The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121 A Different Style

His question was answered by the girl two seats to his left.

"Thirty seven seconds this time. I know I'm close to understanding the timing. As soon as I work out the algorithm, I will ace that homework assignment." She whispered.

Karl smiled at her and barely whispered back. "It's not a math problem, it's a human question. How long did you have to wait when you were in the Common Rank dining room?"

The girls considered it for a moment, then one of them shook her head.

"It's a test of patience that only begins once we reach Awakened Rank. But the teachers assigned us to answer the question of why every day's meal has a different time to wait than the one before it.

It's not a thing in the other dining hall.

They start to eat as soon as the food hits the tables. There aren't any seniors there, so your team is likely to have a grand time." The girl replied with a gentle smile.

So that was the question they were asked. Now it made sense why they thought it was a math problem.

Karl turned over the paper with the names of the people at the table on it and took a pen from his uniform jacket's inside pocket to write a note.

[She doesn't eat until all the tables in the other room have been served.] He wrote, allowing them a few seconds to see the answer before folding the paper and putting it in his pocket along with the pen.

"I'm sure you will all understand the timing soon." He whispered, knowing that she would be able to hear their conversation, though she couldn't see him from where she was sitting.

They ate in silence for a few moments, and though the food was simple, Karl noticed that the quality wasn't any worse than what was served in the Golden Divine Academy. The meat was monster meat, and the plants magically infused, but the seasonings were simple and there were no signs of fancy pastries or complex desserts in the building.

What they did have was a rather tasty stew, and a seemingly unlimited mound of rice and beans. The same rice and beans that they served to the poor when they came to visit the small towns.

"I didn't realize that the clergy ate the rice and beans themselves. I thought it was like an alms for the poor thing." Karl whispered to the brunette on his left.

"Every meal except breakfast. The trick is to eat the main slowly while you fill up on rice. The main is portioned by the table in the kitchen, so every table gets an even share, but the rice is unlimited. If you run out, you can just take the platter to the kitchen and get more. But nobody ever runs out. It's barely even possible to eat two thirds of this.

But we will use the wax paper to make rice balls for later, and they're pretty good."

Karl didn't quite understand why they needed rice balls for later, as it seemed that there were three solid meals a day here, but he went along with it anyhow, and when nobody could eat more, he helped them press the leftovers into solid squares.

Then they waited for the head table to finish their meal, and when the High Priestess stood, everyone else in the room stood to join her.

The students quickly wrapped the rice balls in the wax paper, and the short blonde offered him her hand.

"Would you like to come with us?" She asked.

"Sure, why not." Karl agreed after seeing that the table full of boys and Dana were already joining them with another pile of rice balls.

The two Elites followed the young clergy out the back doors of the building, and found himself in the stables, where a large number of horses were eagerly waiting for them to arrive.

That was right. Karl had completely forgotten that the church liked to use horses for transportation when they weren't going too far. Horses didn't need fuel or manufacturing facilities that the church didn't have, and they could make their own saddles the same as they made their own outfits.

That was where the flood of students was going. Right after the meal, they went to groom the horses, with pairs breaking off to go meet a specific animal.