One man and one dog, wandering in the world of Monster Hunter

Strictly speaking, as an assessor, apart from necessary record-keeping, you are not allowed to interfere with any actions of the hunter.

"Of course, I won't make it difficult for Miss Milu. I will prepare the main ingredients myself, and you just need to help collect some seasonings. How about that?"

Link naturally saw through Mi Lu's little thoughts. Having lived two lives, it is certainly impossible for him to do something like bribing the examiner openly.

But if you can't do it openly, you can do it secretly. It's not a big deal, just ask her to help with cooking.

"In exchange, I know where to plant Polygonum multiflorum in the abandoned shrine."

When these words reached Milu's ears, Miss Felyne from Pokai Village, who was wearing a White Rabbitmon follower suit, suddenly became alert.

For humans, Polygonum multiflorum may just be a kind of mint leaves that tastes a bit cool, but for cat-type orcs, the attraction of this thing is like butter in the eyes of otakus and soft rice in the eyes of pretty boys.

It was simply impossible to refuse.

Cats that have taken Polygonum multiflorum will enter a state of severe drunkenness. When they wake up the next day, they may even forget what happened the day before, as if they had blacked out.

This thing can be considered a special kind of fine wine of the cat tribe. In their society, it is very valuable and can be considered a luxury item. Therefore, its price among hunters is not low. Hunters will use Polygonum multiflorum to trade with cats.

Mi Lu, who was born in Pokai Village, has only seen this thing a few times since she was a child.

Bokai Village is located in the cold zone in the north of the continent, at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, close to the permafrost and the ice sea. It is completely different from Yanhuo Village, which is located in the southernmost part of the continent.

The climate there is not suitable for the growth of Polygonum multiflorum. For this reason, Mi Lu started to stutter as if she were a country bumpkin from the countryside.

"You...you guys here, the mu...mutianli grows in the wild, meow?"

Before coming here, Miluko had never heard of the existence of Polygonum multiflorum in the wild. As an independent cat, her income was usually obtained by collecting ordinary materials such as herbs in the wild. Therefore, her life was relatively difficult, and naturally she had never enjoyed the taste of this luxury.

Normally, plants like Polygonum multiflorum are rarely seen in Yanhuo Village.

The reason is naturally the geographical environment of Yanhuo Village. As mentioned before, Yanhuo Village is surrounded by water on three sides and is a village that makes a living by forging iron.

The night march of hundreds of dragons in ancient times has made this place full of martial virtues. The villagers make a living by hunting and fishing, and their daily food and goods are maintained by the developed sea transportation, so they have no habit of growing crops.

Mi Lu naturally thought that Yanhuo Village was similar to her hometown, a small mountain village relying on natural dangers and isolated from the world.

But you could not be more wrong to think so.

"Hehe, of course, Polygonum aviculare can't grow in the wild. If it did, it would have been plundered by wild cats long ago, not even for hunters to collect. The Polygonum aviculare here are all planted by me."

As a person who loves food, Link naturally likes farming besides eating. Even if he doesn't farm, people living in cities are used to having small potted plants and growing small things like onions.

The abandoned shrine is a large forest, and Link, a local, had already found several secret locations and quietly reclaimed several small farmlands, planting some crops such as peppers, chopped green onions and wood knotweed.

Now is the season for harvest.

"No, no, as an examiner, how can I accept things from hunters? If someone finds out, I'll be doomed."

Milu's cat head shook vigorously, and the rabbit ears on her hat swung along with her head, which made Link's eyes envious. The soft touch must have been very comfortable to touch.

Unfortunately, this cat is not his, so he can’t pet it casually.

But it doesn’t matter. As Lu Xun once said, if there is no opportunity, then create one. Wait until the kitten gets drunk and blacks out, and you can pet it however you want.

As we all know, in the Foodie Empire, drinking culture is prevalent. If you don't drink while eating, it's the same as not eating. Although it's not wine, to the cat clan, Mu Tian Liao is no different from wine. Just give her some when it's time to eat.

Hey hey hey.

Then the cat will be at Link's mercy.

As a hunter who would dress Honey in a maid outfit, Link is certainly not as innocent as he looks.

He is a cat lover.

However, he hid it very well and never revealed his identity as a cat slave in front of outsiders, as that would make it easy for others to take advantage of him.

As for Honey's maid outfit, he made Honey wear it through legitimate means, using the excuse that butlers in foreign countries all wore this kind of clothing.

After being together for many years, Honey still didn't discover this secret.

Otherwise he would have run away long ago.

The owner is a person who likes to do things with the cat in his arms. For a cat, which is an intelligent species, this is simply too scary.

Humans and cats are impossible.

At this moment, Link naturally set his eyes on Milu, the poor little country cat, and was ready to use all kinds of means to pet her to his heart's content.

The so-called bribery was just an excuse to deliver Mu Tian Liao to this little kitty.

The innocent Mi Lu naturally couldn't guess Link's true purpose. She was still worried that the examiner couldn't interfere in such a trivial matter as hunters' hunting.

"It's okay, Miss Milu. We are just collecting some ingredients for cooking. You don't need to participate in hunting. This doesn't violate the rules of the Hunter's Guild, right?"

Link, who was familiar with the Hunter Guild's system, naturally knew that the examiner could not take any action during the promotion mission.

However, there is no requirement that examiners are not allowed to help with cooking.

As an examiner, you must eat. If you want to eat, then as a candidate, there is nothing wrong in me treating you, the examiner, to a meal.

However, as an examiner, it is not a bit inappropriate for you to come to eat and do nothing. In this case, as a candidate, it is reasonable for me to ask the examiner to help pick some green onions.

As for Polygonum multiflorum, it is understandable that people pick some as seasoning when picking green onions.

This is not really a bribe.

If you invite your leader to dinner, does that mean the good wine you drink at the table can also be considered a bribe?

It's not like you can take it away, so who can say it's not true?

Besides, if they really want to arrest you, they can find a lot of things even if your house is empty.

It just depends on whether the higher-ups want to catch him or not.

Besides, Link was just a low-star hunter with the halo of a hero's son. It was just an ordinary promotion task. It was normal to ask her to help collect some materials while cooking.

Following Link's explanation, the simple Mi Lu had never heard of such rhetoric from the big information age, and immediately expressed.

"No problem. It's just collecting some chopped green onions, tomatoes and honey. Leave it to me."

Looking at Milu who was being fooled and nodded repeatedly, the big dog Matsutake rolled his eyes in a humane way.

'Another stupid cat who is confused by his owner's tricks.'