In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

This made Maria feel a little strange.

……

Not long after, Maria returned to Xingxiong's house.

However, Xingxiong, who had been staying at home, was no longer there.

The empty room felt a bit desolate.

"Are you out?"

Maria was puzzled and turned her head to see a note on the table.

[Emergency mission, assembly. I've prepared the meal and put it in the refrigerator. You can heat it up and eat it. Remember to heat it up and open the plastic bag. You can't eat it. Also, drink plenty of water. If it rains at night, remember to close the windows. Don't say it doesn't matter if you get wet. Also...]

The note clearly stated an urgent task at the beginning, but at the end, Xingxiong still couldn't help but write a lot of things and put them here.

"Do I seem so lacking in common sense?"

Maria looked at the note filled with words, puzzled for a moment, then put it down and stood at the refrigerator door.

"...Open it from the side."

Maria slowly read the sticky note on the refrigerator and shook her head helplessly.

After taking out the food that Xingxiong had placed in it, Maria thought for a while and then went to the kitchen.

"I remember... it was this thing..."

After thinking for a while, Maria reluctantly turned on the gas and then placed the whole plate on it to bake.

The poor ceramics were burned madly in the flames.

"I know a little bit about heating."

Looking at the results in front of her, Maria was quite satisfied.

Just as Maria was waiting for the food to be heated, she heard the sound of keys jostling at the door.

"I'm here to see you, Xingxiong..."

"You're back, Miss Xingxiong?"

Two voices sounded at the same time, and the two people looked at each other, their big eyes looking at their small eyes.

Just at the door, Chen Zheng, with a tired face, came here carrying a bag of comfort supplies.

In the room, Maria was standing alone by the kitchen, looking confused.

The two looked at each other for a long time, speechless...

"What's up, Detective Girl?"

Finally, it was Maria who spoke, teasing the girl in front of her.

"My name is Chen Huijie!"

Although he knew that Maria was a woman who could never change, Chen still gritted his teeth and said his name.

Looking at the other person's half-smile, she hesitated for a moment and then took a few steps back.

look up.

"This... is Xingxiong's home, right?"

Muttering to himself, Chen thought he had come to the wrong place.

But Maria just shook her head.

"I'm just being taken in by her temporarily. This is indeed Miss Xingxiong's home."

"That Xingxiong guy..."

Holding his head helplessly, Chen really didn't know how to evaluate his old partner.

She knew that she was a righteous person, but... righteousness was one thing, but could she just bring Maria, a woman who looked so dangerous, home?

However, there is no point in continuing to criticize the other party at this time.

Chen raised his head and looked at Maria in front of him.

She opened her mouth and was about to say something when a strange smell came to her nose.

"It seems...something is burnt?"

"Ok?"

"Are you cooking?"

Chen was confused for a moment, but still walked into the kitchen.

On this side, the steaming flames have already burned the bottom of the ceramic into a layer of black!

"What are you doing?!"

Seeing this action of heating it directly over the gas flame, Chen was completely stunned.

She turned her head in surprise and looked at Maria beside her.

Maria was also confused.

"What's wrong with this?"

“This is a huge problem!”

Gritting his teeth, Chen looked at the flames that were gradually getting out of control, and rushed forward to try to take the entire plate down.

But the scorching temperature made her body shrink back uncontrollably.

The body lost its balance in an instant and fell down like that...

She tried to turn around and hit her shoulder against the ground.

But someone is faster than her!

"You can't panic."

Maria held the girl's slender waist with one hand and hooked her into her arms, while with the other hand she calmly took the hot porcelain plate out of the high temperature.

Halfway through, Maria's fingers were almost roasted on the fire, but her expression didn't change at all.

After turning off the flame, she turned her head and looked at the girl with a bloodshot face clinging to her arms, and smiled.

"Why? Are you craving something?"

"What are you talking about!"

Chen's tail suddenly straightened up, and he decisively broke free from Maria's arms, looking at Maria with eyes full of shame and anger.

But Maria was not moved at all by this. Instead, she just looked at the other person with a smile.

“…You bastard.”

After sulking on his own for a while, Chen also lowered his head.

Because she felt that she was falling into the other person's rhythm again.

This Maria seems to care about nothing and looks like a cold killer, but in fact she is a bad guy who enjoys teasing others.

The angrier you are, the funnier the other person finds you.

The best way is to ignore the other person!

but……

Seeing Maria turning around and preparing to eat the burnt unknown substance, Chen couldn't help himself.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Chapter 52: The offensive and defensive situation changes!

"What am I going to do..."

Hearing Chen's question, Maria hesitated for a moment and tilted her head.

"I want to eat..."

"Eat...this?"

Chen's brows twitched wildly as he looked at the thing in Maria's hand, whose true identity he didn't know, and a feeling of anger stuck in his chest.

"You really want to eat this?"

"Is this thing... not working?"

Maria looked at the paste in her hand... Although it was a little ugly and even burnt, it was at least edible.

You have to know that in the early days of Yharnam's dream cycle, she wasn't as strong as she is now, and still needed food supplies... But because the food supply in the whole of Yharnam is limited, and there are so many hunters...

It was fine at the beginning, but later, as food became scarcer, many hunters starved to death while hunting.

The fact that Maria survived that period was a testament to her luck.

only……

"Would you like to try some?"

Maria curiously handed the porridge in front of her to Chen, but Chen just refused with a subtle expression.

She wanted to scold Maria, but when she saw her indifferent expression, she began to doubt whether Maria had really never eaten anything good?

Can you eat this thing?

"I brought some rice noodle rolls... If you want to eat something, try this."

As she spoke, she lifted the plastic bag in her hand and handed the white rice noodle rolls inside to Maria.

"I don't know if it suits your taste, but...at least, I think it will taste better than what you have in your hand."

Chen was being very tactful, but she really couldn't call the thing in Maria's hand, which was completely unrecognizable, food.

Especially when he saw Maria wanted to taste it again, he quickly stopped her.

But unfortunately, Maria just raised her hand silently, and used her height and arm length to lift the food to a place where Chen could not reach.

Chen also subconsciously stood on tiptoe and tried to reach out and grab it.

The result was that she, who had originally distanced herself from Maria, was once again pressed against her.

However, unlike last time, this time she took the initiative to stick to it...

And it was at this moment that she discovered, to her surprise, that her other hand... seemed to have touched something soft...

So... so big!

Subconsciously, an image of a large white dough emerged in Chen's mind.

Maria's clothes were very slim-fitting and exquisite hunting clothes. When Chen saw her, he could only sigh that the other party had a well-proportioned figure and it was obvious that she had a well-trained body.

But... after actually touching it, she was surprised to find that there was actually a rabbit hidden under the other person's slender appearance!

Is this dress...hidden so well?

Chen was stunned for a few seconds before turning back and refocusing his eyes.

And in front of him, Maria looked at her with a smile.

"Although I don't mind these things, but...excessive intimacy is still a little inappropriate, don't you think?"

"……Um."

Chen, who was originally very emotional, suddenly calmed down at this moment, withdrew his hand awkwardly, and took a few steps back.

Maria also put the mess aside, then looked at her chest and tidied it up a little.

This Chen... is quite strong.

Maria calmly tidied her clothes and rubbed her aching chest. Without saying anything, she turned around and picked up the rice noodle rolls that she had handed to her.

After opening it, all I saw was some white leathery material...

"It looks... like it's no different from my food?"

Maria took a few glances and made her assessment.

“That’s different!”