Book 3: Chapter 6: One must consume food slowly

Book 3: Chapter 6: One must consume food slowly

“Can...can I really have some?”

“Sigh. Stop keeping up this nonsense. Since I told you to sit down, just sit down, would you.”

“But...but...”

“No buts. If you continue, I’ll get angry, you know.”

“Oh...okay, sorry for the intrusion.”

Saintess Thea strode over shyly before taking a seat. Nevertheless, despite her obviously feeling somewhat uncomfortable, she held the knife and fork with ease, though she was clearly at a loss on how to start on the food present on the table. She continued to sweep her gaze over the large pile of food present, appearing as though this was the first time she had seen so many delicious foods in her life.

That’s strange. Isn’t she a Saintess? Why does she have a lost look present on her face?

“Okay. Just enjoy the meal. I’m not lacking in food.”

“I’m truly grateful for that. Not only have you saved us, but you’re even sharing your food with us.”Yôur favorite novels at n/o(v)el/bin(.)com

“No problem, no problem. That’s just a small matter.”

Ever since I’ve experienced the severe pangs of hunger during my stay in the auction house, I’ve sworn to always carry food with me, no matter the time or place. Therefore, I had personally designated a storage ring solely to store various kinds of food in case of any emergency. The isolated space within a storage ring is not affected by time, so any food placed within would never go bad at all. However, the rule made it incapable of storing living organisms, so it could only be used to store cooked food.

So as for how much I can store... Sae and I have yet to even consume a tenth of what I’m carrying. Therefore, there was absolutely no problem giving an ordinary human some of our food. After all, it is impossible for her to have a bigger appetite than me.

As for her subordinates...they can go have their dry rations. I’m not that good-hearted to give food towards people who had shown unrestrained killing intent towards me.

“Then I’ll start digging in.”

True to her title as a Saintess. Regardless of her movements or her posture, there was nothing present within Thea’s actions that would’ve been worthy of critique. With movements akin to that of an exquisite dance, she pushed an ordinary meatball gently through her rosebud lips.

“Oh!”

All of a sudden, after consuming the meatball, Saintess Thea clutched her throat, while her eyes snapped wide open, before turning green and falling off from her chair. At this moment, her behaviour was utterly devoid of any of the grace and elegance she had carried herself with before. Furthermore, her entire being had turned dark and gloomy. Grasping at the leg of the table with her fingernails like a female ghost, she forced out a word from her throat with much difficulty:

“Water...”

She really had choked on it!!

Appearing to have predicted this event, Alucard barked out orders in a calm and collected manner: “1st knight squadron, grab hold of our esteemed Saintess. Don’t let her flail about.”

“Yes.”

A few tall and big knights strode forward and supported Thea, before pressing her back to the chair with practiced movements.

“2nd knight squadron, unleash high speed punches towards the esteemed Saintess’ back. Make sure to not injure her.”

“Yes.”

The few people who were restraining Thea were shaken to dizziness by Thea’s flailings. As this happened, a knight stood forward, before unleashing high speed punches invisible to the naked eye towards Thea’s back, causing her to make continuous “er er er er er” sounds.

“3rd priest squadron, prepare magnetism magic.”

“Yes.”

A grey-robed old man stood before Thea, before pointing his staff at her. After sprouting a rapid chant, a milky white line shot out from his staff towards Thea’s unconsciously opened mouth.

“It’s coming...it’s coming, it’s coming out, hah!!”

As the grey-robed old man gave a low roar, the milky white light finally reeled out the meatball Thea had placed earlier into her mouth.