Chapter 212: Omelet Rice with Love (Fog)

"So, is this the reason you had to come out so late?"

After leaving the One-Eared Rat's shop, Ai Yi, who was hiding in Yun Mu's shadow, whispered in her ear.

"Uh, of course."

Hearing Ai Yi's voice, Yun Mu suddenly remembered she hadn't come out alone today, and her expression immediately became somewhat awkward.

"If possible, could you please not tell Brenna about this?" she said to Ai Yi in a negotiating tone.

"That sort of thing doesn't matter. But I am curious."

Though Ai Yi said she was curious, her tone sounded very flat as she said: "Why did you spread that kind of work?"

"It couldn't really be for a professional advancement, could it? But I recall you only just became an Elite not long ago, right?"

Setting aside the difficulty of entering a Supernatural profession, normally, it takes at least a month or more for an Apprentice-rank Transcendental to advance to Elite.

That is even with exceptional talent; the vast majority of people, after becoming an Apprentice, require at least half a year to a year before they can advance to Elite.

Yet, after Yun Mu became a Transcendental, the time from Apprentice to Elite was only... a mere week! This achievement had existed among the many monsters in history, and furthermore, their own princess had achieved a similar speed back then, so Ai Yi was only slightly surprised after learning of it.

But!

If one were to advance to Expert at the exact same speed, that would be a bit hard to justify.

Could it be that you, like that Scarlet Messenger, are also a chosen one of some deity?

"This..."

Although she couldn't see Ai Yi's gaze at all, Yun Mu inexplicably felt a bit guilty.

She tapped open her character panel, where the level attribute of lv23 was clearly written.

The maximum level for a Second-tier Elite is lv25, which means she was only two levels away from being able to prepare for advancement to Third-tier Expert.

Even if "Torina's Adventure Journal" couldn't provide her with extra experience points, as long as she waited for the next Dungeon to open and went in to grind a couple waves of mobs, reaching lv25 should be possible.

With this speed of hers, it was no wonder Ai Yi would find it strange.

Just try to muddle through it for now. Thinking this, Yun Mu squeezed a smile onto her face: "It's just preparing in advance; it's still a long way until I advance to Expert."

Come to think of it, she should also go find Sixin to ask for the knowledge required for advancement, preferably getting the Master-level information at the same time.

That way, she wouldn't have to worry about being level-locked when she reached the cap because she didn't know the method for advancement.

As for exchanging for it with association contributions—does she look like someone who can go to the association to grind contributions right now? Anyway, with Brenna's face, she should be able to ask for it directly; given Mr. Sixin's personality, he shouldn't refuse.

Opportunity is rare; I'll go find Mr. Sixin to ask tomorrow.

Yun Mu thought to herself.

Leaving the sewers of Frostfall City, Yun Mu took Ai Yi and followed a route shorter than the one they had taken to get there, heading toward Frost Bank.

At this time, the two of them were no longer in the Black Market, so Ai Yi stopped hiding in her shadow and instead revealed her form, following behind her.

And Yun Mu also took off the Grey Iron Mask she had been wearing on her face.

"Hoo."

Exhaling a puff of hot air, Yun Mu felt the visibility in the deserted street was somewhat dim.

Earlier, in order to hide their identities, Dunn had specifically temporarily exiled her Cat Ear and Sharp Eyes traits.

This resulted in her being unable to see in the dark environment now.

This made Yun Mu, who had already grown accustomed to the existence of Sharp Eyes, feel somewhat unaccustomed.

It was fine during the day; although things didn't look as clear as before, a Transcendental's own eyesight was already much stronger than an ordinary person's, so she hadn't felt anything too abnormal.

Now that night had come and there was no Moon in the sky, she actually couldn't even see the road in front of her!

It was clear that when she came, the streetlights along the road had still been lit!

"Is there a problem?"

At this time, Ai Yi behind her saw her stop and asked with some confusion.

"I... I can't see the road." Hearing Ai Yi's question, Yun Mu said with a blushing face.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Ai Yi grabbed her left hand: "I'll lead you."

Yun Mu was startled by the touch suddenly transmitted to her left hand, then heard what Ai Yi said and nodded blankly: "Mm."

Although she still couldn't see the road, being led by someone's hand was indeed much more reassuring... Yun Mu placed her right hand on her chest, cautiously testing the road in the darkness.

"There are stairs ahead; if you can't make it, please tell me at any time," Ai Yi suddenly said.

"I shouldn't have ask—ah!"

Before Yun Mu could finish her sentence, she stepped into empty air. Just as she thought she was going to fall, a pulling force suddenly came from her left hand, and a slender but very powerful arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her into an embrace just as she was about to tumble.

At this moment, moonlight finally shone through the thick clouds. A wisp of black hair hung down gently, and with the help of this light, Yun Mu saw Ai Yi looking at her expressionlessly.

She gave a dry laugh: "Uh, this, it was an accident, haha..."

"Please don't push yourself."

Ai Yi's arm exerted a little force, and she immediately picked her up.

Yun Mu subconsciously pressed against the other's chest: "There's no need for this, really..."

"I believe this will be faster."

Without giving her a chance to refuse, Ai Yi held Yun Mu and moved rapidly toward Frost Bank.

She leaped lightly, as if there were no weight on her body at all, and in just a few steps, she jumped onto the roof of a house.

Holy crap, Assassin's Creed! Before she could complain, Yun Mu hugged Ai Yi's body, terrified of being thrown off by this person.

Although her current body was in great shape, after all, half a month ago, she was just an ordinary person; she was still a bit afraid of this height.

Fortunately, no accidents happened along the way. When she was put down by Ai Yi, she had already returned inside Frost Bank.

"Get some rest early," the other said to her, and then her body dissipated into shadows.

"Thank you."

Putting down her palm with some helplessness, Yun Mu turned and walked up the stairs, arriving at the second floor of Frost Bank, inside Elena's original room.

"Time to rest!"

After putting on her pajamas, Yun Mu lay down gently on the bed in the room and slowly closed her eyes tight.

October 15, 4243 of the Heral Calendar.

Monday.

The fifteenth day since Yun Mu transmigrated.

Because the effect of the cat bracelet had already expired, there were no Game Panel notification prompts popping up.

"Haa~"

She yawned casually, then jumped down from the bed.

Two fair little feet stepped lightly onto the floor. She put on her original clothes, then went to the bathroom to wash up; breakfast, none.

There were no maids by Brenna's side; the only one who knew how to cook was Elena.

Now that Elena had sacrificed herself, whether it was Brenna or Yun Mu, they both needed to solve their three meals a day outside.

Of course, there were many kitchen utensils in Elena's room; if she wanted to, she could also cook for herself.

But honestly, before transmigrating, Yun Mu always slept until noon before getting up.

After transmigrating to this world, although she could indeed wake up early due to the habits of the predecessor's body and the powerful physical constitution of a Transcendental, that was true.

But the predecessor did not have the habit of eating breakfast due to poverty.

Yun Mu, even more so, felt no energy to do anything right after waking up and really did not want to cook for herself.

Creak. "Miss Brenna?"

Pushing open the door, Yun Mu, who was planning to go out for breakfast, suddenly discovered that Brenna was standing right in front of the room door.

The other party had clearly just woken up not long ago; she hadn't even changed out of her pajamas, and her eyes were in a half-open state.

Rubbing her eyes, she said somewhat unclearly: "Uwah so hungry, is there anything to eat?"

"Hm?"

After finishing her words, Brenna opened her eyes, her gaze looking toward Yun Mu, and she was stunned for a moment.

Although, as if thinking of something, her expression became somewhat dim.

Yun Mu only felt a sudden tug in her heart; before the other party could speak, she took the initiative to say: "I am preparing some, please wait a moment, Princess."

". Hm?" Brenna swallowed the words she had originally wanted to say; she looked at Yun Mu with a somewhat surprised expression: "Miss Yun, you know how to cook?"

"A little, just a tiny bit." Yun Mu chuckled, her right hand making a gesture of losing the South Korean market.

A tiny bit, what kind of level is that? Brenna tilted her head in confusion, her hair, which hadn't been groomed since waking up, swaying slightly.

"Then I shall look forward to it a little."

Walking into the room, she sat casually on the chair in front of the dining table and began to wait.

"Hm, what should I make?"

Yun Mu went to the corner of the room, where a freezer was placed, containing the ingredients Elena usually bought.

Beside the freezer was a stove for starting a fire, plus various kitchen utensils placed on the floor.

Back when she first arrived in this room, Yun Mu had carefully organized all the cluttered items here, so she clearly knew where every item was.

Of course, all of this had been done with Brenna's consent.

Aside from the dust, she hadn't even thrown away the trash that appeared to be broken, but instead preciousy kept it all.

After all, in a certain sense, everything here could be considered Elena's relics.

She could not dispose of them casually.

"Eggs, green onions, bacon, meat, tomatoes, potatoes, greens, peas, carrots... quite rich."

Yun Mu rummaged through the freezer, then opened the ordinary cabinet next to the freezer to see what was inside.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, she found a bag filled with familiar white granular grains.

"Is this rice?" she said with some surprise.

The Frost Kingdom shouldn't have this kind of thing, right? Could it have been transported from the sea to Frostfall Port?

But since there was rice, she had some ideas about what to make.

Yun Mu took six eggs, green onions, carrots, and peas from the freezer, then took out a bowl of rice, prepared it, and placed it on the counter.

First step, of course, was to wash the rice; use water to clean the rice thoroughly, no need for too many times, two to three times is enough, then find a larger basin and put the rice into it... Brenna, waiting on the side, noticed her movements, a look of curiosity appearing on her face: "Does Miss Yun know how to cook this kind of food?"

"I suppose so," Yun Mu laughed dryly, not intending to explain.

She couldn't very well say that this was the staple food she ate almost every day before she transmigrated.

And Brenna, regarding this answer, clearly had expected it long ago; the expression on her face barely changed.

After all, when Yun Mu previously provided her with the recipe for the Dundee Cake, she hadn't said exactly where the recipe was obtained either.

Although she was indeed a little curious, since Yun Mu didn't want to say, she wouldn't ask too much.

Keeping things as they were was fine... Tap-tap-tap-tap!

Taking advantage of the time while the rice was cooking, Yun Mu held a kitchen knife and cleanly and neatly chopped the washed green onion bulbs into bits.

Then she cut the carrots into small cubes and, together with the peas, set them aside for the moment.

She took out a large bowl from the other side, added cold water to it, and used the flame on the stove for heating.

After the water boiled, she added salt to it, put the freshly cut carrot cubes and peas inside, waited for about two minutes, and after the peas floated up from the water, she scooped them out and set them aside.

Since the water was already boiled, adhering to the principle of maximizing utility, Yun Mu took a few tomatoes from the freezer and put them into the boiling water, which would make it easier for her to peel them later.

Then she prepared olive oil, minced garlic, a moderate amount of diced onion, plus bay leaves, rum, water, sugar, salt, and a little bit of pepper.

She was preparing to make homemade tomato sauce!

Take the tomatoes out of the boiling water, peel and seed them, then use a grinder to mash them.

Heat olive oil in a pan, add minced garlic and diced onion, sauté until the onion softens, then add the freshly mashed tomatoes.

After stir-frying, add bay leaf, rum, water, sugar, salt, and pepper to season.

Cook over medium heat until the sauce thickens, then remove the bay leaf. Ta-da, the tomato sauce is finished!

By this time, the rice was also cooked.

Yun Mu washed the frying pan clean, then added a small piece of butter, sautéed the minced shallots until light yellow, then added the diced carrots and peas, and finally added the freshly cooked rice to stir-fry.

Although freshly cooked rice isn't the best for fried rice, she couldn't conjure up a portion of leftover rice, so she had to make do.

Thinking this, Yun Mu sprinkled some salt into the pan, poured the fried rice out, shaped it into an oval, then quickly cracked three eggs, whisked them until uniform, and poured them into the frying pan.

Hmph, it's time to show off my real skills.

A smile played on Yun Mu's lips as she quickly stirred the eggs with a spatula and skillfully tossed the pan to force the eggs to set.

Just as they reached an extremely bouncy, wobbly, runny state, she poured the eggs over the freshly fried rice and gently sliced open the surface of the eggs with a table knife.

"Wow~"

Under Brenna's look of surprise, the eggs parted to the sides, wrapping around the fried rice and revealing the runny center.

However, it wasn't over yet; Yun Mu took the tomato sauce she had just made and drew a heart-shaped pattern on top of the runny eggs.

Hmm, that's more like it.

Yun Mu nodded with satisfaction, then extended a palm toward Brenna: "Heart-shaped Omelet Rice, please enjoy."

(End of chapter)