By the time Ruben woke up, it was already noon the next day. As his stomach growled in protest, he looked around at the simple room containing only a bed. Though Tinasha did not mind Ruben sleeping in her bed, she needed sleep too. Even if the imperial princess did not mind sharing with another person, Mayuna would have thrown him into the artificial lake in the courtyard, so they had temporarily arranged a small room for him.
"You're awake. Come with me."
Tinasha had come in at just the right time to check on Ruben. Seeing him sitting on the bed in a daze, she took him straight to her room to feed him. In her eyes, if he was weak from exhaustion, eating more would help him recover faster.
"What is it?"
Ruben quietly ate his portion of food when he suddenly noticed the Magic God girl opposite him staring at him with puffed cheeks. Before her was a spread that could be called a feast of mountain and sea delicacies, yet she had only taken a few bites.
"It doesn't taste good..."
"You... Let's talk after I'm done."
Ruben instantly understood what Mayuna meant. Thoughts such as, Don't you know I'm picky? I want to eat the food you make! and This is all garbage food! automatically surfaced in his mind. Faced with her willfulness, he could only sigh and say,
"Wasn't the surgery finished?" Tinasha asked.
"The real battle is only beginning now."
Ruben unusually left them in suspense. After eating his fill, he went to the intensive care room Dragon had transformed into. Golden Sword Lion was still standing outside the isolation room, staring through the glass at the inside. He obviously had not slept all night.
"Mr. Ruben, you're here."
"Dragon, you've worked hard."