Chapter 219: Master Lie Lie Personally Grills Meat

That courtyard had been gifted to her by Madam Qingjin for building the teleportation array. Now that Bai Yue Ling had returned to the Royal Capital, she could finally use it.

Bai Yue Ling hurried back home, only to find the courtyard empty and the rooms deserted, with no sign of anyone.

Instead, laughter and cheerful chatter kept drifting over from the neighboring courtyard.

“That side looks like the princess’s residence, right?”

Bai Yue Ling climbed up the wall to take a look. She saw four people seated around an outdoor dining table, which was piled high with all kinds of ingredients.

Lie Lie stood on a stool, occasionally spitting blazing dragonfire from her mouth to roast the food below one piece at a time.

“Look, this is the blazing fire of a young red dragon! There’s no need for charcoal at all. Just let me breathe on it a few times and it’s cooked!”

The princess grabbed a large skewer of sizzling, fragrant roasted meat and bit down. The rich aroma rushed straight across her tongue, while the crispy, spicy flavors danced wildly in her mouth, making it impossible not to feast heartily.

The princess exclaimed, “Hahaha, this really is quite good! The taste is a bit worse than my household chef’s, but at least the serving speed is fast.”

Beside her, Ying Ye used the tip of her knife to cut off a small piece of meat. She blew on it lightly, put it into her mouth, and chewed slowly, an expression of deep satisfaction appearing on her face. “Mmm, so tasty. Yin Ya, do you want a piece too?”

“I’ll pass.” Yin Ya was still wearing her heavy black armor and spoke in a muffled voice. “Taking this armor off is far too troublesome. I’ll just watch you all eat.”

The aroma of barbecue drifted through the air and spread into the distance.

Bai Yue Ling stuck out her little butt and flipped over the wall. With a light hop down, her chest bounced up and down from the landing’s inertia, her dress swaying along with it.

She walked up to them and asked, “What’s going on? Why is everyone gathered here?”

Lie Lie gave a sheepish grin. “I was originally waiting for you in the courtyard, but this princess happened to buy a pile of food. I smelled the aroma and couldn’t resist climbing over the wall…”

The princess waved a gorgeous folding fan worth five hundred thousand in one hand while holding a skewer in the other, speaking unclearly with food in her mouth. “Mm chew chew… That’s right, that’s how we met.”

Bai Yue Ling asked again, “Then what about Yin Ya?”

Lie Lie laughed. “Miss Yin Ya is the online friend I mentioned before—the one in the Royal Capital.”

“Huh?”

Bai Yue Ling froze completely.

It was already known that Lie Lie was ‘Crimson’ in the group chat, and that ‘Danqing’ was also in the Royal Capital. So Bai Yue Ling had assumed the online friend Lie Lie mentioned was most likely ‘Danqing.’

But now Lie Lie said Yin Ya was that friend, which meant… Yin Ya was ‘Danqing’?

Startled by her own conclusion, Bai Yue Ling probed, “How did you two actually meet?”

Yin Ya replied in her muffled voice, “That’s a secret.”

“Oh… a secret…” A drop of fragrant sweat slid down Bai Yue Ling’s face. She had basically confirmed that Yin Ya was ‘Danqing.’

She hadn’t expected to have already met two group members. It seemed she would have to carefully hide her identity from now on. Otherwise, it would be awkward if they realized she was ‘Pure White.’

She still remembered that she had always said in the group that she hadn’t reached the Royal Capital yet.

“Then how did you end up here, Ying Ye?”

Ying Ye did not answer directly. Instead, she casually twirled her black blade and smiled as she countered, “Was Big Sister Sistana’s embrace warm?”

“Wha—?” Bai Yue Ling reacted like her tail had been grabbed, stumbling back in shock. “H-how do you know? Were you following me again?”

“Mm-hmm.” Ying Ye smiled happily. “After being shot dead by the theocracy’s general with two arrows that day, I realized I was still too weak. So this morning I changed classes. My stealth ability has improved even further.”

“You finished a class change in just half a day?”

Bai Yue Ling quickly checked Ying Ye’s character panel.

Name: Ying Ye
Race: Human
Level: twenty-one
Class: Shadow Ninja
Title: Pitch-Black Tracker

“This is a class from the Shadow Blade Assassin Alliance,” Ying Ye explained calmly. “Last time I stole their treasure. This time I went there again and changed classes for free. Now they’ve started putting bounties everywhere for my head.”

Because she had awakened part of her memories from a previous life, Ying Ye was very familiar with the Shadow Blade Assassin Alliance and completed the class change with ease.

After changing into a Shadow Ninja, Ying Ye could temporarily merge into shadows, making her tracking far harder to detect. That was also why her title was ‘Pitch-Black Tracker.’

Bai Yue Ling complained, “So why would you rather follow me than come out and act together with me?”

Ying Ye smiled faintly. “Because I need to remember which bad women seduced you. In the future, I’ll kill them one by one.”

“…You’re serious?”

“Guess.”

Bai Yue Ling immediately felt a chill run down her spine. Ying Ye seemed to be starting down the path of a yandere.

At that moment, Lie Lie grabbed two skewers of roasted meat and stuffed them into their hands, laughing. “It’s mealtime, so stop chatting. Eat as much as you want. Anyway, nobody feels full in the game, and today’s expenses are all covered by Miss Princess!”

Item Name: Dragonflame Barbecue
Quality: Fine
Description: Barbecue personally grilled by the red dragon Lie Lie. Though it appears unrefined, it possesses excellent color, aroma, and taste, perfectly showcasing the red dragon’s extraordinary control over flame. Tasting it lets one appreciate a red dragon’s unique culinary skill and talent.
Note: It seems slightly undercooked inside, but that’s no big deal. When you reach that part, you can have Lie Lie roast it again.

Bai Yue Ling took a small bite and chewed with relish. The flavor truly was good, and once swallowed, the food disappeared inside her stomach.

Why was it that Fate World had no satiety mechanic, yet few players ate food in Fate World?

The answer was simple: ingredients were too expensive. Rather than spend large sums satisfying their appetite, it was better to use the money to upgrade equipment.

But any problem solvable with money was not a problem for the princess. As long as she wished, she could host a full imperial feast in the courtyard every day.

However, after only a few bites, Bai Yue Ling suddenly remembered she had business to attend to.

“Right, I need to go back to the beginner village.”

She tossed the unfinished food into her inventory and hurried off.

Her ring and quest reward were still with Ming Die. She had to retrieve them as soon as possible.

Hearing this, the princess became interested. “What beginner village? I want to see too.”

Lie Lie raised her hand. “I’ll go too!”

“Sorry, this is my private quest. Others aren’t allowed to follow me.”

“Eh? Alright…” Everyone felt disappointed but did not press further.

Bai Yue Ling said her farewells, then returned to her own courtyard and began activating the teleportation array.

With a faint humming sound, strands of pale blue light appeared, gradually outlining a beautiful patterned diagram that enveloped Bai Yue Ling at its center.

A phantom map suddenly appeared before her, and the system prompted warmly:

Please select your teleportation coordinates. You will be fixed to teleport to this location in the future.

Bai Yue Ling selected the coordinates of White Night Castle. With a rumbling sound, the teleportation array gradually activated—

At that moment, someone suddenly tapped her shoulder from behind.

“Xiao Bai, why are you going back to the beginner village?”

“Ah?”

Bai Yue Ling turned around and saw that at some unknown time, Ying Ye was already standing behind her, enveloped within the teleportation array.

“Y-you—how did you follow me here?!”

Before she could finish speaking, the two girls turned into white light and vanished.