21st Century Necromancer

Chen Yu was quite curious about anyone who dared to hit on Jounouchi Hiromi, but he didn't bother to intervene in the matter. He didn't believe that any ordinary person could successfully strike up a conversation with Jounouchi Hiromi.

The couple exchanged a few words casually and quickly moved on from the topic. Chen Yu turned his head to look at Belfast and asked, "Beifa, is dinner ready?"

"Although madam returned earlier than expected, dinner is already ready to be served." A perfect maid never allows any unexpected situation to become a hindrance, always prepared to meet her master's needs at any time.

Seeing this, Chen Yu nodded and said to Jounouchi Hiromi, "Wife, do you want to take a shower and rest first, or eat now?"

Jounouchi Hiromi thought for a moment, placed Little Yixi back into Chen Yu's arms, and said, "I'm going to change clothes, you all can start eating first."

"Alright, then Yixi and I will go eat first." Chen Yu, holding his daughter, nodded at Jounouchi Hiromi and said to her with a smile, "Mom, come quickly!"

"Got it!" Jounouchi Hiromi smiled with squinted eyes, touched Chen Yu's cheek before turning around to go upstairs to change. She was still wearing her skiing outfit; although she had taken off her jacket, the rest of her clothes weren't suitable for dinner.

Watching Jounouchi Hiromi go upstairs, Chen Yu smiled and looked at Kalinin and Aurora, who had been standing in the room. He said to them, "You should come and eat with us too, doesn't standing all day make you tired?"

Chen Yu wasn't someone who would harshly demand his subordinates stand all day. Though he wouldn't go out of his way to overly pamper them, he couldn't bring himself to let the three ship-girls just stand in the room.

However, both Kalinin and Aurora insisted they were soldiers and did not accept Chen Yu's invitation to sit down, maintaining a rather rigid stance in the room.

Conversely, Belfast was relatively more composed, not only cleaning up but also tidying the room and making dinner, perfectly showcasing the work capabilities expected of a maid.

Chen Yu felt at a loss with the way the two Russian ship-girls were even more rigid than the Germans. After all, both were ship-girls from the Soviet Union, and even though Aurora was built during the Tsarist Russia era, both carried many of the Red Empire's customs and habits.

Additionally, it seemed that with more comrades appearing, even Kirov, who had been somewhat decadent, now exuded vigor like those proletarian fighters in old movies, filled with an uplifting spirit.

Chen Yu didn't know how to comment on this, because although his orders to the ship-girls were absolute, he wouldn't interfere with their choices in such matters.

Moreover, Kirov had transformed from a somewhat decadent and heavy-drinking Russian sister into a passionate proletarian fighter. Chen Yu felt that she might be better off in her current state.

As long as these Former Soviet Union ship-girls didn't intend to revive that Red Empire, Chen Yu considered their having beliefs to be a good thing.

Aurora and Kalinin finally relaxed their standing posture when Chen Yu mentioned going to eat, and they followed him to the dining room.

As a perfect maid, Belfast always considered herself obligated to meet her master's needs under any circumstance, so she specially learned the methods of Japanese and Chinese cooking to satisfy Chen Yu's culinary preferences.

After all, the British cooking that Belfast originally knew was hard to appreciate. Though fish and chips could represent the United Kingdom, compared to the rich diversity of Chinese cuisine, whose dish names alone could fill a dictionary, it was significantly lacking.

But today, Belfast had specially prepared Russian dishes that she had recently learned.

Traditional Russian borscht, Russian beef stew, Russian meatloaf, chicken rolls...

The table was laden with various dishes that Belfast had learned over the past few days. She was eager for Chen Yu to taste her cooking, so she prepared all the dishes she had mastered.

Due to the regional environment, Russian cuisine, though benefiting from Russia's vast territory and variety of ingredients, still featured many meat dishes, which were oily and heavily flavored, to provide the necessary calories for living in cold climates.

This also contributed to the robust physique and bold character of the Russians.

Of course, the Russian dining table wasn't just about various meat dishes; there were also surprisingly delightful Russian snacks, or cold dishes, such as caviar, pickled cucumbers, and sour fish.

Chen Yu had already tasted a fair amount of caviar and pickled cucumbers during his time in Russia, but he hadn't tried much of the sour fish.

This was a pan-fried fish cooked with tomato sauce and wine, typically served as a cold dish on the table after cooling, and Belfast had prepared such a cold dish as an appetizer today.

"I made this according to the recipe, but I'm not sure how it tastes. Please, Master, try it." Belfast brought a serving of sour fish to Chen Yu's table, a bit expectant and nervous.

However, before Chen Yu picked up the dinner knife, Aurora on the side had already commented, "Looks pretty good, but it's a bit different from how we made it back in my time. Has the method been improved?"

Aurora didn't find it strange that the method had changed,

"The fish is cooked with tomato sauce and wine. The method I remember used to have the sauce poured on directly, but this is delicious too." Kalinin remarked from the side, finding this approach somewhat similar to what she remembered.

Though both were warships from the Soviet era, Kalinin was built towards the end of the Soviet Union, while Aurora was from the Soviet Union's founding era, almost half a century apart, so differences in perceptions weren't surprising.

Chen Yu didn't mind the ship-girls' comments. He cut a small piece of the fish with his dinner knife under Belfast's expectant gaze and put it in his mouth with a fork.

The sweet and sour taste surprised Chen Yu, as he rarely ate food with this flavor. In his memory, sweet and sour foods were dishes like the sweet and sour ribs his mother used to make, his childhood favorite, but that was a hot dish.

"It tastes good," Chen Yu praised, though the deliberately cooled texture felt a bit like eating jellied fish, it indeed tasted good.noveldrama

"Thank you for your praise." Belfast bowed towards Chen Yu.

As they savored the sour fish, Jounouchi Hiromi, having changed into more comfortable clothing, entered the dining room, sat down and after playing with her daughter, looked at Chen Yu and Belfast and asked, "What were you talking about?"