“This is the best quality beef. We actually wanted to make hotpot this afternoon, but Nicho said that since we haven’t eaten anything this morning, it’s better not to make hotpot. So we’ll grill some of the meat like this, then make hotpot,” said Devon.William nodded, understanding the plan. He sat there for a while, watching his friends eat the grilled meat with bread. For some reason, seeing them eat such a simple meal made him feel a little sorry for them.He eventually decided to make something else in the cottage.The only problem was that they didn’t have many ingredients available. Fortunately, William still had some purple taro that he had brought from home, along with several red avocados he had stored inside his system storage.He decided to make taro and banana compote. William cut the taro and bananas into small pieces, placed them in a pot with coconut milk, added sugar according to taste, dropped in a pandan leaf for extra fragrance, and let everything cook together unt

After that, Devon made an effort to stay focused and keep his horse as quiet as possible. He carefully controlled its pace, making sure they didn’t make unnecessary noise that might alert Leni and Ellaine to their presence.William suddenly tapped Devon on the back.“Stop, stop.”Devon immediately brought the horse to a halt.A short distance ahead, Leni and Ellaine had also stopped. It seemed they had spotted a deer nearby. Ellaine quickly climbed down from her horse, while Leni stayed mounted.Ellaine focused on the deer in front of her. It was a large one, exactly the kind of animal everyone had come to hunt.At the same time, Leni’s attention was no longer on the deer.She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small pistol.William and Devon were both stunned.Devon completely forgot that they were supposed to remain hidden. The moment he saw the gun, he urged his horse forward because he was afraid they wouldn’t reach Ellaine in time.Leni had already raised the pistol and was

William was shocked and froze. He never expected Ella to do that. "The people around me say it, William . You’re lucky because you’re beautiful, so people like you. Because you’re beautiful, all the boys like you. Because you’re beautiful, you have many followers. You can do this only because of your beautiful face, but you don’t have any talent. Those are the words I always hear. Even my family often says things like that. You may not know this, but Devon , Liz, Carmen , and I used to be close. I chose to distance myself from them because I was jealous. They had families who always supported them and—" "You’re wrong, Ella. Carmen and Liz also experienced what you experienced. Well, maybe you’re right about family. But they were still looked down upon at university. In fact, Carmen recently started working at Little Heaven because her parents thought she had no talent. You don’t need to feel insecure, you’re not alone. Instead of thinking about other people’s expectations, which

“You like William just because he saved you and helped you hunt?” Zeno asked, clearly amused by Ella’s reaction.Ella smiled brightly and nodded without hesitation.“Yup!”William already knew the rest of the night was going to be exhausting, so he quickly finished his meal. His only plan was to get away from the teasing and go to sleep before things became even more complicated.“Teenagers, they fall in love so easily. You know, William is my future brother-in-law. He’s going to marry Liz later. Just because they’re not dating yet, you can’t approach him,” Devon said, sounding half serious and half amused as he teased Ella.“But no one knows what fate has in store, Devon. People tend to change. It’s possible that Liz will suddenly start dating a popular male idol and leave William, right?” Ella replied, doing her best to sound calm and mature in front of William.Devon grinned.“And that goes for you too, little girl. Do you think William would like a little girl like you?”Ella snor

“Hmm, this snack is really delicious! I think it would go well with beer.”William chuckled when he heard Leon say that.Leon had suddenly shown up at Natura that morning, knocking on the cottage door while William was busy preparing the venison.William had used some of the meat to make rendang, adding plenty of spices and letting it cook for nearly five hours. Of course, William hadn’t prepared it himself. He had asked Twaila to handle the cooking.The fairy could summon the smaller fairies living in the forest and have them assist her with whatever she needed. She was practically a genius at organizing them, so William only had to give her instructions and let the fairies handle the rest.Apart from the rendang, William had also ground some of the venison, mixed it with ground chicken, and used the mixture to make both boiled and fried dumplings.The snack Leon was talking about was the fried dumplings. William had served them with a slightly spicy sweet soy sauce, which made them