I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

"Fruit and vegetable salad, dry-fried green beans, shredded green pepper and potato, beef stewed with persimmons, stir-fried magic frog, clear stewed colorful fish, eggplant box. And this, um, let's call it ice cream."

Catherine and Ying Tao looked at the dishes Roland was naming off, their expressions extremely strange.

The dishes on the table were obviously cooked with various magic herbs, but Roland gave them strange names.

Coupled with the strange cooking methods, the two of them couldn't recognize the original names of those magic herbs.

Catherine curiously poked a 'green bean' with her fork and asked, "Is this a magic sunflower?"

This thing was obviously not a magic sunflower, nor was it a green bean. But Roland gave a thumbs up and said, "Master, you have a good eye."

Ying Tao stared wide-eyed at the 'fruit and vegetable salad' and said, "Are these 'fruits' all magic herbs? Also, what are these mushrooms?"

She looked at the 'persimmons' in the 'beef stewed with persimmons' and asked with a strange expression, "And is this a wolf peach? Is this something foxes eat? Is it poisonous?"

Roland really wanted to say, 'Aren't you a fox?'

But he wisely gave another explanation, saying, "Baron Ying Tao, of course I wouldn't poison myself. Please eat quickly, I'll remove the ghost mist, and I'll come back to eat after you're done."

Saying that, Roland took off his apron and wanted to leave.

A jade hand grabbed his sleeve. Roland turned around and saw Miss Ying Tao's smiling face.

"Scholar Roland, it's already troublesome enough to have you work as a part-time cook. The ghost mist isn't urgent, we can do it together tomorrow and it will be faster. Sit down and eat together."

Roland hesitated for a moment and said, "Lady Ying Tao, as an apprentice without a title, it's not in accordance with the rules of the Black Abyss for me to dine with the two of you. I'll serve you from the side."

Ying Tao reached out and pressed Roland into the seat: "Oh~~ private gatherings, there are not so many rules. You are the disciple of Countess Catherine, and you work so hard here guarding her territory. Private gatherings, there are not so many rules. Eat together."

Roland thought to himself: 'As expected, something's not right. Not only does everyone not recognize me, but they also don't remember my identity! My title and name are gone!'

Seeing that Roland was still not sitting down, Lady Catherine was a little unhappy. She nodded coldly and said, "Sit down."

Roland picked up a spoon, first served the two noble ladies some soup, and after serving them, he sat down.

Catherine and Ying Tao kept saying that they wanted Roland to sit down and eat with them, but neither of them touched a bite, and just sat there watching Roland eat.

Roland dipped bread in the soup and ate happily. Baron Ying Tao, who was next to him, kept smiling and filling his plate with food.

It wasn't until the two of them saw Roland put every magic herb in his mouth that they exchanged a suspicious glance and looked seriously at the dishes.

It looks like dark cuisine!

Who cooks like this!

And only old witch hags in folklore would eat frogs, right?

But this guy... seems to be enjoying it.

Miss Ying Tao cautiously tried the seemingly most unpalatable and strangest 'stir-fried magic frog' first, and then her expression became extremely wonderful.

It was unexpectedly delicious.

After tasting the other dishes, Miss Ying Tao's expression became even more solemn.

These dishes... are very delicious. But that's the problem.

She put down her fork, squinted her eyes, and sized up Roland for a long time, asking, "Who are you?"

Roland also put down what he was holding, calmly wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and looked at Miss Ying Tao, saying, "Madam, I am a Valerian. These things are all Valerian home-style dishes."

Ying Tao's gaze became even more dangerous. She said, "Don't play tricks, brat. In our world, there is no such recipe, nor such a dining habit."

Saying that, she looked at the 'chopsticks' that Roland had just put down.

Catherine had been eating all along. She said, "Eat, Ying Tao, these things are fine. Roland used to make these things often when he was by my side."

Ying Tao's expression was strange for a moment, and then she gave Roland a smiling face: "Scholar Roland, I'm really a little envious of the Countess, to be able to taste your cooking every day..."

Roland smiled and chatted with Ying Tao, but his heart was in turmoil.

He had never used chopsticks in front of Catherine, nor had he ever made these dishes—where would Valeria get magic herbs? And where would there be any magic herbs that could replace spices?

Even if he barely made them, the taste would never be the same.

But Catherine thought that she often ate these things he made!

She accepted a non-existent setting!

In fact, Roland deliberately did these suspicious things today to confirm one thing—in Catherine's eyes, who is Butterfly? Who is Roland?

Or rather, in Catherine's eyes, is it reasonable for 'Roland' to know these things?

Roland was clearly his predecessor, he was clearly a local native.

But why did Catherine think that he should know how to cook Chinese food?!

Not only did she think that these things were reasonable, but she even thought that she had eaten these things!

Suddenly, Roland suddenly remembered his own crazy theory.

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He suppressed his desire to talk to himself, avoiding saying anything crazy, avoiding all three of them going crazy together.

His mind was in turmoil, his heart wandered beyond the sky. But when he came back to his senses, he found that he had been chatting enthusiastically with Ying Tao, and had even poured some wine for the two ladies.

When he focused his attention on the dining table, he found that he had perfectly caught Ying Tao's playful jokes, and even made a small joke with this enchanting lady in a very humorous way—if you think about it deeply, it was a little bit lewd.

He didn't know what Roland had said before, but the smile on the fox spirit lady's face became even stronger.

At this time, Roland felt that a high heel had accidentally stepped on his foot. This step was a little heavy, with a bit of 'let you be presumptuous, punish you' meaning.

She stepped on Roland's foot and stopped moving.

Roland's heart skipped a beat.

He quietly glanced at Lady Catherine. He found that Lady Catherine was eating reservedly, with no expression on her face.

Roland didn't dare to tease Ying Tao anymore, for fear that this guy would do something out of line.

He diligently got up to add some soup to Lady Catherine.

After he got up, the foot finally came down.

After this, when Roland spoke to Miss Ying Tao, he deliberately pretended to be a rigid and serious, and repeatedly showed his diligence to Lady Catherine. He made a look of 'I'm Lady Catherine's simp, and I'm not interested in anyone else'.

He thought that if he did this, Miss Ying Tao would be quieter.

But who knew that he would feel that the high heel would always 'accidentally' touch his calf.

Roland was shocked and his face became very ugly.

This fox spirit!

The more you ignore you, the more you tease me?

He couldn't help but carefully cope with Miss Ying Tao's words, and pretended to be a low emotional intelligence.

But he didn't know if it was because of his previous playful jokes that people regarded this 'performance' as a cold joke. Or because Ying Tao's emotional intelligence was too high, the fox spirit lady actually connected Roland's words with a very interesting joke—this made it seem like Roland was deliberately flirting with her!

After that, the foot also stepped on Roland 'not too lightly, not too heavily'.

Roland was miserable.

He thought to himself: 'It's okay, it's okay, Catherine treats me as the former Roland, and she has no feelings for the current me. So even if she finds out that the fox spirit lady is ambiguous with me, nothing will happen.'

Roland comforted himself with these words.

Since Catherine wouldn't take his 'flirting' with Miss Ying Tao seriously, Roland thought about it, and simply let go!

Next, the atmosphere at the dinner table became more and more pleasant, and Miss Ying Tao's favorability increased by four or five points.

And the high heels were getting harder and harder... It can't be said that it was stepping, it was almost crushing hard.

Just when Roland felt a little strange, Miss Ying Tao's crystal ball suddenly lit up. She apologized and took the crystal ball to the 'floor-to-ceiling window'.

But the high heel that was stepping on the back of Roland's foot was still crushing hard.

Roland: "?"

He looked up in astonishment and looked at Catherine.

Lady Catherine also looked up at this time. Her face was frosty and her eyes were full of murderous intent.

She said, "Do you want to die?"

Roland: "? ? ?"

With a crack, Roland's foot bone made a crisp sound. This time Roland really felt the pain.

His eyes went black, and he almost cried out in pain.

It turned out that Catherine had been stepping on Roland all along.

She had been stepping very hard, venting her anger.

But Roland was thick-skinned, so it felt like it was not too light or too heavy—it felt like a lady was flirting with him.

Thinking about it, that's right!

That Ying Tao is indeed a fox spirit, but no matter how much she likes to joke, she wouldn't flirt with a stranger she met for the first time, right?

What's more, she is full of vigilance towards Roland.

Wait for a few more meals, get to know Roland, and it will be about the same.

This kind of under-the-table maneuvering could only be done by people who are extremely, extremely close, even those who have had many such relationships.

Roland, in pain, stared blankly at Catherine for a long time, then whispered, "How do you know me?!"

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Catherine sneered, "Master Roland, you're really something. You thought I wouldn't recognize you, so you started flirting with others in front of me?"

With a snap, another crisp sound came from Roland's foot. Roland almost cried out.

He felt like he was Dou E now!

Flirt my ass, I'm flirting? I'm wronged to death!

Also, what do you mean by pretending to be Ying Tao and stepping on me? Is this entrapment?!

Roland felt like his whole being was not good anymore.

Let's put the flirting aside for now.

How could Catherine think that 'Roland' had such a relationship with her?

Or rather, why does she have complete memories of me?

If her memories of me are complete, then it means that in her eyes, Roland and I are the same person!

Why is that?

I am a transmigrator! A soul transmigrator!

Roland is the name of the original owner of this body!

How could I possibly be Roland?!

At this moment, Miss Ying Tao sat back down, and Catherine hurriedly tried to withdraw her foot, but Roland clamped it between his legs.

A hint of panic appeared in Catherine's eyes, but she pretended that nothing had happened and lowered her head to eat.

This performance didn't look like she had forgotten me at all!

Roland completely couldn't hold back anymore.

Suddenly, that crazy theory appeared in Roland's mind again—he even associated it with the 'Evil Demon, Leonard' in the Bracken Fern Forest.

I am indeed a transmigrator, but I am not a soul transmigrator!

I am like Leonard!

The moment I appeared in this world, my past already existed!

Therefore, Catherine logically accepted the logic that I could cook these special dishes!

And therefore, she even believed that she had eaten food cooked by me!

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With a bang, Roland suddenly slapped the table.

Ying Tao: "???"

Catherine: "???"

Roland, with red eyes, looked at the two of them, restrained the urge to say 'crazy things', and said, "Eat ice cream."

The two ladies mechanically picked up the ice cream and started eating.

Roland nodded in satisfaction, a smile on his face.

He didn't eat a single bite of ice cream.

Next, he served the two noble ladies with great care. Lady Catherine expressed her satisfaction with Roland's subsequent attentiveness and happily ended the dinner.

After the meal, Roland was also very gentlemanly and diligently brewed a pot of very normal magic potion tea for the two noble ladies.

The two noble ladies chatted while drinking tea, and Roland stood by, serving them, without drinking a single sip of tea.

Overall, Lady Catherine was quite satisfied with Roland's performance today. She praised him a few words and then ignored this small servant, swaying her hips to rest—she felt particularly sleepy today.

That's right, she usually went to bed at six thirty.

After a nap, she would wake up at ten o'clock, work, read, and study magic, then meditate from two o'clock until dawn.

It's already past nine o'clock now. She's sleepy to death.

Miss Ying Tao was also particularly tired today. She yawned and chatted with Roland for a while.

This guy seemed to be chatting casually with Roland, but in fact, she was trying to get information out of him, probing Roland's background. Amidst the laughter, she extracted many things from Roland's past.

Roland knew what this guy was thinking, but Ying Tao was originally an acquaintance of his, only she didn't know it herself. Naturally, he told her everything she asked, truthfully.

After obtaining the satisfactory information, Miss Ying Tao felt relieved about this guy Roland.

She looked at the room and said, "Catherine and I will be using your bed tonight~ You can sleep on that sofa."

As she spoke, Miss Ying Tao rubbed her eyes, feeling that something was wrong, but her mind was now dizzy and her thinking ability was very low.

Suddenly, she felt that something was wrong.

Even if she usually went to bed early, she couldn't possibly be this sleepy, right?!

At this moment, she suddenly realized that the brat had actually picked her up.

"What are you doing?!"

Roland said with a smile, "Miss Ying Tao, you seem unable to walk, let me help you."

A thunderbolt flashed through Ying Tao's mind. She sobered up a bit and used several magic spells, but they were all wrong. Then, she pushed Roland away fiercely, but found that she seemed to be dreaming. Then, she lost consciousness.

"You're already asleep, but you're still so restless, don't move."

Roland put Ying Tao on the sofa.

In just one hour, the injury on Roland's foot had almost recovered. His vitality was extraordinary. If he were any stronger, he might even catch up with a troll.

He looked at Miss Ying Tao on the sofa.

Miss Ying Tao was dressed particularly charmingly today. Roland looked at this beautiful witch who had fallen asleep on the sofa, scrutinizing her up and down for a long time. Then, he adjusted Miss Ying Tao's posture and reached for her belt.

After taking out the storage bag from the belt, Roland tried to explore the small, sachet-like storage bag with his divine sense, but his mind was blocked by the sachet.

Roland wasn't in a hurry. He opened the small opening of the sachet with his hand and peeked inside for a while, then his eyes moved slightly.

He searched in his dimensional bag for a while and found a very slender iron wire, made a small hook, and then stuck some mucus on the hook.

After that, he put the iron wire in and hooked for more than half an hour, finally pulling out some things.

They were some internal documents of the Snake Tower.

Among them, one document clearly had Roland's name on it.

"I have clearly retrieved the name 'Roland', but the people of the Snake Tower still ignore me... I am clearly Roland, but they treat me as another person!"

Roland became more and more convinced of his guess.

Ying Tao is a representative who treats me as another person. Roland has now confirmed the key information from her—perhaps, only Catherine treats me and myself as 'one person'.

I and myself are originally one person, so everyone in this world except me and Catherine is crazy!