Voyage of Mysteries

Chapter Forty Three: Northern Continent

Cassio sat on a chair at the deck, eating a large plate of ambrosia. This dessert was among the packs of food that had been stalled away in the ship the day he left Knyghtdom, preserved with magic so that it could last for years until the magic spells preserving them was gone.

The shredded coconut and oranges turned out to be very milky and sugary, blending into his taste buds. Other ingredients which he didn't know were interlaced with the dessert, making it an ambrosial and sumptuous meal he couldn't stop eating. He had been actually eating this same food for days. The more he ate, the more it became tastier and in the end, he had finished packs of the dessert in a few days—packs which would have lasted a family of five for a month.

Selene walked towards him and sat on the bare floor, staring at him in amusement. With a giggle, she asked, "Is this how humans eat?"

"..."

Cassio was embarrassed as he slowed down his eating pace, staring ahead so that his eyes didn't meet hers—it would