"Mhmm~"
Watching the show entering its final stages, Seraphina took one more bite of her poisoned fruit.
Her gluttony was not to blame here, its glistening shape really made it seem appetizing...
*Crunch!*
The sound of the fruit being bitten went mostly unheard, thanks to all the commotion happening.
Since the fruit was quite big compared to Seraphina's little mouth, it had taken almost the entire space inside.
The girl's cheeks were puffed in fullness, looking very much like a cute and white hamster.
Chewing a few times, she greedily swallowed it all before letting out a sigh of satisfaction.
"So good!" the silver-haired girl brightened as she licked the juice left on her lips.
This fruit was unknown to Seraphina, and she did not even know its name, as the fruit had been a gift from her sister. However, she could still guess some basic things by its looks and taste.
It looked like an apple, and it was yellowish with a hint of a purple ominous aura, though it was not enough to scare anyone. As for its taste, this apple-like thingy was sweet, juicy, and slightly sour.
It was very much like a mix of an orange and a pear to Seraphina. However, it had something a bit special about it.
This fruit's poison worked similarly to a flavour enhancer, like a hot pepper made for fruits.
As if her taste buds had been revived, the poison's weak effects brought a noticeable enhancement to her sense of taste. This boost came in the form of a gushing purple and cold mist, a mist that slightly irritated her body and made her tongue tingle.
Although it sounded somewhat strange, Seraphina thought it to be a delectable snack.
And because of that, the black-wearing girl quickly finished it, which left her craving for more.
No one was stopping her from eating more, so the little girl shamelessly took out another one from her leather pouch.
There was nothing wrong with eating one more fruit, so why shouldn't she?
After convincing herself, Seraphina brought it to her open mouth and closed her eyes in anticipation.
However, when she finally chomped on it, nothing sadly happened.
No crunch sound, no gushing juice, no-nothing.
Instead, she had only received a mouthful of flavorless air. Even her hand felt empty, as if the fruit had vanished without a trace.
Accidentally dropping it would have been something impossible for Seraphina, so there was an easy guess as to what had happened.
Something or someone must have interrupted her during her relaxation time!
Last time something had interrupted her, she had eaten it. Perhaps this time the bothersome individual was eager to take the fruit's place...
Before opening her eyes to look at who had dared to rob a child of her happiness, Seraphina took a deep breath and let out a long and weary sigh of disappointment.
Her shoulder sagged as she leaned backward across her chair. This depressed state did not last long, though, thanks to what she heard next.
*Crunch!*
'?!!!'
Hearing the sound of her fruit being bitten, Seraphina instantly jolted upright.
Her golden eyes shot wide open, staring intently at the source of the sound.
There, a gray-haired old man in a black uniform, had the yellow apple-like object pressed close to his lips in a most displeasing manner.
Seraphina intstanlty recognized this man.
"Pweuh! That's disgusting!" he said, spitting out what he had just eaten.
Of course, he obviously did not spit it out on the ground but in a nearby trash can. It was easy to guess from his uniform that the man worked here, and there was no way he would intentionally dirty his own place.
Seeing what the man did with her fruit, Seraphina grew enraged, as her cute face swiftly turned into a frown.
"Why did you steal my fruit if you were going to waste it?!"
Her precious treasure had been treated like trash; was there anything not to be angry about here?
The old man laughed at Seraphina's angry reaction, "Eating is not allowed here. Well, except for me, of course~!
Even if it was not allowed here, there was still a huge elephant in the room that he had yet to address.
But instead of this, he had chosen to interrupt her!?
"Vlad, you dumb f***** Y—@! I will literally strangle you until you give me back my fruit!" The silver-haired girl loudly cursed while getting up to execute her threat.
The scene of a small child acting like this was really odd, which did not fail to garner some unwanted attention.
Some people even began associating her with Rokre... Being compared to this man was something outrageous to many, especially to the silver-haired girl.
Seraphina's senses were excellent, since she was a 4-Star. So, immediately after noticing some people staring at her strangely, the girl said no more and calmly sat back down in her chair.
Seeing this, the onlookers stopped watching her as something more entertaining was going on right next to them.
Although it appeared as if the silver-haired had calmed down, this actually could not have been farther from the truth!
She was still as angry as she had been before!
"Instead of nitpicking on me, how about you help your little Ombre?!!"
Seraphina said while angrily glaring at the old man named Vald.
"Oh..!" he said in an extremely aggravated tone.
It was quite clear from how exaggerated he was being that he did not feel sad, not even one bit!
"How much have you changed if you cannot even share a fruit with me...?"
"You also didn't provide your help to Ombre when you've seen him struggling this entire time...(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞"
He was also hiding his face behind his hands and making some *sniff* sound, as if he was truly crying.
Seraphina felt her face twitch at his behavior, "You were there too and did nothing! You are not in any position to blame me for that!"
"I-I only just learned of it," he said while pointing to a brown-uniformed worker following behind him.
"It isn't my fault."
Making excuses was really Vlad's specialty. This place was his, and his senses were as sharp as Seraphina's. Logically, he should have learned of the situation even before it had started!
But if Vlad knew and still didn't help, he must have had a good enough reason, right?
Or maybe, like usual, he was being too lazy to bother...
"Whatever you say..." the silver-haired girl sighed. "That said, you can go help him if you have nothing better to do..."
Seraphina paused to emphasize that what she was about to utter would be more important.
"And don't forget that you owe me my fruit!"