Monarch of Gluttony: System of Sin

The best part about all this was that they didn't need to pay for the food either. All the food was free, and they could eat as much as they wanted. They could also stay here for as long as they pleased. If a King wanted to give up climbing the Tower and live his life in luxury, this Floor was the place.

However, no King wanted to do that. If they managed to get to the eleventh floor, that meant they weren't people who were going to give up. They were hungry for more and more power.

They didn't want luxuries... At least not yet. They knew that once they reached the top floor, they were going to be stronger enough to have whatever they pleased. They could receive even more rewards than this eleventh Floor then. Even though climbing the tower was more dangerous, it was also more rewarding.

Moreover, they also knew that if they stayed here, the distance between them and the Kings who were in the lead was only going to increase more and more. It was very dangerous since, after a certain point, it was going to be impossible to catch up. They were always going to be at others' mercy.

Azekiel walked to the building in the distance, which had a board that simply mentioned food. There was no one inside the building, but there was all the food that one could hope for. There was also a screen in the hall which showed the options of all the worlds whose foods could be explored.

Raphael expected Azekiel to press earth and explore earth's delicacies, but surprisingly, he didn't press earth. Instead, he pressed on the name of the world that he never should've heard before.

Seeing his selection, Raphael stepped closer. "Do you know that world?"

Why would he select a world he knew nothing about, and that too from the middle of the list? If he wanted to see all the offerings, he could've gone one by one through the list, but he went straight to that option without even glancing at the earth. Why? What was about this world?

"From Alion's memories," Azekiel answered. "The food of this world is supposed to be the best."

Even though Azekiel answered, it was slightly a strange selection, but Raphael believed the story.

As soon as Azekiel clicked on the name of the world, all the items that were available in the massive hall disappeared, and the delicacies from the world that Azekiel selected appeared.

The dishes definitely didn't look as good as the dishes from Earth. In fact, based on the initial glance, they seemed quite bad... Something that could instantly repel someone, which made Azekiel's choice even stranger.

Ignoring the weird looks he was receiving, Azekiel went to the food and started eating. One could eat as much as they wanted here for free. The only thing that was restricted was that the food couldn't be stored anywhere else, and it couldn't be taken out of this place.

One had to eat here if they wanted to taste the food. They couldn't just pack it and take it to the next floor. This was a reward only for this floor.

Azekiel continued eating the strange looking dishes, but his expressions made it seem like he was really enjoying it. It didn't look like he was regretting his decision of selecting this world. Instead, it was like he was tasting the greatest delicacies in the entire universe, which he had never tasted before.

"Come, try as well."

Azekiel summoned Raphael and Lia, despite them not asking to be Summoned. Why was he wasting the spiritual energy? Previously, he didn't summon them unless it was absolutely necessary, but now he was summoning them over small things as well? That was definitely not like him.

It was as if he didn't care about keeping the Spiritual Energies in reserve for emergencies. Raphael believed that there could possibly be two reasons for it. One was that he believed he was strong enough to not need their help.

Meanwhile, the second option was that he was hiding something from them and that he didn't need the help of the Spirit Bar to summon them. If it was the latter, it could explain why he wasn't hesitating in summoning them, but it could also be the former, which would make sense since he was stronger now.

He also fought all the beasts alone without calling them for help. He only called them after the battle was over, and that too only to eat.

"Stop standing there like statues. Come and eat." Azekiel called them again. "It's really tasty. Just try it. Just as I remember it."

Raphael and Lia tried to believe him. Even though all the dishes looked bad, they believed Azekiel. It was possible that the dishes only looked bad on the outside, but on the inside, they were quite tasty.

Raphael and Lia also tried eating. After testing the food for a little, they realized that it wasn't as bad as it looked, but it wasn't as good as Azekiel claimed it to be either. It was quite ordinary. In fact, it was slightly worse than what Azekiel prepared for them back on earth.

Despite not being particularly fond of it, they both kept eating.

"How is it?" Azekiel asked, glancing at the two of them.

For some reason, he seemed quite attached to the food from this world. In his eyes, there was some strange intensity. It was as if the food was from his own world, and he wanted to share it with the others to see if they liked it as well. For Raphael, it would've made more sense if it was something from earth since that's where Azekiel was from.

How could Azekiel start liking this thing just based on the memories of Alion, as he claimed? What seemed like a pretty distant possibility.

"It is really good. You were right," Lia lied, not wanting to disappoint Azekiel. Azekiel also believed her lie to be a truth, getting quite pleased.

According to Raphael, he really was acting quite strange ever since they killed Alion!