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Chapter 428 The Secret of the Rabbit Essence

“From what you’re saying, a man came here to buy the food with his points,” Abel said .

“Yes, Master . ”

“And he did it because the smell was so good that he lost interest in any other food . ”

“Yes, Master . I don’t know if you feel the same thing when you eat those, but apparently, every bite is extremely addictive . ”

At first, Abel didn’t pay much attention to how Wizard Alberta interacted with Bartoli . Yet, when he overheard what he was saying, something started to click in his mind .

Abel shook his head, “Nuh-uh . I just think the food is delicious . ”

Bartoli tilted her head, “Your power of the Will is superb to most people, Master . Also, there seems to be a mysterious, powerful force that resides within your soul . That’s probably why you were unaffected . ”

Bartoli was right to suspect that there was something wrong with the food . Truth be told, every time Abel tried to make something to eat or drink with his Horadric Cube, there would also be some sort of unexpected results .

For example, the red wine he fused . Wizard Morton discovered that it could enhance a wizard’s speed in leveling up . There was also the rum he made (AKA master’s wine) . It wasn’t supposed to work like a magical item, but it was superbly effective in resisting colder climates .

With all these previous examples, Abel should’ve not expected the rabbit essence to be something ordinary . Like, he didn’t find any effect at first, but now he did .

“Bartoli,” Abel instructed her, “Go to the blacksmith’s guild for me . Use the contact circle they have there . I want you to make a call to Bernie . Tell him to send a few dogs in separate cages . ”

“What for, Master?” Bartoli asked .

“It’s for a little research project . ”

In the afternoon of that same day, several caged dogs were transported to Abel with the teleportation magic circle . As weird as it seemed, none of the escorts bothered to ask any questions . They all knew how eccentric Grandmaster Abel was at this point . That being said, they were extremely devoted to making sure that they were doing the best job that they could .

After receiving the ten batches of the caged dogs, Abel immediately opened his barrier circle and went into the dark world . Then, over the next ten days, while he was inside, he recorded the behaviors of the dogs after he fed them meat that was drizzled with the rabbit essence . There was a placebo group and an experimental group . After he fed different meat to different groups, he started recording the changes in their behavior .

After he was done, he went back to his house and told Bartoli his results .

“The rabbit essence does not contain any sort of toxin that is harmful to consume . That being said, it is an extremely addictive agent that is extremely difficult to resist upon first contact . ”

Abel continued his report, “Once consumed, the craving that is created by the smell will normally disappear within two days . However, in cases where the presence of the smell is prolonged, as I have tested, the craving will be strengthened . It can last for even three days or more . ”

“For humans of any class, consuming the rabbit essence would make them lose all interest in any other food . While the effect would wear out in three days, they will still crave for the food during those times . I think the craving can last for at least ten days . ”

Bartoli immediately thought of an idea, “How about we make a profit out of this, Master? We do need some points now, so I guess… Why don’t we set up a restaurant or something with this?”

“Uhh …”

It was a pretty good idea to Abel . That being said, it did seem a bit bizarre . He was a well-known blacksmith . If he wanted to, he could go for a blacksmith job to live in Liante City . If he did decide to open up a restaurant, no one would’ve seen it coming .

Abel said after a bit of thought, “It’s an excellent idea . ”

Obviously, he still remembered the three missions that were “specially assigned” to him . Now that he’s got the option to set up his own business, he could just flat out object to the idea of working for someone he didn’t know of . Besides, it’s much easier to open a restaurant when he could just leave Bartoli to do it .

The more he thought about it, the more feasible Bartoli’s idea seemed . He could picture it all now . Once the restaurant’s made enough profit, he would be able to afford a six-level magic tower, a large defensive circle, and a teleportation circle . He would’ve had everything he wanted from this city .

Bartoli was already thinking about the details, “It’d be easy to hire the waiters and such, but we can’t let the recipe be leaked to anywhere else . Actually, let’s not think of the people that are doing the cooking as “chefs . ” We should treat them as a completely brand new profession . ”

“True,” Abel nodded, “I would let you stay in the kitchen to handle the rabbit essence, but that’s going to raise a lot of suspicion . Besides, you do need some practice to do this . ”

Despite her role as Abel’s assistant in many things, Bartoli was an intermediate wizard . She had her own priorities, and that was to develop her ability as a full-fledged wizard . Actually, since Abel really wanted Bartoli to be a great helper, it was definitely the right choice to not overwork her with bottom-end chores .

Bartoli smiled as she appreciated Abel’s understanding, “Maybe you can leave it to your summoned creature, Master . If any of them has particularly high intelligence, they might just be able to learn how to cook . :

“Hmm . It’s probably possible . Let’s see… since it must be a humanoid summon that does this, I can only let the spiritual guardian knight try it out . I let you be its instructor . ”

And that’s what they did . The next morning, Bartoli took the spirit guardian captain to the kitchen to teach it to cook . Meanwhile, Abel summoned the undead crow and began to practice his “charge” skill .

“This is fantastic, Master!” Bartoli reported to Abel at noon, “The intelligence it possesses! Once it has made a mistake, it will never repeat it again!”

At the same time, Wizard Alberta was in his house, carefully rubbing the steamed egg he saved with his hands . Yes, he saved an egg for an entire day because he didn’t want to eat it too fast . He was even counting the number of tiny scoops he could make before finishing it .

Head Commander Lange was sitting right next to him . He was gulping down a bunch of different foods he could find, but they all tasted bland to him . At this point, he’s already given up the idea of asking Alberta to share with him .

Head Commander Lange complained, “It’s getting a bit hard to contain myself here . You said I could ask tomorrow, but that’s just too long!”

Wizard Alberta replied, “Yeah, and if you want to go, go by yourself . You know, I was pretty desperate back then . The guy had an intermediate wizard as his housekeeper . I don’t want to risk offending them a second time . ”

“About that,” Head Commander Lange’s eyes started to fire up, “You do have a point . Whoever’s the owner, he must’ve been very, very powerful, so much so that nothing we can offer would impress him . ”

“Still, that’s not to say that we couldn’t try to study him . Like, he’s a living person, no? He must have some sort of weakness, some sort of desire that he would trade anything for . If we can know what it is, he won’t be able to turn us down, I just know it!”

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