Chapter 057: Forest Banquet

The banquet progressed with an abundant selection of food on the table. This was largely because Richard had accepted Prince Gro's invitation earlier that day and joined him for a half-day hunt, bringing back a variety of game.

While there weren't many large wild beasts, there was no shortage of small animals, now presented as roasted pheasants, ducks, quail, rabbits, and wild goat meats on the table.

Prince Gro sat in the center of the tent, in full swing of conversation, enthusiastically waving his arms as he described something.

Richard sat on the side, cutting grilled, slightly charred stakes with his knife and fork into small cubes and then slowly chewing and swallowing them as he brought them to his mouth. Since there were no spices, just a bit of salt, the meat didn't taste very good, even worse than that of domestic livestock. However, Richard continued to eat expressionlessly, occasionally nodding towards Gro to indicate he was listening.