Human, am I evil?

Soon, a girl wearing a cheongsam-style dress ran out from the nearby grass. Seeing Guoba interacting with Di Ruiji, she walked over angrily.

"Really, didn't you say don't run around? It's always worrying. Crispy, bad!"

"!"

Guoba's eyes widened, and he made an incomprehensible sound.

"I'm sorry, the rice crust shouldn't have caused you any trouble."

Di Ruiji shook his head, couldn't help but look at this girl, he didn't understand what kind of charm she had, to let the existence of the former demon god follow her.

"That's it, that's good. By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Xiangling from Liyue. He is rice crust and my assistant. I'm currently practicing cooking and looking for inspiration for making new dishes. "

"Di Ruiji. Are you...the cook?"

"Hmm! Hee hee~ I have been taught by my father since I was a child, and I have mastered a little cooking ability."

Xiangling smiled a little embarrassedly, seeing that Di Ruiji seemed to be interested in cooking, and asked: "Are you interested in cooking too? If so, would you like to try new dishes for me? Inspiration, I sent someone to taste it for me."

"...it is good."

Volume 039: [-]: The most important thing is the heart

"Is it really okay to mix this thing in?"

Di Ruiji had some doubts about what Xiangling said just now. Is she really a chef?How are the ingredients used so...strange?

It's no wonder that Di Ruiji had such an idea, because she actually added the slime liquid into it just now. Would that sticky thing really be delicious?Even Di Ruiji couldn't help feeling suspicious.

"Hee hee~ Cooking is all about being innovative. Now so many kinds of delicacies are made by the predecessors through innovation again and again. Don't look at the slime liquid that looks weird, but it can be combined with other ingredients. , a different taste will be born.”

"Disgusting smell?"

"That's not true! Since I'm a chef, the dishes I make must be delicious! The dishes I want to cook are naturally delicious dishes praised by everyone, how could there be a disgusting taste?"

"But... your combination makes people feel very strange."

"That's because you haven't tried it. People will always be prejudiced when faced with such unfamiliar ingredients. As long as you have tasted it, you will understand its deliciousness."

Did she really not lie?Di Ruiji wondered if this human named Xiangling was lying to him, but the morals of people who could keep the former demon god by their side should not be so bad.

Di Ruiji looked at the rice crust. This guy was walking around, and from time to time he would make movements that didn't fit his figure. Anyway, he wouldn't suffer from food poisoning, so let's try her cooking.

During the cooking process, Xiangling added various seasonings to the pot from time to time, and the indescribable scene in the pot gradually changed. It seems...not bad?

At least it looks quite beautiful, the fish as a staple food has not been affected by the addition of the slime liquid, but... an unexpected appetite?

"Hee hee~ How about it? The function of the slime liquid is not for eating, it is for making the fish full of other seasonings, and I know that most people can't eat this thing."

Even if she has the idea of ​​creating new delicacies, it is impossible for Xiangling to act strangely to someone she meets for the first time.

She added the slime liquid only under the premise of being extremely confident.

"Try it, this dish should be different from those you have eaten before. If you have any comments, please tell me, so that I can improve it."

Xiangling filled Di Ruiji with a bowl of soup, and there was a small piece of fish floating in the soup.

This bowl of soup contains slime condensate added by Xiangling. Most people will lose their appetite if they know this, but Di Ruiji will not have this situation.

She took a small sip of the fish soup, and felt an unprecedented feeling, which made her blink her eyes and look at the soup in the bowl suspiciously.

[This taste...should be considered delicious. 】

Di Ruiji didn't know how to describe it, but this reddish soup was more flavorful than the ones she had cooked before, and she quite liked it.

The same is true for fish meat. Because of the slime liquid, the fish meat has successfully absorbed the essence of the soup. If it is tasted by ordinary people, it will definitely be delicious enough to jump up. If it is a bit exaggerated, it may even explode.

Di Ruiji nodded, and said under Xiangling's expectant gaze, "It's delicious."

"Great, I'm still a little worried if you don't like the spiciness of Jueyun Jiaojiao. It seems that you are quite good at spicy food."

"Ze Yunjiaojiao?"

"It's these red things. They are a kind of seasoning, which is used to add spiciness to food. Generally, Jueyun peppers are very spicy. Except for those who can eat spicy food, others are ordering When serving dishes, they always ask to reduce the spiciness.”

You just need to pick out the chili seeds inside the Jueyun pepper, but even so, Jueyun pepper is not comparable to other ordinary peppers.

But if you can get used to the spiciness, you will feel very happy, and the more you eat, the more you want to eat, even if the tears fall, you will not stop.

"So, you can't deny something just because of appearances. Slime condensate sounds really bad, and it's weird to eat it. If it's used well, it can also make delicious food. The problem is that no one Dare to try, as long as you work hard to make changes, you can gain something."

"Dare to try, try to make a difference...well."

Obviously talking about cooking, how do you feel that this speech can be used in other places?This sentence... seems quite reasonable.

Di Ruiji fell into deep thought, and Xiangling and Guoba started to eat. They moved very quickly. Although they had just walked out, they finished the food in a short while.

Except for the first bowl of soup and meat, Di Ruiji didn't eat anything else, she just looked at it like this, which made Xiangling feel embarrassed.

"Hee hee~ I'm sorry, rice crust and I didn't eat much in the morning, we accidentally ate everything."

"It's okay, my appetite is relatively small, and that little thing just now is enough."

"That's it, that's good. By the way, you are also interested in cooking, right? Can you make a dish that you are best at?"

Meeting is fate, and Xiangling felt that Di Ruiji's so-called small appetite should be just a wording to avoid embarrassing her too much.

If she is not going to speak, then use other methods to make up for Di Ruiji. From the point of view of cooking, which she is best at, give her a little guidance and help her improve her cooking ability.

Di Ruiji didn't refuse. Under Xiangling's watchful eyes, she easily got a lively fish. After cleaning it, she jumped onto a wooden stick and put it on the fire to roast.

Hmm~ How should I say it?It's really simple cooking. As long as you are not an adventurer with particularly bad cooking skills, you can basically cook this, and it can be delicious.

She was embarrassed to say anything, so she just watched Di Ruiji finish the grilled fish bit by bit.

"Give you."

"Ah, good. I'm sorry."

Xiangling, who had already given up a bit, took a casual taste of the grilled fish, but her brows wrinkled after taking a bite.

"This taste... is strange."

It's not that it's unpalatable, on the contrary, this grilled fish tastes very good, and it's clear that Di Ruiji has worked hard on it.

But... In addition to the original smell of grilled fish, Xiangling seems to feel another smell inside.

"It's so strange, you obviously didn't add any special seasoning, why is it completely different from the grilled fish I cook?"

Xiangling looked at Di Ruiji puzzled, what kind of magic did she cast inside?Or did she do something to the grilled fish through the power of the god's eye?

"I didn't do anything, I just cooked it as usual. It's just... when I was doing it, I hoped that the child would like the grilled fish I made, and when she ate it, she could smile and say [do it. It’s really delicious].”

Every time Di Ruiji grilled fish, Keli would appear in his mind, and every time he would imagine that she would thank her with a smile on her face while eating the grilled fish she made.

Whenever he thinks of this, Di Ruiji's mood becomes extraordinarily happy.

Di Ruiji didn't think he had done anything, but Xiangling understood why this grilled fish had a different smell.

[Mind], the cook can add his [Mind] to someone into the cooking to make the cooking more delicious.

But... isn't this just a joke?Xiangling saw this kind of content in some books, but most of them were just lies, because how could such an unpredictable thing like "mind" be added to cooking.

It's not just her, the chefs in Liyue Port basically don't think this is true, it's just a kind of rhetoric made up by others to make the characters in the book look more powerful.

But it really appeared, contained in the grilled fish in his hands, which made Xiangling have to admit it.

As long as there is enough 【Intention】, it can be incorporated into the cooking, but how much is needed?No one has ever known, nor given an exact amount.

But Di Ruiji can do this unconsciously. How strong is her obsession to make that person smile?It has actually been integrated into the cooking.

"you are great."

Facing Xiangling's praise, Di Ruiji looked at him in confusion, and he simply cooked a grilled fish. What happened to her heartfelt praise?

Looking at Di Ruiji's blank expression, Xiangling shook her head, she is not a professional chef, so it is better not to tell her this.

It's better not to say some things. If she tells Di Ruiji, will she pursue that feeling too much when she cooks next time, making it impossible for her to do this thing again.

The craft of cooking is not as simple as imagined. Xiangling felt that in addition to innovation in cooking, he might need to add another topic, which is to find a way to integrate "mind" into cooking.

A very interesting person, Xiangling looked at Di Ruiji and thought she was the eldest lady of some rich family, but she was quite interesting unexpectedly.

"This is for you, this is my experience in cooking, I hope it can help you."

Xiangling gave Di Ruiji her notes, which contained a lot of her insights into cooking, and I believe Di Ruiji could learn something from it.

Di Ruiji took the note and nodded: "Thank you."

"You're welcome, you also let me see something very important, I should be the one to thank you."

In this way, through a meal, the two became friends.

Xiangling originally wanted to chat with Di Ruiji, but she seemed to have something to do, so she could only leave here regretfully, and promised her that if she went to Liyue in the future, she would come to Liyue's [Wanmintang] to find herself , she will treat Di Ruiji well.

Before parting, Di Ruiji patted Guoba's head for the last time. Regarding Xiangling's invitation, she felt that there was a high probability that there was no way to complete it.

But is she from Liyue?To be honest, she is quite interested in a country that can cultivate such young girls.

Volume 040: [-]: What do fools want to do?

At Wangfengjiao, Di Ruiji was flipping through the cooking experience book Xiangling gave her, which contained a lot of useful content as well as strange things.

Let’s skip the mention of those places for now, there are quite a few normal-looking parts that can be used as a reference, but some of the seasonings recorded in it come from Liyue, and Mond has no way to find them.

Hmm~ Looks like I'm going to Monde to look for those merchants from Liyue, maybe they will bring some seasoning, but I don't know the price.

She doesn't have many moras. If there is no other way, she can only sell the things she left because of boredom. Many of those old things are hundreds of years old, so I believe they can be sold for a good price.

At this time, a bird flew towards Di Ruiji, landed on her shoulder, and rubbed Di Ruiji's face intimately.

Caressing the bird on his shoulder, Di Ruiji looked not far away, and Rosalia was trotting towards her.

"Rosalia? Why did you come to me suddenly? What happened?"

"It's mainly the fools. Although they have become more honest recently because of what Mr. Di Ruiji did, they started to act again when they understood how to control the disease."

"Action? As they are now, can they continue to act?"

This sentence aroused Di Ruiji's interest. You must know that the fools have been poisoned by the poison she personally created. Not to mention that the poison has no solution, and it is not so easy to control. Those fools actually found a way to control it?

It's okay to finally control the disease, but you are still planning to continue to act?How important is this task, so that they can continue to act with such a body?

Rosalia didn't know what the group of fools were thinking, but under her secret observation, the group of fools did resume their actions.

But because of their injuries, they were easier to arrest than before. In just a few days, she and Di Luke each arrested one and interrogated them separately.

But their mouths are very hard, and they can't dig out useful information at all, so she can only [erase] the memory of those people in the end, and throw them somewhere outside Mond City.

"I suspect it should be a very important task, otherwise they wouldn't be prepared to leave even though they knew there was danger hidden here in Mond."

Although they will take away most of the fools, they will still keep a few fools' diplomats, but those diplomats can't make any waves, and Kaiya can handle them submissively.

The most important thing at the moment is to find out what those people want to do. Could it be that they want to secretly guide the monsters to attack Mond City?

This is not impossible. In the past, fools used this method to strengthen their right to speak in a certain country, and no one can guarantee that they will not continue to do this.

But even if most of Mond's combat power is taken away by Grand Commander Falga, the remaining people are not comparable to monsters, not to mention that Twarin's problem has been solved, and Di Ruiji is secretly With the existence of super bosses, it is impossible for this plan to be implemented.

So what are they eyeing?Well, this is the most likely, but what is it that Mond can be seen by them at present?Rosalia thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

In the end, she came to Di Ruiji and told her what she had discovered during this period, hoping that she could see the problem.

Facts have proved that she was overthinking. Di Ruiji is not a man like Herder who likes to play tricks. She also understands what the fools are secretly planning, but she is not clear about the specific content.

These people... are really annoying, even though she has given so many warnings and almost killed [Ms.], they will not think that they are looking at the Ice Queen's face and will not do anything to them again what?

"...I understand, I will go to the Winter Kingdom in a moment."

Di Ruiji put the cooking experience in his hands away, and prepared to go to Zhidong Kingdom, to have a good chat with the Ice Queen, and let her take good care of her people.

Rosalia didn't expect Di Ruiji to be so decisive, and she didn't realize it for a while. When Di Ruiji was about to leave, she came back to her senses and hurriedly stopped her.

"Wait...wait a minute, Master Di Ruiji. You just said that you were going to the Kingdom of Winter? Are you going to find their god?"

"That's right, it shouldn't take much time to get from here to the Kingdom of Winter with my ability. Even if their queen doesn't want to see her, I can force her out through my ability."

The crowd of fools has seriously affected her daily life, she can no longer sit idly by, she must take action.

First of all, go to their BOSS, the Queen of Solstice, and have a good chat. I believe that through [communication], he will listen to his own suggestions.

Hmm~ This idea looks very good, but how does Rosalia feel that Di Ruiji is going to find trouble?