Human, am I evil?

The man patted his chest, he was really frightened just now, he thought he was going to get lunch here today.

Di Ruiji ignored the man. She wanted to leave at first, but the bird flying over and standing on her shoulder chirped a few times. She looked at the goods hanging on the balloon and asked, "What's inside?"

"Ah? These are actually the goods I shipped from other places. I came from Liyue, and the purpose of coming to Mond is to do some business. I originally planned to be escorted by adventurers, but I also Small business, so..."

If you are short of money, or feel that you are lucky enough, you will definitely not meet Qiuqiu people on the way here.

It wasn't the first time he did this kind of thing. He was lucky not to meet Qiuqiu people in the past few times, so he let his guard down.

This time it went smoothly, and it had already traveled [-]% of the distance. At the last point of the road, it was discovered by the passing Qiuqiu people.

Di Ruiji looked at the goods, and found that they were filled with things she couldn't understand. According to the bird's reminder, these merchants seemed to sell seasonings.

"What are you selling in Mond?"

"Eh? It's the gadgets from Liyue's side. If you're interested, I can give you a few."

Anyway, it was a life-saving grace, and he is not a stingy person. If Di Ruiji needs it, he can give her something.

"...Is there any seasoning?"

"Eh? Seasoning? It's there, but it's not a commodity. It's for me to cook on the road. Do you need that?"

Seasonings are not rare no matter where they are, so he only brought what he made on the road, and made something to eat when he was resting.

At first, I thought that it would take a little money to satisfy this very powerful girl, but I didn't expect her request to be so little, as long as the seasoning is enough.

The man found all the seasonings from the package he carried personally and gave them to Di Ruiji. They were not worth much anyway, and he could buy more seasonings for a few moras in Mond City.

After receiving the seasoning, Di Ruiji had no intention of continuing to talk to the other party, and turned to leave without a word of nonsense.

"Wait a minute, do you want to cook?"

The man suddenly realized something and asked cautiously.

She didn't know Di Ruiji's situation, but she talked about the seasoning in general, and didn't specify what she needed, which meant that she was just a novice.

Di Ruiji stopped, looked at the man, and waited for his next words.

The man rummaged through the goods, and quickly found a book inside. It was a cooking book, which recorded some cooking methods.

"This is a recipe book for novices. If you follow the instructions above, you can avoid many mistakes. If you need it, please take this away."

Recipe book...that is, secret book, let's tell the secret book on how to cook well.

Di Ruiji stared at it for a while, then walked back, took the cooking book, flipped through it a bit, turned and left.

The man scratched his head, he is really a tempered adult, but she will help, which means she is not a bad person.

After getting the seasoning, Di Ruiji went back to Lookout Point, picked up the iron pot he got from the Qiuqiu people, and handled the fish he caught while boiling water.

According to the instructions in the recipe book, Di Ruiji quickly cleaned the internal organs of the fish, carefully sprinkled salt and other seasonings, and finally put it on the fire to roast.

Fortunately, Di Ruiji doesn't have the attribute of a cooking idiot, and she is more careful, unlike some people who don't know how to cook, who add seasonings randomly and turn food into biochemical weapons.

She is also more careful. In order to prevent over-baking, she will pick it up for inspection after a while.

"So... it's done, right?"

The final product was finished, and it didn't emit a terrible smell. It was just a very ordinary grilled fish.

Although the grilled fish was finished, Di Ruiji had no idea how it was done.

It is meaningless for her to eat by herself, and the small animals who are watching by her side all the time have no meat, so what should I do?

When Di Ruiji was troubled, a familiar voice came, and Keli ran towards Di Ruiji with her hands open while making a cute voice of [咔哒哒～].

"Sister Di Ruiji! Keli came to play with you."

"Ah."

Di Ruiji nodded, and handed the grilled fish to Ke Li.

"Huh? Is this for Keli?"

Keli was pleasantly surprised to accept the grilled fish that Di Ruiji handed over. She didn't expect to have grilled fish right after she arrived, and did Di Ruiji make it himself?Was this made especially for her?

Thinking of this, the smile on Keli's face couldn't be stopped, it was even brighter than usual.

"You seem to like eating this very much. I haven't cooked it before. I tried it. You have a taste."

"Well! You're welcome, Keli."

Keli took a bite, her eyes lit up, no matter whether the grilled fish had just been grilled or not, she ate happily.

Di Ruiji, who was still a little worried that there might be something wrong with the grilled fish he made, was relieved when he saw this, and watched Keli finish the grilled fish.

"How? Can you?"

"Mmm! It's delicious! This is the best grilled fish Keli has ever eaten! Thank you, Sister Di Ruiji."

Di Ruiji's chest was warmed by this feeling, and he reached out and touched her head to express his current mood.

Originally, she just wanted to repay Keli for her company during this time, but she didn't expect that she would be so happy by Keli's thanks.

What should I say at this time? 【you are welcome】? 【This is what you deserve】?

I don't know which sentence is the most suitable rhetoric for now, but she is very happy, this is enough.

She took the time to cook the grilled fish, presumably for this smile.

Reaching out to touch Keli's face, feeling Keli's soft touch, Di Ruiji's eyes became more and more gentle.

Volume 011: [-]: Is it really right to do this?

"That...Miss Di Ruiji. If you just want me to taste your cooking, you don't need to tie me up, I will obediently cooperate."

As one of the seven world rulers, Fengshen, who was worshiped by the people of Mond, she was tied to a stake at this time.

In front of her was Di Ruiji who was doing something, and she was looking at the contents of the cooking book while adding something to the pot.

Barbatos knew very well that Di Ruiji wanted her to try the dishes, and she was willing to do it, but why did she tie herself up?Could it be that he didn't trust his own cooking, so he used this method to prevent her from escaping?

Just kidding, she was just tied up with a rope. If she wanted to, she could turn into an elf and fly away. How could she be bound.

She just felt that Di Ruiji's cooking seemed to be better than expected, so she decided to stay, definitely not because she was worried about being retaliated by Di Ruiji afterwards, absolutely not.

"Hey, Di Ruiji. Why do you suddenly want to learn cooking? Didn't you say you don't need to eat?"

"..."

Di Ruiji didn't answer, just added salt to the pot silently, then stirred it with a spoon, and then, regardless of whether the soup was hot or not, he went directly to Barbatos, opened her mouth, and prepared to forcefully pour it in.

"Don't! Don't do this! It's too much! It's too much! There's no way to drink it all at once! And it's so hot, it's so hot!"

Isn't it a test dish?Why did I feel like I was being tortured by Di Ruiji?

She heard that when someone is interrogating information, they will bring that very unpalatable food to the prisoner. If they don't cooperate, they will force the food into it. The opponent is punished.

Although Di Ruiji's cooking was a little lacking due to the fact that she had just started making it, her cooking was definitely not bad, at least the evaluation given by Barbatos was passing.

Under Barbatos' strong request, Di Ruiji let her go and let her drink the soup with a bowl, while waiting for her to cook other dishes.

Barbatos just sat obediently and looked at Di Ruiji. Apart from taking care of small animals and flowers, it was the first time she saw Di Ruiji do something so seriously.

So it seems that she really wants to cook well, it's not a whim, nor is it a prank against her.

Why did you suddenly want to learn cooking?Di Ruiji would definitely not tell Barbatos, but Barbatos knew why she did it.

"Do you want to know how to make other fish dishes? Those dishes are not written in cookbooks. If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Barbatos smiled and said, "You don't want to just cook a dish for that child, do you? In addition to ordinary grilled fish, there is Monde grilled fish, as well as Liyue's dishes. I can teach you all of these Oh."

At any rate, she is the Seven Gods who have existed for the longest time. Even though she is usually fishing, she still has some experience in cooking.

Even if she is not a chef, she can still do it with a little advice from Di Ruiji. Based on her experience, there is absolutely no problem in teaching Di Ruiji how to cook.

correct!In the future, if bards don't have any business, they will open a cooking class to teach others how to cook. There should be Morana, right?You can also use this to exchange wine, which sounds pretty good.

Di Ruiji stopped and asked, "You know Keli?"

"Of course, when I was in Mond City, I heard about her. It is rumored that she is the strongest fighting force in Mond City, [Spark Knight] Ke Li."

"Then how do you know that I learned cooking for her?" Di Ruiji approached Barbatos a little bit, "Are you spying on me? You didn't go to business, you just hid by and watched the interaction between me and Keli? "

She had clearly warned this guy not to fish, but instead of being lazy, she came to spy on her?Is this out of order?

"No, no! I'm definitely not spying on you, so don't show such a scary look, okay?"

Barbatos took a few steps back in fear, and she didn't have any strange hobbies, and she also believed that Di Ruiji was not a bad person, so naturally she didn't specifically monitor her every move.

With Barbatos' guarantee, Di Ruiji calmed down, but she didn't monitor herself, so how did she know about it?

"It's the wind, the wind in Mond City told me this."

Barbatos stretched out her right hand, and the wind kept condensing in her hand. As the wind god, she could hear the voice of the wind elf.

It was through this that she knew that Di Ruiji was acting together with Keli recently, and that she was very moved by the fact that her old friend came out of the nest of Lookout Point.

If it wasn't for her not showing her Fengshen identity in front of others, she would definitely praise Keli for what she has done.

"How is it? The feeling of having someone by your side? Isn't it so bad?"

"...Is this really all right? Barbatos."

Di Ruiji walked back to the pot in silence, and while stirring the contents, he asked, "What I did...is it really right?"

"You have already reached this level, do you still feel that you are not qualified to pursue happiness?"

Barbatos came to Di Ruiji, patted her on the shoulder, and said: "Don't dwell on the sorrow of the past, you are not [Black Plague] anymore. You are just Di Ruiji, a girl. Just remember That's enough."

"Girl? Human? Can I really be called a human?"

Di Ruiji stretched out her hand, and a dense fog condensed in her hand. It was a dense fog containing countless plagues. Once ordinary people touched it, their bodies would begin to dissolve and eventually turn into a puddle of thick water.

So what if it has the appearance of a human?In fact, she is still a monster inside, a monster that may take other people's lives at any time.

"Hey, Barbatos. Why didn't you drive me out of Mond back then? With your original strength, it would be easy to drive me out of Mond to the open sea, right?"

Most of the demon gods who once caused chaos in Teyvat were driven out to the sea. At that time, Di Ruiji was ready, but Barbatos did nothing.

She allowed herself to stay in Mond, allowed herself to make her home in the secret place of Lookout Point, allowed her to have a place here.

Why?As the god of wind, she who protects Asylum should expel herself as a dangerous factor, why would she be allowed to stay here?She couldn't figure it out.

"Why do you want to drive you to the open sea? You are not one of those demon gods who want to destroy Tivat, but I know it very well. Back in those chaotic times, you quietly protected humans, right?"

Fengshen was also very busy at that time. When she changed the environment of Mond, there were still demon gods entrenched here. Most of those demon gods were evil, and some of them preyed on humans.

Several times the demon gods noticed several human gathering places and wanted to attack those gathering places. Before they reached the gathering place, Di Ruiji stood in front of them and killed most of the demon gods. Some demon gods were defeated by Di Ruiji. Ruiji could only run away in desperation.

Barbatos was able to drive those demon gods out of the demon gods, in fact, a large part of the credit was due to Di Ruiji, because they all knew that Mond had a demon god of poison who stood on the side of humans, and the other party's poison even they couldn't do anything about it. withstand.

The seven gods of the world all love humans, and Di Ruiji can secretly do this for humans, and Barbatos understands that she is kind.

Even if her ability looks very evil, it can't change the fact that she is kind. Since she is kind, why should I drive her away?She even owed the other party a lot of favors.

"Aren't you worried that I will do something to hurt Mond?"

"Don't worry, look around, this is your work over the years. This can be regarded as the most beautiful place in Mond."

Even her favorite Cecilia flower is no match for the flower field that Di Ruiji cultivated.

It's not just a flower field, it's also a paradise for small animals. How could a person who did such a thing do something that hurt Mond.

"So, don't always talk about yourself as unqualified and unworthy. Even if you did something wrong in the past, you still have a chance to redeem your sins. As long as you make up for your mistakes in the future, there is no need to give up your mind."

"Atonement... will it make up for it...? I see."

What can I do to redeem myself?Di Ruiji didn't know, and it wasn't the time of the Demon God War, most of her abilities were useless.

Think about it for a while, her atonement is a long time, and it is impossible to pay it off all at once.

"Well! Just think it through. Then, as the first step of your atonement, help me get some wine..."

"I reject."

Di Ruiji refused Barbatos' request, and picked up an apple from the ground nearby and threw it in her face.

Barbatos reached out to catch the thrown apple and took a bite: "Why do you refuse? Don't you want to atone for your sin? Then you will satisfy my request."

"No, I will atone for my sins, but I will not help others for no reason. Especially for people like you, if you promise you a little something, you will get carried away."

She knows exactly what kind of person Barbatos is, and she must not give her a good face, otherwise she will soon get carried away.