"Uh..." Rhode stared, momentarily dumbfounded, unsure what to do.
Should he help her? Or not? Neither seemed quite right.
Calia, of course, was even more embarrassed.
A princess of Lordaeron, making such a spectacle of herself-and right in front of the man she fancied!
This was mortifying!
Little Lilia looked curiously at her princess friend. Still chewing her noodles, she asked in a muffled voice, "Is... is this some kind of skill? Shooting noodles out of your nose to defeat enemies?"
Calia was just about to pull the noodle dangling from her nose out.
But when she heard that, she failed to hold back.
Pfft-
Another noodle shot out of her right nostril.
Holy shit! Was it really a skill? Just like that?
Rhode's eyes went wide.
Lilia's eyes went wide too.
Even the owner, Chengbo Stormstout, standing at the entrance, stared at Calia with his panda eyes wide.
With all three of them staring at her like that, Calia simply couldn't stay there any longer.
And so, a truly astonishing scene unfolded in the little noodle shop called Cheng's Ramen.
A beautiful woman, with two noodles of different lengths dangling from her nose, raced out of the shop at a speed few ordinary people could match, under everyone's watchful eyes.
But she had forgotten the threshold at the shop entrance.
The moment she passed through the doorway, her ankle struck the threshold hard. Pain shot through it, and she stumbled, pitching toward the ground.
Rhode quickly blinked over, appearing outside right after her, and reached out to support her.
Who knew his hand would land right on... that.
Yep, just as he'd concluded earlier. Plenty to go around, and absolutely genuine.
"Ah-!"
Calia screamed.
Startled, Rhode hurriedly let go.
And Calia promptly fell to the ground.
"Ahem, I was