"This salt-baked purple walnut kernel is a new product I picked out at the trade fair in Green Shade Territory this time." Alice took out several bags of snacks and handed one to Adeline as well. "Everyone, have a taste..."
Adeline tried one and said in pleasant surprise, "It's delicious, Alice."
"It really is quite good." Athena nodded approvingly.
"It's impossible to stop eating them." Jia usually loved these little snacks most, and she had already polished off half a bag in one go. "No wonder Chen Rui likes them so much. Our little princess really went all the way to Green Shade Territory for them."
The Succubus maid's words immediately exposed Alice's true reason for leaving Dark Moon as its lord and going all the way to Green Shade Territory to buy these salt-baked purple walnut kernels. Alice blushed and argued, "Teacher Lola likes them best too."
"Unfortunately, Chen Rui took Pagliu and the others to the Land of Floating Specters for training, while Lola went to Ben Hong's kingdom for secluded cultivation." Knowing what Alice was thinking, Athena smiled. "Neither of them got to taste your thoughtfulness right away."
"Yes." Alice was somewhat dejected. She had hurried back in high spirits this time, only to find that Chen Rui happened to be away. "But it's good as long as everyone likes them, especially Dodo."
Nearby, Dodo had already finished the few kernels clutched in her little hand. "Sister Alice, I want more."
"It's Auntie." Alice tirelessly corrected the little girl's habitual mistake in form of address, simply taking out two bags and handing them to Dodo.
"Got it, Sister Alice." Dodo remained incorrigible about that form of address. Then, as if struck by a thought, she put one bag away. "Daddy likes them. I'll save this bag for