After taking a hot bath, the girl Artie, or rather the guy named Artie, was satisfied with his clean bath. He was very curious about the strange tools that could spray hot water without using magic to heat the water.
Wearing a cloak around his body, he used magic to increase the size of his chest, reduce his muscles and change his voice to a higher pitch in case his true gender was revealed.
Walking out of the bathroom, a delicious scent rushed into his nose, Artie saw that there was food prepared on the dining table. Looking outside, Quartz was busy with work so he had to eat by himself. In front of him was a neatly made leaf package, feeling strange, he slowly peeled off each layer of leaves one by one, inside were tiny shiny grains stuck together, emitting a fragrant smell of onions that made Artie's stomach growl with hunger.
But he had never seen this food before, they had small grains like rice grains, it looked softer and smoother. However, he was not sure if this food was poisonous.
"Don't worry, the food that the master cooked is not poisonous, don't worry"
A voice caught Artie's attention, he turned around and saw the rabbit standing on two legs, holding steamers in its hands, looking at him with big round eyes.
"Did you just...talk?"- Artie
"Do you have a problem with that?"- Fenech tilted his head in confusion
"I don't mean to offend but...it's my first time meeting a beastman"- Artie
"You're wrong, I'm not a beastman, but a real beast"- Fenech
Not paying attention to the other person anymore, Fenech went inside, opened the large refrigerator, took out more buns, filled them up in the steamers, and brought them out.
Artie's eyes looked at the rabbit walking out on two legs and then skillfully took more steamed cakes and gave them to the other animals. He turned back to look at the food on the table and picked up a spoon, took a spoonful, hesitated a bit before putting it in his mouth.
His eyes opened wide and lit up.
An hour later, when the animals were all satisfied with the food, they all put the gems in the chest as payment for the food, the rabbits all carried the small chests and put them away in a place where no one could see.
"The sale is over, thank you everyone for coming!" - Quartz
The animals all cried out as if to thank the restaurant owner and then left one by one. Quartz and Fenech cleaned up and returned to the house to see Artie sitting still, in front of him was a neatly arranged wrapping paper.
"The food is really delicious, this is the first time I've eaten such delicious food"- Artie
"I'm glad you like sticky rice with onions"- Quartz
"How do you make this dish?"- Artie
"It's not difficult, just soak the sticky rice and steam it for a while, then add a little animal fat and you have sticky rice"- Quartz
"So the name of this dish is "sticky rice". And these tiny grains are called sticky rice?"- Artie
Quartz felt strange, because didn't this girl know what rice was?
As if sensing the girl's strange gaze, Artie smiled slightly.
As if sensing the girl's strange gaze, Artie smiled slightly.
"The food is so strange, I've never seen anything like it in this world. I've never tasted food since I was born" - Artie
"So you've lost your sense of taste?" - Quartz was surprised
"Sounds ridiculous, right? A disease that sounds so ridiculous to others, but to me it's like a curse" - Artie
Quartz has read about this disease of loss of taste, it makes the patient unable to feel the different flavors of food, although this is not a dangerous disease, it is a disadvantage for the patient. Over time, it affects life and psychology.
This is the first time she has met someone with such a disease. And if the girl in front of her has never tasted food since she was born, then she really has to endure eating without feeling any taste.
"I don't see anything funny, actually. I feel sorry for you, you must have had a hard time, right?"- Quartz
Hearing that, Artie raised his head to look at the girl who was cleaning up the things on the table, instead of laughing or mocking, he felt sympathy.
"So what are you going to do next?"- Quartz
"My wound hasn't fully healed yet, but thank you for taking care of me and feeding me, so I won't stay and bother your business anymore"- Artie
After saying that, Artie was about to stand up to leave, but Quartz immediately put her hand on his shoulder and gently pushed him down.
"You don't have to rush to leave, just rest until you're well, don't force yourself to do it, it'll only cause your wound to relapse"- Quartz
"But..."- Artie was about to refuse
"There's no need to feel polite, you can stay as long as you want"- Quartz
"As long as you work, it's considered paying the rent"- Fenech
"Fenech, don't be so rude to guests"- Quartz
The male rabbit crossed his arms in front of his chest and turned his head away, raising his nose high.
"Now that you're full, go rest. Fenech, please turn that couch into a bed"- Quartz
"Yes"- Fenech
When the girl left, the rabbit stared at Artie for a long time before turning around to do the work assigned by its owner. Artie's eyes watched the rabbit walk over to the couch and skillfully unfold it, turning it into a bed. The rabbit tapped its feet on the floor and turned to look at Artie, signaling him to lie down.
So he sat on the soft couch-bed, Quartz came down from upstairs with a pillow and blanket for Artie to use.
"Comfortable?"- Quartz
"Yes, very comfortable"- Artie
"If you need anything, Fenech and the rabbits are here. Good night"- Quartz
"Good night"- Artie replied
After Quartz went upstairs, the rabbit Fenech turned its head towards Artie with an unfriendly look.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"- Artie
"Who are you? You're not a woman, you can fool people with your appearance but your scent can't be hidden"- Fenech
Artie's shoulder jerked slightly, indicating that he had been hit in the heart. In that case, he didn't need to pretend in front of a rabbit anymore.
"So what are you going to do, little rabbit?"- Artie smirked.
"Are you challenging us? In your current state, you don't have the strength to fight against a large number like us"- Fenech
Outside, the rabbits had woken up, pressing their faces against the glass, staring at Artie, their big round eyes looking at the man disguised as a woman.
"Hm, don't be so cautious, I won't do anything to your master. She is my savior, so I swear on my honor that I won't do anything bad" - Artie
"Do you really think we believe that? Are you daydreaming?"- Fenech
"Believe it or not, I'm sleepy now. Let's talk about it another time"- Artie
And so Artie lay back on the bed and covered himself with the blanket, quickly falling into a deep sleep, leaving the Fenech rabbit looking at the person on the bed with a disdainful snort.