Tuis was grateful for Lulunaka's thoughtfulness. She had saved him a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Right now, compared to telling others about his experience, it was more important for him to recover some of his strength.
Lulunaka took out some rations and handed them to Tuis.
It was a biscuit made of dried meat and grains. It was small and square and looked like a small piece of wood.
"Here, have something to eat, Mister Tuis."
Tuis took the rations from Lulunaka with his right hand.
These rations were made for long-term storage. Just by holding them in his hand, he could feel their hardness. However, the texture did not represent their value.
This small piece of meat contained a large amount of energy and meat. It was a very convenient food for an adult man like Tuis, especially a soldier like him.
Tuis was already used to the hardness of the biscuit.
"Thank you, Lulunaka.
But it would be better if there's some water. "
"Of course there's water. Otherwise, it would be too much for you to eat these biscuits.
If you become the person who chokes to death, then my sin will be big, "Lurunaka said.
She stood up and picked up a thick wooden bowl from the side of the campfire. She lifted the lid of the small iron pot above the fire.
The wooden bowl was perfectly round. The walls and bottom of the bowl were very thick. The surface was polished smooth, but there were some rough edges to prevent the bowl from slipping to the ground.
When going out, practicality was always more important than appearance, especially when it came to things that could be used for meals.
After the lid of the small iron pot was lifted, a fragrance wafted out.
It was not the smell of cooking. There was no smell of salt or meat. It was only a refreshing fragrance. It smelled more like the fragrance of some softened plants.
"Our dinner time has ended, so we couldn't prepare a bowl of hot and thick soup for you."
Lurunaka scooped something from the small iron pot into the wooden bowl. It was a light green liquid. It fell from the ladle hanging high and fell into the wooden bowl. The liquid passed through the air and formed a light green waterfall.
"But if you drink some of this with your meal, it probably won't be worse than thick soup, right?"
Lulunaka filled the wooden bowl and brought it to Tuis.
Toursse wanted to take the bowl with his left hand, but after some thought, he switched the biscuits to his left hand and took the bowl with his right.
After taking the wooden bowl, he was sure that it was a wise decision. The heavy wooden bowl was not something that his left hand could handle at the moment.
Right now, his weak left hand could only do some simple swinging movements, and he couldn't even grab anything that was slightly heavier.
If he had used his left hand to catch the bowl, he would have made a fool of himself.
Tuis looked at the thing in the bowl.
The liquid in the bowl seemed to have solidified in the wooden bowl, turning from a light green color to a dark green color.
The color of the liquid didn't make Tuis frown. The fresh fragrance in front of his nose and the pure green liquid didn't arouse his disgust.
"What is this?"
Although Tuis wasn't disgusted by what Lulunaka handed him, he still asked out of caution.
"Some fruits and leaves."
Lurunaka replied, "There are also some secret recipes passed down from my ancestors, but I can't reveal them.
But it's not some kind of poison that can't be ingested. In fact, it tastes pretty good. "
Perhaps to reassure Tuis, Lulunaka continued to explain what she used to concoct the dark green liquid that was similar to a potion.
Tuis listened carefully. He knew what she was talking about and it wasn't something rare. It could be found anywhere in the forest.
As for the secret recipe that Lulunaka didn't mention, Tuis was smart enough not to ask about it.
Since it was a secret ancestral recipe, of course, it couldn't be easily revealed to outsiders.
"Please enjoy it. I'm a girl. I can't do anything vicious, right?"
Lulunaka smiled and looked at Tuis with her sparkling eyes. She had no intention of avoiding his gaze as though she was trying to prove that she was safe and harmless. "Besides, if you're worried, Mr. Tuis, you wouldn't have come near me, right?"
The girl named Lurunaka had a smile on her face all the time. Her words and actions were very considerate. The only strange thing about her was that she was too easy to get close to. She was very friendly to Tuis, a stranger. She was not nervous at all.
Compared to Lulunaka, the four people sitting together behaved more like travelers meeting a stranger.
For Tuis, in such a chaotic era, travelers should be cautious and vigilant in order to make their journey safer, even though it was just a little safer.
Lulunaka's words were persuasive in a way that even Tuis couldn't understand. Tuis moved the wooden bowl closer to his mouth.
Perhaps it wasn't because Lurunaka's words were very persuasive, but because he wasn't worried that he would fall into a trap and fall into the hands of someone with bad intentions.
He had nothing to lose. He just wanted to leave this place, get away from the battlefield, head south, and return to the King's Castle.
As long as he could return to the King's Castle, he was willing to give up everything, as long as his life wasn't taken away.
At least, Tuis believed that a girl like Lulunaka wouldn't have any malicious intentions to kill him.
However, that was only his wishful thinking.
Tuis took a sip of the green liquid. It was a little hot, but not scalding.
It tasted a little sweet and sticky, like a bowl of boiled green beans soup. However, the bitter green beans didn't have this taste and texture. If Tuis had to choose between a bowl of green bean soup and this bowl of strange liquid, he would choose this strange liquid made by Lulunaka without hesitation, even if it was poison.
After the green liquid entered his throat, it was clearly warm, but Tuis felt a cool sensation spread throughout his body. It rejuvenated his spirit, and he seemed to have recovered a lot of his strength.
Tuis only wanted to taste a little, but he finished half the bowl in one gulp.
After taking a sip of the strange soup, Tuis stuffed a biscuit into his mouth.
He ate a little hurriedly, and the hard biscuit was directly placed into his mouth, crunching it with crunching sounds.
When he felt his throat was about to be blocked by the biscuit, he hurriedly took a sip of the soup, allowing the biscuit to pass through his esophagus and into his stomach.
"I think it's better if you don't eat in a hurry. You might get indigestion if you eat in a hurry," Lulunaka reminded him kindly.
Tuis sat next to her. Between them was a dog that was not a dog.
Seeing an unfamiliar guest like Tuis, Ward only moved his head and glanced at Tuis a few times. Then, he no longer cared about this person. He lowered his head and leaned against Lurunaka's calf to rest.
Due to his posture, Tuis didn't notice the silver belly of the dog, which saved Lulunaka a lot of trouble explaining.
Tuis listened to Lulunaka's suggestion. He didn't stuff the biscuit into his mouth. Instead, he dipped his biscuit in the green soup and bit off the part soaked in the soup.
The biscuits were easier to swallow after being soaked in the soup. Tuis could taste the biscuits on his tongue instead of just a few pieces of wood stuffed into his stomach.
The biscuits looked strange after being soaked in the green liquid, but it was no longer a problem after entering his stomach.
The slightly sweet liquid made the biscuits even more delicious. Besides, the biscuits weren't of shoddy quality. Although they had lost some of their flavor after being preserved for too long, Tuis could still taste the aroma of grains, and not the sawdust that was used to make up the number.
The tiny pieces of dried meat in the biscuits made Tuis feel the joy of eating meat even though it tasted like wood.
Lulunaka rested her chin on her hands and smiled brightly as she watched Tuis eat. "That's right. Only by eating like this can one feel happy. Otherwise, neither the one eating nor the one cooking would feel the joy of eating like this."