"Did you use chili peppers for this sauce?" Charles asked the Haikor vendor.1

"Chili peppers? What is that? I used Redheart Leaf," the Haikor vendor replied. He took out a red leaf the size of a lotus leaf. The leaf's margins were black and serrated.0

Charles accepted the leaf and tore it into two. The leaf was spicy, and the spiciness instantly coated his tongue. However, it tasted completely different from chili peppers, as it had a bitter aftertaste. It seemed that the Haikor vendor had used another ingredient to neutralize the bitterness of the leaf. 0

The dish was called Shuker. Charles and Lily ate until they were half belly full before leaving. Of course, it wasn't like they had gotten fed up with the food; Lily's keen nose had caught a whiff of another enticing aroma around the corner.0

Charles and Lily...0