(???????) As Long As You're Not Afraid of Pain!
And so, neither of them spoke again. They simply ate in silence, each either quietly or with great gusto.
The only sounds in the cave were the crackling of wood burning in the fire and the occasional meaningless cries from the Fire Element Murlocs outside in the distance—things like "wula wugaga jiji."
"Urp—"
At that moment, Lania let out a satisfied burp, then quickly took a sip of water.
Then, she lowered her head and glanced at the large flatbread in her hands. By now, she had torn it into an irregular oval, its edges jagged and uneven.
Although she had eaten less than a third of it, this dense, unleavened baked flatbread was simply too filling. After eating so little, her stomach was already stuffed, and she truly could not eat another bite.
So!
She decisively stopped eating, put away the flatbread, and raised her head, her gaze falling on Annie, who was still taking huge bites out of a frog.
Slowly, a trace of hesitation flickered in her eyes, as though she wanted to say something.
"Um—"
"Lady Annie?"
After a while, she finally gathered her courage and spoke.
"Hmm?"
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Annie still had a mouthful of some kind of animal meat, so she merely looked up and answered indistinctly.
"It's like this."
"Do you have any way—"
Lania paused, as if choosing her words, or perhaps trying to encourage herself.
"Any way—"
"To let me become stronger quickly?"
After saying that, her lips pressed together unconsciously, and the fist resting on her knee clenched reflexively.
The reason she dared to ask was naturally because she had overheard that Annie seemed to possess some method of making people stronger quickly. Even Queen Catherine had apparently tried it and benefited