Chapter 56: Then I’ll Feed You

Lintis stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Shilo who was kneeling on the ground.

“So, Mr. Shilo, you’re saying that your body had a problem and you couldn’t control your strength, and you didn’t deliberately drop my sandwich, right?”

Her tone was harsh.

Shilo said somewhat innocently, “That’s exactly it, Saintess. I’ve been like this since I woke up. Is this because of the Sublimation?”

She gave him a deep look and nodded.

“After a knight completes the Sublimation of Divine Power, their physical abilities undergo a qualitative leap. Currently, Mr. Shilo is in that situation. However…”

As she spoke, Lintis glanced at the sandwich on the floor, looking somewhat distressed.

“Mm… it really is such a waste…”

Shilo scratched his head awkwardly.

“Saintess, if you like these, I can buy you some tomorrow to make up for it.”

He thought this would at least calm the Saintess down a bit, but instead she seemed even more angry and glared at him fiercely.

This left Shilo confused.

“Hmph!” Lintis snorted coldly and said irritably, “I worked for Sister Sery all day, and she gave these to me. I already ate my own portion. These were specially brought back for you, Mr. Shilo, but you, you blockhead, dropped them!”

Hearing this, Shilo was stunned. He had never imagined that it was specially brought for him. A strange feeling spread in his heart, making him feel odd.

After thinking for a moment, he stood up, picked up the sandwich that had fallen on the floor, casually brushed off the dust and dirt, then directly stuffed it into his mouth, chewed twice, and swallowed.

“It tastes pretty good…”

Wiping away the ketchup at the corner of his mouth, Shilo casually commented.

Luckily, it was bread, a soft food, so even with excessive force, it didn’t affect eating.

After a brief sigh, Shilo looked back at the Saintess, only to find her somehow frozen in place.

“Huh? Saintess?”

“Ah!” Lintis responded hastily, her ears slightly red, her gaze involuntarily shifting to the side.

Shilo was full of question marks, but he didn’t think much of it. His mind was completely occupied by something else.

“Saintess, can we start the lesson on the Reinforcement Spell?”

As soon as he said that, the Saintess, who had been acting strange, suddenly calmed down and looked at him. But that gaze… why did it feel so strange?

“Mr. Shilo…”

“Huh?”

“You really are an idiot, aren’t you…”

Lintis let out a chuckle, her tone carrying three parts relief and seven parts helplessness.

‘Mr. Shilo really is that kind of person.’

However, this only made the person in question more confused. From the beginning, what was going on?

“Did something happen?” he asked, puzzled.

To this, Lintis just looked at him for a moment, then shook her head, turned around on her own, and walked toward the wooden house with her hands behind her back, seeming to be in a good mood.

“It’s nothing~ Mr. Shilo. It’s so late now. The adorable Miss Lintis just wants to lie in bed~”

Shilo rolled his eyes. Who calls themselves adorable? He silently complained.

But indeed, it was getting late.

Watching the Saintess walk away, Shilo thought for a moment, then quickly caught up and asked, “Saintess, is there any way I can control my strength for now?”

“In this state, I’m afraid I’ll tear the house apart. Earlier, I accidentally crushed a water glass.”

Hearing this, Lintis turned around, looked at Shilo, and winked mischievously. The latter instinctively stepped back.

Before he could react, a longsword made entirely of Divine Power was shoved into his hand.

Through the Divine Power, he could faintly see a wooden stick inside. Probably something the Saintess had found somewhere.

“What’s this?”

Lintis explained with a smile, “It’s simple~ Just practice swordsmanship. Practice until you think you can control your strength, then stop.”

“So… Mr. Shilo~ Please stay outside today. I don’t want to wake up and find the house torn down.”

With that, Lintis pulled open the wooden door, entered the room, and closed the door without a trace of reluctance.

Leaving Shilo alone, standing on the steps holding a golden longsword, bewildered in the wind.

“Isn’t this my house?”

Shilo silently complained, but still obediently held the longsword and went to the open space to practice.

Actually, it felt pretty satisfying. He no longer felt restrained like before. Instead, he had a longsword that he couldn’t crush no matter how hard he gripped it. He could swing it to his heart’s content!

On the other side.

Back in the wooden house, Lintis did not go about her own business. Instead, she leaned gently by the window, watching the boy practicing swordsmanship diligently on the open ground, murmuring absentmindedly, ‘Big idiot… just now, you really startled me…’

She continued watching Shilo’s training for a while, then decided it was about time, so she went to take a bath and then started preparing dinner.

By the time everything was almost ready, the sky had completely darkened, making the golden sword light that occasionally flashed outside particularly eye-catching.

Instead of directly putting the food on the dining table, Lintis reheated the leftovers from lunch, then specifically found a small stool and a small table, carried them outside, and placed them on the steps.

After that, after preparing dinner for Xiaobai, she brought the rest of the dishes to the small table outside, ladled two bowls of rice, and sat quietly on the small stool.

Shilo, who was training, noticed the situation almost immediately. After all, the aura of the Saintess was too conspicuous.

He hadn’t noticed it much before, but after completing his Sublimation, he truly realized just how exaggerated the Divine Power within the Saintess was.

If he had to pick a word to describe it, she was completely like a small sun, extremely present but not dazzling.

“Saintess, what are you doing?”

Naturally, he also noticed the small table at the door with the steaming food, which was extremely tempting for him after training.

Lintis propped her head up with her hands, looking chubby and very cute. When she heard Shilo’s question, she chuckled.

“Of course it’s dinner. Can’t you see that? Sigh… Mr. Shilo really is a blockhead~”

“……”

‘Does the Saintess have some kind of special hobby?’

‘Why does she like calling people blockheads so much?’

Shilo twitched the corner of his mouth in speechlessness. Still, he didn’t step forward, no matter how tempting it was.

“Forget it, Saintess. Please eat by yourself today. I’m worried I’ll damage the utensils.”

“No!” Lintis refused very firmly.

This made Shilo pause, not understanding her meaning.

He saw the Saintess continue very seriously, “When it comes to meals, they taste better when eaten together!”

“…But I can’t hold utensils right now…”

“Then I’ll feed you.”

“Huh?”