Got Punished by Miss Evil Dragon

As the carriage neared the Salmon Feast Competition venue, Koffey asked:

“Governor, we’re almost at the competition area. If you’d like to come along, I can have the guards prepare to disperse the crowded people ahead?”

Violet said indifferently: “No need, no need to disturb those civilians. You go ahead.”

Koffey was confused: “Then I’ll go first.”

He jumped out of the carriage, adjusted his suit and tie, checked his pocket watch, and seeing that the competition was about to end, quickly walked over.

Violet’s carriage drove to a nearby tower, where Ellena attended to her.

From the highest level of the tower, the situation of the Salmon Feast Competition was clear at a glance.

When Violet’s gaze focused on the only highlight on the field, her pale fingertips clenched tightly.

Long Ling had promised to cook only for her. Has she completely forgotten that now?

Doesn’t she remember her identity?

A coldness flashed across Violet’s eyes, her gaze always fixed on Long Ling on the competition stage.

Long Ling didn’t know that she had been discovered by Violet and was being watched.

After all, based on the general situation, Violet was very busy recently and didn’t have much time to care about her, nor was she interested in her tavern.

Her secretly participating in the competition shouldn’t be known by many people.

Long Ling put several of her signature dishes on a plate, and just then, the bell rang in the competition venue, signifying that the competition time was up.

The surrounding audience had long been drooling, but the judges still had to evaluate first. The town chief saw that there were many people and added manpower around to protect the fence to block the crowd, so they wouldn’t eat all the new dishes he was optimistic about.

But Long Ling had already left, only letting Mina stay on the field.

After all, doing so was for the tavern’s publicity. Mina had only been learning from her for half a month, and some dishes were not yet perfect.

With not much time left, Long Ling could only go on stage herself at that time.

Fortunately, not many people here knew her. Long Ling thought that this matter was perfectly seamless.

Even if Mina was replaced on the stage, the people off stage would still be there for the food.

As Long Ling left, she waved to Mina: “When you win the competition later, remember to focus on recommending our tavern’s sauerkraut fish. That is a specialty dish, and the recipe is simpler and more convenient than other dishes.”

She also said to Nora: “Nora, remember to take them to hand out flyers. The grand opening of the tavern will depend on the customers attracted today.”

Nora, holding a kraft paper bag full of flyers, happily said to Long Ling:

“Don’t worry, Miss Long Ling, I’m all prepared.”

Long Ling returned to the audience and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there was a small mistake in the middle, it was finally completed satisfactorily.

She took out a handkerchief and wiped the crystal clear sweat from her forehead, suddenly feeling a gaze fixed on her.

Long Ling looked around at the crowd.

Everyone’s attention was on the food, and no one noticed her at all.

She looked into the distance again, and as if by telepathy, her gaze suddenly fell on the tall, colorful spire in the distance.

The spire was empty, with only the cold wind blowing through the azure blue flag, the flag snapping in the air.

Long Ling’s heart couldn’t help but beat faster.

How strange, why did she feel like someone was staring at her just now?

The first thing Long Ling thought of was Violet, but she also felt that she was just being sentimental.

Violet wouldn’t specifically come to watch her participate in the competition.

Long Ling patted her little heart, comforting herself that it was nothing.

Violet was definitely still in Gris Harbor, don’t scare herself.

As she turned her head, Nora’s enlarged face suddenly appeared in front of her.

“Miss Long Ling, the town chief is leading the judges to taste the dishes on our side first.”

Long Ling’s ice-blue pupils were a little out of focus, and she regained her composure: “Yes, I saw it.”

Seeing that Long Ling had a lot of sweat on her forehead, Nora couldn’t help but ask worriedly: “Miss Long Ling, are you okay? You look a little pale?”

Long Ling shook her head slightly, her lips curving into a shallow smile:

“It’s okay, let’s watch the competition first, and wait for the judges to announce the results.”

The town chief led the new councilor and other judges to prepare to taste the dishes that Long Ling had just made.

Mina stood nervously next to the dishes prepared by Miss Long Ling, silently thinking about the recommendations. 

Seeing the town chief coming over, she immediately offered the forks and spoons.

Just as the town chief was about to take a fork, the burly Jones suddenly blocked Mina’s path.

A rare enthusiasm appeared on Jones’s face, and he rubbed his big hands on his apron:

“Town chief, why don’t you try my grilled fish first? The large grilled fish just came out of the oven, and it’s still hot, perfect for eating.”

In previous years, Jones always stood confidently next to his oven, but this year was different.

A newcomer suddenly appeared, stealing all his spotlight.

He had a little trick up his sleeve. Once you ate the large grilled fish, you couldn’t stop.

Everyone would eat their fill, who would come over to try Long Ling’s dishes?

Sure enough, as soon as he said those words, the town chief couldn’t refuse.

After all, Jones had been the champion of the Salmon Feast for many years and had dealt with him a lot. He was like an old friend.

Considering his old friend’s feelings, the town chief led everyone and said: “Then let’s try the grilled fish made by Jones first.”

Seeing that the judges were about to be stolen away, Mina couldn’t help but worry. 

Long Ling gave her a reassuring look. Even if that group of people left, they would come back eventually.

Jones thought that he could conquer the greedy diners with just the large grilled fish. That was too naive.

The more you suppressed people’s desire for food, the more they would be curious, like a small hook scratching in their hearts.

They would definitely save room in their stomachs and come back again.

After the comparison, the dishes she made would only receive more praise.

Sure enough, everyone was about to leave, and some judges were reluctant, their gazes still stuck on the fish. Councilor Koffey also stood still.

He was an subordinate of Duke Violet, his status much higher than the town chief.

There was no need to give Jones that face at all.

Koffey cleared his throat: “You go and eat the grilled fish, I’ll just eat the fish here. I came all the way from Gris Harbor, and the cold wind blew all the way. I want to drink some hot soup to warm up.”

He had smelled that domineering aroma as soon as he arrived, sour and appetizing, completely different from the soup he had tasted before.

Not to mention that it was emitting heat in such cold weather, whoever saw it would not be able to move.

There was a table full of dishes, all of which he had never seen before.

Why go far away when he could eat here first?

Mina quickly handed over the spoons and chopsticks.

Koffey scooped a spoonful of sour fish soup into his bowl, picked up the bowl, and took a sip.

It wasn’t just fish soup. It was so fresh that people wanted to swallow their tongues. Not only did it have the taste of fish, but it also had the rich aroma of whole chicken and beef bones.

It was completely a pot of broth, and the different flavor brought by the sauerkraut raised the rich soup to another level.

He had never drunk such good fish soup before.

After tasting a sip of the fish soup, he couldn’t wait to have Mina serve him a full bowl again.

Just seeing Koffey eating, the surrounding onlookers couldn’t help but swallow.

Who could say that sauerkraut fish wasn’t delicious?

Sauerkraut fish was the most delicious food in the world.

Those judges couldn’t care so much. They took spoons themselves and said to the town chief:

“Town chief, you go first. We’ll eat with the councilor for a while, no, first taste the food.”

In the end, only the town chief went to Jones’s grilled fish stand as a lone commander.

Seeing others eating so happily, the town chief wiped his mouth after taking two bites and quickly went to try the dishes made by Long Ling.

Jones’s face immediately fell. He never expected that a greenhorn who didn’t know where he came from could surpass his large grilled fish.

Those judges ate with relish, each holding a fork, almost devouring more than half of the table of dishes.

Finally, after each judge tasted the dishes of other contestants in turn, only the dishes made by Long Ling received high scores of ten, announcing that the Misty Tavern, where Long Ling was, had won the championship of the Salmon Feast Competition.

Mina and Nora hugged each other and cheered, and the other maids couldn’t help but celebrate.

For Long Ling, success was a matter of course.

But the feeling of holding the golden trophy was really good.

She liked to be recognized by everyone for her cooking skills, so she was still very happy.

Let’s put this trophy in the tavern in the future, it can be regarded as her first milestone in this world.

The most important thing was the thousand gold coins. Long Ling held the bag full of gold coins, opened it, and was fascinated by the light emitted by the gold coins.

A little dragon with money is happy, whoever wants to live the life of a poor light is welcome.

Jones only got a score of nine. He walked over with a dark face, picked up a silver fork, and forked a spoonful of fish, his eyes full of shock.

Those fish didn’t even have a single bone! He suspiciously tasted a piece of crispy fried fish, coated with a sweet and sour sauce, and there was still not a single bone.

The shape of the fish could be maintained so perfectly, without the support of any bones, but he could perfectly peel the fish in such a short time.

The surrounding crowd pushed Jones to the side, but Jones was still unwilling to believe it and directly found Mina.

Jones held the fork, his neck red: “Hello, I am Jones.”

Mina was startled by the burly man in front of her and couldn’t help but take a step back: “Hello, my name is Mina, is there anything I can help you with?”

Jones directly asked: “Did you use any magic potion just now, why is there not a single bone in those fish, and they taste so crispy, but can still maintain the shape of the whole fish?”

Mina didn’t know what to do and could only look at Long Ling: “This…”

Long Ling stood up and smiled at Jones: “I didn’t use magic potion, I just used a knife to remove the bones and fish bones. It’s fried fish, coated with batter, and drizzled with sweet and sour sauce.

If you don’t believe it, you can take a look at the trash can.”

Jones immediately pried open the trash can to look, and when he saw the complete fish skeleton, he was completely speechless.

The girl in front of him was so young and her cooking skills were so good, he was convinced that he had lost.

Jones bowed to Long Ling, very respectful: “Respected lady, where do you work? Will I have the opportunity to discuss cooking skills with you in the future?”

Long Ling curved her lips: “I have now passed on my cooking skills to my apprentice Mina.

You can ask Mina if she is willing to discuss with you?”

Mina didn’t expect Long Ling to regard her as an apprentice.

She was just an ordinary maid, how could she be worthy of being Miss Long Ling’s apprentice, let alone discussing cooking skills with Mr. Jones, she was far from it. 

Jones’s gaze turned to Mina, and Mina was immediately disturbed: “I, I can’t do it, I’ve only learned a little bit now, I’m not as good as Miss Long Ling, and I’m not as good, sorry, Mr. Jones.”

Long Ling patted Mina on the shoulder: “It doesn’t matter, everyone will slowly become proficient from being unskilled, as long as you dare to try, I have high hopes for you, you just need to do your own thing well, don’t say sorry to anyone.”

Mina’s eyes turned red. She didn’t know that Miss Long Ling had such high hopes for her.

She was just a humble maid.

In that case, how could she repay Miss Long Ling?

She could only try her best to protect the tavern like her own life.

Jones noticed the name of the tavern embroidered on Mina’s clothes and said solemnly:

“Does Miss Mina work at the Misty Tavern? I will often visit your tavern.”

Mina felt a lot of pressure, but still tried to say: “Thank you, welcome to your visit, Mr. Jones.”

Jones left, and Nora ran over with a large stack of flyers, anxiously saying:

“Mina, come quickly and hand out flyers. Now a lot of people are asking where they can eat such delicious food. Today we must make our Misty Tavern a hit.”

The Salmon Feast Competition was a great success.

Beautiful light jumped in Long Ling’s ice-blue eyes. Now every flyer was being tucked into pockets by the people who received it.

She believed that when the tavern officially opened, there would be many, many customers.

The wine in the tavern’s wine cabinet might also be sold. When the fruits and vegetables on the farm matured, she would make some alcoholic beverages to earn more gold coins.

Then she could pay off the renovation money owed to the evil dragon and buy something for the evil dragon.

Long Ling sat in the carriage back, holding a large bag of gold coins, her heart blooming with joy, completely throwing the possibility that Violet might have discovered her personally participating in the competition out of her mind.

At dinner, Marcia told her that the evil dragon had already finished dinner and was waiting for her in the study.

Long Ling sped up to finish dinner, took a fragrant bath, changed into new clothes, and with a cheerful mood, held the grand trophy in one hand and carried a large bag of gold coins in the other, and walked to the door of the evil dragon’s study.

A brilliant smile was on her face. She knocked on the door twice, and the door was opened from behind.

Long Ling’s mood now was the state of seeing a small grass and wanting to praise the grass as cute.

When she saw Ellena, she couldn’t help but smile and ask: “What did the Duke eat for dinner? Why didn’t she eat with me?”

Ellena silently lowered her head and hurriedly whispered: “Miss Long Ling, you better pray to God for peace tonight.”

When Her Highness flared up, she didn’t know if that little silver dragon would be able to see the sun tomorrow.

Long Ling didn’t realize Ellena’s hint at all. She said goodbye to Ellena with a smile, turned around and saw Violet taking a feather pen to write documents at the desk.

Violet had her hair tied up today, wearing a shirt, and the top two buttons were unbuttoned, revealing exquisite and charming collarbones.

The fingers holding the feather pen were pale and slender, wearing gorgeous gems, looking noble and cold.

Long Ling walked to her side and said happily:

“Duke, I won the competition today, first place, I got the trophy, and there’s a big bag of gold coins.”

She was full of pride, and crystal clear dragon horns popped out, shaking a large bag of gold coins in her hand, the sound of the gold coins colliding crisp and pleasant.

Violet frowned and ordered: “Stand against the wall, go to the side.”

Long Ling was puzzled by Violet’s suddenly cold tone. She hugged the trophy and a large bag of gold coins and obediently stood in the corner of the wall.

“Turn around.” Violet’s voice sounded cold.

Long Ling turned around, pricked up her ears, and heard the sound of the wheelchair turning from behind.

She didn’t quite understand what Violet was going to do. Suddenly, her bottom was hit hard by the cold magic staff.

Long Ling hadn’t had her butt spanked for a long time.

The strong sense of shame made her cheeks turn red, and she couldn’t help but pop out her dragon tail.

“Why are you hitting me?” Long Ling’s voice was full of grievances.

Her dragon tail and butt were hit again by the cold magic staff.

“Have you forgotten the promise you made to me?”

She turned her head and saw Violet roll up her shirt sleeves, revealing her pale wrist bones.

Pale and slender fingers held the gorgeous staff, and the cold skin under the bulging back of her hand could see the winding blue veins.

Violet’s hands were stunningly beautiful.

She couldn’t remember for a moment, and was hit several times again, both painful and ashamed.

Unable to stand still, she could only hold on to the wall.