Chapter 278

Hungry. She was so hungry, but there’s nothing to eat.

Xanthea reluctantly shook her head, her conscience betraying her true feelings, while her starry eyes shimmered with a pleading look, which made the man’s heart almost melt.

“Just wait.”

“Huh?”

By the campfire, in a large lotus leaf filled with river water, a few fish and shrimp were happily wriggling. Orion picked out a trout, while Martin noticed Orion’s intent to grill and quickly grabbed the biggest pike.

“Mr. Lockwood, you should grill this one. It’s bigger and tastier.”

No thanks, pike has too many bones.”

“It does have more bones than trout, but…”

it, so

until he spotted Xanthea across the fire and suddenly understood–could it be he didn’t

Lockwood, are you grilling

this

advise against it.

of trainees gathered around, intrigued by his intent to grill.

there were no tools or ingredients here. Even the best chef can’t work miracles

pulled

Lockwood, you have a

knife and you didn’t bring it out. We’ve eaten

looks sharp and valuable; it

it’s a cherished item, he took it out to clean fish just so Xanthea could eat, didn’t

effortlessly win

that her

a birthday gift, claiming it was crafted by top Swiss artisans, incredibly robust and sharp enough to cut through iron like butter. Her mother, worried she might hurt herself, had hidden it away. But she secretly took

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