Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 151: Inside and Outside
Lin Lin tried his best not to let his tone carry gloating, and comforted:

"The village chief is doing this for your own good. After all, you were too reckless this time. If Braif and I hadn't happened to be nearby, you might not have been able to come back safely!"

"Well... I know I was wrong..."

Listening to the aggrieved voice in the room, Lin Lin couldn't help but chuckle:
"You're only in solitary confinement, which is considered good. You don't know that Brave's original mistake wasn't as serious as yours. As a result, he was not only scolded for several days in a row, but he was also almost fired from the City Tournament Guerrilla Team."

"City Tournament Guerrillas? What is that?"

Lin Lin touched his chin and thought to himself that he came here to ask for materials, so why was he chatting with this girl?
However, considering that Ye Zi was in solitary confinement, Lin Lin felt a little soft-hearted. Well, let's chat for a while.

"It's a force in Rocklark that's specifically responsible for city defense. Um... just think of it as the Flame Village Guard."

"Where is Lokrak? Are they also going to face the Night Parade of a Hundred Dragons?"

"It's a city in the middle of a vast desert. The threats posed by them are mainly roaming monsters like the Yellow Speed Dragon, Pterosaur, and Shield Bug. The pressure isn't great, so the City Tournament Guerrilla Team is only made up of a small group of people in the city, unlike you guys where everyone is a soldier."

"A city in the middle of a vast desert? What would that look like?"

Ye Zi grew up in Yanhuo Village. Although she would occasionally sneak into the wild, she had never seen other towns and villages. Now that Lin Lin mentioned it, she couldn't help but fantasize about it in her mind.

It was inconvenient to talk while standing, so Ye Zi sat down with his back against the door, with longing in his eyes:

"Brother Lin Lin, can you tell me about a city where we don't have to face the night march of a hundred dragons?"

Since there was nothing else to do and Lin Lin was not in a hurry, he simply sat down against the door and began to vividly describe the pearl of the sand sea and the dusty city.

Not far away, Huoya watched Lin Lin sit down and chat with Ye Zi. She clasped her palms together and sighed from the bottom of her heart:
"That's great. This way Yezi won't be too bored..."

"Hey, to celebrate, let's eat fifty more skewers of rabbit dumplings today!"

Huoya went to look for mugwort in a very good mood again. Lin Lin glanced at the direction she was going, then decisively withdrew his gaze and continued to tell Ye Zi about the various delicacies he had tasted in Rocklark.

"Really? Is there a way to eat noodles like this? I thought they would use meat as stuffing and roll it into dumplings!"

Poor kid, he's been staying in Yanhuo Village forever, never getting to experience the delicious food from other places...

From regional delicacies to desert monsters, and even the Fengshanlong couple on their honeymoon, all of Lin Lin's experiences were used as topics of conversation. While sparking the girl's endless reverie, it also easily whiled away a lot of time. Before she knew it, two "gurgles" were heard simultaneously inside and outside the house.

Lin Lin interrupted the topic and asked Ye Zi:
"Speaking of which, you're in solitary confinement now, how are you going to eat?"

Ye Zi's mind was pulled away from the imaginary grand metropolis and returned to reality. She rubbed her belly without a trace of fat and smiled a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay. I have a mill, a mortar, and a mallet at home. I can make my own dumplings!"

Perhaps it was his past experiences in the game that made Lin Lin feel a little more compassion for Ye Zi. Of course, it could also be that he was feeling pity for his former gaming self. "How about I get you some barbecued meat or fish?"

"Wouldn't eating dumplings every day be nutritionally unbalanced?"

Ye Zi's heart had already been trembling with temptation when she heard Lin Lin's description of various regional delicacies. At this moment, Lin Lin's proposal made her drool almost. Although she was still refusing, the words she uttered were so soft that they disappeared completely as soon as they came out of her mouth. Lin Lin didn't hear them at all.

"Wait a moment, I'm staying in the room next to yours. I have some raw meat in the box that I caught on the way here. I've used ice crystals to keep it fresh, so it'll be ready soon."

Ye Zi bit her lip and clasped her hands together in front of her chest:

Village chief, you saw it too. Although I refused, Brother Lin Lin insisted on giving it to me. You can’t blame me for that!

……

Hearing Lin Lin knocking on the door again, Ye Zi opened the door a crack like a thief, took in the large piece of fragrant golden-skinned barbecue, and packed up the ingredients that Xiaobai had brought back before and handed them out.

In fact, she wanted to wait until she found a place for Lin Lin to live before returning them all. Unfortunately, the village chief was stopped by President Sui Fengmin on the way. She didn't know what they said, but the original plan for her to lead Lin Lin and others to familiarize themselves with the village was cancelled. The new plan was changed to put her in solitary confinement. As a result, she had no chance to return the things even though she had packed them long ago.

Since I have secretly opened the door, I might as well return the things to the owner!

Lin Lin was a little surprised when he got the materials of the colorful bird. He didn't expect that Ye Zi would hand the things over to him before he even opened his mouth. Now, the last thing on the plan list was officially on track. What remained was to raise the two newly acquired Kinsects to adulthood and then become familiar with their use.

After greeting Ye Zi, Lin Lin sent the materials to Daofeng, and then returned to Ye Zi's door.

“How does the barbecue taste?”

"Woo woo woo... Great Nanatori!"

Ye Zi's pronunciation was a little unclear. I don't know if it was because her mouth was full of meat that caused her pronunciation to be distorted, or because she was moved by eating meat other than dumplings.

Lin Lin didn't say anything else, but just took out the two slender insect boxes, placed them in the sunlight and looked at them for a while.

Just now he suddenly remembered that in Yanhuo Village, when it comes to the use of Kinsects, apart from Instructor Ni Tai, the best one is probably the girl who is just one door away from him, right?

If that's the case, why not ask for his advice? Consider it your reward for telling the story until you're dry-mouthed!

"You mean Kinsects... These little creatures are actually pretty easy to raise!"

After eating the barbecue and drinking a cup of tea to relieve the greasiness, Ye Zi leaned back against the door again. When he heard Lin Lin's question, he immediately became alert.

"Everyone knows they need to be fed with nectar from the magatama grass, but there's actually a technique to this. If you just drip nectar into the insect box at regular intervals every day, they'll just develop a habit of eating on a regular basis, and they won't become very close to their owners."

Lin Lin's eyes lit up. As expected, he knew that asking Ye Zi for advice was the right thing to do. Although Liuying had told him some feeding techniques, those techniques were mainly for cultivating the Kinsect to be healthier. What Ye Zi was going to tell him now were the techniques that would really enable him to quickly master the use of the Kinsect!
(End of this chapter)