角色故事•一（解鎖條件：角色等級20）
在工煉房裏旁觀父親煉劍時，劍爐噴薄的燥熱會讓她肚子餓得出奇得快，往往一兩個時辰後就不見了身影——她要偷跑一趟集市，填飽肚子後才能好好觀瞻學習。
「這家肉龍腸出食總比別家快，師傅串腸的手法乾淨利索，竹籤一下串進腸心，不歪也不斜。如果他去練劍，劍風一定爽利。」這麼想着，她排在了隊伍末端。
胡麻飯糰的鋪子以往總是老闆娘當廚，今天卻是她的丈夫。他小臂的肱肌要比膀子肉更緊實，看着像是練過刀，因而抓起飯來也頗有大破大立之感——飯糰一個頂平時三個大。她立馬湊近：「兩份，多抓點飯。」
青衣小哥賣的炸糖藕發揮總不穩定，但今天做得尚好，甜而不膩，外酥里脆。她吃完一個，沒走遠，站着又看了會兒。小哥今天邊糊着糖汁，邊有規律地轉着手腕…居然是練劍的動作，他是幾時學會的？「嗯…看來廚藝中亦有劍術……」
等她吃飽回到家，已是黃昏。院子裏戴着鐵盔的男人從父親手上接過一把嶄新的劍。
「多謝含光大師，鄙人定將…除惡務盡。」落暉渲染着那人洶湧的堅毅，卻也添了份薄暮的無望。
殘陽卻未落入雲璃眼中，她只注意到鐵盔男人明明魁梧有力，腰胯壯健，這把劍卻劍體輕薄，劍尖從坡度明顯大於普通利劍，這樣的構造更利於應對不同方向的敵人…但那男人接過劍後，第一件事卻是檢查劍韁的韌力……
「他是衝鋒的騎兵，對嗎？這麼輕的劍卻還寄望於劍韁使劍不離手，一看就像會臨陣脫逃的樣子…而且騎術還不錯。他配不上你的劍。」
含光訝然地看着雲璃。
「吃那麼多東西，不就是為了練眼力嘛。」
Character Story: Part I
• Unlocked at Character Level 20
Watching her father refine swords in the workshop would always stimulate her hunger — more so than usual — probably because of the intense heat emitted by the furnace. As a result, she typically disappears within a few hours, sneaking off to the market to fill her belly, apparently so that she would be in a better frame of mind to observe and learn from her father.
"This shop serves up meat sausages faster than their competitors. The chef easily skewers the sausages with mastery, piercing right through their centers with perfect symmetry. Hmm, if he were to learn swordsmanship, he would probably adopt a brisk style of fighting." She thought to herself as she joined the back of the queue.
The sesame rice balls at this shop were usually prepared by the proprietress, but her husband took over the job today. His forearm was a lot more toned than his upper arm, possibly from regular blade training. Because of that, the way he squashed the rice together had a hint of almost destructive force in it — But each rice ball ended up three times larger than their usual. On noticing this, she eagerly walked over to place her order: "Two rice balls. More rice please~!"
The fried sweet lotus root sold by the guy in green was never consistent in quality. But the one that was sold today turned out to be quite decent: Sweet but not cloying, and crispy on the outside while still retaining its crunchy bite. She had walked a short distance away by the time she finished the one she bought, that was when she stopped to observe the guy. He seemed to be rotating his wrist in a rhythmic fashion while coating the snack in syrup... He actually knew a move used in swordplay! When did he pick that up, though? "Hmm... Looks like the swordsmanship can be applied in cooking too..."
It was already sunset by the time she had her fill and returned home. In the courtyard, her father handed over a brand-new sword to another man in an iron helmet.
"Thank you, Master Hanguang. With this blade... I shall eradicate all evil." That man's raging determination shone bright in the afterglow of the sunset, yet was colored with the hopelessness of twilight.
However, Yunli did not notice the setting sun. Instead, her focus was held by the man in the iron helmet. Before her was clearly a burly and robust man, yet he was given such a lightweight sword. The sword's tip was also broader than that of an average sword's. Such a design would be advantageous when fighting enemies from all sides. But strangely, after accepting the blade, the first thing that man did was to assess the tensile strength of the sword's tassel...
"That man's an assault cavalry, right? Hmph, the sword's already so light, and he's still hoping to grab onto the tassel to keep his sword from flying...? He seems to possess decent horsemanship, but he also looks like someone who would flee on the eve of a battle. He isn't worthy of your sword."
Hanguang stared at Yunli in surprise.
"All that snacking is just for acuity training!"
