yasinovel Chapter 15 Your figure is very beautiful
Chapter 15 Your figure is very beautiful
Arthur finally nodded and agreed to let her get in the car.
Anyway, Yinye's small frame doesn't take up much space whether it's horizontal or vertical.
"You said you were going from the Sacred Tree Forest to the Empire?" The carriage started moving again, but Arthur couldn't help but glance back. "But this is the opposite direction!"
Yinye was stuffing her large backpack into the corner of the carriage when she heard this, she paused, scratched her head, and lowered her long, pointed ears in confusion.
"Oh, really? My friends all say that if I keep going north, I'll reach the Empire. Could it be... I'm going the wrong way?"
Chu Sheng and Arthur exchanged a glance.
This child was tricked by that group of so-called "friends"!
Pointing in the exact opposite direction, he patted her shoulder with a grin and said, "That's right, that's right, it's over there," and then watched her walk further and further away with a backpack taller than himself on her back.
What happened after she walked away? She probably clutched her stomach and laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight, saying that the idiot actually believed it.
Arthur frowned. She opened her mouth, but was stopped by Chu Sheng's gaze.
Chu Sheng pointed to the carriage at his feet: "You didn't go the wrong way. Didn't we just happen to be going the same way?"
Silver Leaf blinked.
Chu Sheng said earnestly, "This is the Sacred Tree's arrangement!"
Silver Leaf nodded as if she understood, her pointed ears standing up and then drooping down again.
But unlike Ella, who was simple-minded and would even help someone count the money after being sold out, Ginye simply didn't want to think the worst; she wasn't truly unable to understand.
She chuckled dryly twice: "Hehe, maybe I remembered wrong. My friends... might have been talking about Xiang Nan."
When she said the word "friends," her voice noticeably softened.
Sigh, hopeless. She's got a people-pleasing personality. When someone sells you out, she not only helps them count the money, but she also tries to justify it by saying, "They might just have bad eyesight."
Chu Sheng didn't dwell on the topic. Some scars don't need to be exposed in front of everyone, especially when the person who suffered the scar is trying to pretend they're not in pain.
"So, why do you want to go to the Empire?" He rummaged through his bag and pulled out a water bottle, handing it to him. "You're so young, aren't you afraid of encountering some danger along the way?"
"Small?"
Before Yinye could reply, Arthur, who was driving, chuckled and said, "She's probably older than your entire family combined."
Silver Leaf jumped up with a whoosh.
"How dare you speak like that, you cow?" she roared in fury. "One hundred and sixty years old? In our Grey Elves, one hundred and sixty years is equivalent to sixteen years old in your human years, okay?!"
I didn't realize she was a mature woman.
Chu Sheng clicked his tongue in amazement; the legend of the elves' longevity was actually true. Didn't that mean that Silver Leaf might not even be able to join the internet by the time he'd grown grass on his grave?
"Who are you calling a cow?" Arthur was both embarrassed and annoyed, clearly resistant to the term. "How can you be so ill-mannered, kid?"
"Alright, alright," Chu Sheng stepped in at the right moment. "We humans don't usually compliment people like that. We'd say—'Your figure is very graceful.'"
"Chu Sheng——!!!"
Ella wagged her tail happily. She didn't really understand what they were arguing about, but judging from Chu Sheng's tone and Arthur's reaction, Chu Sheng probably said something that would get him beaten up again.
This is the experience she has summarized from her observations over the past few days, with an accuracy rate as high as 120%.
Yinye seriously considered Chu Sheng's words.
"Beautiful." She repeated the word, then nodded. "You have a beautiful figure, cow."
The weather in Snow Wolf Territory can change in an instant.
As night fell, dark clouds pressed down from the horizon. Arthur glanced at the sky and decisively decided to stop traveling. He found a shallow cave recessed into the rock wall nearby and set up camp.
Before the campfire was lit, the rain started.
Arthur used holy light to create a thin curtain of light at the entrance of the cave. Rainwater hitting the curtain evaporated into white mist. Ella stared at it curiously and even stuck out her tongue as if to lick it.
Chu Sheng sternly stopped her and told her the origin of charcoal-grilled beef tongue.
As a result, Ella became even more craving it.
Arthur's holy light not only repels rainwater, but also provides warmth and sound insulation.
But after the light screen filtered out the sounds of wind and rain, the cave became awkwardly quiet.
The four people sat around the campfire in different poses.
Chu Sheng was deep in thought, staring at the campfire. Arthur sat cross-legged, polishing his greatsword again and again. Ella dozed off beside Chu Sheng, her ears drooping and twitching occasionally. Yinye sat in the far corner, holding her lute, her fingers plucking out a few off-key notes from time to time.
No one spoke. It wasn't that they didn't want to speak, but that they didn't know what to say.
That's how it is with a hastily assembled team. All told, Chu Sheng and Arthur had only known each other for a few days, not to mention the newly joined Yin Ye.
Ella was the first to break the silence.
Her ears suddenly perked up, she sniffed twice, then raised her head and looked straight at the lute in Silver Leaf's arms.
To be precise, it was looking at the bulging little cloth bag on the side of the instrument.
"What's in there?" Ella's tail began to sway slowly from side to side.
Silverleaf paused, looked down at the bag, then at Ella's suddenly bright eyes. She hesitated for a moment, then untied the bag's drawstring and pulled out a deep red object.
"Pork jerky. It's made by the Grey Elves, marinated with berries and spices from the Sacred Tree Forest and then air-dried." She paused, then added cautiously, "It's very expensive."
Ella's tail gradually accelerated, swaying into a blur.
Yinye looked at the jerky in her hand, pressed her pointed ears back slightly, and then, with an expression that said "Never mind, here you go," broke off a small piece and handed it over.
Ella took it, first carefully sniffed it with her nose, then stuck out her tongue and cautiously licked it, before finally putting the whole thing into her mouth.
Her eyes widened suddenly, and her tail bristled: "Delicious!"
Then she looked at Silver Leaf, her tail wagging like an electric fan.
Yinye's ears pressed even flatter as she slowly broke off a piece of jerky: "...the last piece."
Ella took the jerky, looked at the jerky in her hand, then at Chu Sheng sitting next to her thinking. She hesitated for about 0.3 seconds before breaking the jerky in half.
"Chu Sheng also ate."
Chu Sheng snapped out of his daze, took the bag, and took a bite.
Hmm~ o(*￣▽￣*)o
It's delicious!
The first taste is a sweet and sour berry flavor, followed by the salty aroma of the dried meat itself, and finally a refreshing spice finish.
Chu Sheng had never tasted such a complex yet harmonious flavor before. He glanced at Yin Ye and asked, "Did you make this?"
Silverleaf's lips curled slightly, and she puffed out her chest a little: "Every Grey Elf family has its own unique recipe, and mine is the best, made with seventeen kinds of berries and six kinds of spices!"
"Seventeen kinds?" Arthur finally looked up, his gaze shifting from the sword. "Stardewberry and moonberry are in there too?"
Silverleaf's long ears perked up instantly: "You know about Stardewberry and Moonfruit?"
Arthur seemed to be recalling something, and slowly said, "A few years ago when I was studying at the sanctuary, there was a nun who was a grey elf. She would occasionally receive dried meat sent from home and share it with us. She said it contained stardew berries and moonberries, and tasted like home."
Yinye remained silent for a moment, then reached out and untied the rope of the cloth bag, took out a small handful of dried meat, and placed it on a clean stone by the campfire.
Let's eat together.