My bloodline yearns for progress.

Chapter 65 Dinner in the Barracks

Micah is worried that there is more than one traitor.

If the mysterious group of hunter priests not only hid in the town but also came to this camp, then their presence here would make them easy targets for surveillance.

However, entering the Blackthorn Forest is much safer, at least you don't have to worry about attacks from behind.

"Leave the investigation of the camp to Lillian and Havel."

To avoid being watched by those with ulterior motives, Otto and Tessa, you two will follow Goren into the Blackthorn Forest.

With three extraordinary professionals teaming up, those carnivorous vines can't do anything to you. You can also hunt some kangaroo bats while you're at it, and make your spatial pocket sooner.

Micah figured they couldn't stay hidden in the barracks forever.

As an adventurer, you can't be a coward at a time like this.

After Micah assigned the action plan, everyone quickly got to work.

For a moment, only Otto and Tessa remained in the huge barracks.

The two would wait for Goren and the others who had gone out to buy supplies to return before telling them about their plan.

However, after relaxing, Tessa felt an overwhelming sense of fatigue.

That willpower, sustained by tension, is difficult to muster quickly once it relaxes.

She struggled to sit on the sofa, but couldn't stop sighing.

Upon seeing this, Otto immediately spoke up.

"Young Miss, would you like dinner?"

As Otto removed his armor, he spoke to Tessa in a lighthearted tone.

"I once learned some cooking from the grandmothers in the village."

Otto, having been through it all, knew that once a person gets caught up in a certain emotion, it's very difficult to extricate themselves from it without the help of others.

Otto was the same in the past.

During the years he was tormented by his illness, the nurses would often tell him jokes or do things to distract him when he was agitated, thus interrupting his negative emotional rhythm.

Thanks to his past life's accumulation, Otto often used the same method to relieve his friends' feelings of disappointment in the village.

Now, he plans to use the same method to help Tessa, who is by his side.

He could tell that Tessa was actually a little scared.

Come to think of it, Tessa must have come from a good background and spent a lot of time on theology in the past, so she probably rarely came into contact with malice.

However, upon arriving in Oak Village, she was immediately assassinated, which must have been a very difficult thing for Tessa to accept.

"Perhaps this is what the gods want you to see?"

Otto's words caught Tessa's attention.

After her low spirits were broken, she finally felt some strength returning to her body.

Tessa walked over to Otto and curiously observed the boy preparing dinner.

"I plan to make some vegetable soup and bake some sourdough bread while I'm at it."

Seeing that the girl had her attention drawn to him, Otto didn't say much, but simply introduced her to today's dinner.

Tessa was somewhat surprised to see Otto skillfully peeling the vegetables.

"I thought we'd have dried meat for dinner tonight."

Tessa gave a tired smile, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't bring herself to.

Otto, standing to the side, guessed what was going on, and simply said slowly.

"Perhaps God wants you to step out of the church and truly see the world?"

It's easy to talk about it on paper, but it's very difficult to actually take the plunge on a pilgrimage.

Now, aren't you seeing things that weren't mentioned in the scriptures?

Otto wasn't a theologian; it was just that the old woman who used to stay in the church in Lot village had told her that.

I was just reciting from the book.

But can it be said that this is truly worthy of the instruction of a professional priest?

After Otto said those words, Tessa seemed to understand something, and her overall mental state improved a lot.

"Honestly, I didn't ask you that. I'm the priest, after all."

Tessa laughed and scolded Otto a few times, then rolled up her sleeves and prepared dinner with the boy.

Making vegetable soup is not complicated.

But while Tessa was serving the sourdough bread, Otto secretly added a lot of chili powder and pepper to the vegetable soup.

That's the good thing about the pioneer zone: resources are plentiful, and spices and seasonings aren't expensive, so he can spend them as he pleases.

Just as Tessa was about to get up to get the cutlery, Otto had already finished committing the crime.

When the two sat down on the sofa to have dinner, Otto didn't start eating immediately, but just looked at Tessa with a smile.

At first, Tessa didn't understand why, until she picked up a spoon and tasted the vegetable soup she had just made.

At that moment, the spicy taste captured the girl's full attention.

She took a big bite of the sourdough bread next to her before she could finally speak.

"What, what have you done!"

Otto found it quite amusing to see Tessa's bright red ears.

"The nights in late autumn are cool, so eating some soup with chili powder and pepper can help warm you up."

After saying that, Otto also began to eat his dinner.

But seeing Otto eat dinner without batting an eye, Tessa pouted in frustration and climbed down the sofa to the boy's side.

She raised the sourdough bread in her hand and shoved it into Otto's mouth!

"Damn it, you're not allowed to tease the priest!"

But just as the two were playfully fighting, there was a knock on the door.

"This is Joel. Is anyone home?"

Upon hearing someone outside the door, Tessa jumped away like a startled rabbit.

She quickly tidied her disheveled clothes, afraid that people might misunderstand her.

Black Sheep, on the other hand, couldn't help but curse at Joel.

Black Sheep felt that if he had the chance, he absolutely had to kill Joel; he had ruined their plans.

[Black Sheep expressed his regret, saying that you two almost shared the oral flora in your mouths and discussed the origins of life on the sofa!]

[The Moonlit Spirit Hound apologizes to you; it was so focused on beating up the Magic-like Ape that it forgot about the mischievous Black Sheep.]

Otto was already used to his boisterous animal friends.

He swallowed the sourdough bread in his mouth and simply called out towards the door.

"Come in."

As Otto spoke, Joel entered the barracks.

Joel wasn't wearing adventurer's clothes at the moment; instead, he had changed into a dark, thick coat.

It looked good on him, with his brown curly hair and dark eyes.

However, Otto was somewhat puzzled; Joel didn't seem like someone who was about to embark on an adventure.

Sure enough, before Otto could even speak, Joel immediately placed some tools on the table and said with a smile.

"My arm is not healed yet, so I cannot take any risks with the Flower Fairy Wings for the time being."

Fortunately, my sister gave me some money, so I simply opened a tool shop. If you need anything, you can come to me.