186 Chapter 178 - Yes! Past Arc Again!!!

"Uhm... Chris, are you alright?" Sky asked.

"Probably not." said Ben while taking out his acupuncture set again.

"Eh? What do you mean by that?" Sky is a bit shocked by Ben's words.

"Yesterday, he had a relapse." said Ben while opening Chris's shirt.

"What? How is he right now?" Sky asked.

"Don't worry, his condition isn't that bad." said Ben while starts applying the acupuncture.

"For real?" Sky asked, still very worried...

"Yes, if not I would have drag him back by force." said Ben, which gets a sharp leer from Chris.

"See?" said Ben.

"I see. But actually what happened yesterday? His old injuries can't be just returned without a reason, right?" Sky asked again.

"Well... He used such a destructive magic after all." said Ben, obviously he himself doesn't believe what he just said.

"Ben, you knew I would not believe that, right? It must be a really huge impact to cause that relapse." Sky continues to ask.

Ben sighed, then he turned to Chris but Chris turns away his face.

"Ah... I believe he doesn't mind. Have a look at these wounds." said Ben, while removed Chris's shirt, showing more than ten round wounds that locate on Chris's neck, chest, hands, and back.

"I didn't witness what happened but, from these wounds, I can pretty confirm that, this idiot, in order to save you from the dire situation that time, he attracted all the stickman worms to attack him. Thanks to his special body mechanisms, the stickmen died as soon as they tried to dig into his flesh. But still, it gives a huge damage to his body." said Ben, while continuing with the acupuncture.

"Ah..." Sky is a bit self-blaming.

"But don't worry, as we now know that he is alright, so don't blame yourself." said Ben, which doesn't help much.

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Meanwhile, White's Village.

Maria and others are enjoying the feast with the villagers and other visitors. At one of the spots, something funny is happening.

"Ah... These turmeric fish taste really nice, so with this vegetable stew. You should get a license as a proper chef." said Jason after tasted Madam Fetty's cooking.

"No no no no, Mr. Jason, if compared to your flowered roast goat and treasured chicken, my cooking is nothing." said Madam Fetty.

"Ah, you are too humble, you were the one that marinated the chickens." said Jason.

"Aww..." And so, the two continue to flattering each other.

"Wow... This is a rare sight." said Yuki, and Ai nodded while having some fruit jelly.

"Hmm... Hey, Maria chan, you said that Jason was an emperor's chef before, can you tell us more about it? We are interested in it, and we are quite free right now." said Yuki and Ai nodded.

"Well, I guess it wouldn't be wrong for me to tell it a bit." said Maria. And so, another past story started. (Yes!)

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*starting from here until the end of the past arc, it will be based on Maria's narration, any weird jokes or points of view are from Maria, and with no doubt, the narration style will follow Maria's style.

A few hundred years ago. There was an ancient empire with the name of Qing Empire, in the Palace of that empire, there was a beautiful lady official... Hmm... Ah... Wrong opening.

Many years ago, in the Celestial Palace, there was a deity that was in charge of kitchen and cooking, he was framed by a random mountain deity for trying to rise a betrayal to the Celestial Emperor. As the result, he was excommunicated from the Celestial Palace.

And so, a talented little boy was born, he was born with all the blessings from the God, when he was born, there's a piece of gem in his mouth, he has a perfect appearance that every girls shall fall of... Oh, wait! That's from The Dream of Red Chamber.

Bad jokes...

The boy was born as a normal human, frail and tiny like a normal human's baby, just that he is lucky enough to born in a royal... cook family, his father is the head chef in the imperial palace kitchen. He was trained by his father for cooking skills ever since he was only six. He became a part of the Palace's Cook at the age of thirteen, and took over his father's place of head chief at nineteen years old.

His cooking skills are so unique and superb that he gained the emperor's like with the brilliant and delicious meals prepared. The emperor was preparing to marry his beloved daughter to him. I know it sounds retarded but it somewhat happened. However, just as his life went into a peak, it drops drastically.

One day, the breathtakingly beautiful lady official was framed for attempt to poison the emperor and was excommunicated. The snack that said to be poisonous is prepared by the Imperial Palace's kitchen, and so, all of the cooks cannot walk away from the responsibility, including that boy, they were demoted to slaves and been send to a mine as a mine slave. Mhmm... What a bad luck, even as a normal human, he been framed, I guess he can't run away from the fate of being frame after all.

Anyway, this is when the real adventure started...

That day, he was surrounded by a whole group of armies that trying to beat him to death for saving a poor lady that was getting molested by the armies...

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*Something out of the story

Sky: "Dear readers."

Chris: "Hmm?"

Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."

Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."

Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."

Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.

Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows  two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."

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