"Before we begin dining, I'd like to introduce tonight's menu to you."
Cassandra gracefully picked up a menu made of living paper, the text on which seemed to automatically adjust its content according to the reader's emotional state:
"Every dish tonight has its special origin and significance."
The first dish was quickly served.
It was a plate of seemingly ordinary dark red fruits, but Ron immediately noticed something unusual.
The surfaces of these fruits had fine pores and were undergoing subtle breathing movements.
"These are 'Blood Fruits', from the Tree-man tribe of the Nodra Forest."
Cassandra introduced with a certain sense of satisfaction in her voice:
"The Tree-men use these fruits as their staple food, which contain concentrated life essence and memory fragments."
She gently cut open one of the fruits, and a faint green mist instantly rose.
The air was filled with the fresh scent of the forest, mixed with an indescribable smell of decay.
