Placing the food on the floor, she urged Happy to open his mouth.
"What's that?" he looked down at the tray of food on the floor.
"Mistress asked me to serve you." She partially bowed.
"Mistress?"
"Yes."
"Take a bite from the food." He orders her.
"But my Lord..."
"Take a bite from the food, it's an order." Happy said to her. His face looked really serious. Far more serious than I've ever seen him be.
Looking at him, one will know he's someone who grew up in a place where respects ate given.
"Okay. " She dipped a piece bread in the oil, and ate the food. " It's safe, " she took a deep breath. One that's undoubtedly that of relieve.
I guess am not the only one weary of Mistress and whatever she might have planned for us.
"Give the food to him," he mouth point towards me. " he needs it more than I do."
"What?" I asked. My ears almost breaking free from my body in order to go closer and listen to what they're talking about.
"You don't mean that my Lord." The maid gave him a look one that clearly translates into. Are you insane?
"Give him the food. He needs it far more than I will ever need it?" he gasped in pain.
"You don't mean this Happy." I gave him an angry look. " We've being here for long, taking from the meal is something you need to be really effective in whatever we might face tomorrow."
Despite how hungry I am, I can't allow him sacrifice his meal for me. He've really done so much more for me.
"The gods forbid I take a bite of the meal. Please accept it. You really need your strength more than I do.
I can survive for a day or two without food, but the same can't be said of you."
" I can't..."
" Happy is right Blacky. You really need to eat your meal in order to get your strength back. We will need it in the long run." Reddy urged me to take the food.
Meanwhile, as we talked, the girl kept on looking at us. Her confusing was really much on her face.
"Why will they want you to feed while they die?" She looked at me in question. Her hands placed on her back, her bow leg really visible at the stance she choose to stand on.
"Am the youngest among us all. Getting me healed is the best they can do to me. After all, am too young to die." As I said Those words, I chanced a look at both Reddy and Happy to see what their reactions of my words will be.
They both have a smirk on their faces.
"It's good now you finally acknowledged me as your senior." Reddy said. A smug look on his face.
" As if," I scoffed.
*
The maid fed me as if am somehow a small baby that have no teeth, and I ate it without a complaint.
Wouldn't want to anger the hand that fed me now, would I?