Auria's Le Empereur has turned battlefield debris into table service, plating verified Waterloo shrapnel as Victory Garnish. Maître d' MacLeod Summerlord confirmed each fragment arrives pre-spliced with 1920s chrome edging and lifts the marrow of blue-skinned diners. Auction bids have reached 2.3 million auric credits per gram. The Health Inspection Bureau applied seasonal honorifics to every crate and recorded zero authenticity violations.
Patrons receive a pair of translucent eyelids at the door to blunt the metallic dazzle. Local scientists note the diversion of relics from museums to soup tureens but concede the market price outranks archival value. Professor Blarney O'Driscoll observed that most citizens would rather season bouillabaisse than debate provenance.
Le Empereur's dining room now functions as both restaurant and clearinghouse, its jazz-age fittings masking the steady drain of iron from the old fields.
