They arrived at the kitchen, and the clean and tidy placement of the kitchenware prove that this place was barely used.
"I'll need potatoes, carrots, garlic, onion, ginger, spices...." he lists out all the ingredients he needs for cooking the dish to the smart robot.
Minutes later and all the ingredients were cleaned and cut perfectly, he looked at the meat that looked like chicken but at the same time not. This bird was something that can be found on a neighboring planet under the empire called, Vermont. That place was the biggest supplier of real food like vegetables and meat.
In the future, Seven thought of visiting the place since this planet somehow resembles earth in some way.
Seven set the smart robot the function on how to cook curry, and he was again amazed by this era's technological advancement. The word smart attached to this robot wasn't just for display.
There were different ways to cook curry but the easiest he could think of right now was the Indian base curry that was simmered in coconut milk and perfectly mellows out the spices. He had this dish when he was on his first mission in India. His senior colleague reprimanded him for eating it though, he said as an assassin, he shouldn't take food so easily.
The same scenario happened when he was in Japan, they had a different style of creating a curry dish, and it made him so curious that he detour for a bit, it was really delicious by the way.
If people were to ask him what his favorite food was, he would probably answer curry. A colleague even joke that it was easy to kill him if you used curry to lure him out. He was not wrong though.
When he saw that the minced onions, garlic, and ginger were turning brown, he order the robot to put the meat and stir them until they were golden. Afterward, he added the pepper, paprika, coriander, turmeric, salt, and cumin. He was confused at first why the color of some of these spices was different but he found out it was due to the long years of evolution and countless research.
Before he cook it he used his mental powers to check them and eliminate impurities just to be safe. He heard this step was pretty common in this world, so in order to fit in, he included this procedure.
Unbeknownst to him, this procedure was actually difficult, this left the only other person in the kitchen speechless.
Maddox was already blown away seeing the ingredients at first but was even more shocked when Seven completely removed the impurities like it wasn't a big deal.
Now, he could smell the dish on the pan. Without eating it, he was sure that it would taste great. Just looking at the color was enough to salivate him.
"here have a taste, tell me if something is missing." Seven took a small bowl and scoop a bit of the sauce and handed it to him.
Maddox took a big gulp and scope, he first smell the aroma, and he felt like it was heaven. This was the first time for him to have smelled such an aromatic scent from food.
Taking a sip, his eyes widen, it was truly delicious, and the milk made it possible for the spices to blend perfectly. But the most important part was that he could actually feel a warm spiritual power traveling through his veins.
'Auxiliary treatment' this word pops up in his mind. Among all the auxiliary treatments out there, food supplements were the hardest to achieve, most people would need years of accumulated practices just to supply mental powers on the food that will help repair the damage. But Seven did it effortlessly.
"Seven where did you learn how to cook" he curiously asked.
"I just taught myself, I mean my aunt was barely home, it was only me and the smart robot at home. The empire would send nutritional drinks but I really hated the taste" it was his first time cooking in this world but he reason out this scenario to Maddox to prevent him from asking too many questions.
It was a good thing that no one was there to supervise him on what to do. Even if he lied no one will know.
"Seriously what else can you do, my God this is the first time I felt my mental powers being healed" Maddox's eyes full of praise looked at Seven like he was his savior.
"don't tell anyone about or else you can say goodbye to this" he needs to shut this man's mouth as early as possible, he knew the more outstanding his talents are the more likely that someone will adopt him. He didn't want to be exploited and be tied down by the so-called parents who would raise you for years and be obliged to repay them with his life.
"I promise I won't" he immediately promise afraid that Seven would really take the food away, he wasn't a fool OK, who else in this world could achieve such a feat? If he were to double cross Seven, Maddox will probably commit suicide for giving out such outstanding youth.
On the other side, Cross has finally prepared Seven's documents and finished talking to the higher-ups. Those oldies wanted to take a look at Seven which is something he was reluctant to do. Seven might be a mature kid, but he is still far from outsmarting those veterans.
He massage his temple, and he needed someone else to back Seven, he could do it but it still wouldn't be enough, it would have been fine if he will be promoted right this instant but that part will still be held 6 months from now. Additionally, Seven would probably decline being adopted by someone else.
He sigh and called Seven on his terminal. When his call was answered he saw Seven having lunch and Maddox who was beside him was worshipping his food.
Seven who accidentally answered the call couldn't hide the food on the table. He was planning on answering it outside but accidentally pressed the call answer button.
"what food is that... No wait ill come over there" Cross had forgotten the issue about Seven when he saw Maddox's reaction. He immediately went to Maddox's place and from the door, he could smell a delicious aroma of milk and spices.
"err welcome General" Seven scratched his head, just when he had already fixed this food problem, another crisis actually appeared and it was just minutes before he resolved the first one.
"This food, what is it?"
"It's curry, if you want you can join us" Cross didn't dare to dilly dally and immediately sit down. The smart robot places a plate and utensils in front of him and he hurriedly grabs a spoonful of curry. Just like Maddox, he was surprised by its taste, more importantly, it was able to heal a part of his damaged mental powers.
Maddox who saw how fast Cross was eating immediately took the bowl, this food was meant for him.
"General as an adult you should let the young once have more share"
"Doctor I'm only 35 this year, this age couldn't be considered adult, I'm still a young man if you think about the 1000 year life span of people"
"general if you are not an adult, then I, a 23-year-old man can be considered a kid"
The 5-year-old baby Seven looks at young man Cross and the kid Maddox. This two are really disappointing. One has a high-rank soldier, and the other a well-respected scientist was actually here in front of him fighting over a bowl of curry.
Seven wanted to record this and showed it to everyone in the empire with a caption written 'Behold two distinguish figures broke into a fight for a single bowl.'