Rice gruel? Rice porridge? Or maybe rice on rice?

"Was it necessary to be that harsh on him?" As soon as the three of them were freed from the custody of the local prefect, Irea was the one to pick up the mantle and start sitting on Layn's head.

"Yes," Layn answered, refusing to argue with his girl. "If I were to go too soft on him, he would think that we are easy to push around." The archmage explained while shaking his head. "I know that it wasn't a nice feeling to sit and watch how we threw verbal assaults at each other, but it was pretty necessary."

"At least we can go and finally get our rooms, don't we?" said Pavrien while noticing how the atmosphere was slowly turning denser and denser.