Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

Chapter 234 : The Festival Begins 3

"Evie, look, there's more over there—"

"Elsa, slow down, slow down—"

The two were wearing ordinary clothes with masks they would use for the evening party on their faces, happily exploring the festival mixed in with the crowd.

The masks were actually just eye coverings, similar to decorated sunglasses. They had an added magical effect that confused visual perception, making it impossible to recognize the true face of the person beneath the glasses.

Usually, wearing such things on the street would be eye-catching, but now, due to the festival, many people around were wearing similar items on their faces.

"Really... at times like this, you're just like a child."

However, Yvonne could somewhat understand her excitement,

Seeing things she had designed displayed on shelves was certainly an exhilarating experience.

After the festival began, everything went smoothly, and she gradually relaxed.

What she wanted to do now was, as previously agreed, to hold hands with Elsa and have a long-awaited date.

"We'll make many more interesting things in the future."

"Mm."

With a flush of excitement still not faded from her face, Elsa nodded vigorously, gripping Yvonne's hand even tighter.

So happy—

Being able to walk outside holding hands with Yvonne like this made her feel as if she were floating on clouds towards the sky.

"We've been walking for a while, you must be hungry. Shall we buy something to eat?"

"What should we eat?"

Just then, a delicious aroma wafted from nearby.

"The grilled meat over there smells good?"

Following the scent, the two came to a temporary grilled meat stall.

The stall owner was a Pelo tribe man wearing a headscarf, tending to a grill, cooking delicious skewers of beast meat on charcoal fire.

"Ah, this looks so delicious."

This was a traditional Pelo tribe food, skewering beast meat with sweet persimmons, bell peppers, and chopped yellow onions, grilling them over fire. Eating in order, one bite of meat, one bite of vegetable, it was simply too delicious.

The juices of fat and sweet vegetables were sizzling on the charcoal fire, sprinkled with Pelo tribe spices, immediately spreading an appetizing aroma.

However, despite the enticing smell, there were hardly any customers at the stall.

"A beastfolk stall..."

"How barbaric, bringing their prey directly here."

"Won't their fur fall into the food while cooking?"

"Disgusting."

Hearing the comments from passersby, Yvonne couldn't help but frown.

Facing the high temperature of the fire, the Pelo grilling the meat was panting non-stop, but still wore a headscarf and arm covers over his thick fur to prevent shedding.

Despite such efforts, they still faced such criticism.

It seemed that people's prejudice against beastfolk couldn't be eliminated in a day or two.

"Two lovely ladies, would you like some grilled meat?"

Seeing Yvonne and Elsa stop at his stall, the Pelo immediately enthusiastically began promoting his skewers in standard language with a beastfolk accent.

"This is freshly killed boar meat from today, very fresh, with skin and tendons, it's good for beauty and skin care!"

Seeing this situation, they naturally wanted to help.

"Wait..."

Elsa held back Yvonne's hand as she was about to take out money.

Although she knew Yvonne's intention, Elsa still hesitated somewhat.

"Eating like this, won't it get our hands dirty?"

With the current level of industrialization in this world, it wasn't yet possible to mass-produce convenient items like tissues.

If they used their hands to hold the skewered meat, the fatty meat juices would undoubtedly flow all over their hands while eating.

Although water elements could be used for cleaning, the oily stains wouldn't be easy to wash off completely.

Beastfolk accustomed to cleaning themselves with their tongues naturally wouldn't mind, but humans were different.

If her hands became greasy, she wouldn't be able to hold Evie's hand...

She had planned to hold hands all day today...

"I see... So that's what you're concerned about?"

Seeing Elsa's reaction, Yvonne finally understood why those passing noble ladies were unwilling to buy beastfolk skewers.

What should they do then?

She looked around and saw a bakery not far away.

"In that case, let's buy some bread first."

"...Isn't it too dry to just eat bread?"

"Haha, of course we'll eat it together with the meat."

They would eat both the grilled meat and the bread.

Yvonne winked at Elsa,

"Watch me!"

It seemed Evie had another idea,

Elsa curiously followed behind her, allowing herself to be led into the neighboring bakery,

Yvonne took out a few small silver coins from her pocket with one hand and placed them on the counter.

"Please give me some bran bread, slightly harder ones."

"Certainly~ Here's the bread you requested~!"

The bakery attendant was a small-folk woman standing on a chair. Although short in stature, her voice was clear and bright.

"Also, could you prepare some more bread like this? Freshly baked would be best."

"...Eh?"

She smiled and put down another gold coin.

"You make them first, someone will come to pick them up later."

Yvonne ordered an entire oven's worth of additional bread,

Taking the bread bought from the neighboring bakery, they returned to the previous stall,

"Two flavored skewers, please."

"Certainly!"

Just as he was about to hand over the skewers, this blonde young lady offered him bread.

"Customer... What is this...?"

She opened the white bread that had been sliced in the store and handed it to the Pelo.

"Please place the meat skewer on top of this."

"Like this?"

"Yes, then please hold it still—"

She used the bread to sandwich the grilled meat, sliding the ingredients off the wooden skewer.

"Done~"

Then she handed the bread with grilled meat to Elsa.

"Now we can eat it properly."

"Evie is so clever!!"

"If we add a slice of cheese, I think it would taste even better."

So there was such a trick?!

The stall owner Pelo Tan was also inspired,

"Excuse me!! Where... did you buy that bread??"

"Hehe, do you need some? Here you go."

As if performing magic, Elsa produced a large stack of freshly baked bread, neatly piled.

This is... spatial magic??

Pelo Tan was dumbfounded.

"We don't have change, so can we use this to pay for the skewers?"

Exchanging a glance with Yvonne, Elsa playfully stuck out her tongue.

Even if his grilled meat was valuable, the value of this pile of bread far exceeded that of those two skewers—

"Since the cost has increased, it would be better to adjust the price here... hmm... original price for meat skewers 30, bread 15 copper coins, I think a price of 50 copper coins would be appropriate."

"Oh, and it would be better to lightly toast the bread on the fire. Although the weather has warmed up, I believe people still prefer to eat warm food... and this will also make the crust crispy. The texture will be better."

Pelo Tan listened in a daze,

Who exactly were these two young ladies—

The two stopped at the stall and began eating like this.

"Mmm~~~ Delicious!!"

"The bread paired with the charred grilled meat, absorbing the overflowing meat juices... combined with the marbled boar meat, rich but not greasy, glutinous and smooth, bite into the slightly dry crispy crust of the bread, then bite into the soft interior, the two textures intermingling, it's simply exquisite!"

The surrounding diners who saw this scene all began to salivate.

It was now noon, and long queues had formed at the surrounding restaurants. Faced with this affordable, delicious-looking, filling grilled meat sandwich that wouldn't dirty their hands, people began to gather around,

"Give me one too!"

"I want two!!"

Business suddenly became bustling.

"Thank you so much!! But, who exactly are you—"

"Don't tell anyone we were here, okay?"

Yvonne removed her sunglasses and winked.

"Ah!! So it's Yvo......"

She immediately made a shushing gesture with her hand.

"Then, the person next to you must be El......"

"That's right~"

Putting the last bite into her mouth, Elsa once again linked arms with Yvonne.

Speaking of these two ladies of miracles and fortune, they were known to everyone in the Pelo tribe—

To think he would encounter them... He was truly fortunate today!!

"The flavor of the grilled meat is excellent, this craftsmanship deserves to be tasted by more people."

"Work hard and sell well."

Alright! He was fired up!!

"Don't rush, it'll be ready soon!!"

Seeing the long queue finally forming in front of his stall, Pelo Tan took out a large handful of prepared meat skewers and began a new round of grilling.