The hero's gender is yet to be determined after rebirth.

“I’m worried there won’t be enough beds,” Lorenwei said, making an excuse.

"A bed? Is it okay to sleep on a bed?" Meilan asked, puzzled.

Kurara asked curiously, "Why don't you sleep in the bed?"

"Don't people who stay in other places usually sleep on the ground?" Meilan said. "The year before last, my grandparents' and my house collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, so we stayed in a fisherman's house."

"Poor child." Kurara patted Meilan's head. "You can sleep in the same bed with us tonight."

“Okay, Meilan can stay here!” Hearing her say that, Lorenwei immediately agreed, but then thought about it and said, “Wait, didn’t that fisherman want to get married, but then he got bitten in the crotch by the three-eyed fish?”

"It's him, oh, it's her."

“…” Lorenwei secretly shed tears.

There's a saying, isn't there? History always repeats itself...

Chapter 071 The Fluctuations of Chopping Vegetables and the Frequently Changed Pots...

"Hey, didn't I tell Loren about that fisherman?" Meilan suddenly remembered, tilting her head to recall.

Lorenvi broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said, "Loren found it interesting and just told me about it."

Kurara glanced at the two of them, then continued tidying up. She noticed that she had bought many sets of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and other items, and asked in surprise, "Is anyone else moving in? Lorenve, you bought so many sets!"

Your Highness, your second sentence is easily misunderstood. Lorenwei felt it held a deeper meaning.

Unfortunately, I'm currently in a fisherman's-like situation, unable to have too many ideas. Even if I had a lot of traps, I couldn't use them all up. Should I blow up balloons? Or become bubblegum for Meizu?

Meilan then said, "Lorenwei is so rich, she has so many coins that she can buy whatever she wants."

"I was just wondering how you could possibly have enough coins," Kurara laughed. The daughter of a hero certainly received preferential treatment; this was a status even higher than hers, a princess of the Grand Duchy.

Kurala quickly noticed that Meilan was carrying around various ingredients.

For example, hiding rice cakes under a chair, tomatoes under a clothes hanger, and flour bags under the bed on the second floor...

Kurara asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Meilan ran around, saying, "Put the food away properly."

"Why not put them together? Or pile them up in the kitchen?"

“If you leave your food in one place, someone might steal it and you’ll starve to death,” Meilan solemnly instructed the two. “Grandma said that she’s survived all these years largely because of this trick.”

Kurala sighed, "...Your village has it really tough."

Meilan picked up two more bunches of bananas, her eyes scanning the surroundings.

"Don't you love eating this? Why don't you carry it on your back?" Lorenwei teased her.

Meilan's eyes lit up: "Great idea!"

Kurara scolded, "Don't lead the children astray."

Lorenwei stopped Meilan from carrying bananas on her back and looked at Kurara: "Hey, can our princess cook?"

"Don't let my princess status fool you, I've studied cooking..." Kurara patted her chest and assured her, "I can definitely cook it perfectly!"

"..." It sounds hopeless, but seeing the waves of emotion that rise and fall as Kurala pats her chest, there is no sense of sorrow.

Loren turned to ask, "Meilan, can you cook?"

"Yes!" Meilan patted her chest to assure them, but unfortunately, there was no physical change in her chest pat.

“Okay, dinner’s taken care of,” Lorenwei said with a smile, but she was being overly optimistic.

Half an hour later.

"Meilan, are you cooking or playing in the mud?" Lorenwei rolled her eyes.

Meilan kneaded the dough in the wooden basin, feeling as if she were kneading a large lump of clay.

Kurala praised, "Her kneading technique is excellent."

"This dough is too soft. Do you have any bran or chaff? I'm not used to kneading it," Meilan said. "And it's so white, I just can't bring myself to do it. Is this kind of white dough something you can eat straight away without kneading or cooking?"

This child is used to hardship. Lorenwei leaned closer to her and teased in a low voice, "Just rub it like you're Kula's breasts."

Kula is cutting cucumbers over there.

"Huh? But I didn't massage it." Meilan was taken aback.

"I've never massaged before, I'll try to gain some experience tonight." Lorenwei chuckled and went to look at Kurara, leaving Meilan to cook by herself.

Kurala is wielding a narrow-bladed kitchen knife.

"Hey ha!" Kurara's blade flashed, and she wielded the kitchen knife with the flair of a knight's sword.

Lorenwei inexplicably recalled her childhood, when she mistakenly believed that Jason was having an affair with the blacksmith's widow, and the sword techniques of Aisser that were enhanced with AT+5 high-level attack magic.

Lorenwei resolved not to offend Kurara lightly. Otherwise, even if her phantom limbs regenerated, she wouldn't live long...

"Wow, the cucumber is cut very well," Lorenwei encouraged.

Watching Kurara chop vegetables is a treat; although the blade flashes fiercely, she's unleashing a Hadouken...

After performing a flourish with her sword, Kurara wiped the blade and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Really? But I don't think the cucumber I cut looks quite right."

"These cucumbers are cut so well, aren't they? The chrysanthemum shape is beautiful."

"It's a little star..."

"Haha, I lack aesthetic sense, but the chrysanthemums cut from this cabbage look very nice."

"It's a lotus flower..."

Lorenwei dared not speak.

"Looks like I don't have a talent for cooking," Kurara sighed.

"It's alright, my mom uses lightning magic to sauté her dishes," Lorenwei comforted her.

"Lady Aethers manipulates magic?" Kurara exclaimed in amazement.

“No, I change my pots and pans all the time at home,” Lorenwei laughed.

boom------

An explosion was heard behind me.

"What's wrong?!"

Lorenwei and Kurara exclaimed in surprise.

Meilan, her face covered in soot, turned around in bewilderment: "I used a little candle-lighting spell to start a fire, how did it explode?"

Kula didn't understand, but she quickly checked on Meilan to see if she was injured.

Lorenwei blushed: "This is not a stove, but a high-end cooking pot made of fire-type magic crystals."

Meilan couldn't believe it: "Using fire-type magic crystals to cook food?"

"Yes, the school principal is rich and capricious."

Meilan felt that the world of the rich was too sinful, and curiously asked the princess who was checking her for injuries, "Kurara, what do you use to cook in your royal family?"

“…I don’t know.” Kurara said awkwardly. “I’ve never been in the kitchen. But I know that fire is used during marches or journeys.”

“You see, there’s no chimney here, only ventilation windows,” Lorenwei explained the kitchen’s layout.

“Wait a minute, Lorenvi, you sound so professional, you must be able to cook.” Kurara laughed, “What a waste of a great chef.”

"I'll take care of lunch, and you guys take care of dinner, how about that?" Lorenwei wanted to slack off.

"Sure, as long as the chef is willing to eat what we make." Kurara didn't mind, pointing at Meilan's pot: "She doesn't know how to use magic micro-management."

Lorenwei looked down and saw that the bottom of the pot had exploded...

There were still some freshly stuck white dough pieces on the edge of the pot, which had also turned black.

Why do I always have to replace pots and pans at home? Lorenwei sighed and picked up the pot: "Just throw it away."

Meilan strongly disagreed: "It still works!"

"Your steamed buns are all burnt black."

Meilan stubbornly replied: "It's still edible!"

Lorenwei handed the pot to Kurara to throw away, saying casually, "Okay, okay, cherishing food is a good habit."

"I can still eat! I can still eat!" Meilan chased after him, trying to come back.

Lorenwei tried to pull Meilan back, but found she couldn't. She quickly grabbed Meilan's waist with both hands and lifted her up slightly with a bit of force.

"I can still eat~ I can still eat~" Meilan transformed into a three-headed figure, half-suspended in the air with her hands outstretched forward, and her two legs spinning rapidly like wheels.

"Look, there's some iron residue on it. Don't let it make us sick," Lorenwei pleaded with Meilan.

Kurala threw down the pot and came back to ask, "What staple food should we prepare next?"

"Don't bother cooking dinner, I'll go find someone." Lorenwei's eyes lit up. "Loren is an excellent cook."

When Loren was mentioned, Kurala blushed slightly, but did not stop her.

Lorenvi chuckled and teased, "What? Your heart is racing when he comes?"

"No, no, I was just thinking he only had ten coins left. It's convenient and economical for him to come over for a meal..." Kurara's face turned even redder, and her voice grew softer.

Meilan generously exclaimed, "Hey, I'm looking for him too, go and call him!"

"You eat the banana first, I'll go find it." Lorenwei waved and went out the door.

Kurara watched Lorenwei walk out, then turned back to continue chopping vegetables.

Her gaze was fixed on the door as she chopped with a spatula...

Luckily, Meilan wasn't paying attention and was focused on eating her banana.

A short while later, there was a knock on the door.

Kurala then realized that she had actually picked up a spatula. Her face turned bright red, and she quickly put it aside and hurried to open the door.

"Coming, coming!" Meilan rushed forward to open the door.

Outside the door, Loren was dressed in a white male student uniform.