When the food was brought, Aren's mouth watered. He dug in like someone who had been starved of food for months. Aren loved food, and it wasn't because he got to eat a lot of it and fell in love with it. No, it was because he got very little of it, and so his desire to eat was higher than most. It was trauma eating.
He gobbled a whole plate of steak before moving on to the next. He only touched the vegetables a little, then focused back on eating the meat.
After several plates, he was finally done. He let out a heavy belch and then drank some water.
While he was busy eating, the butler stood there watching him eat, and when he was finally done, the butler stepped forward.
"Seems you enjoyed the meal," he said.
"Enjoyed is an understatement," Aren said as he got up. "But now that I'm done eating, I think it's best I start studying this entire castle," Aren stated.
The butler raised his brow. "You want to learn about the entire castle?" he asked, slightly confused.
