Chapter 17: Dinner Party 2

"I'm sorry, everyone should be happy getting together, but I brought up something too formal and sad. My apologies," Nicola explained to us somewhat regretfully. 

"No problem. The dead come first, we're lucky to survive, perhaps thanks to the blessings of those dead classmates..." I quickly expressed that I didn't mind.

At this moment, Cyra had just finished her prayer. Thinking of our current situation, she suddenly felt her eulogy was quite meaningful. 

"It is said that in the eyes of the outside world, especially the True Church, Edenmere is often equated with heaven..."

"What a coincidence! What a coincidence!" Cyra awkwardly waved her hand. After all, she was unwilling to admit that we were currently in heaven. 

Moreover, I felt the same way. After all, the impression of heaven is closer to a spiritual symbol, not the actual nest of angels.

"Eat, eat! I won't care about you if you don't eat!" 

Seeing everyone standing there for a long time without recovering, Cyra plopped back into her chair and began to chomp on her steak. 

"Hmm - This steak is delicious! What animal is it called again?"

"I think it's called a water lizard..." 

I flipped the meat on my plate with a fork, not quite daring to bite into it. It was my first time eating this kind of animal. But seeing her eating with great relish, I could only try a bite first. 

"Not bad!" 

The taste was fine, but unfortunately, it was prepared in an exotic style which I wasn't quite used to eating. 

"If there are ingredients, I can make a hometown version another day."

"I'll be waiting for that!" 

As soon as Cyra heard that, she immediately raised her fork wanting me to set a date. 

"Uh...let's talk about it later. I don't even know where to find ingredients in Edenmere yet." 

I didn't dare make big promises. The dishes I had researched in Norvale before were successful only after many attempts. 

The ingredients in this world seemed to be much more diverse than I had imagined. The texture of each animal's meat was very different and could not be generalized at all. 

"Feliciana is good at cooking. In the capital, I only eat the meals she makes." 

Nicola chimed in to encourage me. 

"Don't make things difficult for me!" 

I glared at her. I didn't want to get entangled in this issue further, so I lowered my head and took a sip of the refilled wine in my cup. 

What a strange taste. Although it did have a wine flavour, I didn't like it. I felt it was much worse than beer. I didn't know if the angels made it themselves or brought it in from the outside world. Anyway, I felt this wine wasn't worth it and eating the dishes was better. 

"I also want to eat the dishes Feliciana makes." 

After tasting some of the food in front of her, Reed suddenly spoke up. 

"Well..."

Now I have a headache. Why did everyone want me to cook? 

"Angels in Edenmere don't need to eat in the first place. Our gathering here to dine is already an extravagance. Where would there be a kitchen for me to cook?" 

I was certain the room allocated to me and Nicola would not possibly have a kitchen. I could only patiently explain to the nerd. 

"Then you can cook for us after we get to the outside world." Reed added to clarify. 

So that was what she meant! I instantly understood.

"It would be much simpler if it was in the human world. But can you leave Edenmere?" 

Considering that she, like Cyra, probably only had two wings, I was afraid it would be very difficult to achieve in a short time. 

"Don't worry, I'll go talk to Elara about it."

Reed didn't seem to care about this issue at all. 

"Besides, I've wanted to go out and take a look for a long time. The angel library has many books, but without experimental materials, many theories can't be verified."

"Alright then. If there is an opportunity after going out, I'll cook for you to try." 

Seeing her confidence, I just agreed. 

However, the topic of the human world piqued the curiosity of another person. 

"What do you two usually do when staying in the outside world? Don't tell me you just made money?" 

Cyra asked vaguely with food in her mouth. 

"I don't believe you two just adventured and did missions! Those countries in the other world must be very interesting! Tell me honestly, where have you been? How many bosses have you defeated? How many wives have you lied to? Have you seduced any princesses from those countries?"

"It's not that exaggerated. You've been poisoned by online novels and anime too much!" 

Seeing her going more and more overboard, I couldn't help rebutting. 

"It's just like Earth, not much difference!" 

It was obvious Cyra was quite looking forward to the outside world. But real life was not as exciting as imagined. Most of the time, Nicola and I were staying in the capital city mixing with ordinary people, going to work and taking missions from the adventurers association, completing missions and turning them in, turning in missions to take more... This plain and unremarkable life would probably have continued if I hadn't been mysteriously transmitted to the Dark Continent. A day like today where the four of us gathered probably wouldn't happen again for a long time. 

"You're lying!" 

But she didn't buy my story and even took out evidence. 

"Just now I heard Nicola mention something about Michelle, twelve wings, red wings, fire elements and stuff. There are no twelve-winged angels to be seen in the entire Edenmere! You had such magical experiences yet still tell me it's the same as Earth!"

"Red wings? What's going on?" 

Hearing what she said, Reed also found an interesting point. 

"Ask them! It seemed to be an enemy they had encountered before, that's all I know..." 

Cyra pointed at me and Nicola, waiting to listen to the story. 

"Before we came to Edenmere, we were being chased by a monster leader called the Goddess of Fire..."

This was no longer a secret. Since they asked, I didn't hide it and roughly recounted the events again. 

"The content you told still has considerable value. The twelve-winged, red-winged Goddess of Fire Michelle, and the mysterious time manipulator, are all worth studying." 

After listening, Reed finally commented. This was going overboard. It was as if those big shots were already under her control. 

To avoid unnecessary trouble, what I told them was a ** version. In the end, I held back and didn't mention the magical plot of Nicola's future return to fulfill her promise. After all, I felt Cyra's mouth was a bit unsafe. 

"So your job at the Adventurer's Association was to carry humans around flying everywhere?" 

Cyra's point of concern was quite strange as she eyed me curiously and asked. 

"That's the legendary "Transportation Maiden"! 

"Definitely not! There were also various other missions which do not carry people, like clearing monsters, delivering letters..." 

I was explaining it normally at first without understanding her meaning. After a long pause, I finally realized. This "maiden" was not that "machine"! I wanted to strangle her. 

"Enough out of you! All day long spouting these crooked absurd ideas. You should think more about your name! If you don't mind, I'd be happy to help spread the word of your special relationship with God." 

I gnashed my teeth threateningly. Now probably only this kind of stuff was what she cared most about. 

"I'm not afraid at all! The archangel Cyra I share a name with has six wings while I only have one pair now. No one would believe it anyway!" 

However, Cyra didn't seem to care about my threat at all and refuted it strongly. 

"You're really not going to change your name?"

I was truly shocked. Previously when Nicola said she wouldn't change her name, I didn't believe it. But now it seems her words have come true.

"I'm not changing it! I've made up my mind."

Sure enough, Cyra shook her head very affirmatively and said:

"Since the Lord has given me the similar birth name 'Cyrus', there must be a purpose for it. It's just a common name right now. If some rumors and gossip are enough to scare me into changing my name, that would show a lack of devotion."

"What if the Yawee in this world exists and mistakes you for his wife Cyra?" 

I didn't believe she could accept this fact when the time came.

"Impossible. If the Lord really exists in this world, he would definitely not confuse me with that archangel. Because the Lord is all-knowing. If there is a so-called God Yawee who insists on recognizing me as his wife, then he must not be the true Lord." 

Cyra said very decisively. Her thinking was quite clear and her analysis spot on. 

"But the trouble is not limited to this. There are also those followers of God. Once they know your name, they will surely pester you endlessly."

I warned unrelentingly. Selene had been extremely excited upon hearing this name before. 

"That would be troublesome too..." 

Hearing this, Cyra murmured thoughtfully for a moment, then waved her hand dismissively. 

"Forget it, whatever! Compared to everything else, these are all trivial matters. I just don't believe those True Church people can do anything to me as an angel."

"Huh? So casual about it?" 

I had previously felt she was considering things carefully. But now she was telling me to just let it go! 

However, on second thought, Cyra hadn't even been out of Edenmere before. She had never seen what the human world outside was really like, so it was understandable she couldn't consider too much.

"Feliciana, what do you think?" 

Nicola nudged me gently and grinned smugly. 

"I'm right aren't I? You lose! Don't worry, you don't need to give me 100 silvers as promised!"

"Blind cat bumping into dead mice!" 

To be honest, I was very dissatisfied. This loss came too quickly. Cyra really let me down. I had staked my hopes of 100 silvers on her. To think her willpower was so weak! Wasn't she the one who first said she would change her name!