"Toni." I replied with an amused smile at the man's apparent embarrassment, watching the tips of his ears go faintly red. Well, he kinda went overboard and ate the majority of my food without any semblance of etiquette. But I wasn't really bothered with it. In fact, I was a little happy to have my food gaining approval. At the same time, I knew that he was starving so I let him be.
Madame Magdalene recounted to me stories of her life when we were chatting before dinner. She was quite the admirable woman, to be honest. I have nothing but mad respect for her. Her husband was lost at sea, leaving her with two children; the eldest being merely ten and the youngest at the tender age of four. Aside from that, she was also left with managing a huge business with plenty of greedy wolves eyeing it at every corner.
