Russell had gotten the Golden Apple item from a group meal. One Item Card contained three apples; after giving one each to the two Supergirls, he would still have one left.
It was rather embarrassing to say, but at that table, everyone else had eaten Golden Apples as fruit. Only he, frail and delicate as he was, had treated them as supplements to boost his stats.
Fortunately, that was only at the beginning. After gnawing through more than a dozen in a row, Golden Apples had stopped working on him.
After that, he ate them as fruit too!
"Golden Apples!?"
The two Supergirls spoke in unison. Golden apples, plus the fact that Russell had just finished a World Quest in Olympus—anyone with half a brain could figure it out.
"That's right. They were rewards for completing my quest. One for each of you."
"This..."
"You risked your life to complete that quest. You should keep the rewards for yourself!"
One should not accept rewards without merit. The two of them wanted to taste the Golden Apples, but when they thought about how much harder Russell's life was than theirs, they both chose to refuse.
"Don't be silly. Who said there were only two?"
Russell took out another Golden Apple and raised a brow. "After the quest was completed, I received three Golden Apples in total. I think this is fate guiding us."
As he spoke, he solemnly placed a Golden Apple in each of their hands, his expression so serious that it was as if he were exchanging wedding rings.
If the boat had not been split into two, the scene would certainly have been heartwarming instead of being so shameless that it was unbearable to look at.
But beauty lay in the eye of the beholder. The two Supergirls