The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 172. Dinner With The Nyx Royal Family 2

" How do you find the food, Matthew?"

The Queen asked me my impressions after taking a sip of the red wine she was enjoying with the chicken-like dish we were served. A boneless white meat breast of some type of bird with onions and peppers, along with a delicious gravy was served with a dry bread with the obvious implication to dip the bread in the gravy. To be honest I do find the food delicious, and I plan to say as much.

" This meal can go toe to toe with any meal I was served in the Blackstone Royal Palace. It's really good!"

I smiled as I spoke.

" Still, I wonder why you've turned down the wine, it pairs so well with the cockatrice meat."

" Cockatrice?"

" Ah, you've yet to run into 1, I assume? It's a B-class monster, it's a giant bird, the size of a bull, it can fly and even shoot flames out of its mouth. Our people tend to call it the coward's Dragon. Seeing as it has the head of a rooster."

" I see."

I nodded to the Queen's explanation. However, I still had to answer her question. It was somewhat awkward as only Sarah, Anna and I turned down the alcohol.

" The reason I turned down the wine is because in my original country, a person needed to be 21 in order to consume alcohol. I'm currently 19."

" My, so young. And I assume that Sarah and Anna wish to follow their husband's decision?"

Sarah and Anna nodded to the Queen, while looking bashful. I wonder where that confidence from our guest room went? While I was thinking about that, a voice called out to me.

" Say, Matthew, what is this "dessert" you mentioned?"

Charlotte asked the next question, the look on her face tells me that she likes sweets.

" Well, it's something from my world called " ice cream". Since I haven't shown it to the public yet, I'd appreciate it if you keep this to yourselves."

" Ice cream?"

Charlotte seemed more interested in the dessert than anything else I said. She's almost like a kid who knows they're getting a present soon.

" It's a cold and frozen dessert from my world. It uses milk as a base ingredient."

" MILK!?"

The King exploded at my mentioning of milk.

" Ah, right, I haven't had to explain this in a while."

I spoke with a bit of mild surprise as I forgot that milk is still seen like puffer fish to people in Gaia.

" You're trying to poison us?"

Charlotte asked this as she seemed to think the world was ending. How much was she looking forward to a new dessert?

" No, let me explain, but first. I'll say this now, Paradise's people have already started to consume milk daily with no adverse effects. Ice cream is completely safe to consume. My wives and I will happily demonstrate it after dinner if you still feel some kind of way about milk and other dairy products."

After assuring the Royal Family about the safety of my ice cream, I began to explain about how my world lacked magic, so we instead focused on science and tools. Then I told them about how we figured out how to safely enjoy milk and other things in my world.

" So, this "pasteurization" How does it work?"

" Unfortunately, Leonard, I can't share that since its tied to my business and its products."