Chapter 591 - Feast (2/2)

The dining room of the Abode Setting was large enough to comfortably feed a family of eight. But, at the moment, every stretch of table was completely covered with a plate or plates of food.

Aina stood on her tippy toes, carefully sliding the omelet onto a layered dish as though crowning her final achievement.

Aina wiped her brow with a forearm again before smiling lightly. It was only at that moment that Leonel understood that all the dishes that took up the steel table were nothing but experiments.

Leonel's heart couldn't help but warm. He had no idea how much effort Aina had put into trying different combinations of beast meat and herbs to eventually come up with all of this, but he was quite frankly left stunned.

”What are you just standing there for?” Aina looked toward Leonel. ”Eat!”

And so Leonel did.

He hardly remembered the first bite, but he most definitely lamented the last. He had thought that maybe like those comedic animes his dad always made him watch, he'd have to pretend to love Aina's food to make her feel better. But the reality was completely outside his expectations.

Not only did the food look and smell good, it was so delicious that Leonel felt as though he was ascending to another realm. And, in fact, in a way, he was. It was even to the point where even the injuries he hadn't bothered to heal to this point as though a badge to remind him of something, had begun to heal on their own.

Aina watched on with a smile on her face, her elbows on the table and her hands cupping her face. Though she too had a great appetite, after all the taste tests she had done over the last few days, she was as full as could be at the moment.

If Leonel knew this, he would probably be even more stunned. With all the tiny bites he had seen before… Just how many test dishes would she have to have made in order to be full?

However, Leonel was so engrossed in eating that he didn't even realize that Aina didn't have anything for herself. It was only after he had his last bite that he looked up at her as though he was looking at a monster.

Leonel gaze locked onto Aina, seemingly not wanting to waste time looking at anything else.

Aina blinked. ”… I'm not part of the feast, you know.”

Leonel was stunned out of his shock into a fit of laughter when he heard these words.

”And why not?” He grinned slyly.

Aina shook her head and mumbled under her breath.

”Men… Maybe Savahn was right, you lot can never be satisfied.”

Leonel coughed and held his chest.

Another fatal blow.

Aina giggled, seemingly pleased by Leonel's reaction. But after a while, her expression grew to one of worry, scanning Leonel.

”Are you alright?”