Chapter 448: Licorice Candy

"Yeah."

Nao took off the oil lamp fixed on the side of the carriage and moved closer to the silver pot that Erina was interested in.

The mysterious food inside suddenly revealed its true form under the light, which surprised and shocked the two of them.

"Uh, this is..." Erina looked at the things inside and took a breath: "Honey cockroach?! Sayo must be scared to death when she sees this! I didn't expect the Viscount to have such strong taste!"

"What, this is obviously not a cockroach!" Nao shook his head and said: "Look carefully, this is just... that! A small beetle!"

"Uh, is it a beetle? Anyway, it's very disgusting!" Erina said, her face full of disgust: "How could someone soak this thing in honey and pickle it! It's not an apple!"

"Speaking of honey-pickled apples, I really want to eat them. It's just a bit too expensive... As for honey-pickled peaches, they are even more expensive, but they are definitely more delicious. Pickle the peaches whole with honey... think about it I’m all hungry!”

As Nao said this, he picked up the jar of honey beetle and looked at the contents carefully, with some hesitation on his face.

"But to be honest, I have never heard of such a thing as honey-pickled longhorn beetle... Since it is something that all viscounts like to eat, isn't it very expensive? The taste is definitely not bad, right?"

"Huh? Are you serious?" Seeing her like this, Erina suddenly became nervous: "Who stipulates that the food eaten by nobles must be delicious! Think about that jar of black sauce! Uh, you don't really want to eat it, do you?"

"Hmm... I think it'll be fine if I just take a taste." Nao wasn't too sure. He hesitated for a moment while holding the jar, and then said: "Only those who dare to try can discover the delicious food! Such a jar of beetle, Wouldn’t it be a pity for us to waste it?”

"That's true..." Erina admitted that what she said made sense, and said nervously: "It would be bad if you feel uncomfortable after eating it! It's better to try it later. Take everything away now, We need to get away from the pursuers as soon as possible!"

"Yeah." Nao closed the jar again and hurriedly picked up the fruit on the ground.

At this time, in the carriage on the other side.

At noon, after confirming that the food in the basket was non-toxic, Yi Xing began to eat it with confidence.

After dinner the little basket was almost empty.

There were only a few licorice candies left inside - still in stick form.

It would be great if it could be made into a cane shape - it would look very Christmassy at first glance.

Yoshiyuki first knew about licorice candy when he read about it while reading foreign novels.

It is mentioned in it that everyone eats roast chicken, cheese and licorice candy and drinks eggnog at Christmas.

He had eaten roast chicken at that time, but he had no idea about the taste of the latter three foods.

There was no online shopping at that time. He couldn't buy things like cheese and eggnog.

Even if there were, considering the price of these things in China, he would not be willing to part with them.

But licorice candy is an exception.

He found that they were sold in canteens.

And it’s still the same stick shape as in the book.

So, he bought one for a dime with great expectation.

But when Yi Xing unwrapped it and put it in his mouth, he only felt extremely disappointed.

He felt that it was sour and had a strange smell.

It's hard to explain exactly how this smell makes him feel. He can only describe it with vague words like "Chinese medicine smell" or "special smell" that often appears in chemistry textbooks.

All in all, it just didn’t taste good. It doesn’t taste as good as isatis root.

Therefore, it left a rather bad impression on Yoshiyuki.

In his mind, licorice candy is equivalent to "candy that tastes weird and unpleasant."

Therefore, when he saw the characters in the book happily eating licorice candies and saying that they were delicious, he felt strange.

They even think they have a problem with their sense of taste.

Maybe, there is really a problem.

After all, these characters are basically British.