Tonight, in Luna's Alchemy Cauldron, everyone was present at the dining table, which was a rare sight. Moreover, there was one more person.
Lulunaka, Pasta, Julius, and Romuona sat around the round table. Each of them had a plate in front of them, filled with vegetables and meat. It was as if today was a day worth celebrating, and even Julius was able to eat dinner.
If Rei hadn't left with Balik so quickly, there would probably be another plate here.
There was a candlestick in the middle of the table, giving some light to the dim inner hall, allowing them to see each other's faces.
However, the atmosphere here was really not festive, except for Lulunaka, who was still smiling.
Julius happened to be sitting face to face with Romuona, which made him feel inexplicably awkward. He turned his head slightly to one side, not daring to look at Romuona.
He didn't want to sit face to face with Romuona, but if he didn't, then he could only sit beside Romuona, which was even more uncomfortable for Julius.
Julius didn't think that he had done anything wrong, nor did he do anything wrong to Romuona. Although the two had known each other for a while, he could never figure out what was on Romuona's mind when she looked at him.
If there was any conflict between the two, there was no conflict at all. If there was any friction, it was when Romuona wanted to commit suicide, and Julius stopped her. At that time, when they were surrounded, it seemed that there was no way for them to survive.
If Lulunaka wasn't there, that would be the case.
No matter how he thought about it, Julius couldn't figure out why Romuona was looking at him like that, but he didn't dare to ask.
The atmosphere was very stiff, but only for the young people. Pasta and Lulunaka had already started eating. "If you two don't want to eat, then I'll help you finish it."
Lulunaka gnawed on a piece of fish and mumbled, "I've been busy all day, so I'm very hungry."
Pasta didn't say anything. He was chewing slowly, forming a sharp contrast with Lulunaka, who was making a lot of noise. His eyes were half-closed, as if he didn't see the awkward scene in front of him.
Romuona's hand landed on the fork. She picked it up and stuck it into a small piece of meat. Then, she put it into her mouth and chewed.
She stopped staring at Julius, which made Julius heave a sigh of relief. He began to focus on the dinner in front of him.
His table manners weren't much different from Lulunaka's. He was very forthright and didn't care about other people's gazes. After being in the Rat Path for so long, he might have become even more boorish.
Lulunaka and Julius' table manners weren't very elegant. Romuona didn't show any emotions because of this. She was similar to Pasta, eating slowly. Under the dim yellow light, her eyes seemed to have become hazy, blocked by the shadows, and couldn't be seen clearly.
Ward leaned against her feet and was gnawing on a big bone. There was no meat on it, but it still ate with relish.
Dinner was quickly over. Lulunaka patted her belly and looked satisfied. "After eating, I feel like I didn't live in vain. Life is really easy to be satisfied …"
"It's rare to see someone who can eat as much as you and has the opportunity to eat so much. Not everyone can live as well as you."
Pasta didn't intend to be polite at all. "If you eat like this every day, the restaurant will probably be finished very quickly."
"What's wrong with eating once in a while? Be happy, uncle."
Lulunaka smiled and waved at Pasta. "In this terrible weather, my body warms up after eating … Then, I can think about some things that I usually don't think about."
Speaking of this, Lulunaka turned to look at Romuona. "There's one thing I'm curious about. Apo actually asked you to come and find me. Why?"
Romuona was silent for a while. She recalled Apo's last words before she left and then shook her head. "He refused to tell me the reason. He only told me to come and find you … Then, he gave me a pointer, and I found you just like that."
"Trying to be mysterious like me, right?"
Lulunaka smiled and didn't ask any more questions. "You, on the other hand, are you happy, worried, or afraid that you can come back here?"
Returning to the King's Castle again, to Romuona, it wasn't as simple as returning to her hometown.
In the beginning, she was almost banished from the King's Castle just to marry someone she had never met before. But in the end, it was just a conspiracy, and it wasn't targeted at Romuona. It was just because she was a chess piece that could be casually discarded. Now, she was already a dead person. For a dead person to return to the King's Castle, it was an unbelievable thing.
The only thing Romuona could be thankful for was that an illegitimate child like her was unknown and no one would remember her.
Only Olga, who was always by her side, would still think of her, a girl who had lost her mother and whose father was no longer her father.
"I don't feel anything."
Romuona replied to Lulunaka, "There's no place for me to stay in this city. Even the slightest trace of me would have been erased long ago."
"You're a little pessimistic, Romuona."
Lulunaka smiled, "Isn't there a place for you to stay and feel the warmth of home?"
Lulunaka opened her arms, looking like she was welcoming her, "Be at ease and do the things you like.
Of course, I also have some things that I hope to ask the very reliable Romuona for. "
Hearing that she was reliable, Romuona's eyebrows twitched a few times. At this time, Pasta also revealed a smile, "A shocking change, right?"
"You have to ask the young people for this kind of thing. After all, young people have the strongest sense of competition." Lulunaka suddenly asked Julius who was still eating, "What do you think?
Little Rice Bucket. "
Julius was stunned for a moment and quickly swallowed the food in his mouth. He glanced at Romuona and immediately looked away. "This … I don't know.
I feel that you've become very powerful. "Julius became a little shy, and his speech was not smooth.
He was not like this in the past, but after such a long time, seeing Romuona again and feeling the obvious changes in her, he became like this.
"You're the same."
Romuona heard Julius's praise and did not show any obvious emotional reaction. Whether it was happiness or something else, it was not obvious.
Looking at the interaction between Julius and Romuona, Lulunaka showed a strange smile. It was an expression of seeing something interesting.