"Ugh... water... give me water!!"
Turning our attention back to the Isel, in a luxurious yet elegant room, Luo Chen slowly woke up, feeling parched. He half-opened his eyes and asked someone for tea to quench his thirst.
"Hmm... Luo Chen, you're finally awake!!"
Hearing Luo Chen's weak cries from outside, Catherine rushed in and helped him up from the bed, saying with delight.
"Here, let me hold your water glass for you. Drink carefully..."
Then she reached for the water glass on the table beside her, filled it with tea, carefully brought it to his lips, and whispered.
Glug!!
Glug!!
"Ah... Phew, that finally quenched my thirst. By the way, Catherine, where am I now?"
After finishing his drink, Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief, then looked around at his surroundings, feeling quite unfamiliar with them, and asked her for a question.
"You should be lying in Orange's room on the Isel right now, the room of that Celestial Dragons. As for where we are now, I don't know."
Catherine put the teacup aside, rolled her eyes at him, and then continued to explain.
"In Celestial Dragons's room?!"
Hearing Catherine say that he had actually slept in the room of Orange, which he loathed, he was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise.
"I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I've already changed his sheets and pillowcases. You're lying on brand new ones now."
Catherine seemed to see right through him and replied.
"Oh... that's good. I thought those were that disgusting guy's bedding. It's good that they weren't."
Catherine saw right through him, and Luo Chen scratched his head sheepishly.
"Hmm!! By the way, Catherine, you just said we've lost our way, is that true?"
After Luo Chen finished speaking, he seemed to notice something was amiss and hurriedly got out of bed, staring at her as he asked again.
"Of course, you think I'd joke with you for no reason? Besides, I'm not a professional navigator; I just know how to handle a ship in a basic way."
Besides, you've been unconscious for a day and a night. During that time, I was taking care of you while also piloting it away from the area Marine Headquarters. I completely forgot to record the approximate route, and now we don't even know where we are."
Catherine rolled her eyes at Luo Chen again, then explained to him.
"That's troublesome. Are we just going to drift aimlessly with the ocean currents until we reach land?"
After listening to Catherine's explanation, Luo Chen also felt very troubled, and said with a troubled expression, then looked at Catherine again.
"Don't look at me, I don't know what to do either. We can only leave it to fate."
When Catherine saw that he was looking at her again, she knew that Luo Chen wanted to ask her what to do next, so she quickly waved her hand to decline.
"Hey... I know you're at a loss right now, but I want to ask you, you've been on the ship for a whole day and night, have you looked carefully for any nautical charts or Log Pose or anything like that?!"
Luo Chen sighed and spoke to her.
" Log Pose? I haven't found that, but there are tons of nautical charts, though it seems unnecessary now."
We don't even know where we are right now, so they're useless to us.
Catherine paused for a moment before beginning to speak.
"In that case, there's really nothing we can do. Let's just let it drift with the current for a while, and then see what we should do next."
I'm hungry, let's go to the dining room and fill our stomachs first, then we can talk about the rest!
Oh, by the way, Catherine, you can cook, right? I'll leave this to you."
After listening, Luo Chen thought about it and felt that there was no point in doing anything now, so he decided to put it aside for the time being and deal with other things first.
Glug...
As his stomach rumbled, he realized he hadn't eaten all day and it was now protesting. So Luo Chen rubbed his stomach and said to Catherine.
"Hmm... alright, I'll cook dinner. You go sit at the table and wait a bit."
When Luo Chen pushed the responsibility of preparing dinner onto her, she initially wanted to disagree, but seeing the hopeful look in his eyes, she remembered that he was a patient who had been injured because of her, and it was only right that she cook a meal for him.
So she told Luo Chen to wait at the table while she encouraged herself, then strode into the kitchen with an expression that suggested she didn't care about life or death, and slammed the kitchen door shut.
"Hmm... Is it really okay to hand it over to her like this?"
"Never mind, I'll just go to the restaurant and wait to see if what she made is any good..."
Seeing Catherine walk into the kitchen with a look of resignation, Luo Chen questioned his earlier decision. After a moment, he decided to wait for her.
Bang...
crackling sounds...
Just then, as he stepped into the dining room, he heard the sound of breaking dishes coming from the kitchen, which made Luo Chen even more worried about his decision.
" Catherine, are you alright? Do you need any help?!"
Luo Chen walked to the door, knocked on it with his finger, and asked.
"No need, you go and wait a moment, I'll be done soon."
Bang...
Catherine's voice came from inside, but before she could finish speaking, another porcelain bowl fell to the ground and shattered.
"Hmm... okay, take your time, no rush."
Upon hearing that voice, Luo Chen's forehead was instantly covered in black lines. He made up his mind to eat well later, regardless of whether it tasted good or not, just to coax her into eating.
"Alright, here you go... please taste it and see how good my cooking is..."
A moment later, Catherine brought out a plate of dark, charred food from the kitchen and presented it to him, smiling as she spoke.
"Hmm... what is this?!"
Luo Chen picked up his chopsticks and poked at it, then tentatively asked.
"Fried eggs, of course! How about it? Try them and see if they're good!"
Catherine sat down on the ground in Luo Chen's room, interlaced her fingers, rested her chin on them, and smiled as she answered.
"This is a fried egg?! I didn't realize. Let me try it and see if it tastes good..."
Hearing her answer, Luo Chen's head instantly started spinning again. He couldn't tell at all that there were eggs on the plate, but he didn't want to offend her, so he picked one up with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
"Hmm..."
Upon tasting it for the first time, Luo Chen felt terrible. The taste was even worse than Devil Fruit he had ever eaten. His face turned red, his lips bulged, and he kept patting his chest, trying to swallow it quickly.
"So, how was it? Is it good or not? Give me your feedback!!"
Just then, Catherine seemed to ignore his expression and looked at him expectantly, asking him a question.
Glug...
"So... delicious!!"
Luo Chen finally swallowed it, his teeth chattering and his voice trembling as he replied.
"Really? I didn't expect you to be so satisfied with my first attempt. Since it's so delicious, have some more. Here, have some of mine too. If it's not enough, I'll make another one."
Having received Luo Chen's affirmation, Catherine's expression instantly changed. With an excited look, she pushed her portion of eggs in front of him and smiled as she spoke.
"Um... no... no need, I'm already full. You haven't eaten much, so let me show you my cooking skills!"
Seeing her expression, Luo Chen couldn't refuse her kindness, so he could only make an excuse that he was full, and then slipped into the kitchen under the pretext of showing Catherine his cooking skills.