Stewed Meat?!

“Have you had lunch yet? ” Lunaria asked out of nowhere, which made them even more confused . Zhang Ling answered then,

"No, I haven"t had a bite because of what just happened . "

"Then I"ll treat you . Where are we eating? Why are you in District 15, by the way?"

"Well, we heard that this district has famous Vermillion wine . So we get here to find some . Unluckily we ran into Salma when just got into the pub . ” Lunaria was surprised by the answer . They liked drinking . Last time when she left, they were drinking somewhere . Did they spend days drinking at the pub since then?

"Good, take me there . It’s destiny that brings us together . Drinks are on me . "

"We don’t think it’s a good idea to let you pay . " Zhang Ling said and Zamacia approved once he got an eye contact with Zhang .

"Exactly . As the guidance of Seven Stars tells me, we can let Miss Lunaria pay the bills for us . "

Zamacia said that and Clarok nodded at the same time behind him . This upsetted Lunaria .

"Why? You look as if I buy you drinks because I want something from you . "

"No! You must be kidding . We just don"t want to trouble you actually . . . "

"Yes, yes," Followed by Zhang Ling and Zamacia"s denials, Clarok started shaking his head in a funny way .

Knowing that they wouldn’t tell the truth, Lunaria came up with an idea and said,

"I do have something to talk to you . "

“She was really up to something . ” The three men thought . Luckily they didn’t agree to have lunch with her without asking beforehand, otherwise, they would have no chance to say no to Lunaria if she really asked them a favor .

They seemed to make up their mind to hear the truth from Lunaria . So Lunaria told the truth, which could be better for all of them .  

"It is very simple . As you know of my face, I am fine when there are not many people . But it is not pleasant if there are crowds of people . My face would attract a lot of attention which also means a trouble for me . So Zhang Ling, would you teach me how to disguise my face?

They were relieved to hear her favor .

"So that’s all you ask . We thought you want us to risk our lives . "

Lunaria was not happy with the horrible impression she made in their minds .

Zhang Ling said before he thought for a while,

"It"s a technique from the ancient east which is long lost . Few people know shapes.h.i.ting . But I can teach you since you are a friend and cla.s.smate and also a roommate of Darmiala’s . I will teach you every bit I know . "

"So you mean…"

"I will spare no effort to teach you, but on one condition . "

"What?"

“Don"t tell Miss Darmiala . I refused her last time she asked me to because my Lord told me to . If she knew I teach you this, it is going to get ugly . ”

Lunaria nodded . It would be silly to show off her new skills in front of Darmiala . After all, only Tyre would need this .

Finally, Lunaria treated them a nice drink of Vermillion wine . Completely unlike Xigely wine, Vermillion wine tasted very exotic . At that afternoon, Lunaria spent the entire time learning face-disguising skills from Zhang Ling . By the evening, she didn’t master the skill completely though, she started to get the hang of it . Given time and practices, she could be good at it eventually . By then, Tyre didn’t have to wear a mask or hide from Claude .

The nightfall painted the sky orange and the sunset added a beautiful touch of color to the campus . In other places, people were about to go to sleep . But life in the college only got started . Students came and went more frequently . More strange clubs started to show up .

Lunaria took Zhang Ling’s advice to go back to dormitory early .

"Lunaria, are you back?" At the entrance of the dormitory building, Shu Yueti, the houseparent, asked her . She was a serious woman . Because she was a senior warrior, she looked very young, about only one or two years older than Lunaria .  

Lunaria greeted back immediately,

"Yes . Why are you still up?"

"We don’t have time to have a rest from taking care of your daily life . I will have sanitary inspection on every room this Sunday . If I find out any unqualified room, then they will clean the hallway as the punishment . "

Clean the hallway? The hallway needed to be cleaned? Lunaria thought it was clean as the way it was .

Did it mean that the stairs need to be cleaned, too? But there were 31 floors . It was all right for martial arts pract.i.tioners to clean them all . But it was too difficult for fragile magicians .

"Have you had dinner, Lunaria?"

"Not yet . "

“Great . I"ve stewed a pot of meat . I can’t finish it by myself . You can have some if you don"t mind Vermillion food . ”

Stewed meat? Lunaria’s lips twitched slightly, because she could imagine it must be a solid pot of meat . She didn’t hate meat but didn’t want a full pot of meat either .

But since she couldn’t refuse her invitation, she was dragged into the room .

She was intrigued by the meat fragrance when she stepped into the room, and her stomach was signaling her mind to crave for food . Her stomach might growl if she was a little hungrier .

"Smells great . " she made no secret of her thoughts, which made Yueti happy . She walked to a half-meter-high pot and opened the lid . It came out a white heat steam and together with even stronger fragrance . Lunaria was conservative to her meat intake before . Now the fragrance made her throw everything away . She walked up to see what was in it .