The dragon has a stomach with super strong digestive ability. It can easily digest and absorb the ore it eats and use it to strengthen its own scales.
“Ugh!!!”
Herbert smiled as he watched Miss Dragon being easily sunk by the food, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
In fact, the reasons for telling Valentina were all made up by Herbert.
All of them.
The truth is - even without the hint, the Siren with the Clip Sound would not have been able to succeed yesterday. The Siren that was caught was given a good lesson and finally hid back in the water in shame and anger.
But what does that matter
Herbert and Freme knew the truth, but Valentina didn't know it!
Does it matter what the truth is
unimportant.
In interpersonal communication, it is very important to make the other party feel that they have made contributions!
In fact, people generally like those they have helped more than those who can help them.
Simply put, people tend to see themselves as decent people who are smart, reasonable, and decent.
When people help others, they feel that their behavior is consistent with their self-perception, which amplifies their own personal charm, thus generating a sense of pleasure and becoming closer to the person being helped.
The purpose of Herbert's doing this at this moment is to amplify Valentina's joy.
Let her believe that it is all thanks to you that she is safe.
Let her understand that she is not someone who does not know how to repay kindness, and that helping her will be beneficial.
If once is not enough, do it twice, three times, until she is completely used to these two things.
Once these two concepts form path dependence in her mind, that time... haha.
“Hmm!?”
Valentina was still able to hold herself back before she started eating, thinking about not appearing too out of control, but at this moment she had completely lost her mind and was greedily gobbling down the skewers.
While stuffing the skewers into her mouth, she still managed to find time to ask, "What on earth did you put in this flavor!?"
“It’s onions. I added onions.”
The key to making food delicious is naturally not magic, but spices!
Herbert added spices he brought from the Duke's house to the marinating process of the skewers.
In this world where the progress of civilization is similar to that of the Middle Ages, there are not many varieties of spices and they are quite expensive.
Although there are druids who are very knowledgeable about plants, they would rather study techniques to make plants grow faster than focus on the development of food spices.
In many places, spices could be exchanged for an equal weight of gold!
Except for the nobility, ordinary people had no access to spices in their lives. Most of the food was enjoyed for its original taste - fishy, dry and bland.
Valentina had never experienced such extravagant usage before.
"Is it tasty?"
"Hmm."
"Would you like to eat it again later?"
“Mmmmm!”
Looking at Valentina who was completely overwhelmed, Herbert suddenly asked about the ultimate goal.
"Then as long as you don't swear in the future, I will bring you food regularly, how about that?"
"Hmmm... hm?"
Chapter 12 It smells so good!
Um
If you don’t curse me, you can give me food
Is there such a good thing
In this case, it seems that it is not wrong... No!
"what you up to?"
At this moment, Valentina instinctively felt something was wrong and stared at Herbert with a serious expression, trying to find any flaws on his face.
She didn't have any clear reason in her mind, but she just felt something was wrong.
There is a problem... There must be a problem!
This guy smiles so brightly, he definitely has no good intentions!
Oh, young mortal.
You can't fool me!
Thinking of this, Valentina snorted coldly, raised her head proudly and said, "Boy, I don't know what you are up to, but you can't deceive the great Demon Flame."
"Oh, you'd better save your energy. Don't think you can buy me off by giving me a few skewers of barbecue!"
"Nothing in this world can make a great dragon bow its head!"
"Not even gods!"
Valentina's words sounded condescending, revealing the arrogance and defiance of an epic dragon.
However, what ruined the atmosphere a little was that she didn't have time to wipe the oil from the corners of her mouth when she said this.
At the same time, the slender fingers covered with seasoning and grease did not stop, and unconsciously touched around in the box...
And found nothing.
"What!?"
Miss Dragon's expression changed when she realized something. She moved incredibly quickly and grabbed the wooden box in disbelief, only to see a few pieces of residue left inside.
Finished eating!
How come it's eaten up so quickly?!
In an instant, an extremely strong feeling of regret surged into her heart, making her feel suffocated by the pain.
This is not right!
There were so many...
What about the meat
Who ate it
And just as Valentina's face was filled with despair and she was uttering a silent cry through her lips, the corners of Herbert's mouth curled up slightly.
The smile doesn't disappear, it just moves to my face.
He did not respond to Valentina's previous remarks, but asked with concern: "Miss Valentina, what happened? Do you feel that you don't have enough to eat?"
Valentina: “… Cough, cough!”
Asking this useless nonsense.
What do you think
Of course it is not enough!
But facts are facts, situations are situations, and her proud self-esteem prevented her from lowering her head and taking back what she had just said.
Therefore, even if the heart is bleeding, there is only one way to go to the end and swallow all the blood and tears.
She turned her head away, her tone even choked with sobs, and said weakly:
"No, I'm not...hungry!"
Yes.
I'm not hungry, not at all.
Valentina kept brainwashing herself—I’m not hungry, not hungry, not hungry, not hungry, hungry, hungry, hungry, hungry, hungry!
I'm so hungry!
It was fine when she didn't eat anything before, and she didn't deliberately recall the feeling of swallowing food.
During the long period of imprisonment, she had long been accustomed to the feeling of hunger and had even forgotten about it.
As a powerful dragon with legendary peak strength and only one step away from epic, she can already sustain herself without relying on ordinary food and can survive by absorbing magic power alone.
But there is a huge difference between "being able to survive" and "living comfortably"!
She simply couldn't give up her appetite.
Gulp—
A mournful growl came from her stomach, constantly reminding Valentina of its hunger.
Coo.
Herbert looked at Valentina's neck and accurately caught the movement of her swallowing saliva, and he was delighted.
good.
Sure enough, he took the bait.
Seeing that the time was almost ripe, Herbert shook his head with some regret and said with emotion: "Oh, so you are not hungry anymore, it seems that I misunderstood."
"I thought you've been hungry for so many years, and one portion wouldn't be enough, so I specially prepared another portion."
He muttered to himself, took out another wooden box he had prepared from behind him, and pushed it in front of her... just out of her reach.
Valentina's expression twisted as she suddenly realized something. She turned around in disbelief and saw another full box of skewers.
The texture, the luster, the cooking time, the aroma... It looks even more tempting than the previous box!
She wanted to slap herself in the face for what she did half a minute ago.
Damn it, you are the only one who talks too much!
Why are you in such a hurry to say that bullshit!
What now
What should I do!!!
"What should we do now?"
Just as Valentina was struggling, Herbert spoke slowly, muttering to himself in annoyance: "It's a headache. I made so much, and I can't finish it all by myself. What should I do? Should I throw it away?"
what are you up to!!
When Valentina heard this, her heart trembled, and she almost couldn't help but roar: If you don't want to eat it, give it to me!
Herbert shook his head again and sighed, "No, no, no, how can I think like that? Wasting food is a shameful behavior! I absolutely can't do that."
Yes, yes, yes!
You can't do this!
If you can’t finish it, I can help you eat it!
"Oh, I can find someone to help me with these skewers, but who should I find?"
The breathing in the cell suddenly became rapid, and Valentina almost spoke directly.
I!
Find me!!!
Ask me to help you eat.
However, Herbert was totally ungracious and his words killed her heart as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Ms. Valentina is full, so we can only find someone else!"
wrong!