Chapter 213: Gourmet

"Using this will be more convenient."

Yun Mu took out the soup spoon she had originally used to drink soup and handed it to Brenna.

"Thanks."

Brenna blankly took the soup spoon from her hand, then looked at the omelet rice on the table: "I didn't expect you could actually cook."

Without waiting for Yun Mu to reply, she extended the soup spoon, somewhat impatiently digging through the skin of the omelet rice, and together with the fried rice inside the filling, mixed with ketchup, she sent it into her mouth.

"Mmm!"

The moment her tongue touched the fried rice, Brenna's eyes widened sharply.

An unprecedented aroma of rice filled her mouth; as she chewed gently, the soft, glutinous peas and crisp carrots, along with the rice, formed a rich, multi-layered texture.

With a hint of slight sweetness, plus the slight acidity of the ketchup, mixed together with the runny egg. "Delicious."

Brenna seemed to recall something, a smile rising at the corners of her mouth, and then she quickly swept the food on the plate clean.

During this time, Yun Mu cracked the remaining three eggs into the pan and made her own portion of omelet rice.

After all, she hadn't eaten breakfast yet either.

"Miss Yun, with this kind of cooking skill, why are you still wandering the streets?" Not a single grain of rice left, Brenna asked, looking at Yun Mu with some curiosity after finishing her breakfast.

"That..." Yun Mu put on a contemplative expression and smiled: "Let's call it a secret!"

"A secret, huh?" Hearing her words, Brenna was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "Miss Yun is truly a mysterious person."

"Speaking of which, are there any Supernatural professions specifically for cooking?" Taking advantage of the fact that breakfast time wasn't over yet, Yun Mu thought about chatting with Brenna for a while, so she casually found a topic to ask.

"A Supernatural profession for cooking, huh..." Hearing Yun Mu's question, Brenna pondered for a moment, tapping her finger lightly on her chin twice: "It seems there is a Supernatural profession in the 【Gourmet】 sequence."

"That profession is actually quite interesting; its rank name is only 【Gourmet】, but its abilities are bizarre and cover everything."

"Only one rank name?" Yun Mu looked at Brenna with some curiosity.

"Mm." Brenna nodded and explained to her:

"Gourmets are different from other Supernatural professions; they have no fixed advancement path, and the profession name does not change after advancement. When they advance, they obtain completely different abilities based on the different 【Ranked Delicacy】 they cook and consume."

Pausing, Brenna continued: "It is a profession that can become stronger just by enjoying delicacies, and some special dishes can even allow a Gourmet to obtain more powerful strength in a short period of time."

"For example, making the body become as hard as steel, or breathing fire, controlling storms, water currents, etc., but these abilities only take effect for a short time after consuming the special dish."

"Only the 【Ranked Delicacy】 consumed during advancement will cause the ability to be completely solidified."

"So when facing some special dishes that might be difficult to enjoy a second time in this life, Gourmets usually save them as their own 【Ranked Delicacy】."

"It really has all kinds of professions and abilities..." After listening to Brenna's description, Yun Mu said with some emotion.

"Does our Frost Kingdom not have this kind of profession?" She suddenly thought of something and looked at Brenna: "Chef Torres is the Chef of the Royal Cuisine, yet he isn't even a Transcendental."

"... Being a Transcendental isn't that easy; it requires talent." Brenna sighed slightly: "Just like a 【Painter Apprentice】, the single requirement of creating a painting full of Spirituality is enough to hold many people back for a lifetime."

"However, regarding the 【Gourmet】 profession, you certainly didn't guess wrong; that is not a profession of our Frost Kingdom."

She cast her gaze toward the distance, in the direction of Frostfall Port: "That is a profession born on the high seas; in countless islands and mysterious sea areas, countless unknown delicacies are nurtured."

"Only in that kind of place could such a profession possibly be born."

While Brenna was speaking, Yun Mu suddenly noticed.

In her eyes, a flame called longing seemed to be ignited.

Could this be what Brenna is pursuing?

A great adventure, a free life, far away from the strife of the throne... "Alright, let's stop chatting here for today."

Brenna stood up and walked toward the door; she didn't know if it was an illusion, but Yun Mu inexplicably had the feeling that she was fleeing in a panic.

"Ah, does that mean I have to wash the dishes by myself?" It wasn't until the other party left that she suddenly realized.

"Too cunning!"

Standing up with some resentment, Yun Mu picked up the kitchen utensils used for cooking, plus the plates that had just held the rice, and placed them into the sink.

It was clearly her who was responsible for the cooking, yet in the end, she had to wash the dishes herself.

That hateful Brenna, she won't get away next time.

At the very least, she should wash the plates with her! "Good morning, Lilith."

When the time came for Yun Mu and Dunn to meet as agreed, after the two met, Dunn immediately greeted her.

"Lilith."

Yun Mu certainly hadn't forgotten that this was the name on the fake Identity Card the two had processed, it's just... "I think this name suits blonde hair better." She said, gently twining her black hair ends with her fingers.

Pausing, she suddenly remembered something and added playfully: "Brother Stanny~"

"Heh." Seeing her like this, Dunn couldn't help but chuckle: "I think so too."

"Put on the Mask I gave you yesterday." He said.

"Hm?"

Hearing Dunn's words, although Yun Mu was a bit surprised and didn't know what he was going to do, she still followed what the other party said, took the Mask out of the card, and then wore it on her face.

【Disguise】

Dunn's right foot lifted its toe slightly, then landed on the ground with a somewhat heavy thud, emitting a low sound.

The next second, the Mask worn on Dunn's face suddenly changed; in less than ten seconds, a young man with pale golden short hair and eyes as blue as the sky appeared before Yun Mu's eyes.

"My hair..."

Yun Mu looked down at her fingertips, only to see that her originally pitch-black long hair had now turned into a bright, pale gold, just like Dunn's.

She took out the Fixed Shadow Instrument Blade she carried with her and looked at her current appearance using the smooth blade.

"Where did this young lady come from?"

With sky-blue pupils the same as Dunn's, fair and smooth skin, plus slightly curled golden long hair—if one ignored the clothes on her body, anyone would think this was some wealthy young lady.

She looked at Dunn with some confusion: "Aren't we going to infiltrate the Scarlet Relief Society?" On the surface, that is a labor union organization; the way they look, no matter how you see it, they don't fit in with workers at all.

"That is exactly the effect I want."

Dunn smiled mysteriously; at this moment, under the disguise function of the Mask, Yun Mu was actually able to see this guy's expression.

It must be said, the feeling was a bit subtle. "Don't forget the contents of the Identity Card; we are merchants from Florinda who came here to do business."

"Only, on the way, we encountered an accident, all our goods were lost, and we were the only two survivors; with no money on us, we had no choice but to go to the Scarlet Relief Society to work."

"Hmm, in other words, we are second-generation merchants, only our parents, who were the real merchants, perished during the shipwreck."

"Is there any point in doing this as a merchant's daughter?" Yun Mu looked at the golden strand of hair twining around her fingertip with keen interest and raised her doubt: "Logically speaking, even if our identities were ordinary workers, it wouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Identity Cards naturally require rationality; as it happens, the matter of the merchant ship meeting with disaster is true, and secondly—"

Pausing, a smile appeared on Dunn's face: "This is more interesting."

This guy, so it was just for the sake of his own interest? For some reason, Yun Mu did not feel the slightest surprise in her heart; she just felt that this was indeed something the other party would do.

"Hmph, aren't you afraid that because of our identity, the other party will reject us?" She gave a soft hum and said with her arms crossed over her chest.

Hearing her words, Dunn waved his hand:

"They won't. That Scarlet Relief Society looks problematic at a glance; how could they refuse people who offer themselves up? Besides, even if they really did refuse, wouldn't it be fine if we just changed our Identity Cards and appearances to sneak in again?"

"Though I don't think a situation where we get rejected will happen."

"Alright."

"Let's stop the small talk here. While we still have some free time, let's rehearse first, so we don't say the wrong thing when we get to the Scarlet Relief Society later." Dunn looked at Yun Mu and said.

About two hours later, inside a building divided into five floors in Frostfall Port.

"Are you two certain you want to join our union?"

Inside the reception room on the second floor, the female attendant, who had initially mistaken them for guests based on their attire and brought them into the reception room, looked at the two people in front of her with a strange expression as she asked.

"Of course, beautiful lady, I have already stated the reason very clearly." Dunn, disguised as Stanny, pretended to be forcing himself to keep his spirits up and squeezed a smile from his face as he spoke.

"I deeply sympathize with your encounter, but—" Hesitating for a moment, the female attendant in front of them looked Yun Mu, who was wearing an orange-yellow dress, up and down for a moment: "I think clerical work, like accounting, might be more suitable for the two of you."

"Actually, I think so too..." Hearing what the female attendant said, Dunn smiled bitterly: "But those jobs are positions that require long-term employment."

"I need a job that pays daily at best, and one where I can resign at any time; after all, once I've saved enough money to go back, I plan to take my younger sister and return by ship."

"You really don't hold anything back..." Hearing what Dunn said, the female attendant's expression suddenly became unable to hold up.

However, seemingly considering some things, she said after a moment of thought: "Arranging work is not impossible; after all, there are many places that need workers. If you don't mind, you can go be a worker unloading cargo at the docks. As for your sister—"

The female attendant looked at Yun Mu, who had been keeping her head down and not saying a word since entering the room.

"How about letting her help the cooks responsible for the communal meals?"

"I have no objections, as for my sister..." Dunn looked at Yun Mu, and seeing her in a daze, he called out softly twice: "Lilith, Lilith?"

"Mm-hmm?" It wasn't until Dunn called the name 'Lilith' twice in a row that Yun Mu remembered this was calling her; she immediately came back to her senses, nodded, and said: "I, I have no problem!"

"Then it's decided. When can the two of you officially start?" The female attendant led the two back to the lobby on the first floor of the building and took out two registration forms from under the counter, handing them to them.

"Anytime is fine." Dunn picked up a Steel pen from the side and replied while filling in the contents of the form.

Yun Mu was doing the same thing at this moment.

And while filling out the form, she suddenly realized another reason why Dunn had set their background as merchants.

That was the issue of habits.

Someone with average acting skills would probably find it hard to act out what a real worker is like, for example, during the step of filling out the form.

If she subconsciously picked up a pen and tried to write on it, wouldn't that expose the fact that she knew how to write?

After all, most real bottom-tier workers do not know how to write.

Although under the influence of the God of Civilization and History Heral, everyone can understand the meaning of words, it is only understanding them.

For the specific meaning of a character and the way to write its strokes, those who have not received education and systematic learning cannot master it.

The result of trying to copy the shape is merely a mess that looks like nothing.

As for going to find professional books to learn... don't joke, the time spent working in the factory every day is enough to make an adult so tired that they don't want to do anything but sleep.

Where would there be any extra energy to learn?

And the identity of a merchant's daughter would not have such a problem.

After all, isn't it normal for a daughter of a wealthy family to know how to write? And thanks to Brenna, Yun Mu also knew a little bit about noble etiquette at this time.

Playing the part of a rich young lady is simply effortless.

"You both have your Identity Cards, right?"

After the two finished filling in the information on the forms, the female attendant put away the forms and looked at them as she asked.

"Of course." Dunn took out the Identity Cards of Lilith and Stanny and handed them to the other party.

Eh? Come to think of it... Yun Mu suddenly thought of something.

Where did Dunn get the photos on the Identity Cards? They hadn't used the Mask's disguise function to take photos earlier.

Could it be that he prepared this in advance?

If that were really the case, then who would be the real identities of those two people in the photos on the Identity Cards? Although she was very curious in her heart, she also knew that now was not the time to ask this question.

She could only suppress it in her heart and wait for a suitable time to ask Dunn.

Before that, she should focus on the matter at hand.

PS: Ding-ding, the version update is complete.

The Supernatural profession Gourmet has officially debuted! Regarding the collection thread, everyone can post some settings for fantasy delicacies.

For example, a lobster that can grant the ability to breathe fire, or a dessert that can generate petals out of thin air capable of cutting through Steel to attack, and so on. (End of chapter)