Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage - Chapter 34: Poisoned by eating poisoned food

Sometime later, a delicious smell began to emanate from the two fires, Yao Mu and Liu Yang’s group were cooking different things, but the smell was delicious.

Since in Yao Mu’s group some members had come from common funds, they knew how to cook. They were chosen as the cooks during the camp.

Both sides were making soup in a makeshift manner. They took a small tree trunk had a hole inside to store water, it was used as a heater.

The trunk was being burned while the water boiled to cook the soup.

“Wait a minute longer, the soup is almost done, and the fish is already.” The cook said, he was already getting hungry but had to hold back not to eat.

“Come on, I’m already very hungry.”

“How long will it take?”

“Do you want something good or something bad? You can choose ”

…

A little discussion was going on about the delay, but it was soon over when the soup was done and the fish roast.

The seven members of the group ate two fish each and a bowl of fish-headed vegetable soup.

“That was very good, the food was very good” One of the students commented.

“It might be better if we had the right ingredients for it, but it’s a pity that none of us are allowed to use the space bag.” The cook sighed.

…

On the other hand, Liu Yang was finishing baking the fish and boiling the soup, they ate the same thing, but the ingredients were different.

“Little Xia, the food is ready, let’s eat” Liu Yang caught two fish on the skewer and took it to Liu Xia, the couple sat on the wooden log and began to enjoy the food after a long day of walking and hard work.

“Darling, the fish, and soup are good. Your food is very good as always. “The couple was sitting side by side, Liu Xia was leaning on Liu Yang’s shoulders while eating. She always praised Liu Yang’s food, as he always effort to cook for her.

“Someday I would like to try my wife’s food. Hehe… “Liu Yang commented.

“You’re bullying me …” Liu Xia was embarrassed when she heard those words, she always remembered the disasters that happened when she cooked. Since she couldn’t cook, Liu Yang had to learn instead.

“Hehe … When we get home, I’ll teach you how to cook, all right?” Liu Yang said casually, he has tried to teach Liu Xia to cook several times, but it has always been a disaster. It seemed she had no aptitude for it.

“I won’t do that, besides, my husband can cook for me” Liu Xia spoke with a complaining tone. She made a flirtatious look and looked at Liu Yang.

“Hehe… Let’s finish eating this and get some rest.” Liu Yang grabbed the other fish and another bowl of soup.

“Yes.”

The couple was flirting and playing with each other over dinner, their conversation was heard by the other group. Some students were envious and jealous of this scene.

How many students at school could do Liu Xia smile like that? Just one, Liu Yang. Many other students tried, but none succeeded, only he can see that beautiful smile.

Yao Mu was gritting his teeth at the conversation, he was holding back not to explode on the spot.

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After they finished eating, Yao Mu’s group went to sleep, the two girls in the group were in the same stall, while the rest were in their stalls.

Liu Yang and Liu Xia slept on makeshift beds made of wood, Liu Yang only needed to cut a tree and cut it in two halves and then level so that someone could sleep, although it was hard, it was still better than sleeping on the floor.

Liu Xia had a special treat, Liu Yang created a small tent made of green leaves that completely covers the bed, so nothing would disturb her during her sleep, and Liu Yang still covered her with his magical power to ward off insects.

This was the first time the couple had slept apart after so many years, fortunately, Liu Yang created a hole in the green leaves, the two were holding hands even with the beds separated.

To avoid unwanted things, Liu Yang created a small wind barrier to blow the insects away. The couple slept soundly at night.

Yao Mu wanted to go to where Liu Yang was and cause trouble for him, but he controlled himself because he knew the instructors were guarding the place and attacking another student was a serious offense.

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Several hours later…

The sun was already rising over the horizon, the forest began to lighten, the cold morning wind began to blow and the students began to wake up slowly.

But instead of silence, confusion began to occur.

“What a horrible smell is that ??? !!!! Whoa… “A student shouted before to vomit.

“What is happening?!!! Whoa… “Another student shouted before to vomit.

“Why is this happening??!!! Ahhhh !!! ”

…

At Yao Mu’s camp, several were vomiting and defecating inside the tents. Everyone started to panic as they threw up and screamed.

A horrible smell began to be felt from the feces and vomiting of the seven members of Yao Mu’s group.

“Who dares to poison us ?? !!” Yao Mu shouted explosively, he was very annoyed by this humiliation, and worst of all was that it was being seen by the instructors.

“I think it was Liu Yang, he’s the only one who could do something like that. Look, he and Liu Xia are perfectly fine while we’re suffering from poisoning.” One student shouted. Everyone thought their words were reasonable, as the couple was the only ones who were fine.

“Liu Yang !!!! How dare you poison us ??? !!! “Yao Mu shouted with all his might, but then he defecated again.

“Why are you accusing me of something I didn’t do?” Liu Yang felt wronged by the accusation.

“Why are you the only one who could have done something like that !!” Yao Mu couldn’t quite reason because of the anger caused by the humiliation. He didn’t think instructors might know the truth about this.

“Why am I the only one? I have no complaint against you, why would I do something like that? “Liu Yang asked.

“Because…” Yao Mu didn’t know how to answer that question.

“Liu Yang, you did it to get revenge for the way Yao Mu treated you before !!!” One student shouted, he spoke the words that were in his heart, he was already completely humiliated by defecating and vomiting at random.

“You think a lot about me. Not me or a narrow-minded person, besides, you should know that the instructors are watching us, right? They can tell who was the person who did it, I think if we called them they would show up. Because it must be common for these things to happen. “Liu Yang said casually, he knew they were being watched and that this kind of situation was very normal.

Xiao Mei told him that every year during the forest camp, many students were poisoned from eating poisonous plants. And this news was never circulated, as it was too shameful for students to say that they ate poisoned food and began to defecate and vomit everywhere. Who would dare to talk about such a thing? No one.

The instructors and soldiers they were watching made a pact not to comment on the subject, while the students did the same.

Xiao Mei only commented on this subject because she was luckier than the others, she just threw up and didn’t have diarrhea. That gave her a bit of courage to talk to Liu Yang about it. If Xiao Mei had the same problem as the others, she would never have commented to Liu Yang on this subject.

“I apologize for the delay” A voice of apology was heard shortly after Liu Yang’s words.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a soldier wearing a military uniform, he was one of the soldiers watching the students.

“Come on, this is the antidote to the poisonous plants you consumed.” The soldier had to hold back not to laugh. He had seen this scene several times, ee also went through this situation when he trained at camp when he was young.

“Instructor, do you mean we were poisoned because we ate poisonous plants?” Yao Mu couldn’t believe what he was hearing. The other students didn’t believe it either.

“Yes, you harvested some poisonous plants and cooked without knowing it. You don’t have to worry about it, this is a normal thing to happen, none of us looking at will comment on this. That was the pact made with the students all these years.

“Instructor, do you mean that every year student groups are poisoned?”

“Yes, but none of them dare to talk about it, and because of that silence, the new students are poisoned. Also, you are unlucky, as a student of the third year, you didn’t come to the other two training camps, because of that, you had to go through that. Those students who came once would not make the same mistake again. “The soldier spoke with an amused tone, he was mocking Yao Mu, he saw what Yao Mu was trying to do with Liu Yang and thought it was ridiculous.

The soldier’s words were like a bomb in everyone’s ears, no one could believe that every year this kind of poisoning happened, and to make matters worse, the older students knew it and never commented to others because they were ashamed.

“If you don’t believe me, you can ask this student, he came last year.” The soldier pointed to an ordinary-looking student.

When Yao Mu and the poisoned students looked at him, they saw that he had no sign of poisoning.

“You … Why didn’t you warn us that we could be poisoned ?? !!!!” Yao Mu shouted.

“Why?? The reason is simple. Senior Yao Mu, you skipped the two years of training and never went through what other students went through, as part of the rule, all students in our school are required to go through this humiliation. But there are exceptions like that couple, they know poisonous plants, and that is why they were not poisoned. Thus, they were the exception this year and for the next two years. I went through this last year, and you’re going through your third year. I brought the antidote to the poisonous plants this time, which is why I had no problem after eating the poisoned food. “The student spoke casually, his shame had passed after so long, but remember was still something very shameful.

“You…” Yao Mu was speechless, the other students were not believing what they were hearing either.

“You better stop talking and take the antidote soon,” the soldier advised.

The poisoned students stopped talking and took the antidote quickly.