.

"Cheers to Viktor!"

"Cheers to Viktor!" x4

Kalya's Little Classroom·The Food Depression in Runeterra:

There are two places in Runeterra that can be called food depressions, one is Zaun and the other is Bilgewater.

The former is because there is really nothing to eat and there is no food heritage; the latter is because the whole city is filled with a lingering fishy smell, and any food mixed with this smell will ruin your appetite.

There will be more updates in the evening.