He climbed onto the upstairs room to find Onean looking out the window with a thoughtful expression, clearly completely disinterested in the argument taking place on the deck.

She turned to look at Erwin, upon which she immediately burst into laughter at the sight of his appearance. "Haha, your eyes are as swollen as a pair of blisters!"

Erwin ignored her as he massaged his own face with his fingers, and several balls of water began to roam over his face, cleansing it through the use of magic. He then took a glance at a piece of leftover bread on the table, then picked it up before putting it into his own mouth.

"Do you always go around eating leftovers like that?" Onean asked as she turned to him with a surprised expression.

"Not everyone can live like you, Your Highness. We can't all afford to be carrying fruit jam from Denly's everywhere we go," Erwin jibed with the piece of bread in his mouth, then put on a coat before making his way outside. 

Denly's was a very renowned bakery in Sarus. Whenever its freshly baked bread was pulled out of the oven, there would already be a long queue lined up outside the bakery. At times, the line was so long that it extended...