Because Meng Chao had just saved them, and because his build was similar to theirs, without the overwhelming pressure of a Minotaur or Boar Person, the four children were fairly calm.
However, Meng Chao noticed that the children had not finished the High-Energy Food he had given them. Each had saved a small pinch.
Even the youngest child, who could barely speak clearly, had done the same.
"We... we wanted to save some for Fish Bone and the others."
The child wearing the Colorful Snail Pendant stammered, looking as though he were terrified Meng Chao would take back the cheese and sugar cubes.
After thinking for a moment, Meng Chao simply untied another leather pouch from his waist. He took out a large chunk of High-Energy Food mixed with honey and Condensed Milk, compressed into a Milk Brick. He crushed it in his palm, carefully wrapped the crumbs into several leaf packets, and placed them in the children's arms.
This was one of the spoils he had looted from the ten unlucky Totem Warriors earlier.
Being generous with someone else's money was always particularly pleasant.
All four children were dumbfounded.
They had never encountered anyone who treated them so well for no reason at all.
"My lord, you..."
The older child wearing the Colorful Snail Pendant squeezed his chest several times. The hard Milk Brick crumbs wrapped in leaves were still there.
This gave him the courage to secretly observe Meng Chao for quite some time before he cautiously asked, "Are you an envoy sent by the Rat God?"
"The Rat God?"
Meng Chao's heart stirred.
Countless glittering streams of information from the fragments of his past-life memories churned wildly through his mind.
He raised his eyebrows high and asked, "You know about the Great Horned Rat God too?"
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