Just as the two bad influences were bickering, the bar's newest little customer quickly drew everyone's attention with her unconventional eating habits.
Hisau Mai sat properly at the table with her food. She picked up an egg tart in her left hand and held a spoon in her right, spooning sugar into the tart one scoop at a time.
Samael counted more than seven spoonfuls. Nearly half the sugar bowl had been emptied.
Only when the little depression in the center of the egg tart could hold no more toppings did the girl reluctantly stop. She then raised the tart, now covered in a thick layer of sugar, to her mouth and chewed happily, as though savoring the finest delicacy in the world.
After swallowing one, she eagerly took a second egg tart and repeated the process, emptying the sugar bowl completely. Samael's mouth twitched as he desperately wanted to ask:
Wasn't that disgustingly sweet?
"So, you like sweets too!"
Unlike adults with their complicated thoughts, Abby immediately found a kindred spirit in someone who loved sweets. She excitedly went over to strike up a conversation and casually pulled out her own treasured snacks to share with the quiet girl.
"This is hazelnut chocolate, this is marshmallow, and these are my favorite gummy bears. Master bought them all for me. I can't finish them, so here, you can have these."
Hisau Mai looked at the emptied sugar bowl, then at the colorful candies on the table. Her throat moved unconsciously. Unable to resist the temptation, she instinctively looked toward Natalia at the bar.
Only after the Huntress nodded did the girl finally relax. She unwrapped a piece of candy and carefully placed the sparkling little treat into her mouth.
At once, sweetness bloomed across her tongue, filling her body with