Player World.
Chen Xiyao, who was forced to stay on Ritou, was originally supposed to follow the plot, but then a bullet comment appeared in the live stream.
: "Streamer, streamer, if you go to the beach on the right side of Ritou now, you'll trigger a hidden quest!"
Chen Xiyao wouldn't have noticed this bullet comment initially, but other viewers did, and they started forwarding it.
Chen Xiyao later saw it too, so she didn't follow the main plot and went to the beach on the right side of Ritou.
As expected, a new quest was immediately triggered upon arriving there.
"Holy cow, MHY can hide things this well?"
Guojia noticed that the main quest had changed; it was no longer about heading to the Kanjou Commission but about communicating with a mysterious girl.
: "Why can't I find it? I'm here! There's no one on the beach!"
: "It seems you have to be at this stage of the quest, and also, Yunling is so cute!"
: "Haha, the next-door stream is already delivering letters, while we're still eating barbecue here!"
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When Lumine and Paimon approached, they found that the source of the smell was a little girl who was barbecuing.
This was a short girl, wearing a white and green dress, with bare feet and anklets.
At first glance, she just seemed cute and pretty, like she would be a quiet and gentle girl.
Paimon was the first to arrive, her large eyes fixed on the sizzling skewers of meat over Yunling's charcoal fire.
"Hehe, hello, why are you here alone grilling food?"
Yunling pretended to look back casually.
"Are you… a flying little elf?"
"No, I'm not a flying little elf, I'm Paimon, the legendary Paimon!"
Paimon's proud expression truly made Yunling a bit flustered; who introduces themselves like that?
Fortunately, Lumine came over at that moment.
"Hello, I'm Lumine, and she is my companion, Paimon. We just smelled something delicious coming from here, so we came to check it out."
Yunling carefully observed Lumine and Paimon:
"Looking at your clothes, you don't seem to be from Inazuma, do you?"
"We are Travelers from other nations, and we just arrived in Inazuma today."
There was nothing to hide, so Lumine told Yunling everything.
Although it was their first meeting, Lumine felt that the other party was very kind, and she instinctively developed a good impression.
"You're from other nations?!"
Yunling's eyes instantly lit up, just like Paimon's expression when she saw the barbecue skewers earlier.
"Uh-huh, what's wrong?"
"Then you must have been to many nations, right?"
Yunling's sparkling big eyes looked at Lumine like that, her expression seemed to say: So curious, want to know, can you tell me?
Lumine coughed, giving a resentful glance at Paimon, who was drooling while looking at the grilled skewers:
"That's a long story…"
"It's okay, it's still early anyway. Let's sit down and eat together first, and you can tell me what other nations are like!"
Since they came with this intention, Lumine and Paimon certainly wouldn't refuse.
The two sat directly on the beach, with Yunling.
Yunling handed the freshly grilled skewers to Paimon, and Paimon was overjoyed to finally get the skewers she had been craving.
The skewers melted in her mouth, with juice overflowing, and not at all dry. Who knows what seasoning was used, it completely blended with the meat. With one bite, she felt utterly satisfied!
"Delicious!"
Paimon had never eaten such delicious skewers before, and her cute little face was full of happiness.
Lumine looked at Paimon disdainfully, was it really that exaggerated?
She also picked up a skewer and put it in her mouth, and soon Lumine understood why Paimon had that expression.
It was actually so delicious, even better than what Xiangling made?!
Yunling watched their expressions from the side, her heart filled with satisfaction.
She loved to cook, not just to eat her own cooking, but also to enjoy the happy expressions on the faces of those who ate her dishes.
"Hmph, let me tell you, I, Yunling, am the best cook in all of Inazuma, and many people know this!"
Yunling's words were absolutely true; many wealthy families in Inazuma wanted to invite her to help cook a meal.
Even the Guuji of the Grand Narukami Shrine invited her to be a guest at the shrine every time they met.
Perhaps being a guest was an excuse, and wanting her to cook delicious food for her was the real reason, right?
She was very clever; how could she fall for such a trick?
"Come, come, these are grilled too. Paimon, eat quickly. In Inazuma, it's very hard to eat something I've cooked."
Paimon held several skewers in one hand, taking a bite from the left skewer and then the right, eating with great relish.
"Yun, Yunling, you eat too."
Paimon handed the right skewer to Yunling.
Yunling, while flipping the skewers over the fire, said, "I have some here too. I prepared a lot, and there's more after these are finished."
Lumine asked while eating, "Speaking of which, Yunling, why are you barbecuing here alone?"
Yunling: "Originally, I prepared these for everyone in the Arataki Gang, but the boss was arrested by the Kanjou Commission today, and everyone else isn't around. I was going to take them to find Sayu; I heard he came to Ritou. I couldn't find him here, and I didn't want to waste the food, so I just barbecued here."
"But it's a good thing I met you; otherwise, these ingredients wouldn't be fresh tomorrow."
Lumine also didn't forget what she promised Yunling; she and Paimon told Yunling about their journey.
Lumine's journey was full of excitement, and Yunling listened very carefully, her eyes full of longing.
"Yunling, haven't you been to other nations?"
"Before, I was always in Inazuma. Just when I grew up a bit and wanted to go out, I didn't expect Inazuma to suddenly close its borders."
Yunling sighed; she had indeed wanted to visit other nations before, but she forgot the time of the Sakoku Decree and thus couldn't go.
She couldn't get to know other identities.
It had to be said that there was still some regret.
"Oh, by the way, Lumine, do you drink alcohol?"
"Alcohol?"
Lumine and Paimon were simultaneously shocked; Yunling didn't look very old, yet she drank alcohol?
Yunling took out a jar and several bowls from her vision space.
Lumine looked at Yunling's posture; this was clearly how the crew members on their ship drank. She didn't expect Yunling to also…
Just as Lumine was thinking if this was a bit too bold, Yunling had already poured out three bowls.
Looking at the milky white soup in the bowls, it neither looked nor smelled like alcohol.
"Is this… alcohol?"
Paimon picked up a bowl and sniffed it closely; there was indeed a slight hint of alcohol, but only a very slight one.
She took a sip; it was sweet!
"It's fermented glutinous rice wine with tangyuan, no, without tangyuan, it's fermented glutinous rice soup!"
Lumine also picked up a bowl and started drinking. The cooled fermented glutinous rice soup was very refreshing, especially suitable for drinking while eating barbecue!
Moreover, this bowl of "alcohol" tasted even better!
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After the barbecue ended, the three, full of "alcohol" and food, lay together on the beach. Paimon, being the smallest, squeezed in between the two.
"Burp~"
Paimon, full from eating, let out a burp, her small body shaking, which made Yunling and Lumine laugh.
"Lumine, aren't you two leaving Ritou? Come on, I'll take you!"
Lumine: "But don't we need procedures?"
"Heh, that's easy. I'll just ask my sister to help with it then; she's very capable."
Paimon, full, lay down and asked:
"But the guards won't let us go, will they?"
Yunling chuckled, "No problem, watch me!"
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