As an experienced old hand, Ivette knew a little about swordsmanship herself. Of course, she was not going to learn swordsmanship from a little girl.
What she mainly wanted was to understand how widespread and developed swordsmanship, magic, and the like were among ordinary people in this world, and to fill in the basic knowledge that any normal person should have.
She also remembered that during Rosaline's Golden Age, illiteracy rates on both the Eastern and Western Continents had dropped significantly, and magical knowledge had been popularized, no longer as unattainable as it had once been. Unfortunately, after the Legendary Mage fell, the continent descended into chaos, and the Academy of Truth's policies gradually changed in nature, knowledge once again became monopolized by the nobility, and everything returned to square one.
That was truly regrettable.
Soon, after arranging to meet again tomorrow, Lucia said, "It's getting late. Do you want to come to my house for dinner?"
"No." Ivette shook her head. "I can sort it out myself."
"How are you going to sort it out yourself? Can you cook?" Lucia looked confused. There clearly were no ingredients here.
Ivette hesitated for a moment.
Naturally, she had planned not to eat. First, before going to Autumnwind City, she had not had any spare change to buy food. She had even borrowed the money for the furniture and new shoes from Mr. Sterling. Second, eating was not really a necessity for her. She had accepted going more than two hundred years without food at the Abyss Base, so going a few days without eating was perfectly normal.
But to Lucia, this was an enormous problem. How could anyone not eat?
Seeing Ivette fail to come up with an excuse for a long while, Lucia suspected that she was simply embarrassed and