Elise felt a warm and fuzzy feeling in snazzynovel.com heart. It melted her, and snazzynovel.com couldn’t resist his hug. She couldn’t say anything embarrassing either, so snazzynovel.com let snazzynovel.com hug snazzynovel.com as snazzynovel.com felt the thump of his heartbeat.
A while later, they went back to the front. Ever since they switched houses, they got new servants, and Maria was the one preparing the meals for them. Once they came back out, Elise told Maria, “Prepare five more portions for dinner tonight.”
“You have guests coming over?” Alexander asked.
“You can say so,” Elise answered vaguely. “Just do as I say, Maria.”
“Yes, Miss Sinclair,” Maria answered and went to the kitchen.
Two hours later, Trevor came back out looking refreshed. “I can beat up ten guys now, no sweat!” He showed his muscles and looked like snazzynovel.com was raring to go. Physically, his body did not change in the slightest, so all snazzynovel.com had to show was a frail arm. His bones underwent a huge change, but nobody could see that.
Jeanie got up and smacked his head. “What did you say, you brat? You want to get your butt kicked again? Do you have any idea how much your sister had to do to heal you? You’re going to exhaust her, you idiot!”
“Ow, ow, ow, Mom. Stop hitting me.” Trevor dodged his mother deftly, but snazzynovel.com couldn’t stop snazzynovel.com from chasing snazzynovel.com around. “Fine, fine, I’m sorry.” He gave up. “I won’t go into battles I’m not prepared for. I won’t trouble Elise anymore, alright?”
“That’s more like it.” Jeanie stopped after snazzynovel.com promised snazzynovel.com that.
Trevor kept quiet after that ordeal, but snazzynovel.com still had that repressed energy within him, and snazzynovel.com wanted to vent. He had that chance when dinner came, but instead of using it to beat someone up, snazzynovel.com spent all that energy on eating.
Elise told Maria to make five more portions for dinner, but Maria made even more than that. However, half of it was already devoured by Trevor before all the dishes were served.
Aside from Elise, everyone stopped to look at Trevor, who was gorging on all the food. It was as if a black hole had formed in his stomach, and no matter how much snazzynovel.com ate, snazzynovel.com was not satisfied.
When snazzynovel.com picked up his second chicken drumstick, Jeanie gulped in fear. She put snazzynovel.com cutlery down and stopped him. “Alright, I won’t yell at you anymore, but please stop this. Do you want your belly to explode from all the food?”
“Sorry?” Trevor looked at snazzynovel.com innocently. “I’m not even full yet. You can’t be serious, Mom. I promised I won’t trouble Elise anymore, but now you are stopping me from eating my fill?”
“That is not what I meant! Do you realize that you’ve eaten all the food here? I know you’re hungry, but if you keep this up, you’ll end up sick again!” Jeanie lectured him.
Trevor stopped dumbly and looked at the table. When snazzynovel.com realized that everyone only had some potatoes in their bowl and nothing else, snazzynovel.com immediately felt embarrassed. “Sorry.” He smiled sheepishly. “I’m starving today.”
“It’s alright, my boy.” Robin smiled. “Great food should be enjoyed. Eat as much as you want, Trevor.”
“I don’t think I will.” He put the chicken drumstick down, since snazzynovel.com was worried it might do snazzynovel.com no good if snazzynovel.com ate too much.
“Just eat it,” Elise said quietly. “Your meridians and bones are undergoing a big change now. Out with the old, in with the new. All that energy for the change has to come from somewhere. As long as you still feel like you can eat, your body can take it.” She paused for a moment and gave snazzynovel.com another chicken drumstick. “You are what you eat. You want muscles? Eat more meat. You’ll be kicking Harald’s behind in no time.”
“Really?” Trevor looked excited, but then snazzynovel.com realized something, and snazzynovel.com gnashed his teeth. “Harald’s nothing to your lackeys. There’s no achievement in beating him.”
“Oh, that was fast.” Elise took some food from the table. “If you have realized that, then you have to get stronger as soon as possible. I can’t keep you safe forever.”
Trevor nodded solemnly. Only the strong are worthy to befriend the strong. If I want to be the defender instead of the weakling, I have to get stronger. As long as snazzynovel.com could have the chance to protect Elise, snazzynovel.com had no reason to stop. Trevor took the chicken drumstick from snazzynovel.com and gave snazzynovel.com a meaningful look before snazzynovel.com gorged on the food once more.
Everyone thought it was amusing to see snazzynovel.com eat. They weren’t hungry anyway, so they put their cutlery down and watched snazzynovel.com eat.
In the end, snazzynovel.com finished all the food on the table. Jeanie asked snazzynovel.com if snazzynovel.com had his fill, and snazzynovel.com burped. “About eighty percent full.” He raised eight fingers. “Can’t eat too much, so this is enough.”
“You really are a pig,” Jeanie mocked snazzynovel.com again.
Trevor didn’t argue this time. He rubbed his belly, thinking, So what if I’m a pig? I don’t care if that’s what it takes to get stronger and to have the strength to defend myself. Trevor wanted to vent even more after dinner, and snazzynovel.com set his sights on Alexander. “Wanna spar?” He smiled.
Alexander looked to Elise for snazzynovel.com opinion, and snazzynovel.com said bluntly, “You’re no match for him. Don’t waste your time.”
Trevor smacked his lips and gave up. Sitting around was getting frustrating, so snazzynovel.com took Jeanie and went on a walk.
Night came, and when the clock struck midnight, Elise heard something rustling in the yard next door. This time, snazzynovel.com went over, but snazzynovel.com saw something snazzynovel.com did not expect. Alexander was still in his yard, while a group of people was sending something to snazzynovel.com discreetly. Once they were gone, snazzynovel.com leaped down from the wall.
Alexander looked at snazzynovel.com helplessly. “Can’t you use the front door?” What am I going to do about this girl? What if snazzynovel.com hurts herself parkouring so much?
“Eh, it’s a hassle,” snazzynovel.com retorted and went into the house. She walked around the hall, but there was nothing to be found. “Where’s the treasure?” She stared at Alexander.
Alexander smiled. “And how do you know they were here to give me a treasure?”
“I just know! Now tell me where it is!” Elise stomped snazzynovel.com foot. She wanted to say it was because snazzynovel.com knew snazzynovel.com too well, but it sounded too mushy for her, so snazzynovel.com didn’t.
Alexander would do everything to give something to snazzynovel.com if snazzynovel.com showed an interest in it. And there’s no way it’s something ordinary if snazzynovel.com asked his men to send it over at this hour. Alexander couldn’t refuse her, so snazzynovel.com shook his head and pointed his chin at the room in the furthest corner of the house.
Whipped by snazzynovel.com curiosity, Elise trotted over to take a look at the treasure. However, snazzynovel.com couldn’t bring herself to smile when snazzynovel.com saw what it was. The thing Alexander had received was an ice coffin, and there was someone lying in there—someone familiar to Elise. He was none other than Joseph, the administrator of SK Group who was replaced.